Shaw's music : the complete musical criticism in three volumes. volume III, 1893-1950 / edited by Dan H. Laurence.
By: Shaw, Bernard
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Contributor(s): Laurence, Dan H [author.].
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BookSeries: Shaw, Bernard, Works: Publisher: London : The Bodley Head, [1989]Edition: Second revised edition.Description: 925 pages ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0370312724(paperback) .Subject(s): Music -- History and criticismDDC classification: 780.92 SHA
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending | 780.92 SHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00168259 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This is the third of three volumes of musical criticisms by Bernard Shaw reflecting his great breadth of knowledge of the works of Wagner, Bach and Mozart to more contemporary British composers such as Walton, Tippett and Britten.
Includes indexes.
Dr. Geoffrey Spratt Collection.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Renowned literary genius George Bernard Shaw was born on July 26, 1856 in Dublin, Ireland. He later moved to London and educated himself at the British Museum while several of his novels were published in small socialist magazines.Shaw later became a music critic for the Star and for the World. He was a drama critic for the Saturday Review and later began to have some of his early plays produced.
Shaw wrote the plays Man and Superman, Major Barbara, and Pygmalion, which was later adapted as My Fair Lady in both the musical and film form. He also transformed his works into screenplays for Saint Joan, How He Lied to Her Husband, Arms and the Man, Pygmalion, and Major Barbara. Shaw won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925.
George Bernard Shaw died on November 2, 1950 at Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England.
(Bowker Author Biography)