Beecham remembered

By Humphrey Procter-Gregg

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0715611178
• ISBN13: 9780715611173
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Duckworth
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

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Publisher's Note in the Dust-Jacket Says:

Rarely indeed does a star of the magnitude and luminosity of a Thomas Beecham flash across the night sky of English music. Born and bred in Lancashire, Beecham carried his north-country vigour and directness into every minute of an immensely busy life. His conducting repertoire was enormous, and largely carried in his head; he never flinched from backing his tastes with his own money (though there was sometimes trouble when accountants pursued him into the concert hall); and his control of orchestral players was legendary, almost hypnotic. All these strands are woven together in this book compiled by his north-country friend Humphrey Procter-Gregg, now Emeritus Professor of Music in the University of Manchester. After a short working biography, there follows a unique collection of personal tributes from the singers, players, secretaries, and administrators who supported Beecham through the 55 years of his working life and enjoyed their view of him in action.