Peggy Glanville-Hicks: Composer and Critic

by Suzanne Robinson

As both composer and critic, Peggy Glanville-Hicks contributed to the astonishing cultural ferment of the mid-twentieth century. Her forceful voice as a writer and commentator helped shape professional and public opinion on the state of American composing. The seventy musical works she composed ranged from celebrated operas like Nausicaa to intimate, jewel-like compositions created for friends. Her circle included figures like Virgil Thomson,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025208439X
• ISBN13: 9780252084393
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"