The Music of Lord Berners (1883-1950): The Versatile Peer

by Bryony Jones

This title was first published in 2003. Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, the 14th Baron Berners, was a well-known figure in his day. Labelled by the national press as "the versatile peer", he was a composer, writer, painter and great socialite. His musical output was small, but highly successful in its day, with ballets staged in London, Monte Carlo and New York, an opera produced in Paris, and two film scores completed in the 1940s. These works, together...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138721913
• ISBN13: 9781138721913
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 155 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"