Journeying Boy

Author : John Evans
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780571274642

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Journeying Boy by John Evans Pdf

Best remembered for his operas and his War Requiem, Benjamin Britten's radical politics and his sexuality have also ensured that he remains a controversial public figure. Journeying Boy is a selection of his diaries that offer the reader an unseen insight into this complex man. Encompassing the years 1928-1938, they explore some key periods of Britten's life - his early compositions, his education first under composer Frank Bridge and then at the Royal College of Music, an unhappy but productive period studying under John Ireland and Ralph Vaughan Williams, and his reluctant and often painful process of parting from the warm, safe environment of his family home and his beloved mother. The diaries cast light on an often misrepresented musician whose technique, originality and musical prowess have entranced audiences for generations and who continues to inspire composers and musicians around the world.

Author : Michael Innes
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780755118137

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The Journeying Boy by Michael Innes Pdf

Humphrey Paxton has taken to carrying a shotgun to 'shoot plotters and blackmailers and spies'. His new tutor, Mr Thewless, suggests he might be overdoing it somewhat. But when a man is found shot dead Thewless is plunged into a nightmare world of lies, kidnapping and murder - and grave matters of national security.

Author : Michael Innes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1432505400

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The Journeying Boy by Michael Innes Pdf

Author : John Bridcut
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780571260928

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Britten's Children by John Bridcut Pdf

Britten's Children confronts the edgy subject of the composer's obsessional yet strangely innocent relationships with adolescent boys. One of the hallmarks of Benjamin Britten's music is his use of boys' voices, and John Bridcut uses this to create a fresh prism through which to view the composer's life. Interweaving discussion of the music he wrote for and about children with interviews with the boys whom Britten befriended, Bridcut explores the influence of these unique friendships - notably with the late David Hemmings - and how they helped Britten maintain links with his own happy childhood. In a remarkable part of the book Bridcut tells for the first time the full story of Britten's love affair in the 1930s with the 18-year-old German Wulff Scherchen, son of the conductor Hermann Scherchen. As Paul Hoggart of The Times commented, 'this type of love belonged to an emotional landscape that has vanished for ever, and we are the poorer for it'. Since making the film, the author has extended his research to include friendships Britten had with children which have not previously been documented. The documentary Britten's Children won the Royal Philharmonic Society's 2005 Award for Creative Communication: 'this serious and beautiful film explored one aspect of a composer's life in great depth. Avoiding the temptation of sensationalism, Britten's Children was imaginatively researched and both touching and revelatory'.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : English Language
ISBN : 0582530229

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The Journeying Boy by Anonim Pdf

Author : Matthew D. Esposito
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 2985 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351211833

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A World History of Railway Cultures, 1830-1930 by Matthew D. Esposito Pdf

A World History of Railway Cultures, 1830-1930 is the first collection of primary sources to historicize the cultural impact of railways on a global scale from their inception in Great Britain to the Great Depression. Its dual purpose is to promote understanding of complex historical processes leading to globalization and generate interest in transnational and global comparative research on railways. In four volumes, organized by historical geography, this scholarly collection gathers rare out-of-print published and unpublished materials from archival and digital repositories throughout the world. It adopts a capsule approach that focuses on short selections of significant primary source content instead of redundant and irrelevant materials found in online data collections. The current collection draws attention to railway cultures through railroad reports, parliamentary papers, government documents, police reports, public health records, engineering reports, technical papers, medical surveys, memoirs, diaries, travel narratives, ethnographies, newspaper articles, editorials, pamphlets, broadsides, paintings, cartoons, engravings, photographs, art, ephemera, and passages from novels and poetry collections that shed light on the cultural history of railways. The editor’s original essays and headnotes on the cultural politics of railways introduce over 200 carefully selected primary sources. Students and researchers come to understand railways not as applied technological impositions of industrial capitalism but powerful, fluid, and idiosyncratic historical constructs.

Author : Thomas Hardy
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-26
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781780223209

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Thomas Hardy: Everyman Poetry by Thomas Hardy Pdf

Both major novelist and major poet, with a distinctive off-beat and intensely personal style, Hardy is a modern writer born out of his time.

Author : Cheri Montgomery,Allen Henderson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781538192702

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Exploring English Lyrics by Cheri Montgomery,Allen Henderson Pdf

Exploring English Lyrics is the most unified collection of English art texts with transcriptions available, containing 790 unique art song selections with pronunciation as defined by the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). It is an invaluable resource for both the native speaking singer and singers with no previous exposure to the English language. These lyrics span nearly 500 years of art song history with texts set by more than 129 composers. Diverse segments of British, American, African American, Canadian, Scottish, Irish, and Australian cultures are represented. The scope of the lyrics selected includes works appropriate for beginners as well as those being performed by the world’s most prominent professional singers. Texts of frequently performed songs from the Royal Conservatory of Music Development Program adjudications, new composers’ collected works, as well as lyrics from major anthologies such as Joan Boytim’s First Book series are included. Detailed indications for selections that require a particular dialect or character voice pronunciation are provided. Helpful indices enable the reader to search by composer, song cycle, first line, or song title. References to settings of texts by multiple composers are indicated throughout the book. The book assists the teacher with repertoire selections while giving the student an accurate and elegant pronunciation that is ideal for intelligibility and optimal singing technique. Knowledge of the phonetic system and detailed pronunciation of new and standard repertoire are readily accessible with this text.

Author : Rosemary Gray
Publisher : Raincoast Books
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1897035055

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A Treasury of Shorter Verse by Rosemary Gray Pdf

Author : American Poetry & Literacy Project (Mineola, N.Y.)
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1998-12-23
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780486406466

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Songs for the Open Road by American Poetry & Literacy Project (Mineola, N.Y.) Pdf

More than 80 poems by 50 American and British masters celebrate real and metaphorical journeys. Poems by Whitman, Byron, Millay, Sandburg, Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Shelley, Tennyson, Yeats, many others. Includes 4 selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative."

Author : Thomas Hardy
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-18
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781509847495

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Poems of Thomas Hardy by Thomas Hardy Pdf

Thomas Hardy saw himself, first and foremost, as a poet, and he wrote poetry throughout his prolific and acclaimed novel-writing years before announcing in 1896 that he would no longer write novels, much to the astonishment of his worldwide readership. Instead he went on to publish eight masterful volumes of poetry - ranging from lyrics and ballads to dramatic monologues and satire - and is now regarded as one of the greatest twentieth-century poets. Choosing the best verse from each volume, the Poems of Thomas Hardy is the perfect introduction to Hardy's lyrical, soul-searching and profoundly sincere poetry, covering subjects ranging from his grief at the death of his first wife to his experiences of war. This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition is edited and introduced by editor Ned Halley. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

Author : Thomas Hardy
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Large type books
ISBN : 9781427029041

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Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses (EasyRead Large Bold Edition) by Thomas Hardy Pdf

Author : Thomas Hardy
Publisher : Delphi Classics
Page : 8465 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781908909176

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Delphi Complete Works of Thomas Hardy (Illustrated) by Thomas Hardy Pdf

One of the few authors to distinguish himself with equal merit in poetry and novel writing, Thomas Hardy remains one of English literature’s leading figures. For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents Hardy’s complete works, with scarce texts, numerous illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 8) Features: * illustrated with countless images relating to Hardy and his works * annotated with concise introductions to the novels and other texts * each novel has its own contents table - easily navigate between chapters! * information on the lost first novel ‘THE POOR MAN AND THE LADY', with a rare novella and poem tracing its content * ALL of the short stories with BOTH chronological and alphabetical contents tables * the compete plays – even including the rare “Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall” available nowhere else as a digital book * ALL of the poems with their own separate chronological and alphabetical contents tables – find that special poem easily and quickly! * the poems are ALSO presented in their original collections, each with its own table * scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * special Hardy’s Wessex Map to accompany your reading of the novels * includes a special criticism section, with 6 different texts from other authors and critics, examining Hardy's literary work in detail * D. H. Lawrence's lengthy critical book A STUDY OF THOMAS HARDY * Hardy's wife's TWO biographies - explore the great writer's life in detail - available nowhere else * UPDATED with newly formatted texts, introductions, corrections and many more images Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse our range of exciting Complete Works titles The Novels THE POOR MAN AND THE LADY AN INDISCRETION IN THE LIFE OF AN HEIRESS DESPERATE REMEDIES UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE A PAIR OF BLUE EYES FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD THE HAND OF ETHELBERTA THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE THE TRUMPET-MAJOR A LAODICEAN TWO ON A TOWER THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE THE WOODLANDERS TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES THE WELL-BELOVED JUDE THE OBSCURE The Short Story Collections WESSEX TALES LIFE’S LITTLE IRONIES A GROUP OF NOBLE DAMES The Short Stories CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF HARDY’S SHORT STORIES ALPHABETICAL LIST OF HARDY’S SHORT STORIES The Verse Dramas THE DYNASTS TRAGEDY OF THE QUEEN OF CORNWALL The Poetry Collections WESSEX POEMS AND OTHER VERSES POEMS OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT TIME’S LAUGHINGSTOCKS AND OTHER VERSES SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE MOMENTS OF VISION AND MISCELLANEOUS VERSES LATE LYRICS AND EARLIER WITH MANY OTHER VERSES HUMAN SHOWS FAR PHANTASIES SONGS, AND TRIFLES WINTER WORDS IN VARIOUS MOODS AND METRES The Poems LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Criticism A STUDY OF THOMAS HARDY by D.H. Lawrence THOMAS HARDY by Leon H. Vincent THE LYRICAL POETRY OF THOMAS HARDY by Edmund Gosse UNDER FRENCH ENCOURAGEMENT by David Christie Murray THOMAS HARDY by John Cowper Powys A NOTE ON THE GENIUS OF THOMAS HARDY by Arthur Symons The Biographies THE EARLY LIFE OF THOMAS HARDY, 1841–1891 by Florence Hardy THE LATER YEARS OF THOMAS HARDY, 1892–1928 by Florence Hardy Hardy’s Wessex Map Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse our range of exciting titles

Author : Alan Bennett
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780571321841

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Six Poets: Hardy to Larkin by Alan Bennett Pdf

Writers like to elude their public, lead them a bit of a dance. They take them down untrodden paths, land them in unknown country where they have to ask for directions. In this personal anthology, Alan Bennett has chosen over seventy poems by six well-loved poets, discussing the writers and their verse in his customary conversational style through anecdote, shrewd appraisal and spare but telling biographical detail. Ranging from hidden treasures to famous poems, this is a collection for the beginner and the expert alike. Speaking with candour about his own reactions to the work, Alan Bennett creates profound and witty portraits of Thomas Hardy, A. E. Housman, John Betjeman, W. H. Auden, Louis MacNeice and Philip Larkin, all the more enjoyable for being in his own particular voice. Anybody writing poetry in the thirties had somehow to come to terms with Auden. Auden, you see, had got a head start on the other poets. He'd got into the thirties first, like someone taking over the digs.

Author : Shelston Alan Shelston
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-07
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : 9781474472548

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Thomas Hardy: Moments of Vision by Shelston Alan Shelston Pdf

The text for this volume of poetry reproduces the first edition of 1917, allowing Hardy's poems to be read as he first gathered them and as the publishers first produced them. This edition also contains an introduction and a bibliography.