ID: 636
Malcolm Arnold: Rogue Genius. The Life and Music of Britain's most misunderstood composer.
ARNOLD, Malcolm: Anthony Meredith and Paul Harris

Category: Biography, Music

Place/Publisher/Date:
Norwich, Thames/Elkin. 2004.

Description: Foreword by David Mellor. First edition; 8vo; original cloth boards and dust jacket. Arnold's music was widely acclaimed in the 1950s but as tastes changed he was increasingly marginalized. As the blurb states the composer turned in upon himself, in acts of self destruction. By the 1980s he was institutionalized and his career seemed over. This work recounts the subsequent rehabilitation of the man and his music. It is dominated by the supreme achievement of Arnold's nine symphonies. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Price £30.00 ()