Fromental Halevy by Ruth Jordan
Halevy was considered the leader of the French school of music from the early to mid 1800s. Of his 32 surviving operas, he is best known today for his opera La Juive, a compelling composition about religious persecution. This biography of Halevy, includes hitherto unpublished excerpts from his diary and correspondence.
At the age of nine, Haifa-born Ruth Jordan dreamed of being a coloratura soprano, at twelve she decided to be a writer, by twenty she had had several short stories published in various literary magazines. After graduating from University College London she joined the BBC World Service as a producer and documentary writer, with special emphasis on music and the arts. Later she lectured at the London Spiro Institute for Adult Education on the Old Testament as a source of inspiration to western music from Palestrina to the present day. Apart from biographies her work includes various translations into Hebrew, notably The Long the Short and the Tall by Willis Hall for Habinah, Israel's National Theatre. She completed Fromental Halévy only days before she died.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781871082517 |
| ISBN 10 | 187108251X |
| Title | Fromental Halevy |
| Author | Ruth Jordan |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Kahn & Averill |
| Year published | 2006-11-27 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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