Music in Their Time: The Memoirs and Letters of Dora and Hubert Foss by Stephen Lloyd

Music in Their Time: The Memoirs and Letters of Dora and Hubert Foss by Stephen Lloyd

An intimate and readable account, filled with interesting and amusing anecdotes, of a highly creative period in English musical history

This very welcome book shows [that Hubert JFoss] was for a period of 20 years or so a major driving force for contemporary music...An engrossing and heart-warming read and a must for anyone interested in British musical life of the inter-war years. * BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY *
This book offers a remarkably wide-ranging and entertaining insight into the landscape of British music.[the Fosses] changed lives, launched careers and unharnessed nascent creativity in the most generous of spirits; these pages bring their magic to life once more. * SPIRITED *

Sparkes, Brian: - Brian A. Sparkes studied at King's College London and the British School of Archaeology, Athens, and was Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Southampton until his retirement in 1996. He also worked for the American School of Classical Studies on the Agora excavations in Athens. He was editor of The Journal of Hellenic Studies and Archaeological Reports from 1964 to 1971, and was Honorary Secretary of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies from 1996 to 2005. His past academic posts include Visiting Fellow at the British School of Archaeology, Athens (1986-1987), Geddes-Harrower Visiting Professor at the University of Aberdeen (1991-1992) and First Leventis Professor at the University of Edinburgh (1998-1999). He was also President of the Joint Association of Classical Teachers from 2001 to 2003 and of the Classical Association from 2004-2005, and is an Honorary Member and a Vice-President of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He has worked in the UK, Greece and the USA.

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ISBN 13	9781783274130
ISBN 10	1783274131
Title	Music in Their Time: The Memoirs and Letters of Dora and Hubert Foss
Author	Stephen Lloyd
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Year published	2019-10-18
Number of pages	316
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