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Thread #133699 Message #3037630
Posted By: Edthefolkie
21-Nov-10 - 06:14 PM
Thread Name: What music biographies have you enjoyed?
Subject: RE: What music biographies have you enjoyed?
"Gustav Holst" by daughter Imogen. Intro by Ralph Vaughan Williams no less. Superb book, lots of good anecdotes like the concert which was so packed out that some of the audience had to sit on the instrument cases (5 men and a dog on a double bass one).
It contains a lovely photo of Holst's composing room at St Paul's Girls School, Hammersmith. Incredible to think that "The Planets" came into being in this little schoolroom.