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Tunes Of Glory: the life of Malcolm Sargent

Tunes Of Glory: the life of Malcolm Sargent

Richard Aldous

A worldwide television audience of millions saw England's most famous maestro take his poignant farewell at the 1967 Last Night of the Proms just weeks before his death. The brush-haired boy from the gasworks of Stamford had become Sir Malcolm Sargent, the nation's 'ambassador with a baton' and friend to royalty. This book tells his story.
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A worldwide television audience of millions saw England's most famous maestro take his poignant farewell at the 1967 Last Night of the Proms just weeks before his death. The brush-haired boy from the gasworks of Stamford had become Sir Malcolm Sargent, the nation's 'ambassador with a baton' and friend to royalty. Sleek and debonair, a carnation ever-present in his lapel, Sargent was despised by the musical establishment for his populism and showmanship. Yet ordinary music-lovers had been devoted to him, not least for his heroics during the Blitz. Tunes of Glory is as much an exploration of celebrity and the English psyche as the story of one man. It is the defining work on an extraordinary life drawn from the author's exclusive and unlimited access to Sargent's private letters, photographs and diaries.

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Title - Tunes Of Glory: the life of Malcolm Sargent

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Author - Richard Aldous

ISBN 13 - 9780712665407

Imprint - Pimlico

Publisher - Vintage Publishing

Date Published - 07/11/2002

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Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 1 x 1 x 1mm

Weight - 451 g

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