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Constant Lambert: Beyond The Rio Grande by Stephen Lloyd PDF

By Stephen Lloyd

ISBN-10: 1843838982

ISBN-13: 9781843838982

To the economist and ballet fanatic John Maynard Keynes he used to be most likely the main excellent guy he'd ever met; to Dame Ninette de Valois he was once the best ballet conductor and consultant this state has ever had; to the composer Denis ApIvor he was once the best, most endearing, and such a lot interesting character of the musical international; while to the dance critic Clement Crisp he used to be effectively amusician of genius. but sixty years after his tragic early dying consistent Lambert is little recognized this present day. As a composer he's remembered for his jazz-inspired The Rio Grande yet little extra, and for a guy who selflessly dedicated the higher a part of his existence to the institution of English ballet his paintings is essentially unrecognized at the present time. This e-book amply demonstrates why he merits to be held in better renown.
With a variety of track examples, broad appendices and a distinct iconography, each element of the profession and lifetime of this striking, multi-talented guy is tested. It looksnot in simple terms at his song yet at his journalism, his talks for the BBC, his championing of jazz (in specific Duke Ellington), and - extra privately - his long-standing affair with Margot Fonteyn. this is often an fundamental biography for somebody drawn to consistent Lambert, ballet and British musical existence within the first a part of the 20th century.

STEPHEN LLOYD is a author on British tune and writer of William Walton: Muse of Fire (Boydell, 2001).

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