Shaw on Music

by George Bernard Shaw

Book Overview

This volume contains the best of Shaw's musical writing, including sections on Gl ck, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini, Verdi, Berlioz, pieces on opera, musical analysis, oratorios, Gilbert and Sullivan, plus a long autobiographical preface, one of Shaw's most self-revealing works. The result is a book of unparalleled brilliance and grace by a writer who, according to W.H. Auden, "was probably the greatest music critic who ever lived." "For all...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557831491
• ISBN13: 9781557831491
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"