| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| Contents |
Front cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Part One: Early Years, 1931-1955 -- 1 -- Childhood -- 2 -- A Progressive Education -- 3 -- Boyhood Turns Sour -- 4 -- National Service -- 5 -- Cambridge -- 6 -- L'année française -- Part Two: Finding My Feet at the BBC, 1955-1967 -- 7 -- The BBC's New Recruit -- 8 -- Lime Grove: The Promised Land -- 9 -- Moving Up the Ladder -- 10 -- New Programmes and Foreign Fields -- 11 -- Head of Music and Arts (HMAP Tel) -- 12 -- Wooing the Giants -- Part Three: Going It Alone, 1967-1975 -- 13 -- LWT: Not Such a Brave New World -- 14 -- The Age of Aquarius, 1970-1975 -- 15 -- 1970: Bernstein's Annus Mirabilis -- Part Four: In and Out at the BBC, 1975-1990 -- 16 -- In Make-Up or Munich -- 17 -- Discovering My Métier -- 18 -- Hooray for Hollywood -- 19 -- On the Musical Merry-Go-Round -- 20 -- Hitting My Stride -- 21 -- Bernstein's Endgame, 1989-1990 -- Part Five: Changing Course, 1990-2001 -- 22 -- A Writer in New York, 1990-1994 -- 23 -- Return to Europe -- 24 -- End of the Century: More Bangs than Whimpers -- 25 -- 'The Virgin Maestro': Conducting Verdi's Requiem at the Royal Albert Hall -- Part Six: Coda -- The Twenty-First Century -- 26 -- A Life on the Ocean Wave -- List of Illustrations -- Index |
| Summary |
This long-awaited autobiography is a must-read for classical musical enthusiasts and those fascinated by some of the twentieth century's star performers. It also offers unique insights into the history of music, the BBC and arts broadcasting in twentieth-century Britain |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Burton, Humphrey, 1931-
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| SUBJECT |
Burton, Humphrey, 1931- fast |
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Broadcasters -- Great Britain -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts.
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Broadcasters
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781787448001 |
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1787448002 |
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9781800100787 |
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1800100787 |
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