{"product_id":"imogen-holst-a-life-in-music-9781843835998","title":"Imogen Holst: A Life in Music","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis paperback edition is updated to include new insights into Holst's life and work resulting from the discovery of important unseen archival materials.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImogen Holst was one of the most wide-ranging and highly regarded of musicians. Popular with all who knew her, she was intensively protective of her inner life, reminding one friend of a 'locked door of which she had thrown away the key'.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eImogen Holst: A Life in Music\u003c\/i\u003e uses a wealth of newly discovered material to explore the complexities and contradictions of her life and career, drawing on her own writings - ranging from heartfelt early poetry, through correspondence, to a series of journals that maintain a colourful record of her travels and achievements. Most revealing of these is the daily journal that she kept at the start of her working association with Britten, adocument that provides a unique insight both into her own thoughts, and into the professional and domestic life of a major composer.\u003cbr\u003e Extensively revised with new material, the book also includes a study of Imogen Holst's music and a chronological list of her works, revealing her as a composer of tremendous talent, whose music deserves to be much more familiar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHRISTOPHER GROGAN is Director of Collections and Heritage at the Britten-Pears Foundation.","brand":"Christopher Grogan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42960022732918,"sku":"9781843835998","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_6faee06e-fdb5-489f-b5e4-116955f2274b.jpg?v=1767778042","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/imogen-holst-a-life-in-music-9781843835998","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}