1920 Josef Holbrooke and His Work

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First Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition. With a portrait frontispiece and musical scores throughout the text. A detailed study on the life and works of Joseph Charles Holbrooke, sometimes given as Josef Holbrooke, an English composer, conductor, and pianist. After the beginnings of a successful career, the First World War became a catalyst for controversy with Holbrooke denouncing the lack of support given to British music at the time and openly vehemently berating his critics. Written by George Lowe, a British critic and writer.