The Birth of the Pill
The Mecca of Globules
Banishment
Orchestral Fireworks
Elektra and the Baptist
Guilty - or Not Guilty?
Towards the Abyss
Battle for Music
A Mountain of Debts
The Bull of Bashan
The Twopenny Opera
'Just Listen to This'
The Shadows Lengthen
Adventures in Australia
Enter Miss Humby
Divorce in Boise
Bibliography
John Lucas is an investigative journalist based in Essex, East of England. He was the chief crime correspondent for the region's major newspaper, _The Echo_, and his work now regularly appears in national newspapers.
This brilliant and balanced book. GramophoneThis is the best biography of a musician I have read for a very long time...one which all genuine music lovers should possess. International Record ReviewThe true story of Thomas Beecham is, it turns out, far more entertaining than any of these frayed anecdotes...(John Lucas) digs out the hard truths of Beecham's life with painstaking research and sympathetic insight. Norman Lebrecht, London Evening StandardBeecham's insensitivities...have to be seen in the context of his kindnesses, which were numerous and generous. Lucas holds the two in balance, which is an asset of his enthralling book. (Glasgow) Herald, Conrad WilsonJohn Lucas's brimming biography...reminds us just how much...we owe him. Sunday Times, David CairnsLucas has excelled himself: this is in every way a magnificent achievement...the wit, exuberance and professionalism of his subject come across wonderfully well. Classic FM Magazine (Book of the Month, 5 Stars)Impeccably researched...Lucas is excellent on the visits to Australia and America. Spectator(Beecham's) rackety private life makes for many an entertaining page in... (this) thorough study of a man who changed the face of British music for ever. David Mellor, Mail on SundayEin faszinierendes Buch...unbedingt empfehlenswert. OrpheusNot only a very good biography, it is, in the circumstances, an extraordinarily concise one. The Oldie (Richard Osborne)(Beecham) meets his match in his engaging and erudite biographer. OperaLucas' thorough, exhaustive and often highly amusing biography will...re-establish Beecham as one of the foremost musical personalities of the last hundred years. Classical MusicRemarkably thorough...A good read...and a solidly informative biography. BBC Music MagazineLucas (expands upon Beecham's international reputation) with the sort of balanced judgments and care for detail that bring fresh perspective. Financial Times A quite spectacular biography. This England A fully comprehensive chronicle of...an extraordinary life...in a wealth of mesmerising detail, whole swathes of which have previously been completely unknown. Classic Record Collector (Lyndon Jenkins).A masterly combination of elegantly presented research and keen insight...a biography that is in every way worthy of him. Wagner Journal
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