Chronology
Introduction
The Letters
Appendix
PHILIP ROSS BULLOCK is Professor of Russian and Music at the University of Oxford, and Fellow and Tutor in Russian at Wadham College, Oxford. Previously for Boydell,he has published a translation of the correspondencence between Rosa Newmarch and Jean Sibelius, and in 2016, his biography of Tchaikovsky was published in the Critical Lives series by Reaktion.
This correspondence is an exciting book, which is not what one
necessarily expects from the scholarly edition of an exchange of
letters. . . .
*DIE MUSIKFORSCHUNG*
An engaging and informative read for anyone interested in Sibelius,
but also in other facets: the way an artist is established by his
supporters, the music scene of early twentieth-century Britain, or
the ambivalent inspiration afforded by observing the cultural
contribution that women of this era could make. . . . The book is
attractively presented, with clear print, a good index, and a
substantial bibliography. . . . A compelling and enjoyable read,
whose poignant qualities come to the surface as the last few
heartfelt greetings are exchanged.
*FONTES ARTIS MUSICAE*
Bullock's meticulously researched edition of this correspondence is
a welcome resource and promises to be an essential tool for
scholarship concerning English musical life and each of its primary
authors.
*NOTES*
[P]rovides an exemplary edition of the Newmarch-Sibelius
correspondence.
*MUSICAL TIMES*
Philip Ross Bullock's generous and judiciously chosen notes and
commentaries, [give] a broader, more roundly human portrait of the
composer than is found in most biographical studies. . . . Newmarch
herself emerges as an admirable character -- heroic in her
determination to enrich British musical life.
*BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE*
The level of scholarship and perception in [this] book are
extremely high, and the introduction [is] well-proportioned, packed
full of information and elegantly written. . . . Mention should
also be made of the first-rate production values.
*UK SIBELIUS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER*
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