Bücher von Michael Kennedy

A pendant to two well-received books by the same author on the departmental clubs during the early years of the Revolution, this book is the product of thirty years of scholarly study, including archival research in Paris and in more than seventy departments in France. It focuses on the twenty-eight months from May 1793 to August 1795.

This is a study of William Walton's life and works. In this biography Walton's personality emerges as a creative artist committed to his art yet plagued by misgiving and doubts and prey to insecurity and frustration. Kennedy was appointed biographer by the composer himself.

Written by Michael Kennedy, music critic for the Sunday Telegraph, this first detailed biography of Richard Strauss for many years reassesses the man and the musician, drawing on much hitherto ignored material. In particular it considers Strauss's position during the period of the Third Reich.

Mahler's music is an intimate reflection of his life and thought, and his continual self-questioning on matters of belief and the role of mankind. This volume draws on documentary evidence, and gives an account of his childhood and youth, and of his years as an opera conductor in Cassel, Prague, Leipzig, Budapest, Hamburg, and Vienna.

This is a biographical account of Vaughan Williams' musical life - the story of a great composer's career, and at the same time the story of music in England over half a century and more. This reissue contains a new preface by the author.

This important biography of Elgar draws on letters and documents which became available in the preceding twenty-five years. Michael Kennedy, a distinguished musical biographer, uses this material, which includes Elgar's own vast correspondence, in an attempt to get to the centre of the composer's complex personality.