Arthur Sullivan: A Victorian Musician (Routledge Revivals) by Jacobs New..

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Arthur Sullivan: A Victorian MusicianA Victorian Musician\nAuthor(s): Arthur Jacobs\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138609488, 978-1138609488\nSynopsis\nPublished in 1992. This is a revised, enlarged edition of a book which on its original appearance in 1984 was hailed as a landmark in the study of Victorian musical life. It presents the figure of Sir Arthur Sullivan [tel] not only as the celebrated co-creator of light operas with [url] Gilbert, but as a composer of all kinds of music from symphony and concerto to ballads such as The Lost Chord and hymns such as Onward, Christian Soldiers. A prominent public life, with a knighthood in 1883, is contrasted with an unconventional private life involving a liaison of almost thirty years with an American living in London, Mary Frances Ronalds.\n\nThe authors access to Sullivans diary held by Yale University and to letters and other documents at the Pierpont Morgan lib.