Author: SMITH, BARRY.
Title: Peter Warlock. The Life of Philip Heseltine.
Description: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. 019816310X. 1st edition. Pp.xviii/347, 34 black & white plates. Black cloth, dustwrapper has a removable clear protective wrap. Scarce in hardcover. "The story of a brilliant, yet unhappy young man, a sensitive song-writer of remarkable genius, a witty and caustic critic, a rare scholar of early music, and a friend of some of the leading figures of the day, including, Delius, D.H.Lawrence, Augusus John, Jacob Epstein, Constant Lambert and William Walton. It tells of his dangerous involvement in the occult and its disturbing and long-lasting effects, of his passionate loves and hates, and of dramas of intrigue and mystery, all of which ended on a cold winter's morning in 1930 in a gas-filled flat in Chelsea." VG/VG.

Keywords: Smith Peter Warlock Biography Life Philip Heseltine Composer Music Occult Delius Critic Lawrence Van Dieren Sackbut Wales Ireland Eynesford Poems Dublin Lecture Songs Vocal Minnie Channing Puma 43606 Music


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