Table of Contents

Heredity; environment; conservatoire; controversy; celebrity; maturity; adversity; recovery; decline; epilogue; classified list of works.

Promotional Information

The design for the "20th-Century Composers" series received a 1995 Award for typographic Excellence from the New York Type Director's Club.

About the Author

Gerald Larner was a music critic for the Guardian for many years and currently writes for The Times.

Reviews

'Excellent, conversational, full of vivid colour and dry wit.' (The Scotsman) 'A fluent and lucid introduction. His text is expertly paced.' (Classical Music) 'Full of insights and contriving to tell us much about the music.' (Sunday Telegraph)

'As a series, Phaidon's 20th Century Composers has brought remarkable variety and a welter of information, both necessary and delightfully trivial. Intended both for the general reader and for the more enthusiatically musical...' (The Scotsman)