Edward J. Dent: A Life of Words and Music

Karen Arrandale

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Edward J. Dent

A Life of Words and Music

Karen Arrandale

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2023

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This first full biography of Edward J. Dent (1876-1957), Cambridge Professor of Music and foremost musicologist, tells the story of a remarkable man who played a crucial role in the formation of twentieth-century culture and cultural institutions.

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Arrandale Karen :

KAREN ARRANDALE is a Life Member of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, and former Senior Associate of King's College, Cambridge.

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Music Music, general

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Preface and Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xii
Dramatis Personae Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Introduction: Edward J. Dent – Another Kind of Genius Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
1 The Ribston Pippin 1876–1895 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	6
2 The Bumptious Undergraduate 1895–1899 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	19
3 The Accidental Scholar 1899–1901 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	59
4 The Travelling Fellow 1902–1906 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	86
5 The Wanderer 1906–1907 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	128
6 The New Spirit 1907–1910 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	140
7 The Impresario 1910–1914 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	177
8 The Pacifist 1914–1918 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	212
9 The Journalist 1919–1922 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	273
10 The International Musician 1922–1926 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	327
11 The Professor 1926–1931 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	367
12 The Juggler 1931–1934 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	387
13 The Beleaguered Diplomat 1935–1936 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	428
14 The Colonial Doctor 1936–1939 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	445
15 Titurel 1939–1945 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	464
16 Tityvillus 1946–1957 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	499
Afterword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	514
Appendix: Dent’s Ulcer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	519
Select Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	521
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	529

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eBook published on:

January 31, 2023

eBook ISBN:

9781787448261

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Boydell Press

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562

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24 b/w illus.

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781787448261

eBook ISBN: 9781787448261

Keywords for this book

Cambridge; Twentieth-Century; Busoni; E.M. Forster; Sassoon; Maynard Keynes; Iconoclast; Internationalist; Opera; Labour; Musicologist

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Professional and scholarly;

Edward J. Dent

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