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BBC Music in the Glock Era and After: A Memoir
Leo Black
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Leo Black's memoir not only recalls 'the Glock Era and After' in a series of informative, poignant, witty and judicious vignettes, but is also a key text for understanding one of the great ages of British music. From 1959 to 1972 William Glock, as Controller, Music, stamped his personality memorably on BBC Radio, gathering around him a talented staff that included emigrés and experts in Continental music new and old. Among the young recruits was Leo Black, an intelligent musician with an affinity for singers and Austro-German music. In his 28 years at the BBC - years that extended ... Read more
Leo Black's memoir not only recalls 'the Glock Era and After' in a series of informative, poignant, witty and judicious vignettes, but is also a key text for understanding one of the great ages of British music. From 1959 to 1972 William Glock, as Controller, Music, stamped his personality memorably on BBC Radio, gathering around him a talented staff that included emigrés and experts in Continental music new and old. Among the young recruits was Leo Black, an intelligent musician with an affinity for singers and Austro-German music. In his 28 years at the BBC - years that extended ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Plumbago Books
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780955608759
SKU
V9780955608759
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Reviews for BBC Music in the Glock Era and After: A Memoir
These memoirs are valuable for the sense of context they cast on the personalities involved. [...] the reader [...] will find much to enjoy, and may well conclude that it attests to the integrity and care with which BBC music was done in the Glock era.
MUSICAL TIMES
[An] intriguing and absorbing book.
MUSIC AND LETTERS
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MUSICAL TIMES
[An] intriguing and absorbing book.
MUSIC AND LETTERS
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