Andrew Lloyd Webber: His Life and Works A Critical Biography

Walsh, Michael

ISBN 10: 0810912759 / ISBN 13: 9780810912755

Verlag: Harry N Abrams Inc, New York, 1989

Beschreibung

Black Cloth Covers with Blue Lettering to Spine and Front Cover; White Endpapers; Endpapers have a few small soiled spots/possible foxing; Book Interior is clean and tight; 4to; 240 pages; illustrated in black-and-white and color; Dustjacket is protected by a mylar wrapper and is clean and bright with no noted defects.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 20080445

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Andrew Lloyd Webber: His Life and Works A Critical Biography
• Verlag: Harry N Abrams Inc, New York
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1989
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0810912759
• ISBN-13: 9780810912755
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: First Edition
• Zustand: Very Fine
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Biography & Autobiography

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Inhaltsangabe

Traces the life of the famous modern British composer, and looks at the production of each of his musicals

Reseña del editor

Michael Walsh examines Lloyd Webber's personal motivations and professional methods and recounts his enduring influence on the development of the popular musical. Walsh covers the famous shows as well as Lloyd Webber's lesser-known works, such as "Requiem" and "Jeeves," his only outright flop, which, nevertheless, in 1996 was revived successfully both in England and the United States as "By Jeeves." This updated and enlarged version of the book takes the reader to the opening of "Sunset Boulevard," through the long-running negotiations for the movie version of "Evita," and right up to Lloyd Webber's latest musical, "Whistle Down the Wind." Going behind the scenes, Walsh tells of a middle-class boy who dropped out of Oxford and became an international superstar. He also relates Lloyd Webber's mercurial relationships with the press, his colleagues, and his collaborators, including lyricist Tim Rice, directors Trevor Nunn and Hal Prince, and leading ladies Elaine Paige, Sarah Brightman (his second wife), and Glenn Close. Finally, he charts Lloyd Weber's latest milestones - including a third marriage and a lordship - and his transition from composer to impresario to international business entrepreneur.