Gilbert and Sullivan, Lost Chords and Discords By Caryl Brahms
Gilbert and Sullivan, Lost Chords and Discords By Caryl Brahms
Hardcover
ISBN 0297769367
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd 1975
Used - Very Good+. This book is in very good condition. The Dust Jacket has some very limited signs of wear and the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. The book is protected with a Cellophane cover.
In this lively account of the partnership between the legendary musical giants, Caryl Brahms contrasts the lives and characters of the two gifted men -Gilbert the mocker of social convention and Sullivan the 'serious' musician, resentful that his comic operas won more acclaim than his oratorios.
"Brahms, a theater critic and ballet specialist, has clearly read the Baily book and seems to paraphrase it frequently. However, this work goes much further as we are presented with more detail, longer quotations and many photos and illustrations. It is an opinionated work which is not amiss from a critic such as Brahms, but laced throughout there are sometimes juvenile, sometimes merely indulgent, interjections sure to delight some and quickly tire others. For example, a quote from Sullivan's diary will be provided: "Opera went very well. Call for Gilbert and self. We went on together but did not speak to each other." To the end of this, the author cannot help appending "('Oh, the pity of it, Iago, the pity of it.')".
