SKU: HL.14007795
A Descriptive
Catalogue Of His
Works. Composed by
Ronald Crichton. Music
Sales America. Pop &
Rock. Book Only. Chester
Music #CB55396. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14007795).
Ronald Crichton
(1913-2005) Was A Highly
Respected Music Critic
And Writer, Working For
The Financial Times From
1962 Until His Retirement
In 1978. Having Read
French At Oxford, He
Worked For The British
Council In Europe For 26
Years After The War, And
Was Always Intently Aware
Of The Music Of The
Continent. Manuel De
Falla Was One Of His
Favourite Composers, And
The Subject Of Two Of His
Books. The First Of
These, A Descriptive
Catalogue Of His Works
(1976) Is Considered By
Many To Be His Magnum
Opus . An Invaluable Tome
By One Of The Great Falla
Scholars, This Book Is
Indispensable For Anyone
Seeking To Find Out More
About This Elusive
Composer.
Ronald
Crichton (1913-2005)
was a highly respected
music critic and writer,
working for the Financial
Times from 1962 until his
retirement in 1978.
Having read French at
Oxford, he worked for the
British Council inEurope
for 26 years after the
war, and was always
intently aware of the
music of the continent.
Manuel De Falla
was one of his favourite
composers, and the
subject of two of his
books. The first of
these,
ADescriptive
Catalogue Of His
Works (1976) is
considered by many to be
his Magnum
Opus.
An
invaluable tome by one of
the great Falla
scholars, this book is
indispensable for anyone
seeking to findout more
about this elusive
composer.
Ronald
