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The Golden Shore - An Autobiography by Warwick Braithwaite; Edited and annotated by Roger Flury (Paperback)
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The Golden Shore - An Autobiography by Warwick Braithwaite; Edited and annotated by Roger Flury (Paperback)
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New Zealand-born conductor, Warwick Braithwaite, was a seminal
figure in the musical life of Britain for more than fifty years. He
studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and went on to
tour with Joseph O'Mara's Grand Opera Company. At the time, he was
believed to be the country's youngest professional conductor.
Braithwaite worked with all the major British orchestras and many
of the greatest artists of his day. He was associated with
important musical institutions at key moments in their development,
becoming the first Musical Director of the Welsh National
Orchestra, and guiding the Scottish Orchestra through the difficult
years of WWII. Much of Braithwaite's career was spent conducting
opera for Sadler's Wells, Welsh National Opera, Carl Rosa, and
Covent Garden. He also worked with the Royal Ballet in London, and
toured with them to Germany, France and Italy. Extensive post-war
engagements took him to Australia, New Zealand, South Africa,
Iceland and the Republic of Ireland. Editor Roger Flury, former
Curator of Music at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington,
had unique access to Braithwaite's archive - including the
conductor's substantial autobiography, published here for the first
time. Flury contributes additional chapters covering Braithwaite's
musical legacy in Wales and his later years with Sadler's Wells
Opera. The volume is enriched with several important appendices
charting Braithwaite's family, his significant recording career,
his writings and - most important of all - his many compositions.
Braithwaite emerges as an unsung hero in the history of
music-making in the first half of the 20th century.
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