Conductor (29-Apr-1879 — 8-Mar-1961)

SUBJECT OF BOOKS

Thomas Beecham. A Mingled Chime: An Autobiography. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1943. 330pp.

Alan Blackwood. Sir Thomas Beecham: The Man and the Music. Ebury. 1994. 237pp.

Neville Cardus. Sir Thomas Beecham: A Memoir. Collins. 1961. 125pp.

Alan Jefferson. Sir Thomas Beecham: A Centenary Tribute. Macdonald and Jane's. 1979. 256pp.

Lyndon Jenkins. While Spring and Summer Sang: Thomas Beecham and the Music of Frederick Delius. Ashgate Publishing. 2005. 197pp.

John Lucas. Thomas Beecham: An Obsession with Music. Boydell & Brewer. 2008. 388pp.

Humphrey Procter-Gregg (editor). Sir Thomas Beecham: Conductor and Impresario: As Remembered by His Friends and Colleagues. Self-Published. 1973. 206pp.

Charles Reid. Thomas Beecham: An Independent Biography. Victor Gollancz. 1961. 256pp.

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1. NNDB [link]

2. Internet Movie Database [link]

3. Wikipedia [link]

4. A Dictionary of 20th Century World Biography (Oxford) (p.47)

5. Hutchinson Paperback Dictionary of Biography (p.45)

6. The World Almanac Biographical Dictionary (p.84)

7. Musicians Since 1900 (pp.52-56)

8. Encyclopedia of Concert Music (p.29)

9. Thames & Hudson Encyclopedia of 20th Century Music (p.30)

10. Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 8th Edition (p.69)

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