| [The Rhapsodic Ballad creates] a gnarly interior dialogue, which Handy grapples with head-on, clearly laying out its dramatic profile. | ||
| —Edward Bhesania, The Strad (September 2013) |
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| [The Rhapsodic Ballad creates] a gnarly interior dialogue, which Handy grapples with head-on, clearly laying out its dramatic profile. | ||
| —Edward Bhesania, The Strad (September 2013) |
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| I do not underestimate the dedication invested in this work by the editor and the publisher. It must have been a phenomenal task. | ||
| —Rob Barnett, British Music Society News 92 (December 2001) |
| …here is a beautiful and lovingly-produced quality volume of his poems, including all of those he wrote under the pseudonym of Dermot O’Byrne, together with some of his Love Letters, happily preserved and made available by the Bax Estate … reading many of the poems is akin to hearing the music contained in the sound of speech. The love letters amplify the poems, all of which is illuminated by the music… | ||
| —Musical Opinion (September 2001) |
September 2001 saw the publication of the collected poems of Dermot O’Byrne (Sir Arnold Bax’s literary pseudonym) in the form of a substantial volume entitled IDEALA. This fascinating book, containing poems, love letters, music and other writings by those who knew him intimately, is edited and introduced by Bax’s first biographer, Colin Scott-Sutherland (Arnold Bax, Dent, 1973).
This sumptuous book contains 320 pages with nearly 90 illustrations, including an edition of The Princess’s Rose Garden, and is hard-bound and gold-blocked. Reviews have been numerous and very positive; the quotations shown at the head of this page are chosen at random, so click the Reload button to see others.
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| Author | Title | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dermot O’Byrne | IDEALA Love Letters and Poems of Arnold Bax ISBN 0-9535125-3-3 | |||
| # | Author(s) | Chapter | ||
| 1 | Dermot O’Byrne Edited by Colin Scott-Sutherland | Acknowledgments | ||
| 2 | Introduction | |||
| 3 | Poems in Red Notebook | |||
| 4 | First (typed) Collection | |||
| 5 | Letters to Isobel Hodgson | |||
| 6 | ‘Seafoam and Firelight’ | |||
| 7 | Letters to Mary Field | |||
| 8 | Second (typed) Collection | |||
| 9 | Harriet Cohen and ‘The Princess’s Rose Garden’ | |||
| 10 | Elsa Sobrino | |||
| 11 | ‘Verses’ – Third (typed) Collection | |||
| 12 | ‘Love Poems of a Musician’ | |||
| 13 | ‘A Dublin Ballad and Other Poems’ | |||
| 14 | Memoir ‘The Two Brothers’ (Francis Colmer) | |||
| 15 | Appendices 1–8 | |||
| 16 | Index of Poems | |||
| 17 | General Index | |||
Catalogue code: FM091 • Published: September 2001
Entry last updated: 21st July 2010