Imogen Holst – A Life in Music – Revised Edition: Aldeburgh Studies in Music

Foreword 'She do favour 'er Pa': Infancy and early schooldays, 1907-20 'Corn-coloured pigtails and very blue eyes': St Paul's Girls' School, 1921-6 'To be best when all are good': The Royal College of Music, 1926-30 'Wandering about Europe', 1930-31 'Life is not going to be too easy for you': London and elsewhere, 1931-8 'A present from the Government': Travelling with CEMA, 1939-42 'A wonderful opportunity': Dartington, 1942-50 'She is quite brilliant': India to Aldeburgh, 1950-52 'The excitement of working with Ben': an introduction to the Aldeburgh Diary Aldeburgh Diary, September 1952-March 1954 'The thing that one wants to do most in the whole world', 1955-64 'The joy of learning about Holst via Britten', 1964-76 'Old age - Protest against disintegration - Gradual calming down - Acceptance', 1977-84 'A real composer': an introduction to Imogen Holst's musical style Chronological list of works