August Jaeger : portrait of Nimrod : a life in letters and other writings

Author(s)

• Allen, Kevin

Bibliographic Information

August Jaeger : portrait of Nimrod : a life in letters and other writings

Kevin Allen

Ashgate, 2000

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-307) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

August Jaeger was one of Elgar's most devoted supporters and was the subject of one of Elgar's most inspired movements, the Nimrod variation. This study explores the correspondence between Jaeger and the famous English composer.

Table of Contents

• A note on the Elgar-Jaeger correpsondence. Part 1 1860-1904 - "And your young men shall see visions": 1860-95 - Dusseldorf to London
• 1896-97 - composers old and new
• 1898 - the Russian campaign
• 1899 - a quaint idee
• 1900 - mystic, sublime, superb
• 1902 - "I must wax enthusiastic over something"
• 1902 - Kensington to Muswell Hill
• 1903 - "Let someone other than Jaeger give answer!"
• 1904 - remission and relaps. Part 2 1905-1909 - Prisoner of hope: 1905 - "This Godforsaken lonely hole"
• 1906 - "Please no lose heart"
• 1907 - dum spiro spero
• 1908 - the road to hell
• 1909 - "I can see no more"
• in memory of a seer.

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Details

• NCID: BA5272144X
• ISBN:
  • 1859283667
• LCCN: 00023684
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Aldershot
• Pages/Volumes: xvii, 318 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : ML423.J12
  • DC21 : 780/.92
  • DC21 : B
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Jaeger, August Johannes, 1860-1909
  • LCSH : Musicians -- Germany -- Biography
  • LCSH : Jaeger, August Johannes, 1860-1909 -- Correspondence
  • LCSH : Musicians -- Germany -- Correspondence