{"product_id":"2026100009899-secondhand-a-mingled-chime-leaves-from-an-autobiography","title":"A Mingled Chime: Leaves From An Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: FEP missing\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Ex-library with usual markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most flamboyant and commanding figures in twentieth-century classical music, Sir Thomas Beecham tells his own story in A Mingled Chime: Leaves from an Autobiography — a memoir as witty, irreverent, and richly textured as the man himself. The book chronicles Beecham's extraordinary life from his privileged English upbringing — heir to the famous Beecham pharmaceutical fortune — through his rise to become one of the world's most celebrated conductors and opera impresarios, detailing his tireless campaign to bring world-class orchestral and operatic music to British audiences at a time when the classical establishment was deeply conservative.\n\nWritten with the same brilliant, acerbic wit that made Beecham legendary both on and off the podium, the narrative presents an insider's portrait of the musical world of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, peopled with composers, singers, and patrons whom Beecham knew intimately. His prose is as commanding as his baton — opinionated, erudite, and laced with the devastating bon mots for which he was famous. A testament to an indomitable artistic spirit, A Mingled Chime leaves the reader wondering not what Beecham achieved, but what on earth the world of music would have sounded like without him.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203395723483,"sku":"2026100009899-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/488b9cb2-2a4d-4c73-8e8b-e943895d3baf.png?v=1788148565","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009899-secondhand-a-mingled-chime-leaves-from-an-autobiography","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}