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A Bit More Like Work, or Life After D'Oyly Carte David Mackie

A Bit More Like Work, or Life After D'Oyly Carte By David Mackie

A Bit More Like Work, or Life After D'Oyly Carte by David Mackie


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An account of the author's life as a free-lance accompanist, conductor and researcher after the demise of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1982.

A Bit More Like Work, or Life After D'Oyly Carte Summary

A Bit More Like Work, or Life After D'Oyly Carte by David Mackie

'A Bit More Like Work' - a sequel to 'Nothing Like Work' - tells of the author's life after seven years with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. This includes the reconstruction of Sullivan's lost cello concerto, work for the Savoy Hotel and Grim's Dyke Opera Company, numerous tours of North America with The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan, and work for the BBC including the 1989 presentation of the complete Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Other areas covered include cruise work, a visit to Indonesia, pantomime, music hall, amateur operatic societies and further research into the life and work of Sir Arthur Sullivan and the Victorian composer Gerard Francis Cobb.

About David Mackie

David Mackie was born in Greenock and educated at Greenock Academy, the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow University and Birmingham University. He joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1975 and was chorus master and associate conductor from 1976-1982, conducting over 500 performances of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. On the Company's closure he became a free-lance accompanist and conductor. With former members of D'Oyly Carte he undertook many tours of North America with The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan; in collaboration with Sir Charles Mackerras he reconstructed Arthur Sullivan's lost cello concerto. Further research into Sullivan's life and work resulted in his book Arthur Sullivan and The Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain, and he has also researched the life and work of the Victorian composer Gerard Francis Cobb. He has been musical director for many operettas and musicals, pantomime, music hall and variety; he has also worked for the BBC, Grim's Dyke Opera Company, and Music in Hospitals and Care.

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GOR011901983
9781839754944
183975494X
A Bit More Like Work, or Life After D'Oyly Carte by David Mackie
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd
2021-11-11
402
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