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Death on the Down Beat
An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection
Series: British Library Crime Classics
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Death on the Down Beat
First published in 1941, this new edition returns Farr's only crime novel to print to receive its long-deserved encore.
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The headline from The Maningpool Telegraph read: TRAGIC DEATH OF SIR NOEL GRAMPIAN shot during performance Symphony Concert Calamity.
As a rousing Strauss piece is reaching its crescendo in Maningpool Civic Hall, the talented yet obnoxious conductor Sir Noel Grampian is shot dead in full view of the Municipal Orchestra and the audience. It was no secret that he had many enemies—musicians and music critics among them—but to be killed in mid flow suggests an act of the coldest calculation.
Told through the letters and documents sent by D.I. Alan Hope to his wife as he puzzles through the dauntingly vast pool of suspects and scant physical evidence in the case, this is an innovative and playful mystery underscored by the author's extensive experience of the highly-strung world of music professionals. First published in 1941, this new edition returns Farr's only crime novel to print to receive its long-deserved encore.
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ISBN: 9780712354028
Publisher: British Library Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 September 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: British Library Publishing
Contributors:
- Introduction by Martin Edwards
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 190.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 208
About the Author
SEBASTIAN FARR was the pseudonym employed by Eric Walter Blom (18881959), a Swiss-born, British-naturalised music lexicographer and writer. His roles in the world of music journalism and writing included music correspondent for The Manchester Guardian, music critic for The Observer and editor of the fifth edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
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