Arthur Sullivan: A Life of Divine Emollient

Ian Bradley, BD 1989

The first biography of Britain's best known and most performed composer for over thirty years, Ian Bradley's Arthur Sullivan: A Life of Divine Emollient focuses especially on the church and sacred music for which Sullivan himself wanted to be remembered.

It casts significant new light on his family background and upbringing, his faith and the huge importance of his long and intimate friendship with George Grove, the Victorian polymath well known for the musical dictionary that he founded. There is also significant analysis of what Sullivan brought to his collaborations with Gilbert.

ISBN: 9780198863267