“Once embarked on a course of sensationalism, the composer is forced into a descending spiral spin from which only the most experienced pilot can flatten out in time.”

"Music and the Naughty 'Nineties", p. 64.
Music, Ho! (1934)

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British composer and conductor 1905–1951

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