Beecham, Thomas 1879-1961

Overview

Works:	3,341 works in 6,096 publications in 6 languages and 44,904 library holdings
Genres:	Music Drama Film adaptations Musical settings Biography Criticism, interpretation, etc Quotations Anecdotes Discography Juvenile works
Roles:	Conductor, Author, Performer, Editor, Arranger, Speaker, Instrumentalist, Singer, Narrator, Composer, Adapter, Commentator, Interviewee, Honoree, con, Creator, Author of introduction, per, Director, ed
Classifications:	M2000, 782.1

Publication Timeline

1880 |

|2020

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Publications about Thomas Beecham

Publications by Thomas Beecham

Publications by Thomas Beecham, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Thomas Beecham

Thomas Beecham; an independent biography by Charles Reid ( Book )
A mingled chime, an autobiography by Thomas Beecham ( Book )
Thomas Beecham : an obsession with music by John Lucas ( Book )
Two worlds of music by Berta Geissmar ( Book )
Sir Thomas Beecham, a memoir by Neville Cardus ( Book )

While spring and summer sang : Thomas Beecham and the music of Frederick Delius by Lyndon Jenkins ( Book )
Sir Thomas Beecham : a centenary tribute by Alan Jefferson ( Book )
Beecham : a centenary discography by Michael H Gray ( Book )
A mingled chime : leaves from an autobiography by Thomas Beecham ( Book )
Beecham remembered by Humphrey Procter-Gregg ( Book )
Beecham stories : anecdotes, sayings and impressions of Sir Thomas Beecham by Harold Atkins ( Book )
Sir Thomas Beecham : the man and the music by Alan Blackwood ( Book )
Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor and impresario, as remembered by his friends and colleagues by Humphrey Procter-Gregg ( Book )
Sir Thomas Beecham discography by Sir Thomas Beecham Society ( Book )
Beecham and Pharaoh: Thomas Beecham (Fantasia in B♯ major) Egypt before England's exodus (a fragment of autobiography) by Ethel Smyth ( Book )
Sir Thomas Beecham : the Seattle years, 1941-1943 : a documentary presentation of news media articles by J. D Gilmour ( Book )
Beecham ( Visual )
Le Grand baton ( )
Beechams, 1848-2000 : from pills to pharmaceuticals by T. A. B Corley ( Book )
Contemporary musicians. profiles of the people in music ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Thomas Beecham

The red shoes by Michael Powell ( Visual )
11 editions published between 1948 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,561 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A young student becomes a great ballet star but commits suicide when torn between love and her career

Frederick Delius by Thomas Beecham ( Book )
32 editions published between 1959 and 1975 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,362 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Carmen by Georges Bizet ( Recording )
72 editions published between 1959 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 740 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This production was recorded in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli in 1960 and is sung in Italian. This CD set also includes excerpts from two other productions; one with Giuletta Simionato as Carmen, recorded in Palermo in 1959 (sung in Italian) and one with Simionato as Carmen and Di Stefano as Don José recorded in La Scala Milan in 1955 and conducted by Karajan

La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini ( Recording )
64 editions published between 1952 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 690 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
BJORLING, Jussi (tenor). LOS ANGELES, Victoria de (soprano). MERRILL, Robert (baritone). REARDON, John 9baritone). CORENA, Fernando (bass). AMARAH, Lucine (soprano). NAHR, William (tenor). POWELL, Thomas (baritone). MONTE, George del (baritone). RCA VICTOR CHORUS. COLUMBUS BOYCHOIR. RCA VICTOR ORCHESTRA. BEECHAM, Thomas (conductor)

Messiah by George Frideric Handel ( Recording )
45 editions published between 1927 and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 576 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
VYVYAN, Jennifer (soprano). SINCLAIR, Monica (contralto). VICKERS, Jon (tenor). TOZZI, Giorgio (bass). ROYAL PHILHARMONIC CHORUS. ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA. BEECHAM, Thomas (conductor)

Beecham conducts Delius by Frederick Delius ( Recording )
13 editions published between 1984 and 1998 in 4 languages and held by 426 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The art of conducting great conductors of the past by Sue Knussen ( Visual )
13 editions published between 1993 and 2002 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 411 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Features sixteen of the great conductors of this century in rehearsal and performance. Archival footage complements first-hand recollections of these conductors by some of today's most eminent musicians

Three orchestral pieces by Frederick Delius ( )
13 editions published between 1940 and 1942 in 3 languages and held by 402 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Scheherazade symphonic suite, op. 35 by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov ( Recording )
32 editions published between 1957 and 1999 in 5 languages and held by 396 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Music of Delius by Frederick Delius ( Recording )
9 editions published between 1958 and 1971 in 3 languages and held by 361 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Symphony in C L'Arlésienne : suites 1 & 2 by Georges Bizet ( Recording )
7 editions published between 1987 and 2000 in No Linguistic content and English and held by 320 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Orchestral works by Frederick Delius ( Recording )
15 editions published between 1993 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 319 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Solomon by George Frideric Handel ( Recording )
29 editions published between 1956 and 2005 in 5 languages and held by 317 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Solomon. Sheila Armstrong, Robert Tear, Felicity Palmer, Michael Rippon. English Chamber Orchestra, Johannes Somary, conductor. Amor Artis Chorale, John McCarthy, chorus master

Symphony no. 1 in C major by Miliĭ Alekseevich Balakirev ( Recording )
11 editions published between 1962 and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 279 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Symphony in C L'Arlésienne : suites nos. 1 & 2 by Georges Bizet ( )
10 editions published between 1986 and 2000 in 3 languages and held by 272 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Recordings of Sir Thomas Beecham's captivating performances of Bizet's Symphony and his dramatic incidental work, L'Arlésienne

Sea drift; for baritone solo, mixed chorus, and orchestra by Frederick Delius ( )
32 editions published between 1939 and 1992 in 4 languages and held by 263 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Symphonies nos. 3, 5 & 6 by Franz Schubert ( )
12 editions published between 1989 and 1999 in 4 languages and held by 260 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

French ballet music by Thomas Beecham ( )
11 editions published between 1959 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 258 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ( Recording )
44 editions published between 1937 and 2010 in German and Undetermined and held by 255 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
18. Jahrhundert; Oper

Florida : suite for orchestra (op. posth.) by Frederick Delius ( )
19 editions published between 1963 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 249 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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