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In my own time : an autobiography / Humphrey Burton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burton, Humphrey, 1931-2025, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Burton, Humphrey, 1931-2025.
- Burton, Humphrey.
- Burton, Humphrey, 1931-.
- Broadcasters--Great Britain--Biography.
- Broadcasters.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Woodbridger, Suffolk, UK : The Boydell Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Part 1 Early years, 1131-W55
- 1 Childhood p. 3
- 2 A Progressive Education p. 15
- 3 Boyhood Turns Sour p. 37
- 4 National Service p. 53
- 5 Cambridge p. 73
- 6 L'Année Française p. 93
- Part 2 Finding My Feet at the BBC, 1155-116?
- 7 The BBC's New Recruit p. 107
- 8 Lime Grove: The Promised Land p. 123
- 9 Moving Up the Ladder p. 155
- 10 New Programmes and Foreign Fields p. 175
- 11 Head of Music and Arts (HMAP Tel) p. 203
- 12 Wooing the Giants p. 223
- Part 3 Going It Alone, 1967-1975
- 13 LWT: Not Such a Brave New World p. 245
- 14 The Age of Aquarius, 1970-1975 p. 265
- 15 1970: Bernstein's Annus Mirabilis p. 291
- Part 4 In and Out at the BBC, 1975-1990
- 16 In Make-Up or Munich p. 319
- 17 Discovering My Métier p. 347
- 18 Hooray for Hollywood p. 367
- 19 On the Musical Merry-Go-Round p. 397
- 20 Hitting My Stride p. 417
- 21 Bernstein's Endgame, 1989-1990 p. 441
- Part 5 Changing Course, 1990-2001
- 22 A Writer in New York, 1990-1994 p. 459
- 23 Return to Europe p. 475
- 24 End of the Century: More Bangs than Whimpers p. 493
- 25 'The Virgin Maestro': Conducting Verdi's Requiem at the Royal Albert Hall p. 509
- Part 6 Coda: The Twenty-First Century
- 26 A Life on the Ocean Wave p. 525.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Burton, Humphrey, 1931- In my own time.
- ISBN:
- 9781787448001
- 1787448002
- 9781800100787
- 1800100787
- Publisher Number:
- 40030476263
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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