Michael Tippett

Praise for Those Twentieth-Century Blues

What makes THOSE TWENTIETH CENTURY BLUES so fascinating, and often very moving, is not just its illumination of a richly patterned life, but the sheer candour of the reminiscences. . . It is altogether an admirable ...

Financial Times

Richly entertaining. . . The heady flavour of the man himself is here.

Sunday Telegraph

It is his best book. . . and anyone with the remotest interest in contemporary music should read it.

London Magazine

What makes THOSE TWENTIETH CENTURY BLUES so fascinating, and often very moving, is not just its illumination of a richly patterned life, but the sheer candour of the reminiscences. . . It is altogether an admirable ...

Financial Times

Richly entertaining. . . The heady flavour of the man himself is here.

Sunday Telegraph

It is his best book. . . and anyone with the remotest interest in contemporary music should read it.

London Magazine

What makes THOSE TWENTIETH CENTURY BLUES so fascinating, and often very moving, is not just its illumination of a richly patterned life, but the sheer candour of the reminiscences. . . It is altogether an admirable ...

Financial Times

Richly entertaining. . . The heady flavour of the man himself is here.

Sunday Telegraph

It is his best book. . . and anyone with the remotest interest in contemporary music should read it.

London Magazine