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One of Professor Hugh Macdonald's declared aims is 'to set the composer in the context of French music of the Second Empire', and this spledid biography proves that there is no one better qualifies for the task BBC Music Magazine, Roger Nichols Long meditated and meticulously documented, Hugh Macdonald's critical biography of Bizet will surely have no trouble being acclaimed as the definitine work on its subject Rupert Christiansen, Literary Review

""Macdonald has an enviable talent for switching seamlessly between anecdote, history, politics, and focused attention to musical detail..."" - Notes

Long meditated and meticulously documented, Hugh Macdonald's critical biography of Bizet will surely have no trouble being acclaimed as the definitine work on its subject Rupert Christiansen, Literary Review

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Hugh Macdonald is an acknowledged authority on French music, having edited the complete works of Berlioz (Bärenreiter, 1967-2006) and a number of French operas. He has written books on Berlioz and Scriabin, and his recent Music in 1853: the Biography of a Year has been widely acclaimed. He is also active as a translator of opera and song for performance.

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