Download or read book Passions of a Mighty Heart: Selected Letters of G.W.L. Marshall-Hall written by Suzanne Robinson and published by Lyrebird Press. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning two decades of the cultural life of Melbourne, from 1891 until the start of World War I, this collection of the letters of the composer, conductor and critic G.W.L. Marshall-Hall samples the scandal, disappointments, achievements and camaraderie of those years. Sometimes caustic and often opinionated, the letters expose their author's infectious enthusaism for Art as well as his tendency to rile his enemies. Gathered here from public and private archives in Australia and Britain are 249 of the extant letters, each of which offers a vivid portrait of a man many described as a musical genius.