Last Boy Of The Family

Opera has been the dominating factor in Inglis Gundry's life, and in this affectionate memoir he looks back on the 15 operas he has written and reveals the life that was their inspiration. Always modest and unpretentious, Gundryshares his troubled unbringing in suburban London, his days at Oxford and his vivid experiences of the war serving on HMS Welshman. His later years as a lecturer saw the composer also investigating the dramatic music of the 12thand 13th century monasteries, eventually founding the Sacred Music Drama Society.