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At Cross Purposes: A Cathedral Organist's Memoirs (in English)
Michael Smith
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At Cross Purposes: A Cathedral Organist's Memoirs (in English) - Smith, Michael
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Synopsis "At Cross Purposes: A Cathedral Organist's Memoirs (in English)"
'It was during a Monday evensong that the assistant verger murdered his wife.' 'It was not so much that the cathedral was badly run, as that it was not really run at all.' When Michael Smith was 36, his life seemed well-nigh perfect. With a lovely wife and a young daughter he was living in the shadow of Salisbury Cathedral, where he was the highly-qualified and well-respected assistant organist. He looked forward to new challenges at a cathedral in south Wales, but was unprepared for the attitude of the authorities which would continually test his resolve. With the passage of years he was also dismayed at the conduct and inefficiency of some of his colleagues, which extended to inefficiency, deviousness, dishonesty and even murder. At Cross Purposes is a detailed chronicle of his public success in maintaining the daily round of cathedral music, persevering towards his goals despite the obstacles and indifference, latterly amounting to relentless opposition, that he faced along the way. The book gives a fascinating insight into the life of Michael Smith, extending beyond his work as a choral director, music examiner and teacher to brief accounts of his later ventures into door-to-door sales networking and market research interviewing, alongside his significant role as a family man. 'I feel the hand of Anthony Trollope on his shoulder, ' writes Canon Jeremy Davies in his Foreword, recalling the Barchester chronicles. In At Cross Purposes we have a real-life story at first hand.
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