Rupert Christiansen

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Rupert Christiansen has been writing about music for over twenty years, and is currently opera critic and arts columnist for the Daily Telegraph. His other books include Prima Donna, Romantic Affinities, Paris Babylon, The Visitors, Arthur Hugh Clough, Faber Pocket Guide to Opera and The Complete Book of Aunts. He is affectionate towards the traditions of the Church of England, and sings its hymns in a forthright baritone, usually out of tune.

Books by Rupert Christiansen

<a href="http://shortbooks.co.uk/book/who-was-william"><strong>Who Was…William Shakespeare</strong></a><br /><a href="http://shortbooks.co.uk/book/who-was-william" class="plain-link">William Shakespeare is famous all over the world. Everyone has heard of his plays. So why do we know so little about the man who wrote them?</a><a href="http://shortbooks.co.uk/book/who-was-william"><img src="http://shortbooks.co.uk/wp-content/themes/outreach/images/transparentgif.gif" border="0" width="160px" height="244px" alt="" /></a><a href="http://shortbooks.co.uk/book/once-more-with-feeling"><strong>Once More With Feeling</strong></a><br /><a href="http://shortbooks.co.uk/book/once-more-with-feeling" class="plain-link">This collection has, alongside brief introductions by Rupert Christiansen, the words and tunes of all your favourite hymns and carols, and vocal lines for the traditional tunes.</a><a href="http://shortbooks.co.uk/book/once-more-with-feeling"><img src="http://shortbooks.co.uk/wp-content/themes/outreach/images/transparentgif.gif" border="0" width="160px" height="244px" alt="" /></a>

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