Death on the Down Beat

An Orchestral Fantasy of Detection

Sebastian Farr, Martin Edwards

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British Library Publishing
10 September 2022

Fiction & Literature; Classic crime

Series: British Library Crime Classics

As a rousing Strauss piece is reaching its crescendo in Maningpool Civic Hall, the talented yet obnoxious conductor Sir Noel Grampian is shot dead in full view of the Municipal Orchestra and the audience. It was no secret that he had many enemies – musicians and music critics among them – but to be killed in mid flow suggests an act of the coldest calculation.

Told through the letters and documents sent by D.I. Alan Hope to his wife as he puzzles through the dauntingly vast pool of suspects and scant physical evidence in the case, this is an innovative and playful mystery underscored by the author’s extensive experience of the highly-strung world of music professionals. First published in 1941, this new edition returns Farr’s only crime novel to print to receive its long-deserved encore.

By: Sebastian Farr
Introduction by: Martin Edwards
Imprint: British Library Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 106
Dimensions: Height: 190mm, Width: 130mm,
ISBN: 9780712354028
ISBN 10: 0712354026
Series: British Library Crime Classics
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 10 September 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sebastian Farr was the pseudonym used by Eric Walter Blom (1888-1959) for his single mystery novel. Blom was a Swiss-born British-naturalised music lexicographer, journalist and writer, most famous for his work as music critic for the Manchester Guardian, the Birmingham Post and The Observer, and for editing the fifth edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians in 1954.