Singing-Masters of My Soul

About the Book

Carol Wootton's new book, Singing-Masters of My Soul, is an anthology of radio and TV presentations, essays, fiction and memoirs spanning nearly forty years in the creative life of the Victoria writer, lecturer and musician.

The earliest piece is her obituary tribute on CBC Radio in May 1961 to Clara Haskil who now enjoys legendary status among the Great Pianists of this century.

In essays such as "Literary Portraits of Mozart" and "Frédéric Chopin and the Polish Ideal" and in TV programs such as "Aimez-vous Brahms?" we meet the great composers. Goethe, Yeats and Byron also stride through these pages.

Memoirs include "Slavic Soul in Ladbroke Grove" and fittingly, the book ends with an Address to award-winning music students.

About the Author

Carol Wootton was born in Victoria, British Columbia and received her MA in Comparative Literature from the University of British Columbia and her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Oregon. She is also the holder of degrees in music. She has taught English at the University of Victoria and Comparative Literature at the University of Georgia and the University of Texas at Dallas. She has also lived and studied in London, Vienna and ZŸrich. She presently makes her home in Victoria. Her publications include Selective Affinities: Comparative Essays from Goethe to Arden and The Page Turner and Other Stories.