Sussex Music

Marcus Weeks,
with introduction by Gavin Henderson

Did you realise that Claude Debussy wrote his haunting La Mer in an Eastbourne hotel room? That Winifred Wagner, wife to Siegfried, was born in Hastings? That Sussex is the only county to have its own anthem – Sussex by the Sea? There is (and always has been) a lot of music in the county, but Sussex musos can be disarmingly modest – not ones to blow their own trumpet – which can give a false impression of the wealth of music in our county. This book aims to redress the balance, proudly proclaiming our musical heritage and pointing out the often surprising contribution Sussex has made to music in Britain and indeed worldwide. Covering everything from folk, classical music and the mixed bag of popular music from jazz to music hall to rock, there is something for everyone to hum along in Sussex Music.

Key points
Covers all musical genres.
Written by bona fide practising Sussex muso.
Contains all the words of Sussex by the Sea, the county’s very own anthem.

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