LETTERS OF COMPOSERS: an Anthology 1603-1945

by Norman, G. & Shrifte, M.; eds

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NY:: Knopf,, 1946. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/label; binding tight; contents clean; condition good.. sources + index. Several letters illustrated with fragments of music notation. Letters by Handel, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini, Verdi, Meyerbeer, Schubert, Berlioz, Glinka, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Wagner, Brahms, Dvorak, Charles Ives, Edward MacDowell, Virgil Thomson, Aaron Copland, Walter Piston--& dozens of other composers--to friends, family members, musicians, & patrons on a wide variety of personal & professional subjects. ||| Remarkable collection, beyond the usual "Born, died, studied at/with, list of works."