Leos Janacek; A Biography
by Vogel, Jaroslav (Biography of Leos Janacek.)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Prague: Artia 1981. (Hardcover) 439pp. Very good in very good plus dust jacket. Grey cloth with gilt lettering to the front cover and spine. Notes, photographs, illustrations, musical notation, bibliography, index. The covers and spine are faded along the top and bottom edges, there is a previous owner's name and inscription on the front free endpaper and the dust jacket is lightly rubbed. "Jaroslav Vogel's masterly biography of Leos Janacek is the most authoritative guide to the music, career and personality of a composer who, despite a prolific working life spanning two centuries, has been recognized only since the 1960s as one of the first-rank operatic composers of the twentieth century". Biography of Leos Janacek. Time Period 20th Century. Foreword by Charles Mackerras. Locale: Czech Republic. (Biography, Composers, Music, Music Appreciation, Music Theory).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 155066
- Title
- Leos Janacek; A Biography
- Author
- Vogel, Jaroslav (Biography of Leos Janacek.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Artia
- Place of Publication
- Prague
- Keywords
- Biography, Composers, Music, Music Appreciation, Music Theory
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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