Music at the Crossroads: An Incisive Appraisal of the Current Instrumental Scene, Classical and Pop (First Edition) by Abram Chasins - 1972

Macmillan, 1972. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

NY, The Macmillan Co., (c. 1972),, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/good +. Pages xii + 240, octavo, hardcover, first printing. Book is in near Fine condition. Dust jacket rubbed, with a couple of small closed tears at edges; dust jacket price-clipped, good. 022904A

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1972. First printing. Tan full cloth boards, black stamped cover and spine titles, fine. Pages fine. Dj moderate edge wear, rub, unclipped 5.95, protected in new, clear sleeve. Insightful appraisal of the 1960's, 70's instrumental scene - classical and pop. Music at the Crossroads displays the keenness of observation and trenchant wit of Chasins. But beneath the brilliance of the writing is a passionate awareness of the problems that confront the art of instrumental music, its practititioners, and its public. Chasins was an exceptional witness throughout the golden decades preceding the '60's. His observations concern the troubled tendencies in conflict and according to Chasin, the last phase of the musical revolution in the early sixties. He examines the emergence of the rock movement, the growing and progressive domain of the jazz in many pubs. The breakthrough of the artistic cold war when Van Cliburn gets the coveted first prize at the… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 240pp. Cloth lightly soiled, remainder mark on top page edges, still very good, lacking the dustwrapper.

1972. CHASINS, Abram. MUSIC AT THE CROSS-ROADS. NY: Macmillan, [1972]. 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed presentation by Chasins on front endpaper: "To the dear Greenspans, one and all- in grateful friendship ever- Abram. Aug. 1972. P.S. My next book- to be published by Atheneum in (?)- will include Eddie, who will find me a more appreciative patient than Georgie K!" Near fine; minor wear (price-clipped) d/j. $25.00.

Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Macmillan, (1972) FIRST PRINTING. Hard Cover. NEAR FINE in lightly worn dust jacket. 240 pages, cloth. An incisive appraisal of the current instrumental scene, classical and pop. Author is a composer, pianist, musicologist, teacher, administrator, lecturer & author..

MacMillan, New York, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Small mark on ffep where old price sticker has been removed. Wear and tear to extremities of dust wrapper. 240 pages. No internal inscriptions, torn or missing pages.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Music; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53658. .

Macmillan, 1972. First Printing. Cloth Covered Boards. Good +/Good +. Grey cloth covered boards with black titles on front cover and spine, light wear to edges, corners straight. Book body clean, signed and inscribed by the author on the front free end paper, to author/critic/violinist Henry Roth and wife. Red dust jacket with white and black titles dsiplays light wear to edges and head and tail of spine, spine gently sunned, price clipped, archival brodart protected. Signed and Inscribed By Author.

NY, MACMILLAN, 1972, 1972. SIGNED BY CHASINS FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. Signed by Author(s). F.