Skyscraper Lullaby: The Life and Music of John Alden Carpenter by Howard Pollack - 1995

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Hardback. Very Good.

Washington/London: Smithsonian, 1995. Hardcover. NF./NF.. 9x6x1. Study of the early 20th century American composer. B+W photos, clothbound.

Washington, DC, U.S.A.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. 511pp, illustrated. Composer-businessman John Alden Carpenter was hightly regarded in his day for ballets, songs and concert works.This is the first biography on the composer. 16 b/w illus. and 23 musical examples. 1st edition. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995-01-01. Hardcover. Good.

Smithsonian Institute Press, 1995. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Near Fine - in Near Fine DJ.. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper ). Physically 9¼” x 6¼” (1.1 kg); 511pp; Index; The Life and Music of John Alden Carpenter. In his lifetime John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951) won a success almost unparalleled for an American composer of concert music. The most acclaimed musicians performed his works regularly, including conductors of the stature of Walter Damrosch, Karl Muck, Frederick Stock, Leopold Stokowski, Serge Koussevitzky, Fritz Reiner, Artur Rodzinski, Fritz Busch, Pierre Monteux, Otto Klemperer, Bruno Walter, Eugene Ormandy, and Werner Janssen. ISBN: 1560984007 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop… Read More

Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press. 511pp. Illus. Musical notations to text. Very minor shelfwear to dustwrapper. Contents clean and unmarked. A lovely copy. OVERSEAS ORDERS MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE . VG+. Hardcover. 1995.