THE LIVES OF THE GREAT COMPOSERS. by Schonberg, Harold C - 1971-10-18

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE OUTSIDE THE US," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1971* Publisher: Davis Poynter.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to red spine label and author & logo to spine direct. No bumps, minimal wear, no marks or other visible faults. VG+.* Jacket condition: Black, red & white text-illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £5.00. Slight shelf wear to top edge and to head & tail of spine. Some foxing to inside of jacket. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, top edge coloured faded red and somewhat dusty. No marks to text, slight fox marks to end papers, otherwise no visible faults. VG.* Illustrations: B/w photos within text throughout.* Pages: 579 pp. text. xxi pp. bibliography, index, acks & blank pages at rear.* Description: Harold Schonberg offers music lovers a series of fascinating biographical chapters. Music, the author contends, is a continually evolving art, and all geniuses, unique as they are, were influenced by their predecessors. Schonberg discusses the lives and works of the foremost figures in classical music, among them Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, the Schumanns, Copland, and Stravinsky, weaving a fabric rich in detail and anecdote. He also includes the creators of light music, such as Gilbert and Sullivan and the Strausses.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st/1st with minor age and wear reducing it to VG.*