Franz Schubert : a biography / Elizabeth Norman McKay
by McKay, Elizabeth Norman
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0198165234
- ISBN 13
- 9780198165231
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About This Item
Oxford New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xiv, 362 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, music ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-345) and indexes. Contents; 1. Son of immigrants (1797-1808) -- 2. Schooldays (1808-1813) -- 3. Student and schoolteacher (1814-1816) -- 4. Opportunities (1817-1819) -- 5. La Dolce Vita (1820-1822) -- 6. Two natures -- 7. Fight against illness (1823-1824) -- 8. An expanding world (1825-1826, Part I) -- 9. Friends, publishers, the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (1825-1826, Part II) -- 10. Gloom and creativity (1827) -- 11. Success and sickness (1828) -- 12. The final illness -- 13. Burial and memorials. Subjects; Schubert, Franz 1797-1828. Schubert, Franz Biography. Composers Austria ; Biography. Composers 19th century Biography.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 398743
- Title
- Franz Schubert : a biography / Elizabeth Norman McKay
- Author
- McKay, Elizabeth Norman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0198165234
- ISBN 13
- 9780198165231
- Publisher
- Oxford New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1996
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