Fortissimo: Backstage at the Opera with Sacred Monsters and Young Singers
by Murray, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Fine Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1400053609
- ISBN 13
- 9781400053605
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Crown Publishers, 2005. First edition. Boards. Very Good in Fine Dust Jacket. 8vo, 273 pp., illus. Lyric Opera of Chicago's training program. Spine slightly cocked, edges of boards faded, previous owner blind stamp, finger marks to one page margin.
Synopsis
William Murray was a staff writer at The New Yorker for more than thirty years and authored more than twenty novels and works of nonfiction, including City of the Soul and The Last Italian . He died shortly after completing this book. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16274
- Title
- Fortissimo: Backstage at the Opera with Sacred Monsters and Young Singers
- Author
- Murray, William
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Fine Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1400053609
- ISBN 13
- 9781400053605
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- , Opera , , ,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music;
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