Franz Schubert: A Biography by McKay, Elizabeth Norman - 1996-08-22

Hardback. Very Good.

Good. Exact ISBN match. Immediate shipping. No funny business. Pics available upon request.

Oxford University Press, Incorporated. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1996-08-22. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

Clarendon Press, 1996. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:0198165234

Clarendon Press, 1996. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:9780198165231

Oxford University Press, 1996. In almost pristine condition. There is very faint foxing along the top edge, and a small date inscription on front end paper.

Clarendon Press, UK, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. 362 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Clarendon Press, UK, 1996. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping and superficial wear. . Edges of pages are mildly foxed. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: In his short, tumultuous life, Franz Schubert (1797-1828) produced an astonishing amount of music. Symphonies, chamber music, opera, church music, and songs (more than 600 of them) poured forth in profusion. His "Trout" Quintet, his "Unfinished" Symphony, the last three piano sonatas, and above all his song cycles Die Schone Mullerin and Winterreise have come to be universally regarded as belonging to the very greatest works of music? Who was the man who composed this amazing succession of masterpieces, so many of which were either entirely ignored or regarded as failures during… Read More

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.… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.