Famous Composers and Their Music (16 Volume Set)
by Thomas, Theodore (editor) ; Paine, John Knowles (editor) ; Klauser, Karl (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed and spotted, a few pages in the set have tears, faint soiling or foxing.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: J. B. Millet Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed and spotted, a few pages in . the set have tears, faint soiling or foxing.. 1910. Hardcover. Extra Illustrated Edition. Complete in 16 volumes. Green decorated cloth. Top edges gilt. Volumes I-VI have numerous illustrations, including some in color, of composers, instruments, and other subjects. They contain biographies of various composers and chapters about regional music history. Successive volumes contain lyrics and music of pieces by numerous composers, with a table contents with a listing by composers, and a table of contents with a listing by titles. Included are works by Debussy, Borodin, Faure, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Purcell, Saint-Saens, Scarlatti, Lully, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Chopin, Beethoven, Bach, Liszt, and many others. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 1624 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39821
- Title
- Famous Composers and Their Music (16 Volume Set)
- Author
- Thomas, Theodore (editor) ; Paine, John Knowles (editor) ; Klauser, Karl (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed and spotted, a few pages in the set have tears, faint soiling or foxing.
- Publisher
- J. B. Millet Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1910
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Classical Music, COMPOSERS, MUSIC References
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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