Pleasures of music : an anthology of writing about music and musicians / edited and with a new preface by Jacques Barzun
1952, First Edition. London : Michael Joseph. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Item #234220
Physical description; 371 p. : 21 cm. Notes; Contains major sections on Fiction, Criticism (Music at large, Music and drama, Composers and performers, Some premieres), The musical life (Politics and patronage, Apropos of instruments), Fantasies and Confessions, Correspondence, Maxims and Good stories. Contents; Contains the contributions listed below. Subjects; Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) - Correspondence. Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) - Correspondence. Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869). Bizet, Georges (1838-1875). Arlesienne. Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897). Symphony, no.2, op 73, D major. Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) - Correspondence. Chabrier, Emmanuel (1841-1894) - Correspondence. Chopin, Frederic Francois (1810-1849). Franck, Cesar (1822-1890). Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787) - Correspondence. Grove, George (1820-1900). Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759). Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809) - Correspondence. Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) - Writings. Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687). Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847). Meyerbeer, Giacomo (1791-1864). Mozart family. Mozart, Leopold (1719-1787) - Correspondence. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) - Correspondence. Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich (1839-1881). Boris Godunov. Paganini, Niccolo (1782-1840) - Correspondence. Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (1525?-1594). Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764). Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868). Barber of Seville. Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) - Correspondence. Schumann, Robert (1810-1856). Strauss, Johann (1825-1899). Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901). Traviata. Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901) - Correspondence. Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) - Criticism and interpretation. Zelter, Carl Friedrich (1758-1832) - Correspondence. Aesthetics. Anecdotes. Collected essays. Correspondence. Jazz. Music criticism. Music and drama. Music and literature. Music and politics. Opera - History. Opera - France - 18th century.
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