10 Operatic Masterpieces
Published by New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952, New York, 1952
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Jane Atwood, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.Jane Atwood
AbeBooks seller since January 30, 2001
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 14.45
Quantity: 1 available
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Navy Blue Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. No Additional Printings. Hardback. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 563 pages; 80 decorative drawings by Alberta Sordini; book design by Merle Armitage, text by Olin Downes with piano arrangements by Leonard Marker; operas are: Marriage of Figaro, Tales of Hoffmann, The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Aida, Carmen, Boheme, Tosca, Rosenkavalier, Love of Three Oranges, Wozzeck; from the introduction by Dimitri Mitropoulos, "The operas Mr. Downes has selected to describe in this book, starting from the period of Mozart with the Marriage of Figaro and bring us to Wozzeck, the contemporary masterpiece of Alban Berg, cover all the various styles of the two centuries and include the greatest masterpieces, and he explains them in such an appealing way that his book can interest music lovers of all ages, even the very young, and bring to more people the opportunity to enjoy these operas and their esthetic and dramatic meanings." Book condition: There is some milder cover fade on the spine and the top and bottom cover margins; a lower cover corner has a small amount of board showing.; this is a beautifully designed book, decorative drawings are in color. Illustrated endpapers; owner's address label affixed inside front cover.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- 10 Operatic Masterpieces
- Author
- Downes, Olin - Text By, Illustrated by Lordini, Alberta
- Publisher
- New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952, New York
- Publication year
- 1952
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Navy Blue Cloth
- Illustrator
- Lordini, Alberta
- Edition
- No Additional Printings
- Dimensions
- Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
Jane Atwood
Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since January 30, 2001
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Jane Atwood
KY, U.S.A.
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Louisville, KY 40222
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