Condition: Good. Good condition ex-library book with usual library markings and stickers.
Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Language: English
Published by Penguin Publishing Group, 1997
ISBN 10: 0399143327 ISBN 13: 9780399143328
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Language: English
Published by Penguin Publishing Group, 1997
ISBN 10: 0399143327 ISBN 13: 9780399143328
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
Language: English
Published by BBC Magazines, London, 1995
Seller: The Shop Around The Corner, Elgin, IL, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. bbc03 8½"x11"; 98 pages; Soft Pictorial Cover; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. A used copy with normal reading wear. Due to USPS regulations, this item may require additional postage. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, contact me before ordering for details. BBC Music Magazine is a British monthly magazine that focuses primarily on classical music. Each edition comes together with an audio CD, often including BBC recordings of full-length works. The first issue appeared in September 1992. The magazine includes regular columns and reviews of new releases as well as several in depth feature articles by noted music writers. Each issue contains a CD featuring complete works by the greatest composers, performed by world-class artists and ensembles. This issue includes the audio CD recording: "Stravinsky 'Rite of Spring'; Britten 'Four Sea Interludes'; Mussorgsky 'Prelude to Khovanshchina'; Lyadov 'Kikimora'; Walton 'Portsmouth Point Overture'" performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by David Atherton. This issue contains the following articles: "This month's CD Listening Guide" (track-by-track guide) by Jan Smaczny; "Annie Fischer; 1914-95" (Obituary) by Misha Donat; "Label Profile: Opus 111" (Yolanta Skura, founder) by Nick Kimberley; "Percussion takes center stage" (more young people finding the soul of music in percussion) by John Milsom; "Music in art: 'Sir Thomas Beecham conducting' by WR Sickert" by Tom Phillips; "Indian summer" (Ravi Shankar) by Kenneth Hunt; "unmasked at the ball?" (Luciano Pavarotti) by Antony Peattie; "Imperial splendor" (Royal Opera House, London and Marlinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg) Jane Glover "Händel v Handel" (George Frideric Handel German-British Baroque composer) by Simon Heighes; "Composer of the Month: George Enescu" by Noel Malcolm; "Building a Library: Mahler, 'Symphony No. 8'" by Edward Seckerson; "Brian Kay's Starter Collection" (recommended essential performances from the classical repertoire) by Brian Kay; "Catch a Cab!" (Cab Calloway) by Ian Carr; "Music that changed me: Leonard Slatkin, conductor" interview by David Patrick Stearns.
Language: English
Published by BBC Magazines, London, 1995
Seller: The Shop Around The Corner, Elgin, IL, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. bbc03 8½"x11"; 98 pages; Soft Pictorial Cover; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. A used copy with normal reading wear. Due to USPS regulations, this item may require additional postage. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, contact me before ordering for details. BBC Music Magazine is a British monthly magazine that focuses primarily on classical music. Each edition comes together with an audio CD, often including BBC recordings of full-length works. The first issue appeared in September 1992. The magazine includes regular columns and reviews of new releases as well as several in depth feature articles by noted music writers. Each issue contains a CD featuring complete works by the greatest composers, performed by world-class artists and ensembles. This issue includes the premiere audio CD recording: "Shostakovich: Cheryomushki" performed by the Pimlico Opera conducted by Wasfi Kani performed in English, orchestration by Gerard McBurney. This issue contains the following articles: "CD Listening Guide" (track-by-track guide to the musical) by Wasfi Kani; "Dear Shostakocich" (Gerard McBurney explains his orchestration, arrangement and translation) by Gerard McBurney; "Company Profile: Capriccio" by Nick Kimberley; "The mystery of the hemispheres" (scientific research regarding how the brain processes music) by John Milsom; "Wild Thing" (Bryn Terfel) by Antony Peattie; "Spike Hughes Who He?" (Patrick Cairns "Spike" Hughes) by David Drew; "Russian Revolution" (the future of Russia's musical life) by David Nice; "Composer of the Month: Joseph Hayden" by Richard Wigmore; "Building a library: Handel's Messiah" by Nicholas Anderson; "Brian Kay's Starter Collection" (recommended essential performances from the classical repertoire) by Brian Kay; "Basin full of blues" ((Music and the Mississippi River) by Richard Gilbert; "Music that changed me" (Iona Brown, violinist and conductor) interview by Helen Wallace.
Language: English
Published by BBC Magazines, London, 1995
Seller: The Shop Around The Corner, Elgin, IL, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. bbc03 8½"x11"; 98 pages; Soft Pictorial Cover; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. A used copy with normal reading wear. Due to USPS regulations, this item may require additional postage. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, contact me before ordering for details. BBC Music Magazine is a British monthly magazine that focuses primarily on classical music. Each edition comes together with an audio CD, often including BBC recordings of full-length works. The first issue appeared in September 1992. The magazine includes regular columns and reviews of new releases as well as several in depth feature articles by noted music writers. Each issue contains a CD featuring complete works by the greatest composers, performed by world-class artists and ensembles. This issue includes the audio CD recording: "Tippett conducts Tippett Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Tippett. This issue contains the following articles: "This month's CD Listening Guide" (track-by-track guide) by Meirion Bowen; "Company Profile: EMI Classics" by Nick Kimberley; "It's never too late to start playing" (teaching adults to play musical instruments) by Helen Wallace; "The sticky ball theory of music" (biographical influences of a composers works) by John Milsom; "Music in art" ('Reclining woman with organist' by Titian and 'Reclining woman with lute player' by Titian) by Tom Phillips; "Still a child of our time" (Michael Tippett) by Meirion Bowen; "a musical joke" (scherzo is usually upbeat and sometimes even humorous) by Graham Topping; "An anatomy of musical humour" (how composers attempt to add humour to a score) by Tim Jones; "Anne Sofie's choice" (Anne Sofie von Otter) by Antony Peattie; "Composer of the Month: Hector Berlioz" by Julian Rushton; "Building a Library: Ludwig van Beethoven, Fidelio" by Bernard Keefe; "Brian Kay's Starter Collection" (recommended essential performances from the classical repertoire) by Brian Kay; "Outsiders come inside" (acceptance of British jazz musicians London's cultural establishment, the South Bank Centre) by Ian Carr; "Music that changed me: Reinhard Goebel, Baroque violinist" interview by Tim Stein.
Condition: Used: Like New. like new condition. sent next working day from the u/k 1st class 0.0.
Condition: Used: Like New. like new condition. unused. sent next working day from the u/k 1st class 0.0.
Language: English
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons (Penguin-Putnam, Inc.), New York, 1997
ISBN 10: 0399143327 ISBN 13: 9780399143328
Seller: Mnemosyne, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 68 choice b-w- illustrations throughout (illustrator). 11th Edition. CLASSIC: INDISPENSIBLE: REVISED: REDESIGNED: EXPANDED: AS-NEW Eleventh Edition hardcover (Orig. October 1997) First Printing, AS-NEW mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners & handsomely presenting gilt-lettering on a gloss-black-laminated background, AS-NEW cleanable jet-black "faux-leather" over boards cover w/ titles handsomely gilt-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE cream-white card-stock end-papers, AS-NEW perfect binding w/ blue-white-checked cloth bands at spine-caps, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed on VG unblemished opaque archival paper * 68 choice b-w illustrations throughout * Preface, List of Illustrations * 7.86" x 10.38" x 2.32", 2.30 kg, xx+1012 (1032) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: From its first appearance in 1922, "Kobbe's Opera Book" has been regarded as the opera-lover's bible. 75 years later in 1997 it underwent the most thorough revision in its history, fully redesigned & expanded, w/ numerous prior entries completely rewritten & nearly 200 new operas added. This MAJOR REVISION of "Kobbe's Opera Book" expands its coverage to almost 500 works. In its Eleventh Edition the world's preeminent opera guide includes: (a) full descriptions of the operas, (b) plot synopses, cast lists, performance histories, & many other details, (c) new illustrations & musical examples, (d) nearly 200 new entries for operas not covered before, (e) thoroughly revised previous entries, & (f) full accounts of leading opera composers . . . Departing from earlier editions, this Eleventh Edition presents operas chronologically by composer, thus making them easier to find for those unsure of an opera's school or period. A full index is provided, as before, along with (a first for Kobbe's) a choice selection of b-w photographs. Lord Harewood's commentaries, & his unparalleled knowledge of & enthusiasm for opera, are complemented in this new edition by substantial contributions from Antony Peattie. Together they take the Kobbe tradition a stage further. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & to international destinations via Mandatory USPS INTERNATIONAL PRIORITY AIRMAIL at our below-cost posted rates.
Language: English
Published by New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1997
ISBN 10: 0399143327 ISBN 13: 9780399143328
Seller: Arnold M. Herr, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 5th or later Edition. 11th edition. Very thick quarto. B&W illustrations. As new in as new DJ. Pages: xviii, 1012.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.
hardcover. Condition: New. Brand New Book.
Seller: Karl Eynon Books Ltd, Tywyn, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 290 pages. Brown cloth HB. Greek to English.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No jacket. Ebury Press, 1997, 11th edition. Paperback, 4to, xix,1012pp. Edges slightly marked. A fair copy. 0091814103/2.0uk . (Please note that our condition gradings are stricter than those of Abebooks and many other sellers. There may therefore be a discrepancy between this description and its listed condition grading).
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 0399143327. 2000 reprint, bright clean copy, with dustjacket, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981.
Condition: Good. The New Kobbe's Opera Book.
Published by Welsh National Opera, Cardiff, 1984
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Programme of a Welsh National Opera production. A tidy copy in tight binding. Used - Very Good. VG paperback programme Used - Very Good. VG paperback programme.
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition/First Printing. book is tight with no markings, great copy.
Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Published by National Oprea, 2000
Seller: Karl Eynon Books Ltd, Tywyn, United Kingdom
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 27 pages. A very good clean copy with no previous owner's markings and no creases. Libretto No Score.
Published by G P Putnam's Sons (1997), New York, 1997
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Eleventh Edition. 1012p quarto illustrated A fine copy in a fine price clipped dust jacket. Name on front fly leaf.
Published by G. P. Putnam's and Sons, New York, 1997
Seller: DuBois Rare Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: About Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. xviii, 1012 pages : illustrations, music ; 27 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original black paper over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: clipped, some superficial shelf rubbing to panels else fine. A nice copy. Summary: Presents critical summaries of almost five-hundred operas, along with biographical information on the composers. Presented chronologically by composer. Authors: Antony Peattie (Editor), George Henry Hubert Lascelles Harewood (Editor). First Printing of New, Revised 11th Edition (with full number line).
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.