Gail Kreutzer (3 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 250 pages, b&w photos. Keywords: Toronto, Conservatory, Music, Winnipeg, Humane, Society, Music, Paris Madame Mathilde Marchesi, Charles Wheeler, George Sweet, Dawson Ciconcert, Opera, History, Of, Jean De Reszke, Ty. …

Softcover. First Edition, First Printing. pp. 250. 8vo. Black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, et al. Appears unread; as new. Signed and inscribed by Gail Kreutzer to the title page.

First collected edition. A Parisian keepsake of the arts, compiled at the dawn of Romanticism. Le Souvenir des Mà nestrels gathers together the leading voices of post-Revolutionary France â" poets, dramatists, composers, and painters â" into one elegant anthology, meant for salon performance and domestic enjoyment. Within these pages appear names that defined a cultural age: Chateaubriand, Millevoye, and Baour-Lormian among the poets; Boieldieu, Mà hul, Kreutzer, Pleyel, Sophie Gail, Nicolo de Malte, and even Haydn among the composers; engravings by Isabey and Cicà ri, music engraved by Richomme, and vignettes by Lambert. Together, they form a panorama of Parisian intellectual and artistic life at the turn of the 19th century, when salons were the crucibles of art, politics, and society. Issued by Mme. Bà noist at her Magasin de Musique on the Rue de Richelieu, the book also reflects the growing role of women as publishers and impresarios in the Parisian music trade. With its charming illustrations, engraved music, and wide-ranging contents, Le Souvenir des Mà nestrels is both a performance book and a cultural artifact â" a survivor of evenings when voices and instruments celebrated poetry, wit, and conviviality in the salons of post-Revolutionary Paris. Binding: Contemporary quarter vellum with patterned paper boards. Boards worn with losses, vellum rubbed, but solid and appealing; text block largely uncut. Interior: Engraved frontispiece, full-page vignettes, finely engraved sheet music, and an index of contributors (poets, composers, artists, and engravers). Pages fresh with occasional edge wear; a handsome survival. A scarce and evocative anthology, uniting literature, music, and the visual arts at the moment when French culture was remaking itself for a new century. Le Souvenir des Mà nestrels, Paris [c. 1800], a richly illustrated anthology of poetry and salon music featuring Chateaubriand, Haydn, Sophie Gail, Mà hul, Pleyel, Boieldieu, and others; published by Mme. Bà noist. Good (original patterned boards worn; vellum spine rubbed; text block largely uncut; engravings and music crisp and complete) Contemporary quarter vellum with patterned paper boards. Spine rubbed, paper sides worn with losses, but binding sound; text block largely uncut. Small 8vo. Isabey, Cicà ri, Lambert, and others (engravings and vignettes) (illustrator).…