MUSIC AS AN ART: A GUIDE TO ENDURING ENJOYMENT THROUGH CONSCIOUS LISTENING - FROM GREGORIAN CHANT TO THE SCORES OF STRAVINSKY

Herbert Weinstock

Published by Harcourt Brace & Company, New York, 1953

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Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Blue linen boards/Fine. DJ/VG; sound, price-clipped, w/light wear; under mylar. Historical survey of Western music by Herbert Weinstock (1905 - 1971), author of "Chopin: The Man and his Music," "Handel," and "Tchaikovsky." On what to hear patterns & structure, or, language used when listening to music. 334 pgs, in 21 chapters followed by Postlude. The composers & their works are placed within the context of the times in which composed & the evolutions brought about by new techniques and instruments are discussed. Seller Inventory # 200125

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Title: MUSIC AS AN ART: A GUIDE TO ENDURING ...

Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company, New York

Publication Date: 1953

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition, First Thus