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London: Oxford University Press, 1937. Stated first edition. Has some pencilled notes to inside covers and some pencilled arrows on contents page. No other markings to text were noted. Mark on contents and opposite page were a paperclip once was. Large pocket on inside back cover contains diagrams of amplification systems. 331 pages. Bumped corners. Slight fray to top. Contents include: The Symphony, The Symphonies; Franz Joseph Haydn; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Ludwig van Beethoven; Franz Peter Schubert; Johannes Brahms; Peter Ilitch Tchaikovsky; Cesar Franck; The Orchestra. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. First. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
A Book of the Symphony by Haggin, B. H - 1937
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A Book of the Symphony
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VG. Crisp copy, solid. Rear pocket with diagram & ruler., Without DJ with musical scoring music appreciation Oxford University Press London & New York 1937 First edition 9 1/2 x 6 3/4", 331 pp., Designed as a listening guide when phonographs were still being played with steel needles. The modern-day CD makes finding the, passages under discussion much easier to locate. The text is a detailed analysis of the symphonies of Hayden, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahams, Tchaikovsky, and Franck.
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- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Date Published 1937
- Keywords music musicology music appreciation Schubert Mozart Beethoven Brahms Hayden Tchaikovsky
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Oxford University Press, 1937. Hardcover. Good. Oxford University Press, 1937. Good. , Hardcover, Text clean. Black cloth, no dust jacket. 331 pages. Folding chart. Former owner's name on endpaper. Pages lightly tanned. Spine title rubbed. Out-of-print and antiquarian booksellers since 1933. We pack and ship with care.
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1937. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good. 338 pages. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Condition of the book is VERY GOOD; Light shelf-wear to covers, light foxing to endpapers, text is very clean.
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NY/London: Oxford University Press, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good. Includes plastic ruler, etc. Hardcover is slightly rubbed along spine ends and corners. Top edges are worn. Pages are yellowed. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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London: Oxford University Press, 1937 330 numbered pp + 1; HB w/DJ. From the collection of David Wight Prall, Professor of aesthetics and philosophy at Berkeley and Harvard, his bookplate pasted ep. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. lt tanned. Cover: black, gilt titles spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: unclipped, gray, symphony front, music back, reverse titles front/spine, black text back; moderate edge/shelfwear, head/tail tattered, several sm-med closed tears.
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London: Oxford University Press, 1937. First Edition. Very good.. First edition of this accessible guide to symphonic music appreciation and understanding through phonograph recordings. 9.25'' x 6.25''. Original black cloth, lacking original dust jacket. With original schematic drawing and measuring device in interior pocket mounted at rear. 331, [1] pages. Nick in cloth to upper right hand corner. Otherwise sound, clean.
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London: Methuen, 1937. Hardcover without jacket. With plastic record ruler in pocket at rear (indenting slightly onto facing BEP). Instances of minor exterior wear and marks; page block and endpapers are foxed. Pages appear clean, and all content is clear. TS. Hardcover. Good. Used.
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