The Standard Oratorios: Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers
by Upton, George P
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1887. Synopsis of the oratorios of Bach, Beethoven, Bennett, Berlioz, Brahms, Costa, Dvorak, Gounod, Handel, Haydn, Liszt, Macfarren, Mackenzie, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Paine, Rossini, Rubinstein, Saint-Saens, Schumann, Spohr, Sullivan, & Verdi; with a chapter on sacred music in America, appendix listing composers & dates of important sacred music. Later printing, 1887; first published the previous year. Nicely bound in half brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt titling & decoration, all edges gilt. Light wear, corners slightly bumped; minor shelf wear. Laid in is a card from Mr Preston Maynard to Miss Wilder, 'Happy Xmas & so following --' Text clean; 335 pages; index.. Later Printing. Half-Leather. Very Good. 5" by 7".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- n0247
- Title
- The Standard Oratorios: Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers
- Author
- Upton, George P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- A. C. McClurg & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- Music, Operas, Fine Bindings
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Glossary
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- Marbled boards
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...