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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 401 pages, 27 illustrations and some music examples, hardback, a very good+ copy in a very good+ dust-jacket [0333390253] A book in the 'The New Grove Composer Biography Series', this is the first edition thus with additions. Seller Inventory # 99474
Book Description Hardback. 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. Seller Inventory # GOR004323361
Book Description Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 49062532-75
Book Description Hardback. First edition, 1985. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. NF; owners mark on fep in NF unclipped dust jacket; slight edgewear. Published: Macmillan / Papermac, 1985. Seller Inventory # 11110
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 401pp., illus., music examples. Very good condition. Slight shelf wear to dustwrapper o/w very good. Seller Inventory # 113844
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Revised Edition. First impression of the revised edition. Sixteen black and white illustrations. ***Fine in navy blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Pages clean and white. No inscriptions. Spine tight. In a fine colour-illustrated dustwrapper. No tears. Dustwrapper clean and bright. 204mm x 134mm. 226 pages including comprehensive catalogue of works, extensive bibliography and index to rear. ***'The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is the most comprehensive and up-to-date body of musical knowledge ever gathered together. The New Grove composer biographies have been selected from the dictionary to bring the finest of the biographies to an immensely wider audience. Each has been expanded and updated for book publication and contains a comprehensive work-list, index and fully revised bibliography, in addition to the definitive view of the subject's life and works.' ***To celebrate the century of Wagner's death, The New Grove Wagner has been added to the composer Biography Series. The biographical chapters of the book are freshly written by John Deathridge, a scholar who has worked on the new Wagner edition and catalogue and whose recent research has met with enthusiastic praise. Dr Deathridge has revised the work-list and bibliography in light of recent findings. The discussion of Wagner's music and aesthetics - much admired when published in The New Grove - is by Carl Dahlhasu, who has now added a further chapter offering new insights on Wagnerian theories of music and drama-.' ***'One of the major publishing events of our time --- a landmark, a dazzling achievement' Joseph McLellan, Washington POst. ***'Carl Dahlhaus's discussion of the music of Wagner --- a fresh insight in almost every sentence' Bayan Northcott, The Sunday Telegraph (Quote and review quotes from rear of dustwrapper blurb). ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # 3462
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