The Concerto: From Its Origins to the Modern Era Paperback - 2012

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus. Revised.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2012 (1944/1964)* Publisher: Dover Pubs. Inc.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing a white silhouette of an orchestra against a dull-blue ground. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly-used if at all. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 291 pp. text. xxxv pp. indices and publishers? catalogue at rear.* Product Description:- This authoritative survey constitutes the first thorough English-Language exploration of the Concerto as a musical form. The musical form?s long and colourful history is explored in critical terms accessible to lay readers as well as specialists, forming a listener?s guide, an important musicological study, and a fascinating reading experience. This is the Dover (2012) republication of the 1963 revised editin published by Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1945 and Cassell and Company Limited 1948.* This is a FINE copy of the 1st thus revised with absolutely minimal shelf wear.*