Journey Towards Music: A Memoir by Gollancz, Victor - 1965

E.P. Dutton, 1965. Hardcover. Good. <P>Stated first edition. Hardcover book with dust jacket, neither ex-library nor marked as a remainder. Dust jacket is good: creasing, tiny tears, and sunning to spine; corners are factory trimmed. Binding is strong and all signatures are intact. Text block has some opinionated marginalia. All leaves are intact; no dog-ears or creased corners. 238 pages. </P><P>With 35 black-and-white illustrations and two color plates, Gollancz's memoir covers 50 years of concert- and opera-going. Subjects include Stravinsky at the Langham Hotel, Britten's War Requiem, Wieland Wagner's production of Fidelio, a few chapters on Wagner's Ring Cycle including performances in the Twenties and Thirties, and famous performers like De Pachmann, Paderewski, Ysaye, Menuhin, Casals, Klemperer, Schnabel, Toscanini, the Oistrakhs, and many more by a man who saw them all.</P> Heavy books or multi-volume sets will require additional postage. Send me a message before purchase if you want a quote; otherwise, I will contact you after purchase with the final shipping price. Ships from USA.