The New Grove Modern Masters: Bartok, Stravinsky, Hindemith (The Composer Biography Series) by LAMPERT, Vera et al - 1984

New York: W. W. Norton & Company. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0393016935 . A U.S. edition of biographies of notable composers Béla Bartók (by Laszlo Somfai and Vera Lampert), Igor Stravinsky (by Eric Walter White and Jeremy Noble) and Paul Hindemuth (by Ian Kemp). An entry in the The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians series, edited and with a preface, by Stanley Sadie. Includes numerous b&w photos, musical notations and listings of the works of the musicicans profiled here. --- In textured navy paper-covered boards, with gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket features black and white portrait of Stravinsky. --- A clean, firm copy lacking obvious damages. Unclipped jacket with retailer's back cover sticker, otherwise clean and bright.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); (16), 292 pages .