Mendelssohn: A new Image of the Composer and his Age. Translated from the German by Dika Newlin.
London: Collier-Macmillan, (1963). Hardcover. 8vo. xiii. 545 pp. 1/2 black cloth over beige cloth with copper lettering to spine and blind-embossed lettering to front board. Top edge red. Frontispiece. Biography of renowned German composer, pianist and conductor of the early Romantic period, Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, a.k.a. Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847). Mendelssohn came from a notable Jewish family, with his grandfather being the reclaimed Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. Illustrated throughout with musical notations, paintings and sketches (all in b/w). Minor age wear. Some stains to page edges, not affecting text. Owner's stamp to free front endpaper, with liibrary stamp to title page, not affecting text. Overall clean and tight. In English, translated from the German. Very good condition. vg. Item #20189
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