Music Aesthetics & Criticism from bookarrest

New York: Vintage Books, 1956. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Milton Glaser (cover art). V-88. A remarkable perspective on opera, wherein "the dramatist is the composer". CONTENTS: Foreword; Introduction; The Tradition; Reform; Retrenchment; Index. 269+ pages. CONDITION: A tight, square copy with light-moderate shelf-wear, unmarked but for the previous owner's name… Read more about this item

United Kingdom: LTM, 2014. CDs in Slim Double Jewelcase. New (Very Fine)/New (Very Fine). 5.5" x 5. LTM 2571. This outstanding two-CD collection offers a comprehensive overview of the French avant-garde in the 20th century. Commencing with pioneers Claude Debussy and Erik Satie, this chronological collection moves forward to absurdist and dreamlike Dada and Surrealist compositions (Duchamp, Picabia, Desnos, Ribemont-Dessaignes),… Read more about this item

New York: New Music Connoisseur, 2018. Stapled Wraps. Near Fine. 8.5" x 11. Three issues of the recently discontinued but provocative and informative magazine of "new music", AKA "contemporary classical", AKA "avant-garde" AKA "sound art" - none of which are quite accurate or specific. It was a "semi-annual periodical focusing on the work of 20th and 21st century… Read more about this item

New York: Horizon Press - Vienna House, 1973. Cloth Hardcovers in Slipcase. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A comprehensive and definitive edition of Shaw's weekly writings on musical events in London. CONTENTS: London Music in 1888-89 as heard by Cornetto di Bassetto [Preface; 1888-89; Index]; Criticisms contributed week by week to the… Read more about this item

Frenchtown, New Jersey: Columbia Publishing Company, Inc., 1979. Assumed First Edition . Hard Cover - Cloth Spine. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A revelatory exploration of the art of conducting, through the interview responses of eight great conductors: James Levine, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Charles Mackerras, Colin Davis, Bernard Haitink, Jose Serebrier, Sir Adrian Boult,… Read more about this item

New York: G. Schirmer, 1943. Soft cover. Good. 6.5" x 9.5. A thought-provoking issue of this distinguished music journal, featuring articles/essays on Beethoven, Czechoslovakian composers, Martinu, and Griffes, plus reviews and book/record publication lists. CONTENTS: See accompanying scan image of the Table of Contents. 142 pages (illustrated with photos and musical examples). CONDITION: This copy lacks its covers,… Read more about this item

Cincinnati, Ohio: American Record Guide, 1996. Large Softcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The definitive journal offering reviews of classical recordings and music in concert. Concert highlights include Chicago Lyric Opera, Alfred Brendel, Jost Meier's "The Dreyfus Affair", (NYC Opera), William Bolcolm's "Left-Hand Piano Concertos", Aaron Jay Kernis's "Concerto for Violin… Read more about this item

Moscow: OOO ISC "Fractal, 2007. Stapled Wraps. Fine. 8" x 11.5. A scarce issue of this outstanding Russian music journal (founded in 1991). In lieu of a verbal description, I've attached scans of the cover and four inside pages for your perusal. CONTENTS; Remembering Great Musicians - Magda Matsulevich: pianist, aesthete, and person; Review Materials - Alexander Solodovnikov,… Read more about this item

Cincinnati, Ohio: American Record Guide, 1996. Large Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The definitive journal offering reviews of classical recordings and music in concert. Concert highlights include Calrisle Floyd's "Susannah" (Houston), Kurt Weill's "The Progagonist"/Hindemith's "Murderer, Hope of Women", Leon Botstein (NYC), Mark Morris, Birtwistle's "Antiphonies" (Boulez/LA), Wagner's "Ring" (Arizona), Conrad Susa "Transformations"… Read more about this item

Berkhamstead, Herts, UK: The Musical Times Publications, 2009. Soft cover. Fine (As New). 7.5" x 9.5. The UK's oldest classical music journal, with 165 years of continuous publication (established in 1844) - this being its 1,908th issue. CONTENTS: (Articles) Whither 'music studies' (Williams); Purcell, the anthem, and the culture of preaching (Plank); Erik Satie's 'Uspud' (Orledge); The narrative… Read more about this item

Zhitomir, Ukraine: Ivan Franko University Publishing House, 2013. Stapled Wraps. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Sergei Zhukov (cover art). Articles submitted for this collection deal with issues of contemporary musicology, musical activity, performance, and education which were discussed at the III International Scientific-Practical Conference "Contemporary Music in the Modern World", held within the festival Zhytomyr… Read more about this item

London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1932. Reprint Edition - 1949 . Clothbound Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Volume II of Shaw's prolific documentation of London's rich musical life. 325 pages. CONDITION: The book - lacking its original dust-jacket - is solid and square, its gilt spine titling still bright, though the spine… Read more about this item

Cincinnati, Ohio: American Record Guide, 1995. Large Softcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The definitive journal offering reviews of classical recordings and music in concert. Highlights include Boulez 70th birthday concert (Chicago); Hermann Michael, conductor (Seattle Opera); Troy Concert Hall (Troy, NY); New World Symphony (Miami); Aspen Summer Festival; "Mostly Mozart" Festival; American… Read more about this item

St. Petersburg, Russia: Sudarynya, 2006. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. 5.5" x 8. A revealing profile of the distinguished Hungarian composer, embedded in this probing analysis of his piano cycle "Games". CONTENTS: Preface; Introduction; (1) Gyorgy Kurtag and his piano cycle "Games" - a panoramic view; (2) twentieth century compositional techniques in Kurtag's "Games"; (3)… Read more about this item

Roma, Milano: Tumminelli & C., 1936. Assumed First Edition . Soft cover. Fair/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [TEXT IN ITALIAN] This is the outstanding "Pianoforte" volume (Volume I, dedicated to Alfred Cortot), from the Collezione Musicale "Melos" - a series of musical manuals directed by Guido M. Gatti and Paola Ojetti. CONTENTS: To the… Read more about this item

Cincinnati, Ohio: American Record Guide, 2004. Large Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The definitive journal offering reviews of classical recordings and music in concert. Concert highlights include Spoleto, Charles Ives, Ojai Festival, Ravinia, Cincinnati May Festival, and Canadian Ring Cycle. CONTENTS: ***See accompanying scan image of the Table of Contents.*** 288 pages. CONDITION:… Read more about this item

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University, 1949. Advance Reading Copy . Spiral Bound Stiff Covers. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Praetorius (1571-1621) was likely the most renowned German musician of the early 17th century, and his encyclopedic three-volume "Syntagma Musicum" represented a compendium of all musical knowledge of the time as well as an exhaustive source… Read more about this item

Berkhamsted, Herts, UK: The Musical Times Publications Ltd., 2009. Soft cover. As New (Fine). 7.5" x 9.5. The UK's oldest classical music journal, with 165 years of continuous publication (established in 1844) - this being its 1,908th issue. CONTENTS: (Articles) Whither 'music studies' (Williams); Purcell, the anthem, and the culture of preaching (Plank); Erik Satie's 'Uspud' (Orledge); The… Read more about this item

Paris: Le Monde et Telerema, 1978. Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 9.25" x 12.5. An exceedingly scarce early issue of this provocative, profusely illustrated French-language music journal. CONTENTS: Hommage a Brel (Gregeois), Le neuf du mois, Reggae (Embareck), Haendel le diable (Marcel), Noelle Spieth, claveciniste (Wissotsky), Les pelerins du raga (Kirpalani) Interview de Scriabine (Rey), Messiaen, soixant-dix ans (Dandrel),… Read more about this item

Columbus, Ohio: ClariNetwork International Inc., 1982. Stapled Wraps. Near Fine. 8.5" x 11. Ben Shahn (cover art). This is the third issue of the groundbreaking journal for clarinettists and composers of music for clarinet. CONTENTS: Clar-Fest '82 Introduction & Schedule of Events, An Evening of Contemporary Clarinet Music (featuring The American Camerata, reviews of music by John Stephens,… Read more about this item