Restout denise collected edited (5 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stiff wrapps., sepia photo w. white, off-white lettering to cover and backstr., single crease to backstr., sl. shelfwear. Illus. 438pp. incl. discogr., bibliogr., index. Nice copy.

Octavo, softbound (stiff, photo. illustrated slick wrappers), 438 pp. Very Good, with light edgewear. From lower cover: The idea of having all her notes and writingts on muysic collected in one volume had long been a cherished wish of Landowska's and when, shortly before her death, she delegated this formidable yet delicate task to Denise Restout, she could not have made a more fortunate choice. Not only has Miss Restout had access to all the material -- having been for 26 years a member of Landowska's household, first as pupil, then as secretary, assistant and companion -- but she has shown a rare ability to create, from what were often only fragments, a vivid and homogeneous picture of one of the greatest and most controversial musical figures of her time; one who counted scores of fanatical adorers in every country she visited, but also many detractors. These, oddly enough, fell into two opposing groups: those who found her playing too dry and metronomic and those who criticised her flamboyance and unwarranted liberties of interpretation. And so there grew up, even in Landowska's lifetime, a vague mystique surrounding her life and ideas, which needed just such a clearing of the air as Denise Restout has achieved by her objective use of all the facts. Adopting the attitude neither of adorer nor detractor, she has brought order and clarity into a mass of unconected material without ever losing sight of the warm and vitality of her subject. Music, Culture, Performing Arts xslic.…

Probable later printing (copyright page lacks publisher's edition/printing statement). [14], 434 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.5cm. Dust jacket rubbed with nicks, creasing, and bumping at edges; front flap's top and bottom corners are clipped. Light olive cloth; spine ends and board corners lightly bumped. Mustard yellow top edge; slight toning and foxing to fore-edge; light foxing to bottom edge. Non-authorial gift inscription upon front free endpaper; occasional light foxing to interior leaves; past owner's ink note on page 306 followed by ink check marks at margins of pages 307 and 308; no other such markings readily apparent upon a quick perusal and interior pages overall remain clean. Binding is firm. Else a very good- copy in a very good dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. "Second Printing, 1965" stated. Near fine, if not near fine plus hardback in near fine, if not near fine plus dust jacket ($12.50). Book has a very light 1/4 inch by 1/4 inch bump to upper fore-edge corner of front cover. Dust jacket has two chips of 1/4 inch by 1/4 inch each to to head of spine at folds; a hairline crease to front panel at spine fold; a 1 1/8 inch by 3/16 inch chip to top edge of rear panel; and trivial wear to corners. Only trivial additional signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 434 pp. Very good condition; traces of wear on edges of covers.