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The Beethoven Sketchbooks: History, Reconstruction, Inventory
by Johnson, Douglas, AlanTyson and Robert Winter
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley; (1985): Univ of California Press. First Edition. Small Quarto. 611p. The need for a comprehensive description of Beethoven's sketchbooks finally is met with his massive book which is not only represents an essential reference work for the Musicologist but is of value to a serious beginning scholar on the subject. Here are included works feared lost in World War II but discovered in Poland in 1977. General Index and an index of works and location of manuscripts. Appendices A & B deal with the watermarks of the principal papers. A fine copy bound in brown cloth, spine lettering gilt, in fine dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016326
- Title
- The Beethoven Sketchbooks: History, Reconstruction, Inventory
- Author
- Johnson, Douglas, AlanTyson and Robert Winter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley; (1985)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Beethoven Music
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music History and Theory;
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Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Quarto
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- Gilt
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