THE CONCERT COMPANION A Comprehensive Guide to Symphonic Music by Bagar, Robert and Biancolli, Louis - 1947

McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1947. Octavo, hardcover, VG in good black and red dj with white lettering. Book of the month club with publisher's pamphlet laid in. 868 pp. Authors were the annotators for the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Society. Covers over 500 compositions of 162 classic and modern composers.

McGraw-Hill Book Company, January 1947. Hardcover. Good.

McGraw-Hill Book Co, 1947. Pages [868 including index] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Black cloth boards, gilt and red decorations and lettering, minimal shelf wear. DJ mostly clean, colors bright, edge and general handling wear, a few small bits missing. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . Not Stated Appears to be First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/fair/good.

New York: Mcgraw-hill, 1947. Nice copy, tight and square. Free stamping to front endpaper, else near fine. No other markings. . Early Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York : Whittlesey House Book. Good. Hardcover. (1947), xi, 868pp, index. Extremities lightly worn, else G+. 'From the introduction by Deems Taylor: "There are other books of program notes, of course; but most of them present difficulties for the average reader. Some run to many volumes and are so erudite that they are likely to be heavy going for the nonprofessional; others cover only a limited field; still others stick to cold fact with no trimmings; and too many are written in such a high rhapsodic vein that the music they describe comes rather as an anticlimax. This book manages to avoid all these pitfalls. I know of no similar book that covers such a wide and catholic field.The oldest composer discussed is Tomas Louis De Victoria, who would be celebrating his four hundred and seventh if he were alive. The youngest, Lucas Foss, is three hundred and eight two years his junior. For the book's extraordinary range, the authors undoubtedly have to thank the Philharmonic-Symphonies… Read More

New York: Whittlesey House, 1947. cloth. 8vo. pp. xi, 868. VG/No jacket. Faded spine, light edgewear..

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1947. Original Cloth. Very Good. 6 x 8 1/2 inches. 868 pages. Pages bright and clean and free from marking, soiling or staining. Dated from copyright. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gilt title and decoration and red spine label to cover. Cover very lightly worn and soiled. A very good copy of this resource book for the understanding of classical, romantic and modern compositions.

New York: Whittlesey House, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 868pp. Introduction by Deems Taylor. Short tears on the spine ends else very good.

New York: Whittlesey House, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 868pp. Introduction by Deems Taylor. Owner's name, jacket text affixed to front pastedown, very good or better lacking the dustwrapper.

New York: Whittlesey House, 1947. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 868pp. Introduction by Deems Taylor. Light edgewear, near fine lacking the dustwrapper.