Letters of composers: an anthology, 1603-1945

472 Pages·1946·18.088 MB·English

by  Gertrude Norman, Miriam Lubell Shrifte (eds.)

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MUSIC AND MUSICIANS
MASTERS OF RUSSIAN MUSIC by M. D. Calvocoressi
and Gerald Abraham
JEAN SIBELIUS by Karl Ekman
CHALLENGE TO MUSICAL TRADITION by Adele T. Katz
CHARLES T. GRIFFES by Edward M. Maisel-
THE LIFE OF RICHARD WAGNER by Ernest Newman
(four volumes)
MY MUSICAL LIFE by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
BOHUSLAV MARTINU by Milos Safrdnek
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH by Victor Seroff
BEETHOVEN: HIS SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT
by J. W. N. Sullivan
THE MUSICAL SCENE by Virgil Thomson
MOZART: THE MAN AND HIS WORKS by W. J. Turner
TCHAIKOVSKY by Herbert Weinstock
These are Borzoi Books, published in New York by
Alfred A. Knopf
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LETTERS OF COMPOSERS
AN ANTHOLOGY
1603—1945
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AN ANTHOLOGY
1603-1945
COMPILED AND EDITED BY
GERTRUDE NORMAN AND
MIRIAM LUBELL SHRIFTE
ALFRED A. KNOPF NEW YORK
LETTERS OF COMPOSERS by Miriam Shrifte and Gertrude Norman
Copyright 1927, 1938, 1946 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Copyright 1907 by George Henschel
Copyright 1908, 1909 by Dodd, Mead ir Co., Inc.
Copyright 1919 by The Christian Science Publishing Society
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Copyright ig2i by Henry Edward Krehbiel
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Copyright 1935 by The New York Times Company
Copyright 1937 by W. W. Norton if Co., Inc.
Copyright 1938 by Macmillan & Company, Ltd.
Copyright 1938 by Daniel Gregory Mason
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Copyright 1941 by Frederick Ungar Publishing Co.
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Copyright 1943 by G. Schirmer, Inc.
Copyright 1945 by Alien Property Custodian
Copyright 1945 by Pantheon Books, Inc.
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Published simultaneously in Canada by The Ryerson Press
FIRST EDITION