Published by Moscow, Association of Contemporary Music of the State Academy of Fine Arts, 1927-1928., 1928
Seller: Alexanderplatz Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Wrappers (originally all in wrappers). Of the group, nos. 26-28 and 30 retain their original wrappers, the others two have lost the wrappers. Overall poor to fair condition, extremely fragile and printed on friable paper, but complete. Paper quality of no. 31 better and pages still white. Edges of a few pages in no. 25 chipped. Occasional possession stamps of the American Russian Institute on wrappers and/or interior pages, paper "button" across spines at lower end with shelf number for those issues still in original wrappers. A few photographic illustrations. Rare survivals of the revolutionary era of Russian/Soviet music.
Published by State Music Publishing House, Moscow, 1922
Seller: RARE PAPER INC, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Publisher's wrappers. Book measures: 21 x 16 cm. 19 pages. Text in Russian. Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (1865-1936) was a prominent Russian composer, educator, and conductor of the late Romantic era. He served as the director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, overseeing its transformation into the Petrograd, then Leningrad Conservatory after the 1917 Revolution, until his departure from the Soviet Union in 1928. Glazunov, who counted Dmitri Shostakovich among his notable students, skillfully blended Russian nationalism with a cosmopolitan style, drawing inspiration from Balakirev, Borodin's majestic narratives, Rimsky-Korsakov's orchestration, Tchaikovsky's lyricism, and Taneyev's counterpoint. Despite being seen as somewhat traditional by younger contemporaries like Prokofiev and Shostakovich, he was respected for his significant stature and his steadying presence during a period of significant change.