Frederick Sternfeld (48 results)

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Light toning to pages. Good DJ with little edge wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 724 pages, frontispiece and 8 pages of plates, hardback, a very good copy in a very good dust-jacket of a book in the New Oxford History of Music series (First published in 1973 but this printing with corrections) [0193163071].

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. Ex-Library with usual markings: catalogue sticker on cover and spine, stamps on page edges, bookplate inside front cover. NO DUST JACKET. Text is clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelf wear. Binding tight, hinges strong. AN EXCELLENT READING OR REFERENCE COPY.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Fair to good condition hard cover, with poor condition jacket, some wear to cover and spine, rips and chips to jacket, otherwise in a good readable condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Missing. London, 1973;blue cloth covered boards; minimal shelf wear; dust jacket missing; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; Ex-Library with typical stamps and markings; interior clean and unmarked; book in very good condition if not for ex-library; 724 pages. Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 202pp., xv. No printings or edition cited, presumed first printing. Marbled taupe boards with spine and front cover mauve title lettering, plus front cover illustration of sword-bearing man. Uniformly, lightly age-toned; rubbing to corners, else Fine. Soiled tan dustwrapper not price-clipped ($4.50) with olive lettering on spine and front cover; spine sun-darkened; assorted tears, small chips, missing pieces, small water stain at top of spine--but it still hangs together: Now in mylar which redeems the tattered dw mightily. No previous owner names. Clean text. Besides Editor's essay, these: E. T. Donaldson, " Idiom of Popular Poetry in the Miller's Tale" (1950); Frederick W. Sternfeld, "Troilus and Cressida: Music for the Play" (1952); Francis Fergusson, " Macbeth as the Imitation of an Action (1951); Cleanth Brooks, " Literary Criticism: Marvell's 'Horatian Ode'" (1946); Douglas Bush, "John Milton" (1946); David V. Erdman, "Blake; the Historical Approach" (1950); Lionel Trilling, "Wordsworth's 'Ode: Intimations of Immortality" (1941).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Fine except for name inside front cover.

Condition: Poor. Light wear & marks to hardcover which is covered in plastic. Foxed & marked textblock edge. Tape mark on ffep. Underlining throughout, but content remains clear to read.

Large octavo. Boards. xx, 724 pp. In dustjacket. New Oxford History of Music Vol. 7.

Hardbound. Blue cloth with gold lettering; 724 pp. with 8 bw plates and 345 musical figures. Volume 7 in The New Oxford History of Music series; a completely in-depth study of early opera and instrumental music, including early symphony, the divertimento, rise of chamber music, keyboard music, and the concerto. Good with a few ex-lib. marks and fading to cover edges, but otherwise text is very clean and tight.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth, edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Series; Praeger History of Western Music: volume V. Physical description; 515 p. : music. ; 25 cm. Subjects; Music 20th century History and criticism. Music History and criticism 20th century. Music 20th century. Music History and criticism Medieval. Music History and criticism Renaissance. Genre; Illustrated. 3 Kg.

First edition. xxx, 724 pages. B&W plates on slick paper. Top page edges stained blue. 4to. 10" tall. Fine blue cloth stamped in silver on spine. Ex-college library but only bookplate and a few small ink stamps to indicate this. Light sticker ghost image on spine. Otherwise very clean, bright, tight and sharp. Fine condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Good. 3rd Edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 3rd Edition. xxx 798pp hardback, black cloth gilt, in wrapper, gift inscription to ffep, wrapper faded spine with edge tears.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Creased and marked covers. Minimal internal wear. Later reprint.

Condition: New.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth, edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Series; Praeger History of Western Music: volume V. Physical description; 515 p. : music. ; 25 cm. Subjects; Music 20th century History and criticism. Music History and criticism 20th century. Music 20th century. Music History and criticism Medieval. Music History and criticism Renaissance. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:0306795159.

Cartonato con sovracoperta. 8 tavole a colori e 8 in bianco e nero.Traduzione di Luciano Petazzoni e Mariangela Donà. Storia della musica volume VII Numero di tavole: 0 pp.816 altezza 0 larghezza 0 Esemplare in buone condizioni.Sovraccoperta con ingiallimento, macchie di polvere e segni di usura ai bordi e agli angoli.Dorso brunito con macchie di polvere.Foglio "ex libris" incollato alla pagina di guardia.Scritte a penna alla pagina di guardia.Pagine ingiallite ai bordi.Testo in Lingua Italiana.

Condition: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second Impression. Copy in blue cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Crease along centre of jacket spine. Lower blurb flap creased along side edge. Free of inscriptions. Clean and flat contents. This is a heavy book and may require additional postage.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:0306795159.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This compelling study explores the profound relationship between poetry and music in the life and work of literary giant Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The author traces Goethe's lifelong fascination with music, from his early experiences as a young man immersed in the folk songs and ballads of his native Germany to his later encounters with the great composers of his time, including Mozart and Beethoven. The book examines how Goethe's passion for music influenced his writing, inspiring him to create some of the most lyrical and musical verses in the German language. Through detailed analysis of Goethe's poems and his collaborations with composers, the author uncovers the ways in which music shaped Goethe's poetic imagination and enriched his understanding of human emotion. Ultimately, this book sheds new light on the enduring power of Goethe's work and its continuing relevance to our understanding of the human condition. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Cartonato con sovracoperta. XXXII tavole in b/n f.t.Traduzione dall'inglese di Luciano Petazzoni. Storia della musica volume VII Numero di tavole: 0 pp.818 altezza 0 larghezza 0 Esemplare in buone condizioni.Copertina con tracce di polvere. Pagine leggermente ingiallite.Testo in Lingua Italiana.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover, xiv + 266, NOT ex-library. Book is clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Gentle handling wear only; a bit of rubbing to the boards' edges. Shelfworn dust jacket with rubbed tips of corners and creases to the edges, reinforced with stickers on the inside. -- This is a distinguished musicological study that traces the evolution of opera from its late 15th-century dramatic predecessors to its establishment as a distinct genre in the early 1600s. The work is noted for its interdisciplinary approach, connecting musical developments with the literary and cultural conventions of Renaissance Italy. The book moves beyond a simple chronological history to explain why opera adopted its specific formal ingredients. Literary Foundations: Sternfeld emphasizes the critical role of poets like Poliziano, Tasso, Guarini, and Rinuccini in shaping operatic structure. The Orpheus Myth: A central focus is the enduring appeal of the Orpheus legend, which Sternfeld explores from its roots in ancient Greece through its 17th-century realisations by Peri and Monteverdi, and even into modern versions by Stravinsky. Formal Conventions: The author examines how the genre solved dramatic problems, such as the requirement for a "happy ending" (the finale) and its necessary foil, the expressive solo lament. Evolution of the Intermedi: The text explores the intermedi - elaborate musical interludes performed between acts of plays - as the primary structural ancestors of early opera. Written by a leading musicologist and Reader in the History of Music at the University of Oxford, the book is considered a standard reference for scholars of early modern music. Scholarly Impact: According to Choice, scholars with a foundational knowledge of opera's origins will find this to be a study that offers "genuine enlightenment" regarding the importance of convention. Critical Evaluation: Reviewers in journals like Renaissance Quarterly and Music and Letters have noted that the work is a testament to Sternfeld's deep scholarship. It is praised for bridging the gap between the birth of the genre and its enduring essence, frequently relating early 17th-century innovations to later works by Gluck, Mozart, and Verdi.

Oxford University Press, 1973. Hardback, d/j, 8vo, xx,724pp. Cloth edges mottled, d/j a little shelf worn. A good copy. 0193163071.

Oxford University Press, 1974, 2nd impression. Hardback, d/j, 8vo, xx,724pp. D/j a little bumped and marked. A fair copy. 0193163071.