Language: English
Published by BBC Magazines, London, 1995
Seller: The Shop Around The Corner, Elgin, IL, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. BBC 03 8½"x11"; 98 pages; Soft Pictorial Cover; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. A used copy with normal reading wear. Due to USPS regulations, this item may require additional postage. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, contact me before ordering for details. BBC Music Magazine is a British monthly magazine that focuses primarily on classical music. Each edition comes together with an audio CD, often including BBC recordings of full-length works. The first issue appeared in September 1992. The magazine includes regular columns and reviews of new releases as well as several in depth feature articles by noted music writers. Each issue contains a CD featuring complete works by the greatest composers, performed by world-class artists and ensembles. This issue includes the audio CD "Purcell; Dido & Aeneas the Complete Opera" performed by the Taverner Choir & Players, conducted by Andrew Parrott, featuring Emily Van Evera (Dido) and Ben Parry (Aeneas); This issue contains the following articles: "Counterpoint: Company Profile" (Conifer Classics) by Nick Kimberley; "from an ivory tower: Java's music caught in the act by 'a gentleman at Semarang" by John Milsom; "Music in Art" (St. Cecelia with attendant saints by Raphael and St. Cecelia by Domenichino) by Tom Phillips; "A Lasting Inspiration: Jacqueline du Pre" by Piers du Pre, Hilary du Pre, George Pratt and Steven Isserlis; "Composers of the Year": Henry Purcell by Robert King; John Taverner by Henry Chadwick; Gabriel Faure by Robert Orledge; Bela Bartok by Peter Paul Nash, Anton Webern by Eleonore Buning, Jerome Kern by Eric Salzman, Paul Hindemith by Paul Silverthorns, Carl Orff by David Drew; "Today's Composers look to the year ahead" (Luciano Berio, Giya Kancheli, Priti Paintal, Dave Brubeck, Nicolas Maw, Mark-Anthony Turnage); "Kissin's not telling" (profile of pianist Evgeny Kissin) by Jeremy Siepmann; "Building a Library" (Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg) by John Warrack; "Brian Kay's Starter Collection" (essential performances from the classical repertoire) by Brian Kay; "Strange bedfellows" (jazz-rock fusion) by Ian Carr; "Quodlibet; Modes of expression" (composers expression marks) Fritz Spiegl; "Music that changed me" (Robert Lloyd, bass) interview by Margaret Rand.
Published by Gollancz, 1955
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1955. No Edition Remarks. 254 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Heavy sunning to tail of spine. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing.
Published by Victor Gollancz Limited, London, 1955
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st UK Edition. 254 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Page edges are darkened and scuffed. Bound in blue hardcovers with gilt titles on the spine. Lightly worn around the edges. Blue dustjacket in good condition with white titles. Heavily worn around the edges with large chips and tears. Back of the jacket is darkened and smudged. Spine is darkened and worn. SCARCE. NPC. 1ST UK EDITION. VG/G. Book.
US$ 45.87
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo.pp.254. Non-fiction. Autobiography: "a sharply written record of a sharply observed life." "Siepmann was a talented if volatile journalist who had a destructive habit of walking out of jobs because he refused to compromise." (Nicholas Shakespeare in The Spectator) His third wife was Mary Wesley. PublisherÕs own retained copy with their stamp on the front pastedown reading ÔFile Copy.Õ A small Victor Gollanz publisherÕs number Ô55Ô written in ink on the rear of dust jacket indicates the year of publication. Fine in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket very slight shelf wear and chipped lower egde with no loss.