Modern Masters of the Keyboard [ISRAEL CITKOWITZ ASSOCIATION COPY]

Harriette Brower

Published by Frederick A. Stokes, New York, 1926

About this Item

This is Harriette Bower's remarkable Third Series of interviews with distinguished concert pianists of the early years of the 20th century - 32 in all - this copy coming from the personal library of pianist-composer Israel Citkowitz, whom Aaron Copland referred to as "my first composition student". CONTENTS: Please see my accompanying scan images of the Table of Contents and List of [16] Illustrations. 303 pages. CONDITION: This hundred-year-old GOOD-condition book remains securely bound, its covers however showing noticeable edge- and corner-wear plus a hint of spine-lean. The gilt titling on its front panel is still vivid, though no longer visible on the spine. Interior markings: Citkowitz's signature and Carnegie Hall address on the front free endpaper; around a dozen pages with passage bracketing in the margins; Citkowitz's annotations on the rear paste-down. (A few page-bottoms have chipped edges.) Originally issued without a dust jacket, I've fashioned a FINE replacement copy with titling on the spine and front panel - now nestled in a clear mylar protective cover. This remains a quite respectable and unique copy.

Seller Inventory # M874

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Modern Masters of the Keyboard [ISRAEL CITKOWITZ ASSOCIATION COPY]
• Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes, New York
• Publication Date: 1926
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine [replacement]
• Weight: 1.75 pounds