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LONDON: WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON, Date: 1987. FIRST. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. N/A. INSCRIBED TO GENE AND KLAUS IN FOND REMEMBRANCE OF THE FIRST OF YOUR MANY VISITS HARVEY MAY 94 WITH COLOR SNAPSHOT OF AUTHOR LAID IN BOOK IS SOLID CLEAN AND BRIGHT SMALL INDENTATION AT TOP OF FRONT COVER VERY NICE JACKET SEVERAL LIGHT PENCIL MARKS TO DENOTE PARAGRAPHS PREVIOUS OWNERS SIGNATURE 1987. WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON ISBN 0297790048 9780297790044 [US]
ISBN10: 0297790048, ISBN13: 9780297790044, [publisher: WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON, LONDON] Hardcover INSCRIBED TO GENE AND KLAUS IN FOND REMEMBRANCE OF THE FIRST OF YOUR MANY VISITS HARVEY MAY 94 WITH COLOR SNAPSHOT OF AUTHOR LAID IN BOOK IS SOLID CLEAN AND BRIGHT SMALL INDENTATION AT TOP OF FRONT COVER VERY NICE JACKET SEVERAL LIGHT PENCIL MARKS TO DENOTE PARAGRAPHS PREVIOUS OWNERS SIGNATURE [cleveland, OH, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1987]
ISBN10: 0297790048, ISBN13: 9780297790044, [publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London] Hardcover First Edition 8vo. pp 271. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered silver on spine. The publisher's own retained copy with their stamp on the title page, reading 'Weidenfeld Library'. ISBN: 0297790048 Stamped at fore-edges, otherwise very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. Excellent condition. [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1987]
London,, Date: 1987. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Stamped at fore-edges, otherwise very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. Excellent condition. . 8vo. pp 271. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered silver on spine. The publisher's own retained copy with their stamp on the title page, reading 'Weidenfeld Library'. ISBN: 0297790048 1987. ISBN 0297790048 9780297790044 [GB]
ISBN10: 0297790048, ISBN13: 9780297790044, [publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London] Hardcover First Edition 8vo. pp 271. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered silver on spine. The publisher's own retained copy with their stamp on the title page, reading 'Weidenfeld Library'. ISBN: 0297790048 Stamped at fore-edges, otherwise very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. Excellent condition. [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1987]
United Kingdom Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd 2000 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine in Near Fine jacket First edition. From Publishers Weekly Under Mussolini, unions were suppressed, trains ran on time, Italy attacked Ethiopia and most Italian artists kowtowed to the dictatornot least of all, composers, conductors, singers and writers on music. In this useful and interesting survey, Sachs (Toscanini) looks at Italian operas, concerts, conservatories, composers and performers under fascism and shows how they gave in to Mussolini's subtle pressures of patronage and official praiseamong them, composers Casella, Malipiero, Mascagni, Pizzetti and Respighi; singers Gigli, Lauri Volpi and dal Monte; conductors Gui and Molinari and cellist Mainardi. Here too are stories of apolitical musicians like de Sabata and Klemperer, who went on working without questioning events; the few like Toscanini, Dallapiccola and Tita Ruffo who fought fascism or were contemptuous of it; foreign musicians like Paderewski and Stravinsky who acclaimed Mussolini; Bartok, who was probably the most anti-fascist of the major non-Italian composers; and Castelnuovo-Tedesco, who had to leave Italy when anti-Semitic edicts were instituted in 1939. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
United Kingdom: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, Date: 2000. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. From Publishers Weekly Under Mussolini, unions were suppressed, trains ran on time, Italy attacked Ethiopia and most Italian artists kowtowed to the dictatornot least of all, composers, conductors, singers and writers on music. In this useful and interesting survey, Sachs (Toscanini) looks at Italian operas, concerts, conservatories, composers and performers under fascism and shows how they gave in to Mussolini's subtle pressures of patronage and official praiseamong them, composers Casella, Malipiero, Mascagni, Pizzetti and Respighi; singers Gigli, Lauri Volpi and dal Monte; conductors Gui and Molinari and cellist Mainardi. Here too are stories of apolitical musicians like de Sabata and Klemperer, who went on working without questioning events; the few like Toscanini, Dallapiccola and Tita Ruffo who fought fascism or were contemptuous of it; foreign musicians like Paderewski and Stravinsky who acclaimed Mussolini; Bartok, who was probably the most anti-fascist of the major non-Italian composers; and Castelnuovo-Tedesco, who had to leave Italy when anti-Semitic edicts were instituted in 1939. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc 2000. Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd ISBN 0297790048 9780297790044 [US]
ISBN10: 0297790048, ISBN13: 9780297790044, [publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, United Kingdom] Hardcover First edition. From Publishers Weekly Under Mussolini, unions were suppressed, trains ran on time, Italy attacked Ethiopia and most Italian artists kowtowed to the dictatornot least of all, composers, conductors, singers and writers on music. In this useful and interesting survey, Sachs (Toscanini) looks at Italian operas, concerts, conservatories, composers and performers under fascism and shows how they gave in to Mussolini's subtle pressures of patronage and official praiseamong them, composers Casella, Malipiero, Mascagni, Pizzetti and Respighi; singers Gigli, Lauri Volpi and dal Monte; conductors Gui and Molinari and cellist Mainardi. Here too are stories of apolitical musicians like de Sabata and Klemperer, who went on working without questioning events; the few like Toscanini, Dallapiccola and Tita Ruffo who fought fascism or were contemptuous of it; foreign musicians like Paderewski and Stravinsky who acclaimed Mussolini; Bartok, who was probably the most anti-fascist of the major non-Italian composers; and Castelnuovo-Tedesco, who had to leave Italy when anti-Semitic edicts were instituted in 1939. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc [Fresh Meadows, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2000]
ISBN10: 0297790048, ISBN13: 9780297790044, [publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London] Hardcover First Edition First edition. Near fine with gift inscription on half-title page in a near fine price-clipped dustwrapper. Gift inscription: "To Peter Treves, With Gratitude on his interest and sponsorship of the photobiography, Walfredo, 12/6/87". Walfredo Toscanini, a descendant of Arturo Toscanini, the famed conductor of the Philharmonic. Walfredo co-authored with John W. Freeman *Portraits of Greatness: Toscanini*, which was published by Treves Publishing Company in 1987. Peter Treves escaped Facism in Italy in the 1930s to go on and become a successful financier in the United States. [Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1987]
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, Date: 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine with gift inscription on half-title page in a near fine price-clipped dustwrapper. Gift inscription: "To Peter Treves, With Gratitude on his interest and sponsorship of the photobiography, Walfredo, 12/6/87". Walfredo Toscanini, a descendant of Arturo Toscanini, the famed conductor of the Philharmonic. Walfredo co-authored with John W. Freeman *Portraits of Greatness: Toscanini*, which was published by Treves Publishing Company in 1987. Peter Treves escaped Facism in Italy in the 1930s to go on and become a successful financier in the United States. 1987. Weidenfeld and Nicolson ISBN 0297790048 US
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London Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1987 Hardcover Fine in Near Fine jacket First edition. Near fine with gift inscription on half-title page in a near fine price-clipped dustwrapper. Gift inscription: "To Peter Treves, With Gratitude on his interest and sponsorship of the photobiography, Walfredo, 12/6/87". Walfredo Toscanini, a descendant of Arturo Toscanini, the famed conductor of the Philharmonic. Walfredo co-authored with John W. Freeman *Portraits of Greatness: Toscanini*, which was published by Treves Publishing Company in 1987. Peter Treves escaped Facism in Italy in the 1930s to go on and become a successful financier in the United States.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, Date: 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine with gift inscription on half-title page in a near fine price-clipped dustwrapper. Gift inscription: "To Peter Treves, With Gratitude on his interest and sponsorship of the photobiography, Walfredo, 12/6/87". Walfredo Toscanini, a descendant of Arturo Toscanini, the famed conductor of the Philharmonic. Walfredo co-authored with John W. Freeman *Portraits of Greatness: Toscanini*, which was published by Treves Publishing Company in 1987. Peter Treves escaped Facism in Italy in the 1930s to go on and become a successful financier in the United States. 1987. Weidenfeld and Nicolson ISBN 0297790048 9780297790044 [US]
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ISBN10: 0297790048, ISBN13: 9780297790044, [publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London] Hardcover First Edition First edition. Near fine with gift inscription on half-title page in a near fine price-clipped dustwrapper. Gift inscription: "To Peter Treves, With Gratitude on his interest and sponsorship of the photobiography, Walfredo, 12/6/87". Walfredo Toscanini, a descendant of Arturo Toscanini, the famed conductor of the Philharmonic. Walfredo co-authored with John W. Freeman *Portraits of Greatness: Toscanini*, which was published by Treves Publishing Company in 1987. Peter Treves escaped Facism in Italy in the 1930s to go on and become a successful financier in the United States. [Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1987]
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