Date: 1998. First edition. Hamburg, Hoffmann und Campe, 1998. 22 cm. 1021 Seiten mit 16 Abbildungen / 1021 pages.16 leaves of plates. Illustrations, including portraits, in black and white. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe mit originalem Schutzumschlag in Brodart / Mylar (Spezielle Sammler – Schutzfolie für Schutzumschläge). / Original hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Widmungsexemplar von Krenek's Witwe, Gladys Nordenstrom an Harry Zohn, der bei der Uebersetzung des Buchs geholfen hat. / Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Beautifully signed and inscribed by Gladys Nordenstrom to Harry Zohn, thanking him for his immense help with translating this book. She signs with "Gladys (N[ee] Krenek). Ernst Krenek (August 23, 1900 – December 22, 1991) was an Austrians later American composer of Czech origin. He explored atonality and other modern styles and wrote a number of books, including Music Here and Now (1939), a study of Jonannes Ockeghem (1953), and Horizons Circled: Reflections on my Music (1974). Krenek wrote two pieces using the pseudonym Thornton Winsloe. (Wikipedia) Gladys Mercedes Nordenstrom (May 23, 1924 – July 5, 2016) was an American composer. ladys Nordenstrom was born in Mora, Minnesota. She studied music at the Institute of Fine Arts at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where she received bachelor's and master's degrees. She studied under and then married Austrian composer Ernst Krenek there ...