Masters of the keyboard / by Donald Brook
1947, First Edition. London : Rockliff. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth, now mylar-sleeved. Slightest suggestion of dust-dulling to the spine bands and foxing to panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Previous owner inscription. Item #394023
Physical description; 183 pages : illustrations, plates, portraits ; 21 cm.
Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Great virtuosi of the past -- Some prominent pianists in Britain to-day. Subjects; Bach, Johann Sebastian 1685-1750.Bull, John 1562-1628.Busoni, Ferruccio 1866-1924.Chopin, Frederic Francois 1810-1849. Cohen, Harriet 1895-1967. Curzon, Clifford 1907-1982. Hambourg, Boris 1885-1954 (arr.).
Hess, Myra 1890-1965. Joyce, Eileen 1912-1991. Kentner, Louis 1905-1987. Leschetizky, Theodor 1830-1915. Liszt, Franz 1811-1886. Moiseiwitsch, Benno 1890-1963. Moscheles, Ignaz 1794-1870. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791.Paderewski, Ignacy Jan 1860-1941. Pouishnov, Lev 1891-1959.Rachmaninov, Sergey 1873-1943. Rubinstein, Anton 1829-1894. Scarlatti, Alessandro 1660-1725. Schumann, Clara 1819-1896. Solomon 1902-1988. Pianists. Pianists Biography (Collective).
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