Mi contra fa : the immoralisings of a Machiavellian musician / by Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji - Author's presentation copy
1947, 1st edition. London : Porcupine Press. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #444492
Physical description; 247p ; 22 cm. Contents; Incomplete contents Contents : Introito ; When is a concerto not a concerto? ; Music and muddleheadedness ; The amateurs, or thick skins and thicker heads ; Organic and inorganic form ; Sentimentality and contemporaneity : with especial reference to music ; Leoplod Godowsky as creative transcriber ; Yoga and the composer [etc.]. Subjects; Sorabji, Kaikhosru Shapurji 1892-1988 - Writings. Bowen, York 1884-1961. Chausson, Ernest 1855-1899. Dieren, Bernard van 1887-1936. Godowsky, Leopold 1870-1938. Rachmaninov, Sergey 1873-1943. Scott, Francis George 1880-1958. Szymanowski, Karol 1882-1937. Music criticism. Music Addresses, essays, lectures.
Price: €275.00