On Music and Musicians

New York: Pantheon, 1946. Presumed first edition. Hardcover quarto in cream yellow DJ. 274 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, portrait, music, facsimile; 24 cm Very mild rubbing to corners of boards and head and foot of spine. Moderate rubbing and chipping to DJ head and foot of spine as well as DJ corners. Heavy browning to spine and edges of DJ. DJ in archival mylar. Book is very good in good(+) DJ. . Hardcover.

Contents: Aphorisms. House-rules and maxims for young musicians; From Master Raro's, Florestan's and Eusebius' journal of poetry and thought -- Articles. On certain probably corrupted passages in the works of Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven; On the comic spirit in music; Characterization of the keys -- Surveys -- Observations. Composers and compositions; Advice to composers; Music and technique -- Old music -- Bach -- Haydn and Mozart -- Beethoven -- Weber -- Schubert -- Chopin -- LIszt -- Berlioz -- Mendelssohn -- Mendelssohn as conductor and performer -- Rossini -- Cherubini -- Robert Franz -- Niels W. Gade -- Franz Lachner -- Karl Czerny -- Henri Vieuxtemps -- Wagner -- Brahms -- Schumann. Abstract: Articles on music written by Schumann for publication meant to combat mediocrity and promote true standards of art. Music -- History and criticism.