Otto Jahn; Hermann Deiters [editor] - W.A. Mozart

Leipzig, Drud und Verlag von Breitkopf and Hartel, 1889-1891. Leather. A smartly bound third edition of this biography of influential Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with illustrations. In the original German. German. Third edition. Volume one is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, two plates, three facsimile folding plates to the rear, and numerous musical scores throughout the text. Volume two is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, one plate, and numerous musical scores throughout the text. Collated complete. An exploration into the life and works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a prolific and influential Austrian composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age resulted in more than eight hundred works, many of which are acknowledged as pinnacles of the symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral repertoires. Written by Otto Jahn, a German archaeologist, philologist, and writer on art and music. Edited by Hermann Deiters, a German writer and educator, noted for his writings on Ludwig van Beethoven. Bound in half crushed morocco with marbled boards. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Light fading to the spines with small cracks to the joints and a 2" crack to the front joint of volume two. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers. Bookseller's label to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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