(Schneider, Alexander (1908-1993); Muricy, Andrade (1895-1984); Massarani, Renzo ((1898-1975); Diniz, Father Jaime Cavalcanti (1924-1989). Rosenbauer, Stefan; and Octavio, Hugo Rodrigo.
O Mosteiro de Sao Bento Do Rio de Janeiro. Fotografias de Stefan Rosenbauer E Hugo Rodrigo Octavio. Prefacio de D. Marcos Barbosa O.S. B. [Inscribed to Classical Violinist Alexander Schneider and Signed by Composers & Musicologists Andrade Muricy, Renzo Massarani, and Father Jaime Cavalcanti Diniz & Others].
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Livraria Agir Editora, 1955. 1955. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Livraria Agir Editora, 1955. 1955. Very good. - Quarto, 11-1/2 inches high by 9 inches wide. Softcover, bound in color pictorial wraps. The covers are lightly soiled and the corners creased. The head of the spine is lightly chipped and there is a small short tear to the lower inner edge of the front cover & spine. [70] unnumbered pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white from photographs of the Monastary of Saint Benedict by Stefan Rosenbauer & Hugo Rodrigo Octavio. Very good. A wonderful photographic record of the Monastery of Saint Benedict in Rio de Janeiro. Inscribed & signed on April 25, 1967 to the classical violinist Alexander Schneider by the musicologist Andrade Muricy, and also signed by the composer Renzo Massarani, the composer & conductor Father Jaime Cavalcanti Diniz and 3 others that we have not been able to decipher. In the "New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians", Michael Steinberg describes the Lithuanian-American Jewish classical violinist Alexander Schneider (1908-1993) as "one of the most unquenchably energetic figures in the public musical life of the USA". Schneider dedicated his life to nurturing chamber music and musicians. Andrade Muricy (1895-1984) was a musicologist and author of books on Villa-Lobos and Carlos Gomes. He signs here as President of the "Academia Brasileira de Musica". Renzo Massarani (1898-1975) was an Italian-born Jewish composer whose works were banned during the rise of fascism in Italy. He emigrated to Brazil in 1939, becoming a citizen in 1945. Father Jaime Cavalcanti Diniz (1924-1989) was a composer & conductor from the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. He was a founder and director of the "Sociedade Brasileira de Musicologia". The text is in Portuguese. Very good .

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Keywords: ARCHITECTURE; PHOTOGRAPHY; O MOSTEIRO DE SAO BENTO DO RIO DE JANEIRO; FOTOGRAFIAS DE STEFAN ROSENBAUER E HUGO RODRIGO OCTAVIO; PREFACIO DE DE. MARCOS BARBOAS O.S.B.; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; CLASSICAL VIOLINIST ALEXANDER SCHNEIDER; ANDRADE MURICY; MUSICOLOGIST;