Author: Thomson, Virgil.
Title: American Music Since 1910.
Description: New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1971). (1971). INSCRIBED TO MRS. HENRY COWELL AND SIGNED BY VIRGIL THOMSON - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & in gilt within a blue rectangle on the spine, in a dust wrapper. The binding is dampstained & small pieces of the interior of the dust wrapper have adhered to the inner edge of the front cover & the bottom edge of the rear cover. The dust jacket is darkened, chipped & torn. There is pink dampstaing to the lower half of each of the jacket's panels & to its interior. xvi. [1] leaf & 204 pages. The bottom corners of the pastedowns are stained pink and the bottom corners of the pages in the first half of the book are slightly rippled from humidity. 1 top page corner is creased. The fore-edge is foxed. Fair.

First edition.

A wonderful association copy inscribed by Virgil Thomson to fellow composer Henry Cowell's wife: "for Mrs. Henry Cowell / Dear Sidney / I love you / Virgil / NY Feb. 1971".

The introduction is by Nicolas Nabokov. Fair .

Keywords: MUSIC; TWENTIETH CENTURY MUSIC; COMPOSERS; AMERICAN COMPOSERS; CLASSICAL MUSIC; VIRGIL THOMSON; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; SIDNEY COWELL; MRS. HENRY COWELL; AMERICAN MUSIC SINCE 1910. NICOLAS NABOKOV; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

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