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Title: The Story of a Hundred Operas
Description: New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1940. Hardcover. 24mo. Red cloth with gilt front board lettering, dust jacket. xi, 332pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket edgeworn and a bit rubbed, with tiny chips at extremities and several visible tape mends. Lovely and tight copy of this diminutive dictionary, and although not so noted it is identical in size and format to G & D's "Little Music Library." This copy bears choice autograph edition: Tipped to front flyleaf is a fine heavy stock 3" X 2½" card boldly inscribed and signed: "Sincerely / Lawrence Tibbett." Lawrence Tibbett (1896-1960) is considered one of the all-time great operatic baritones, and performed more than 600 times at the New York Metropolitan Opera in a long career that included film roles and radio programs. At the time of this book's publication, he was at the top of his game and one of the most popular opera singers in the U.S. By the way, this dictionary includes synopses of all of Tibbett's most renowned roles: "Falstaff," "Simon Boccanegra," "Otello" (all Verdi), "Tosca" (Puccini), "Carmen" (Bizet), and "Pagliacci" (Leoncavallo). German composer/pianist "Mendelsohn" (so spelled), who died in 1847, provides a one-paragraph preface; he apparently conceived this work, but since many of the hundred operas post-date his demise he is not generally considered its author. G & D first published it in 1913. .
Keywords: Music
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Title: The Story of a Hundred Operas
Description: New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1940. Hardcover. 24mo. Red cloth with gilt front board lettering, dust jacket. xi, 332pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket edgeworn and a bit rubbed, with tiny chips at extremities and several visible tape mends. Lovely and tight copy of this diminutive dictionary, and although not so noted it is identical in size and format to G & D's "Little Music Library." This copy bears choice autograph edition: Tipped to front flyleaf is a fine heavy stock 3" X 2½" card boldly inscribed and signed: "Sincerely / Lawrence Tibbett." Lawrence Tibbett (1896-1960) is considered one of the all-time great operatic baritones, and performed more than 600 times at the New York Metropolitan Opera in a long career that included film roles and radio programs. At the time of this book's publication, he was at the top of his game and one of the most popular opera singers in the U.S. By the way, this dictionary includes synopses of all of Tibbett's most renowned roles: "Falstaff," "Simon Boccanegra," "Otello" (all Verdi), "Tosca" (Puccini), "Carmen" (Bizet), and "Pagliacci" (Leoncavallo). German composer/pianist "Mendelsohn" (so spelled), who died in 1847, provides a one-paragraph preface; he apparently conceived this work, but since many of the hundred operas post-date his demise he is not generally considered its author. G & D first published it in 1913. .
Keywords: Music
Price: US$ 75.00 Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts
- Book number: 51062
- Book number: 51062
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