Stasov, Vladimir — Selected Essays On Music

Barrie & Rockcliff 1968 1st edition. Cloth, dj, F/VG. [vi]+202pp, b/w frontis, index, lamination begining to peel from the dustjacket, which is worn to the head of the spine, otherwise a nice copy, the book itself fine save for a bookplate on the pastedown. A collection of seven essays on Classical music by the prominent Russian 19th century critic Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov [ 1824 - 1906 ]. Not just concerned with music he discovered a large number Russia's greatest talents, literary & artisitc as well as musical and inspired many of their works.