Vernon Duke — Listen Here!

New York, Ivan Obolensky, Inc, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this essay on music depreciation by Vernon Duke, signed by the author. The first edition, first printing. In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, "For Herman Baron, in friendship, Vernon Duke, 1964".A critical essay on music depreciation, in which the author, composer and songwriter vernon Duke, attempts to analyse "what has happened to music?". In this essay, Duke rails against modern popular music, "tasteless noise where harmony used to be".Duke was a Russian-born American composer who wrote the songs 'Taking a Chance on Love', 'April in Paris', and 'Autumn in New York&apos. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Very light shelf wear to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities, and a touch of fading to the head and tail of the spne. Dust wrapper is a little edge worn, with small closed tears and chips. A little light rubbing and handling marks to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.