FRENCH SYMPHONY 3 VOL SET 18th Century 1700s BARRY BROOK Sorbonne JULLIARD 1962

by Barry S. Brook

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First edition

.no-subscribe { display: none} [contenteditable] { pointer-events: none; } FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION OF BROOK'S MASTERPIECE ON FRENCH SYMPHONY La Symphonie Francaise: dans la seconde moitié du XVIIIe siècle. Tome I: Ètude Historique; Tome II: Catalogue; Tome III: Partitions inédites - six symphonies - deux symphonies concertantes. by Barry S. Brook Published by Publications de l'institut de musicologie de l'université de Paris, Paris 1962. Complete in 3 Volumes, French Text. Very good trade paperbacks. Tight bindings, solid spines, very good covers with light shelf/use wear,, clean unmarked text. Illustrated, French flaps with wonderful fold-out map endpapers of Paris to each volume. Approx. 26.5 x 20.5 cm (volumes 1+2), approx. 37 x 27 cm (volume 3). XXIV p., 684 p., (2) pages; (6) pp., 726 pp., (2) pages. Volumes I and II with numerous musical examples and facsimiles; (6) pp., 231 pp., (3) pages, mostly sheet music, some facsimiles. "His dissertation is a groundbreaking study on the 18th-century French symphony, which provides extensive documentation, a thematic catalogue of over 1200 works, and an edition of eight works." The major reference of French 18th Century Symphony by pioneering musicologist Brook, (head of the Julliard DMA program from 1977-1987) who received his doctorate from the Sorbonne in 1959 with this publication. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Barry S. Brook (1918–1997) Barry Brook received a B.S.S. from the City College of New York (1939) and an M.A. from Columbia Unive

• Publisher: Publications de l'institut de musicologie de l'université de Pari
• Year: 1962
• Condition: Very Good

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