LETTERS OF CLARA SCHUMANN & JOHANNES BRAHMS 1853-1896 BY BERTHOLD LITZMANN 1927

LETTERS OF CLARA SCHUMANN & JOHANNES BRAHMS 1853-1896 BY BERTHOLD LITZMANN 1927

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[LITZMANN, BERTHOLD (editor)]. Letters of Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms 1853-1896. London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1927.

First UK edition. In two volumes. Cloth-bound. Hardcover. Octavo (240 x 160mm.). Pp. 299; 310 [+ plus advertisements]. English text, edited by Berthold Litzmann. Bound in publisher's original covers with gilt spine titles. Initial and terminal blanks, plus half-title present. Includes bibliographical references and index. Condition: VERY GOOD. An excellent clean and tight set, without dust jackets. Scarce.

Notes: Rare first edition, a record of a unique friendship of forty-three years. Apart from the contribution to the biographies of Mme. Schumann and Brahms, the letters contain a wealth of confidential and critical remarks on composers, performers, and musical events of the time.

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