Studies of Great Composers By C. Hubert Parry

Parry shows the relations of the composers to one another, how they followed in each other's footsteps, often sparking one another's musical interests through personal contact. For each of the eleven composers he makes clear the social, personal, and historical conditions under which they became the acknowledged masters of various branches and phases of musical art. Much emphasis is placed on the immediate external influences and traits of character which had so much to do with the style of their works, and the lines of art which they pursued.

Condition - Some light scuffing on edge of dust jacket and a small scissor like cut on the bottom of the front cover..In 1953 the book was given as a school prie so there is a certificate inside the cove