first edition
Berkeley; (1985)
by Johnson, Douglas, AlanTyson and Robert Winter
Berkeley; (1985): Univ of California Press. First Edition. Small Quarto. 611p. The need for a comprehensive description of Beethoven's sketchbooks finally is met with his massive book which is not only represents an essential reference work for the Musicologist but is of value to a serious beginning scholar on the subject. Here are included works feared lost in World War II but discovered in Poland in 1977. General Index and an index of works and location of manuscripts. Appendices A & B deal with the watermarks of the principal papers. A fine copy bound in brown cloth, spine lettering gilt, in fine dust jacket.
(Inventory #: 016326)