Geschichte der Musik : Mit zahlreichen Notenbeispielen und Musikbeilagen / von August Wilhelm Ambros - Complete in 5 volumes
1880, 2nd edition. Leipzig : F. E. C. Leuckart 1880-1882. provenance; bookplate of F.V.V.S. Very good copies all finely bound in contemporary aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with gilt cross-bands and contrasting title and volume labels. Blind tooling. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed and dust-toned only, as with age. Remains a particularly well-preserved set; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #231725
Physical description; 5 v. ; 23cm. The work was never completed; after the author's death v. 4 was edited from the ms. by G. Nottebohm and C. F. Becker. A continuation, by W. Langhans, appeared in 1882-87 under title: Die Geschichte der Musik des 17., 18., and 19. Jahrhunderts.
Vol. 2, 3, and 5 edited by O. Kade. Vol. 5 has also special t.p.: Auserwählte Tonwerke der beruhmtesten Meister des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts: eine Beispielsammlung zu dem dritten Bande.
Subjects; Music - History and criticism. Part songs. Other names; Nottebohm, Gustav (1817-1882). Becker, Carl Ferdinand (1804-1877). Kade, Otto (1825-1900). Language; German.
Price: €495.00