Item #455483 On purity in musical art / by Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut. Heidelberg, 1825. Translated from the German by W.H. Gladstone. Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut.

On purity in musical art / by Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut. Heidelberg, 1825. Translated from the German by W.H. Gladstone

1877, First Edition. London : John Murray. Very good copy in the original pebble-grain, gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners and some foxing to prelims. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #455483

Physical description; 3 preliminary leaves, [ix]–xvii, 194 pages ; 19 cm. Notes; Translation of 'Über Reinheit der Tonkunst'. Subjects; Music Philosophy and aesthetics. Church music History and criticism. Aesthetics of music 19th century. Sacred music Theory and appreciation. Music and morality.

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