About this title: Johan Svendsen (1840-1911) has been characterized as "the boy from the wrong side of the tracks who won both the kingdom and a bevy of princesses". Raised by his authoritarian father in a slum area of Christiania (now Oslo), Norway, in 1857 Johan experienced a "musical awakening" upon hearing Beethoven's Fifth Symphony for the first time. It was a defining moment, one that changed his life forever. In 1877 Svendsen, by then quite famous in Germany and Scandinavia, was invited to conduct a concert of his own works for King Oscar II and his guests at the royal palace in Oslo. A member of the ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: ISBN 9780964523807. Hardback. First Printing. Near Fine Condition book in a Near Fine Condition Dustjacket. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. As new condition. Copy One. read more
Description: ISBN 9780964523807. Hardback. First Printing. Near Fine Condition book in a Near Fine Condition Dustjacket. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. As new condition. Copy Two. read more
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author 422pp. Illustrated. Signed by Finn Benestad and the translator, William Halverson on the half title page. Former owner's name/info is marked over with a black marker on the front flyleaf. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Peer Gynt Press, Columbus, Ohio
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780964523807ISBN:0964523809
Description: /This book has a dust jacket. 0964523809 English text. Blue cloth with silver lettering, 422pp, with illustrations and music examples. Book FINE CONDITION, dj Fine Condition. read more
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
Publisher: Peer Gynt Press, Columbus
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780964523807ISBN:0964523809
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 0964523809. Binding clean. Very slight spine twist. Pages clean. A bit of rubbing to DJ head of spine and upper corners. Light surface rubbing to DJ panels. Else DJ clean.; B&W Photographs; 9.25 x 6.5"; 422 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Peer Gynt Pr, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780964523807ISBN:0964523809
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. Signed by Authors 422 pp. Signed by both authors on half-title page. Light shelfwear, else a clean and solid copy in like DJ. read more
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Signed by Author(s) 1st printing. SIGNED by both author Finn Benestad and translator William H. Halverson. Blue hardcover with dust jacket. NF/NF. Clean, unmarked text. 422 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations throughout. Includes a bibliography and a list of compositions. read more
Description: The first full-length biography, translated into English by William H. Halverson, of Norway's greatest symphonist; one of the neglected masters of the late Romantic period. Fine condition in fine dust jacket. 422 pages. read more
Description: Good in Fair jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 422 pages. Subject has been described as "the boy from the wrong side of the tracks who won both the kingdom and a bevy of princesses. "-from dust jacket. Bibliography. Index. Usual library markings. Moderate wear. Sound reference copy. read more
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