About this title: From his musical beginnings as a piano player in gambling houses and society cafes, Louis Horst (1884-1964) became one of the chief architects of modern dance in the twentieth century. How a musician untrained in dance came to make such a mark is told here for the first time in rich detail. At the center of this story is Horst's relationship with Martha Graham, who was his intimate for decades. "I did everything for Martha," Horst said late in life. Indeed, as her lover, ally, and lifelong confidante, he worked with such conviction to make her the undisputed dance leader in the concert ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Duke University Press
Date Published: 1992-12
ISBN-13:9780822312260ISBN:0822312263
Description: Good Condition in Good Condition jacket. HardCover, Good Condition, x-library with usual markings, otherwise clean/unmarked, tight binding, some edge/cover wear. read more
Description: Very good. HARDBACK. Excellent Condition Ex-Library copy. All possible library stickers removed. No names, writings, underlining, highlighting, tears, missing pages, creases, etc. Comes in a Mylar plastic cover. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Duke University Press, Durham, NC, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780822312260ISBN:0822312263
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Signed by Author NEAR FINE 1st edition (top page edges a bit dusty) in a NEAR FINE pictorial dust jacket (spine a bit sunned). AUTHOR INSCRIBED: "to the Morgans--/ Barbara & Lloyd. / in deep appreciation for timeless images--/ Janet Mansfield Soares" (in black ink on the half-title page). The photographs illustrating this biography include 10 images by the renowned dance photographer Barbara Morgan, to whom the book is inscribed (along with her son Lloyd Morgan of ... read more
Description: Very Good. Previously read with moderate shelf wear. No underlining or margin notes present. We are the Twin Cities' largest independent book store. read more
Edition: 1st edition, w/ no indication of any other printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Duke University Press, Durham
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780822312260ISBN:0822312263
Description: Very fine, in excellent, unclipped dust jacket. No chips, no tears. Text has no writing, no highlighting, no inscriptions, etc.; no remainder marks, NOT ex-library; NOT BOMC ed. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Duke Univ. Press., USA
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780822312260ISBN:0822312263
Description: Near New in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 266 pages with index, 24 pages of b&w photos, notes, references and scores included, light shelf wear to dj spine is faded. read more
Description: Good. 0822312263 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
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