About this title: Simon on Erik Satie: "The preferred word for Satie's music is depouillement, meaning stripping down, sobriety, concision, or bareness. 'The artist does not have the right to dispose needlessly of the hearer's time.' Satie proclaimed. But no one else's bareness, save that of a Greek statue or Renaissance nude, seems so fully, sensuously self-sufficient." The unique collection displays the wit, humour, wide span of knowledge, and serious engagement with the arts that have made John Simon's work respected and recognised the world over.
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Edition: First Edition / First Printing
Binding: Gray Boards
Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781557835062ISBN:1557835063
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Hardcover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A very crisp and clean used first edition, almost new and unread condition, gift quality! Gray boards quarterbound by black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 504 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and musical pages! "This provocative book is part of a major publishing event that brings together the critical writing of the well-known New york cultural ... read more
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