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Of Men And Music by Deems Taylor ➤ Simon and Schuster 1937 4th printing
Of Men And Music by Deems Taylor Simon and Schuster 1937 4th printing
Title: Of Men And Music
Author: Deems Taylor
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon and Schuster 1937
Edition: 4th printing
Size: 5.5 X 8.25 X 1.25 * 318 pages
Synopsis: Introduction: THIS BOOK began as a series of radio talks that I delivered as part of the Columbia Broadcasting System's broadcasts of the Sunday afternoon concerts of the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra during the season of 1936-1937. These have been supplemented by material drawn from articles and reviews of mine that appeared originally in the now unhappily extinct New York World and New York American. Certain chapters were first printed in The Ladies' Home Journal, The Saturday Evening Post, and The New Yorker. What order and form the volume possesses it owes to the ingenuity of Miss Elisabeth Ingersoll, who accomplished the difficult feat of giving logical sequence to a rather heterogeneous mass of raw material.
What to call it? I hate to label it a book of essays on music and musicians; first, because so much of it started life as radio scripts, and second, because I fear that "essays" is too flattering a term to apply to many of its chapters. "Observations" might be a better word.
While I can hardly claim for it anything so ambitious as a message, I do find, upon reading it as a whole, that it represents a point of view, one that I have held as long as I can remember. If this book tries to say a few definite things, they are these: that behind every musician lurks a man, who is fully as interesting as the trade he follows; that music is written for our enjoyment, and only incidentally for our edification; and that many a potential music lover is frightened away by the solemnity of music's devotees. They would make more converts if they would rise from their knees.
Hollow Hill, Stamford, Conn. October, 1937.
DEEMS TAYLOR.
Overall Condition: Good + It has very minimal wear to the cover and no holes or tears. The dust jacket is not included. The binding has minimal wear. The pages are undamaged with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. There are no missing pages; see images.
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Title: Of Men And Music
Author: Deems Taylor
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon and Schuster 1937
Edition: 4th printing
Size: 5.5 X 8.25 X 1.25 * 318 pages
Synopsis: Introduction: THIS BOOK began as a series of radio talks that I delivered as part of the Columbia Broadcasting System's broadcasts of the Sunday afternoon concerts of the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra during the season of 1936-1937. These have been supplemented by material drawn from articles and reviews of mine that appeared originally in the now unhappily extinct New York World and New York American. Certain chapters were first printed in The Ladies' Home Journal, The Saturday Evening Post, and The New Yorker. What order and form the volume possesses it owes to the ingenuity of Miss Elisabeth Ingersoll, who accomplished the difficult feat of giving logical sequence to a rather heterogeneous mass of raw material.
What to call it? I hate to label it a book of essays on music and musicians; first, because so much of it started life as radio scripts, and second, because I fear that "essays" is too flattering a term to apply to many of its chapters. "Observations" might be a better word.
While I can hardly claim for it anything so ambitious as a message, I do find, upon reading it as a whole, that it represents a point of view, one that I have held as long as I can remember. If this book tries to say a few definite things, they are these: that behind every musician lurks a man, who is fully as interesting as the trade he follows; that music is written for our enjoyment, and only incidentally for our edification; and that many a potential music lover is frightened away by the solemnity of music's devotees. They would make more converts if they would rise from their knees.
Hollow Hill, Stamford, Conn. October, 1937.
DEEMS TAYLOR.
Overall Condition: Good + It has very minimal wear to the cover and no holes or tears. The dust jacket is not included. The binding has minimal wear. The pages are undamaged with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. There are no missing pages; see images.
Secure shipping bubble-wrapped in a new box.
2026--U.S. shipping for this (Two Pounds Media Mail) is $5.13 with tracking.
Multiple items will be combined for the lowest shipping price.
For buyers outside the U.S. please contact me to arrange shipping.
(PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE MAKING ANY PAYMENT FROM OUTSIDE THE U.S.)
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Just about all the books are USED books. Some have been used more gently than others. Some have been in libraries and have typical library extras. Some are so old and/or interesting that they are being offered for the sake of preservation regardless of the condition they are in. If the condition of the book is very important to you, please feel free to click the 'Ask seller a question' link and I will tell you more.
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