Author: ALFRED FRANKENSTEIN
Title: Syncopating Saxophones
Description: Robert O. Ballou, 1925. Ed./Druk: 1e druk. Linnen band. Pp: 103. This early work on modern music and jazz was printed in a Limited Edition of 600, 500 of which were for sale. At the time Frankenstein was a 20 year old clarinetist with the Chicago Symphony. Preceding the first books written entirely on jazz, Frankenstein's anthology, this book was a "collection of random thoughts" by a "serious" musician. It has Jazz-related chapters interspersed with thoughts on Stravinsky and Brahms. Nevertheless, Frankenstein - destined to become the famed music and art critic of the San Francisco Chronicle - intended to highlight his conviction that "the Jazz Orchestra of today is a perfect thing, as perfect in its field as a large symphony orchestra". His was not a popular opinion among American professional musicians, many of whom believed that Jazz was "corrupting" music in the United States. As one of the first musical tributes to Jazz, the book was overlooked in its day because it was a limited edition, handsomely designed by avant-garde Czech artist Vojtech Preissig. The book is illustrated with five drawings: Stravinsky by Picasso, Paul Whiteman by Herb Roth, Antoine Sax by Wesley Brown, Carl Sandburg by Rosendo Gonzales and Carl Van Vechten by Miguel Covarrubias. The Introduction is by Eric Delamarter. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
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Title: Syncopating Saxophones
Description: Robert O. Ballou, 1925. Ed./Druk: 1e druk. Linnen band. Pp: 103. This early work on modern music and jazz was printed in a Limited Edition of 600, 500 of which were for sale. At the time Frankenstein was a 20 year old clarinetist with the Chicago Symphony. Preceding the first books written entirely on jazz, Frankenstein's anthology, this book was a "collection of random thoughts" by a "serious" musician. It has Jazz-related chapters interspersed with thoughts on Stravinsky and Brahms. Nevertheless, Frankenstein - destined to become the famed music and art critic of the San Francisco Chronicle - intended to highlight his conviction that "the Jazz Orchestra of today is a perfect thing, as perfect in its field as a large symphony orchestra". His was not a popular opinion among American professional musicians, many of whom believed that Jazz was "corrupting" music in the United States. As one of the first musical tributes to Jazz, the book was overlooked in its day because it was a limited edition, handsomely designed by avant-garde Czech artist Vojtech Preissig. The book is illustrated with five drawings: Stravinsky by Picasso, Paul Whiteman by Herb Roth, Antoine Sax by Wesley Brown, Carl Sandburg by Rosendo Gonzales and Carl Van Vechten by Miguel Covarrubias. The Introduction is by Eric Delamarter. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
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Price: EUR 75.00 = appr. US$ 81.51 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 2123581
- Book number: 2123581
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