Berlioz, Hector; Barzun, Jacques

Evenings with the Orchestra

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good / Good. Item #2353084

First American edition. Top corner bruised, jacket edges rubbed with loss from spine head and foot, ink name on front endpaper, minimal pencil marks on a couple pages.

xviii, 376, v, [1] pp. Translated into English, with an introduction and notes, by Jacques Barzun. Originally published in 1852, the book is framed as a series of twenty-five "evenings" during which musicians in an orchestra at a provincial theater - bored by the mediocre operas they are forced to play - engage in witty storytelling, gossip, and sharp critical debates to pass the time.

Price: $20.00