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THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: MUSIC MAESTROS AND MUSICIANS. By David Schneider. Foreword by Edo de Waart. INSCRIBED by the author to the violinist Alexander Shneider.
1983101050<p>Novaro CA: Presidio Press 1983. 1983. Very good. - Octavo 9-3/8 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide. Hardcover bound in burgundy boards titled in gilt on the spine in a white dust wrapper illustrated with a silhouette of a violinist. The top edges of the soiled dust jacket are chipped and the jacket's spine is darkened. xii & 324 pages with black & white musical notations and charts. The edges of the book are foxed. Very good.</p><p>First edition.</p><p>Inscribed & signed by the author David Schneider "To 'Sasha' Schneider - in admiration for a lifetime of enthusiastic musicmaking / David Schneider". Sasha was the nickname for the violinist Alexander Schneider.</p><p>The violinist Alexander Schneider 1908-1993 is described by Michael Steinberg in The New Grove as "one of the most unquenchably energetic figures in the public musical life of the USA." His whole life was dedicated to the nurturing of chamber music and musicians.</p> Novaro, CA: Presidio Press, (1983). hardcover
