Méssiaen

Les 22 Concertos Pour Piano De Mozart - SIGNED AND INSCRIBED

1987 · 13891 — Paris: Libraire Séguier / Archimbaud / Birr 1987. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. The complete program notes written by Messiaen for a series of performances of Mozart piano concertos by his wife pianist Yvonne Loriod in 1964 which were collected and published more than twenty years later. Signed and inscribed on the half-title verso to Jean-Victor Hocquard French musicologist and the author of the volume's foreword: "à Jean-Victor Hocquard le grand philosoph-musicien qui a écrit sur Mozart les pages les plus belles les plus touchantes et les plus profondes.en souvenir de ces merveilleux concerts d'Yvonne Loriod. et avec toute mon admiration et mes grands amitiés!" "To Jean-Victor Hocquard the great philosopher-musician who has written the most beautiful touching and profound words about Mozart. as a souvenir of these marvelous concerts of Yvonne Loriod. and with all my admiration and best wishes!" 121 pp. 12mo. Softcover. Slight stain to the lower edge of the front cover and the inside front cover and front end paper; otherwise in very good condition. <br>Together with a small newspaper clipping dated September 17 1989 reviewing a broadcast of Mozart piano concertos and mentioning Hocquard and Messiaen's view of the concertos as "instrumental dramas." Libraire Séguier / Archimbaud / Birr paperback books