Liszt

1930 · 303424 — Leipzig Eulenburg ca. 1930. 1930. Small 8vo. Musical score. Introduction by Georg Munzer in German. Text of the Victor Hugo poem in French and German. 2 pages of publisher's advertisements at end. Contemporary 1/2 gilt stamped black morocco over white cloth upper cover with George Cukor's name stamped in gilt in lower right corner patterned endpapers. Very good. 120 pages 4 pages of acvertisements at end. Musical score: Eulenburg Edition No. 52. Signed and inscribed on third preliminary page to director George Cukor by composer/conductor Daniele Amfitheatrof: "For George Cukor as a remembrance of the exciting work on 'Heller With a Gun' With admiration Daniele Amfitheatrof 1959" Amfitheatrof scored the music for the 1960 Paramount film based on Louis L'Amour's novel and directed by Cukor which was released under the title "Heller in Pink Tights." Amfitheatrof 1901-1983 born October 29 1901; died June 4 1983; Russian-born composer/conductor emigrated to the United States in 1937 and conducted in Boston and Minneapolis; signed by MGM in 1939 but waited until 1943 for his first Hollywood film score "Lassie Come Home"; worked on over 130 films. From the library of noted "Gone With The Wind" Hollywood director George Cukor with his Paul Landacre bookplate on the front pastedown. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Leipzig, Eulenburg [ca. 1930]. hardcover