First edition. [viii], 198pp, with occasional black and white illustrations in text. Green publisher's cloth-covered boards, gilt-stamped lettering on the spine. Illustrated endpapers. 8vo. Cloth very slightly pushed at spine ends else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original laminated dust wrapper, lightly bumped at edges, a little shelf worn, remains of previous price label on front panel.
Alfred Deller (1912-1979) was an English singer, a key figure in the return of the countertenor sound in Renaissance and Baroque music and an advocate of original instrumental performance.
