xii, 412p, xvii pp. Tan publisher's cloth-covered boards, brown lettering front and spine. Deckled edges. 8vo. Cloth is a bit grubby, gently rounded at corners and ends of a sunned spine. Some toning on text block edges and lightly on endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste down else internally neat and clean.
Biography of Moussorgsky (Mussorgsky) (1839-1881), the Russian composer and of a group known as 'The Five' who worked together to form a distinctive Russian style for classical music. An innovator, he was often at odds with established conventions of Western music.
