xx, 310pp. Green cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on dark green spine label; top text block edge sprayed green; illustrated with in-text music scores. 8vo. Lightly rubbed spine ends. Endpapers starting to tan, tape residue at edges. Lender's stamps, bar code and markings on endpapers and copyright page. Internally a number of pages have pencil marks in the margins, mainly towards the front of the book, otherwise neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has very light shelf wear, protected with Brodart-style sleeve, not price clipped. The combination of historical setting, appreciation of mood and poem, and technical analysis of the music of great art songs of the past 350 years will appeal not only to professional and amateur singers, but also to general musicians and music lovers.
