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    By Henry C. Lunn
    London   Robert Cocks and Co
    7.5" by 5" viii, 204, [3]pp
    A scarce collection of essays on the state of music, musical figures and audiences of the mid-nineteenth-century.
    By Henry C. Lunn

    1854 Musings of a Musician; A Series of Popular Sketches, Illustrative of Musical Matters and Musical People

    London   Robert Cocks and Co
    7.5" by 5" viii, 204, [3]pp
    A scarce collection of essays on the state of music, musical figures and audiences of the mid-nineteenth-century.
    £45.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 955Y17
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    Description

    Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

    A new edition. First published in 1846. 

    In the publisher's original cloth binding.

    A volume of sketches on matters concerning the music and musicians of the time, as well as thoughts on nature of crowds, the first opera, mechanical music, and suggestions for a musical amphitheatre. 

    Written by Henry Charles Lunn, a composer, pianist and editor of 'The Musical times' from 1963-1887.

    Condition

    In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with slight rubbing and bumping to the extremities. A minor damp stain to the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright, with a few scattered spots, heaviest to the first and last few leaves. Offsetting and a small contemporary ink inscription to the title page.

    Very Good

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