Great Moments in Music

Author(s): Nettel, Reginald

Illustrator(s): Exell, Fred

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Good
Dust Jacket:	No
Dust Jacket Condition:	N/A
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Phoenix House
Publication Year:	1958
Publication Place:	London, UK
Book ID:	011464
Catalogue(s):	Bargain Corner ◇ Music and Songs

126pp, black and white illustrations. In red cloth-covered boards (marked and stained, patchily faded, gently rounded at corners and spine tips). There's a previous price written on the front free endpaper, else internally neat, clean and tight. Retells stories behind the making of great music, starting with Handel's water music and its associations with George I and oarsmen racing on the Thames for Doggett's Coat and Badge, a Thames rowing race which pre-dates the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, being founded by Thomas Doggett in 1715. 12mo.

Keywords:

London Thames Music Water Music Doggett's Coat and Badge