MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY (Felix). Denkmal in Wort und Bild. - Lot 234

MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY (Felix). Denkmal in Wort und Bild. Basel, Amerbach-Verlag, 1947. In-4, publisher’s cardboard binding covered with brick-red paper, with an illustrated dust jacket. A major study devoted to Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, one of the leading figures of German Romanticism, bringing together documents, testimonies, reproductions of autograph manuscripts, portraits, correspondence, and visual memorabilia relating to his life and work. Published on the occasion of the centennial of the composer’s death, the book traces his artistic career, his travels, his relationships with the great writers and musicians of his time, as well as the genesis of his major compositions. The particularly extensive illustrations include numerous reproductions of letters, autograph scores, drawings, portraits, and historical documents. A fine copy in its original publisher’s binding, preserved in its illustrated dust jacket. Interior in fresh condition. A richly documented and illustrated reference work on Mendelssohn, serving as a valuable account of the life and legacy of the composer of the Overture to *A Midsummer Night’s Dream*, the Violin Concerto, and the Scottish Symphony.