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Elson, Louis C.

EUROPEAN REMINISCENCES, MUSICAL AND OTHERWISE:; Being the Recollections of the Vacation Tours of a Musician.

Philadelphia: Theo. Presser, 1896. First Edition. Original cloth. 301pp; portrait; front free-endpaper removed. 7.75" x 5.25" Very Good. Item #BOOKS014968I

Elson, editor of Boston's "Musical Herald," arranged more than 2,000 songs and composed some of his own. This book is his informal record of several vacations abroad in Germany, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium, and England, with much discussion of concerts, recitals and musicians. [Smith, American Travellers Abroad, E20: "An informal record of several vacations of a musician abroad."].

Price: $25.00