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ISBN: 0679735410
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY: Bard College, 1991. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. This number of the prestigious literary journal is subtitled "The Music Issue," & features many scholarly, critical essays & memoirs relating to this subject by noted writers: An essay, "Memphis to Memphis," on that city's rich musical history by Albert Goldman, biographer of Lenny Bruce & (controversially) Elvis Presley; the memoir "Up Close and Personal: Miles Davis and Me" by Quincy Troupe, author of the now-classic biography of Davis; "The Furies," an early piece by Hilton Als, the New Yorker arts critic; "Two Appreciations: Jackie Mc(Clean) & David Murray" by Amiri Baraka (a/k/a Leroi Jones during the Beat era); "The Influence of Music on the Work of George Eliot as recalled by George Henry Lewes," a prose piece by poet Barbara Guest; the prose-poem "Against Music" by Robert Kelly; a musical memoir-critique, "Me and Satan," by the noted novelist Walter Mosley; an article on Duke Ellington & his milieu by the venerable biographer-critic-novelist Albert Murray (1916-2013), & much more. With front, back cover & spine artwork & an interior portfolio of musically-related artworks ("Tuning Forks") by David Nares; vintage photographs; musical transcriptions; brief notes on contributors; contemporary ads, etc. A fascinating & significant issue melding music & literature in this collectible series. In fine condition with only very minor bumps at corners & edges of front, back covers & spine; one approx. 2" angled crease at lower right corner of front cover. Interior very fine except for tiny crease-fold on upper corner of one leaf (pages 83-84). Fine. [Item #2499]
Price: $25.00