{"product_id":"a-dictionary-of-musicians-from-john-sainsbury-9781108004039","title":"A Dictionary of Musicians, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: Volume 1","description":"The publisher John Sainsbury produced this two-volume biographical dictionary of musicians in 1824. The book, as he acknowledges on his title page, borrows from the previously published works of Choron and Fayolle (in French), Gerber (in German), Orloff (Russian, writing in French), and his two notable English predecessors, Dr Burney and Sir John Hawkings. It contains a 'summary of the history of music', as well as biographies and memoirs of musicians. The range of the information provided is immense, including the most obscure as well as the most famous: fourteen pages on Mozart are followed by paragraphs on his wife Constanza and on the now completely forgotten B. F. Mozin, a French piano teacher and composer, while Beethoven is described when still living and composing, albeit afflicted by deafness. This work is a mine of information on musical life and perceptions of music history in the early nineteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Sainsbury,Sainsbury John\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1108004032\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781108004039\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.07d","brand":"John Sainsbury","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47423435538687,"sku":"9781108004039","price":66.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_927ca585-50bc-4848-a42a-c2883ae2ca33.jpg?v=1761528595","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-dictionary-of-musicians-from-john-sainsbury-9781108004039","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}