Honegger

1925 · ref. 28589 — Paris: Editions Maurice Senart PN E.M.S. 6938 1925. Folio. Original publisher's ivory printed wrappers. 1f. recto title verso dedication 1f. recto cast list verso notes on first performance 112 pp. Occasional performance annotations in pencil. Wrappers somewhat worn and soiled; small perforations to upper; small tears repaired with no loss; spine reinforced with tape; small oval handstamp to front free endpaper. Slightly browned; contemporary signature to upper outer corner of title; small perforations to preliminary leaves. First Edition. Sprat 53a. "Honegger . provided incidental music for Judith another of Morax's biblical dramas: this score too was reworked producing both an opéra sérieux 1925 and an action musicale for the concert hall 1927." Geoffrey K. Sprat in Grove Music Online. "A member of Les Six Honegger's serious-minded musical aesthetic was entirely different from that of others in the group. He developed unusual musical and dramatic forms in large-scale works for voices and orchestra and was one of the 20th century's most dedicated contrapuntists with a clear indebtedness to Bach. His language is essentially tonal but characterized by a highly individual use of dissonance . Honegger . provided incidental music for Judith another of Morax's biblical dramas: this score too was reworked producing both an opéra sérieux 1925 and an action musicale for the concert hall 1927." op. cit. Editions Maurice Senart [PN E.M.S. 6938] unknown books