James Harding
1st Edition, 1979 (Chappel & Co. Ltd/Elm Tree Books Ltd); 183 pages including index; ISBN: 0 903443 28 7; image to follow.
Very good condition, red hardback with white and green charmingly illustrated jacket, black lettering for title and author.
An entertaining history of French operetta and the talented and often eccentric composers who made this genre so much their own - including Offenbach, Hervé, Messager, and Cuvillier. The author also pays attention to some unjustly neglected musicians and pays sensitive tribute to work that deserves to be heard again.
