1889 Anton Rubinstein : A Biographical Sketch : Russian Pianist : M'Arthur

Anton Rubenstein  :A Biographical Sketch

By Alexander M'Arthur

Published by Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1889. First Edition. Hardback, cloth, with gilt decoration, 8vo, pp x, 154, ii. With 4 b&w plates including the frontispiece.

This copy once belonged to author Harry Winstanley . . his signature is on the half-title page . .he wrote other books on musicians including one on George Gershwin

A very good clean copy throughout. The cloth binding is very good with sharp corners and no damage. Endpapers very good. Pages very clean throughout and there are no names or writing to the book other than that of Harry Winstanley's signature. Overall a very good copy.

Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (16 November] 1829 – 20 November 1894) was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor who became a pivotal figure in Russian culture when he founded the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. He was the elder brother of Nikolai Rubinstein, who founded the Moscow Conservatory.

As a pianist, Rubinstein ranks among the great 19th-century keyboard virtuosos. He became most famous for his series of historical recitals, seven enormous, consecutive concerts covering the history of piano music. Rubinstein played this series throughout Russia and Eastern Europe and in the United States when he toured there.