Author: BLUME, FRIEDRICH (ED)
Title: Die Musik in Geschichte Und Gegenwart: Allgemine Enzyklopadie Der Musik: Unter Mitarbeit Zahlreicher Musikforscher Des in-Und Auslandes Herausgegeben Von Friedrich Blume (14 Volumes, Complete, in Addition to Five Supplement Volumes).
Description: Kassel and Basel: Barenreiter-Verlag, 1949. First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 14 volumes, complete; together with five soft-cover Supplement volumes. Full brown durable cloth library binding, gilt lettering on spines. Illustrated with approximately 400 plates, 3500 in-text illustrations, 800 sheet music samples, and numerous tables. Approximately 18,000 pages. Text entirely in German. "Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG) is the largest and most comprehensive German music encyclopedia, and among Western music reference sources, only The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is comparable to it in size and scope. Friedrich Blume (1893-1975) was professor of musicology at the University of Kiel from 1938–1958. He was a student in Munich, Berlin and Leipzig, and taught in the last two of these for some years before being called to the chair in Kiel. Blume was appointed a member of the State Institute for German Music Research in 1935, which entrusted him with the "German Heritage of Music" series in 1939 and the publication of the magazine "Deutsche Musikkultur" until 1944. In 1942 he took over the chairmanship of the New Schütz Society. Also in 1942 Blume took up the suggestion of Karl Vötterle, the founder of the Bärenreiter-Verlag, to become their editor for the preparation of the Encyclopaedia Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (Music in History and Present). In 1948 he was elected to the presidency of the newly founded Internationalen Gesellschaft für Musikwissenschaft, where from 1958 to 1961 he worked as its president. He was also an organizer of the Internationale Vereinigung der Musikbibliotheken, Musikarchive und Musikdokumentationszentren (International Association of Music Libraries, Music Archives and Music Documentation Centers) and RISM, President of the International Heinrich Schütz Society, and Chairman of the Joseph Haydn Institute. He was awarded numerous honors and distinctions for his work. Blume’s long-awaited encyclopedia appeared as 14 volumes between 1949 and 1968. The volumes are in virtually perfect condition, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. An extremely large, heavy set - additional shipping charges will apply. NEAR FINE. Plates, In-Text illustrations and Tables. 4to 11" - 13" tall. c. 18000 pp. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued .

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