Essays in Musical Analysis, Volume 1: Symphonies 1

AUTHOR: Donald Francis Tovey 
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 
FORMAT: Paperback 
PAGES: 223 
RETAIL PRICE: $9.95 
CONDITION: Used-Good. Some shelf wear, scuff mark on front cover, creasing near spine, mark on back cover left from sticker, no pencil/pen markings.

In Essays in Musical Analysis, Volume 1: Symphonies, Donald Francis Tovey offers detailed analyses of symphonies by composers such as Beethoven, Brahms, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, and Mendelssohn. Tovey's essays provide more depth than standard program notes while remaining accessible to non-professional musicians. A reviewer on Amazon notes that these essays "profoundly increased my enjoyment and understanding of classical music."