Name/Title
The Music Master / Charles KleinEntry/Object ID
2015.7.252Description
341 pages. Illustrated.
Anton von Barwig, formerly an orchestra leader in Vienna, searches for his daughter who was taken from him by his wife many years before. Out of pride, he refuses help and is gradually forced to sell all his belongings. After being fleeced for years by a detective, he meets Helene Stanton, who is his long-lost daughter. She comes into his life as a charming young society girl seeking music lessons for her fiance, Beverly Cruger, a boy of promising musical talents; sensing his kinship with her, Barwig finally confronts her foster father, who had run away with his wife in Vienna. Though her father is persuaded to make the sacrifice of effacing himself so as not to ruin her chance for social success, she discovers the relationship and brushes social considerations aside to be reunited with him.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsLexicon
Search Terms
Musicians, Fiction, 1900sDimensions
Height
7-1/2 inWidth
5-1/4 inBook Details
Author
Charles KleinEdition
ReprintPublisher
Grosset & DunlapPlace Published
City
New YorkState/Province
New YorkCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1909Binding
Binding Type
Publishers' Binding- OnlayBinding Notes
Bound in pale yellow-green cloth with spine titles stamped in green. Decorated with a large pictorial onlay of a violin with titles printed in white. Pictoral onlays were a much less expensive means of decorating a cover - printing on paper instead of stamping on cloth. Can be compared to Porter's The Story of Marco to view a similar theme in a similar time period, but with varying different decorating approaches by the publishers.Notes
Flyleaf inscription: Merry Xmas - Max. "The Music Master" to a Master of Music - Since the purchase of your violin I felt confident you would occupy a prominent position in the musical world - Bebe & LucieRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
David Belasco
