John Sheldon's photos with the keyword: Music book

One of the most innovative and influential of western musicians, his musical ideas are still heard with alarming frequency in 'new' film and TV scores. His dates were 1882-1971 and he composed until 1968. Vesna Svyashchenaya, ' Spring the Sacred' or Le Sacre du Printemps (Scenes from Pagan Russia) provoked a famous riot when first performed in Paris in 1913.

This hardback book containing all 32 of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas in clear, crisp typeface, was purchased in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, in 1934. It was a gift for someone - no price is shown but just 5 years after the Wall Street crash, this must have been a very expensive present.