Xenakis

First edition in English. 8vo. 271pp. Blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Jacket design by Herman C. Lelie (priced £13.95 net to front flap). List of Compositions, b/w ills., musical score excerpts, Bibliography, Discography, Index. Published simultaneously by Taplinger Publishing Co. in the U.S. Originally published in 1981 by Fayard/Fondation SACEM, Paris, in their series Musiciens d'aujourd'hui.

Presentation copy, signed by Xenakis in his characteristic music notation signature on the dedication page in the year of publication. The recipients were Carola Grindea, the legendary piano teacher and founder of the European Piano Teachers' Association (Epta), and her husband Miron – the eclectic editor of the Anglo-French literary quarterly ADAM, which he edited for over 50 years over almost 500 issues. Fine copy in a Near Fine dustwrapper, lightly edge-rubbed and faded to spine.

The definitive biography of the composer, written in close collaboration with him over a period of ten years.