From the shelves

Short notes on single items, usually a book with something to say for itself.

• A teacher's gift to his student
  Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonatas for the Piano, Ur-text (Edwin F. Kalmus), 2 vols.
• A textbook with a history
  Percy Goetschius, The Larger Forms of Musical Composition (G. Schirmer, 1915)