A very good copy of this book.352 very clean, white pages. The jacket is also in very good condition, with only very light edge wear to the top and base of the spine.Wonderful art work to the cover, in shades of blue and purple of a young couple in a romantic embrace, with just their faces highlighted.--- This is a story of love, and romance between Mendelssohn and the fiery Italian prima donna, Maria Salla, and for Cecile Jeanrenaud, his wife and one of the most beautiful women in Europe. It is also a story of a different type of love - which became a dedication - his love for his great predecessor, Johann Sebastian Bach, and his right to restore that music to its rightful place in the world.

Mendelssohn Moulin Rouge Maria Salla Cecile Jeanrenaud Johann Sebastian Bach Music