{"product_id":"a-distant-music-the-life-and-times-of-alfred-hill-1870-1960-by-john-m-thomson","title":"A DISTANT MUSIC: The Life and Times of Alfred Hill 1870-1960 by John M. Thomson","description":"\u003cp\u003eA DISTANT MUSIC: The Life and Times of Alfred Hill 1870-1960\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eby John Mansfield Thomson\u003cbr\u003e\nintroduction by Douglas Lilburn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 0195580516\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: medium hardcover with dust jacket  \u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: Oxford University Press 1980, 1st edition\u003cbr\u003e\nSize (mm): 180 w x 245 h x 25 h\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 239\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A4\/2508\/0365\/K583\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nWhen Alfred Hill died, two weeks before his 90th birthday, in 1960, an epoch in Australian and New Zealand music drew to a close.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt was well known that at the age of sixteen, before the turn of the century, Alfred Hill left Wellington for the Leipzig Conservatory. Born in Melbourne of English parents, he was New Zealand’s first fully professional composer and a leading figure in Australian music from the early years of the century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes monochrome images and musical scores.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\nExcellent with only light wear on dust jacket and marks\/stamps on end papers and page edges, pages otherwise clean and unmarked, binding tight. Images depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003e\nScarce\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55452473819428,"sku":null,"price":39.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/2238255291.jpg?v=1783479916","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/a-distant-music-the-life-and-times-of-alfred-hill-1870-1960-by-john-m-thomson","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}