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Kobbé, Gustav, 1857-1918We have 1 book for this author.Gustav Kobbé A.M. (1857-1918) was an American music critic and author, born in New York. When ten years old, he was sent to Wiesbaden, Germany to study composition and the piano with Adolf Hagen. Following five years of study in Germany, he returned to New York for additional study under Joseph Mosenthal. Afterward, he graduated from Columbia College in 1877 and two years later from Columbia Law School. He is best remembered for his posthumously published Complete Opera Book, which, though subsequently much revised, is still in print today under the editorship of Lord Harewood. He wrote for magazines and newspapers, becoming music critic of the New York Herald. He published:
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