75 Years on 4 Strings: The Music and Life of François Rabbath by Hans Sturm (review)

for the Art Publication Society of St. Louis—for which Leopold Godowsky was editor-in-chief and Josef Hofmann also played a major role, both men calling on Sauer for his involvement. From the standpoint of basic biography, Crocus’s book provides adequate coverage of Emil von Sauer’s life. It contains twenty-seven illustrations and forty-seven pages of source citations. But what could and should have been a thorough treatment of Sauer’s significant, lasting contributions to music and pianism has instead become a sad example of missed opportunities. May it not also preclude the possibility of a better study of Sauer in the future.