New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1982. Hardcover. ix, [1], 427 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Red cloth spine with gilt-stamped spine title; red paper over boards. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Hugh O'Neill. Small bookplate of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia on front free endpaper, stamped "No Longer the property...
London: Unicorn Press, 1898. Paperback. viii, [1], 98-186 p., 2 loose prints: full-page illustrations, music; 22 cm. Grey wrappers printed in dark blue with yapp edges; emblem of the Unicorn Press on back wrapper. Contents: The Merchant George Gisze, a photogravure after a painting by Holbein, loose, as issued; The...
Philadelphia: John Sartrain, 1835. 1 mezzotint engraving of Benjamin Carr (1768-1831), American composer, singer, music teacher, and music publisher. Sheet is 30 x 24 cm.; image is 14 x 11 cm. John Sartain (1808-1897) pioneered mezzotint engraving in the United States. He engraved this portrait of Benjamin Carr from a....
Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, 1983. Paperback. "Aus dem Französischem übertragen von Walter Deppisch; den dokumentarischen und bibliographischen Anhang bearbeitete Paul Raabe." 174 p.: illustrations; 19 cm. Paperback with green-and-white illustrated cover. Includes a lit of his works and a timeline of his life. In Very Good- Condition: small scrape on...
Melville, N.Y. Belwin Mills, 1985. Paperback. 1 vocal score (107, [1] p.); 27 cm. Paper covers printed in blue and black. Kalmus Vocal Scores, 6420. No date of publication given; probably published between 1980 and 1985, based on library records. Latin words. For solo voices (SATB), chorus (SATB), organ, and...
Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1851. Hardcover. Volume 3 only. 4, 348 p., 2 leaves of plates (frontispiece and added engraved title page), 10 unpaginated pages of music; 17 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. Five spine compartments between raised bands; Red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled...
New York: G. Schirmer, 1973. Paperback. Libretto by Eugene Scribe; English translation by William Weaver. v, 29, 29, [1] p.; 27 cm. Brown paper covers. At head of front cover: Metropolitan Opera. At head of title page: G. Schirmer's Collection of Opera Librettos. Includes synopsis. Contains Italian text on left-hand...
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1986. Hardcover. x, 213, [1] p.: tables; 24 cm. Orange-brown cloth with white spine title and blue and white cover title. Orange-brown endpapers. No dust jacket (as issued?). Part of the publisher's series Greek and Latin Music Theory. In Greek and English. In Very Good...
New York: Doubleday & Co., 1979. Paperback. Foreword by Dinah Shore. xiv, 530 p.; 28 cm. Paperback; plain blue cover printed in black. Uncorrected Proof from a copy with editor's markup, primarily related to layout. Table of Contents without page numbers for each entry. No index. Although picture credits are...
Paris: Plon-Nourrit et Cie, 1910. Hardcover. [36] p.: music, title vignette, 12 full-page color illustrations; 21 x 26 cm. Blue cloth spine; white paper over boards with color illustrations on both boards. No date of publication; the clothing suggests circa 1910. Contains 12 songs by Nelly van der Linden van...
New York: G. Schirmer, 1957. Paperback. Libretto by Antonio Somma, adapted from Eugene Scribe's 'Gustave ou Le Bal Masque'; English translation by Peter Paul Fuchs. vii, 20, 20, [1] p.; 27 cm. Brown paper covers. At head of front cover: Metropolitan Opera. Contains Italian text on left-hand pages and English...
New York: Institute of Mediaeval Music, 1963. Paperback. First Edition, First Printing. xiii, [3], 294, [2] p.; 26 cm. Paperback with white covers printed in black. Handwritten in black on spine: Spiess. This is no. 221 of an edition of 2,000 copies. Musicological Studies no. 4. Includes articles by Ernst...
Offenbach sur le Mein: Jean André, 1813. Paperback. 27, [1] p.: music for piano; 32 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. "No. 3236 -- Prix f 1,48 xr." No date of publication. Based on the numbering (no. 3236), this was published in 1813, 1814, or perhaps 1815. Daniel Steibelt (1765-1823)...
Oberlin, Ohio: Oberlin Alumni Magazine Publishing Co., 1914. Hardcover. Fourth Edition. 93, [3] p.: music; 18 x 21 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped cover title "Oberlin Songs." Illustrated endpapers. "The Songs of Oberlin were first compiled by Miss Anna Louise Strong, '05 and Miss Edna M. Barrows, '05. The Book...
Kingston, Ontario: Quarry Press, 1999. Paperback. 255, [1] p., 16 p. of color photographs: portraits; 23 cm. Paperback with cover art by Kathryn Kingcome. "Based on exclusive interviews, Celtic Women in Music profiles the careers of 30 artists," including Maire Brenan, Dolores Keane, Eileen Ivers, Mary Jane Lamond, Karen Matheson...
New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. Hardcover. x, [2], 384 p.: illustrations, music; 24 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title; brown paper over boards. Dust jacket designed by David Gatti. First Edition. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Near Fine- Condition: upper edge...
Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co., 1917. Pamphlet. 15 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Brown wrapper; wrapper title and illustration in dark brown and orange. Title page reads: Beethoven: The Story of a Little Boy Who Was Forced to Practice. The pages are neither stapled nor stitched in but loose within the wrapper...
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1937. Hard Cover. xviii, 318 p.; 21 cm. Beige cloth with black-stamped spine title with red rules; author's name stamped in red on front cover. Red and grey dust jacket. Top page edges red. Beige endpapers. Title page printed in red and black. Inscription on...
Utica, N.Y. John W. Fuller & Co., 1850. Hardcover. 378, [6] p.; 16 x 25 cm. Original calf spine with light green paper over boards. Cover title; publisher's advertisement for Taylor's Choral Anthems on back cover. Imprint includes many additional publishers in various cities. Virgil Corydon Taylor (1817-1891) was an...
Hamburg und Leipzig: D. Rahter, 1891. Paperback. 68 p.; 18 cm. Brown wrappers printed in black. This is the libretto only of the opera known in English as The Queen of Spades. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky used a libretto written by his brother Modest Tchaikovsky, based on a short story by...
Boston: E.C. Schirmer Music Co., 1963. Paperback. 29 p.: music; 27 cm. This is no. 1753 from Music For Mixed Voices (SATB) by Randall Thompson. The texts are taken from Isaiah XL:21 and XXX:29. With piano accompaniment for rehearsal only. In Near Fine Condition: front cover very lightly soiled; otherwise...
Boston: E.C. Schirmer Music Co., 1944. Paperback. Copyright 1943 by Randall Thompson; copyright assigned 1944 to E.C. Schirmer Music Co. [4], 53, [3] p.: frontispiece, music; 27 cm. Beige paper covers printed in red and black. Publisher's advertisement for other works by Randall Thompson on one page following music. E.C.S....
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1895. Ricketts, Ella. Hardcover. 72, [2] p.: illustrations, music; 26 cm. Original light grey cloth with gilt-stamped cover title withing green-stamped decoration. Lithographed by Shober & Carqueville, Chicago. Title page and dedication are printed within color illustrations. After Preface and Contents, each page contains music...
Chicago: F.H. Revell, 1887. Hardcover. 152, v, [3] p.; 13 cm. Black cloth spine with brown paper over boards, printed in dark brown. "The numbers in this edition correspond with the music edition of Hymns new and old." Contains words to 223 hymns. Includes title index. In Good+ Condition: edges...
Boston: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1867. Hardcover. Title continued: "with an easy morning service in F consisting of Te Deum and Benedictus." Copyright 1858. vii, [1], 7-203 p.: music; 26 x 32 cm. Original black leather spine with black pebble-grain cloth over boards. Gilt-stamped cover title: Cathedral Chants. Blind-ruled borders...
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