Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1848. Paperback. 32 p.: 1 woodcut illustration; 11 cm. Front wrapper illustrated. Wrapper title. Running title: Hymns. Table of first lines, p. 31-32. Without music. Back wrapper contains publisher's advertisements with main address of 146 Chestnut St., Philadelphia (where it was located 1827-1853), and branch..... More
![The Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York [program with John Barbirolli and Eugene List] 1943](/pictures/thumb/002582.jpg?v=1472082247)
New York: Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, 1943. Paperback. [8] p.; 23 cm. Stapled. Program from Feb. 28, 1943, concert at Carnegie Hall conducted by John Barbirolli and featuring Sergeant Eugene List on the piano. The program consisted of a Concerto Grosso in D major "freely transcribed by John Baribirolli..... More
Philadelphia: John J. Hood, 1891. Hardcover. 192 p.: music; 20 cm. Brown faux-leather spine with light brown paper over boards. Publisher's advertisements for "New Music Books" on back board. Includes index of titles and first lines. Contains 200 hymns, all but 5 in 4-part harmony. Former owner's inscription on front..... More
Philadelphia: Roxborough Symphony Orchestra, 1943. Paperback. [4] p.; 23 cm. "Under Auspices of the Parents' Association and Lyceum of the 21st Ward." The Roxborough Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1932 by Stanley H. Cauffman (1881-1947), a cellist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, who conducted the Roxborough Symphony Orchestra from 1932 to..... More
Philadelphia: Roxborough Symphony Orchestra, 1944. Paperback. [8] p.; 23 cm. Stapled white wrapper printed in black. "Under Auspices of the Parents' Association and Lyceum of the 21st Ward." The Roxborough Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1932 by Stanley H. Cauffman (1881-1947), a cellist with the Philadelphia Orchestra. The conductor of..... More
Amarillo, Tx. Amarillo Symphony Orchestra, 1965. 20 p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Front cover included in pagination. Rudolf Firkusny signed p. 11, under his portrait and a brief paragraph about him. The Amarillo Symphony Orchestra was conducted by Thomas Hohstadt. The program consisted of Wagner's Die Meistersinger Overture, the Rachmaninoff, Kodaly's..... More
New York: Lincoln Center, 1970. Paperback. 44, [8] p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Stapled with photograph of Lincoln Center on front. The program is for a concert to benefit the America Symphony Free Concerts for Children and the United Nations International School. It featured the American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leopold..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16552-16566 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about Rivoire's apparatus for registering music; a dry insulator for the detection of leakages of gas; the panoramic photo-field glass; the La Burt conduit railway; the Canadian ship canal and St..... More
Amarillo, Tx. Amarillo Symphony Orchestra, 1964. 20 p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Skitch Henderson signed across the front of the program. The concert, performed Dec. 12, 1964, was a Christmas pops concert. The second half of the program featured Skitch Henderson as both conductor and pianist on Edvard Grieg's Lyric Suite..... More
Philadelphia; Chicago: John J. Hood, 1896. Hardcover. 223, [1] p.: music; 20 cm. Black cloth spine; red-brown paper over boards printed in black. Includes index of first lines and titles. Publisher's advetisement for sacred music books on final page. Contains 237 hymns in four parts, including Sprinkled with Atoning Blood..... More
Philadelphia; Chicago: John J. Hood, 1897. Hardcover. 222, [2] p.: music; 20 cm. Black cloth spine; grey paper over boards printed in black. Includes index of first lines and titles. Publisher's advetisement for sacred music books on final two pages. "S.W. Thomas, Agt., M.E. Book Room, 1018 Arch St., Phila."..... More
1896. 8 p.; 33 cm. A largely illegible inscription on the outside of the wrapper. Four lined sheets, hand-numbered, attached to a light grey wrapper and headed "season 1896-97." The unidentified proprietor of the dancing school listed the students by class: Ladies Evening Class (56 students); Gentleman's Evening Class (56..... More
New York: Treasure Chest Publications, 1935. Paperback. 48 p.: music (melodies with keyboard accompaniment), illustrations; 24 cm. Stapled paperback with color-illustrated front cover and color publisher's advertisement on back cover. Contains music and lyrics for 66 children's songs. Includes, among others: Good Morning Merry Sunshine; Little Boy Blue; Welcome, Sweet..... More
S.l. s.n., 1890. 3 double-sided paper dolls approx. 19 cm. tall. Each is wearing a costume from an opera and has 2 additional double-sided costumes from operas. There is no publication information. An unusual set of late 19th-century paper dolls representing classic roles from operas of the period. In Very..... More
Camden, N.J. Victor Talking Machine Co., 1924. Hardcover. Seventh Edition, rewritten and revised. 447, [1] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles and front cover decoration. Top page edges gilt. Dark green endpapers. Illustrated with many black-and-white photographs of opera singers and theaters. In..... More
Paris: Plon-Nourrit & Cie. 1911. Brissaud, Pierre. Hardcover. 31, [1] p.: chromolithographed illustrations, music; 30 cm. Blue-and-pink marbled paper over boards; printed and illustrated label on front board and smaller illustrated label on back board. Grey endpapers. Title vignette. "Édition onnée de trente-deux images par Pierre Brissaud" -- front cover..... More
Germantown, Pa. Christoph Saur, 1777. Hardcover. Title continued: "Ordentlich in XII. Theile verfasset. Auch mit nöthigen Registern und einer Verzeichniss versehen, unter welche Titul die im Anhang befindlichen Lieder gehörig: Auch zur Beförderung des so Kirchen- als Privat-Gottesdienstes, mit erbaulichen Morgen- Abend- Buss- Beicht- und Communion-Gebätlein vermehret. Fünfte und ermehrte..... More
Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1890. Paperback. Imprint includes: New York: C.H. Ditson & Co.; Chicago: Lyon & Healy; Philadelphia: J.E. Ditson & Co.; and Boston: John C. Haynes & Co. "Dedicated to the G.A.R." 95, [1] p.: music; 26 cm. Black cloth spine; white stiffened paper covers printed in black..... More
![Stage: The Magazine of After-Dark Entertainment -- March 1938 vol. 15 no. 6 [Leopold Stokoswki]....](/pictures/thumb/003673.JPG?v=1472082305)
New York: Stage Publishing Co., 1938. Paperback. 88 p.: illustrations; 33 cm. Color photograph on front cover of Beatrice Lillie in Doctor Rhythm. Contents include: Broadway and God by Clifton Fadiman -- From Organ Loft to Kleigs by Marcia Devenport [Leopold Stokoswki, part 1] -- Vitamins by Burgess Meredith --..... More
London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1892. Hardcover. vii, [1], 172 p.: full-page and in-text illustrations; 19 cm. Dark blue cloth spine with gilt-stamped spine title; salmon cloth over boards with dark blue cover title and illustration. Dark brown endpapers. "The Illustrations are by Edward T. Reed; with others from 'Punch'."..... More
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1999. Hardcover. 256 p.: illustrations; 31 cm. Dark brown cloth with gilt spine title; blind-stamped title on front cover. Illustrated dust jacket. Appendices contain lists of orchestra members; world and U.S. premieres; discography and filmography; presidents or chairmen of the board of directors, volunteer commitees, and..... More
![A Record of the Opera in Philadelphia by W.G. Armstrong [provenance: Fry family]. W. G. Armstrong](/pictures/thumb/004736.JPG?v=1472082381)
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1884. Hardcover. 274 p.; 26 cm. Dark brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; bevelled board edges. Top page edges gilt. Dark brown endpapers. Program from a lecture at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania on Jan. 12, 1920, tipped on to front free endpaper. The lecture was..... More
Vienna: Wiener Urtext Edition, Schott / Universal Edition, 1973. Paperback. Zehnte Auflage / Tenth Edition. BWV 772-801. "Nach Autographen und Abschriften herausgegeben und kommentiert von Erwin Ratz und Karl Heinz Füssl; Fingersätze von Oswald Jonas. Edited and annotated from autographs and manuscript copies by Erwin Ratz and Karl Heinz Füssl;..... More
![Magnificat for Soli, Chorus, and Orchestra [Magnificat, BWV 243, D major]. Johann Sebastian Bach](/pictures/thumb/001756.jpg?v=1472082213)
New York: G. Schirmer, n.d. Paperback. 1 vocal score (66 p.); 27 cm. Light grey paper covers. Publisher's advertisement on back cover. At head of front cover and title page: G. Schirmer's Editions of Oratorios and Cantatas. In English and Latin; English version by J. Troutbeck. For chorus (SATB) and..... More
New York: Walker and Company, 1966. Hard Cover. Edited by Anthony Baines for the Galpin Society. 344 p.: 32 pages of photographs, in-text drawing and music; 24 cm. Black cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Price-clipped dust jacket. Green endpapers. Gift inscription on front free endpaper, dated 1969. Book is in..... More