Neptune, NJ: Paganiniana Publications, 1986. Hard Cover. Glossy photo illustrated paper covered boards. 285 pp. A collection of essays and interviews with noted musicians, including Kyung Wha Chung, Miriam Fried, Zakhar Bron, Oleg Krysa, Anne-Sophie Mutter and Dmitry Tziganov. This includes discussion on fingering, phrasing, technics and musical philosophy. VERY..... More
Birmingham, MI: Creem Magazine, Publisher, 1976. Wraps. Photo illustrated wraps, with a front cover photo of Bob Dylan. Black and white and color photos throughout. Single issue of this magazine devoted to rock music. This issue includes an interview with Bob Dylan, an article on Lou Reed's album Metal Machine..... More
New York: G. Schirmer, 1923. Cloth. Green cloth. No jacket. Small folio. Vi 341 pp. Volume 1 only of this collection of sonatas for pianoforte solo composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. GOOD+ condition. Faint, dark ring stain to the lower front cover. Minor fading. Extremities scuffed. Minor notations to the..... More
New York: Meridian Books, 1960. First Edition. Wraps. First edition, first printing, so stated. SIGNED by the author, Theodore Bikel, on the half title. 254 pp. A collection of folk songs from around the world, some accompanied by commentary. With music and lyrics. Includes work from France, Spain, England, Mexico..... More
Boston: Charles H. Keith and B.B. Mussey, Publishers, 1848. Hard Cover. Blue printed paper covered boards. Leather spine. Oblong format. 378 pp. LACKING the last leaf (379/80). A hymnal or song book containing many short songs and hymns for church, for use in either public or private worship. With a...... More
New York: Mason Brothers, 1856. Wraps. Printed wraps. Oblong format. 88 pp. A printing of words and music to 'Esther,' a work reflecting on the Biblical tale of Esther, recalling her efforts to save Mordecai and the Jewish people in the Persian empire. William Bradbury was a 19th century American..... More
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New York: Mason Brothers, 1853. Hard Cover. Blue printed paper covered boards with a leather spine. 352 pp. Small oblong format. Music, with lyrics throughout. A collection of hymns, psalms and other church songs, as well as an original cantata, Daniel; or the Captivity and Restoration. FAIR condition. Paper on..... More
New York: Murphy, Printer and Publisher. Wraps. no date, presumed mid 1800s. Yellow wraps with an illustration of a peg-legged soldier on the front and an ad on the rear. 34 pp., with one illustration. A collection of war, freedom and liberty, patriotic and romantic songs, including 'The Green Mountain..... More
New York: G. Ricordi and Co, 1919. Original Wraps. 6pp. Sheet music for the aforementioned song, with a short essay on the inside cover, on the history and importance of the "plantation song," as well as instruction for singing with feeling, but without "making them funny" by imitating the African..... More
New York: G. Ricordi and Co, 1919. Original Wraps. 6pp. Sheet music for the aforementioned song, with a short essay on the inside cover, on the history and importance of the "plantation song," as well as instruction for singing with feeling, but without "making them funny" by imitating the African..... More
New York: T.B. Harms Company, 1923. Wraps. Folio. Green front wrap, with sheet music on the rear. Front cover bears a large illustration of Raggedy Andy with a smaller boxed illustration of Raggedy Ann. 5 pp. Sheet music and lyrics for 'In Love With Love.' Notable perhaps for the Raggedy..... More
Paris: Heugel and Cie, Publishers, 1894. Cloth. Folio. Bluish green cloth. Decorative color half title present (or perhaps an original front wrap). 81 pp. The musical score and lyrics to La Navarraise, an opera based on a short story 'La Cigarette' by Jules Claretie, and set in Spain during the..... More
Chicago: E.T. Root and Sons, Publisher, 1895. Wraps. Side folding newspaper. Approximately 12 by 20 inches. 8 pages. A single issue of this newspaper consisting primarily of advertisements and promotional copy for musicians, instrument makers and music, mostly sheet music or books of music. This includes many small reproductions of..... More
Leipzig: E.W. Fritzsch, Publisher. Leather. no date. Limp black leather covers. 62 pp. The musical score, with lyrics to work by Peter Cornelius (based on a rough translation of title). Cornelius was a 19th century German composer and poet, composing a few operas, as well as maintaining friendships with Richard..... More
New York: Bregman, Vocco and Conn, Inc, 1944. Wraps. Blue wraps with a black and white photo of Count Basie. Small folio. 23 pp. A collection of sheet music for various original blues compositions by Count Basie, including Bugle Blue, Cafe Society Blues, Way Back Blues, Blues Boogie, Blue Room..... More
Boulder: Mercier Press, 1998. Trade Paperback. 158 pages. Lectures devoted to exploring the development, performance, broadcasting and other aspects of performing and creating music in Ireland between the years 1848-1998. VERY GOOD condition with a medium sized circular price sticker on the front cover. Minor edgewear. Interior clean and solid..... More
Hamburg: Schuberth and Co. Hard Cover. no date. Presumed mid 1800s based on OCLC records. Paper covered boards with a leather spine. 248 pp. A publication containing the libretto and score for 'Der Apotheker und der Doctor,' a comic opera that first premiered in 1786. Composed by Carl Ditters von..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1925. Cloth. Red cloth. No jacket. 423 pp. Illustrations throughout. A general history of music in America, exploring the religious beginnings of American music, early musical organizations, instrumental music and American orchestras, opera in America, folk music, orchestral and song composers, American women in music..... More
Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1884. Original Wraps. With ornately illustrated wraps. 80 pp. With black and white illustrations throughout. Appears to be cut off at the beginning of Act III, perhaps a publisher's/binder's error, as no pages appear torn out. OCLC records give several different paginations for this work..... More
Bern-Leipzig: Paul Haupt Akademische Buchhandlung Vorm. Max Drechsel, 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover. 94 pages. ALL TEXT IN GERMAN. A look at Richard Wagner's work and its relation to mythology and classical images and classic stage. In VERY GOOD condition. Some soiling to the covers, with minor darkening. Minor bumping..... More
New York: The John Day Company, 1930. First Edition. Cloth. Original purple cloth. No dust jacket. 341 pages including index. Publisher's device on the last page of the book. Introduced by George Gershwin, a former music "plugger" in New York's Tin Pan Alley, this work offers a history of the..... More
New York: Archives of Psychology, 1922. Wraps. 93 pp. A psychological study of a musician's or person's ability to identify and replicate the pitch of notes through practice. GOOD condition. Remains of sticker adhesive on the upper front cover. Minor soiling. Some creasing and curling along the extremities. More
Boston: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1910. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. Blue cloth. 155 pp. SIGNED by the author on a tipped in sheet of paper that bears a small handwritten musical score and dedication. A collection of essays on the art of singing including voice production and placing, breath..... More
Ov: University of Illinois Press, 1997. Trade Paperback. 341 pp. With a few illustrations. A work presenting over 3,000 allusions to opera in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, crossed referenced with composers, critics, conductors, singers, etc. With a detailed introduction. VERY GOOD condition. Minor soiling and staining to the covers, with..... More
London: The Athlone Press/University of London, 1958. Wraps. 55 pp. A collection of three lectures discussing theories of music, exploring music as knowledge, music as thought and music as emotion. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy browning to the covers, mostly along the extremities. Old price in pencil to the front..... More