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 about The Way They Play. Book 14. Illustrated discussions with famous artists and Teachers

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 about Ludwig Van Beethoven Sonatas for Pianoforte Solo. Volume 1. Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics

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 about Esther, the Beautiful Queen. A Cantata or Short Oratorio. Designed for Musical Conventions,...

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 about The Bunker Hill Songster. Containing National and Patriotic Songs

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 about Negro Spirituals. Don't You Weep When I'm Gone

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 about La Navarraise. Episode Lyrique en 2 Actes

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 about Gesammt-Partiturausgabe der Chore ohne Begleitung. Mannerchore

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 about Music in Ireland, 1848-1998. Thomas Davis Lectures

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 about The History of American Music. Revised to 1925

Boston: Fitz, Hobbs and Co, 1850. Wraps. Light blue printed wraps. 64 pp. A colection of secular songs to be sung in grade schools and other venues, providing lyrics and melody. With sections teaching the basics of music. Songs include the Washing Song, The Farmer, the Mimic Cooks, Willy Lee... More about School Songs for the Million! Consisting of selections from the popular airs, with original...

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 about Tin Pan Alley. A Chronicle of the American Music Racket

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 about Correct Principles of Classical Singing

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 about Music and Its Meanings