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Schwann Record and Tape Guide: August 1971 (Guide to Classical Music)

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston, W. Schwann Inc.: 1971

Seller ID: 82943

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

An August, 1971 issue of the Schwann guide to classical music. Arranged by composer name, the Schwann Guides serve as an ideal reference to the world of classical music, ballet and opera. Also with some information on jazz, electronic music, popular music, etc.. Listings consist of albums issued by recording companies. --- In orange wraps. Binding is tight and interior unmarked, though leaves have tanned somewhat.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 272 pages
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The Great Composers: Their lives and times with program notes for the recordings

By: N/A

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Funk & Wagnalls, Inc.: 1977

Seller ID: 83668

Binding: Pictorial Cover

Condition: Very Good

A portfolio of 22 biographies of 17 of the leading composers of classical music: from Bach to Beethoven to Mozart and Dvorák. With program notes to selected compositions, as well as black & white photos and drawings. An apparent companion piece to publisher's vinyl LP recording set, the "Family Library of Great Music". --- In 11 in. wide x 12.5 tall loose-leaf portfolio with covers in navy leatherette with elaborate gilt-stamped musical instrument artwork to cover; lined in gilt paper covering. --- In very good condition but with scratch across front cover.; Quarto - 11 to 13 in. tall
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Carmen English National Opera Guide 13

By: BIZET, Georges; JOHN, Nicholas (editor)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Riverrun Press Inc.: 1982

Seller ID: 74238

ISBN: 0714539376

Binding: Trade Paper

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Accompaniment to the great opera includes English and French text, presented together. With essays and photos to add depth to the opera-goer's experience. A clean, bright copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 128 pages
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The Fireside Book of Favorite American Songs

By: BONI, Margaret Bradford (editor); LLOYD, Norman (arrangements for the piano); BATTAGLIA, Aureliu (illustrator)

Price: $47.50

Publisher: New York, Simon and Schuster: 1952

Seller ID: 84113

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

A selection of traditional American folk songs, as passed down from generation to generation. Includes sheet music, lyrics and illustrations for dozens of these popular, old-time songs. Songs selected and edited by Margaret Bradford Boni, with arrangements for the piano by Norman Lloyd. Illustrated throughout in color by Aurelius Battaglia. With an introduction by Anne Brooks and a foreword by Carl Van Doren. --- In faux-fabric rust paper-covered boards backed in green cloth, titling and image of stringed instrument in black and cream on spine. Lacks the dust jacket. --- With a noticeable rubb...
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The World of Opera: The Story of Its Development and the Lore of Its Performance (Modern Library Giant #G95.1)

By: BROCKWAY, Wallace; WEINSTOCK, Herbert

Price: $36.00

Publisher: New York, The Modern Library / Random House: 1966

Seller ID: 84168

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

Stated First Modern Library Edition, September 1966 (confirmed). A detailed history of the development of opera from its origins in 17th Century Florence, through many of its most memorable performances. Appendix with Annals of Performance, Index to Annals, and Index. --- In Toledano G6 spine / turquoise cloth / gilt-stamped ML cover hex logo / spine titling & decorations in gilt and blue / blank GA style endpapers / dust jacket in variant of style Gh, verso is blank. ML #G95.1. --- With previous bookseller's pencilings to front free endpaper, else unmarked, clean and tightly-bound. Price-cli...
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World Music: The Rough Guide

By: BROUGHTON, Simon; ELLINGHAM, Mark; MUDDYMAN, Dave; TRILLO, Richard (editors)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Rough Guides, Ltd.: 1994

Seller ID: 80163

ISBN: 1858280176

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Detailed coverage of the music of seventy different countries and regions. With feature articles and interviews, accompanied by lots of black and white photos. --- A hefty perfect bound softcover with faint discoloration to back cover, else a clean, sound, sturdy copy.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); 720 pages
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The Life and Works of Beethoven (Modern Library #241.2)

By: BURK, John N.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: New York, The Modern Library / Random House: [c.1965]

Seller ID: 81478

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Very Good- dust jacket

This Modern Library edition includes both a biography of the great German composer, as well as a section offering a brief description, (including some musical notations), of most of his major works. With index of names to be found in this volume. --- In Toledano spine 11 / rust cloth / ML hex logo blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style l / verso blank. Likely published c.1965 (though 1943 date appears in book). ML #241.2. --- With a partial split near front of volume, otherwise binding is firm; also with spot of soiling to textblock fo...
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Chiming Bells For the Day School and Singing School

By: CRIST, D.W.; McPHERSON, John

Price: $57.00

Publisher: Moultrie, Ohio, D. W. Crist: 1891

Seller ID: 75641

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

A musical primer, apparently intended to aid the beginning music student learn the basics through the use of bells. The book opens with ten pages describing the 'Rudiments of Music'; followed by several pages of music and lyrics. --- The book is intact but somewhat loose. The first signature has partially detached from the volume. A few pages have penciled notations and marks. Front free endpaper w/ a dainty, ornate sticker and previous owner's signature.; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 111 pages
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Reverberations: The Memoirs of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

By: FISCHER-DIESKAU, Dietrich (author); HEIN, Ruth (translator

Price: $12.50

Publisher: New York, Fromm International Publishing Corporation: 1989

Seller ID: 80189

ISBN: 0880641371

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Stated First U.S. Edition. The memoirs of the great German opera singer, who (per the jacket flap) was ". . .the most recorded vocal artist of all time. . . " Translated by Ruth Hein. With a section of black and white plates at mid-volume. Indexed. --- In full black cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket features portraits of the author on both front and back. --- A clean, firm copy but with a whiff of sunning to cloth edges. Unclipped jacket minor edge wrinkling, otherwise in excellent shape.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); (8), 376 pages
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The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, 1940

By: FITZGERALD, John H. (Secretary of the House of Bishops)

Price: $11.00

Publisher: New York, The Church Pension Fund: 1943

Seller ID: 84386

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Principal hymns as utilized by the American Episcopal Church are presented, along with musical notations for each. --- In full rust cloth-covered boards with titling in blind to cover, in gilt to spine. --- A well-used but sturdy copy, with chafing to edges of cloth and partial splits to hinges; binding holding together quite well. A church choir's rubberstampings to textblock top and bottom edges; spine titling has mostly vanished.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; vii, 828 pages
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A Treasury of Stephen Foster

By: FOSTER, Stephen

Price: $28.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1946

Seller ID: 84199

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

Stated first printing. A collection of 50 songs by American songwriter Stephen Foster (1826-1864). Many of these songs became favorites of the American people and are still enjoyed in the 21st century. Includes his "My Old Kentucky Home", "Camptown Races", "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair", "Beautiful Dreamer" and many more. With a foreword by Deems Taylor, historical notes by John Tasker Howard. Songs arranged for piano by Ray Lev and Dorothy Berliner Commins. The music is accompanied by 50 illustrations by William Sharp. --- In green paper-covered boards back...
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The Poets of Tin Pan Alley: A History of America's Great Lyricists

By: FURIA, Philip

Price: $15.50

Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press: 1992

Seller ID: 84243

ISBN: 0195074734

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

A guide to notable American lyricists such as Irving Berlin, Lorenz Hart, Ira Gershwin, Oscar Hammerstein and others. --- A softcover, in stiff wraps with musical notations to front panel. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking apparent damages.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xi, 322 pages
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Fachwörterbuch der Musik: 5000 Stichworte, 220 Notenbeispiele, 250 Illustrationen [German-language musical dictionary]

By: GERICK, Herbert

Price: $12.00

Publisher: München, Keysersche Verlagsbuchhandlung: [c.1970s]

Seller ID: 81808

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket

A German-language illustrated dictionary of musical terms. With 220 musical notations and 250 black & white illustrations. Undated, possibly published c.1970s. --- In black cloth-covered boards with silver-stamped spine titling. Jacket with drawings of instruments on cover. --- A clean, unmarked copy but with some tanning to leaves. Dust jacket with light rubbing, else nice.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 214 pages
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The Bab Ballads: With Which Are Included Songs of a Savoyard

By: GILBERT, W. S.

Price: $22.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co., Limited: 1906

Seller ID: 81976

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Stated sixth edition of the author's collection of humorous ballads and songs. Most of these ditties first appeared in the weekly humor magazine "Fun" in the late 1800s. With 250 amusing illustrations in black & white by the author and a brief author's note. Sir William Schwenck Gilbert is probably best known for his partnership with Arthur Sullivan and their comic Gilbert & Sullivan opera creations. --- In full green cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped Gilbert illustration on cover and gilt spine titling. --- With inked gift inscription to front free endpaper, otherwise a clean, ...
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The Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan

By: GILBERT, W. S.; SULLIVAN, Arthur

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, The Book League of America: 1941

Seller ID: 78226

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

12 of the much-admired comic operas of Gilbert & Sullivan, in a nice reprint edition. Includes "H.M.S. Pinafore", "The Pirates of Penzance", "The Mikado" and others. With line drawings scattered throughout by Mr. Gilbert. --- In navy flexible leatherette covers, silver-stamped titling and decorations on spine. Lacks a dust jacket. --- A clean, firm, bright copy but with minor rubbing & creasing to covers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 504 pages
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The Story of One Hundred Symphonic Favorites

By: GRABBE, Paul

Price: $11.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1940

Seller ID: 41174

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket

A compact volume presenting a brief sketch of the composer and tidbits about the writing of 100 cherished symphonic works, each with a Guide to Listening. Indexed. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards with titling gilt-stamped on cover and spine. In blue, red and off-white jacket. --- With inked notations to a few leaves, else a sound, clean copy. Dust jacket with chipping and small tears along edges but intact.; 24mo (5 to 6 in. tall) ; 300 pages
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The Story of One Hundred Symphonic Favorites

By: GRABBE, Paul

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1940

Seller ID: 80224

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

A compact volume presenting a brief sketch of the composer and tidbits about the writing of 100 cherished symphonic works, each with a Guide to Listening. Indexed. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards with titling gilt-stamped on cover and spine. No particular edition number was observed. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With a whitish discolored spot and prior owner's signature to front free endpaper, else a sound, clean copy.; 24mo (5 to 6 in. tall); xx, 300 pages
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Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians in Five Volumes: Plus American Supplement, Vol. 6

By: GROVE, Sir George; MAITLAND, J. A. Fuller (editor)

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Theodore Presser Company: 1922

Seller ID: 83060

Binding: Hardcover

A revised edition of the famous, hefty guide to classical music and musicians, first published in serial form beginning in 1878. This five-volume set comes with a sixth volume, an American Supplement to the series. The set is edited by J. A. Fuller Maitland, and includes many full-page illustrations of noted musicians, as well as musical notations for various works. --- All volumes in full red cloth-covered boards, with gilt-stamped spine titling and image of lyre in blind to each cover. --- The volumes are generally in Good condition, except for vol. 5 (T-Z), which has a split binding at mid-...
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Liederfibel Kinderlieder

By: GRUEGER, Heribert (music); GRUEGER, Johannes (illustrations)

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Breslau, Ostdeutsch Verlagsanstalt (East German Publishing House):

Seller ID: 74782

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Children's music primer in German language. Tape-repaired book is missing pages 1-8, remaining 26 pages present. Includes music on verso (on left) with charming, colorful artwork related to the songs on facing/recto pages (on right). Bears young child's scribblings with crayon on some pages. All words in German, and in Sütterlin typeface. Missing title page, thus no date, but likely published c.1927; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 26 pages
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Heinrich Schütz: Eine Schilderung seines Lebens und Wirkens (Life and Work of Heinrich Schütz, in German language)

By: HAACKE, Walter

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Königstein im Taunus: 1960

Seller ID: 82608

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

A German-language biography of Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672), the German composer who has been compared to, and preceded, Johann Sebastian Bach. With several black & white plates depicting people mentioned in the book. --- A softcover edition, wrapped in separate stiff French-fold wraps, painted portrait of Schütz on cover. --- An excellent copy: clean and bright but with slight chafing to wrapper edges.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 63 pages
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The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Guide to the World of Opera

By: HAMILTON, David (editor)

Price: $11.50

Publisher: New York, Simon and Schuster / Metropolitan Opera Guild: 1987

Seller ID: 84764

ISBN: 067161732X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

A first printing of this comprehensive guide to the world of opera. Entries in alphabetical order, describing the operas, people, places, terms and chronology. This, per the jacket flap, ". . .is the definitive one-volume reference on the world of opera." --- In dark red leather-look paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket with photo of a scene from "Boris Godunov." --- An excellent, about Fine copy: clean, tightly-bound and bright. Unclipped jacket also undamaged.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; 415 pages
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Larousse Encyclopedia of Music

By: HINDLEY, Geoffrey

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, Hamlyn: 1974

Seller ID: 80195

ISBN: 0600023966

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

A later printing of this hefty, comprehensive guide to the history of the music of the world. With black and white illustrations throughout, as well as many in full color. --- In white textured paper-covered boards, with gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket with Renaissance-era illustrations on front and back. --- With a little discoloration to covers, smudge to verso of front free endpaper, otherwise a clean, firm copy. Jacket with a little creasing to edges, else bright and intact. (Due to the considerable weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Quarto (11 to 13 in. ta...
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Encyclopedia of Music in Canada

By: HINDLEY, Geoffrey (editor)

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1982

Seller ID: 80193

ISBN: 0802055095

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

Third printing of this hefty, oversize encyclopedic compendium of all things related to Canadian music. With black and white photos thoughout. --- In bright red cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Dust jacket with photo of multiple musical instruments on cover. --- With inked gift inscription to title page, otherwise a clean, firm, bright copy lacking additional damages. Bright jacket with a small tear and a little crumpling to edges, otherwise intact. (Due to the considerable weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.) ; Quarto (11 to 13 in. tall); xxix, 1...
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Wagner Nights: An American History

By: HOROWITZ, Joseph

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Berkeley, Calif., University of California Press: 1994

Seller ID: 80146

ISBN: 0520083946

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

First printing. In this work, the author traces the powerful influence of Richard Wagner's music in America, and tells of his principal proponent, conductor Anton Seidl of New York. Includes a section of black and white photos. An entry in the publisher's California Studies in 19th-Century Music series. --- In red paper-covered boards backed in blue cloth, with red spine titling. Jacket bears an image of Brighton Beach on Coney Island on the front cover. --- A clean, sturdy, unmarked copy. Jacket with some creasing to flaps, otherwise undamaged.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); xiv, 389 pages
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The Glory of Opera

By: JEFFERSON, Alan

Price: $14.00

Publisher: New York/Exeter, England, G. P. Putnam's Sons/Webb & Bower Limited: 1976

Seller ID: 79450

ISBN: 0399117717

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

Some of the high spots and historical productions of the art of opera are presented in this American edition of a work first published in the U.K. A large section is devoted to the world's greatest singers and operas. With black & white and color photos and drawings throughout. Indexed. --- In full burgundy cloth-covered boards w/gilt-stamped spine titling. Dust jacket with a wrap-around color photo of "La Gioconda" being performed in Verona. --- With a touch of wear to cover edges, else a clean, firm, bright copy lacking additional apparent damages. Jacket with some rubbing and a few ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Music

By: KENNEDY, Michael

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Oxford, Oxford University Press: 1986

Seller ID: 84761

ISBN: 0193113333

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

A revised and expanded version of author's earlier "Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music." With ". . .about 11,000 entries on musical subjects of all kinds." With occasional musical notations. --- In textured black paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume wrapped in jacket with Raoul Dufy's painting "L'Orchestre la chanteuse" to front panel. --- An excellent copy: clean, tightly-bound, bright but with mild bump to lower spine area (corresponding creases to lower jacket spine). Jacket also very nice.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xiv, 810 pages
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The New Kobbé's Opera Book

By: KOBBÉ; Gustave; The Earl of Harewood (editor and revisor)

Price: $11.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1976

Seller ID: 79251

ISBN: 0399116338

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Poor dust jacket

A modern revision of Gustave Kobbé's monumental guide to opera, revised and edited by The Earl of Harewood. --- In full maroon cloth-covered boards, with descriptions and musical notations throughout. --- With minor corner bumps and a little sunning to cloth, gift inscription to half title page; otherwise a sound, unmarked copy. Dust jacket with severe damage (back flap has torn away but is present) and in removable mylar protector. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; xi, 1694 pages
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The New Grove Modern Masters: Bartok, Stravinsky, Hindemith (The Composer Biography Series)

By: LAMPERT, Vera et al.

Price: $14.50

Publisher: New York, W. W. Norton & Company: 1984

Seller ID: 80190

ISBN: 0393016935

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

A U.S. edition of biographies of notable composers Béla Bartók (by Laszlo Somfai and Vera Lampert), Igor Stravinsky (by Eric Walter White and Jeremy Noble) and Paul Hindemuth (by Ian Kemp). An entry in the The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians series, edited and with a preface, by Stanley Sadie. Includes numerous b&w photos, musical notations and listings of the works of the musicicans profiled here. --- In textured navy paper-covered boards, with gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket features black and white portrait of Stravinsky. --- A clean, firm copy lacking obvious damages. Unc...
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A Pictorial History of Music

By: LANG, Paul Henry; BETTMANN, Otto

Price: $11.00

Publisher: New York, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.: [c.1970s-1980s]

Seller ID: 84768

ISBN: 0393021076

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

A history of music, using ". . .all forms of the visual arts. . .by important artists." With over 600 pictures. Illustrations selected by Mr. Bettman; text by Mr. Land describes the various instruments and composers who played important roles in the development of all manner of music. Volume bears 1960 date, but likely published c.1970s-1980s. --- In black cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling & decorations. Jacket with composite image of musicians and instruments. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy but with small area of discoloration to front panel. Unclipped jacket with...
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Sibelius: Schirmer Books, The Master Musicians series

By: LAYTON, Robert

Price: $18.50

Publisher: New York, Schirmer Books / Macmillan Publishing Company: 1993

Seller ID: 82604

ISBN: 0028713222

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

A first printing of the fourth edition of author's biography of Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), the great Finnish composer and national hero to Finland. With extensive discussion of technical aspects of his music, and with musical notations. Includes a section of black & white plates depicting people and scenes from the composer's life. An entry in the publisher's series: The Master Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie. --- In red paper-covered boards backed in black cloth with gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket features Albert Edelfelt drawn portrait of Sibelius to back panel. --- A bright, tightly-...
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The Book of Ballads (The Heritage Book of Ballads)

By: LEACH, MacEdward (selector and editor)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1967

Seller ID: 83057

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Traditional ballads, or 'stories that are sung' are gathered in this deluxe edition in slipcase. With woodcut illustrations by Fritz Kredel. Ballads selected and edited by MacEdward Leach. --- In striped green paper-covered boards backed in green cloth; gilt-stamped balladeer image and titling on spine. Slipcase covered in matching striped green paper. Sandglass flyer not present. --- A nice copy: clean and tightly bound but with prior owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down and mild spine sunning. Structurally sound slipcase with quite a bit of rubbing to extremities.; Small Quarto (9 t...
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Jazz Lives: 100 Portraits in Jazz

By: LEES, Gene (text); REEVES, John (photos)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Buffalo, New York, Firefly Books: 1992

Seller ID: 84229

ISBN: 189556512X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Per the front flap: [the author and photographer] "spent close to four years meeting dozens of jazz musicians from the Unted States, Canada, Europe, Great Britain, Japan and Russia." From those interviews came this selection of profiles, both in words and black & white photos. The famous and not-so-famous musicians include such names as Dave Brubeck, Tony Bennett Doc Cheatham, and the Modern Jazz Quartet. --- In full textured black paper-covered boards with titling in silver to spine. Jacket with composite photographic portrait of three of these musicians. --- A clean, tightly-bound,...
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The Music of Man

By: MENUHIN, Yehudi; DAVIS, Curtis W.

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Toronto, Methuen Publications: 1979

Seller ID: 84762

ISBN: 0416001017

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First printing. Acclaimed violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin teamed up with Canada's TV producer Curtis Wheeler Davis to create the CBC television series "The Music of Man" which traces the origins and general make-up of worldwide music. This is the companion volume to that series. With dozens of color and black & white photos. --- In black paper-covered boards with titling in blind to cover; in silver to spine. Volume wrapped in black jacket with image of the authors and various musicians to front and back panels. --- With small area of whitish discoloration to front cover, otherwise a t...
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Musikinstrumente der Welt: Eine Enzyklopdie mit ber 4000 lllustrationen (Musical Instruments of the World, with Over 4000 Illustrations)

By: MIDGLEY, Ruth (editorial manager)

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Gtersloh, Germany, Bertelsmann Lexikon-Verlag: 1979

Seller ID: 84767

ISBN: 3570055760

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

A German-language work describing a very wide range of worldwide musical instruments. Loaded with drawings and photos, the instruments are described in detail. Translated from the English by Dr. Alfred Baumgrtner. --- In brown textured paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket with color photo of representative instruments. --- An excellent copy: clean, tightly-bound, bright but with mildly rounded cover corners. Jacket with a few tape-repaired tears but mostly intact and wrapped in new removable archival mylar protector.; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; 319 pages
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The Masque of Comus the Poem by John Milton -and- The Airs by Henry Lawes

By: MILTON, John; LAWES, Henry

Price: $20.50

Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: [c.1950s]

Seller ID: 81923

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

The famous poem/entertainment by the eminent English poet, John Milton (1608-1674) is presented here in a deluxe Heritage Press reprint edition in slipcase. Includes a preface by Mark Van Doren. With watercolor illustrations by Edmund Dulac. Also presented are the Airs of the Songs by Henry Lawes, with his version of the words (and with musical notations) and a preface by Hubert Foss. --- Presented in a deluxe binding with blue/red/gold marbled endpapers backed in black cloth; blue topstain. Undated, but possibly published c.1950s. Sandglass flyer not present. Volume in blue paper-covered slip...
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Composers on Music: An Anthology of Composers' Writings from Palestrina to Copland

By: MORGENSTERN, Sam (editor)

Price: $14.00

Publisher: New York, Greenwood Press, Publishers: 1969

Seller ID: 79204

ISBN: 0837111471

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

The writings of noted classical composers on the topic of their music are compiled in this volume. Stated first printing of this reprint edition (original publication date was 1956). --- In full light blue cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Lacks a dust jacket. --- A firm, clean, bright copy but with a couple of scratches to front cover. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; xxiii, 584 pages
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The Scottish Minstrel: The Songs and Song Writers of Scotland, Subsequent to Burns (Second Edition)

By: NAIRNE, Carolina Baroness et al.

Price: $71.00

Publisher: Brooklyn, Wm. W. Swayne: [c.1870]

Seller ID: 84060

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

A collection of Scottish songs and poems in the period following the life and output of Robert Burns. The table of contents lists several dozen authors, prominent among them being Carolina Baroness Nairne, with her tissue-guarded frontis portrait. An uncredited preface mentions 1870, no other date is obvious. Each author is profiled before the songs. Songs presented in two framed columns per page. Back matter includes index of authors, first lines and with an extensive glossary. --- In bevel-edge violet cloth with gilt decoration to cover; fillets in black to front panel, in blind to back pane...
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The Great Composers: The Lives and Music of 50 Great Classical Composers

By: NICHOLAS, Jeremy

Price: $14.00

Publisher: London, Quercus: 2007

Seller ID: 84766

ISBN: 1847240135

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Brief biographical sketches of these great composers are offered alongside black & white photos, including a full-page portrait of each composer. --- In pictorial boards with image of flute concert in color to front cover (and repeated on jacket). --- An excellent, about Fine copy: clean, tightly-bound, bright and lacking apparent damages. Jacket also in very nice condition.; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; 204 pages
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La Musa Madrigalesca; or A Collection of Madrigals, Ballets, Roundelays, Etc.: Chiefly of the Elizabethan Age; with Remarks and Annotations

By: OLIPHANT, Thomas

Price: $96.50

Publisher: London, Calkin and Budd: 1837

Seller ID: 84509

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

A collection of 397 madrigals, dating from the Elizabethan era and presented in the English language. A "madrigal" is defined by the American Heritage dictionary as a "A short poem, often about love, suitable for being set to music." This work with lyrics only: lacks musical notations. With a brief letter by the author to Sir John Leman Rogers, president of the Madrigal Society, at front of volume. --- Bound attractively in three-quarter dark red leather, with blue/maroon/cream marbled paper-covered boards, and with matching marbled endpapers; top edge gilt. Six-compartment spi...
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Neue Musikgeschichte der Welt [New Music History of the World in German language]

By: PAHLEN, Kurt

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Zürich, Orell Füssli Verlag: 1978

Seller ID: 81809

ISBN: 3280009464

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

A hefty German-language illustrated history of world music. With 262 black & white illustrations. --- In light brown cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket with color photo of an operatic scene on cover. --- A clean, bright, newish copy. Jacket with a hint of spine sunning, otherwise very nice. (Due to the considerable weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.) ; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); 624 pages
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