Handel
New York: A. A. Wyn, (1948). Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. No date, circa 1948. A clean, bright and solid copy of this brief biography of the great composer. 140pp. Previous owner signature to the front free endpaper.
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The Encyclopedia of Musical Masterpieces
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1949. NF / VG. A very clean, bright and attractive copy in the dust jacket. 262 biographies, Plot Outlines for hundreds of Operas, Origins and evolution of musical forms, Program Notes on more than 500 masterworks.
Notions Sur La Rythmique Gregorienne
Paris: Societe De Saint Jean L'Evangeliste, 1944. Soft Cover. Fine. Soft covere volume. As new. A near perfect copy and clearly, by my eye at least, not from 1944. It is the 12th edition, so stated in French on the cover. My best guess, based on other volumes from this large collection, is that this book is from the late.....
La Methode De Solesmes - Ses Principes Constitutifs Ses Regles Pratiques D'Interpretation
Paris: SociÈtÈ de Saint Jean l'EvangÈliste, 1951. First edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Soft cover volume. As new. A fine copy in all respects. Musical examples throughout.
Stories of the Wagner Opera
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1900. NF. Green cloth on boards decorated and lettered in gilt. t.e.g. small 8vo. A very clean, bright and solid copy.
Richard Wagner, the Man, his Mind and ..
New York: Time-Life, 1972. FIRST. F. This is one volume of a three volume boxed set, the other two being, "The Perfect Wagnerite" by George Bernard Shaw, and "Ring Resounding" by John Culshaw. First thus. Faux black leather, lettered in gilt in a fine slip-case.
Ein Friedenslied: Text Und Thematische Analyse (Dr. F. Hallasch)
Vienna: Universal-Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Slender stapled booklet offering critical analysis of this composers song of peace. A solid copy of a very rare volume.
Mozart - the Man - the Musician
New York: Schirmer Books, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated boards. A lovely copy without the dust jacket. A very large and lavishly produced book.
Magnificence Onstage at the Met
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985. FIRST. F / F. As new. A lovely copy, lavishly illustrated. Gives an account of twenty memorable productions from the repertory of the Metropolitan Opera.
Fontes Historici Liturgiae Glagolito-Romanae A XIII Ad XIX Sarculum
Prague: Veglae, 1906. Soft Cover. Very Good. Soft covered original. The paper cover is foxed but remains quite intact. The pages are evenly toned but remain supple and clean. Most of the pages are un-cut so the interior remains virtually as new except for the toning. As nice a copy of this original edition as one could hope to find.....
The Exultet In Southern Italy
New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. As new. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine. This is a fine copy in all respects. A beautifully researched book which examines The Exultet rolls, medieval rolls containing both sacred text as well as music.
Richard Strauss
New York: Schirmer, 1995. FIRST. F / F.
Chamber Music
New York: Scribners, 1904. FIRST. F.
Opera Cavalcade
New York: The Metropolitan Opera Guild, (1938). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Small folio volume. The lovely cover art work was executed by Gerscovici. With many photographs of opera greats from the past. The cover art is the same for the boards as well as the dust jacket. This jacket is complete and very lovely...
The Complete Opera Book
New York: Putnam, 1937. NF / VG. The eleventh edition. An exceptionally nice copy in a complete dust jacket.
A Book of Operas
New York: Garden City, 1917. VG / VG. A clean and solid copy. The dust jacket shows some edge-wear and some soiling but remains quite nice. Wrap-around cover design.
Alice In Orchestralia
New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good / Good. The illustrated jacket has some edge-wear and closed tears but remains mostly complete and bright. Previous owner inscription on the front free endpaper. Illustrated by Carroll B. Snell.
The Music Dramas of Richard Wagner
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1924. FIRST. F.
Nonsense Songs
London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. No date, circa 1934. Large format music book. Orange boards, with yellow spine. Paper paste-down on front board. Set to music by Dudley Glass. With all the original pictures. A very scarce volume. Large folio, too large for the scanner. Contains 10 songs with illustrations...
Bartok
London: Dent, 1973. NF / NF. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy of the first UK edition. The jacket is price-clipped, else fine.
The Letters of Franz Liszt to Olga von Meyendorff 1871-1886
Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Original black cloth. Illustrated endpapers. In a complete dust jacket with only very minor nicks. A near fine copy.
La Vie et l'Oeuvre D'Anton Bruckner
Paris: Calmann-Levy, 1945. First edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. A clean, bright and solid copy of this soft covered volume. Contains photographs, musical examples and a biography. A fine example of this scarce volume.
The Little Chronicle Of Magdalena Bach
New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. An extremely clean, bright and pleasing copy of this novel of the life of Johan Sebastian Bach. Beautiful engraved frontispiece. The jacket is not price-clipped. There is a chip along the top edge of the jacket at the spine, else fine.
Le Nombre Musical Gregorien Ou Rythmique Gregorienne, Theorie Et Pratique
Rome and Paris: Societe De Saint Jean L'Evangeliste, 1908, 1927. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Two quarto soft bound volumes. The only stated dates are listed above but these volumes are clearly much newer, circa 1960-70. These two volumes are in excellent condtion with hundreds of musical examples. Volume II with several fold-out charts. Both bindings and contents in excellent condition.....
Trionfo Di Afrodite: Concerto Scenico
Mainz: B. Schott's, (19510. Soft Cover. Fine. Slender stapled book. Contains the complete text for this important 20th century choral piece. As new.
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