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Music of the Spheres by Meyer-Baer,K - 1974: and the Dance of Death

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Music of the Spheres by Meyer-Baer,K - 1974

Music of the Spheres: and the Dance of Death

by Meyer-Baer,K

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New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1974. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good +. Orange cloth HB, spine title. Frontis, pp376, illust - near fine, clean (light bend to lower half of first 15pp) Size 16 x 24cms. Scarce
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  • Keywords Music Spheres Dance of Death
Runes and Cadences: Being Ancestral Memories of Old Heroic Days
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Runes and Cadences: Being Ancestral Memories of Old Heroic Days

by Kennedy, R. Emmet

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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/None. 97pp; No DJ, blue boards, gilt lettering to maroon cloth spine, wear to spine ends & corners of boards, deckle edges, slight surface tears to front endpaper, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good condition. Verse and music.
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Doo-Wop: The Forgotten Third of Rock 'N Roll
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Doo-Wop: The Forgotten Third of Rock 'N Roll

by Gribin, Anthony J.;Schiff, Matthew M.

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Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Pubns Inc, 1992. SIGNED first edition. Trade softcover. Published Iola, Wisconsin: Krause, 1992, first printing. 8vo. wrappers. 616pp., illustrated with b/w photos. Inscribed by WCBS FM101 radio host Don K. Reed, with his inscribed 5x7 promo photo laid in, plus laid in June 24, 2000 DooWop concert reunion program, East rutherford, NJ, with 10 signatures of the artists: The Penguins, The Angels, Who's Johnny, Kenny Vance & the Planotones, John Kuse & the Excellents and producer Richard Nader. All fine. Signed. 1st. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.
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Beadle's Half-Dime Singer's Library No. 22: The Old Arm Chair

Beadle's Half-Dime Singer's Library No. 22: "The Old Arm Chair"

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New York: Beadle & Adams, 1878. Paperback. Very Good -. 15, [1] p.: 1 hand-colored woodcut by Nathaniel Orr; 29 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Some pages not opened. Woodcut title at head of first page. Contains lyrics to 59 songs, without music. These include many popular songs of the time, some written for the Singer's Library, such as There is Somebody Waiting for Me by C.H. Lane, as well as some older songs. Final 3 pages, including back wrapper, lists contents of nos. 1-22 of Beadle's Half-Dime Singer's Library, and titles of nos. 1-66 of Beadle's Half-Dime Library and nos. 1-55 of Beadle's Dime Library. Beadle's Half-Dime Singer's Library appeared approximately weekly from 18 May 1878 and 29 March 1879, ending with No. 43. In later reprints the illustration was left uncolored. Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: first leaf detached, but present; small stain on first leaf; corner at head of gutter trimmed without loss of text; clean and bright.
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Giroflé-Girofla, Opera Bouffe, in 3 Acts, the words by Albert Vanloo & Eugene Leterrier,...
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Giroflé-Girofla, Opera Bouffe, in 3 Acts, the words by Albert Vanloo & Eugene Leterrier, translated into English, by Campbell Clarke, the music by Charles Lecocq

by Lecocq, Charles; Vanloo, Albert; Leterrier, Eugène

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London: Enoch & Sons, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good -. 1 vocal score (305, [1] p.); 28 cm. Original dark green cloth. Piano accompaniment; lyrics in French and English. Title page verso and final unpaginated page contain publisher's advertisements. The final page also lists Boosey & Co. in New York and Enoch & Co. in Paris. The title page does not state that Boosey is the sole American agent, as some editions do; stamped at the lower edge of the title page: "G. Schirmer, New York." "3.50" stamped in upper right-hand corner of title page. Former owner inscription on blank leaf preceding title page: "Harry J. Schools 1904." Attached to the front endpapers are two programs from performances of Giroflé-Girofla in 1914 and 1915 by St. John's Choir in Lebanon, Pa. Harry J. Schools, a lawyer in Lebanon, Pa., was the director and pianist; the performances were accompanied by Keim's Orchestra. No date of publication; Boosey & Co. in New York was established in 1892. This edition must have appeared between… Read More
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Greek Folk Musical Instruments - Ελληνικα...

Greek Folk Musical Instruments - Ελληνικα Λαικα Μουσικα Οργανα

by Liavas, Lambros

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As new hardcover, missing CD. 1st edition, rare 3000 copies. excellent profusely and beautifully illustrated book onthe history of Greek musical folk instruments, from the Fivos Anoyanakis Collection. A wonderful book.
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THE M. STEINERT COLLECTION OF KEYED & STRINGED INSTRUMENTS Various  Treatises on the History...

THE M. STEINERT COLLECTION OF KEYED & STRINGED INSTRUMENTS Various Treatises on the History of These Instruments. the Method of Playing Them & Their Influence on Musical Art

by Tretbar, Charles F.

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New York: Charles F. Tretbar. Very Good+. 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by author. Clean reddish-brown cloth with gilt lettering and black ornamental border. Text tight, clean & intact. Profusely illustrated with B/W instruments. Collect and repair instruments and learn the original method of playing them. Endpapers age toned. Music, Musical Instruments; B/W Illus.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 170 pages; Signed by Author .
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The Young Ladies' Vocal Class-Book; For the Use of Female Seminaries and Music Classes;...
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The Young Ladies' Vocal Class-Book; For the Use of Female Seminaries and Music Classes; Composed, Selected and Arranged, with Piano-Forte Accompaniments, Expressly for this Work by George James Webb

by Webb, George James

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Boston: Jenks & Palmer, 1843. Hardcover. Very Good. Second Edition. 152 p.: music; 29 cm. Black cloth spine; brown paper over boards printed in black. Back cover has advertisements for works by Webb published by Jenks & Palmer. "Consisting of Systematic Instructions for Forming and training the Voice, and Suitable Vocalizing Exercises and solfeggios; Together with a Collection of Songs, for One, Two, Three and Four Voices." Scarce. In Very Good Condition: cover is rubbed; cloth is frayed at spine ends and split over front joint; minor soiling of a few page margins; otherwise, clean and tight.
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History of the Origin and Progress of the Meeting of the Three Choirs of Gloucester, Worcester,...
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History of the Origin and Progress of the Meeting of the Three Choirs of Gloucester, Worcester, and Hereford and of The Charity connected with it. To which is prefixed A View of the Condition of the Parochial Clergy of this kingdom.

by Lysons, Rev. Daniel

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Gloucester: Gloucester: printed by D.Walker, for Cadell and Davies, London, 1812. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, octavo; xv,278, [1]pp. In original mottled half leather over marbled boards (a little worn), spine divided into five compartments by gilt rolls, gilt lettered leather spine label to second compartment, binders ticket and early engraved ownership label to front pastedown, a very clean copy of this first edition.
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by HELL, Richard.

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New York: Scribner, 1996. Signed on the title page by Richard Hell. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, ivory paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. The author's first novel. Member of several early Punk groups: Neon Boys, Television and the Heartbreakers. Leader of the Voidoids, seminal Punk-Rock group.
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Bernard Shaw's Music in London; Criticisms Contributed Week by Week to the World. (4 Volumes)

Bernard Shaw's Music in London; Criticisms Contributed Week by Week to the World. (4 Volumes)

by Shaw, Bernard

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New York: Vienna House [0-8443-0063-2] 1973. (Hardcover boxed set) 317, 342, 332, 439pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. Green cloth in near fine slipcase. Photographs, indices. A small chip to the opening of the slipcase. Vol. 1 Music in London 1890-94. Vol. 2 Music in London 1890-94. Vol. 3 Music in London 1890-94. Vol. 4 London Music in 1888-89 As Heard by Corno Di Bassetto (Later Known As Brenard Shaw) with Some Further Autobiographical Particulars. (Music).
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Trial by Jury

Trial by Jury

by W. S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan

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69 pp. + ads. Plate 17453. Vocal score, wraps, quarto 8.5 x 11 in. Front cover reattached with Japan paper, some wear to spine and edges, yet very good. Likely a printing from 1992-, given the 62 W. 45th St. address on the wraps. Printed in England. Trial by Jury is a one-act comic opera that could be considered a seminal venture in their partnership. It premiered at the Royalty Theatre in London in March, 1875.
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Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky

Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky

by Nijinsky, Romola

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Nijinsky, Romola. Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky. The Definitive Biography Copyright 1980. Simon and Schuster stated First Impression Thus. Number line starts with 1. EXLIB. Good Condition/ VG original dust jacket. 260 pages, indexed. ISBN0671411233. PERFORMING ARTS, RUSSIA, BALLET, VASLAV NIJINSKY. Summary: "The life of Vaslav Nijinsky is not merely a record of a great dancer's artistic triumphs; it is one of the strangest stories ever written. There is madness everywhere. From the child's first appearance with a troupe of wandering Russians to that last terrible performance, his "Marriage With God" , it is a growing chaos of madness, abnormality, distortion, genius and beauty." 260 pages, indexed. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4.
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SKIFFLE:; The Story of Folk-song with a Jazz Beat. With a Foreword by Lonnie Donegan (The King of...

SKIFFLE:; The Story of Folk-song with a Jazz Beat. With a Foreword by Lonnie Donegan (The King of Skiffle)

by Bird, Brian

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London: Robert Hale, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. 119pp, index; 13pp illus from photographs. Bound in pictorial boards, dust jacket. 8" x 5.25" This first book on the subject traces the history of skiffle from its slave and jazz roots through the 1950s. The second part of the book is a how-to for forming a skiffle band as well as a look at the "origins, progress and personalities" of Britain's most popular skiffle bands.
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The Pirates of Penzance in Full Score

The Pirates of Penzance in Full Score: New Edition by Carl Simpson and Ephraim Hammett Jones

by W. S. Gilbert, Sir Arthur Sullivan

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272 pp. Quarto, 9 x 12 in. Illustrated wraps, near fine, only the slightest wear covers. Full score. New edition by Carl Simpson and Ephraim Hammett Jones. Official Premiere: December 31, 1879, Fifth Avenue Theater, New York, New York, USA; London Premiere: April 3, 1880, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Orchestra and Chorus Opera Comique, Arthur Sullivan, conductor.
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PIOBAIREACHD AND ITS INTERPRETATION: CLASSICAL MUSIC OF THE HIGHLAND BAGPIPE

by MacNEILL, SEUMAS & FRANK RICHARDSON

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Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers, 1996. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: 130. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. The author, an acknowledged authority on the subject, describes the structure and history of Piobaireachd. A very good copy with moderate edge wear on the covers and some fading of the colour on the rear panel.
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Bob Dylan: From a Hard Rain to a Slow Train
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Bob Dylan: From a Hard Rain to a Slow Train

by Barry; Dowley, Tim Dunnage

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Turnbridge Wells: Midas Books; New York: Hippocrene Books, [1982], First Edition, 8vo, [11] 176pp [2], photos on 2 plates. Hardcover, red cloth covered boards with dust jacket. Very Good + condition. Pages are unmarked with slight toning and slight foxing to top page edges. Slight shelf wear to dust jacket. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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The Sorcerer: An Original Modern Comic Opera

The Sorcerer: An Original Modern Comic Opera

by W. S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan

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137 pp. Vocal score, a slight tilt to spine, light wear to wraps, else fine. Quarto, 8.5 x 11 in. "New Edition." An original modern comic opera in two acts, words by W. S. Gilbert, music by Arthur Sullivan. G&S's third production. Based on a story, The Elixir of Love, that Gilbert published in 1876 in The Graphic.
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The Influence Of Music On History And Morals: A Vindication Of Plato

The Influence Of Music On History And Morals: A Vindication Of Plato

by Scott, Cyril

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London: The Theosophical Publishing House Ltd., 1928. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. X, 245 Pp. First Printing. Blue Cloth, Gilt, With Blindstamped Border On Front Cover. Lightly Used, Pinpoint Fray At Each Of Two Lower Tips, But Spine Frayed Across Top Down To Edge Of Page Block, 1/2" Fray Along Top Spine Edges And Bottom Rear Spine Edge, Hinges Tight, No Names Or Marks, Very Light Foxing To Endpapers, Title Page, And To Edges Of The Page Block. Quite Scarce In The Trade.
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OH BOYS, CARRY ME LONG:; A Plantation Melody. Written & Composed by Stephen C. Foster

OH BOYS, CARRY ME LONG:; A Plantation Melody. Written & Composed by Stephen C. Foster

by Oh Boys...sheet music

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NY: Firth, Pond, 1851. 20th Edition. Decorative Wraps. Very Good. 6pp; embellished cover title; spine reinforced. Contains words and music to four verses and a chorus. 13" x 10.25" In part: "Oh! carry me 'long; Der's no more trouble for me: I's gwine to roam In a happy home Where all de niggas am free...." First published in 1851.
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Whitney's Rapid Method for the Piano-Forte: Foreign Fingering Edition

Whitney's Rapid Method for the Piano-Forte: Foreign Fingering Edition

by W. W. Whitney

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D. W. Crist, Alliance, OH, 1902. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 4mo - over 9 3/4" - 12" tall. 182 pp. Pages are yellowed, but are tight and clean. Heavy shelfwear to the cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 - 3 pounds. Category: Music; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001390. . Additional shipping charges may apply.
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