Search Results: Music from Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB

Berlin: Cassirer, 1914. Hardcover. Good (Boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged; interior is clean; binding is solid.). Grey and light brown boards with black lettering; (many pages are unopened) 4 unnumbered pp.; richly illustrated. Text in German.

San Francico: Chronicle Books, 1997. Hardcover. Good steel box hinge broke; does latch. lithographs have creasing to lower corner & occasional light creasing to top; occasional instances of light marks to margins, overall very clean & bright.. brushed steel box w/ oversized 2pg portfolio/broadside & 8 loose lithographs. Includes broadside by renowned music critic, Gene Lees and 8 lithographs. Box lid & hinge appear to have been manufactured & assembled with glue; could be a simple fix for the industrious collector.

Cambridge / Paris: Cambridge University Press / Editions De La Maison Des Science, 1991. Softcover. Good+ (ex-library w/ textblock stamps, ID to lower spine, internal stamps, usual markings. scuffs & marks to textblock edges. creasing, rubbing & scuffs to covers.). glossy glue & orange illustrated wrappers. 668 pgs w/ musical illustrations. Pages have pencil numbers to upper edges with instances of pencil notations to diagrams. "In this detailed study the author takes a new and original approach to the understanding of the complex and sophisticated patterns of polyphony and polyrhythm that characterize African music. Considering in particular the harp, sanza, xylophone and percussion music of Central Africa, the author develops a rigorous method for the analysis of the music and for the recording and deciphering of the many strands of polyphony and polyrhythm. Through a systematic breakdown of the many layers of apparently improvised rhythm he reveals the essential structure which underlies this… Read More

London: Oxford University Press, 1981. Hardbound. Good with a few ex-lib. marks and fading to cover edges, but otherwise text is very clean and tight.. Blue cloth with gold lettering; 724 pp. with 8 bw plates and 345 musical figures. Volume 7 in The New Oxford History of Music series; a completely in-depth study of early opera and instrumental music, including early symphony, the divertimento, rise of chamber music, keyboard music, and the concerto.

Paris, France: Janet Et Cotelle, 1813. Hardcover. Good+ (boards scuffed & scratched. corners rubbed; lower corners harshly rubbed to the boards. spine has tear to lower edge w/ flapped tear to top; binding exposed.). dark green cloth w/ decorative gilt & printing; decorative gilt spine. silken, green cloth pastedowns & endpapers. all edges gilt. book iv, 227 pgs of sheet music. Pages light to moderately tanned; text/music remains dark and detailed. Pages may have instances of smudges and marks. Instances of light to moderate blotched foxing, primarily to lower page edges; occasional darker spot. Hinges strong; remains a nice copy. Text French and Italian; accompanined by opening letter from Ferdinando Simonis.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1928. first. Hardbound. Fair. Sold as a complete reading copy only. Exlibrary. Red library buckram. x, 501 pp. An excellent reference copy, with the usual library markings within.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. Hardcover. VG-/VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block.). Two volumes bound in red paper boards, blue cloth spine with silver lettering; white dj with red and blue lettering, mylar cover; Volume 1 xvi, 469 pp. Volume 2 is vi, 482 pp. 2 volumes of a 3 volume set. "This three-volume work tells the complete story of American popular songs, their authors, and the business they set in motion. Volume one explores the inception of the music publishing business in Elizabethan England and traces music activity in England until 1790, examining popular balladry, copyright problems, the start of music printing, religious music, professional music makers, musical theater, eighteenth-century music, and such leading musical figures as Purcell, Handel, and Haydn. Also discussed are the beginnings of music in the United States, including musical theater, black music, and the Great Awakening and its relationship to music… Read More

Michigan: William L. Clements Library, 1973. Pamphlet. VG (light shelfwear to wraps). Gray wraps with black lettering, 24 pages, bw illustrations. A guide to an exhibition in the Museum of Art, October 12-November 18, 1973. Includes a foreword by Howard H. Peckman.

New York/ London: Schirmer Books/ Prentice Hall International, 1997. Hardcover. VG/VG (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block.). Black boards with gilt spine lettering; bw illustrated dj, mylar cover; xvi, 400 pp; bw illustrations and music. "American Music in the Twentieth Century surveys the art music written in the United States during the last 100 years from the groundbreaking experiments of Charles Ives to the present day. Writing for the general reader, Kyle Gann describes the characteristic sounds of the diverse movements that have sprung up in this eventful period, while at the same time he sketches the changing social and cultural contexts for American concert music, and provides concise biographies of key figures."-dj. Contents: Prelude : What is American music? -- Forefathers -- Ultramodernism-- the 1920s -- Populism-- the 1930s -- Experimentalism -- Atonality and European influence -- John Cage and the New York School revolution --… Read More

Warren, MI: Harmonie Park Press, 1995. Hardcover. VG (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block.). Green cloth boards with silver lettering; xviii, 196 pp; bw portrait frontispiece; bw illustrations. Contents include: Illustrations, Preface, Acknowledgments, Scenes From Childhood, Music Study in Germany, Celebrity, The Windy City, New York City, Appendices, Bibliography and Index.

Waltham, Massachusetts: Brandeis University, 1979. Hardbound. Very clean and tight but with very slight wear to spine corners and a few ex-lib. marks. Grey-green cloth with white lettering; 881 single-sided pp. total, with additional pp. of examples. A doctoral dissertation, extremely complete, about the Venetian music publisher.

Boston: (not identified), 1869. Pamphlet. Good (heavy age toning and chipping along edges, text and illustrations are otherwise clear). Trade catalogue consisting of 16 unnumbered pages with bw illustrations. Circular for Chickering Pianos full of articles about their product, along with illustrations and price lists.

Oxford/ New York: Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, 1990. Hardcover. VG/VG (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block.). Navy cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; blue dj with off-white lettering, bw illustration; xii, 260 pp, bw illustrations and music. Essays (most of them published previously) on the biblical and Jewish aspects of Schoenberg's work and public activities. Ch. 7 (pp. 116-149), "Unity and Strength: The Politics of Jewish Survival, " summarizes Schoenberg's involvement in Jewish policy in reaction to the Nazi rise to power. From 1933, he conceived and supported projects for the gradual emigration of the Jews from Germany. In his "Four-Point Program, " completed in 1938 after his emigration to the U.S., Schoenberg pleaded for the creation of a United Jewish Party to fight for emigration and for an independent Jewish state. The struggle against antisemitism and the Jewish anti-Nazi boycott he considered inadequate and a waste… Read More

Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1987. Hardcover. VG/VG (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block. Light shelfwear but pages are otherwise clean.). Tan cloth boards with gilt lettering; viii, 277 pp. Contents: Musical culture in American society -- The public's canons of musical taste -- Educating the public to art music -- On being a musician in America -- Music associations -- Businesspeople and the marketing of art music -- A summing up. Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and index.

Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, nd. Hardbound. Text block very clean and tight; some sunning to covers and general wear to dj but still nice and intact. Pale green cloth with illustration of a piano in typical retro style; black matte dj with white illustration and lettering; 334 pp. with bw illustrations throughout. Translated from the Russian by Rose Prokofiev. The compiler's preface states that the material used for this volume was made available by the State Music Publishers in Moscow in 1956, so this, presumably, is the 1959 edition. A very in-depth look at Prokofiev's life and musical thought, albeit under the watchful eye of the Soviet publishers of that time, with material provided by the state-run music publishing house. It would be interesting to compare this volume with a more current, "unencumbered" one. Still a very good book with many photographs of the composer and colleagues in the music field.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1987. Hardcover. VG-/VG-(Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block. Light shelfwear to boards and block.). Tan cloth boards with bronze lettering; yellow dj with bw illustration; xii, 264 pp; bw illustrations, music. When Bach's cantatas, masses, passions, and chorales were originally performed under the composer's direction, which instruments played the basso continuo, the line that establishes the harmonic framework? This book answers this and other fundamental questions and probes the rationale behind Baroque performance conventions. Contents: The organ and the harpsichord.; Keyboard accompaniment in the sacred works ;; The harpsichord controversy ;; Evidence of harpsichords in churches ;; Harpsichord participation during Bach's tenure at Leipzig ;; Cembalo parts ;; Harpsichord parts in performances of other composers' works ;; Figured cammerton continuo parts ;; Tacet-indications in organ parts ;; Performance… Read More

Fort Lauderdale, FL: Ryckman and Beck, 1978. Paperback. Good (Wraps are generally worn/scuffed/smudged/toned; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged; interior is clean.). Blue and white stapled wraps with color illustration and black lettering; 70 pp.

NY: G. Schirmer, 1901. Hardcover. good- (ex-library with expected marks, plus a perforation stamp on the title page. two inch tear and some creasing across pages 75-80. pencil notes throughout). Orange library buckram. 101 pp.

Oxfordshire/ New York: Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, 1987. Hardcover. VG-/VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block.). Navy cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; dark green dj with white lettering, mylar cover; xx, 220 pp; bw illustrations, music. Contents: pt. I. The process of composition. The interrupted genesis of the Variations ; The early sketches (1819) ; The late sketches (1822-3) -- pt. II. The compositional style. The late compositional style ; The importance of parody ; Beethoven's treatment of the theme ; The opening variations ; The middle variations ; Consolidation and transfiguration -- pt. III. Transcriptions of the sketches. Preface ; Transcriptions. Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-218) and index.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1983. Hardcover. VG-/VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block. Light shelfwear to boards and block. Several ink markings in index. Pages are otherwise clean.). Light blue boards with gilt spine lettering; light blue dj with red illustration, red and black lettering; mylar cover; viii, 453 pp; music. Contents: Prelude. Beethoven, God, and enlightenment -- Young Promethius : piano Sonatas opus 2 no. 1 in F minor, opus 2 no. 2 in A major, opus 10 no. 3 in D major, opus 13 in C minor (Pathetique) -- Comedy and catastrophe : piano sonatas opus 22 in B flat major, opus 27 no. 2 in C sharp minor (Moonlight) -- Maelstrom and cornucopia : piano sonatas opus 57 in F minor (Appassionata), opus 53 in C major (Waldstein). The hidden song. Eros, Dionysus, and romanticism : piano sonatas opus 90 in E minor and major, opus 101 in A major -- The tyger and the forge : Hammerklavier sonata opus 106 in B flat major -- Scapegoat and… Read More