Search Results: Music from Leaf and Stone Books

New York: Coleman-Ross Company, Inc.. Good with no dust jacket. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. 211 pp. Index. Extremely scarce 1st edition, inscribed and signed on the half title by Cornelius L. Reid to "priest - friend - pupil" Canon Bernard C. Newman, dated Christmas 1950. An important and influential work on bel canto by the noted voice teacher and music scholar. The book is still cited by vocal students and teachers for its clear insight and explanation of bel canto techniques. Includes Historic Background of Bel Canto; Early History of Voice Training; The Bel Canto Ideal (Loud vs Big, Resonance) ; Basic Principles of Bel Canto; The Mental Cocnept (Imitation) ; The Vocal Registers (Registers and Range; Registers and Intensity Control; Mutation of Registers; The Feigned Voice) ; Scales and Exercies (Building on the Soft) ; The Vibrato, Tremolo and Wobble; Breathing (Breath Control) ; Decline of Bel Canto; "Science vs. Early Tradition. Plus Bibliography and Index. Green… Read More

Ottawa: Institute of Medieval Music. Good. 1990. Hardcover. 0931902657 . Xv + 414 pps. Edited volume with 19 articles from different contributors. Articles in English and German. List of publications at rear. Dark green hardcover with gold gilt lettering on the spine. Book is in good condition, very clean with no marks. ; Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Musicological Studies No 53; 9 X 6.50 X 1 inches .

Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 091765188X . KB17...420 pp. First title page in red & black with acanthus border, b/w engraving on verso, decorations and illustrations throughout. Quarto. Burgundy cloth with brilliant gilt to front cover, spine is blank. Covers show minimal signs of shelf wear, interior is clean and bright. The first title says it is Volume One of Byzantine Musical Anthology for Chorus of Three Mixed Voices with Organ Accompaniment. Includes a history of Byzantine Music. The first half of the book is in Greek with occasional English, hymns are in Greek with romanized transliteration below. There is an English section at the rear with translation of the text and hymns. Heavy for international shipping ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 420 pages .

Mendoza: Best Hermanos. Good. 1938. First Edition. Softcover. cxlvii, 632, [xiv] pp. Index. First edition. B/w plates and music. Original card covers with engraving of dancers and musicians. Paper is a bit grubby, chipped at corners and fore-edge, spine covering worn but still intact. Interior book plate of military man/spy/book collector Victor de Guinzbourg. Otherwise clean and unmarked, paper quite browned and brittle, some page turning chips and tears. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

[glasgow]: [The Gaelic League of Scotland]. Good with no dust jacket. [1972]. Softcover. 60, [ii], pp. Small pocket book in stapled golden yellow card covers. Sticker scar on covers, partly affecting text, interior has two library stamps, otherwise clean and unmarked. Entirely in Gaelic except for the information about The Gaelic League of Scotland on the last leaf. OCLC 877584644.; Ex-Library; 48mo 3½" - 4" tall; 60 pages .

Munchen: Bei Der Arbeo-Gesellschaft. Good. 1975. Softcover. 3920128249 . Xxv + 283 + xv pp. Indices at rear. German text. Grey softcover wraps. Book is in good condition clean with no marks or wear. Embossed on front cover and on title page. ; Munchener Beitrage Zur Mediavistik Und Renaissance-Forschung 23; X X .

University Microfilms. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1967. Paperback. + (7) 170 pages +(10) 145 pages, (pages only single-sided and only numbered and counted for one side) contains music stanzas, navy blue covers with white sticker and black lettering on front cover, minor wear to head, tail, edges and corners, spine creased, some pages slightly bent on right-hand side otherwise pages clear and unmarked ; Vol. 2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 332 pages .

Cambridge University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 0521382912 . + (22) 487 pages +(3) contains plates, tables, music stanzas, notes, appendices, bibliography and index, dark blue covers with silver lettering on spine, minor wear to head, tail and corners, ex-library with usual markings including removed spine sticker, otherwise pages clear and unmarked; Cambridge Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Music; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 487 pages .

Hong Kong: Heavenly People Depot. Good. 1966. Sixteenth Edition. Hardcover. 275 pp. 390 hymns with music. In Chinese with some English. Navy blue covers with gold have old Mylar protection which seems to be fused. Book has a slight storage slant. Moderate normal aging, interior has library stamp but no other signs of library use, otherwise clean and unmarked. Rev. Su was a 3rd generation Chinese Christian who wrote many hymns and who was very active in Christian evangelism in China and Hong Kong. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 275 pages .

Barcelona: Abadia De Montserrat. Good. 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Ix, 409 pp, plus 5 folding plates at the rear. Illustrated with plates of manuscripts throughout, plus textual music, historiated initials. In Catalan. Dark green cloth spine with red label and green/red marbled boards. Boards bit rubbed, spine tips a little worn, black cloth tape covering library numbers on spine, interior normal library marks including pocket, end papers quite browned and crispy with some chipping at the fore-edges, text has some browning and foxing but is better paper stock, bit shaken, hinges cracking, but otherwise clean and unmarked. A lovely book. ; Ex-Library; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 409 pages .

New Haven & London: Yale University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 0300083106 . Xiii, 248 pp. Notes, bibliography, glossary, index. With CD at rear. Illustrated with 6 plates and numerous figures. Octavo. Dark blue glossy dust jacket with illuminated initial and neumes from a medieval chant manuscript. DJ has minor shelf wear and is intact. Book itself is clean and unmarked. A very nice copy of this very nice book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 248 pages .

Institute of Mediaeval Music. Good. 1988. Hardcover. 0931902576 . 246 pps. Dark green cloth boards, with gold gilt lettering. Book is ex-library with stamp on title page, and faint remnant of sticker inside front cover. Otherwise in good condition with no other marks. ; Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen/musicological Studies; Ex-Library; 246 pages .

North Carolina State University. Good with no dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. + (12) 353 pages +(3) A Special Issue Devoted to Literature and Music, contains photographs and music stanzas, navy blue cloth cover with gold lettering on spine, minor wear to head, tail, edges, pages clear and unmarked ; John Donne Journal; Vol. 25; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 353 pages .

Geneva: Droz. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1993. Softcover. 2600028943 . 357 pp. Bibliography, index. Octavo. Grey card covers with black type are clean and unmarked. The interior has a gift note from the author recommending the book for "severe insomnia" to a former student. Otherwise interior is tight and clean. Entirely in French. ; Publications Romanes Et Francaises; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 357 pages; Signed by Author .

Lille; Paris: Atelier Reproduction Des Theses; Diffusion H. Champion. Good with no dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Softcover. 662 pp. Errata. Tall octavo. Glossy cream card covers with blue. Spine and part of back cover have a scar from a library label, covers generally moderately worn. Interior has normal library marks (no pocket) , otherwise clean and unmarked. Scarce. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 662 pages .

Waterloo, ON: North Waterloo Academic Press. Good. 2010. Hardcover. 0921075456 . Xvi + 511 pps. 3 appendices. Reference list at rear. Black cloth boards with gold gilt lettering. Signed by author in black pen with note on front fly page. Book is good condition, clean with no other marks. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

Glendale, CO: Lancelot Press. Good with no dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 9911557561 . xv, 219pp + 2 unnumbered pages. Reprint of 1952 edition. Book has black cloth hardcover with gold text on covers and spine. Minor wear and marks on covers and spine, very minor wear on corners. Sticker on front pastedown, writing on front flyleaf, otherwise text is clear and unmarked. ; Vol. 1&2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 236 pages .

Belgium: Brepols. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2007. Softcover. 2503525342 . KB55...Xv, 362 pages : illustrations. Octavo. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Beige softcovers with oxblood titles and decoration blocks. In very nice condition. Introduction. The scope and nature of the question ; Defining neumes ; The meaning of the classicsThe recording and the use of neumes. Why musical notation was provided ; Reading and writing between the lines : the grammar of notation ; Putting a stop to it : punctuationReasons for the neuming of the classics. Metre and melody ; Accent and rhythm ; Rhetorical emphasis on pathos and speechInspirations and analogues. Text and song in Roman aniquity ; Sacred lament ; Vernacular songThe decline of the neumed classicsAppendix 1. Inventory of neumed classical textsAppendix 2. Speeches among classical passages with neumation; Publications of the Journal of Medieval Latin; Vol. 7; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 362 pages .

Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Publications. Good with no dust jacket. 2007. Hardcover. 087907311X . Xxxvii, 346 pp. Index, bibliography, music glossary. Octavo. Library bound into hardcover, glossy white with medieval image of Abelard and Heloise in red. Spine label, interior has normal library marks but otherwise clean and unmarked. In English with some Latin (mostly translated in columns) . ; Volume 211; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 384 pages .

Leuven: Leuven University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 2018. Softcover. 9462701393 . 196 pp. Index, bibliography, errata. 4to. Illustrated. Black card covers with image of flame/dancers in red. Some corner curl, interior clean and unmarked. Good copy. ; Orpheus Institute; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 220 pages .