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Serie E (Ediciones Mexicanas de Musica), no. 31. 44 pp. Folio, full score. For winds, brass, percussion, and string quintet. Limited to 100 copies printed May 18, 1990. Lavista was born in 1948 in Mexico City. In 1987, Lavista received a Guggenheim to compose the opera "Aura," based on Carlos Fuentes's short story. The opera was premiered in 1988 in Mexico City. This orchestral work is a "paraphrase" of the opera. . . . polvo seran, mas polvo enamorado.

Serie E (Ediciones Mexicanas de Musica), no. 31. 44 pp. Folio, full score. Warmly inscribed by the composer on the title page, Oct. 1990. For winds, brass, percussion, and string quintet. Limited to 100 copies printed May 18, 1990. Lavista was born in 1948 in Mexico City. In 1987, Lavista received a Guggenheim to compose the opera "Aura," based on Carlos Fuentes's short story. The opera was premiered in 1988 in Mexico City. This orchestral work is a "paraphrase" of the opera. . . . polvo seran, mas polvo enamorado.

Torino: Editioni di Torino EDT/Musica, 1988. xii, 315 pp. Bumping to corners and some rubbing and soiling, else very good. In Italian. Contents: Presentatzione; Prefazione; Nota dell'editore; Parte Prima: Un'autobiografia dell'autore racconta da Enzo Restagno; Parte Secunda--Le Opera: Xenakis, ''profeta dell'insensibilita'' (Milan Kundera); L'ellenismo di Xenakis (Francois-Bernard Mache); Costruzione come informazione cifrata. Sulla musica di Iannis Xenakis (Rudolf Frisius); Il teatro di Xenakis (Maurice Fleuret); Musica est exercitum arithmeticae . . . (Ernesto Napolitano); Da ''Cendrées'' a ''Warg'': quindici anni di creatività (Harry Halbreich); Sul tempo (Iannis Xenakis); Appendice (a cura di Giorgio Pugliaro); Catalogo delle opere; Nota Bibliografica; Nota Discografica; Indice dei nomi. . Wraps. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

[xii], 159 pp. Corrigenda laid in. 1 of 500 copies. Fine, with no markings. Theodorakis sketched this out while in exile on the island of Icaria, in the late 1940s, Rallou Manou created and danced the principal role, with scenery by Spiros Vasiliou. It became quite popular and was performed many times in the 1950s. In 1988 the composer used this work in part for a ballet, Zorbas. After an introduction, Carnaval spins out a ten dance musical suite.

16 pp.; Quarto, 12 x 9 inches, 31 x 23 cm; 3 oz. Wien: Universal-Edition, 1939. "Au Quator Desclin." Score/Partition/Partitur, wraps. Universal-Edition No. 11.108. A tear (2 inches) throughout, else very good.

New York: New York Philharmonic, 1999. 47 pp. Wraps are rubbed at edges, inside fine. Many wonderful pictures of Copland and others. Contents: Carlos Moseley: Fanfare for the Uncommon Man, Chairman Emeritus, former Managing Director and President of the New York Philharmonic, salutes Aaron Copland; Michael Steinberg: The Voice of America, Aaron Copland didn't just define American music in this century--in many ways he embodied it; Copland: 100 Years: A timeline tracing the history of Copland's connection to the philharmonic, compiled by the staff of the New York Philharmonic Archives; Vivian Perlis: The Man Behind the Music: We all know the music--but what of the spirit behind the scores; Leonard Bernstein: ''Aaron and Moses'': Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland shared a friendship that began in 1937 and ran through the rest of their lives. In 1975, to mark Copland's 75th birthday, Bernstein wrote an appreciation of his friend and colleague; Completely Copland: A complete listing of all the… Read More

Boston, Mass.: Ione Press, 1970. Wraps. Near Fine. Quarto. Score, 46 pp. One part (Clarinet in A), 16 pp. Previous owner's signature on wraps of score and part, some light bumps and creases to edges, else fine. For flute, clarinet in A, horn in F, oboe, and bassoon. Plate numbers E.C.S. 2072 and E.C.S. 2072 b.

Score 9 pp. and part 5 pp. Piano part in stapled yellow wraps with the violin part laid in. This is the first edition., published 1977. Composed in 1974, this is one of an edition 300 copies. Lavista studied with Carlos Chavez in Mexico and at the Schola Cantorum in Paris. He is probably best-known for his opera Aura, based on a short story by Carlos Fuentes.

Score, 9 pp. and part, 5 pp. This is the secunda edicion. First edition was published 1977. Composed in 1974. Se terminó de imprimaturesra partitura el día 19 de febrero de 1988 en el taller de Offset Arturo Sandoval Hernández. . . . Su tiro consta de 300 ejemplares. Le edición estuvo al cuidado de la profesora Isolda cevedoJiménez."

New York: Society for the Publication of American Music; G. Schirmer Parts, quarto, 12 pp.; 12 pp.; 10 pp.; 9 pp. Four parts, very good in very good wrapper. (S.P.A.M. 53) Published for the Society by G. Schirmer, copyright 1946. The string quartet was written in 1942. The composer of The Wife of Martin Guerre (1956) and The Murder of Comrade Sharik (1973) the latter based on Bulgakov's Heart of a Dog.. Wraps. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Bratislava, Czechoslovakia: Slovenske vydavatel'svo krasnej literatury, 1959. :Variations on own themes in form of symphonic suite for full orchestra. 153 pp., folio, full score. Some wear to wraps, light print-through on pages. In five movements. Suchon (1908-1993) was ''the last member of the generation of composers that created an identifiable Slovak art music from the romantic composers of the region in the 19th century and the school of early Czech nationalism, a generation which will be best remembered by the triumvirate of Alexander Moyzes (1906-1984) and Jan Cikker (1911-1989), of which Suchon was the middle and perhaps most influential member. Wordlcat locates 7 copies.. Wraps. Very Good. Folio - 13'' X 10.5''.

New York: Society for the Publication of American Music; Fischer & Bro. 36 pp. score. Society for the Publication of American Music. (S.P.A.M. 36) Sixteenth Season 1934-35; Published for the Society by Fischer & Bro. New York, copyright 1935. Dedicated to the Cleveland Quartet: Josef Fuchs, Carlton Cooley, Rudolph Ringwall, Victor de Gomez. Shepherd (1880-1958) was assistant conducter of the Cleveland orchestra and professor at Case Western University. His papers are at the University of Utah.. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Parts (14, 14, 13, 14 pp.), 12 x 9 inches, 31 x 23 cm; 9 oz. Quarto. RKO Bldg., Radio City, New York: Leeds Music Corporation, 1950. "To Hans Schiff the friend, the doctor, the musician." The motto of the string quartet is a quotation of Eduard Moerike, "Only through my tears can I see the beloved light of the sun."—Lawrence Wechsler, The Guardian, 18-Jun-2015. After writing this string quartet and surviving a heart attack in 1946, Toch added seven symphonies, an opera, and more chamber music to his works.

New York: Society for the Publication of American Music; G. Schirmer, 1921. 49 pp. Score. Some foxing, rusted staples, small chip from back wrap. Society for the Publication of American Music. (S.P.A.M.). 1920-1921 season. Published for the Society by G. Schirmer, New York, copyright 1921. G. Huss (1862-1953) was the founder of the American Guild of Organists. This string quartet was first performed by the Berkshire String Quartet on July 2, 1919. This work of Mr. Huss's [is] the best string quartet that I know produced in America”--Walter Kramer. . Wraps. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Society for the Publication of American Music; Carl Fischer , 1937. 47 pp. Score. Society for the Publication of American Music. (S.P.A.M. 40) Eighteenth Season 1936-37; Published for the Society by Carl Fischer, New York, copyright 1937. Some tanning to extremities and in gutter. VG. List of the societies publications on back of wraps. Dedicated to Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. Smith studied at Yale with Horatio Parker at the same time as Charles Ives and after studying with Ludwig Thuile and Vincent d'Indy succeeded Parker at Yale. . Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

42 pp. black line print (diazotype; one side) folded to form a score with 42 pages, secured with original paper tape on spine. Titled "Quartetto de Cordas (No 1)," a copy of a fair manuscript of Villa Lobos's first string quartet. Very good with no marking and little if any soiling, with typical tanning of paper and fading of image. Supposedly composed in 1915 and revised in 1946. Originally composed in Friburgo, Brazil, and performed by the Quarteto de Friburgo in 1915. The 1915 version may have had only three movements. Villa Lobos my have recreated the original quartet and added three more movements in 1946 (see Peppercorn and Tarasti). This diazo is a copy of a fair copy of the six movements, probably created in 1946, with the signature of the copyist below the final bar line. On p. 1, below Villa-Lobos's name on this copyist put, "Friburgo 1915." The score as it appears here has six movements. "Cantilena" (Andante); "Brincadeira" (Allegretto scherzando); "Canto lírico" (Moderato); "Cançoneta"… Read More

Parts, wraps. Very good parts with chips and split spine to wraps. Quarto (12 x 9 inches, 310 x 23 mm; 5 oz; 11, 7, 8, 7 pp.) Leipzig: Verlag von Breitkopf & Hartel, [1889]. First edition thus (originally published in 1855). Volksausgabe Breitkopf & Hartel No. 1160. I: Moderato con moto; II. Allegro molto vivace; III. Molto lento; IV. Moderato con moto.

Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, 1924. Parts (19, 25, 26, 25 pp. + ads). Plate 31101. 13 x 10.5 inches, 33 x 27 cm; 1 lb., 4 oz. Dem Rosé-Quartett gewidmet. Composed 1922. Lacking outside wraps. Th ere are ads on all the parts. Th e ads on the back of the cello part, "Das Shaff en von E. W. Korngold," have opus numbers no higher than Op. 16. The Druckbücher des Verlags B. Schott's Söhne, Mainz indicates that 400 sets of parts were printed. Worldcat finds only about ten sets. This is a large paper copy, still flexible and supple for being almost 100 years old. Editorially, the parts contain generous cues, both within and above the staff, for the players.

(16, 16, 16, 16). Folio 14 X 10.5 inches; Wraps fragile, else Very Good or better. Durand & Fils, Editeurs, Paris, 4, Place de la Madeleine, 1911. D & F 7981. Parts Worldcat identifies only a few holdings of the parts. Dedicated "à Paul Dukas." Samazeuilh's arrangement of Debussy's Quartet for piano four hands is at the Morgan Library. Movements: Assez lent. Animé; Vif et léger; Lent et soutenu; Gaiement et pas trop vite.

7, 7, 7, 7 pp. Plate S. 4647 Z.Milano: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, 1951. Parti staccate [parts], wraps. Overall very good, tanning at edges of parts. Quarto (12 x 9.5 inches, 310 x 240 mm; 5 oz.); Durata: minuti 15. Fifth String Quartet Dedicated to Elizabeth S. Coolidge. Printed in Italy.