Search Results: Authors starting with D from J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC

Regensburg: Gustav Bosse, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto. Original publisher's illustrated boards. 508 pp. With musical examples and 20 illustrations within text. Binding slightly worn and soiled. Studien zur Musikgeschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts Band 56.

On glossy photographic paper with margins with autograph signature and inscription in blue ink to lower margin: "Herrn Dieter Müller zur freundlichen Erinnerung Irene Dalos (Eboli). Berlin, 18 X 56." Handstamp of the studio of Ilse Buhs, [West] Berlin, to address panel on verso. 147 x 102 mm. "American mezzo-soprano Irene Dalis began her stage career at the Oldenburg Landestheater in 1953 as Eboli; she repeated this role for her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1957 and later took 21 other roles in 19 seasons there... In 1958 she made her British debut at Covent Garden, singing Ortrud... She had notable success at Bayreuth, first as Ortrud in 1961 and later the same year as the first American Kundry there. She retired to San Jose in 1977, became a professor of voice studies at the University of California, and started a professional company, which in 1984 evolved into Opera San José... Besides having an international reputation in Wagner, she was much admired as Amneris, Azucena, Clytemnestra, Delilah,… Read More

Milano: F. Lucca [PN 7705], 1850. Oblong folio. Sewn. Early blue paper wrappers. 17, [1] (blank) pp. Engraved. From the collection of Italian conductor, vocal coach, and close associate of Puccini and Mascagni, Luigi Ricci (1893-1981). Wrappers somewhat worn and soiled. Small blue hand stamp to title. Scattered light soiling throughout; occassional ink stains not affecting music. First Edition. Dalla Baratta (or Della Baratta) was a rather obscure Italian composer. His opera Ludro premiered at the Teatro Comunale in Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia) on May 1, 1850. It was performed in Venice later that year, and then in Milan in 1852. The present excerpt is of Ludro's aria "Patroni riveriti" followed by a scene and duet "So sta da sior" with Ludretto. Ricci was an important figure in the transmission of 19th century traditions passed on to him by noted baritone Antonio Cotogni (1831-1918), whom he accompanied from the age of 12. He was active as a vocal coach at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa… Read More

Milano: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni [S. 4959 Z.], 1975. Very Good. Small folio. Wrappers. 18 pp. Wrappers lightly worn. First Edition, later issue.

Mainz: Ars Viva [AV 62], 1960. Paperback. Very Good. Small octavo. Wrappers. 3ff., 23 pp. Wrappers slightly worn and faded; remants of price sticker to upper corner.

Ca. 5-7/16" x 3-7/16" (139 x 88 mm.). With "Fotografia Artistica G. Padovan Trieste - Corso 9" handstamp to verso. Laid down to mounting sheet at corners of verso. Damacco appeared on provincial Italian stages before being engaged at the Metropolitan Opera in New York for the November 1915 - April 1916 season, singing in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La Bohème, La Traviata, and La Sonnambula.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. Large octavo. Full maroon cloth with titling gilt to spine. viii, 376 pp.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto. Full dark blue cloth. 323 pp. With numerous illustrations, some in color. In slighty worn dustjacket.

Society of Dance History Scholars, 2007. Paperback. Very Good. Quarto. Wrappers. xvi, 560 pp. Primarily in English with several articles in French.

Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong folio. Original publisher's linen boards. 182 pp. + 1f. On coated paper. Profusely illustrated with 162 reproductions of Russian set and costume designs and several portraits relating primarily to Russian theatrical productions of the 20th century, many in color, from the collection of the State Central Museum of Theatre Art founded by Alexei Alexandrovich Bakhrushin (1865-1929). With introduction and full descriptive inventory of illustrations in Russian and English. Binding slightly worn. In worn dustjacket.

Signed C. Zelle at lower margin. Undated, but ca. 1950. On stiff card stock ca. 450 x 304 mm. From the collection of noted choreographer and dance collector George Verdak (1923-1993). Slightly worn and cockled.

London, New York: Sotheby's, 1986. Softcover. Very Good. All quarto and in wrappers. - Catalogue of costumes and curtains from Diaghilev and de Basil Ballets. London, 17 July 1968. xi, 179 pp. - Catalogue of ballet, theatre and opera decor and costume designs, portraits and posters. London, 59, [62] pp. - Dance, theatre, opera, cabaret: costume & decor designs, drawings, photographs & books. New York, 6 December 1979. 110 pp. - Dance, theatre, opera and music hall costume and decor designs, books, posters and prints. New York, 23 April 1986. 72 pp.

Monaco: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated boards. Quarto. 217 pp. Introduction in French with annotations in English.

Genève: Minkoff, 1985. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo. Wrappers. 30ff.

Paris, 1768. 243 x 200 mm. A very good impression on laid paper with good margins. The scene depicts a Russian couple dancing outside surrounded by adults and children in traditional dress; a group of musicians playing on the violin, colascione (a gamba-like instrument), and a long-necked lute; with a group of elegantly-dressed people watching from a balcony. Bocher: Catalogue de l'oeuvre de A. de Saint-Aubin 550, third state, including letters.

1921. Image size 168 x 198 mm., sheet size 232 x 266 mm. Signed by the artist in full just below platemark at lower left. Printed on laid paper. Small stain to upper corners of verso from early mounting with some show-through to recto, otherwise in very good condition. One of an edition of 170 copies. Reproduced in The Print Collector's Quarterly 25 (1938), 280. American Etchers Vol. IX, 33. "Troy Kinney was most notable for his works portraying dance performers, fanciful subjects, and classically styled nudes. He worked with dancers, including Ruth St. Denis, Anna Pavlova, and Sophie Pflanz among others. His artistic works are part of the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the New York Public Library, the Library of Congress, and many others... Perhaps Troy Kinney's greatest legacy is in his contributions in the area of dance. He co-authored with his wife the books "Social Dancing of Today" and "The Dance: Its Place in Art and Life", for which he traveled… Read More

London: Jullien, 1848. Folio, 347 x 248 mm. Hand-coloured lithograph by J. Brandard depicting a couple in dance pose, the lady wearing a bridal dress with roses in her hair, the gentleman in evening dress, their arms around each other's waist and their free hands joined, all within an arched border of white roses with green leaves. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), [1] (blank), 2-17, [i] (blank) pp. Signed by the artist in the stone Small composer's facsimile signature stamp and price annotation in ink to lower outer corner of title. Slightly worn and browned; spine reinforced with tape and strengthened on verso; verso of title reinforced all along inner margin and at center of outer margin. Possibly based on Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. John Brandard (1812-1863), an English lithographic artist, was a master of the illustrated sheet music cover, designing hundreds of title pages, primarily for ballets and operas. Jullien was a French composer, conductor, and music publisher. "Considered… Read More

London: Jullien, 1843. Folio, 340 x 251 mm. Colour lithograph by J. Brandard heightened with gold depicting dancers Forgeot and Albert in identical costumes of white knee-length ballet dresses with bolero jackets and red and gold sashes and hats with feathers, both facing front with hands on each other's shoulders, en pointe, hands clasped in front. Within decorative gilt border. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), [1] (directions for performing the polka and publisher's advertisements), [2]-5, [i] (blank) pp. Signed by the artist in the stone. Printed by M. and N. Hanhart. Small composer's facsimile signature stamp to lower outer corner of title. Slightly worn, browned, foxed, and stained; small binding holes to blank left margin; slightly trimmed, affecting last line of imprint; spine reinforced with tape; loose, but with original stitching present. NYPL catalogue id b19758956. Scarce. NYPL/Chaffee suggest that this is an image of the dancers Fanny Cerrito and Camille. John Brandard (1812-1863),… Read More

New York: Scribner, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Boards. 464 pp. In dustjacket. Minor spotting to outer edges.

New York: Dover, 1967. Softcover. Good. Octavo. Wrappers. 266 pp. Translated by Mary Steward Evans. Illustrated.