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Autograph musical quotation signed "S. Thalberg. by THALBERG, Sigismond 1812-1871

by THALBERG, Sigismond 1812-1871

Autograph musical quotation signed "S. Thalberg. by THALBERG, Sigismond 1812-1871

Autograph musical quotation signed "S. Thalberg.

by THALBERG, Sigismond 1812-1871

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4 bars in 2/4 dated London, May 20, 1848. Notated in ink on a slip of music manuscript paper with decorative border (London, J. & F. Harwood) 82 x 204 mm, cut from a larger sheet.

Slightly worn; rust stains from early paper clip just touching notation; small tear at blank upper margin not affecting notation; remains of former mount to two edges of verso. "Together with Liszt, Thalberg must be ranked as the greatest virtuoso pianist of the mid-19th century ..." Robert Wangermèe in Grove Music Online.
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[Op. 91]. Kronungs-Walzer für das Piano-Forte

[Op. 91]. Kronungs-Walzer für das Piano-Forte

by STRAUSS, Johann, Sr. 1804-1849

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Wien: Tobias Haslinger [PN] T.H. 7061, 1837. Oblong folio. Unbound as issued. 10 pp. Engraved. With decorative vignette to title. Slightly soiled. First Edition. Weinmann p. 18. Schonherr & Reinöhl pp. 140-142.
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Printed ASCAP form relative to Foss's choral composition We Sing, signed and completed in...

Printed ASCAP form relative to Foss's choral composition "We Sing," signed and completed in manuscript by the composer

by FOSS, Lukas 1922-2009

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2 pp. Quarto. Foss identifies this work as having been composed in 1941 with a performance time of 3 minutes, with copyright held by Ruth Yorek and performance rights being controlled by the composer. The "singers required" are noted as "any number of school children voices and a teacher..." and the instrumentation as "piano 4 hands or piano 2 hands, drum ad. lib. (played by a child)." The program is identified as "a bunch of children making a lot of noise. The teacher convinces them after some struggle to turn their noise into music, into singing." "For all their diverse styles, Foss's works spring from a distinct personality: enthusiastic, curious and receptive to every kind of musical idea. Not coincidentally, these are the same attitudes he instilled in audiences with his performances of the classical repertory and new music. In short, he was one of his era's most communicative and representative composer-performers." Gilbert Chase and David Wright in Grove Music Online. An interesting… Read More
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[Op. 58]. Elektra Tragödie in einem Aufzuge von Hugo von Hofmannsthal ... Klavier-Auszug mit...

[Op. 58]. Elektra Tragödie in einem Aufzuge von Hugo von Hofmannsthal ... Klavier-Auszug mit Text von Otto Singer. [Piano-vocal score]

by STRAUSS, Richard 1864-1949

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Berlin: Adolph Fürstner [PN A.5654F.], 1935. Folio. Original publisher's full gray cloth. [i] (title), [ii] (blank), [iii] ("Dramatis Personae"), [iv] (blank), [5]-250 pp. Text in German. With illustration by Lovis Corinth to page [5]. Binding very slightly worn and rubbed. Trenner 223. Mueller von Asow p. 409. First performed on January 25, 1909 at the Königlichen Opernhaus in Dresden under Ernst von Schuch. "[Elektra] ... marked the beginning of [Strauss's] artistic association with Hugo von Hofmannsthal, whom he had first met in Berlin in 1899. Having seen Reinhardt's riveting production of Hofmannsthal's Elektra in the autumn of 1905, Strauss was convinced the play would make a compelling opera. Not entirely sure he should compose consecutive tragedies, he nonetheless gave in to Hofmannsthal's pleading and vigorously began composing Elektra in the summer of 1906. As he had with Oscar Wilde's Salome, he set the play to music, which was finished in 1908 and given its première in 1909 as… Read More
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[K. 621]. La Clemenza di Tito [Piano-vocal score]

[K. 621]. La Clemenza di Tito [Piano-vocal score]: Opera seria ... Ernsthafte Oper in Zwey Akten ... Klavierauszug von A.E. Müller.

by MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791

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Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 3610], 1824. Oblong folio. Contemporary paper boards. 1f. (title), 88 pp. Lithographed. With label of the late 19th century lending library of Fritz Möller of Hamburg, Germany to upper board and advertising to front pastedown. Binding worn and rubbed; partially detached; spine chipped; joints split; endpapers lacking. Moderately foxed throughout; title browned. Köchel 8, p. 720. Hirsch IV, 1227. RISM M5105. La Clemenza di Tito, an opera seria in two acts to a libretto by Pietro Metastasio adapted by Caterino Mazzolà, was first performed in Prague at the National Theatre on September 6, 1791, approximately 3 months before Mozart died on December 5, 1791. He had arrived in Prague on August 28 and, despite his illness, finished work on the opera on the eve of the performance. "Although mostly composed after Die Zauberflöte, La clemenza di Tito was performed first... The reception was modest until a triumphant last night was reported to Mozart (who had left… Read More
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Autograph letter signed to an unidentified male correspondent
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Autograph letter signed to an unidentified male correspondent

by DEBUSSY, Claude 1862-1918

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1 page. Octavo (ca. 168 x 122 mm). Dated Thursday evening. On mourning stationery. In French (with translation). "I have to attend [?Louis] Laloy's premiere; naturally that is tomorrow, on Friday ... Would you change the enclosed tickets for Saturday? Thanks again ..." Slightly worn and browned; creased at folds and upper outer corner of final blank folio; small rust stain from paper clip to inner margin of final folio, not affecting text. "One of the most important musicians of his time, [Debussy's] harmonic innovations had a profound influence on generations of composers. He made a decisive move away from Wagnerism in his only complete opera Pelléas et Mélisande, and in his works for piano and for orchestra he created new genres and revealed a range of timbre and colour which indicated a highly original musical aesthetic." François Lesure and Roy Howat in Grove Music Online. "Laloy [1874-1944] was a noted defender of contemporary French music and was a close friend of, and mediator between,… Read More
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[Op. 91]. Kronungs-Walzer für das Piano-Forte

[Op. 91]. Kronungs-Walzer für das Piano-Forte

by STRAUSS, Johann, Sr. 1804-1849

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Wien: Tobias Haslinger [PN] T.H. 7061, 1837. Oblong folio. Unbound as issued. 10 pp. Engraved. With decorative vignette to title. Slightly soiled. First Edition. Weinmann p. 18. Schonherr & Reinöhl pp. 140-142.
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Printed ASCAP form relative to Foss's choral composition We Sing, signed and completed in...

Printed ASCAP form relative to Foss's choral composition "We Sing," signed and completed in manuscript by the composer

by FOSS, Lukas 1922-2009

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2 pp. Quarto. Foss identifies this work as having been composed in 1941 with a performance time of 3 minutes, with copyright held by Ruth Yorek and performance rights being controlled by the composer. The "singers required" are noted as "any number of school children voices and a teacher..." and the instrumentation as "piano 4 hands or piano 2 hands, drum ad. lib. (played by a child)." The program is identified as "a bunch of children making a lot of noise. The teacher convinces them after some struggle to turn their noise into music, into singing." "For all their diverse styles, Foss's works spring from a distinct personality: enthusiastic, curious and receptive to every kind of musical idea. Not coincidentally, these are the same attitudes he instilled in audiences with his performances of the classical repertory and new music. In short, he was one of his era's most communicative and representative composer-performers." Gilbert Chase and David Wright in Grove Music Online. An interesting… Read More
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[Op. 58]. Elektra Tragödie in einem Aufzuge von Hugo von Hofmannsthal ... Klavier-Auszug mit...

[Op. 58]. Elektra Tragödie in einem Aufzuge von Hugo von Hofmannsthal ... Klavier-Auszug mit Text von Otto Singer. [Piano-vocal score]

by STRAUSS, Richard 1864-1949

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Berlin: Adolph Fürstner [PN A.5654F.], 1935. Folio. Original publisher's full gray cloth. [i] (title), [ii] (blank), [iii] ("Dramatis Personae"), [iv] (blank), [5]-250 pp. Text in German. With illustration by Lovis Corinth to page [5]. Binding very slightly worn and rubbed. Trenner 223. Mueller von Asow p. 409. First performed on January 25, 1909 at the Königlichen Opernhaus in Dresden under Ernst von Schuch. "[Elektra] ... marked the beginning of [Strauss's] artistic association with Hugo von Hofmannsthal, whom he had first met in Berlin in 1899. Having seen Reinhardt's riveting production of Hofmannsthal's Elektra in the autumn of 1905, Strauss was convinced the play would make a compelling opera. Not entirely sure he should compose consecutive tragedies, he nonetheless gave in to Hofmannsthal's pleading and vigorously began composing Elektra in the summer of 1906. As he had with Oscar Wilde's Salome, he set the play to music, which was finished in 1908 and given its première in 1909 as… Read More
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[K. 621]. La Clemenza di Tito [Piano-vocal score]

[K. 621]. La Clemenza di Tito [Piano-vocal score]: Opera seria ... Ernsthafte Oper in Zwey Akten ... Klavierauszug von A.E. Müller.

by MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791

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Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 3610], 1824. Oblong folio. Contemporary paper boards. 1f. (title), 88 pp. Lithographed. With label of the late 19th century lending library of Fritz Möller of Hamburg, Germany to upper board and advertising to front pastedown. Binding worn and rubbed; partially detached; spine chipped; joints split; endpapers lacking. Moderately foxed throughout; title browned. Köchel 8, p. 720. Hirsch IV, 1227. RISM M5105. La Clemenza di Tito, an opera seria in two acts to a libretto by Pietro Metastasio adapted by Caterino Mazzolà, was first performed in Prague at the National Theatre on September 6, 1791, approximately 3 months before Mozart died on December 5, 1791. He had arrived in Prague on August 28 and, despite his illness, finished work on the opera on the eve of the performance. "Although mostly composed after Die Zauberflöte, La clemenza di Tito was performed first... The reception was modest until a triumphant last night was reported to Mozart (who had left… Read More
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Autograph letter signed to an unidentified male correspondent
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by DEBUSSY, Claude 1862-1918

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1 page. Octavo (ca. 168 x 122 mm). Dated Thursday evening. On mourning stationery. In French (with translation). "I have to attend [?Louis] Laloy's premiere; naturally that is tomorrow, on Friday ... Would you change the enclosed tickets for Saturday? Thanks again ..." Slightly worn and browned; creased at folds and upper outer corner of final blank folio; small rust stain from paper clip to inner margin of final folio, not affecting text. "One of the most important musicians of his time, [Debussy's] harmonic innovations had a profound influence on generations of composers. He made a decisive move away from Wagnerism in his only complete opera Pelléas et Mélisande, and in his works for piano and for orchestra he created new genres and revealed a range of timbre and colour which indicated a highly original musical aesthetic." François Lesure and Roy Howat in Grove Music Online. "Laloy [1874-1944] was a noted defender of contemporary French music and was a close friend of, and mediator between,… Read More
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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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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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Congregational Hymnary
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Congregational Hymnary

by Congregational Union of England and Wales

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This antiquarian book is in fair condition. The binding is loose and coming apart and the cover is torn along the spine and the corners are worn. The pages inside the book are tanned and yellowed. One of the pages is loose. This book is not for reading or handling. It should be used as a collector's piece."The Congregational Church Hymnal, edited at the request of the Congregational Union by the Rev. Dr. G.S. Barrett, was published in 1887, and has been widely used by Congregational Churches both in this country and abroad. It is not possible any adequate estimate of the great influence of the book...." - from the Congregational Hymnal
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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 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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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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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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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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