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CALLOT, Jacques 1592-1635.
Uno de Gl Abbattimenti della Guerra d'Amore Festa del Serenissimo Gran Duca di Toscana.
[Florence]: [ca. 1615].
Price: $750.00
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CALLOT, Jacques 1592-1635.
Mostra della Guerra d'Amore Festa del. Sermo. Gran Duca di Toscana.
[Florence]: [ca. 1615].
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Original set design by Biruta Goge (1926-?) for the ballet Raymonda by Glazunov with choreography by Aleksej Andrejev and Vytautas Goge, performed by the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre.
Price: $550.00
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PFEIFFER, August Friedrich 1748-1817.
Ueber die Musik der alten Hebraeer.
Erlangen: Wolfgang Walther, 1779.
Price: $550.00
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WIEDEBURG, Michael Johann Friedrich 1720-1800.
Der sich selbst informirende Clavierspieler
Halle und Leipzig: Waisenhaus, 1765.
Price: $600.00
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KIESEWETTER, Raphael Georg 1773-1850.
Der Musik der Araber, nach Originalquellen... mit einem Vorworte von dem Freiherrn v. Hammer-Purgstall.
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1842.
Price: $135.00
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NIEDERMEYER, Louis 1802-1861 and Joseph D'ORTIGUE.
Traité Théorique et Pratique de L'Accompagnement du Plain-Chant.
Paris: E. Repos, 1857.
Price: $75.00
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LULLY, Jean-Baptiste 1632-1687.
Opwekklyke zedezangen, eenige verrykt met Twee Vioolen. Eerste [Tweede] Deel.
Amsterdam: [Printed by the Author by Hendrik Van de Gaete] H. Bosch, J. Verheyde, w. Barentse, D. Ruaris, 1724.
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Collection of 53 airs, mostly for one voice but including some for two or three voices, most with melodic line and text, some with guitar accompaniment, most 2-4 pp. each, but some longer. Paris, various publishers, ca. 1791-1795.
Price: $350.00
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NORDICA, Lillian 1857-1914.
Fine large original imperial-size photograph of Nordica as Brunnhilde in Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung.
[c1898].
Price: $285.00
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MILLICO, Giuseppe 1773-1802.
Six Songs, with an Accompanyment for the Great or Small Harp, Forte Piano or Harpsichord,
London: R. Bremner, [ca. 1780].
Price: $250.00
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VENTO, Mattia 1735-1776.
Italian Canzonet No. [1]-[18].
[London]: S[amuel] Babb, [ca. 1780].
Price: $375.00
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APRILE, Giuseppe 1732-1813 and Giuseppe SARTI 1729-1802.
A Second Sett of Five Favorite Italian Duettos for two Voices Composed by Sigr. Giuseppe Aprile; and one by Sigr. Giuseppe Sarti.
London: S[amuel] Babb, [ca. 1780].
Price: $185.00
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MAZZINGHI, Joseph 1765-1844.
1786 The favorite Opera Dances Performed at the King's Theatre Hay Market By Monsr. Vestris, Sigra. Carolina, Madm. Crespi, two Madm. Simonets, Monsr. Duquesny, Sigr. Spozzi and Madm. Mozon &c. &c. Selected and adapted for the Piano Forte or Harpsichord By. Sigr. Mazzinghi Book [III].
London: Longman and Broderip, [1787].
Price: $150.00
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MONSIGNY, Pierre Alexandre 1729-1817.
The Deserter A Grand Ballet by Mr. D'Auberval in 1784.
London: Longman & Broderip, 1785.
Price: $385.00
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Burger, Ernst.
Franz Liszt A Chronicle of His Life in Pictures and Documents Translated by Stewart Spencer Foreword by Alfred Brendel.
[Princeton]: Princeton University Press, [1989].
Price: $250.00
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SCHUMANN, Robert 1810-1856.
Drei Gedichte von Emanuel Geibel für mehrstimmigen Gesang mit Begleitung des Pianofortes op. 29
Leipzig: VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, [1981].
Price: $100.00
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AVÉ-LALLEMANT, Luise.
Die Musikalischen Albumblätter der Luise Avé-Lallemant zu Leipzig
Leipzig: Editon Leipzig, 1981.
Price: $60.00
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Fog, Dan, Kirsti Grinde and Øyvind Norheim, eds.
Edvard Grieg... Thematisch-Bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis.
Frankfurt/M etc. : Henry Litolff... C.F. peters, [2008].
Price: $185.00
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BACH, Johann Sebastian 1685-1750.
Brandenburgische Konzerte. [Facsimile].
[New York]: [C.F. Peters], [1950].
Price: $120.00
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Oblong folio (ca. 257 x 345 mm.). 4 pp. written on 2 leaves of a bifolium. Notated in ink on 12-stave hand-ruled paper, the pages numbered 115-118 in pencil. A total of 21 measures. With text by Friedrich Rochlitz. With manuscript annotation to upper margin of first page possibly in the hand of Spohr's widow. Unsigned. No date, but 1834. Together with:An additional leaf from the same manuscript containing 2 pages with a manuscript note, most probably in the hand of Spohr's widow, identifying the work, stating that it was composed in Kassel in 1834, and that the present manuscript consists of page 121 [and 122] of the score. Slightly worn; minor fraying to edges; some browning, heavier to first page. In very good conditon overall. The additional leaf somewhat browned and separated at center by a neat vertical split.
SPOHR, Louis 1784-1859.
Autograph musical manuscript of a fragment of the composer's oratorio, "Des Heilands letzte Stunden," WoO 62, for choir and piano 4-hands.
Price: $3,800.00
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Oblong folio (ca. 374 x 272 mm.). 4 pp. written on 2 leaves. Notated in ink on four systems of four staves each. Unsigned and undated. A working manuscript with numerous corrections and amendations. With manuscript annotations in both ink and pencil, possibly in the hand of Spohr's widow, identifying the manuscript. Worn and browned; edges torn and chipped; both leaves torn into sections, the second leaf lacking approximately one-third of the leaf.
SPOHR, Louis 1784-1859.
Autograph working musical manuscript fragment of a piano trio, possibly the Piano Trio No. 1, op. 119.
Price: $2,500.00
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Oblong folio and oblong quarto. 6 pp. notated in pencil on 1-3 staves per system, approximately 200 measures in total. Scored variously for keyboard, wind, strings, and a single melodic line, with autograph indications including "refrain," "mineur," "scherzo," "vln," and "harpe." Slightly worn, soiled and browned; ink staining to one leaf not affecting notation; creased at folds. In very good condition overall.
OFFENBACH, Jacques 1819-1880.
Autograph working manuscript sketch leaves.
Price: $2,500.00
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Folio. 2ff. of a bifolium (333 x 223 mm.). 4 pages in total, consisting of "Camilla" by Reichardt dated Hildesheim January 8 and 14, 1846, and "Ach! Wenn du wärst mein Eigen" by Marschner, both in piano-vocal score. Together with the text of another song by Reichardt "Das Bild der Rose," written below the first song. Worn, somewhat browned and chipped at edges with only very minor loss; slightly split at central fold.
REICHARDT, Johann Friedrich 1752-1814 and MARSCHNER, Heinrich 1795-1861.
Manuscript copies of two songs.
Price: $75.00
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Oblong folio. 19th century quarter maroon calf, textured paper boards with decorative gilt stamping to edges, spine in decorative compartments gilt. 1f. (title within decorative border printed in green, verso blank), [1] (Indice), 2-155 pp. Engraved throughout. With attractive armorial bookplate to front pastedown with "Jo. Christoph d Grenzing" in manuscript; title with "Archivio Ducale Mantua" handstamp. Binding somewhat worn, rubbed and bumped, especially at corners. Very slightly worn and soiled internally; minor thumbing to lower corners; occasional small edge tears; signature to bookplate faded. A very good copy overall.
VERDI, Giuseppe 1813-1901.
I Due Foscari Tragedia lirica di Francesco Maria Piave... Riduzione per Pianoforte a quattro mani del maestro Luigi Truzzi.
Milano: Giovanni Ricordi [PN] 17046-17060, [1845].
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Folio (ca. 300 x 230 mm.). Unbound. [1] (title), [2]-[8] pp. Notated in ink on 16-stave music manuscript paper. The work is in three movements, the first, marked "Allegro," in 82 measures; the second 70 measures; and the third, marked "Rondeau Allegretto," in 210 measures. 14 measures cancelled. Overpaste corrections to a total of 10 measures, with several additional corrections.
VIOTTI, Giovanni Battista 1755-1824.
Sonata in Eb Major for solo keyboard. Autograph musical manuscript signed at head of first page of muisic. Complete. No date, but ca. 1782 or later.
Price: $14,500.00
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Large folio (416 x 318 mm.). 2 pages, being pages 143 and 144 of the full score. Notated in ink and pencil on 30-stave music manuscript paper. Inscribed to Uli Märble. Slightly worn.
ORFF, Carl 1914-1982.
De temporum fine comoedia. Das Spiel vom Ende der Zeiten. Autograph musical manuscript signed. Undated, but ca. 1970.
Price: $3,200.00
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15 measures from the composer's opera, Messaline. Folio. 1 page. Notated in ink on 12-stave music manuscript paper. Inscribed to Madame Chanoine-Davranches.
DE LARA, isidore 1858-1935.
Autograph musical quotation signed and dated Rome, December 2, 1900.
Price: $275.00
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8 measures in piano-vocal score from Act II of the composer's opera, La Fille de Madame Angot. Folio. 1 page. Notated in ink on 12-stave music manuscript paper. Very slightly browned.
LECOCQ, Charles 1832-1918.
Autograph musical quotation signed "Ch. Lecocq" and dated April 18, 1897.
Price: $650.00
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19 measures of a vocal line from the second act of the composer's opera, Salammbo. Folio. 1 page. Notated in ink on 12-stave music manuscript paper. Slightly foxed. In very good condition overall.
REYER, Ernest 1823-1909.
Autograph musical quotation signed "E. Reyer" and dated Rouen, June [18]97.
Price: $375.00
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5 measures in piano score from the first act of the composer's lyric drama L'Aube Rouge. Folio. 1 page. Notatated in ink on 12-stave music manuscript paper. Identified and inscribed to Madame et Monsieur Chanoine-D'Avranches.
ERLANGER, Camille 1863-1919.
Autograph musical quotation signed.
Price: $300.00
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Folio. Half morocco with marbled boards, titling gilt to spine with raised bands in decorative compartments gilt. 1f. (facsimile title), 462 pp. + 1f. (colophon). Binding somewhat worn, rubbed and bumped; spine restored. In very good condition internally, with only light uniform browning.
WAGNER, Richard 1813-1883.
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Facsimile of the autograph musical manuscript full score.
Munich: Drei Masken Verlag, 1922.
Price: $3,200.00
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Folio (ca. 320 x 228 mm.). 2 pp. notated in pencil on one leaf of 16-stave Ricordi... Roma music manuscript paper, signed and inscribed in sepia ink by the composer at head of page one. 15 measures from Double Indemnity dated January 1944; 9 measures from The Lost Weekend and 15 measures being The Theremin (alcohol) Theme from Spellbound. Slightly worn; creased at central fold.
RÓZSA, Miklós 1907-1995.
Autograph musical manuscript consisting of extensive quotations from three of the composer's film scores: Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend and Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound.
Price: $1,750.00
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8 measures in piano-vocal score from the first act of the composer's musical comedy, La Carmélite. Folio. 1 page. Notated in ink on 12-stave music manuscript paper and inscribed to Madame [?]Chanoine-Davranchev and dated 1906. Very lightly worn and browned. In very good condition overall.
HAYN, Reynaldo 1874-1847.
Autograph musical quotation signed from La Carmélite.
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Quarto. Original publisher's pictorial cloth-backed boards printed in colour, decorative titling to spine gilt. [1] (title), [2] (copyright notice), 3-10 text in German, [i] (publisher's notice), [i] (blank) pp. followed by 42 plates (30 of which are in pochoir).With a fine photographic frontispiece depicting Schnackenberg in his Munich studio with the dancer Lo Hesse. Pochoir plates include:Plakat. Schnackenberg-Ausstellung 1914Plakat. Ritter BlaubartPlakat. Anne EhmansFigurine. Maria Hagen: Altfranzöisches BallettPlakat. Hagen-Pathé Plakat. Cabaret BonbonnièrePlakat. Laederlappen, StockholmFigurine. Pathé: GroteskeFigurine. Die blaue FlammeFigurine. Maria HagenInnenplakat. Odeon-Casino Figurine. Maria Hagen. Chinesenbaby Weinkarte. Preysing-Palais, MünchenPanneaux. Orientalisches Fest 1914Figurine. Der SalamanderFilm-Plakat (Hedemaria Scholz in "Die Rodelhexe")Figurine. Fleur du malFigurine. Joachim von Seewitz in: Liebe der TschaikiunPlakat. Hagen-PathéPlakat. Odeon-CasinoFigurineTänzerin in einem orientalischen FestzugTheater-Dekoration. Indischer Tempel Plakat. Deutsches Theater, MünchenFigurine. SchlangePlakat. Odeon-Casino 1911Plakat. Erry u. MerryFigurine. Maria Hagen: WalzerFigurine. Lo HessePlakat. Lena AmselPlakat. Consée, MünchenBlack and white plates include:Figurine. Der böse ZaubererFigurine. Der gute ZaubererFigurine. MaskeradeFigurine. Orientalische TänzerinTortola Valentia. StudiePhotographic studies include:Joachim v. Seewitz. Puderquaste (Setzer Wien)Peter Pathé. Groteske (Greiner Munchen) Maria Hagen u. Peter Pathé. Licht u. Schatten (Greiner München)Lo Hesse u. Joachim v. Seewitz. Maskerade (Setzer Wien)Anita Berber. Bingha (A. Binder Berlin)Lo Hesse. Tschaikiun (Setzer Wien)Maria Hagen. Walzer (Schenker Berlin) Binding slightly worn, soiled and shaken, endpapers somewhat foxed. Some signatures slightly split at spine. Plates in very good condition, with tissue guards.
SCHNACKENBERG, Walter 1880-1961.
Kostüme / Plakate und Dekorationen dreiundvierzig Tafels mit begleitendem text von Oskar Bie zweite Auflage.
München: Musarion Verlag, 1922.
Price: $5,000.00
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Oblong folio. Contemporary green textured paper boards with decorative gilt tooling to edges with original publisher's wrappers with titling printed within decorative borders bound in. [1] (title), [2] (blank), 3-108 pp. With text in German. Engraved. Scored for solo voices (SATB), double chorus and orchestra. From the collection of the composer's grandson, the composer Karl Ernst Naumann (1832-1910), with his signature to front free endpaper. Binding worn and rubbed; head and tail of spine slightly frayed. Some internal foxing and browning.
NAUMANN, Johann Gottlieb 1741-1801 and Friedrich Gottlieb KLOPSTOCK 1724-1803.
Um Erden wandeln Monde &c. Psalm mit dem Vater unser... Partitur.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 3586], [1823].
Price: $700.00
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Oblong folio. Early speckled tan paper boards. [i] (title), ii (blank), iii-iv (subscription list), v-x (foreword), xi-xviii (libretto), 112 pp. typeset music. With text in Danish and German. From the collection of the composer's grandson, the composer Karl Ernst Naumann (1832-1910), with his faint signature to title. Binding worn, rubbed and bumped; slightly lacking at spine. Some foxing and browning throughout. A very good copy overall.
NAUMANN, Johann Gottlieb 1741-1801.
Orpheus und Euridice eine Oper...
Kiel: bey dem Herausgeber und in Hamburg in Commission bey Herrn Hofmann, 1787.
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Folio. 1f. (autograph title, verso blank) + 16 pp. autograph musical manuscript, [ii] (blank) pp. in total, consisting of:"I Antoine Watteau," pp. 1-4, signed at conclusion "Mario Giramonte 25 Maggio 1936" "II. Heldémone, Adelgine, Ercole," pp. 5-10, signed at conclusion "Mario Giramonte 22 Maggio 1936" "III Amitié," pp. 11-16, signed at conclusion "Mario Firenze 20 Maggio 1936" Together with:Another copy of Amitié with some minor textual differences and one measure in which some notation has been altered. 1f. (autograph title, verso blank) + 6 pp. autograph musical manuscript. Also dedicated to Lapiccirelle and signed in full on title and again at conclusion "Mario Firenze 20 Maggio 1936." A total of two autograph titles plus 22 pages of autograph musical manuscript notated in ink on 12-stave Saporetti & Cappelli - Firenze music manuscript paper. Together with: An original drawing incorporating a small bridge, a lone palm tree, a stylized boat and four buildings in turquoise ink, also dedicated to Lapiccirella, signed and dated Florence June 12, 1952, 170 mm. x 218 mm. Executed on the verso of Lapiccirella's personal stationery, with his name and address imprinted at head indicating that he was a doctor in Florence, and with the word "Jewish," also in turquoise ink, in an unidentified hand.Very slightly worn and creased; drawing slightly stained at upper and right-hand edges. In very good condition overall.
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, Mario 1895-1968.
"Trois fragments de Marcel Proust (extraits de 'Les plaisirs et les jours') pour chant et piano. I - Antoine Watteau; II - Heldémone; III - Amitié." Autograph musical manuscripts for voice and piano. Signed and dated May, 1936. Dedicated to Vincenzo Lapiccirella. Complete.
Price: $2,200.00
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2-1/4 pp. Octavo. With Bochsa's address at 2 Bryanstone Street noted in manuscript at head and integral autograph address panel. In French (with translation). Bochsa thanks Peake for sending his two tickets for the evening's performance. "I've been wanting very much to visit your elegant theatre... but I've been so busy and almost always in the country that I have not until now thanked you as well as Mr. Arnold for having the kindness to put my name and that of Mrs. Bochsa on the 'free list.' " Slightly soiled; creased at folds.
BOCHSA, Robert 1789-1856.
Autograph letter signed and dated September 2 [no year] to Mr. Peake at the English Opera House.
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Small folio. To Miss Renee Glaser at the North American Newspaper Alliance in New York. On personal letterhead with the composer's name embossed at head. With typed envelope with Berlin's name embossed to verso. An important letter from this quintessentially American composer, in which Berlin discusses the quintessentially American symbol, the Statue of Liberty, and writes about his musical based on the sculpting of the Statue in 1886, Miss Liberty, in which he set part of Emma Lazarus's famous poem "The New Colossus," engraved on the base of the Statue of Liberty commencing "Give me your tired, your poor..." "I arrived in America with my family in 1893 at the age of five, so doubt very much that I saw any significance in the Statue of Liberty at that time. However, it is pretty obvious how any American feels about the Statue today..." Creased at folds. In very good condition overall.
BERLIN, Irving 1888-1989.
Typed letter signed dated March 9th 1954.
Price: $1,750.00
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Folio. Disbound. [1] (title), 9; 8; 1f. (blank), 9; 1f. (blank), 7; 1f. (blank), 7 pp. Engraved. Slightly worn, soiled and foxed.
MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791.
[KV 516]. Grand Quintetto per due Violini due Viole e Violoncello... No. [2]. [Parts].
Vienna: Artaria et Comp. [PN 315], [1799].
Price: $2,200.00
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Folio. [i] (autograph title), 4 pp. autograph musical manuscript, [i] (blank) pp. Notated in ink on 20-stave musical manuscript paper. With autograph text in Russian. Stamps of the Société dated October 25, 1928 to title and within manuscript. Signed twice on title, at head of first page of music, and dated 1926 at conclusion. With corrections and deletions in ink in the composer's hand and additional performance markings in pencil, presumably in the hand of the dedicatee. Slightly worn, soiled and creased; smudging to several notes.
GRETCHANINOV, Alexandre 1864-1956.
Cloches sonnaient [Op. 120]. Autograph musical manuscript with a signed inscription in Cyrillic to the soprano Nina Pavlovna Koshetz "for the 15th anniversary of her glorious activities" dated Paris 1927 to title; also signed and titled in French.
Price: $3,850.00
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BAUWEUS, B.-A.
Le Plain-Chant mis a la portée de tout le monde.
Paris, Tournai: H. Casterman, 1861.
Price: $50.00
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SWOBODA, August 1787-1856.
Harmonielehre.
Wien: The Author, 1828.
Price: $120.00
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HAUPTMANN, Moritz 1792-1868.
Die Natur der Harmonik und der Metrik. Zur Theorie der Musik... zweite Auflage.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1873.
Price: $75.00
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Image size ca. 285 mm. x 170 mm. (ca. 11-3/16" x 6-5/8"), overall dimensions 16.5" x 11.75". Attractively matted and framed. Some spotting to image.
MELBA, Dame Nellie 1861-1931.
Fine large original photograph of Melba as Juliette in Gounod's opera Roméo et Juliette, inscribed, signed and dated 1896.
Price: $500.00
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Two measures from Act II, notated on an album leaf 120 mm. x 188 mm. Attractively double-matted and framed with a contemporary postcard photograph. Overall size 18" x 13-3/4".
PUCCINI, Giacomo 1858-1924.
Autograph musical quotation from La Bohème, signed and dated Torre del Lago, August 30, 1896.
Price: $3,500.00
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An attractive portrait of the composer in formal dress in half-length pose published by Breitkopf & Härtel in New York, ca. 1892. 135 mm. x 87 mm. (5-5/16" x 3-7/16"). Very slightly abraided at corners; two small ink stains to upper edge; traces of mounting adhesive to verso. In very good condition overall.
STRAUSS, Richard 1864-1949.
Early postcard photograph signed.
Price: $650.00
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ROSSINI, Gioacchino 1792-1868.
Autograph signature, attractively double0-matted and framed with a photographic illustration of the composer
Price: $1,000.00
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Eight measures from the Intermezzo #7 from the composer's noted opera notated in ink on a leaf ca. 165 mm. x 115 mm. Handsomely double-matted and framed with a contemporary postcard photograph of the composer. Overall dimensions 12-3/4" x 15". Very slightly browned.
MASCAGNI, Pietro 1863-1945.
Autograph musical quotation from the composer's Cavalleria Rusticana, signed and dated Florence, March 1892.
Price: $750.00
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Folio. Modern tan cloth-backed boards with publisher's original dark pink printed wrappers bound in. [1] (title with decorative border printed in sepia), [2] (publisher's statement), 3-60 pp. Wrappers slightly foxed and stained. Title soiled and stained, primarily at margins; some light wear, soiling and browning; staining to lower margins of last few leaves from bleeding of wrapper colour, just extending into printed area in a few instances. A very good copy overall.
SCHOENBERG, Arnold 1874-1951.
[Op. 16]. Fünf Orchesterstücke... Opus 16. [Full score].
Leipzig: C.F. Peters [PN] 9663, [1918].
Price: $1,200.00
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Four measures, being the viola part from the Prelude to Act II (The Witch's Ride) of the composer's famous opera, Hänsel und Gretel. Notated in ink on a leaf 70 mm. x 145 mm. and attractively double-matted and framed with a photographic illustration of the composer. Slightly browned. Overall dimensions ca. 316 x 444 mm. (ca. 12.5 x 17.5").
HUMPERDINCK, Engelbert 1854-1921.
Autograph musical quotation from the composer's opera Hänsel und Gretel, signed and dated London, December 1, 1897.
Price: $650.00
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Folio. 19th century green marbled boards with decorative manuscript title label to upper, red speckled edges. 1f. (title), [4] (publisher's catalogue), [2] (publisher's notes regarding the work), 4 plates (two of which are double-page), 144, [i] pp. Engraved throughout. With overpaste of the Milanese office of Artaria to title. The illustrative plates consist of line drawings of the parts of the clarinet, the correct hand and playing positions, and fingering charts. Binding slightly worn, rubbed and bumped. Very slightly worn and soiled internally. In very good condition overall.
LEFEVRE, [Jean] Xavier 1763-1829.
Méthode de Clarinette... Membre du Conservatoire de Musique et Prem.re Clarinette de l'Opéra
Paris: l'Imprimerie du Conservatoire de Musique , [1802].
Price: $2,000.00
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Three measures, notated in ink on a leaf 128 mm. x 150 mm. and attractively double-matted and framed with a photographic portrait of Poulenc. Overall dimensions ca. 309 x 452 mm. (ca. 12-3/8" x 17-3/4").
POULENC, Francis 1899-1963.
Autograph musical quotation from the composer's ballet Les Animaux Modèles, signed and dated London, March 1945.
Price: $2,500.00
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A distinguished image, with Caruso dressed in a pinstripped suit, hat, and gloves and carrying a cane. Attractively double-matted and framed with a 78 rpm Victrola recording of Caruso singing the famous Neapolitan song, "O sole mio." Image size ca. 130 mm. x 80 mm., overall dimensions ca. 450 x 465 mm. (ca. 17.75 x 22").
CARUSO, Enrico 1873-1921.
Original photographic portrait with autograph inscription signed and dated November 7, [?]1904.
Price: $1,100.00
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3 pp. of a bifolium. Octavo. On personal letterhead with "Dr. Richard Strauss Garmisch" printed at head. Addressed "Cher ami et Directeur!" In French (with translation). An interesting letter, with Strauss expressing his concern over who will sing Salomé as "Mr. Krauss (Vienna) has absolutely refused me leave for Mme. Pauly... It's very sad that France has not produced a Salomé before now: a role that suits the Roman talent and temperament better than it does ours!" Strauss also mentions a forthcoming concert on October 21st and its rehearsal schedule, a rehearsal of Rosenkavalier, and notes that he will be at the Hotel Imperial in Karlsbad until September 12th. Very slightly worn; creased at central fold. In very good condition overall.
STRAUSS, Richard 1864-1949.
Autograph letter signed and dated August 19, 1930.
Price: $2,500.00
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Folio (304 x 220 mm.). Full dark orange leather with titling and decorative devices stamped in gilt to upper and "Sammlung Dr. Heinz-Georg v. Kamler, Wien" stamped in gilt to lower board. [1] (title), 2-59 pp. Notated in pencil on 12-stave music manuscript paper. With an autograph presentation from the composer to Dr. Heinz-Georg and Michaela von Kamler to title, signed and dated Vienna, November 9, 1981. Together with two autograph letters from the composer to the von Kamlers providing a description of the work, a performance of it, and news of the players, suggesting that the von Kamlers may have actually have commissioned the work. Together with copies of the published score and parts issued by Doblinger in 1990.
KONT, Paul 1920-2000.
Sonate und Sonatine für Streichquartett. 1. Sonate "Brinje." 2. Sonatine "Das reine Gedicht." Autograph musical manuscript full score, dated October 1981 at conclusion. Complete.
Price: $2,600.00
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Large octavo. Half natural linen with titling to spine. 2 ff. (title, characters), 299 pp.With an autograph inscription signed by the composer to [Gustav] Samazeuilh dated October 29, 1947 in ink to verso of front free endpaper, facing title. Binding slightly worn and bumped.
STRAUSS, Richard 1864-1949.
[Op. 60]. Ariadne auf Naxos... Oper in einem Aufzuge nebst einem Vorspiel von Hugo von Hofmannsthal... Studienpartitur. [Full score].
London: Boosey & Hawkes [PN 912], 1943.
Price: $850.00
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1f. (autograph title) + 78. pp. autograph musical manuscript + 10 ff. (blank). Folio (342 x 270 mm.). Carefully notated in pencil on 24-stave G. Schirmer music manuscript paper. With "Christopher Rouse Trombone Concerto" stencilled in large black letters to title. With additional autograph annotation to head of page 1: "Commissioned by the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York for its 150th Anniversary."With composer's mimeographed notes laid down to verso of title: I completed my Trombone Concerto in Fairport, N.Y. on April 5, 1991. It was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for its principal trombonist, Joseph Alessi, in honor of the orchestra's sesquicentennial.""The concerto is scored for a solo trombone with F attachment and an orchestra consisting of 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns (parts in F), 3 trumpets (parts in C), 3 trombones, tuba, harp, timpani, percussion (4 players) and strings. The percussion requirements are as follows: Player 1 - xylophone, snare drum, one suspended cymbalPlayer 2 - blockenspiel, cymbals, tenor drum, hammer (like that called for in Mahler's Symphony No. 6)Player 3 - marimba, 4 tomtoms (high, medium, medium low, low), bass drumPlayer 4 - chimes, 2 bongos, one tomtom (tomtom 5, very low), 2 tamtams (large and very large), one suspended cymbal. Rouse follows with "percussion stick indications," including for snare drum sticks; bass drum beater; soft, medium and hard felt sticks; wooden stick; tamtam beater; sledgehammer; brass mallet; soft, medium and hard rubber; soft, medium and hard yarn mallets; chime mallet; and light and heavy plastic beaters. With instrumentation legend in autograph manuscript symbols. Deletions in white-out throughout. Very slightly worn. Small stain to blank left-hand margin of title and very slightly split at foot. With "Copyright 1992 by Helicon Music Corporation" overpaste to foot of first page together with small overpaste to "G. Schirmer" manuscript paper imprint. In very good condition overall.
ROUSE, Christopher born 1949.
Trombone Concerto. Autograph musical manuscript of this 1993 Pulitzer prize-winning work. Complete. Signed by the composer. With autograph dedication to Leonard Bernstein, "In memoriam," to head of first page and with "Deo Gratias April 5, 1991" to foot of final page.
Price: $100,000.00
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1f. (autograph title) + 40 pp. autograph musical manuscript + 8ff. (blank). Folio (342 x 270 mm.). Carefully notated in pencil on 24-stave G. Schirmer music manuscript paper. With "Christopher Rouse Symphony No. 1" stencilled in large black letters to title and a small slip of paper printed with the words "Revised Edition" in small letters laid down beneath. With additional autograph annotation to lower right-hand corner of page 1: "Commissioned by the Meet the Composer Orchestra Residencies Program with major funding from Exxon Corporation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts."With composer's mimeographed notes laid down to verso of title: "Completed in Indianapolis, Indiana on August 26, 1986, my first symphony was composed for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra through a commission from the Meet the Composer Orchestra Residencies Program, in which I served first as Composer-in-Residence with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra before assuming a similar post with the Baltimore Symphony." "The work is a single-movement adagio of considerable proportions, lasting approximately twenty-four minutes. It is scored for an orchestra consisting of 2 flutes (2nd doubling on piccolo), 2 oboes (2nd doubling on English horn and oboe d'amore), 2 clarinets (2nd doubling on bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (2nd doubling on contrabassoon), 4 horns (Players 1 and 3 doubling on tenor Wagner tubas, players 2 and 4 doubling on bass Wagner tubas), 3 trumpets (parts in C), 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (3 players), and strings. The percussion requirements are as follows:Player 1 - Chinese cymbal, snare drum, 1 bongo (high),Player 2 - tenor drum, bass drum, [with "xylophone" added in autograph manuscript] Player 3 - tambourine, metal plate, hammer (like that called for in Mahler's Symphony No. 6)."Rouse follows with "stick indications" including for mallets (soft, medium and hard rubber and soft, medium and hard yarn); soft, medium and hard felt sticks; snare drum stick; wood, bass drum and tamtam beaters; and hammer, and commentary on the use of three oboists, etc. With one addition in manuscript in blue ink ("xylophone") and instrumentation legend in autograph manuscript symbols. Deletions in white-out throughout. Very slightly worn. Title leaf detached, blank lower right-hand corner creased with small portion lacking, upper right-hand corner creased, slightly worn and ragged at left edge, very small portion of right-hand upper corner lacking. In very good condition overall.
ROUSE, Christopher born 1949.
Symphony No. 1. Autograph musical manuscript of this 1988 Kennedy Center Friedheim Award-winning work. Complete. Signed by the composer. With autograph dedication to fellow-composer John Harbison to foot of first page and with "Deo Gratias August 26, 1986 and Dies illa" to foot of final page.
Price: $70,000.00
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2 pp. Octavo. Addressed "Mio caro Peppino" and dated Moltrasio, July 15, no year but ca. 1830. Bellini has just received a letter from Rubini (most probably the Italian tenor Giovanni Battista Rubini 1794-1854) with sad news regarding the health of Bellini's mistress Giuditta Turina's sister Rosina: "I hasten to write to you to avoid any shock to Signora Giuditta Turina because it is doubtful whether or not her sister Rosina is or is not among the living... Her mother is coming and perhaps bringing some news with her. Please ask everyone to appear unaware of this tragedy... I don't know... how dear Giuditta will receive this news..."Slightly worn; lightly creased at folds; one small stain to outer margin just touching several letters; one edge slightly ragged with no loss of text; small decorative rectangular stamp of previous owner ("H. Prior") to blank margin of verso.
BELLINI, Vincenzo 1801-1835.
Autograph letter signed to Giuseppe Pasta, husband of the renowned soprano Giuditta Pasta (1797-1865).
Price: $5,800.00
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Large oblong folio (375 x 292 mm.). 6 ff. notated in pencil on one side of each leaf only on 14-stave Carta No. 25 music manuscript paper. With text by Elizabeth Barrett Browning commencing "Say over, say over, say over again, and yet once over again, that thou dost love me."
STUCKY, Steven born 1949.
"Say Thou Dost Love Me. Sonnets from the Portuguese XXI." Autograph musical manuscript of a work for unaccompanied voices (soprano, alto, tenor and bass), signed and dated Ithaca, 21 January 2012.
Price: $4,000.00
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Oblong folio (267 x 390 mm.). 2 pages notated on one leaf, containing a total of approximately 160 measures of music. Notated in ink on 16-stave paper with watermark incorporating a fleur-de-lys within decorative border. With 19th century manuscript note to verso: "Donizetti autografo."The recto of the leaf carries 17 measures, being the music and text to the cabaletta from Saverio's aria in Act I commencing "Tomba alla tomba renderò;" the remaining music on this page (approximately 60 measures) appears to relate to portions of Act II. The verso of the leaf carries 28 measures, being the melody and text sung by Paolina in her duet with Saverio, i.e., measures 181-209 in the score; the remaining music on this page consists of approximately 64 measures of sketch material for the opera. Slightly worn, foxed and stained; creased at central fold; old paper repairs to margin.
DONIZETTI, Gaetano 1797-1848.
Poliuto. Autograph working musical manuscript sketches and compositional material. Unsigned. Naples, ca. 1838.
Price: $8,500.00
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Large folio (433 x 313 mm.). Full red cloth with titling gilt to spine. 1f. (title), 3-64 pp. Binding slightly worn, rubbed, bumped and stained; wrinkling to lower board; slightly warped. Title slightly browned, small tear to foot repaired; slightly defective and cockled at inner edge, verso split at spine, otherwise in very good condition overall.
SCHOENBERG, Arnold 1874-1951.
[Op. 17]. Erwartung (Monodram) Dichtung von Marie Pannenheim... Op. 17. [Full score].
Wien, Leipzig: Universal-Edition A.G. [PN U.E. 5361], Copyright 1916 .
Price: $1,800.00
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Large folio (419 x 313 mm.). Full red cloth with titling gilt to spine. 1f. (title), 3-63, [i] (blank) pp. Binding slightly worn, rubbed, bumped and stained; some wrinkling to both boards; slightly warped. Title slightly browned, slightly defective and cockled at inner edge, verso split at spine, otherwise in very good condition overall.
SCHOENBERG, Arnold 1874-1951.
[Op. 18]. Die Glückliche Hand Drama mit Musik. [Full score].
Wien, Leipzig: Universal-Edition A.G. [PN] 5670, Copyright 1916 [1917].
Price: $2,200.00
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26 pp. Large folio (18" x 19", 457 x 483 mm). Signed and dated 2005. Notated on one side of the leaf only in an elegant calligraphic hand on 16-stave prepared paper. In black ink with revisions and additions in blue, green and violet felt-tip and red ballpoint pen. With many deletions and alterations, including a one-page cancel. A first draft, apparently discarded by the composer, for an alternate version. With autograph dedication to the violinist Baird Dodge (soloist in the first performance), the English composer and conductor Oliver Knussen, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.In very good condition.
THOMAS, Augusta Read born 1964.
Carillon Sky for solo violin and chamber ensemble. Autograph musical manuscript of the complete work in full score.
Price: $15,000.00
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Folio. Original publisher's wrappers. 1f. (title), pp. 2-12 music. With an autograph inscription to Webern's close friend, Josef Polnauer, to title (in German): "To his dear loyal Josef Polnauer, Christmas 1936" signed "A. Webern" and with pencilled annotations in German to pages 2, 4, 7 and 9 relating both to the performance of the songs and to letters from Webern to Jone and fellow-composer Alban Berg. Wrappers somewhat worn, soiled and creased; slightly worn and creased internally.
WEBERN, Anton 1883-1945.
Drei Gesänge Op. 23
Wien: Universal-Edition [PN U.E. 10255], [April 1936].
Price: $3,800.00
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Folio. Unbound. 15 of 17 parts. With watermark "DJ."Some wear, browning and soiling; lacking title, violoncello and Bassoon I part; other minor defects.
BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
Achte Grosse Sinfonie in F dur
Wien: S.A. Steiner und Comp. [PN] 2571, [1817].
Price: $1,000.00
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Oblong folio. Disbound. [1] (title), 2-31 pp. Engraved. With 19th century signature of J[oseph] Mosenthal to title. Somewhat worn, browned and foxed; several small tears.
BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
1re Symphonie pour le Pianoforte à quatre mains
Leipzig: C.F. Peters (Bureau de Musique) [PN 1033], [ca. 1814].
Price: $250.00
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Folio. Unbound. 1f. (title within decorative border), [1] 9blank), 2-15; 13; 12 pp. Engraved. Soiled at edges; title torn with loss of approximately one-third of page.
BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
1tes Terzett (in Es) für Violine, Viola und Violoncello... 3te Werk.
Wien: Tobias Haslinger , [ca. 1840].
Price: $50.00
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Folio. Unbound. 1f. (title), 9; 8; 8 pp. Engraved. Worn and soiled; title separated at spine; edges frayed.
BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
3tes Terzett in D für Violine, Viola und Violoncello... 9tes Werk No. 2. [Parts].
Wien: Tobias Haslinger, [ca. 1840].
Price: $50.00
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Folio. Violin I: [1] (title), 2-11 pp.; Violin II: 9 pp.; Viola I: 7 pp.; Viola II: 7 pp.; Violoncello: 7 pp. (in copy).With handstamp "Milano Presso Giovanni Ricordi" to foot of title, price in manuscript. Lacking violoncello part, supplied here in reduced colour copy.
BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
Quintett für 2 Violinen, 2 Bratschen und Violonzell... Op. 104. [Parts].
Wien: Artaria und Comp. [PN] 2573 , [ca. 1820].
Price: $500.00
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Octavo. Disbound. [1] (title), [2] (blank), 3-39 pp. Lithographed. Ex-library with small library stamp to title; slightly worn and browned; staining to inner margins of title and last leaf.
BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
Partition du second quintetto... pour deux Violons, deux altos et Violoncelle... [Op. 29]. [Full score].
Offenbach s/m: Jean André [PN] 5282, [1829-30].
Price: $75.00
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Octavo. Full brown buckram with titling gilt to spine. 1f. (title), 83 pp. Engraved. With occasional markings in red crayon. Binding slightly worn; portion of publisher's original printed upper wrapper bound in. Slightly worn and soiled; ex-library, with stamps to title and occasionally within text; staining to outer margins just affecting printed area throughout; first two leaves slightly trimmed and, together with title, taped at inner margin.
BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
Ouverture de l'Opéra Leonore... Partition.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 4566], [1840].
Price: $130.00
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Folio. Wrappers. Sewn. 1f. (title), 2-21 pp. Engraved. Wrappers torn, stained and detached. Slightly worn; stains to outer margin of one leaf.
BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
Trois Sonates pour le Piano-Forte... Op. [31] No. [3].
Leipzig: C.A. Klemm [PN] 573, [ca. 1850].
Price: $50.00
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Octavo, ca. 214 x 150 mm. Modern blue cloth with original publisher's upper wrapper bound in. [5] (title), [6] (instrumentation), 7-136 pp. Several early annotations in both ink and pencil to upper margins of pp. 12-14, possibly in the hand of the French composer Elsa Barraine. With two autograph inscriptions in black ink in Stravinsky's hand to Barraine, one to head of title: "J'ai honte d'écrire là-dessus! Mais tournez la page, vielle Claudinette, et vous serez récompensé" ("I am ashamed to write this! But turn the page, old Claudinette, and you will be rewarded!), under which Stravinsky writes Barraine's name in reverse order, and the next to the following page: "Pour Mlle Elsa Barraine I. Strawinsky Nov. [19] 37." Wrapper reinforced with tape at inner margin; small tear to lower edge repaired.
STRAVINSKY, Igor 1882-1971.
Pétrouchka Scènes Burlesques en 4 Tableaux d'Igor Strawinsky et Alexandre Benois Partition Edition de Poche. [Full pocket score].
Berlin, Moscou, Leipzig, New Y Edition Russe de Musique [PN R.M.V. 348], [1921].
Price: $2,000.00
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Valentin, Erich.
Beethoven Eine Bildbiographie.
[München]: Kindlers Klassische Bildbiographien, [1957].
Price: $10.00
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BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
[Sketch book] Kniga eskizov Beethovena za 1802-1803.
Moscow: 1962.
Price: $200.00
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BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
Ein Notierungsbuch von Beethoven [ Landsberg Sketchbook 1800-1801]
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1927.
Price: $45.00
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Kastner, Emerich.
Bibliotheca Beethoveniana
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1925.
Price: $35.00
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Large folio, 418 x 300 mm. Unbound. 1 page of a bifolium. Notated in pencil on 30-stave Star Nr. 136 paper, with autograph title and inscription to head. A final draft of the complete work in 43 measures, with evidence of the compositional process.
FELDER, David born 1953.
Nomina sunt consequentia rerum for chamber choir (SATB). Autograph musical manuscript full score. Signed and dated by the composer November 3, [20]10 at conclusion.
Price: $1,350.00
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1 page of a bifolium. Quarto. Dated Napoli September 26, 1829. With integral autograph address panel. In Italian (with translation). Lablache is surprised to learn from Barbaia that the score of Ucelli's Saul is not available for his examination as she has apparently given it to Rossini: "You ask me how that happened, while it is I who should ask you such a question, since Barbaia was not able to tell me anything other than the fact that you had wanted to take the score to give it to Rossini." Lablache goes on to apologize for not having answered other letters of Ucelli's, "having been preoccupied by serious financial losses and strong family upheavals." Somewhat worn and foxed; several small holes slightly affecting text; creased at folds with some short tears; defects more noticeable to address panel.
LABLACHE, Luigi 1794-1858.
Autograph letter signed "Luigi Lablache" to the composer Carolina Ucelli.
Price: $450.00
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1 page. Quarto. Dated Napoli February 24, 1834. With integral autograph address panel. In Italian (with translation). Lablache writes to Laporte relative to engagements in Naples and London. "I am engaged to perform in this theatre in Naples until the end of July... My name is on the poster for the above-mentioned subscription [in London]. I wanted to let you know this so that you can act accordingly and not suffer any damages." Somewhat worn and soiled; creased at folds and overall; short edge tears; two tiny holes not affecting text; slight loss to inner margin just touching one letter repaired; early repairs to margins of verso not affecting text; remnants of sealing wax; date and decorative stamp to address panel.
LABLACHE, Luigi 1794-1858.
Autograph letter signed "L. Lablache" to the French actor and impresario Laporte.
Price: $325.00
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Folio. Disbound. 1f. (title), p. 3 (text), 4-13 pp. Engraved. With attractive illustrated lithographic title.
SCHUMANN, Robert 1810-1856.
Belsatzar Ballade von H. Heine
Leipzig: Edm. Stoll [PN 311], [ca. 1858].
Price: $90.00
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Tall folio. 7 pp. (textual description of plates), [i] (blank), plates I-XI on the organ + 22 full page plates illustrating various wind, string, percussion, etc., instruments and the tools of their manufacture + 1 double-page folding plate, each with "Benard Direxit [under the supervision of" to lower outer corner, including the plate (XVIII) depicting the interior of a musical instrument workshop with craftsmen at work. Disbound. Scattered soiling and light staining; edges of first few leaves slightly lacking at blank outer margin; trimmed at outer margin, just affecting image in several instances.
Diderot, Denis 1713-1784.
Lutherie. Contenant trente-quatre Planches, dont une double.
Paris, [ca. 1772].
Price: $750.00
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Large oblong folio. 27 measures notated in pencil on rectos of 2 leaves of 18-stave Paseantino manuscript paper. With text commencing "Our Father who art in heaven," signed in full and dated at conclusion "October 12, 2011, Philadelphia, PA," with annotation "Written for the NY Virtuoso Singers' 25th Harold Rosenbaum, dir."
HIGDON, Jennifer born 1962.
"The Prayer." Autograph musical manuscript of The Lord's Prayer set for mixed choir (SATB).
Price: $1,200.00
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Unbound. Keyboard: [1] (title), 2-17, [i] (blank) oblong folio; violin: 5, [i] (blank) pp. upright folio. Slightly worn and soiled; title and last leaf of keyboard part separated and of violin part nearly so; occasional very small stains.
MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1792.
[KV 481] Sonate pour Le Fortepiano, ou Clavecin
Vienne: Hoffmeister [PN] 28, [1786].
Price: $7,500.00
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Folio. Unbound. 2 pp. written on both sides of a leaf of music manuscript paper carrying the printed identification "J.E. & Co. Protokollirte Schutzmarke No. 12." 343 x 263 mm. Four braces of three staves each, marked "Gemächlich" in Wolf's autograph at head of first page. 30 measures in total, notated in black ink, the signature and instrumentation in purple pencil. Several autograph corrections in ink, including to title. With editorial markings consisting primarily of accidentals added in blue crayon, possibly in another hand. Slightly worn, browned and foxed; horizontal creasing; some minor repairs. Professionally deacidified.
WOLF, Hugo 1860-1903.
"Unfall." Song for voice and piano. Autograph musical manuscript signed. The complete song.
Price: $25,000.00
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Quarto. Quarter navy blue morocco with matching paper boards, the initials "MC" stamped in gilt to upper. 1f. (half-title), 1f. (title), 1f. (r. "Personnages", v. blank), 1f. (r. "Table," v. blank), [1]-366 pp. Text in French. With blindstamped date of October 1894. Cast list including MM. Saléza (Othello), Maurel (Iago), Vaguet (Cassio), Laurent (Rodrigue), Gresse (Lodovico), Douailler (Montano), Euzet (un Héraut); Mmes. Caron (Desdémona) and Héglon (Emilia); conductor Paul Taffanel, "chef du chant" Georges Marty, "chef des choeurs" Delahaye; sets by Jambon, Amable, Gardy, Carpezat, Rubé and Chaperon. With a printed facsimile of Verdi's signature and the date of the first French performance to half-title in blue ink. Some performance marks in pencil. Binding slightly worn and rubbed; head and tail of spine chipped. Slightly browned throughout, most noticeably to margins. Small marginal tear to several leaves repaired; previous owner's signature to half-title; occasional minor defects.
VERDI, Giuseppe 1813-1901.
Othello
Paris, Milan, Rome, Naples, Pa G. Ricordi & C. [PN] 51635 , [1894].
Price: $400.00
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Octavo. Original publisher's dark brown cloth-backed boards printed in red and black. [1] (title), [2] (preface), 3-151, [i] (index) pp. Binding worn and rubbed; joints cracked. Slightly worn and browned internally; ink stains to two leaves; several leaves loose.
Root, George Frederick 1820-1895.
The Glorious Cause
Cincinnati: John Church Co. , [1888].
Price: $50.00
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Two volumes. Small folio. Full black textured leather with titling gilt to spines and uppers. 1024 pp. + 2ff. Illustrated with fine photographic reproductions in colour depicting critical details of rare bows. With accompanying text in French, German and English providing biographical information on each maker as well as related commentary.
Vatelot, Etiènne.
Les Archets Français Deuxième Édition Tome I [-II].
Sernor: M. Dufour, [1977].
Price: $4,000.00
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Quarto. In dustjacket. 727 pp. Profusely illustrated throughout with photographic reproductions of rare violins depicting the front, back, scroll and, in many cases, additional details such as "f" holes and purfling. With text in German, English and French. Printed on coated stock. Dustjacket slightly worn.
Hamma, Walter.
Meister italianischer Geigenbaukunst Italian Violin Makers.
Herrsching am Ammersee: Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, [1987].
Price: $350.00
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Two volumes. Large quarto. In dustjackets. 482; 399 pp. Printed on coated stock. Illustrated throughout with photographic reproductions, some in colour, of instruments and makers' labels. Edges very slightly soiled. Dustjackets worn, with some tape repairs. In very good condition overall.
Jalovec, Karel.
Encyclopedia of Violin-Makers Volume I [-2].
London: Paul Hamlyn, [1968].
Price: $550.00
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Large quarto. Full beige cloth with titling to spine and upper. In dustjacket. 118 pp. text + 105 full-page colour plates of rare violins (front, back and scroll), accompanied by 105 pp. of descriptive text relating to the violins illustrated. Includes index and list of plates. With text in Italian and English throughout. Printed on fine coated stock. Dustjacket slightly worn; very small defect to upper board. A near-fine copy overall.
Azzolina, Umberto .
Liuteria Italiana... Italian Violin Making in the eighteen- and nineteen hundreds Seconda Edizione.
Cremona: Editrice Turris, [1989].
Price: $250.00
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Quarto. Full mid-tan textured leather with titling gilt to upper and spine, boards with decorative gilt rules. 1f. (half-title), 1f. (title), 1f. (acknowledgement), 1f. (dedication), 1f. (preface), pp. 13-335, [i] (blank). Illustrated throughout with photographic reproductions of bows, clearly identifying distinguishing features and noting market values. With an historical essay and biographical information on each maker. Several leaves lightly spotted, otherwise a near-fine copy.
Roda, Joseph.
Bows for Musical Instruments of the Violin Family.
Chicago: William Lewis & Son, 1959.
Price: $1,600.00
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Folio. Contemporary marbled paper to spines. [1] (title), [2] (blank), 3-19; 6; 4 pp. Engraved. With early ownership signatures to foot of title. Slightly worn, foxed, stained and soiled; corners of titles repaired.
BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827.
Trois Trios pour le Pianoforte, Violon et Violoncelle... Op. 1 [No. 1]. Nouvelle Edition. [Parts].
Leipzig: C.F. Peters [PN] 2240, [1832].
Price: $120.00
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Oblong folio. Original publisher's dark grey wrappers. [1] (title), [2]-[3] (blank), 4-75, [76] (blank), [77] (contents), [78] (blank) pp. Wrappers quite worn and torn at spine and margins; lower stained. Slightly worn and foxed internally; light staining to margins of first few leaves; occasional fingering in pencil.
KUHLAU, Friedrich 1786-1832.
Elverhöi Skuespil i fem Acter... Op. 100. [Piano-vocal score].
Kiöbenhavn: C.C. Lose, [1828].
Price: $650.00
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2-1/2 pp. of a bifolium. Octavo. Dated Garnek January 20, 1906. Written in purple ink. In English. An interesting and friendly letter in which de Reszke thanks his correspondent for his New Year's wishes, inquires after mutual friends, makes reference to his concerts with Duss in New York, mentions his brother (the noted tenor Jean de Reszke), the war, etc. "I am very anxious to know, if I will have still the pleasure to see you again??? 3 years passed over my tournée with Duss... You can't imagine how much America misses me!... This war during two years was a real disaster for Russia... With all those disorders I couldn't leave the country and my family, but now I am quite decided to retake the theatre. In two weeks I am going to Paris..." Creased at folds; very small holes to upper portion of central fold; some light creasing; very faint remnants of early mount to blank verso. In very good condition overall.
DE RESZKE, Edouard 1853-1917.
Autograph letter signed to "Max"
Price: $135.00
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1 p. Oblong octavo. Dated The Grange, Brompton, June 17, 1835. In English."I have the pleasure to inform you that I am in treaty with Hamlet for his Bazaar in Oxford Street. The other place will not do on account of the windows." On the verso is a partial note dated July 18 (corrected to June in pencil) in another hand relative to "Mr. Broads complements to Mr Braham," with related content. Slightly worn and browned; creased at folds; two letters of address smudged.
BRAHAM, John 1774-1856.
Autograph letter signed to an unidentified male correspondent.
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3 pp. Octavo. No place, no date. In English. Apparently to another singer, as Albani provides detailed instructions regarding performance, marked "Important" at head. "No. 1o Faust. the spinning which[!] scene and final song - No cuts in the whole scene beginning with Recitative... No. 2 Otello - 4th act - ... The last pianissimo ritornelle to be played twice to allow time to bring down the curtain slowly. No. 3o Lucia mad scene. Begin at the beginning just before the Recitative... [quotation]. You cut from this point to the three chords which precede "Ardon gli'incensi"... The whole of this movement is transposed one whole tone... I hope to send you a copy of Otello and Lucia with the cuts of Lucia profusely marked." Slightly worn and soiled; creased at folds. Laid down to mounting sheet.
ALBANI, Emma 1847-1930.
Autograph performance notes regarding Faust, Otello and Lucia da Lammermoor, incorporating an autograph musical quotation.
Price: $350.00
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