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An Introduction to the Skill of Musick, In Three Books... Containing I. The Grounds and Principles of Musick, according to the Gamut: In the most Easy Method, for Young Practitioners. II. Instructions and Lessons for the Treble Tenor, and Bass-Viols; and also for the Treble-Violin. III. The Art of Descant, or Composing Musick in Parts: Made very Plain and Easy by the late Mr. Henry Purcell. The Nineteenth Edition. Corrected, and done on the New-Ty'd Note.; The First Contains The Grounds and Rules of Musick, according to the Gam-ut, and other Principles thereof. The Second, Instructions and Lessons both for the Bass=Viol and Treble=Violin. The Third, The Art of Descant, or Composing of Musick in Parts, in a more Plain and Easie Method than any heretofore Published. The Tenth Edition, Corrected and Enlarged.
Price: $600
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[Evangelia dominicorum et festorum dierum musicis numeris pulcherrime comprehensa & ornata]. Tomo primo... secundo... tertio... tertio... quarto... quinto... sexto]. [Discant parts].
Price: $17,500
Collection of 132 rare broadside programs for performances of operas, pantomimes, dramas, comedies, etc. at the Hof-Theater in Weimar. An apparently complete (or near-complete) record of productions from September 18, 1847 to June 17, 1848. Of special note are performances under the direction of Franz Liszt dated from February 16 to February 27, 1848, and March 5.
Price: $3,000
Autograph letter signed in full. To the German conductor, composer, and journalist Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn (1804-1892), with an 8-line autograph commentary in Dorn's hand.
Price: $7,500
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[HWV 12a-b]. Il Radamisto Opera Rapresentata nel Regio Teatro D'Hay Market. [Score]
Price: $6,500
Two Melodies set for voice and piano. I. Prière du Roi négre (dedicated to Aubrey Pankey) - in French - II. Melodía I - in Spanish -. Musical manuscripts in the hand of an unknown copyist. With an autograph inscription from the composer to noted African-American baritone Aubrey Pankey.
Price: $300
2 Rondels de Charles d'Orleans. 1. Sur le Printemps. Scored for voice and piano. Autograph musical manuscript signed. Undated, but ca. 1942.
Price: $300
Un homme est Mort. Song for voice and piano with text by Pierre Vandendries. Autograph musical manuscript signed. With an autograph inscription from the composer to noted African-American baritone Aubrey Panky dated August 12, 1942.
Price: $450
Head-and-shoulders cabinet card photographic portrait of Liszt wearing numerous medals by Sophus Williams after the drawing by E. Hader.
Price: $65
Original photographic portrait of the German violinist and stage and screen actor with Stefanie Schäffer and Stella Schäffer.
Price: $75
Autograph note signed.
Price: $275
Autograph musical quotation signed "S. Thalberg" and dated Newcastle upon Tyne, September 11, 1849.
Price: $425
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Autograph letter signed "Fr. Kalkbrenner" to Mr. J. [?]Ladlow (in all likelihood a banker), Gough Square, Fleet Street, [London].
Price: $350
Three-quarter length oval postcard photograph by Franz Xaver Setzer in Vienna of the distinguished soprano in formal dress. Signed in full by Jeritza below the image.
Price: $95
Postcard photograph signed and dated Salzburg 1936.
Price: $50
Fine half-length photograph of this Armenian-born violinist and composer in formal dress. Signed "H. Gudenian," with a 2-measure autograph musical quotation identified as "Paganini Concerto" to upper portion. Inscribed "à Mr. Le Lieutenant v. Ballasko" [Lieutenant Carl Edler von Ballasko], in all likelihood a relation of the noted WWII fighter pilot Otto Edler von Ballasko (1919-2005).
Price: $165
Catalogue of the Music Library of Edward Francis Rimbault Sold at London 31 July - 7 August 1877 with the Library of Dr. Rainbeau With an introduction by A. Hyatt King.
Price: $15
The Tempest. Autograph working musical manuscript of the complete opera in three acts. Marked "first draft." Piano-vocal score. Set to a libretto by Mark Shulgasser after William Shakespeare.
Price: $15,000
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"Le Martyre [The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian] LB Version." Typescript annotated by Bernstein's assistant conductor Yuri Krasnapolsky.
Price: $500
Sonata op. 68 No= 1 Para Flauta y Clarinete en Sib. Autograph musical manuscript signed and dated 1949. The complete work in score.
Price: $750
Two proof copies of four songs for voice and piano published by Southern Music in New York in 1988: A Letter; How the Waters Closed; Wild Nights; and There Came a Wind Like a Bugle.
Price: $900
What If...? Song for voice and piano. Autograph musical manuscript variously dated "12-29-85," "12-31," "Jan 2,3 86," "12-28-85," and "1-1-86." Text by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Price: $1,000
Postcard portrait photograph of the composer with autograph inscription to verso.
Price: $135
Jabberwocky. Song for voice and piano. Autograph musical manuscript variously dated January 4, 5, and 7, 1986. Text by Lewis Carroll.
Price: $1,200