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Mainz, London, New York, Tokyo:: Schott,. [1983].. Folio. Original publisher's boards. 19 pp. textual commentary, 82 pp. autograph manuscript facsimile. ... more information

Mainz, London, New York, Tokyo:: Schott,. [1983].. Oblong folio. Wrappers. Autograph manuscript facsimile, modern edition and commentary. [iv, xii, iv] pp. ... more information

Berlin:: C.F. Meser. [PN 2783.2768 F],. 1888.. Octavo. Quarter black cloth, titling gilt to spine. 227 pp. Lithographed. With text in German and Italian. Bookplate Albert Mell, noted violinist and long-time editor and contributor to the Journal of the Violin Society of America. Binding slightly worn, rubbed, bumped and shaken; joints cracking. . First performed in Dresden, Kgl Sächsisches Hof, 2 Jan 1843, conducted by Wagner. Detheridge p. 236:f (later issue). "The departure f... more information

Mainz:: B. Schott's Söhne [PN 26590],. 1899.. Folio. Original publisher's maroon cloth boards with title within decorative device gilt to upper and publisher's blindstamp to lower. 4ff. (including chromolithographic preliminary leaf and decorative titles), 305 pp. Signature of Charles Babcock to front pastedown, N. Horwath to front free endpaper. Binding slightly worn, rubbed and bumped; head and tail of spine frayed. . Deatheridge p. 373(f). First day of Der Ring des Ni... more information

Leipzig:: Breitkopf & Härtel [PN] 8411,. [1851].. Folio. Modern quarter-leather with marbled boards. 2ff., 10 (libretto), 3- 237, [i] (blank) pp. engraved music. Light to moderate foxing, lower outer corners thumbed, occasional pencilled annotations. . First Edition. WWV 75 XIII, pp. 319-320. Fuld p. 631. Klein pp. 26-27. Loewenberg 884. This, the first edition of the piano-vocal score, predates the publication of the full score by approximately eight months. Lohengrin was first... more information

Dresden:: C.F. Meser [PNs 325, 325.1, 325.9, 325.14, 325.18] ,. 1852.. Folio. Contemporary dark red calf-backed marbled boards with decorative green cut paper label to upper titled in manuscript. 1f. (title), 1f. (recto half-title, verso Personen, etc.), 3-273 pp. First two leaves printed lithographically, music engraved throughout. With pencil and crayon performance markings, occasionally extensive. Small oval handstamp of "Th. Asche Theater Direction Magdeburg" to title and several additional le... more information

Mainz:: B. Schott's Söhnen [PN] 20326,. [ca. 1871].. Folio. Contemporary leather-backed textured cloth with decorative titling gilt to upper. 1f. (title), [1] (cast and list of scenes), 2-299 pp. Lithographed. Binding considerably worn, spine lacking. Browned; some thumbing. Various musicsellers' ink handstamps to lower margin of title, "Spuller" stamped to upper corner. . First Edition, later issue. Deathridge, Geck and Voss p. 386 (noting that the lithographic printing was... more information

Leipizig:: Fritzsch,. 1871.. Octavo. Publisher's wrappers (slightly torn at spine). 44 pp. A very good copy. . First Edition. Oesterlein 20. ... more information

New York, Washington, London:: Frederick A. Praeger,. [1968].. Quarto. Original publisher's boards. 347 pp. Dust jacket and slipcase. With illustrations throughout, including numerous tipped-in plates in colour. ... more information

Bruxelles:: Palais Des Académies ,. 1950.. Octavo. Wrappers. 310 pp. Wrappers slightly worn and faded. Unopened copy ... more information

Berlin:: Adolphe Martin Schlesinger [PN] 236,. [1817].. Oblong folio. Unbound. [1] (title), 2-29 pp. Engraved. "Gravée par Ch: Janicot" to foot of page 3. Early signature to title (trimmed by binder). Moderately foxed; small binder's holes to spine. . First Edition. Jähns 220. Hoboken 15, 328. "Once again, to compare [the piano sonatas 2 and 3] with those being written by Beethoven, who was finishing his Op. 101 in A major in the same November, is absurd. But if we e... more information

Berlin:: Schlesinger [PN] 1376,. [ca. 1826].. Folio. Contemporary black leather-backed boards. [1] (title), [2] (blank), [3] ("Personen"), 4-157 pp. Engraved. With occasional pencilled annotations. Binding slightly worn, rubbed and bumped; remnants of label to front pastedown. Several corners creased; occasional spotting. In very good condition overall. . First German Edition, which includes the fifth aria for the first time; the first edition was published in 1826. Jahns 306, p. 392. H... more information

[?Berlin]:: [?Schlesinger],. [?1825].. Oblong folio. Unbound. [1] (title), [2] (blank), 3-14 pp. engraved music + 1f. (blank). Somewhat worn and soiled; edges soiled and slightly stained; minor browning and offsetting. . A curious edition, possibly issued by Schlesinger, however without imprint, plate number or price. Unrecorded by Jähns. Not in Hoboken, where a later printing with imprint, ca. 1825, is cited. Fuld records 6 early printings, all published by Schlesinger in Berlin in ca. 1821;... more information

Leipzig:: C.F. Peters [PN 1754 2817],. [1844].. Folio. Disbound. 27 pp. Engraved.Moderate browning and foxing; outer leaves separated at spine. ... more information

[Berlin]:: [Albert Frisch],. [ca. 1942].. Oblong folio. Full green morocco with upper ruled in gilt, spine with rules and decorative devices gilt, titling gilt to upper and spine. 80 pp. text, including colour reproductions of set and costume designs by Carl Gropius tipped-in, prints, manuscripts, etc., followed by a facsimile of the complete autograph musical manuscript full score. Approximately 292 pp. Binding slightly worn and rubbed; spine slightly stained. ... more information

53 x 126 mm., cut from the title page of one of Weber's works. Dated Dresden, October 22, 1823. In German (with translation). "Dedicated to the excellent master.... in great haste, in remembrance of his true admirer." Slightly worn and soiled; one vertical crease; portion of inscription abraided and thus illegible. . "A prototypical 19th-century musician-critic, [Weber] sought through his works, words and efforts as performer and conductor to promote art and shape eme... more information

Bonn:: N. Simrock [PN 779],. [1811].. Oblong folio. Dark green cloth-backed marbled boards. [1] (lithographic title), [2] (blank), 3-20 pp. Engraved. Binding slightly worn. . First Edition. Jähns 58. Hoboken 15, 272. "Of the many cantata and cantata-like pieces that Weber composed, four have special significance for his career. A major work from his time in Stuttgart is Der erste Ton (1808, revised 1810), based on a poem by Rochlitz about God’s creation of sound after he h... more information

One page. On a postal card with Webern's return address handstamped to verso. Dated August 7, 1935. In German (with translation). Webern would like to go away and asks Weirich and Hofrat Bittner to "fill in" for him for a couple days and to "trade" with him for another. "Since I do not know Bittner's current address, I also need to ask you to get in touch with him..." Lightly browned. In very good condition overall. . Written the day before Webern... more information

Wien:: Universal-Edition [PN U.E. 10255],. [April 1936].. 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. 
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Kassel: Barenreiter, 1961. Folio. Boards. Slip case.Facsimile printing of this series of 36 highly interesting plates. Accompanied by 12 pages of commentary in German, French and English. ... more information