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Musicam in Subtilitate: Scrutando Contributi alla storia della teoria musicale

by SABAINO, Daniele; Sodobaldo Tibaldi; and Maria Teresa Rosa Barezzani, eds

Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana, 1995. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo. Wrappers. 463 pp. With musical examples.

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La vera idea delle musicali numeriche segnature diretta al Giovane Studuioso dell' Armonìa
La vera idea delle musicali numeriche segnature diretta al Giovane Studuioso dell' Armonìa

by SABBATINI, Luigi Antonio 1732-1809

Venezia: Sebastian Valle, 1799. Quarto. Half ivory vellum with decorative boards. 1f. (recto blank, verso frontispiece by Gio. Ant. Zuliani), iv, clxxiv + [i] (publisher's note) pp. Binding very slightly worn and bumped. Minor worming to upper inner blank margins of final third of volume; several small brown spots; frontispiece in facsimile. An exceptionally fresh and attractive copy printed on quality paper overall. First Edition. Cortot p. 175. Eitner p. 374. Fetis VII, p. 358. Gregory-Bartlett I,... Read More

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Chimène ou le Cid. [Piano-vocal score]
Chimène ou le Cid. [Piano-vocal score]

by SACCHINI, Antonio 1730-1786

New York: Broude Brothers, 1971. Large octavo. Original publisher's ivory wrappers printed in red and dark blue with patterned overlay. 1f. (half title), 1f. (recto title, verso printing statemenet), 1f. (blank), 1f. (facsimile of original title illustrated by B. Delaroche), 8 (introduction), [i] (named cast list), [iii] (contents), 1f. (full-page illustration), 259, [i] (blank) pp. Named cast includes Saint-Huberti, Gavaudon, Laïs, Lainez, Chéron, and Rousseau. A reprint of the edition first published in Paris. Number 37 in the... Read More

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Portrait etching and stipple engraving by Luigi Rados (1773-1840) after Giovanni Battista Bosio (1764-1827)
Portrait etching and stipple engraving by Luigi Rados (1773-1840) after Giovanni Battista Bosio (1764-1827)

by SACCHINI, Antonio 1730-1786

[Milan]: [Batelli & Fanfani], 1818. 220 x 155 mm. Sacchini is depicted full-length, seated at a keyboard instrument with pedals, a book of music in his left hand, his right on the keyboard. Arrigoni & Bertarelli 3950. Sacchini was a leading figure in late 18th century opera. "In 1770 Burney considered him one of the four greatest composers of Italy, along with Jommelli, Galuppi and Piccinni... A critic of the next generation, Giuseppe Carpani, hailed Sacchini as... Read More

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Portrait engraving by Augustin de Saint-Aubin (1736-1807) after Charles Nicolas Cochin fils (1715-1788)
Portrait engraving by Augustin de Saint-Aubin (1736-1807) after Charles Nicolas Cochin fils (1715-1788)

by SACCHINI, Antonio 1730-1786

[Paris], 1786. 108 x 112 mm. Bust-length. Slightly browned and foxed. A fine impression on wove paper. Kinsky 204. Sacchini was a leading figure in late 18th century opera. "In 1770 Burney considered him one of the four greatest composers of Italy, along with Jommelli, Galuppi and Piccinni. ... A critic of the next generation, Giuseppe Carpani, hailed Sacchini as the world's greatest melodist." David DiChiera and Joyce Johnson Robinson in Grove Music Online.

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Fine portrait engraving by L.J. Cathelin after L. Jay
Fine portrait engraving by L.J. Cathelin after L. Jay

by SACCHINI, Antonio 1730-1786

[?Paris], 1780. Bust-length. Within decorative circular border with two putti at upper portion, one holding a scroll incorporating titles to some of Sacchini's works. 265 x 188 mm. Slightly soiled and trimmed. Sacchini was a leading figure in late 18th century opera.

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Air d'Oedipe ... Accompagnement de Piano par Lachnith
Air d'Oedipe ... Accompagnement de Piano par Lachnith

by SACCHINI, Antonio 1730-1786

Paris: Janet et Cotelle [PN 104], 1825. Folio. Bifolium. 3, [i] (blank) pp. Titling to head of p.1; incipit "Votre cour devint mon azile..." Slightly worn and soiled; spine reinforced with Japanese paper; bookseller's and publisher's handstamps to page 1. Oedipe à Colone, a tragédie lyrique set to a libretto by Nicolas-François Guillard after Sophocles, was first performed at Versaillles on 4 January 1786. "Oedipe à Colone was written during 1785 and performed for the first time... Read More

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Fine bust-length aquatint portrait engraving by Queneday
Fine bust-length aquatint portrait engraving by Queneday

by SACCHINI, Antonio 1730-1786

Paris, 1809. 245 x 185 mm. An early proof, without titling. Slightly worn and soiled. Arrigoni & Bertarelli 3949. "In 1770 Burney considered [Sacchini] one of the four greatest composers of Italy, along with Jommelli, Galuppi and Piccinni. While he placed Piccinni supreme in the comic style, he nominated Sacchini 'the most promising composer in the serious'... A critic of the next generation, Giuseppe Carpani, hailed Sacchini as the world's greatest melodist... In general,... Read More

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A Dictionary of Musicians From the Earliest Times ... With an Introduction by Henry George Farmer Late Music Librarian, Glasgow University

by SAINSBURY, John S.

New York: Da Capo, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes. Boards. Octavo. xvi, 401; 561 pp.

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Etienne Marcel Opera in Quatre Actes Poëme de Louis Gallet ... Partition Chant et Piano par A. Messager. [Piano-vocal score]
Etienne Marcel Opera in Quatre Actes Poëme de Louis Gallet ... Partition Chant et Piano par A. Messager. [Piano-vocal score]

by SAINT-SAËNS, Camille 1835-1921

Paris: Durand Schoenewerk [PN D.S. & Cie. 2551], 1879. Large octavo. Half mid-blue cloth with marbled boards, speckled edges, marbled endpapers. 1f. (dedication), 1f. (decorative title printed in red and blue), 1f. (engraved frontispiece portrait of Etienne Marcel by G. Fraipont after A. de Neuville), 1f. (named cast list), 1f. (table of contents), 365, [i] (blank) pp. Named cast includes Delrat, Stéphanne, Plançon, De Grave, Echetto, Baron, Nerval, Reine Mézeray, Amélie Luigini, Legénisel, Bonnefond, Morfer, and Frédéric. ... Read More

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Samson and Delilah Opera in Three Acts by Ferdinand Lemaire (English Version by Nathan Haskell Dole) ... G. Schirmer's Collection of Operas ... Vocal Score Complete Price, net, $2.50. [Piano-vocal score]
Samson and Delilah Opera in Three Acts by Ferdinand Lemaire (English Version by Nathan Haskell Dole) ... G. Schirmer's Collection of Operas ... Vocal Score Complete Price, net, $2.50. [Piano-vocal score]

by SAINT-SAËNS, Camille 1835-1921

New York: G. Schirmer [PN 10196], 1892. Large octavo. Original publisher's decorative green wrappers. 1f. (decorative title), 1f. (cast list), [3]-17 (libretto), [i] (blank), 222 pp. Occasional performance notations in pencil. Spine slightly creased and faded. Some signatures split.

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Samson and Delilah. Opera in 3 acts by Ferdinand Lemaire English Version by Eugène Oudin ... Vocal score complete Pr. 5/ net. [Piano-vocal score]
Samson and Delilah. Opera in 3 acts by Ferdinand Lemaire English Version by Eugène Oudin ... Vocal score complete Pr. 5/ net. [Piano-vocal score]

by SAINT-SAËNS, Camille 1835-1921

Paris: A Durand & Fils [PN D. & F. 4803], 1894. Large octavo. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (recto contents, verso cast list), 3-224 pp. Text in English. Occasional light foxing; some signatures split; occasional lyrics translated into French in blue ink; tape to inner margins of first leaf and verso of final leaf; minor tear to outer edge of title; minor tears to upper margin of third leaf, not affecting music. Lacking wrappers. First English edition.... Read More

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Phryné. Opéra-Comique en Deux Actes. Poème de L. Augé de Lassus. .. Partition Chant et Piano, réduite par l'Auteur, avec un dessin de F. Marcotte. [Piano-vocal score]
Phryné. Opéra-Comique en Deux Actes. Poème de L. Augé de Lassus. .. Partition Chant et Piano, réduite par l'Auteur, avec un dessin de F. Marcotte. [Piano-vocal score]

by SAINT-SAËNS, Camille 1835-1921

Paris: A. Durand et Fils [PN D. & F. 4642], 1893. Octavo. Quarter contemporary red calf with textured red paper boards, titling and initials "A.G." gilt to spine, marbled endpapers. 1f. (title printed in black and red), 1f. (frontispiece drawing by F. Marcotte of the "Scène de l'apparition," from Act 2 of the opera), 1f. (named cast list), 1f. (table of contents), 145, [i] (blank) pp. Transfer. Text in French. Publisher's monogrammatic handstamp to lower left corner of... Read More

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Proserpine (d'Après Auguste Vacquerie) Drame Lyrique en 4 Actes de Louis Gallet ... Partition Chant et Piano par Ph. Bellenot Prix net: 15f ... Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique. [Piano-vocal score]
Proserpine (d'Après Auguste Vacquerie) Drame Lyrique en 4 Actes de Louis Gallet ... Partition Chant et Piano par Ph. Bellenot Prix net: 15f ... Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique. [Piano-vocal score]

by SAINT-SAËNS, Camille 1835-1921

Paris: Durand & Schoenewerk [PN D. S. 3714], 1887. Octavo. Half contemporary red morocco with marbled boards, titling gilt to spine, marbled endpapers. 1f. (title with decorative borders in orange and light green by L. Denis, printed by Delanchy & Cie. in Paris), 1f. (named cast list with decorative borders in blue, bronze, and purple), 1f. (table of contents in purple), 245, [i] (blank) pp. Lithographed. Text in French. Publisher's monogrammatic handstamp to lower right corner of title.... Read More

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Ascanio Opéra en 5 Actes et 7 Tableaux D'Après Le Drame "Benvenuto Cellini" de Paul Meurice Poème de Louis Gallet ... Partition Chant et Piano réduite par l'Auteur (Édition conforme au manuscrit original). [Piano-vocal score]
Ascanio Opéra en 5 Actes et 7 Tableaux D'Après Le Drame "Benvenuto Cellini" de Paul Meurice Poème de Louis Gallet ... Partition Chant et Piano réduite par l'Auteur (Édition conforme au manuscrit original). [Piano-vocal score]

by SAINT-SAËNS, Camille 1835-1921

Paris: Durand et Schoenewerk [PN D.S. 4025], 1890. Large octavo. Quarter contemporary black morocco with textured red paper boards, rules and titling gilt to spine, marbled endpapers. 1f. (half-title), 1f. (illustration of a scene from the opera), 1f. (title), [i] (facsimile of 2 medallions under which the text "Benvenuto fecit" is printed), [i] (note regarding the mise en scène), [i] (named cast list for the first performance), [ii] (table of contents), [i] (blank), 391, [i] (blank) pp. Text in... Read More

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Ascanio Opéra en 5 Actes et 7 Tableaux D'Après Le Drame "Benvenuto Cellini" de Paul Meurice Poème de Louis Gallet... Partition Chant et Piano réduite par l'Auteur (Édition conforme au manuscrit original). [Piano-vocal score]
Ascanio Opéra en 5 Actes et 7 Tableaux D'Après Le Drame "Benvenuto Cellini" de Paul Meurice Poème de Louis Gallet... Partition Chant et Piano réduite par l'Auteur (Édition conforme au manuscrit original). [Piano-vocal score]

by SAINT-SAËNS, Camille 1835-1921

Paris: Durand et Schoenewerk [PN D.S. 4025], 1890. Large octavo. Quarter contemporary red morocco with marbled boards, raised bands on spine in decorative compartments gilt, marbled endpapers. 1f. (half-title), 1f. (illustration of a scene from the opera), 1f. (title), [i] (facsimile of 2 medallions under which the text "Benvenuto fecit" is printed), [i] (note regarding the mise en scène), [i] (named cast list for the first performance), [ii] (table of contents), [i] (blank), 391, [i] (blank) pp. ... Read More

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Autograph letter signed "C.Sns," quite possibly to his librettist
Autograph letter signed "C.Sns," quite possibly to his librettist

by SAINT-SAËNS, Camille 1835-1921

3 pp. of a bifolium. Octavo (ca. 159 x 101 mm). Dated "Sunday." On black-bordered ivory mourning stationery. In French (with translation). Saint-Saëns writes that his correspondent "has done well to be insistent" about the ending of an unidentified work, and has implemented the necessary corrections. "This ending was necessary. 'L'ombre abrite' is impossible. I put 'dans l'ombre, près del la fenêtre', and I substituted 'doux enfant' for 'jeune enfant'. That is obvious, I know, but... Read More

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Parysatis Drame de Madame Jane Dieulafoy ... Partition pour chant et piano réduite par l'auteur. [Piano-vocal score]
Parysatis Drame de Madame Jane Dieulafoy ... Partition pour chant et piano réduite par l'auteur. [Piano-vocal score]

by SAINT-SAËNS, Camille 1835-1921

Paris: A. Durand & Fils [PN D. & F. 6094], 1902. Large octavo. Original publisher's decorative ivory wrappers. 1f. (recto blank, verso frontispiece), 1f. (recto decorative title, verso note), 1f. (recto notes on first performance and cast list, verso blank), 1f. (recto contents, verso blank), 151, [i] (blank) pp. Together with a program for a 15 March 1903 performance of the work in Paris at the Théâtre du Châtelet. 10 ff. Wrappers somewhat soiled; spine worn and... Read More

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Le Timbre d'Argent Drame Lyrique en 4 actes de J. Barbier et M. Carré... Partition Chant & Piano arrangée par Georges Bizet. [Piano-vocal score]
Le Timbre d'Argent Drame Lyrique en 4 actes de J. Barbier et M. Carré... Partition Chant & Piano arrangée par Georges Bizet. [Piano-vocal score]

by SAINT-SAËNS, Camille 1835-1921

Paris: Choudens Père et Fils [PN A.C. 3558.], 1877. Large octavo. Quarter contemporary green calf with textured green paper boards, rules and titling gilt to spine. 1f. (title within decorative borders, engraved by J. Bourgeois), 1f. (dedication to Albert Libon by the composer), [1] (named cast list for the first performance and table of contents), 2-304 pp. Text in French. With vendor's handstamp to lower margin of title and printer's note to the lower margin of table of... Read More

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Henry VIII Opéra en 4 Actes Poème de Léonce Détroyat & Armand Silvestre Traduction Allemande de Hermann Wolff Traduction Italienne de A. de Lauzières ... Partition Chant et Piano par Léon Delahaye. [Piano-vocal score]
Henry VIII Opéra en 4 Actes Poème de Léonce Détroyat & Armand Silvestre Traduction Allemande de Hermann Wolff Traduction Italienne de A. de Lauzières ... Partition Chant et Piano par Léon Delahaye. [Piano-vocal score]

by SAINT-SAËNS, Camille 1835-1921

Paris: A. Durand & Fils [PN D.S. & Cie. 3083], 1909. Large octavo. Original publisher's polychrome decorative wrappers with British coat of arms to upper. 1f. (decorative title by L. Denis with coat of arms, printed in green, gold, and black), 1f. (printed dedication to "Monsieur Vaucorbeil, Directeur de l'Académie Nationale de Musique), 1f. (named cast list, printed in red and black), 1f. (table of contents), 384 pp. Partially uncut, pp. 337-340 unopened. Text in French. Publisher's handstamps... Read More

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Les Barbares Tragédie lyrique en 3 actes et un prologue Poème de Victorien Sardou et P.B. Gheusi ... Partition pour chant et piano réduite par Georges Marty. [Piano-vocal score]
Les Barbares Tragédie lyrique en 3 actes et un prologue Poème de Victorien Sardou et P.B. Gheusi ... Partition pour chant et piano réduite par Georges Marty. [Piano-vocal score]

by SAINT-SAËNS, Camille 1835-1921

Paris: A. Durand [PN D. & F. 5927], 1901. Large octavo. Quarter contemporary red calf with flexible textured red cloth boards, rules and titling gilt to spine, marbled endpapers. 1f. (frontispiece illustration of the final scene of the opera by Berthaud after G. Rochegrosse), [i] (title), [i] (printer's statement), 1f. (named cast list for the first performance), 1f. (table of contents), 1f. (illustration of the Théatre Antique d'Orange by Bertraud), iv (summary of the opera), 291, [i] (blank) pp.... Read More

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Déjanire Tragédie Lyrique en 4 Actes
Déjanire Tragédie Lyrique en 4 Actes

by SAINT-SAËNS, Camille 1835-1921

[Paris]: [Durand & Cie] [D. F. 7747], 1910. Quarto. Full textured dark red flexible cloth boards, titling gilt to spine. 1f. (dedication), 1f. (notes on first performance and cast list), 1f. (contents), 213, [i] (blank) pp. Manuscript notes in pencil recording the cast of the performance at the Paris Opéra on 22 November 1911 under André Messager (the 16th performance of the work in Paris). Binding slightly worn; joints partially split; endpapers browned. Uniform light browning;... Read More

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Samson et Dalila Opéra en 3 Actes et 4 Tableaux de Ferdinand Lemaire ... Partition Chant et Piano réduite par l'Auteur. [Piano-vocal score]
Samson et Dalila Opéra en 3 Actes et 4 Tableaux de Ferdinand Lemaire ... Partition Chant et Piano réduite par l'Auteur. [Piano-vocal score]

by SAINT-SAËNS, Camille 1835-1921

Paris: A. Durand et Fils [PN D. & F. 5583], 1900. Large octavo. Quarter dark brown morocco with marbled boards, raised bands on spine in compartments, black title label gilt, marbled endpapers. 1f. (recto half-title, verso blank), 1f. (recto dedication, verso publication note), 1f. (recto blank, verso heliogravure portrait engraving of Saint-Saëns with reproduction autograph musical quotation), 1f. (recto title in red and black, verso blank), 1f. (recto notes on first performances and named cast list, verso blank), 1f.... Read More

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Proserpine (d'après Auguste Vacquerie) Drame Lyrique en 4 Actes de Louis Gallet ... Partition Chant et Piano par Ph. Bellenot Prix net: 15f ... Nouvelle Edition. [Piano-vocal score]
Proserpine (d'après Auguste Vacquerie) Drame Lyrique en 4 Actes de Louis Gallet ... Partition Chant et Piano par Ph. Bellenot Prix net: 15f ... Nouvelle Edition. [Piano-vocal score]

by SAINT-SAËNS, Camille 1835-1921

Paris: A. Durand & Fils [PN D.S. 3714], 1892. Large octavo. 1f. (recto title printed in sepia within decorative border by L. Denis printed in sepia and light green, verso blank), 1f. (recto named cast list, verso blank), 1f. (recto index, verso blank), 234 pp. Title and three following leaves with early Parisian handstamp, somewhat blurred. First leaves slightly foxed; scattered light foxing; final leaves slightly creased. Ratner II p. 10. "Like Mozart, to whom he... Read More

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