Shakespeare in Music
by [SHAKESPEARE]. Elson, Louis C.
Boston: L. C. Page, 1908. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Full red cloth, titling in gilt to upper and spine. With numerous plates and musical examples. Binding slightly worn and rubbed. Some minor browning.
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The Tempest. 2 original large costume designs in watercolor and pencil by noted American artist Robert Perdziola (born 1961), each titled by the artist, one signed and dated March 1982
by SHAKESPEARE, William ?-1616
The designs depict the characters Antonio (Prospero's brother), and Juno (the Roman goddess of marriage). On quality watercolor paper. Sheet size 506 x 380 mm. Minor wear and browning. "The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1610-1611, and thought to be one of the last plays that he wrote alone. After the first scene, which takes place on a ship at sea during a tempest, the rest of the story is set on a... Read More
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The Winter's Tale. 14 original preparatory sketches in pencil by noted American artist Robert Perdziola (born 1961) for costume designs for the play, each identified by the artist. Unsigned, but ca. 1990
by SHAKESPEARE, William ?-1616
Characters represented are Leontes, Hermione, Paulina, Perdita, and the Shepherd and his Son. On light wove paper. Sheet size 355 x 270 mm. Slightly worn. Together with: A single sheet containing 3 sketches for set designs for the production. "The Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies, many modern editors have relabelled the play as one of Shakespeare's late romances. Some... Read More
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An Encyclopedia of Quotations About Music
by SHAPIRO, Nat, ed
New York: Doubleday, 1978. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Quarter tan cloth with black boards. 418 pp. Inscription to front free endpaper. Binding worn; outer edges spotted.
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Covent Garden
by SHAWE-TAYLOR, Desmond
London: Max Parris, Chanticleer. Hardcover. Good. Small quarto. Pictorial boards. 70 pp. + 1f. Illustrated, with 7 plates in color & 24 black-and-white illustrations. Binding somewhat worn; endpapers browned.
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London Music in 1888-89 As Heard by Corno di Bassetto (Later Known as Bernard Shaw) with Some Further Autobiographical Particulars
by SHAW, George Bernard
London: Constable, 1937. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Boards. 419 pp.
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London Music in 1888-89 As Heard by Corno di Bassetto (Later Known as Bernard Shaw) with Some Further Autobiographical Particulars
by SHAW, George Bernard
London: Constable, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Full red cloth. 420 pp. Inscription to front free endpaper. Spine slightly faded; minor spotting to endpapers. Outer edges browned.
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Mrs Warren's Profession. A Play in 4 acts. Six original set designs (5 in pen and ink and 1 in pencil) by noted American artist Robert Perdziola (born 1961). Undated, but ca. 2010
by SHAW, George Bernard 1856-1950
Each design identified by the artist at lower right in pencil. On light wove paper. Sheet size 270 x 350 mm. Perdziola was the costume and scenic designer for a production of Mrs. Warren's Profession at the Washington Theater in Washington, D.C. in 2010. "George Bernard Shaw's play "Mrs. Warren's Profession" is 117 years old and not yet drained of topical resonance. Longevity is relative: Mrs. Warren's profession - the profession - is popularly supposed to be the... Read More
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Music Libraries and Instruments. Papers read at the Joint Congress, Cambridge, 1959 of the International Association of Music Libraries and the Galpin Society. Foreword by C.B. Oldman
by SHERRINGTON, Unity and Guy Oldham, eds
London: Hinrichsen, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Full black cloth, titling gilt to spine. 300, v-xvi (publisher's advertisements) pp. Small bookseller's labels to lower outer corners of front endpapers. Uniform light browning; title page slightly foxed.
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Music Libraries and Instruments. Hinrichsen's Eleventh Music Book ... Papers read at the Joint Congress ... International Association of Music Libraries and the Galpin Society
by SHERRINGTON, Unity and Guy Oldham, eds
London: Hinrichsen, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Boards. 300, xvi pp. With numerous illustrations. In dustjacket.
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Music Libraries and Instruments. Papers read at the Joint Congress, Cambridge, 1959 of the International Association of Music Libraries and the Galpin Society
by SHERRINGTON, Unity and Guy Oldham, eds
London, New York: Hinrichsen, 1961. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Original publisher's full black cloth with titling gilt to spine. 300 pp. + publisher's advertisements. With 179 illustrative plates, some full-page. In dustjacket. Binding slightly stained.
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![Rosina A Comic Opera. [Piano-vocal score]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/876/435/989435876.0.l.jpg)
Rosina A Comic Opera. [Piano-vocal score]
by SHIELD, William 1748-1829
Melville, N.Y.: Belwin Mills, 1970. Oblong folio. Original publisher's printed wrappers. [i] (title), [i] (blank), 38 pp. Wrappers very slightly worn. Facsimile of an early edition.
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Autograph letter signed ("D") from the young composer to his closest friend at the time, Russian musicologist, critic, and composer Valerian Bogdanov-Berezovsky
by SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitri 1906-1975
4 pp. of a bifolium (2-1/2 pp. in purple ink, 1-1/2 pp. in pencil). Octavo. Addressed to "Eldosha" (nickname). Dated Gaspra, Crimea, 16 July 1924. In Cyrillic (with translation). A very colorful, personal, cryptic, and at times somewhat obscene, letter, from the not quite 18-year-old composer in which he writes to his best friend, telling him that he misses him very much and sending his "review of Crimea," where he was sent to the spa town of Gaspra... Read More
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Autograph letter signed ("D. Shostakovich") from the young composer to his closest friend at the time, noted Russian musicologist, critic, and composer Valerian Bogdanov-Berezovsky. With musical content
by SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitri 1906-1975
4 pp. of a bifolium. Octavo. Plus postscript on a small slip of paper ca. 98 x 80 mm laid in. In purple ink. Addressed to "Eldosha" (nickname). Dated Gaspra, Crimea, 29 July 1924. In Cyrillic (with translation). The not quite 18-year-old composer writes from the spa town of Gaspra, where he was sent to recuperate after contracting tuberculosis in 1923. After a somewhat obscene introduction, Shostakovich thanks Bogdanov-Berezovsky for inquiring about his work and states:... Read More
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Pages from the Life of Dmitri Shostakovich
by [SHOSTAKOVICH]. Sollertinsky, Dmitri & Ludmilla Sollertinsky
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Boards. 246 pp. With illustrative plates. In dustjacket.
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![Autograph musical quotation from the composer's Sixth Symphony, signed [in Cyrillic] "D Shostakovich](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/694/163/1596163694.0.l.jpg)
Autograph musical quotation from the composer's Sixth Symphony, signed [in Cyrillic] "D Shostakovich
by SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitri 1906-1975
3 measures of the theme from the first movement, marked "Moderato" at head. Notated in blue ink on letterhead of the Hotel Victoria in Rome, with their logo in blue to upper left corner. Quarto (190 x 175 mm). With an autograph inscription in Cyrillic to Joseph Nicolas ("To Zhosefu Niklasu with best wishes from D. Shostakovich") dated 17 May 1958, Rome below quotation. Slightly creased at folds. "Shostakovich's most significant work from these times... Read More
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Dmitri Shostakovich: The Man and His Work
by [SHOSTAKOVICH]. Martynov, Ivan
Westport: Greenwood, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Boards. 197 pp.
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Dmitri Shostakovich: A Complete Catalogue
by [SHOSTAKOVICH]. Macdonald, Malcolm
London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1977. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo. Wrappers. 47 pp.
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Shostakovich
by [SHOSTAKOVICH]. Kay, Norman
London: Oxford University Press, 1971. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo. Wrappers. 80 pp. With musical examples.
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Jean Sibelius. Eine Monographie mit einem Werkverzeichnis
by [SIBELIUS]. Tanzberger, Ernst
Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. 296 pp. With musical examples.
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[Op. 68, no. 2]. Zwei Rondinos für klavier zu zwei händen ... Nr. 2. Cis moll
by SIBELIUS, Jean 1865-1957
Wein: Universal Ediiton A.G. [PN U.E. 3849], 1913. Quarto (315 x 235 mm). Original publisher's light green printed wrappers with titling in dark green to upper, publisher's catalogue to verso of lower. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 3-7, [i] (blank) pp. Verso of lower wrapper dated VI [June] 1913. Wrappers slightly worn and browned; minor chipping to spine; minor markings in ink to publisher's catalogue. First Edition. Dahlström, p. 303. "[Sibelius'] work is distinguished by startlingly original... Read More
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Sibelius and Nielsen A Centenary Essay
by [SIBELIUS]. Simpson, Robert
London: BBC, 1965. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo. Wrappers. 40 pp. With musical examples.
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Carte de visite photograph of the noted English actress
by SIDDONS, Mary Frances Scott 1844-1895
No binding. Very Good. Head and shoulders portrait. New York, Gurney. Ca. 104 x 63 mm. Light staining, soiling, and foxing. "Mary Frances Scott Siddons was a member of the great acting dynasty established by Roger Kemble in the eighteenth century and the great-granddaughter of the famous actress of the Regency period, Sarah Siddons. She... made her professional debut at Nottingham as Lady Macbeth. She first appeared in London in 1867 as Rosalind in As You... Read More
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Cabinet card photograph signed in full
by SIDDONS, Mary Frances Scott 1844-1896
Waist-length portrait, seated. Facsimile signature to lower mount "Mary F. Scott-Siddons." From the studio of Sarony, New York, with studio details printed to lower margin. Undated, but ca. 1895. 166 x 108 mm; corners rounded. Slightly browned, foxed, and warped; two file holes to left margin. Born in India as the great-granddaughter of the most famous English actress of the eighteenth century, Sarah Siddons (1755-1831), Mary Frances Siddons came to England as a teenager and soon followed... Read More
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The Promenade Ticket: A Lay Record of Concert-Going
by SIDGEWICK, Arthur Hugh
London: Edward Arnold, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good. Small octavo. Boards. 183 pp.
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