Conversations-Lexikon der Tonkunst
by BEILAGE DER NEUEN MUSIKZEITUNG, ed
Köln: P. J. Tonger, 1881. Octavo. Black leather-backed textured cloth boards with typed label to upper. 286 pp. + Nachträge, Zusätze und Berichtigungen, 72 pp. Binding quite worn, rubbed, and bumped; endpapers browned and stained, ownership handstamp to lower outer corner of free front endpaper. Slightly worn; uniform light browning; occasional pencilling; archival tape repair to blank lower outer corner of title.
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Norma. Facsimile della Partitura Autografa Volume Primo [-Secondo]. [Facsimile of the autograph musical manuscript full score]
by BELLINI, Vincenzo 1801-1835
Roma: Real Accademia d'Italia, 1935. 2 volumes. Oblong folio. Original publisher's light gray boards with dark gray printed title label to upper and spine of each volume. Vol. 1 1f. (recto half-title, verso blank), 1f. (recto title printed in red and black, verso blank), 1f. (recto printed note by Ottorino Respighi regarding the opera with printed date of "23 Settembre 1935-XIII," verso note regarding facsimile reproduction), 1f. (recto facsimile reproduction of original title-page, verso blank), 147ff. (i.e.... Read More
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La straniera. Coro di Cacciatori from the opera. Autograph musical manuscript draft. Unsigned. Milan, ca. 1826-1827
by BELLINI, Vincenzo 1801-1835
Oblong folio (231 x 313 mm). 2 pp. Notated on 20-stave rastrum-ruled paper. 15 measures of music for horns, starting from the 20th measure of the "Coro di cacciatori" from Act 1, scene VIII of the opera. With "Coro di cacciatori dopo il Duetto d'Arturo ed Alaïde Atto primo La straniera" in Bellini's autograph to head of first page, and with annotation and signature to lower right corner in another hand "Caratteri del Cave. Vincenzo Bellini." ... Read More
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![Norma, Opera del Celebre Bellini, Finale Secondo [Manuscript piano-vocal score]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/074/755/1321755074.0.l.jpg)
Norma, Opera del Celebre Bellini, Finale Secondo [Manuscript piano-vocal score]
by BELLINI, Vincenzo 1801-1835
Oblong quarto (222 x 320 mm). Early stiff wrappers with large lithograph laid down to upper with titling in ink. 1r (blank), 1v-35r, 35v-36 (blank) leaves. Notated in ink on rastrum-drawn 10-stave laid paper. Watermark of a bunch of grapes. The lithograph laid down to the upper wrapper depicts a ball with couples dancing in an elegant candle-lit salon. With "Milano Litografia Ricordi" to lower right and "N 404" to upper right margin; "Per uso di Teresa Crejci"... Read More
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![Norma Tragedia lirica di Felice Romani ... Rappresentata sull' I. R. Teatro della Scala a Milano li 26 Dicembre 1831 e dall'autore dedicata al suo maestro il celebre Cavr. N. Zingarell ... Atto [1o.-] 2o. [Piano-vocal score]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/634/754/1734754634.0.l.jpg)
Norma Tragedia lirica di Felice Romani ... Rappresentata sull' I. R. Teatro della Scala a Milano li 26 Dicembre 1831 e dall'autore dedicata al suo maestro il celebre Cavr. N. Zingarell ... Atto [1o.-] 2o. [Piano-vocal score]
by BELLINI, Vincenzo 1801-1835
Napoli: B. Girard e Ci. Strada Toledo No. 211 [PNs 2121, 2120, 2097, 2190, 2102, 2100, 2196, 2091, 2092, 2194, 2195, 2119, 2128, 2193, 2122, 2099, 2103], 1847. Folio. Contemporary dark green leather-backed marbled boards with decorative octagonal dark green leather title label gilt to upper with initials "GBL," spine in decorative compartments gilt. Act 1 1f. (recto title and table, verso blank), 7, [i] (blank), 9-25, [i] (blank), [i] (blank) 27-29, [i] (blank), 31-57, [i] (blank) 59-73,... Read More
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![Il Pirata. Melodramma in due atti, composto e ridoto per il Cembalo... Prezzo 36F. [Piano-vocal score]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/393/800/927800393.0.l.jpg)
Il Pirata. Melodramma in due atti, composto e ridoto per il Cembalo... Prezzo 36F. [Piano-vocal score]
by BELLINI, Vincenzo 1801-1835
Paris: Maurice Schlesinger [PN M.S. 898], 1830. Folio. Dark-brown leather backed mid-tan boards, spine in decorative compartments gilt, titling gilt, with "Madame Ch. Saglio" to tail of spine. 1f. (fine lithographic title by Engelmann within a highly decorative border incorporating musical instruments and illustrating a scene from the opera within a circular border at head), 1f. (recto contents, cast list, musical incipits, verso blank), [1] (blank), 2-209 pp. Binding slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped; spine somewhat defective. Title... Read More
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![La Sonnambula Melodramma di Felice Romani posta in Musica e Dedicato al Sigr. Mo. F. Pollini ... Rid. con accomp. di Pianoforte ... 30._. [Piano-vocal score]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/556/665/1253665556.0.l.jpg)
La Sonnambula Melodramma di Felice Romani posta in Musica e Dedicato al Sigr. Mo. F. Pollini ... Rid. con accomp. di Pianoforte ... 30._. [Piano-vocal score]
by BELLINI, Vincenzo 1801-1835
Milano: F. Lucca [PNs 11983-11999], 1859. Oblong folio. Full burgundy cloth with decorative blindstamping and floral gilt device to upper, titling gilt to spine. 1f. (recto title in decorative borders by Sperati, verso blank), 1f. (recto named cast list, verso table of contents), 5-211 pp. Each number with separate caption title, some with separate pagination. Engraved. Named cast list from the premiere includes Giuditta Pasta, Giovanni Battista Rubini, Luciano Mariani, and Elisa Taccani. From the collection of... Read More
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Autograph letter signed "Bellini" to Count Rodolphe Apponyi
by BELLINI, Vincenzo 1801-1835
2 pp. of a bifolium. Octavo. Dated Monday morning. Postmarked [?]January 12, 1835. With "Weynen Superfin" blindstamped to upper portions of leaves. Integral address panel with the recipient's name and the address of the Austrian Embassy in Paris to final page. With fully intact red wax seal. In Italian and French (with translation). Bellini tries to secure the Count a place at the première of his latest opera and invites the Count's wife to one of its... Read More
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![I Capuleti ed i Montecchi Melodramma romantico in quattro parti di Felice Romani Posto in Musica e dedicato à suoi concittadini Catanesi... Lo spartito intero per canto L_15.00. [Piano-vocal score]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/075/815/970815075.0.l.jpg)
I Capuleti ed i Montecchi Melodramma romantico in quattro parti di Felice Romani Posto in Musica e dedicato à suoi concittadini Catanesi... Lo spartito intero per canto L_15.00. [Piano-vocal score]
by BELLINI, Vincenzo 1801-1835
Napoli: Teodoro Cottrau [PN 1646-4435], 1865. Oblong folio. Full modern dark red textured paper, titling gilt to spine. 1f. (title), 3-140 pp. Engraved. Numbers in the original keys. Contemporary annotation in black ink dated August 11, 1874 to upper margin of title. Slightly worn, soiled, and foxed; annotation trimmed. Rare. Worldcat (1 copy only, at Tulane). I Capuleti e i Montecchi, to a libretto by Felice Romani, was first performed at the Teatro La Fenice... Read More
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Autograph letter signed "J. Belval" to unidentified correspondent
by BELVAL, Jules-Bernard 1819-1876
3 pp. of a bifolium. 12mo. Dated Neuilly, Sunday, March 3 [?1867]. In black ink on personal stationery with embossed monogram printed in green at head. In French (with translation). An interesting letter in which Belval mentions no fewer than three important composers (Hector Berlioz, Félicien David, and Giuseppe Verdi), three singers associated with the Paris Opéra (Louis-Henri Obin, Armand Castelmary, and Pauline Guéymard-Lauters), and the premiere of a new Verdi opera. Because Belval had the flu, he... Read More
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Two autograph letters signed "J Belval" concerning a lawsuit at the Paris Opéra
by BELVAL, Jules-Bernard 1819-1876
Letter 1: 2 pp. of a bifolium. Octavo. Dated Dole-du-Jura, June 15, 1870. In black ink. In French (with translation). Belval writes that he has taken advantage of his one-month leave to visit his maternal home. Although he will probably not return to Paris before the end of June, he gratefully accepts his correspondent's intercession on his behalf (via a brother who is close to the Minister). As soon as Belval returns to Paris, he will visit... Read More
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Autograph letter signed "J. Belval" to an unidentified correspondent
by BELVAL, Jules-Bernard 1819-1876
1 page of a bifolium. Octavo. Dated Neuilly, August 22, 1866. In black ink on personal stationery with embossed monogram printed in green at head. In French (with translation). Belval will go along with whatever decisions his correspondent and a certain Mr. Chaix d'Est-Ange make concerning a matter with Émile Perrin, director of the Paris Opera. "... Those are mutual procedures that I appreciate perfectly and to which, for my part, I would not want to cause... Read More
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![Le Baiser de Suzon Opéra-Comique en Un Acte de M. Pierre Barbier ... Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique (Direction L. Paravey)... Prix: 8 F. net. [Piano-vocal score]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/740/829/1123829740.0.l.jpg)
Le Baiser de Suzon Opéra-Comique en Un Acte de M. Pierre Barbier ... Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique (Direction L. Paravey)... Prix: 8 F. net. [Piano-vocal score]
by BEMBERG, Herman 1859-1931
Paris: G. Hartmann & Cie. [G.H. & Cie. 1931], 1888. Large octavo. Original publisher's decorative dark ivory wrappers printed in sepia. 1f. (title), 1f. (dedication), 1f. (notes on first performance, named cast list, and contents), 76 pp. Named cast includes Auguez, Pierron, Bernaert, Galand, and Barnolt. Wrappers slightly soiled; titling in black ink to spine with small areas of paper loss. Occasional minor foxing; some leaves partially detached; former owner's signature to second leaf. First Edition.... Read More
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Leçons de Clavecin, et Principes d'Harmonie
by BEMETZRIEDER, Anton 1743 or 1748-ca. 1817
Paris: Bluet ... Avec Approbation, & Privilege du Roi, 1771. Quarto. Modern quarter mid-tan tree calf with marbled boards, spine in gilt-ruled compartments with titling gilt, ribbon marker, patterned endpapers. 1f. (recto half-title, verso blank), 1f. (recto title with publisher's decorative device, verso blank), v-viii ("L'Editeur"), 362 pp. + 1f. (recto "Approbation" and "Privilege," verso blank). With exceptionally attractive decorative woodcut tailpieces, some signed "Huault" or "H", and numerous typeset musical examples throughout. Uniform light browning. Le... Read More
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![[Op. 8]. [Sextett für Pianoforte zwei Violinen, Viola, Violoncell u. Contrabass (oder zwei Violoncelles) componirt und Herrn Carl Coventry (in London) zugeeignet... Op. 8. Pr. 31/2 Thlr.]. [Parts]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/486/614/768614486.0.l.jpg)
[Op. 8]. [Sextett für Pianoforte zwei Violinen, Viola, Violoncell u. Contrabass (oder zwei Violoncelles) componirt und Herrn Carl Coventry (in London) zugeeignet... Op. 8. Pr. 31/2 Thlr.]. [Parts]
by BENNETT, William Sterndale 1816-1875
Leipzig: Fr. Kistner... London: Coventry & Hollier, 1846. Folio. Unbound. Laid into handmade leather-backed portfolio with original title laid down to upper. Piano: 3-35 pp.; Violin I: 8 pp.; Violin II: 8 pp.; Alto: 8 pp.; Violoncello I: 8 pp.; Violoncello II: 8 pp.; Contrabass: 8 pp. Engraved. Moderately browned; some staining; lacking title leaf; final leaf torn at inner margin and laid down to rear board of portfolio; each part with previous owner's signature "Chr. Dauer... Read More
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![Die Mai-Königin. Pastorale. Text von Henry F. Chorley. Uebersetzung von Sophie Klingemann ... Op. 39. Partitur. Pr. 8 Thlr. 10 Ngr. Clavier-Auszug. Pr. 4 Thlr. Chorstimmen (a 10 Ngr.) Pr. 1Thlr. 10 Ngr. Solostimmen Pr. 22/12 Ngr. Orchesterstimmen Pr. 8 thlr. 5 Ngr. Ouverture zu 2 Händen Pr. 15 Ngr. Ouverture zu 4 Händen Pr. 25 Ngr. [Full score]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/164/375/1686375164.0.l.jpg)
Die Mai-Königin. Pastorale. Text von Henry F. Chorley. Uebersetzung von Sophie Klingemann ... Op. 39. Partitur. Pr. 8 Thlr. 10 Ngr. Clavier-Auszug. Pr. 4 Thlr. Chorstimmen (a 10 Ngr.) Pr. 1Thlr. 10 Ngr. Solostimmen Pr. 22/12 Ngr. Orchesterstimmen Pr. 8 thlr. 5 Ngr. Ouverture zu 2 Händen Pr. 15 Ngr. Ouverture zu 4 Händen Pr. 25 Ngr. [Full score]
by BENNETT, William Sterndale 1816-1875
Leipzig; London: Fr. Kistner; Leader & Cock [PN 2500], 1861. Folio. Sepia cloth-backed original publisher's printed wrappers. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (libretto), 197, [i] (blank) pp. Text in German and English. With Novello, Ewer & Co. handstamp to foot of upper wrapper. Wrappers worn and soiled; small edges chips and tears with minor loss; cloth frayed at head and tail. Slightly worn; corners creased; occasional foxing, a bit heavier to several leaves. First... Read More
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Autograph musical quotation from Wozzeck. Signed in full
by BERG, Alban 1885-1935
Two measures (numbers 112-113) in bass clef from Act II of the composer's opera Wozzeck, with text sung by Wozzeck ("Nichts als Arbeit unter der Sonne") from near the beginning of Act II, scene 1. Dated "30.3.30" (30 March 1930) and identified ("Wozzeck II/1") in Berg's hand. Notated in brown ink on a single stave. With inscription signed in full by Austrian operatic baritone Hans Duhan (1890-1971) dated Wien, März 1931 to verso. On an album leaf 155 x... Read More
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![[Op. 5]. Vier Stücke für Klarinette und Klavier [Score]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/466/271/1340271466.0.l.jpg)
[Op. 5]. Vier Stücke für Klarinette und Klavier [Score]
by BERG, Alban 1885-1935
Wien: Universal-Edition [PN U.E. 7485], 1924. Folio. Full green cloth, titling gilt to spine. [1] (title), 2-10 pp., 1f. (printed dedication to Schoenberg) Binding slightly rubbed. Second Edition. Redlich XI. First published by Haslinger in 1920.
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![[Op. 1]. Sonate für Klavier](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/972/882/818882972.0.l.jpg)
[Op. 1]. Sonate für Klavier
by BERG, Alban 1885-1935
Berlin: (Rob. und Wilh. Lienau) Carl Haslinger Qdm Tobias Wien "In die Universal Edition aufgenommen" [PN S. 9539], 1951. Folio. In original decorative wrappers. 1f. (title), 3-11, [i] (blank) pp. Printed note to foot of title: " 'In die Universal Edition aufgenommen.' U.E. No. 8812, " to lower right corner of p. 11, "Waldheim-Eberle, Wien VII," and to verso of lower wrapper: "Printed in Austria VIII/51." Handstamp to lower left corner of p. 3: "Copyright 1926 by Schlesinger'sche Buch-... Read More
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![Violinkonzert [Piano reduction]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/002/883/818883002.0.l.jpg)
Violinkonzert [Piano reduction]
by BERG, Alban 1885-1935
Wien: Universal-Edition [PN U.E. 10903], 1938. Small folio. Original publisher's light green wrappers printed in dark green. 55 pp. + Violin: 15 pp. Publisher's catalogue "Werke von Alban Berg" dated "XI. 1938" to verso of lower wrapper. Wrappers partially detached. Slightly worn; upper outer corner dampstained throughout; occasional creases and small tears. First Edition, first issue of this arrangement. According to Universal Edition, there was no earlier issue. Only the full score was published in 1936. ... Read More
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Lulu [Piano-vocal score]
by BERG, Alban 1885-1935
Wien: Universal-Edition [PN U.E. 10745], 1936. Folio. Original publisher's wrappers printed in green. 317 pp. Wrappers somewhat worn and browned; small tear to upper left corner. Edges slightly browned. First Edition, [?]later issue. Redlich XIX. A full score was not published until 1964. An unfinished opera (2 acts of 3) to a libretto by Berg after Wedekind's Erdgeist (1895) and Die Büchse der Pandora (1904). The incomplete version premiered in Zürich on 2... Read More
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![Violinkonzert [Piano-violin reduction]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/443/271/1340271443.0.l.jpg)
Violinkonzert [Piano-violin reduction]
by BERG, Alban 1885-1935
Wien: Universal-Edition [PN U.E. 10903], 1938. Small folio. 2ff. (title, contents, instrumentation, dedication: "Dem Andenken eines Engels"), 5-55, [1] (blank) pp. Additional dedication printed to head of title: "Für Louis Krasner" Binding slightly rubbed and bumped. Dampstaining to upper margin throughout, occasionally touching music. Lacking the separately-printed violin part. First Edition of this arrangement. Redlich XX. The full score was published in 1936. The present arrangement (not credited in the edition) is by the Austrian... Read More
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![Der Wein [Piano-vocal score]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/434/271/1340271434.0.l.jpg)
Der Wein [Piano-vocal score]
by BERG, Alban 1885-1935
Wien: Universal-Edition [PN U.E. 9957], 1930. Small folio. Full green cloth, titling gilt to spine. 2ff. (title, texts, instrumentation), 5-47, [1] (blank) pp. Parallel title and text in German and French. With printed dedication to Ruzena Herlinger, the first intepreter, to head of title. Binding slightly rubbed. Minor browning. First Edition. Redlich XVII. "Der Wein was the stylistic forerunner of Lulu, as, in a more modest way, the second Storm song had been the... Read More
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Sources for 20th Century Music History: Alban Berg and the Second Viennese School, Musicians in American exile, Bavarica; Acquisitions from the Collection of Hans Moldenhauer - Quellen zur Musikgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts: Alban Berg und die Zweite Wiener Schule, Musiker im amerikanischen Exil, Bavarica: Erwerbungen aus der Sammlung Hans Moldenhauer (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek-- Houghton Library): Stücke vorwiegend aus dem Nachlass Rudolf Kolisch (Houghton Library): gemeinsame Ausstellung, München, 21. Juli-9. September 1988: Cambridge, Oktober 1988
by [BERG]. Hell, Hellmut, Sigrid von Moisy, and Barbara Wolff, eds
München; Cambridge: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek; Houghton Library, Harvard University, 1988. Paperback. Quarto. Wrappers. 138 pp. In English and German. Catalog of a joint exhibition of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek and the Houghton Library issued by the Bavaria-Harvard Committee for 20th Century Music History.
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Attractive original photograph of the Swedish bass-baritone
by BERGLUND, Joel 1903-1985
Bust-length portrait by the noted Swedish photographer Benkow, Stockholm. Ca. 239 x 179 mm. With photographer's signature in white ink to lower left corner of recto and handstamped to verso. Minor abrasion and annotations to verso. Berglund "made his début at the Stockholm Royal Opera in 1929 as Monterone (Rigoletto) and continued to sing there for the next 30 years. In 1942 he sang the Dutchman at Bayreuth and in 1946 he made his Metropolitan début as Hans... Read More
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