Missa Latina: Kyrie. Autograph musical manuscript score signed in full. Ca. 2006
by SIERRA, Roberto b. 1953
Small folio (302 x 220 mm.). 1 page. Notated in pencil on 12-stave music paper "Archives 12S-12 Stave." 4 measures of the beginning of the Kyrie. Scored for mixed chorus, vibraphone, xylophone, bongos, tam-tam, and two pianos. With autograph signature to lower right margin. The Missa Latina, composed in 2006, was commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra. The work is scored for soprano and baritone soloists, SATB chorus, and orchestra. The present excerpt appears to be part of a... Read More
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Die Musik in Hannover: Die musikalischen Strömungen in Niedersachsen vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Musikgeschichte der Landeshauptstadt Hannover
by SIEVERS, Heinrich
Hannover: Sponholtz, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good. Large octavo. Full green cloth with titling gilt to upper and spine. 168 pp. With illustrations in text and illustrative plates, some in color; DGG 45 rpm of Venturini's Sonata in E minor in rear pocket. Former owner's name in ink to upper outer corner of free front endpaper. In dustjacket.
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![San Marino ... A Comic Opera in Two Acts. Book and Lyrics by Stanley Guise. [Piano-vocal score]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/832/435/989435832.0.l.jpg)
San Marino ... A Comic Opera in Two Acts. Book and Lyrics by Stanley Guise. [Piano-vocal score]
by SILVER, Alfred J.
London: J. Curwen [PN 3695], 1932. Quarto. Original publisher's brown cloth-backed light brown decorative boards. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (recto synopsis, verso cast list), v (musical numbers), 152 pp. Binding somewhat worn; previous owner's name to upper board. Slightly worn. First Edition.
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Portrait postcard photograph of the Italian mezzo-soprano, with autograph signature
by SIMIONATO, Giulietta 1910-2010
Bust-length. From the studio of Fayer in Vienna.1 38 x 87 mm. Signed in full and dated 1964 in blue ink. Verso addressed to Peter Kovács in Budapest. Slightly worn and creased. Simionato spent most of her career at La Scala, performing the great bel canto roles from the French and Italian repertory. As a touring artist, she appeared regularly at Covent Garden, the New York Metropolitan, and the Chicago Lyric. "Simionato's agile mezzo was... Read More
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![Lady Tatters. Romantic Light Opera in Three Acts. Book by Herbert Leonard Lyrics by Roland Carse. [Piano-vocal score]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/042/436/989436042.0.l.jpg)
Lady Tatters. Romantic Light Opera in Three Acts. Book by Herbert Leonard Lyrics by Roland Carse. [Piano-vocal score]
by SLAUGHTER, Walter 1860-1908
London: Francis, Day & Hunter [PN 9997], 1907. Quarto. Original publisher's illustrated wrappers. [i] (title), [ii] (blank), [iii] (cast list), [iv] (contents), 182, [i] (publisher's advertisement) pp. Small composer's facsimile signature handstamp to title. Wrappers worn and somewhat soiled; partially detached; tape reinforcements to edges of upper and spine. Slightly worn and foxed; discoloration from old tape to inner margin of title; final leaf attached to lower wrapper. First Edition.
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A Gift of Madrigals and Motets
by SLIM, H. Colin
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1972. 2 volumes. Folio. Hardcover. I: Description and Analysis), 306 pp; II: Transcriptions, 451 pp. In worn dustjackets.
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Musica Nova Accommodata per Cantar et Sonar sopra Organi; et Altri Strumenti, Composta per Diversi Ecellentissimi Musici
by SLIM, H. Colin, ed
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio. xl, 129 pp.
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Retuning Culture Musical Changes in Central and Eastern Europe
by SLOBIN, Mark, ed
Durham: Duke University Press, 1996. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo. Wrappers. 310 pp. Contributors include Michael Beckerman, Donna Buchanan, Anna Czekanowska, Judit Frigyesi, Barbara Rose Lange, Mirjana Lausevic, Theodore Levin, Margarita Mazo, Steluta Popa, Ljerka Vidic Rasmussen, Timothy Rice, Carol Silverman, and Catherine Wanner.
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Fine head-and-shoulders portrait of the noted American conductor. Signed in full
by SMALLENS, Alexander 1888-1972
8" x 10", dated "Aug. 3, 1938, Philadelphia, Pa." With minor annotations in pencil and ink and handstamp of "The New York Times Studio" to verso, along with another handstamp of "Henry Y. Porter" to upper right corner. Smallens, a noted Russian-born American conductor, "studied at the New York Institute of Musical Art and, from 1909, at the Paris Conservatoire, returning to the USA as assistant conductor of the Boston Opera, 1911-14. After two years as conductor... Read More
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Prodaná nevěsta. Komická zpěvohra ve 3 jednáních. Slova od K. Sabiny. [The Bartered Bride]. [Facsimile of the autograph manuscript piano-vocal score]
by SMETANA, Bedřich 1824-1884
Prague: Ceská grafická unie, 1923. Hardcover. Good. Oblong folio. Original quarter black textured cloth with marbled boards, oval title label to upper, decorative endpapers. 1f. (recto blank, verso cast list), 1f. (recto title, verso blank), [i] (blank staves), 71, 51, [iii] (blank staves), 86, [i] (blank staves), [ii] (afterword by Josef Bohuslav Foerster dated Prague, November 1922), 1f. (recto colophon, verso blank). Binding slightly worn, rubbed, bumped, and shaken. Browned; some signatures loose. A comic opera... Read More
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![Hubička. Der Kuss. Prostonáro dní opera Volksoper. [Piano-vocal score]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/602/616/1684616602.0.l.jpg)
Hubička. Der Kuss. Prostonáro dní opera Volksoper. [Piano-vocal score]
by SMETANA, Bedřich 1824-1884
Praze - Prag: Fr. A. Urbánek [PN 24], 1880. Folio. Full black cloth with small contemporary label to upper titled in manuscript, original illustrated title lithographed by Engelmann & Mühlberg in Lipsku [Leipzig] bound in. 1f. (recto title, verso cast list), 3-181, [i] (blank) pp. Text in Czech and German. The attractive full-page title, printed on an olive green ground, depicts a scene from the opera. Slightly worn; light uniform browning; minor creasing to corners; blank... Read More
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The Acoustic World of Early Modern England: Attending to the O-Factor
by SMITH, Bruce R.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1999. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo. Wrappers. 400 pp. With illustrations.
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Six Suits of Lessons for the Harpsichord Compos'd by Mr. Smith Author of the Opera call'd The Fairies. Opera Terza
by SMITH, John Christopher 1712-1795
London: Printed for I. Walsh in Catharine Street in the Strand, 1755. Oblong folio. Modern half dark brown calf with marbled boards, spine in decorative compartments gilt, dark red title label gilt. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 41, [i] (blank) pp. With figured bass in contemporary manuscript ink to pp. 10-11 (the Allegro of Lesson II); occasional pencil markings. Binding slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped. Moderately browned; some signs of wear; occasional foxing and staining; title... Read More
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A Collection of Songs of various kinds, and for Different Voices ... Price 10/6
by SMITH, John Stafford 1750-1836
London: Printed for and sold by J. Preston, at his Music Warehouse No. 97, Strand, 1785. Oblong folio. Disbound. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (recto dedication with coat of arts incorporating a shield, three unicorns, and Latin motto "Pro Rege et Populo," verso blank), [i] (blank), 40 pp. Engraved throughout. With secondary pagination in contemporary manuscript to head of pages. Slightly browned, soiled, and foxed. BUC p. 959. RISM S3687and SS3687. The songs are... Read More
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Six Suits of Lessons for the Harpsichord Compos'd by Mr. Smith Author of the Opera call'd The Fairies. Opera Terza
by SMITH, John Christopher 1712-1795
London: Printed for I. Walsh in Catharine Street in the Strand, 1755. Oblong folio. Disbound. Contemporary half mid-tan calf with marbled boards, title in contemporary brown ink to upper. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 41, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved throughout. With "Anna Sophia Egerton" in contemporary manuscript to front pastedown. Binding worn, rubbed, and bumped; upper detached. Title detached; occasional minor soiling to margins and scattered foxing and stains. First Edition, first issue. Smith & Humphries... Read More
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Suites de Pieces Pour le Clavecin. ... Premier Volume
by SMITH, John Christopher 1712-1795
London: Printed for & Sold by the Author In Meard's Court near St. Ann's Church Old Soho. And by Thos. Cobb at the Engraving and Printing Office in Bow Church Yard, 1732. Oblong folio. Modern half light tan leather with marbled boards, dark tan leather title label to spine gilt. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (recto dedication to Lady Walpole, verso blank), 2ff. (subscribers list, printed on rectos only), 59, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved throughout. Subscribers include... Read More
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Concerted Sacred Music of the Bologna School
by SMITH, Peter, ed
Madison, Wis: A-R Editions, 1987. Softcover. Fine. Folio. 82 pp. Recent Researches in the Music of the Baroque 57.
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![Autograph letter signed "B[enjamin] P Howell" to Mrs. Anna Howell, Fancy Hill [Berks County, Pennsylvania]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/114/702/809702114.0.l.jpg)
Autograph letter signed "B[enjamin] P Howell" to Mrs. Anna Howell, Fancy Hill [Berks County, Pennsylvania]
by [DANCE - 19th Century - Social]
2 pp. of a bifolium. Quarto, ca. 198 x 161 mm. Dated Philadelphia, January 28, 1824. In black ink. With integral address panel with remnants of original seal. On wove paper. With minor autograph corrections. A charming piece of American social history, evidently written by a schoolboy to his mother pleading for permission to take dancing lessons: "for it is very unpleasant for[!] to see people all knowing how to dance." Cousin Abbey had come to town... Read More
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La Polka. Colour lithograph by Sorrien after Anais Colin
by [DANCE - Social]
Paris: Goupil et Vibert, 1844. Image size 247 x 190, sheet size 353 x 267 mm. Printed on China paper laid down to publisher's card mount with publisher's small oval embosssed handstamp to lower left corner. A charming depiction of a couple dancing the polka.
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The Happy Home Quadrille by C.H.R. Marriott ... Pr 4/-
by [DANCE - Social]
London: Ashdown & Parry, 1860. Folio, 348 x 247 mm. Coloured lithograph by Concanen depicting fashionably dressed children dancing within an arched border framed by holly leaves and berries at lower corners; a group at right background admires a Christmas tree. Slightly worn, browned, and stained; slightly trimmed, affecting one word of titling at upper margin; left margin of verso reinforced with light tape. Small circular embossed publisher's stamp to upper left corner. Cover only.
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A Cotillon." Original pen-and-ink drawing signed E. Hortley. Most probably English. Undated, but ca. 1900-1910
by [DANCE - Social]
Sheet size 290 x 375 mm. Executed in black ink with white highlights with an ornamental border to upper margin and titling within a tambourine motif to lower. Small circular embossed stamp of "Goodall's Bristol" (English paper manufacturer) to lower left corner. A humorous drawing set in a dance hall depicting a fashionably-dressed seated woman with five young men lined up on their knees before her, nervously awaiting ther turn to ask the beauty to dance; an older... Read More
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The Bohemian Polka, composed & respectfully dedicated to Viscount Bury by Herrman Koenig.. Pr. 3/-
by [DANCE - Social]
London: Jullien, 1845. Folio, 337 x 250 mm. Attractive colour lithograph by J. Brandard printed by M. & N. Hanhart depicting a couple in Bohemian dress dancing the polka within Jullien's characteristic decorative border gilt. 1f. (recto illustrated title, verso blank), [1] (full textual instructions for dancing the polka together with publisher's advertisements), 2-7, [i] (blank) pp. With composer's facsimile signature handstamp to lower right margin. Disbound, with small stab holes to inner margins. Light uniform... Read More
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Papers Read by Members of the American Musicological Society at the Annual Meeting Held in Pittsburgh, PA., Dec. 29 and 30, 1937
by [AMERICAN MUSICOLOGICAL SOCIETY]
Oberlin: American Musicological Society, 1940. Paperback. Very Good. Octavo. Wrappers. 132 pp. Slightly worn.
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Le Origini del Melodramma: Testimonianze dei Contemporanei
by SOLERTI, Angelo
Bologna: Forni, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Boards. 262 pp. Facsimile reprint of the edition of 1903.
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![Répertoire des Morceaux d'Ensemble éxécutés par la Société Concerts du Conservatoire, arrangées très soigneusement pour Piano seul. [Operatic overtures arranged for piano solo]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/461/893/1746893461.0.l.jpg)
Répertoire des Morceaux d'Ensemble éxécutés par la Société Concerts du Conservatoire, arrangées très soigneusement pour Piano seul. [Operatic overtures arranged for piano solo]
by [OPERA OVERTURES - Piano Solo]
Paris: Schonenberger ... Boulevart Poissonière, 28, 1850. Large octavo. Black pebbled leather-backed brown textured cloth boards. Contains works by Beethoven, Cherubini, Gluck, Haydn, Mehul, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Ries, and Weber, as follows: - Weber. 3E. Livraison. Ouverture d'Euriante de Weber. Prix net 65 centimes. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 12 pp. - Cherubini. 5E. Livraison. Ouverture de Lodoïska ... 80 centimes. [i] (title), 2-15, [i] (blank) pp. - Gluck. 7E. Livraison. Ouverture d'Iphigénie ... 65... Read More
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