Etching of a 17th century couple dancing with a group of musicians performing in the right foreground, a small group of people dancing in the round in the middleground, a church and other buildings in the background. Ca. 1800, after Callot
by CALLOT, Jacques ca. 1592-1635
85 x 109 mm. + wide margins. On unwatermarked wove paper. Moderate foxing to margins, slightly affecting image. An important figure in the development of the old master print, Callot executed more than 1,400 etchings chronicling early 17th century life featuring an array of characters including soldiers, clowns, drunkards, Gypsies, and beggars as well as subjects depicting court life.
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Portrait engraving by Melchior Haffner
by CALVISIUS, Sethus 1556-1615
Extracted from a contemporary publication; trimmed; small edge tears. MGG Vol. 2, cols. 675/676 (a similar image). Calvisius, a German music theorist, composer, teacher, chronologist and astronomer, "was one of the most influential German theorists of his time and prominent in the musical and intellectual life of Leipzig... He had a wide circle of scholarly friends, including the astronomer Johannes Kepler, Michael Praetorius and the music theorists Abraham Bartolus, Henricus Baryphonus, Nikolaus Gengenbach and Johannes Lippius." Adam... Read More
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Fine half-length portrait engraving in formal dress holding a copy of his "Chronologia." Dated 1616
by CALVISIUS, Sethus 1556-1615
240 x 167 mm. Uniformly browned; partially lined; a few small abrasions; trimmed to within platemark. Calvisius, a German music theorist, composer, teacher, chronologist and astronomer, "was one of the most influential German theorists of his time and prominent in the musical and intellectual life of Leipzig ... He had a wide circle of scholarly friends, including the astronomer Johannes Kepler, Michael Praetorius and the music theorists Abraham Bartolus, Henricus Baryphonus, Nikolaus Gengenbach and Johannes Lippius." Adam... Read More
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Portrait engraving by Melchior Haffner, bust-length
by CALVISIUS, Sethus 1556-1615
1600. Extracted from a contemporary publication. Narrow strip of mounting tape to upper margin of verso. A strong impression, in near-fine condition. MGG Vol. 2, cols. 675/676 (a similar image). Calvisius, a German music theorist, composer, teacher, chronologist and astronomer, "was one of the most influential German theorists of his time and prominent in the musical and intellectual life of Leipzig ... He had a wide circle of scholarly friends, including the astronomer Johannes Kepler,... Read More
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![Autograph letter signed in full to [?Ippolito] Canedi](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/882/412/854412882.0.l.1.jpg)
Autograph letter signed in full to [?Ippolito] Canedi
by CAMPANINI, Italo 1845-1896
4 pp. of a bifolium. Ca. 114 x 180 mm. Dated London, July 22, 1875. In black ink on mourning stationery. In Italian (with translation). Campanini complains about a potential engagement in St. Petersburg, which he may not be able to accept because his contact, [Gaetano?] Ferri, may not be in charge of the theatre, and because he may not receive adequate pay and recognition. He then lambasts two prominent singers, Ernest Nicolini (1834-1898) and Victor Capoul (1839-1924),... Read More
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Head and shoulders photograph of the noted English actress and playwright signed in full and inscribed
by CAMPBELL, Judy 1916-2004
No binding. Very Good. For Vivian & George my dearest wishes Judy Campbell" written in ink to lower border. Ca. 198 x 131 mm. Trimmed, not affecting inscription or signature. Together with 2 small original full-length photographs of Campbell in her older years standing in front of the entrance of a home. With deckled edges. Ca. 63 x 89 mm. Some minor cracking, soiling, and wear.
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Traité d'Accompagnement et de Composition selon la regle des octaves de music Addition au Traité d'Accompagnement par la regle d'octave. [Facsimile]
by CAMPION, Francois ca. 1686-1748
Genève: Minkoff Reprint, 1976. Paperback. Very Good. Octavo. Original publisher's ivory wrappers with titling in dark blue. 55, [i] (privilege), viii ("Lettre du Sieur Campion") pp. With musical examples. A facsimile of the edition published in Paris, 1716.
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![Hesione Tragedie Mise En Musique ... Representée par l'Academie Royalle de Musique Le Vingt-uniéme jour de Decembre 1700. [Short score]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/865/869/1604869865.0.l.jpg)
Hesione Tragedie Mise En Musique ... Representée par l'Academie Royalle de Musique Le Vingt-uniéme jour de Decembre 1700. [Short score]
by CAMPRA, Andre 1660-1744
Paris: Chez Christophe Ballard, seul Imprimeur du Roy pour la Musique, ruë S. Jean de Beauvais, au Mont-Parnasse ... Avec Privilege de Sa Majesté, 1700. Large oblong octavo. Contemporary full dark brown calf with raised bands on spine in decorative compartments gilt, title label gilt to spine. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (recto "Airs a chanter," verso "Memoire des Oeuvres de Monsieur Campra"), [iii] ("Tables"), [i] ("Symphonies"), lviii, 259, [i] (privilege) pp. With royal woodcut device... Read More
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![Arethuse ou La Vengeance de l'Amour, Ballet Mis en Musique ... Representé pour la première fois par l'Academie Royale de Musique Le quatorziéme jour de Juillet 1701. [Vocal score]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/764/049/1686049764.0.l.jpg)
Arethuse ou La Vengeance de l'Amour, Ballet Mis en Musique ... Representé pour la première fois par l'Academie Royale de Musique Le quatorziéme jour de Juillet 1701. [Vocal score]
by CAMPRA, André 1660-1774
Paris: Chez Christophe Ballard, seul Imprimeur du Roy pour la Musique, ruë S Jean de Beauvais, au Mont-Parnasse ... Avec Privilege de Sa Majesté, 1701. Oblong quarto. Full contemporary dark brown mottled calf with spine in decorative compartments gilt, dark red leather title label gilt, decorative gilt tooling to edges, marbled edges and endpapers. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. ("Table"), [iii] ("Airs a jouer"), [i] ("Memoire des Oeuvres de Monsieur Campra"), i-lvi (prologue), 231, [i] ("Extrait du Privilege")... Read More
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![L'Europe Galante, Ballet en Musique. Troisième Edition Revûë & Corrigée. [Short score]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/661/049/1686049661.0.l.jpg)
L'Europe Galante, Ballet en Musique. Troisième Edition Revûë & Corrigée. [Short score]
by CAMPRA, Andre 1660-1744
Paris: Chez Christophe Ballard, seul Imprimeur du Roy pour la Musique, ruë Saint Jean de Beauvais, au Mont-Parnasse ... Avec Privilege de Sa Majesté, 1699. Oblong quarto. Full contemporary dark brown mottled calf with spine in decorative compartments gilt with titling gilt, edges decoratively tooled, marbled endpapers. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 3-279, [i] ("Table Des Airs qui peuvent se détacher"] pp. With decorative woodcut headpieces. With small embossed armorial stamp to free front endpaper. With "huit... Read More
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![Tancrede Tragédie-ballet en cinq actes d'Antoine Danchet ... Représentée pour la première fois par l'Académie Royale de Musique, le 7 Novembre 1702 Transcription et réalisation par Roger Blanchard Partition piano et chant. [Piano-vocal score]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/141/385/1126385141.0.l.jpg)
Tancrede Tragédie-ballet en cinq actes d'Antoine Danchet ... Représentée pour la première fois par l'Académie Royale de Musique, le 7 Novembre 1702 Transcription et réalisation par Roger Blanchard Partition piano et chant. [Piano-vocal score]
by CAMPRA, André 1660-1744
Paris: Societe des Editions Jobert [J.J. 875], 1973. Tall folio. Original publisher's light ivory wrappers with titling within decorative border. [i] (title), [ii] (preface by Roger Blanchard), [i] (cast list and orchestration), 1f. (recto contents and copyright statement, verso illustration of costume of Jean Bérain), 236 pp. Wrappers slightly worn and soiled; small portion of lower spine lacking. "2 clarinettes" crossed out in orchestration notes.
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![Tancrede, Tragedie ... Représentée pour la premiere fois par l'Academie Royale de Musique le septiéme jour de Novembre 1702. [Short score]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/862/870/1604870862.0.l.jpg)
Tancrede, Tragedie ... Représentée pour la premiere fois par l'Academie Royale de Musique le septiéme jour de Novembre 1702. [Short score]
by CAMPRA, Andre 1660-1744
Paris: Chez Christophe Ballard, seul lmprimeur du Roy pour la Musique, ruë Saint Jean de Beauvais, au Mont-Parnasse ... Avec Privilege de Sa Majesté, 1702. Large oblong octavo. Contemporary dark brown mottled calf with raised bands on spine in decorative compartments gilt. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), [iii] ("Table"), [i] ("Airs a jouer"), [i] ("Airs a chanter"), [i] ("Memoire des oeuvres de Monsieur Campra"), [i] (blank), [i] (a second, more extensive "Memoire des oeuvres de Monsieur Campra"), xlix (prologue),... Read More
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Three autograph letters signed "V Capoul," most probably to composer Georges Rupé
by CAPOUL, Victor 1839-1924
- 1 page of a bifolium. Octavo. N.d. In black ink. In French. Creased at folds; light wear; minor foxing, especially to the second folio. - 1 page of a bifolium. Octavo. N.d. In black ink. In French. Creased at folds; light soiling and wear; ink occasionally smeared, but legible; small stain to upper portion of first folio; minor foxing to second folio. - 1 page. Octavo. N.d. In black ink. On stationery with a red... Read More
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Stone engraving by Théodore Maurisset (fl. 1834-1859) after Jean-Pierre Dantan (1800-1869)
by CARAFA, Michele 1787-1872
[Paris]: n.p., 1839. 109 x 41 mm. plus wide margins. An interesting and unusual image after Dantan's bronze bust. Carafa's head, in profile, is depicted as the stopper in a bottle of cologne, decorated with a plaque on a chain, within which are the word "eau," a musical note (g), the letter "i" and a circular object (a globe?), forming a rebus which, decoded, reads "Eau Solitaire," an allusion to Carafa's opera Le solitaire of 1822. Very... Read More
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The Midsummer Wish. Set by Mr. Carey. Plate 20 from George Bickham's The Musical Entertainer
by CAREY, Henry 1687-1743
London, 1740. Unbound. Very Good. 1 leaf, with a large elaborate vignette to head and two smaller engravings to the foot illustrating the song with music and text between set for voice and figured bass with a separate part for flute. Signed in the plate by the engraver, Bickham. Ca. 326 x 200 mm. (12.75" x 7.85") [plate mark]; ca. 392 x 247 mm. (15.45" x 9.75") [sheet size]. Slightly worn; minor browning to edges; minor soiling... Read More
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The Generous Repulse. The Words by A. Hill Esqr. Set by Mr. Carey. Plate 90 from George Bickham's The Musical Entertainer
by CAREY, Henry 1687-1743
London, 1740. Unbound. Very Good. 1 leaf, with a large elaborate vignette to head illustrating the song with music and text below set for voice and figured bass with a separate part for flute. The words by A. Hill. Ca 326 x 200 mm. (12.75" x 7.85") [plate mark]. Slightly worn; minor browning to edges; minor soiling and dampstaining. From the second edition of Bickham's monumental work, first published in 1737-1739. BUC p. 107. RISM BII p.... Read More
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![La Servante de Ramponneau Opéra-Comique en 2 Actes Paroles de Achille Rodembourg ... Prix net: 8 F... Théâtre de l'Opéra-Populaire. [Piano-vocal score]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/052/385/1126385052.0.l.jpg)
La Servante de Ramponneau Opéra-Comique en 2 Actes Paroles de Achille Rodembourg ... Prix net: 8 F... Théâtre de l'Opéra-Populaire. [Piano-vocal score]
by CARMAN, Marius ca. 1850-1911
Paris: Alphonse Leduc []PN A.C. 7705], 1886. Large octavo. Disbound. 1f. (recto illustrated title, verso blank), 1f. (recto notes on first performance and named cast list, verso blank), 1f. (recto incipits, verso blank), 83, [i] (blank) pp. Named cast includes Bonijoly, André David, Noëlly, Dumonthier, Méran, and Guilbert. Additional names added to cast list in pencil. Wrappers slightly worn and soiled; dampstained at lower outer corner; partially detached. Occasional light foxing; dampstaining to lower corner of first... Read More
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Flawed Words and Stubborn Sounds A Conversation with Elliott Carter
by [CARTER, Elliott 1908-2012]. Edwards, Allen
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1971. Octavo. Full black cloth with titling gilt to spine. 1f. (recto half-title, verso blank), 1f. (recto title, verso copyright), 1f. (recto quotation from Wallace Stevens, verso blank), 1f. (recto contents, verso blank), [9]-10 (Foreword), 1f. (half-title, verso blank), [13]-128 pp, In dustjacket. With the composer's autograph inscription to front free endpaper: "For Vera & Jacob [Lateiner] affectionately & with gratitude Elliott" in black ink. Dustjacket slightly worn. "One... Read More
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Autograph letter signed in blue ink to pianist Susan Kagan
by CARTER, Elliott 1908-2012
1 page. On a postal card with a color photograph of the St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna to verso. Dated Vienna, September 12, 1962. "Thank you very much for your interest in my cello sonata, your numerous performances of it which evince your liking - hope you get as good reviews in September as you did previously." Slightly worn and soiled. "One of the most respected composers of the second half of the 20th century, [Carter] blended... Read More
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Questionnaire for Author and Composer." Printed BMI contract relative to Carter's composition Prelude, Fanfare and Polka for small orchestra, signed by the composer
by CARTER, Elliott 1908-2012
Folio. Completed in manuscript, in all likelihood by Helen Carter, the composer's wife. With the composer's full signature at foot. No date, but ca. 1945. In addition to requesting basic information such as name, address, and nearest living relatives, the questionnaire asks about the composition itself. Interestingly, in response to the question regarding date of composition, Carter answers "Partly in 1938 and partly 1944." Grove states that the work dates from 1938 and is unpublished. ... Read More
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Autograph signature and inscription
by CARTER, Leslie Mrs. 1857-1937
No binding. Very Good. 1 p. Ca. 79 x 139 mm. Undated. Written in black ink on dark ivory cardstock. Signed and inscribed "Faithfully, Leslie Carter." Slight remnants of adhesive and former mount to blank verso. Called the "American Sarah Bernhardt," Mrs. Leslie Carter (née Caroline Louise Dudley) was one of the greatest silent film and stage actress of her generation. She is particularly remembered for her leading roles in such Broadway hits as The... Read More
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Official First Day of Issue envelope with two portraits of Caruso at left, one in formal dress and the other a full-length role portrait as Canio in Pagliacci, with one 22-cent commemorative postal stamp, postmarked New York, February 27, 1987 and "First Day of Issue
by CARUSO, Enrico 1873-1921
Together with: A block of six unused 22-cent commemorative stamps, each 40 x 25 mm., plus 3 mm. blank right margin and 3 blank blocks to upper numbered "A1111" and 9 envelopes addressed to Paul Jackson, each with the commemorative stamp, postmarked February 27, 1987 and "First Day of Issue.
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Original caricature signed, believed to be of the French composer Paul Dukas (1865-1935)
by CARUSO, Enrico 1873-1921
189 x 149 mm (7.5 x 5.75"). Dated 1913. Blue pen and wash. Slightly worn and foxed, especially to verso; creased at upper edge and central fold; remnants of adhesive to upper corners of verso. Together with: A handsome postcard photograph of Caruso seated, stylishly dressed, with cigarette and cane in hand. 136 x 84 mm., with the name of the photographer's studio (Brogi), printed to lower right edge of recto, the name and London address... Read More
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![The Shop Girl Musical Farce. Words by H. J. W. Dam.... Additional Numbers by Adrian Ross & Lionel Monckton. [Piano-vocal score]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/973/435/989435973.0.l.jpg)
The Shop Girl Musical Farce. Words by H. J. W. Dam.... Additional Numbers by Adrian Ross & Lionel Monckton. [Piano-vocal score]
by CARYLL, Ivan 1861-1921
London: Hopwood & Crew. Quarto. Half red leather with marbled boards, raised bands on spine in decorative compartments and "No. 6" gilt, original publisher's illustrated upper wrapper bound in. [i] (title), [ii] (blank), [iii] (dramatis personae), [iv] (contents), 192 pp. With composer's facsimile signature handstamp to lower margin of title. Wrapper slightly worn and stained, with slight damage to inner margin, manuscript note and erasures to upper margin, and music seller's handstamp to lower margin; reinforced with... Read More
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![The Duchess of Dantzic (Sans-Gêne). A Romantic Light Opera in Three Acts. Written by Henry Hamilton. [Piano-vocal score]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/807/435/989435807.0.l.jpg)
The Duchess of Dantzic (Sans-Gêne). A Romantic Light Opera in Three Acts. Written by Henry Hamilton. [Piano-vocal score]
by CARYLL, Ivan 1861-1921
London: Chappell [PN 22007], 1903. Quarto. Original publisher's printed wrappers. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (recto characters, verso contents), 239, [i] (publisher's advertisement) pp. Small composer's facsimile signature handstamp to title. Wrappers somewhat worn; lower partially detached; minor chips and tears to edges; spine worn and partially lacking at head and tail. Slightly worn; minor tears to edges of some leaves not affecting music; annotations in ink to 2 leaves. First Edition.
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