Musik im Bild

München, Leipzig: Georg Müller, 1912. Hardcover. Good. Large quarto. Publisher's decorative maroon cloth-backed boards. 120 pp. text + 50 pp. illustrative plates tipped-in to heavy mid-gray stock, 4ff. (index). Binding slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped; upper outer corners and first leaves water-damaged.

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Handbuch der Musikliteratur in systematisch-chronologischer Anordnung

by ABER, Adolf

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1922. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Original publisher's ivory linen-backed decorative light brown linen boards printed in red and black. xx, 695 pp., 1f. Rear hinge split. Quite browned.

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The Age of Humanism 1540-1630

by ABRAHAM, Gerald, ed

London: Oxford University Press, 1974. Boards. xxv, 978 pp. In dustjacket. New Oxford History of Music Volume IV.

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L'Accordéoniste. Fine etching and aquatint of an accordion player by French artist Louise Ibels (1891-1965)

by [ACCORDION]

Paris, 1930. On heavy wove paper. Signed and numbered (this no. 18 of 25 copies) at lower blank margin in pencil by the artist. 282 x 210 mm. (to platemark); 364 x 280 mm. (sheet size). The present etching depicts a seated man with a somewhat pained expression playing a button accordion. A fine impression. Ibels was a member of the Society of Modern Women Artists founded in 1930. The Society held annual exhibitions in Paris... Read More

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A collection of 8 postcard photographs and 1 lithographic portrait of prominent American and English actors and actresses active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

by [PHOTOGRAPHS OF ACTORS]

No binding. Very Good. In very good condition overall. Common defects include minor creasing, staining, soiling, and foxing. 1) Adams, Maude (1872-1953). Bust-length portrait of the American actress. 2) Branscombe, Maud (fl. 1870s-80s). Bust-length lithographic portrait with a fan on cardstock, ca. 115 x 68 mm. Boston, Buford, lithographer. 3) Burke, Billie (1884-1970). Bust-length portrait of the young American actress. Richard Brown, photographer. Published in London by the Philco Publishing Co. Postmarked [19]05. With... Read More

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Le Roi d'Yvetot Opéra Comique en 3 actes. Paroles de MM de Leuven et Brunswick. [Piano-vocal score]

by ADAM, Adolphe 1803-1856

Paris: J. Meissonnier [PN 1770], 1843. Large octavo. Quarter black leather with dark green textured cloth boards with decorative blindstamping and lyre-like motif to center of upper panel, titling and decorative gilt to spine. 1f. (title), 1f. (named cast list and thematic index), 74, 74 bis-75, 75 bis-76, 76 bis-77, 77 bis-197, [i] (blank), [i] (publisher's advertisement), [i] (blank) pp. Engraved. Named cast includes Chollet, Audran, Grard, Mocker, Darcier, and Rouvroy. Binding somewhat worn and rubbed. Minor... Read More

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Les Pantins de Violette Opèrette Bouffe en un Acte. Paroles de L. Battu ... A sa fille Angèle Adam. Partition Chant & Piano. [Piano-vocal score]

by ADAM, Adolphe 1803-1856

Paris: C. Joubert [PN B. & Cie. 9681], 1900. Large octavo. [i] (title), [i] (publishing note), 1f. (named cast list and contents), 46, 1f. (blank) pp. Lithographed. Occasional performance annotations in blue crayon and pencil. Wrappers lacking; spine reinforced with brown paper tape. Minor staining to lower portions of some pages; small oval music seller's handstamp to title; former owner's signature to title, cast list, and first page of music (with transfer to facing blank page); small... Read More

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Wenn ich König Wär' (Si j'étais roi) Oper in 3 Akten von A. Dennery uud J. Brésil Ins Deutsche übertragen und eingerichtet von Karlheinz Gutheim und Wilhelm Reinking Klavierauszug mit Singstimmen. [Piano-vocal score]

by ADAM, Adolphe 1803-1856

[Wien]: Universal Edition [PN U.E. 12225], 1954. Folio. Original publisher's light ivory wrappers with titling in sepia. [i] (title), [i] (copyright information), [i] (cast list), [i] (contents), 232 pp. With errata leaf laid in. Small bookseller's label to corner of upper wrapper; spine slightly worn.

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Le Postillon de Lonjumeau Opéra Comique en trois actes, Paroles de Mr. de Leuven et Brunswick. [Piano-vocal score]

by ADAM, Adolphe 1803-1856

Paris: G. Brandus et S. Dufour [PN M.S. 3189], 1865. Large octavo. Full textured brown cloth with titling gilt to spine. 1f. (title), 1f. (cast list and thematic contents), 191, [i] (blank) pp. Lithographed. Some foxing; small handstamps to first two leaves and last page of music. Printed from Schlesinger plates. "[Adam] composed more than 80 stage works, some of which, especially those written for the Paris Opéra-Comique, obtained considerable and lasting success." Elizabeth Forbes... Read More

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La Poupée de Nuremberg Opéra Comique en un Acte Paroles de M. M. de Leuven et A. de Beauplan ... Partition réduite avec accompagnement de Piano. Die Nürnberger Puppe Komische Oper in einem-Akt Nach dem Französischen des Leuven et A. Beauplan von Ernst Paque ... Vollständiger Clavier-Auszug... Pr. M. 8.50. [Piano-vocal score]

by ADAM, Adolphe 1803-1856

Mainz: B. Schott's Söhnen [PN 11908], 1870. Folio. Original publisher's black cloth-backed dark blue-grey printed wrappers.1f. (title), [1] (cast list and contents), 63, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved. Text in French and German. Wrappers somewhat worn and soiled with minor chipping to edges, tear to upper margin of lower wrapper, small circular cataloguing label to spine at lower, library handstamps and markings to upper wrapper. Occasional light foxing; library handstamp to lower margin of first two leaves; small... Read More

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No. 10: Supreme Virtue. Autograph manuscript full score of the compete work. For double mixed choir (SATB)

by ADAMO, Mark b. 1962

Oblong quarto (278 x 208 mm). Unbound, folded. 29 pp. + 2 pp. of additional manuscript apparently not included in the final version. Notated in pencil on 16-stave paper. Signed and dated New York, Jan-April 1997. Supreme Virtue was commissioned by the Dale Warland Singers with the support of the Jerome Foundation and the Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University. The Dale Warland Singers premiered the work in Minneapolis in June 2000. The text consists of... Read More

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Adolphe Adam: Sa Vie, Sa Carrière Ses Mémoires Artistiques Édition ornée d'un portrait d'Adolphe Adam Gravé à l'eau-forte par M. Champollion et du fac-simile d'une lettre autograph d'Adolphe Adam

by [ADAM]. Pougin, Arthur

Paris: G. Charpentier, 1877. Half mid-tan leather with textured cloth boards. 1f. (recto half-title, verso publisher's notes), 1f. (recto blank, verso half-title), 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 4ff. (letter to Rostand and Adam autograph letter facsimile), 370 pp. Edges uncut. Binding slightly worn, rubbed and bumped. Some internal wear and foxing; edges dusty; frontispiece browned and detached, split inside right platemark, not affecting image.

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Autograph letter signed. To contemporary American composer Dean Rosenthal (b. 1974)

by ADÈS, Thomas b. 1971

1 page. On a postal card. In ink. "... You expressed a desire to hear my opera - it has been released as a CD by E.M.I. "Powder Her Face" - any store should be able to receive one for you! I send you a card rather than e-mail as it is permanent. So glad you appreciate PULP ..." [the British rock band] Slightly worn; minor browning; narrow strip of white tape laid down to... Read More

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Studien zur Musikwissenschaft. Beihefte der Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich ... Erstes [-Zweites] Heft

by ADLER, Guido

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Haertel, 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes. Octavo. Cloth-backed publisher's printed boards. 303; 349 pp. With numerous musical examples. Articles by prominent German musicologists primarily concerning 17th and 18th century opera.

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Black-and-white photograph signed in full and inscribed to Marilyn Horne, 1981

by ADLER, Kurt Herbert 1905-1988

256 x 202 mm. Photograph by David Powers with his small San Francisco studio handstamp to upper right corner of verso. The image depicts Adler at the podium, conducting, with the orchestra in the foreground and the audience in the background. Inscribed in black ink: "To Marilyn Horne, with warm thanks for the great Park Concert on 13 September 1981. Most Cordially Kurt Adler." From the collection of the distinguished American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne (b. 1934). Austrian... Read More

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Anleitung zu der musikalischen Gelahrtheit theils vor alle Gelehrte, so das Band aller Wissenschaften einsehen; theils vor die Liebhaber der edlen Tonkunst überhaupt; theils und sonderlich vor die, so das Clavier vorzüglich lieben; theils vor die Orgel- und Instrumentenmacher. Mit Kupfern und einer Vorrede des Hochedlen und Hochgelahrten Herrn, Herrn Johann Ernst Bachs, Sr. hochfürstl. Durchlaucht zu Sachsen-Weimar und Eisenach würklichen Kapellmeisters

by ADLUNG, Jakob 1699-1762

Erfurt: J. D. Jungnicol, 1758. Octavo. Contemporary dark ivory pastepaper boards with manuscript titling to spine. [i] (title), [i] (blank), [3]-30, 2, 814, [xxxiv] (index) pp. + 8 plates of engraved musical examples. Occasional decorative head- and tailpieces. Old ownership stamps to front pastedown including "Ex. bibl. F. Blume;" manuscript ownership notes dated 1884 and 1898. Binding worn, soiled, and bumped, with small identification label to upper; edges dusty; remnants of red sealing wax to... Read More

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Postcard photograph signed in full and inscribed in red ink on verso

by AGOSTINELLI, Adelina 1882-1954

Bust-length portrait by Varischi & Artico, Milano. Signature dated Milan, March, 1923. Ca. 137 x 88 mm. Slightly worn; small stain and abrasion to verso not affecting inscription. Italian soprano Adeline Agostinelli "studied in Milan and made her début in 1903 at Pavia as Fedora. She sang throughout Europe, in South America and in Russia. After an engagement at the Manhattan Opera House, New York (1909-10), she appeared at La Scala, as Amelia in Simon Boccanegra (1910),... Read More

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Fine half-length portrait engraving. Excerpted from J.J. Boissard: Icones virorum illustrium, Frankfurt, 1597-15

by AGRICOLA, Rudolph 1443-1485

Ca. 155 x 106 mm. 99. Unevenly trimmed; remnants of mounting paper to verso; very small tear to upper margin; early annotations in manuscript to blank upper margin. A German humanist and philosopher, Agricola was also active as a musician. "[He] is regarded as one of the most important figures in the transmission to northern Europe of Italian humanism. His interest in music and his practical musical ability distinguish him from many of his contemporary humanistic scholars and mark... Read More

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Principes Élémentaires de Musique Arrêtés par les Membres du Conservatoire, Pour servir à l'étude dans cet établissement Suivis de solfèges... Première partie Nouvelle édition. Prix 42f

by AGUS, Giuseppe ca. 1725-1803

Paris: Janet et Cotelle [PN IP], 1824. Folio. Contemporary green cloth-backed dark blue boards. [i] (title), [i], (part title of "Premiere Partie-Livre Premier"), [ii] (official statements and declarations concerning the adoption of the book by the Paris Conservatoire, dated 1815), 35, [i] (part title of "Premiere Partie-Livre Second"), 51, [i] (blank), [i] (part title of "Premiere Partie-Livre Troisième"), 52-154, [i] (contents, referring to "Livre Premier"), [i] (blank) pp. Engraved. Handstamp of E. Troupenas to foot of title; blindstamp... Read More

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A View from the Stands (Or: The Amateur Concert Wrecker's Handbook)

by AKEHURST, Peter

Hove: Nova Music Limited, 1990. Softcover. Very Good. Small octavo. Original publisher's blue illustrated wrappers printed in yellow, black, and white. 63 pp. Illustrated.

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A View from the Stalls (Or: The Concert Goer's Survival Kit)

by AKEHURST, Peter

Hove: Nova Music Limited, 1990. Softcover. Very Good. Small octavo. 48 pp. Illustrated.

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L'Oeuvre d'Orgue de Jehan Alain ... Tome II

by ALAIN, Jehan 1911-1940

Paris: Alphonse Leduc [PNs A.L. 19744, 20102-20105], 1971. Folio. Original publisher's ivory wrappers with titing within ruled border to upper. Unbound as issued. 1f. (blank), 1f. (recto title and contents, verso blank), 1f. (recto small illustration by the composer, verso blank), 36, [i] (blank), [i] (publisher's catalogue "Musique pour Grand Orgue") pp. Wrappers slightly worn and soiled. Minor browning. New edition edited by Marie-Clair Alain, reissued from editions ©1939, 1943, and 1952. "Alain's musical language is... Read More

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Role portrait photograph of the soprano in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Signed in full

by ALBANESE, Licia 1909-2014

Three-quarter length portrait. Ca. 253 x 203 mm. Licia Albanese "began her career at the Teatro Lirico, Milan, where in 1934 she was an emergency replacement for an indisposed Butterfly in the second half of the opera. The same opera, always closely identified with her, occasioned her formal début at Parma (1935) and her début at the Metropolitan (1940). During her career she made more than 1000 appearances in 48 roles, in the lyric or lirico spinto repertory, including... Read More

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Invitation with RSVP card signed and inscribed to musicologist Paul Jackson

by ALBANESE, Licia 1909-2014

For the 21st Anniversary Celebration of the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation, New York, September 16, 1995. The Celebration comprises a benefit concert dedicated to the memory of noted tenor Sergio Franchi, featuring Albanese and other singers; and a reception, cocktail party, and gala operatic dinner. Invitation: 1 oblong sheet, ca. 197 x 394 (folded, ca. 197 x 195 mm.); RSVP card: 159 x 108 mm. "Please come Love Licia... " notated in brown ink. Together with original... Read More

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Sonata II. [Keyboard sonatas]. [Copyist manuscript]

by ALBERTI, Domenico ca. 1710-1746

England, 1775. Oblong folio (231 x 287 mm). Disbound. 5 pp. Notated in black ink on 10-stave rastrum-ruled paper. In F-major, comprising two movements, allegro moderato (C time) and allegro assai (3/8). With minor differences from the published score of Alberti's Op. 1 keyboard sonatas: in the second movement some ornaments (grace notes and trills) are placed on different notes and, to avoid entering the space of the higher stave with the left hand part, the scribe... Read More

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