Adam von Fulda: Ein Ser Andechtig Cristenlich Buchlein
Berlin: Cassirer, 1914. Hardcover. Grey and light brown boards with black lettering; (many pages are unopened) 4 unnumbered pp.; richly illustrated. Text in German. More
Berlin: Cassirer, 1914. Hardcover. Grey and light brown boards with black lettering; (many pages are unopened) 4 unnumbered pp.; richly illustrated. Text in German. More
San Francico: Chronicle Books, 1997. Hardcover. brushed steel box w/ oversized 2pg portfolio/broadside & 8 loose lithographs. Includes broadside by renowned music critic, Gene Lees and 8 lithographs. Box lid & hinge appear to have been manufactured & assembled with glue; could be a simple fix for the industrious collector..... More
Cambridge / Paris: Cambridge University Press / Editions De La Maison Des Science, 1991. Softcover. glossy glue & orange illustrated wrappers. 668 pgs w/ musical illustrations. Pages have pencil numbers to upper edges with instances of pencil notations to diagrams. "In this detailed study the author takes a new and..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1981. Hardbound. Blue cloth with gold lettering; 724 pp. with 8 bw plates and 345 musical figures. Volume 7 in The New Oxford History of Music series; a completely in-depth study of early opera and instrumental music, including early symphony, the divertimento, rise of chamber music..... More
Paris, France: Janet Et Cotelle, circa 1813. Hardcover. dark green cloth w/ decorative gilt & printing; decorative gilt spine. silken, green cloth pastedowns & endpapers. all edges gilt. book iv, 227 pgs of sheet music. Pages light to moderately tanned; text/music remains dark and detailed. Pages may have instances of..... More
New York/ London: Schirmer Books/ Prentice Hall International, 1997. Hardcover. Black boards with gilt spine lettering; bw illustrated dj, mylar cover; xvi, 400 pp; bw illustrations and music. "American Music in the Twentieth Century surveys the art music written in the United States during the last 100 years from the..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1928. first. Hardbound. Red library buckram. x, 501 pp. An excellent reference copy, with the usual library markings within. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. Hardcover. Two volumes bound in red paper boards, blue cloth spine with silver lettering; white dj with red and blue lettering, mylar cover; Volume 1 xvi, 469 pp. Volume 2 is vi, 482 pp. 2 volumes of a 3 volume set. "This three-volume work..... More
Michigan: William L. Clements Library, 1973. Pamphlet. Gray wraps with black lettering, 24 pages, bw illustrations. A guide to an exhibition in the Museum of Art, October 12-November 18, 1973. Includes a foreword by Howard H. Peckman. More
Warren, MI: Harmonie Park Press, 1995. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with silver lettering; xviii, 196 pp; bw portrait frontispiece; bw illustrations. Contents include: Illustrations, Preface, Acknowledgments, Scenes From Childhood, Music Study in Germany, Celebrity, The Windy City, New York City, Appendices, Bibliography and Index. More
Waltham, Massachusetts: Brandeis University, 1979. Hardbound. Grey-green cloth with white lettering; 881 single-sided pp. total, with additional pp. of examples. A doctoral dissertation, extremely complete, about the Venetian music publisher. More
Boston: (not identified), 1869. Pamphlet. Trade catalogue consisting of 16 unnumbered pages with bw illustrations. Circular for Chickering Pianos full of articles about their product, along with illustrations and price lists. More
Oxford/ New York: Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, 1990. Hardcover. Navy cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; blue dj with off-white lettering, bw illustration; xii, 260 pp, bw illustrations and music. Essays (most of them published previously) on the biblical and Jewish aspects of Schoenberg's work and public activities..... More
Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1987. Hardcover. Tan cloth boards with gilt lettering; viii, 277 pp. Contents: Musical culture in American society -- The public's canons of musical taste -- Educating the public to art music -- On being a musician in America -- Music associations -- Businesspeople and the..... More
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, nd. Hardbound. Pale green cloth with illustration of a piano in typical retro style; black matte dj with white illustration and lettering; 334 pp. with bw illustrations throughout. Translated from the Russian by Rose Prokofiev. The compiler's preface states that the material used for this..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1987. Hardcover. Tan cloth boards with bronze lettering; yellow dj with bw illustration; xii, 264 pp; bw illustrations, music. When Bach's cantatas, masses, passions, and chorales were originally performed under the composer's direction, which instruments played the basso continuo, the line that establishes the harmonic..... More
Fort Lauderdale, FL: Ryckman and Beck, 1978. Paperback. Blue and white stapled wraps with color illustration and black lettering; 70 pp. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1983. Hardcover. Light blue boards with gilt spine lettering; light blue dj with red illustration, red and black lettering; mylar cover; viii, 453 pp; music. Contents: Prelude. Beethoven, God, and enlightenment -- Young Promethius : piano Sonatas opus 2 no. 1 in F minor, opus..... More
Oxfordshire/ New York: Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, 1987. Hardcover. Navy cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; dark green dj with white lettering, mylar cover; xx, 220 pp; bw illustrations, music. Contents: pt. I. The process of composition. The interrupted genesis of the Variations ; The early sketches (1819)..... More
NY: G. Schirmer, 1901. Hardcover. Orange library buckram. 101 pp. More
Bologna: Presso Nicola Zanichelli, 1875. Hardcover. Brown paper over boards; Beige cloth at spine and corners; Gilt titling to spine; 298 pp.; No illustrations. Text in Italian; A biography of the Italian composter Rossini. More
Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1978. Hardcover. Navy cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front cover; v, 506 pp; bw portraits. Contents: Thomas Jefferson Anderson -- David Nathaniel Baker -- Noel Da Costa -- Talib Rasul Hakim -- Herbie Hancock -- Ulysses Kay -- Undine Smith Moore --..... More
Oxford, England: Basil Blackwell, 1988. Hardcover. black boards w/ gilt spine printing. 534 pgs w/ bw musical illustrations. navy dustjacket w/ red printing; protective plastic. A nice ex-college library copy. Pages appear clean, but, may have instances of writing, marginalia, etc. More
Oxford, England: Basil Blackwell, 1988. Hardcover. black boards w/ gilt spine printing. 548 pgs w/ bw musical illustrations. navy dustjacket w/ red printing; protective plastic. A nice ex-college library copy. Pages appear clean, but, may have instances of writing, marginalia, etc. More
Watkins Glen, New York: Century House, 1962. Hardbound. Blue cloth with gold lettering (vol. 1 is much darker blue than vol. 2); 528 pp. total with occasional bw photographs. A reprint of the 1950 original; with an index of lyricists and composers, the two volumes together cover the timespan of..... More