Music, Dance & Opera

American Welsh Festival. American Welsh Festival, New York World's Fair, September 15, 1940. New York: American Welsh Festival, 1940. 48 pages. Music. 2-page program laid in. Welsh cover title: Dydd Gwyl y Cymry Ffair y Byd, Efrog Newydd Medi 15ed, 1940. A songbook with music and lyrics in English and Welsh. Fair stiff wrappers (soft cover); spine sunned and torn at lower end. #25748. $25
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Anfange der slavischen Musik. Anfange der slavischen Musik. Bratislava: Verlag der Slowakischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1966. 178 pages. Bibliographical references. Illustrations. Music. Slowakische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Symposia, 1. History and criticism of music in Slovakia and old Slavic music. Text primarily in German, some in Cyrillic and English. Exlibrary. Good hardcover. Library label on upper left-hand corner of front cover; stamps on all edges, stamp and bookplate inside front cover, stamp on title page; pocket inside rear cover. Small colored felt-tip mark on top edge. #23962. $15
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Anthony, Gordon. The Vic-Wells Ballet: Camera Studies. Introduction by Ninette de Valois. London: George Routledge, 1938. 1st printing. Small 4to (medium-large book). xiv, 24 pages. + 55 full-page photographic plates. Good hardcover in chipped, torn and worn jacket. Upper right-hand corner of front dust jacket missing; some foxing on endpapers and edges. #21277. $12.50
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Bierley, Paul. John Philip Sousa, American Phenomenon. Foreword by Arthur Fiedler. Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1973. 7th printing. xxiii, 270 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations. On front cover: Revised edition. Very good pictorial hardcover. ISBN 0918048079. #22843. $15
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Brenet, Michel, pseudonym of Marie Bobillier, 1858-1918. Les Concerts en France sous L'Ancien Regime. New York: Da Capo Press, 1970. Facsimile reprint. 407 pages. Index. A Da Capo Press Reprint Edition. Unabridged republication of the first edition, Paris: Librairie Fischbacher, 1900. Good hardcover. Exlibrary: spine labels, stamps on top, fore and bottom edges, stamp inside front cover, barcode label and pocket inside rear cover. ISBN 0306710617. #26390. $75
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Chiapusso, Jan. Bach's World. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1968. x, 338 pages. Index. Bibliography. Illustrations. Exlibrary. Spine label; stamps on top and bottom edges, front flyleaf, dedication page; barcode label and pocket on rear free endpaper. Very good hardcover and dust jacket in pasted-down library acetate cover. #23653. $75
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Cohen, Sol B. Years of Pilgrimage: Memoirs of an American Musician. Champaign, Illinois: Mayfair Press, 1982. 238 pages. Index. Photographs. Inscribed to Erika, dated and signed by the author on title page. Autobiography of the cellist and violinist. Very good hardcover. ISBN 0960742603. #23990. $20
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Connor, D. Russell. Benny Goodman: Wrappin' It Up. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1996. 4to (large book). xxxi, 179 pages. Index. Photographs. Frontispiece portrait. Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers--The State University of New Jersey, Studies in Jazz, 23. Very good hardcover and dust jacket in library acetate cover. Exlibrary: spine label, stamps on top and bottom edges, front flyleaf, title page, rear flyleaf, barcode label and pocket on front flyleaf. ISBN 0810831023. #24622. $50
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Crickmay, Anthony. Dancers. Introduction by Andrew Porter. New York: William Morrow, 1982. 1st printing. Folio (very large book). No pagination. 97 photographs of dancers and dancing. Each image is identified in the back of the volume. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0688012396. #22277. $20
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Dalmonte, Rossana. Camillo Cortellini: Madrigalista Bolognese. Firenze: Leo S. Olschki, 1980. 1st printing. 194 pages. Illustrations. Music. Historiae Musica Cultores, Biblioteca XXXIV. Universita di Bologna, Istituto di Discipline della Musica, 1. Text in Italian. Good hardcover. Exlibrary bound in library buckram: call number and label on spine, stamps on top, fore and bottom edges, stamp inside front cover; barcode label and pocket inside rear cover. ISBN 8822229010. #26325. $30
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Danielou, Alain. Inde du Nord: Les Traditions Musicales. Collection de l'Institut International d'Etudes Comparatives de la Musique (Berlin) publie soul le patronage du Conseil International de la Musique. Paris: Buchet/Chastel, 1966. 144 pages. Photographs. Musical notations. Errata slip laid in. Text in French. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #26091. $15
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DeLong, Thomas A. The Mighty Music Box: The Golden Age of Musical Radio. Los Angeles, California: Amber Crest Books, 1980. 1st printing. xii, 335 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Endpaper illustrations. Dated, inscribed and signed by the author. Very good hardcover in Very good dust jacket. Date of inscription also on bottom edge. ISBN 086533000X. #21748. $15
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Forsyth, Michael. Buildings for Music: The Architect, the Musician, and the Listener from the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1985. 1st printing. Oblong small 4to (medium-large book). 371 pages, [16} pages of plates, some in color. Index. Bibliography. Bibliographical references. Photographs. Illustrations. Plans. A book about music, architecture, acoustics, and physics. Good hardcover. Exlibrary: spine labels, stamps on top, fore and bottom edges, stamp inside front cover and on half-title page; barcode label and pocket inside rear cover. ISBN 0262060892. #26335. $40
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Gershwin, George. The New York Times Gershwin Years in Song. Introduction by Edward Jablonski and Lawrence Stewart. New York: Quadrangle / The New York Times Book Co., 1973. 4to (large book). 323 Index. Photographs. Illustrations. Music. Contains lyrics and piano scores of many Gershwin songs. Very good hardcover with cloth spine and ring binding in slightly worn and torn dust jacket. ISBN 8129036840. #22547. $22.50
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Hattori, Ryutaro, compiler. Traditional Folk Songs of Japan with Piano Accompaniment. Piano accompaniment arranged by Masao Shinohara. Verses translated into English by Iwao Matsuhara. Explanatory notes by Ryutaro Hattori. Tokyo, Japan: Ongaku-No-Tomo Sha Corp., 1966. 1st printing. 223 pages. Photographs. Illustrations. Music. Very good stiff wrappers (soft cover). #23891. $60
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Haydn, Joseph. Symphony No. 7, 'Le Midi,' Hoboken I:7. Commentaries by Laszlo Somfai. Budapest: Editio Musica Budapest, 1972. Copy 488 of 560 copies printed. Oblong folio (large book). [72] facsimile pages and [5] pages of commentary in English. Facsimile edition of the original manuscript in the National Szechenyi Library, Budapest, with commentaries by Laszlo Somfai. Good hardcover. Exlibrary: spine and front cover label, stamps inside front cover and on rear flyleaf; barcode label and pocket inside rear cover. #26326. $100
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Hodgins, Gordon W. The Broadway Musical: A Complete LP Discography. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1980. v, 183 pages. Indexes. Includes an alphabetical list of Broadway musicals, indexes by composer, book and lyrics writer, performer, song, composer-lyricist, and a major record company sequential index. Very good hardcover. ISBN 0810813432. #23988. $25
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James, W. N. A Word or Two on The Flute. London: Tony Bingham, 1982. Facsimile reprint of the 1826 edition. 12mo (small book). xxxiv, 252 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations. The publisher calls this the Third edition, with additional introduction. First edition published by Charles Smith & Co, Edinburgh, 1826. Second edition published by R. Cocks & Co., London, 1836. Very good hardcover. ISBN 0946113009. #24640. $40
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Jeppesen, Knud, Raccolte ed Edite. La Flora Arie &c.: Antiche Italiane. Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen, 1949. 1st printing. 4to (large book). 2 volumes (xxviii, 149; xxvi, 135 pages). Music. 'This edition endeavours to give a survey of the great period of the Italian Belcanto, from the beginning of the artistically intended solosong about the year 1800 until its culmination towards the middle of the 18th century.' - Preface, xi. Text in Italian, English, Danish, and German. Good hardcover, rebound in library cloth. Exlibrary: spine labels, stamps on top, fore and bottom edges, bookplates inside front covers, stamps on front flyleaf; stamp on rear flyleaf, barcode label and pocket inside rear cover; some pencil annotations. #26363. $90
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Johnson, James. The Scots Musical Museum, Originally Published by James Johnson, with Illustrations of the Lyric Poetry and Music of Scotland by William Stenhouse. (2 volumes). Foreword by Henry George Farmer (1962). Original Preface by David Laing (1853). Hatboro, Pennsylvania: Folklore Associates, 1962. Facsimile reprint from the four-volume edition of 1853. 2 volumes (cxxxiv, 620; 540, xxxiv pages). Indexes. Music. Original title: 'The Scots Musical Museum, Consisting of Six hundred Scots Songs with proper Basses for the pianoforte.' Songs, folk songs and ballads of Scotland. Good hardcover volumes. Exlibrary: spine labels, stamps on top, fore and bottom edges, stamp and bookplate inside front cover; barcode labels and pockets inside rear covers; backstrip of volume 2 slightly torn. #26334. $250
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Lewis, Daniel. The Illustrated Dance Technique of Jose Limon. Descriptive text written in collaboration with Lesley Farlow. Labanotation by Mary Corey. Drawings by Edward C. Scattergood. Foreword by Martha Hill. New York: Harper & Row, 1984. 1st printing. Small 4to (medium-large book). 208 pages. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations. 'As a dancer, choreographer and teacher, Jose Limon profoundly moved his audiences, his company and his students. His teachings remain an integral part of the dance program at the Julliard School, where he taught for many years.' - Front jacket panel. Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. ISBN 0060151854. #24867. $30
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Liang, Tsai-Ping. Chinese Musical Instruments and Pictures. Taipei, Taiwan: Chinese Classical Music Association, 1970. 107 pages text in English, no pagination of Chinese text. Bibliography. Illustrations. Text in Chinese and English. Slightly worn stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). Former owner's name on front flyleaf. #23328. $22.50
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McClain, Ernest G. The Pythagorean Plato: Prelude to the Song Itself. Stony Brook, New York: Nicolas Hays, 1978. 192 pages. Index. Bibliographical references. Illustrations. Plato and Mathematics, Pythagoras and the Pythagorean school, and music. Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. ISBN 0892540087. #25824. $70
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Michaelides, Solon. The Music of Ancient Greece: An Encyclopaedia. Foreword by R. P. Winnington-Ingram. London: Faber and Faber, in association with Faber Music Limited, 1978. xvi, 365 pages, 10 plates. Index. Very good hardcover and dust jacket in library acetate cover. Exlibrary: Spine labels, stamps on top and bottom edges, front flyleaf, foreword page; barcode label and pocket on rear free endpaper. ISBN 057110021X. #25675. $110
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Miller, Philip L. The Ring of Words: An Anthology of Song Texts. The Original Texts Selected and Translated, with an Introduction. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1963. 1st printing. Small 4to (medium-large book). xx, 200 pages. Index. Includes German, French, Italian, Russian, Scandinavian, and Spanish song texts in the original language and English. Good hardcover in slightly worn and frayed dust jacket. #21781. $15
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Montparker, Carol. The Anatomy of a New York Debut Recital: A Chronicle. Evanston, Illinois: The Instrumentalist Company, 1984. Small 8vo. 90 pages. Photographs. Illustrations. Inscribed and signed by the author. Two copies of the pianist's Carnegie Recital Hall concert, February 9, 1976 and 2 ticket stubs laid in. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. #26096. $35
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Moran, William R., Compiler, with Notes and Discography. Nellie Melba: A Contemporary Review. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1985. 1st printing. xxii, 491 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance, 5. Opera Biographies. Biographical, musical information, and articles about the career of Australian-born soprano Dame Nellie Melba, 1861-1931. Very good hardcover; library stamp on top edge, stamp on rear flyleaf. ISBN 0313238936. #25804. $70
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. String Quartet K387. New York?: Robert Owen Lehman Fondation, 1969. Oblong folio (very large book). [26] pages. Facsimile reprint of the original manuscript in the British Museum, London. Printed in the Netherlands by L. Van Leer & Co. Good hardcover. Exlibrary: spine labels, stamps inside front cover and on front flyleaf; barcode label and pocket inside rear cover. #26327. $100
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Narayana Menon, Vatakke Kurupath. Balasaraswati, by Narayana Menon. Photographs by Marilyn Silverstone. New Delhi: Inter-National Cultural Centre, 1963? 4to (large book). [23] pages. Color and black-and-white photographs. Genealogical tables. Balasaraswati, 1918-1984, was a celebrated Indian dancer, whose rendering of Bharatanatyam, a classical dance style, made this South Indian style of dancing well know in different parts of India and the world. - Wikipedia. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover), edges slightly rubbed. #25831. $40
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Peterlongo, Paolo. The Violin: Its Physical and Acoustic Principles. Translated by Bill Hopkins. Foreword by Norbert Brainin. New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1979. 1st U.S. printing. Small 4to (medium-large book). 160 pages. Index. Bibliographical references. Plates. Illustrations. A Crescendo Book. Includes 'Fourteen classic violins from the collection of 'Great Artists' -- 14 colour plates with descriptions of the instruments.' 'The author describes what happens when a string vibrates, the properties of different woods, the complex combination of forces at work when a violin is played, a myriad details that influence a violin's sound.' - Front jacket flap. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0800880196. #25133. $55
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Plasketes, George. Images of Elvis Presley in American Culture, 1977-1997: The Mystery Terrain. New York: Haworth Press, 1997. xvi, 334 pages. Index. Bibliography. Illustrations. Haworth Popular Culture. Exlibrary. Very good pictorial hardcover, spine label, stamps on top edge, front flyleaf and inside front cover; blank rear leaf removed. ISBN 1560249102. #25783. $15
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Prochazka, Jaroslav. Chopin and Bohemia. Translated by Kaca Polackova. Praha (Prague): Artia, 1969. Square small 4to (medium-large book). 192 pages. Photographs. Illustrations. This book covers a few neglected chapters in the life of Fryderyk Chopin, the composer's visits to Bohemia in 1829-1830, and the circumstances of his two sojourns in the spa resorts of West Bohemia. - Front dust jacket. Good hardcover, edges of covers slightly faded, in frayed, chipped and repaired dust jacket. #23017. $15
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Rivelli, Pauline. Jazz Conversations. New York: Jazz Press Inc., 1963. No pagination. Illustrations. J-1. A volume of photographs of jazz musicians and aficionados with humorous balloon comments. Good pictorial trade paperback (soft cover). #23282. $22.50
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Roach, Hildred. Black American Music: Past and Present, Volume II. Pan-African Composers Thenceforth and Now. Malabar, Florida: Robert E. Krieger Publishing Company, 1985. 1st printing. xiii, 197 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations. Very good hardcover. Exlibrary: call number on spine, stamp on all edges, stamp inside front cover, barcode label and pocket inside rear cover. ISBN 0898747759. #26014. $20
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Sams, Eric. The Songs of Robert Schumann. Foreword by Gerald Moore. London: Methuen, 1969. 1st printing. xii, 293 pages. Index. Illustrations. Good hardcover. Exlibrary: spine labels, stamps on top, fore and bottom edges, stamp inside front cover and on front flyleaf; barcode label and pocket inside rear cover. #26324. $20
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Simeone, Nigel, John Tyrrell, and Alena Nemcova. Janacek's Works: A Catalogue of the Music and Writings of Leos Janacek. Catalogue of Writings by Theodora Strakova. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997. 1st printing. xl, 522 pages. Indexes. Bibliography. Exlibrary. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket covered in clear plastic, pasted down inside covers; stamps on top and bottom edges, front and rear flyleaf, title page, and dedication page; small colored felt-tip mark on top edge. ISBN 0198164467. #25668. $200
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Sullivan, Arthur Seymour, and William Schwenk Gilbert. Gilbert and Sullivan Operettas Adapted for Half-hour Performance. Adapted by Adele Thane. Boston: Plays, Inc., 1976. 1st printing. Small 4to (medium-large book). 330 pages. Index. Music. Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. ISBN 0823801888. #20808. $12.50
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Ward, Lucile Parrish. A Musical Legacy of 100 Years: A History of the National Federation of Music Clubs. Edited by Mrs. C. Arthur Bullock and Mrs. Glenn L. Brown. Publisher's Acknowledgment by Shirley L. Duncan. Foreword by Van Cliburn. Greenville, South Carolina: A Press, 1995. 371 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. The organization, founded in 1893, grew out of the Women's Amateur Musical Clubs. Exlibrary. Good hardcover. Spine label. Stamps on top and bottom edges, on front and rear flyleaves, and on leaf following title page. Upper corners slightly bumped. ISBN 188441611X. #22667. $35
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Werner, Eric. A Voice Still Heard: The Sacred Songs of the Ashkenazic Jews. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1976. Small 4to (medium-large book). xiii, 350 pages. Index. Bibliographical references. Musical examples. Tipped-in color frontispiece. A publication of the Leo Baeck Institute Series. History and criticism of Synagogue and Ashkenazim music. Very good hardcover in slightly torn dust jacket. ISBN 027101167X. #24709. $70
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Williams, Hank. The Complete Works of Hank Williams: A 129 Song Legacy of his Music. Nashville?: Acuff-Rose International, 1983? 288 pages. Discography on M-G-M Records. Photographs. Music. Exlibrary. This copy has been rebound in library buckram. Very good hardcover. Title and call number printed on spine. Stamps on top edge; barcode and pocket inside front cover. Very good. #22736. $32.50
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Williams, Martin, Selections, Annotations by Mark Tucker. Singers and Soloists of the Swing Bands. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Collection of Recordings, 1987. 78 pages. Photographs. Very good stiff wrappers. Handwritten name inside rear cover. #20327. $12.50
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Williamson, Audrey. Ballet Renaissance. Preface by Robert Helpmann. London: Golden Galley Press, 1948. 1st printing. 163 pages. Photographs. 'A record of ballet in London from 1945 to 1947 -- a period which may justly be described as one of ballet renaissance.' - Front dust jacket. Good cloth-covered hardcover binding in slightly worn and chipped dust jacket. #16687. $15
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