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194530693New York: Alfred Scott Publisher 1945. First edition. 1 vols. 10-1/2 x 7 inches. Original self-wrappers in fine condition. First edition. 1 vols. 10-1/2 x 7 inches. Carnegie Hall Program Signed by Igor Stravinsky. Boldly signed by Stravinsky on the front cover which depicts a drawing of Carnegie Hall. In this concert Stravinsky and Szigeti performed Stravinsky's Duo Concertante 1932 and Arrau performed Stravinsky's Serenade in A. Alfred Scott Publisher unknown books
1936255987London: Gollancz 1936. First English edition. Illustrated. 286 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth repaired at head of spine in yellow printed dust jacket spine darkened and chipped with some loss to title small book ticket to spine. First English edition. Illustrated. 286 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed to Violinist Samuel Dushkin. Inscribed on the ffep "A Sam & Louise Dushkin. Leur ami I Stravinsky. Paris 30.3.36."<br/>Samuel Dushkin 1891-1976 was a concert violinist who worked closely with Stravinsky on the composition of the latter's Violin Concerto 1931 his first major work for the instrument. Dushkin premiered the work in concert with Stravinsky conducting the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. Stravinsky recounts his collaboration with Dushkin on pp. 268-278 of his memoir. "I was very glad to find in him besides his remarkable gifts as a born violinist a musical culture a delicate understanding and - in the exercise of his profession - an abnegation that is very rare" p. 270. Stravinksy was inspired by his success with the Violin Concerto to compose a sonata for violin and piano which he took on tour with Dushkin to Europe and America ". a deeper knowledge of the violin and close collaboration with a technician like Dushkin had revealed possibilities which I longed to explore" p. 275.<br/>An important association marking a milestone in the expansion of Stravinksy's evolution as a composer. Gollancz unknown books
1966951091966. Rare autograph letter signed by Russian-born composer Igor Stravinsky. One page type-written dated December 21st 1966 and addressed to John McClure at Columbia Records the letter reads "Dear John Please answer this Mercury Record letter for me telling them that they can have the permission though they can have it I think without asking me in any case. I have been ordered to rest -- no conducting at all -- after Chicago. This postpones our January plans I greatly regret to say and not only for me as I realize bu can't help. Happy New Year to you and your wife. Igor Stravinsky." The recipient John McClure was an American recording producer at Columbia Records throughout the 1950s and later operated in a freelance capacity. He worked on over 30 recordings with Stravinsky 200 with Leonard Bernstein and oversaw recordings by the Boston Pops Orchestra under John Williams. Double matted and framed with a black and white portrait of Stravinsky. The entire piece measures 19.5 inches by 14.5 inches. In fine condition. Stravinsky found recordings a practical and useful tool in preserving his thoughts on the interpretation of his music. As a conductor of his own music he recorded primarily for Columbia Records beginning in 1928 with a performance of the original suite from The Firebird and concluding in 1967 with the 1945 suite from the same ballet. Although most of his recordings were made with studio musicians he also worked with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra the Cleveland Orchestra the CBC Symphony Orchestra the New York Philharmonic Orchestra the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Bavarian Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra. unknown books
195452498London: Boosey & Hawkes 1954. 4to pp. 8. Paper wraps. Cover a little spotted item slightly creased o/w a VG tight copy. Dirge-canons and song based on Thomas' poem "Do not go gentle." Vocal score for tenor only. Boosey & Hawkes unknown books
19586975Munich: Paul List Verlag. Very Good. 1958. Unstated ed. Softcover. NOISBN . solid clean copy with minor wear at corners browning to page edges; covers still bright due largely to a makeshift plastic protective covering held in place by tape devised by the book's previous owner. Trade PB B&W photographs Text in German; appears to be the German- language version of the author's autobiography originally published in 1936. . Paul List Verlag paperback books
2016129872Pasadena CA: The Clinker Press 2016. Clinker Press. broadside 13 by 10 1/4 inches. Designed and printed by Andre Chaves. The Clinker Press unknown books
1991031489London: John Calder; New York Riverrun Press 1991. Published in association with English National Opera. 112p. msuci b/w illus. stiff wrappers Opera guide 43. John Calder; New York, Riverrun Press unknown books
194054998NY:: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1940. Hardcover. Told by Robert Lawrence. No statement of printing. Very good in a very good edge worn with a few small chips and closed edge tears dust jacket. . Random House, hardcover books
1988031490New York: Dover Publications 1988. 157p. music original stiff wrappers quarto format. Dover Publications unknown books
1970031491Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1970. English translation by Arthur Knodel and Ingolf Dahl. xi 187p. b/w front. dj The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures 1939-40. Harvard University Press unknown books
193128522New York 1931. Simonson Lee. Illustrated program. Wrappers cover illustration by Lee Simonson. 16 pp. Very good. <br/><br/> unknown books
1987031488New York: Dover Publications 1987. 172p. music original stiff wrappers quarto format. Dover Publications unknown books
19599591New York 1959. TLS by Igor Stravinsky addressed in ink to "Dear Merle Armitage" on Stravinsky's printed 1/2 sheet notepaper 5-1/2" x 11". The note is typed: "Back from Japan I receive your word of May 15. I certainly will be glad to have a copy of the Siohan's book I heard about it and thank you for offering it to me. Flying the 20th to Copenhagen for a few days and will send you your copy with my signature as soon as I will receive it hoping before my trip. All best cordially your. I. Stravinsky" signed in ink. Fine. Merle Armitage and Stravinsky were close friends. Armitage edited the first book on Stravinsky in 1936 and a second book in 1949 and they collaborated on many programs at the Hollywood Bowl over the years. The "Siohan's book" referred to is a biography of Stravinsky published in 1959 written by Robert Siohan. unknown books
1940244796Cambridge 1940. One page typewritten signed in black ink. 1 vols. 4to. Old folds. Fine with original typed mailing envelope typed name "Igor Strawinsky" above printed return address. One page typewritten signed in black ink. 1 vols. 4to. Stravinsky at Harvard on the "Firebird" "Stravinsky began his stay in the United States at Harvard University delivering six Charles Eliot Norton lectures on musical poetics during the 1939-1940 academic year" ADNB.<br/><br/>In this brief formal letter Stravinsky acknowledges receipt of an edition of the Russian legend retold and illustrated by Donald E. Cooke. It was Stravinsky's 1910 score of The Firebird for the Ballets Russes that first brought him international notice. The New York Times obituary of Stravinsky published on 6 April 1971 noted "He also was not pleased that 'The Firebird' remained his most popular composition."<br/><br/>Uncommon document from early in Stravinsky's residence in the U.S. when he still spelt his surname with "w" in his signature and return address. unknown books
16350November 11 1967 Hollywood one page 4to on Stravinsky's imprinted stationery: "This letter is a pledge to help discharge Mr.Robert Craft's $10903.44 debt to CBS. As both Mr. Craft and CBS apparently are in precarious financial circumstances I herewith request and authorize the attachment and application of my own royalties." He concludes with a dig at the "richly ungrammatical note" from CBS's law firm. Signed in full. Fine condition. The works of Stravinsky 1882-1971 spanning from the romantic into the modern era revolutionized twentieth-century music. While The Firebird his first commission for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes reflects the rich orchestral coloring of Rimsky-Korsakov his dissonant third ballet The Rite of Spring caused a critical riot in 1913 Paris and still sounds barbarous today. Stravinsky met the young American conductor Robert Craft in 1948; Craft gradually became his Boswell and was instrumental in persuading the composer to adopt the twelve-tone scale. <br/><br/> unknown books
1959WRCLIT55352London: Faber & Faber 1959. 140pp. Gilt boards. Black-and-white photographs. Index. First British edition. Transcripts of interviews unpublished letters etc published to commemorate the composer's seventy-fifth birthday. From the library of Wilmarth S. Lewis with his pencil note recording this as a gift on the front pastedown. Light offset endsheets caused by jacket flaps else near fine in a sunned pictorial dust jacket with a few creases and short closed tears to the upper edge of front panel. Faber & Faber hardcover books
1969WRCLIT48640New York: Knopf 1969. Gilt green cloth. First edition. A bit dusty but very good in chipped and and internally mended dust jacket. Knopf hardcover books
196647652NY: Knopf 1966. First Edition. 8vo pp. x 352 xiii. Indexes. Black cloth printed in purple and gilt. A VG tight copy in chipped price-clipped and somewhat insect-damaged dj. Short writings by Stravinsky and diary entries by Craft regarding I. S. Knopf unknown books
1969224807New York: Knopf 1969. First. hardcover. very good/very good. 350pp. index xi. 8vo cloth d.w.; a few small chips to dust wrapper small ink ownership stamp on front and rear free endpapers. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1969. First edition. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Knopf unknown books
1962985Garden City 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 16 illus. 4 drawings 6 musical examples & 2 hitherto unpublished works. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1960986Doubleday 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 21 illus. <br/><br/>Review copy. Doubleday hardcover books
195233667New York: Boosey & Hawkes PN B. & H. 17247 1952. Quarto. Original publisher's dark ivory illustrated wrappers printed in dark red; publisher's advertisement to lower. 1f. title 1 printed reproduction of manuscript dedication by composer 32 pp.<br/><br/>Ex-libris the noted musicologist Howard Mayer Brown with his signature to upper outer corner of title-page and publisher's handstamp to lower outer corner.<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly soiled with minor wear to spine. Some leaves slightly creased; minor annotations in pencil throughout. First Edition variant issue with text in English only. Kirchmeyer 79-2 p. 461 edition with text in both English and German.<br/><br/>Premiered in Los Angeles on 11 November 1952 conducted by Stravinsky. Boosey & Hawkes [PN B. & H. 17247] unknown books
191033665Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne PN 28616 1910. Folio. Original publisher's gray wrappers printed in black; publisher's advertisement to lower. 1f. title 31 pp. <br/><br/>With the composer's autograph signature to upper wrapper.<br/><br/>Bookseller's handstamp to blank lower margin upper "O. Flaschner Music Co. . New York."<br/><br/>Wrappers worn faded and chipped; upper detached. Uniformly browned; minor creases and tears to edges of most leaves more significant to first four leaves. First Edition later issue. Kirchmeyer 7-1 p. 61.<br/><br/>Premiered in St. Petersburg on 9 January 1910 conducted by Ziloti. B. Schott's Söhne [PN 28616] unknown books
192235561London: J. & W. Chester J.W.C. 45 1922. Paperback. Very Good. Small octavo. Wrappers. 1f. 132 pp. Text in Russian and French.<br/><br/>From the collection of noted musicologist Stanley Boorman with his signature to upper.<br/><br/>Lightly worn. A few small markings throughout in red pencil. Reprint. J. & W. Chester [J.W.C. 45] paperback books
307827London et al: Boosey & Hawkes n.d. Revised 1952 edition. Hawkes Pocket Scores No. 630. 4 40 pp. 12mo. Original printed wrappers. Fine. Revised 1952 edition. Hawkes Pocket Scores No. 630. 4 40 pp. 12mo. Signed by Igor and Vera Stravinsky with an account of the signing. Signed by the composer on the front cover "Stravinsky" with "and Vera" added below by the composer's wife. A two page typed note laid-into the book by one Lili Yuri Sasaki dated March 16 1964 explains the circumstances of the book's signing at the opening night of an exhibition of Vera Stravinsky's paintings in Cincinnati Ohio. Sasaki describes the impression created by the arrival of the Stravinskys at the exhibition and explains that she'd been given two items by her husband to have autographed by Stravinsky--a pirated edition of "L'histoire du Soldat;" and should the composer be reluctant to sign the piracy the present pocket score. Sure enough on looking over the piracy and noticing the imprint Stravinsky "suddenly looked disgusted and said 'they have no right -- I gave them no permission -- I will not sign this one' and handed it back much to the curiosity of the crowd. Then I handed him the Boosey & Hawkes Octet for wind instruments. He again looked it over closely.then turned the pages.looked pleased and signed saying; 'Yes I will sign this one.' and he did with a flourish!.beamed and returned the book. BLESS HIM.Vera later added 'and Vera.'" In addition to the note a printed invitation to the event on a 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch card and a promotional brochure for the exhibition are laid in. Boosey & Hawkes unknown books
