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198432466Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 1984. CRAFT Robert. 559 pp. v.2. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group unknown books
197735582Moskva: Izdatel'stvo "Muzyka" 9141 1977. Hardcover. Good. Quarto. Publisher's cloth-backed boards with titling to upper and spine. 4ff. 182 pp. Parallel title in English. Preface by Galina Grigor'eva and sung text in Russian.<br/><br/>Boards lightly worn discolored and soiled; corners bumped and rubbed. Scarce Soviet Edition. Izdatel'stvo "Muzyka" [9141] hardcover books
1962293971Hollywood 1962. unbound. very good. Fine content T.L.S. 4to 1 page Hollywood California December 12th 1962 to singer Jerry McLain attempting to give him musical advice without hurting his feelings in full: "I would be certainly glad yo give you advice but never hearing you singing and not knowing how far you are in the knowledge of works in general their spirit and technique I am in difficulty if not in impossibility to help you. The transposition of the Shakespearean songs in a higher or lower key is a ruin of my instrumentation and the piano reduction of them is not for a concert performance only for the study of the music." Placed into a white matte with a black background with two openings - whereby the letter is actually floated while the second opening accommodates a photograph by Weegie of the composer leaning against a mirror that gives the illusion of a double exposure and set into a black acrylic frame to 21.5" x 18.5". Excellent condition.<br/><br/> Russian composer pianist and conductor widely considered one of the most important composers of the twentieth century.<br/><br/> 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 Very Good/very good. 16 illus. 4 drawings 6 musical examples & 2 hitherto unpublished works.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
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
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 Transcripts of interviews unpublished letters etc published to commemorate the composer's seventy-fifth birthday.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
198545350NY: Knopf 1985. First American edn. 8vo pp. x 543. Appendices index. Illustrated with photogrpahs. Edges little soiled remainder mark on bottom o/w a VG tight copy in scuffed and little chipped dj. Knopf unknown books
19361988New York: Simon & Schuster 1936. Paperback. Very Good/good . Dust jacket torn/chipped. Minimal neat ink underlining here & there. <br/><br/>Presentation copy to Leon Machau dated 1937. Simon & Schuster paperback books
1962847621962. Single page typed signed letter with notes in Stravinsky's hand. Typed signed letter from 1962 to Igor Styravinsky from Carl Haverlin pioneer in radio broadcasting and longtime president of Broadcast Music Inc. The letter is on Broadcast Music Inc. stationary and Haverlin writes to inquire about some illustrations which Dulac had made for Stravinsky's Firebird Ballet. He writes: "I.take the liberty of asking you if your memory will bring forth any background on the sketches." In the margin adjacent to this sentence Stravinsky writes "Not at all!" in red pen. Haverlin closes the letter with: "Photostats of the sketchbook pages are enclosed." Beneath this Stravinsky writes along with his signature "I find it unfortunately very bad." Matted and framed opposite a photograph of Stravinsky. The entire piece measures 26.5 inches by 19.25 inches. Igor Stravinsky was a Russian-born composer pianist and conductor. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century. Stravinsky's compositional career was notable for its stylistic diversity. He first achieved international fame with three ballets commissioned by the impresario Serge Diaghilev and first performed in Paris by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes: The Firebird 1910 Petrushka 1911 and The Rite of Spring 1913. The last of these transformed the way in which subsequent composers thought about rhythmic structure and was largely responsible for Stravinsky's enduring reputation as a musical revolutionary who pushed the boundaries of musical design. His "Russian phase" which continued with works such as Renard the Soldier's Tale and Les Noces was followed in the 1920s by a period in which he turned to neoclassical music. The works from this period tended to make use of traditional musical forms concerto grosso fugue and symphony drawing on earlier styles especially from the 18th century. In the 1950s Stravinsky adopted serial procedures. His compositions of this period shared traits with examples of his earlier output: rhythmic energy the construction of extended melodic ideas out of a few two- or three-note cells and clarity of form and of instrumentation. unknown books
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
