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1867124196London England: Longmans Green and Co 1867. Hardcover. Good Boards have pulled away from page; Binding intact; Some light foxing. Dark brown cloth; 437 pp.; BW frontispiece. Includes a catalogue of Mendelssohn's musical compilations compiled by Dr. Julius Rietz. Longmans, Green, and Co hardcover books
56323hardcover. Illustrated. 662pp. Tall 8vo red cloth. N.Y.: Knopf 1961. Near fine.<br/><br/> unknown books
186521430No Place Listed: No Publisher 1865. CDV photograph of a portrait of Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 1809-1847 German composer pianist organist and conductor of the early Romantic period; no photographer or studio noted; no date circa 1865 albumen; approx. 4" x 2 1/2" overall size; light wear; old discoloration at top edge; dried paste-glue residue on back; old penciled identifier on front; good condition. Good. No Publisher unknown books
1987185682Stuyvesant NY: Pendragon Press 1987. Hardcover. VG- Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine inside front and rear covers ffep and block. Burgundy cloth boards with silver lettering; lvii 687 pp; bw illustrated frontispiece; illustrations portraits music facsimiles. Prefatory matter in English; letters in German with English translation. Collected edited and translated with introductory essays and notes by Marcia J. Citron. Includes bibliographical references pages ix-xviii. Pendragon Press hardcover books
19011337529East Aurora: Roycrofters 1901. Limited edition. Hardcover. Octavo; Limited edition 744/940; G; Hardcover; Spine brown without print; Boards in brown suede with gold print oversized with tear to spine head wear to edges small blemishes to front shelfwear; Text block has gilt top edge brown silk pastedowns deckled edges brown ribbon marker separated from binding clean and tight; Signed in ink by the author on the limited edition page; paged 137-158 frontispiece port. illustrated color title page and chapter capitals "illuminated by hand". 1337529. FP New Rockville Stock. Roycrofters hardcover books
1955144440Paris: Filmsonor 1955. Collection of 17 original single weight still photographs from the 1955 French-West German film. Starring actress Hold is seen in heated embrace and anxiously gazing off-camera with portraits of Isabelle Pia and Hold and images of Vidal and Vaneck together. Mimeo snipe on the verso of a small Hold portrait and on the verso of eight are numerical annotations in holograph pencil and pictured actors' names and film title in holograph ink and a few with a rubberstamp crediting director film title and starring actors. <br/><br/>One photo shown. Please inquire for others.<br/><br/>Based on Mendelssohn's 1935 novel "Douloureuse Arcadie." Shot in both French and German versions each with a different cast except Hold in the lead role. Vincent Loringer is attending a Bavarian boarding school where he meets mysterious ghostly Marianne. Director Duvivier's others include "Pépé le Moko" 1937 "Maria Chapdelaine" 1934 and "Panique" 1946<br/><br/>Set in Bavaria shot there on location. <br/><br/>Photos range from 3.25 x 4.5 inches to 7 x 9.5 inches several with small white borders. Very Good plus light curling and a few faint creases. Filmsonor unknown books
17876593Bern: in der Hallerschen Buchandlung 1787. Soft cover. Good. 8vo 152 x 95mm. 60pp. Modern wrappers margins trimmed close occasional spots lightly browned; front wrap loose but present. A satire on the Berlin academy written jointly by Lessing and Moses Mendelssohn criticizing the philosophical system of Alexander Popeís Essay on Man 1733-1734. Lessing German writer critic and dramatist was one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings often witty and ironic substantially influenced the development of German literature. In 1755 the collaborative work of Lessing and his friend philosopher Moses Mendelssohn anonymously appeared in the form of this provocative treatise Pope ein Metaphysiker! Pope as a Metaphysician. The controversial treatise dissected the subject of a contest at the Prussian Royal Academy. The two friends wrote it to confirm that there cannot be a true comparison between a poetic and a philosophic conception. <br/><br/> Bern: in der Hallerschen Buchandlung paperback books
1975WRCLIT56322Bonn & Bad Godesberg: Inter Nationes 1975. 95pp. Printed wrappers. Portrait facsimiles photographs. Near fine copy. First edition. Contains two essays and a bibliography of Mann's work published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth by Heinz Moos Verlag on behalf of the organisation. Inter Nationes unknown books
187034559Leipzig: Hermann Mendelssohn 1870. MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY Carl and Paul eds. Octavo. Dark tan leather-backed marbled boards raised bands on spine in decorative compartments gilt titling gilt. 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. part-title verso blank 3-597 i blank pp. With index. <br/><br/>Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped; hinges split; free front endpaper detached. Foxed; edges browned; occcasional pencilling. Hermann Mendelssohn unknown books
34870Paperback. Good. - Der unbekannte junge Mendelssohn. Basel: Der Internationalen Felix-Mendelssohn-Gesellschaft 1960. Octavo. Original green publisher's wrappers. 25 pp. With tipped-in frontispiece of Mendelssohn at the age of 12. Wrappers slightly worn and foxed.<br/><br/>- Unger Max. Von Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Beziehungen zu England. Fünf englische Briefe des Meisters mitgeteilt ins Deutsche übersetzt und besprochen . Musikalisches Magazin Heft 30. Langensalza: Hermann Beyer & Söhne 1910. Octavo. Light gray wrappers. Worn and browned.<br/><br/>- Schneider Max F. Die Wach'sche Mendelssohn-Sammlung auf dem Ried in Wilderswil bei Interlaken: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Nachlasses von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Folio. 24 pp. 2 pp. "Stammtafel" all printed on one side of the leaf only. Typescript. Browned; spine reinforced with clear tape.<br/><br/>- Auction catalogue: Highly Important Musical Manuscripts formerly in the Archives of Novello & Co. Phillips London 14 June 1989. 35 pp. 2 copies.<br/><br/>- Publisher's catalogue: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 1809-1847 zum Gedenkjahr. Das geistliche Vokalwerk Gesamtausgabe / Sacred choral music Complete edition. Carus 1997. 31 pp. <br/><br/>- Felix-Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Preis Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz Dokumentation anlässlich der 25. Vergabe des Preises im January 1987. Berlin. With contributions by Werner Knopp Johann-Georg Schaarschmidt Richard Jakoby Rudolf Elvers and Philipp Mohler.<br/><br/>- Program: Mendelssohn August 16 25 1991. The Bard Music Festival. Leon Botstein and Sarah Rothenberg Artistic directors.<br/><br/>- Pamphlet: Der Mendelssohn-Zimmer im Alten Rathaus zu Leipizig admission ticket and 7 related postal cards. paperback books
186534812Philadelphia: Frederick Leypoldt F.W. Christern 1865. Hardcover. Very Good. MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY Carl and Paul eds. 12mo. Full black cloth titling gilt to spine. vi 421 pp. With musical examples. Binding slightly worn; binder's handstamp to rear pastedown. Frederick Leypoldt, F.W. Christern hardcover books
188234331Leipzig: Hermann Mendelssohn 1882. Mendelssohn Bartholdy Paul ed. Octavo. Full dark teal cloth with titling within decorative device gilt with ornately-blindstamped corners within blindstamped rules titling to spine gilt within decorative device gilt. 1f. recto blank verso half-title 1f. frontispiece recto blank verso photographic illustration of Mendelssohn on his death bed 1f. recto title verso blank v-vii foreword by Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy dated Berlin March 1861 i blank 366 text 367-373 index i blank pp. 1f. publisher's advertisements. Tissue guard to photographic frontispiece. With occasional musical examples and illustrations in text.<br/><br/>With autograph inscription signed "Hermann Mendelssohn" and other ownership notations. <br/><br/>Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped; upper board detached. Uniformly browned; some foxing; a few very small tears to blank edges. Volume 1 of 2 only. Hermann Mendelssohn unknown books
1863000101Leipzig: Hermann Mendelssohn 1863. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾. Book. 2 vols. vi 366 pp. vi 520 pp. both VG condition. Gilding on blindstamped cloth bindings bright. Some light and occasional foxing. Minor fraying by gutters. Both have neat cut out areas on yellow FFP like cut out of price tag. Mendelssohn was assiduous and literate letter writer during his brief not meaning a pun here life. Includes travel writing in Switzerland Italy etc. <br/><br/> Hermann Mendelssohn hardcover books
47592NY: Schirmer. Large 8vo pp. vii 108. Two pamphlets "Descriptive notes on the oratoria.' laid in along with a program for a performance in Schenectady NY on April 26 1923. Cardboard cover with front from original paper wrap pasted on. Cover loose interior solid good. Schirmer unknown books
1986122565New York: Fromm International 1986. hardcover. very good/very good. Edited by Rudolf Elvers. Translated from the German by Craig Tomlinson. Illustrated. xiv 334pp. 8vo cloth d.w. New York: Fromm International Publishing 19876. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.<br/><br/> Fromm International unknown books
1945217386New York: Pantheon 1945. hardcover. very good/good. Edited by G. Seldon-Goth. Frontis illustrated. 373pp. 8vo cloth-backed decorative boards d.w.; dust jacket worn and torn. New York: Pantheon 1945. A very good copy in a good dust jacket.<br/><br/> Pantheon unknown books
23713MENDELSSOHN Felix. LETTERS. New York: Pantheon 1945. 8vo. Cloth spine boards dust jacket. ii 3 pages 33 plates. First edition thus. Edited by G. Selden-Goth. Light browning to leaves rubbing to extremities dust jacket worn. unknown books
196990614New York: Kraus Reprint Co 1969. hardcover. very good. Edited by G. Seldon-Goth. Frontis illustrated. 373pp. tall 8vo cloth. New York: Krauss Reprint Company 1969. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Kraus Reprint Co unknown books
194636054London: Elek. Very Good. 1946. Hardcover. Edited by G. Selden-Goth. London Elek 1946. 372 pages. hardcover very good condition no jacket. . Elek hardcover books
186247694Boston: Ditson 1862. 4to pp. 201. Paper over boards cloth spine. Cover soiled and worn interior little foxed and worn but intact. Good. Ditson unknown books
183018718Leipzig Paris: Frédéric Hofmeister Simon Richault PN 1515 1830. Folio. Unbound as issued. 9; 9; 9; 7 pp. Engraved. Title to viola part. <br/><br/>Some very light wear and soiling; two small binder's holes to inner blank margins. In very good condition overall. First Edition. Not in Krause. Mendelssohn Papers III 604. Hoboken 10 130. <br/><br/>"One of the most gifted and versatile prodigies Mendelssohn stood at the forefront of German music during the 1830s and 40s as conductor pianist organist and above all composer. His musical style fully developed before he was 20 drew upon a variety of influences including the complex chromatic counterpoint of Bach the formal clarity and gracefulness of Mozart and the dramatic power of Beethoven and Weber ." <br/><br/>" . Between 1827 and 1847 he composed six string quartets and had begun work on a seventh at the end of his life . The first two op. 13 in A minor 1827 and op. 12 in Eb 1829 show a rapprochement with the late quartets of Beethoven. To the Swedish musician Adolf Lindblad Mendelssohn explained his concern for the organic relationship of the various movements to the whole. In op. 12 the opening of the first movement is brought back to conclude the finale . " R. Larry Todd in Grove Music Online. Frédéric Hofmeister, Simon Richault [PN] 1515 unknown books
185036199Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel PN 4980 1850. Folio. Unbound as issued. 1 title 2 blank 3-13 i publisher's catalogue; 9 i blank; 10; 8 pp. Engraved.<br/><br/>The first page of the first violin part page 3 contains the song "Ist es Wahr" for voice and piano; the violin part begins on page 4.<br/><br/>Wrappers slightly worn. Minor stain to title. Re-issue of the first edition of 1830. MWV R22. Wehner p. 276. Not in Hoboken. Krause 177.<br/><br/>"One of the most gifted and versatile prodigies Mendelssohn stood at the forefront of German music during the 1830s and 40s as conductor pianist organist and above all composer. His musical style fully developed before he was 20 drew upon a variety of influences including the complex chromatic counterpoint of Bach the formal clarity and gracefulness of Mozart and the dramatic power of Beethoven and Weber . <br/><br/>. Between 1827 and 1847 he composed six string quartets and had begun work on a seventh at the end of his life. The first two op. 13 in A minor 1827 and op. 12 in Eb 1829 show a rapprochement with the late quartets of Beethoven. To the Swedish musician Adolf Lindblad Mendelssohn explained his concern for the organic relationship of the various movements to the whole . In op. 13 the quintessential thematic material is drawn from the lied Frage op. 9 no. 1 with explicit quotations from the song in the outer and more hidden references in the inner movements of the quartet." R. Larry Todd in Grove Music Online. Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 4980] unknown books
183028108Leipsic: Breitkopf & Härtel PN 4980 1830. Folio. Disbound. Violino 1: 1f. title 3 "Thema": song op. 9 no. 1 for voice and piano 4-13 i blank pp.; Violino 2: 9 i blank pp.; Viola: 10 pp.; Violoncello: 8 pp. Title lithographed; music engraved. <br/><br/>Somewhat soiled and foxed; dampstained and with binder's holes to inner margin; contemporary signature "Lemke" in ink trimmed and "2" in manuscript at upper right corner of title; "F. Mendelssohn" in ink in another hand to upper right corner of first page of each part. First Edition. MWV R22 p. 276. Hoboken 10 132 spelled "Quator" and with publisher's handstamp to title. <br/><br/>"One of the most gifted and versatile prodigies Mendelssohn stood at the forefront of German music during the 1830s and 40s as conductor pianist organist and above all composer. His musical style fully developed before he was 20 drew upon a variety of influences including the complex chromatic counterpoint of Bach the formal clarity and gracefulness of Mozart and the dramatic power of Beethoven and Weber." <br/><br/>". Between 1827 and 1847 he composed six string quartets and had begun work on a seventh at the end of his life. The first two op. 13 in A minor 1827 and op. 12 in Eb 1829 show a rapprochement with the late quartets of Beethoven. To the Swedish musician Adolf Lindblad Mendelssohn explained his concern for the organic relationship of the various movements to the whole. In op. 13 the quintessential thematic material is drawn from the lied Frage op. 9 no. 1 with explicit quotations from the song in the outer and more hidden references in the inner movements of the quartet." R. Larry Todd in Grove Music Online. Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 4980] unknown books
186036191Copenhague: Horneman & Erslev 1860. Folio. Disbound. 1 collective title listing within decorative lithographic border by Ch. M. Tegners 2-9 pp. Engraved. <br/><br/>Collective title lists 19 numbers by various composers.<br/><br/>Slightly browned and soiled. MWV U67.<br/><br/>"One of the most gifted and versatile prodigies Mendelssohn stood at the forefront of German music during the 1830s and 40s as conductor pianist organist and above all composer. His musical style fully developed before he was 20 drew upon a variety of influences including the complex chromatic counterpoint of Bach the formal clarity and gracefulness of Mozart and the dramatic power of Beethoven and Weber.<br/><br/>Mendelssohn's emergence into the first rank of 19th-century German composers coincided with efforts by music historiographers to develop the concept of a Classic-Romantic dialectic in 18th and 19th-century music. To a large degree his music reflects a fundamental tension between Classicism and Romanticism in the generation of German composers after Beethoven." R. Larry Todd in Grove Music Online. Horneman & Erslev unknown books
184035290Vienne: Pietro Mechetti qm Carlo PN P.M. No. 2133 1840. Small folio. Disbound. 1f. recto title verso blank 3-11 pp. Engraved.<br/><br/>Disbound. Slightly worn and soiled; browning to edges; light scattered foxing. Second German edition. MWV U 67 p. 312. Published before the "Neue rechtmässige Original-Ausgabe" published in 1854 Krause 212. Ward Jones III 381. <br/><br/>One of the most gifted and versatile prodigies Mendelssohn stood at the forefront of German music during the 1830s and 40s as conductor pianist organist and above all composer. His musical style fully developed before he was 20 drew upon a variety of influences including the complex chromatic counterpoint of Bach the formal clarity and gracefulness of Mozart and the dramatic power of Beethoven and Weber.<br/><br/>Mendelssohn's emergence into the first rank of 19th-century German composers coincided with efforts by music historiographers to develop the concept of a Classic-Romantic dialectic in 18th and 19th-century music. To a large degree his music reflects a fundamental tension between Classicism and Romanticism in the generation of German composers after Beethoven." R. Larry Todd in Grove Music Online. Pietro Mechetti qm Carlo [PN P.M. No. 2133] unknown books