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193925107New York: Hours Press 1939. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Stapled printed wrappers. Subtitled "Chain Gang Negro Songs Of Protest". Collected from Lawrence Gellert and arranged for voice and piano by Lan Adomian. 31 pp plus a page of notes at rear. A very good copy in stapled yellow wrappers. Laid in to this copy is a booklet of sheet music containing the music and lyrics to Joe Hill with words by Alfred Hayes and music by Earl Robinson. This four-panel booklet was printed by Bob Miller Inc. in New York. Some tape residue on the covers of the booklet. Hours Press paperback books
190225110London: Novello 1902. Paperback. Good. 2 80p. plus 6p. advertisements. Original wrapper chipped and somewhat worn. 26cm. Novello's Original Octavo edition. Musical first performed at the Sheffield Music Festival in 1902. <br/><br/> Novello paperback books
1964169521Beijing: Yinyue chubanshe 1964. Four-page sheet music folio 7.25x10.25 inches very good with minor signs of handling. Title in red on a white background; cover emblem is an understated star-and-banner motif. Militant song about "centuries of hatred" seething in the awakening hearts of an oppressed minority and the eighteen levels of imperialist hell echoing with the sounds of the coming liberating forces. "The Negro's American oppressors are the common enemy of all races." Lyricist Guang Weiran 1913-2002 was a prominent poet author of some of revolutionary China's most well-known songs including the Yellow River Cantata. Yinyue chubanshe unknown books
197915357New York: Calamus Books 1979. Paperback. 132p. very good first edition trade paperback original in pictorial wraps. Young 2979. Calamus Books paperback books
198221586Paris: Handshake Editions 1982. Revised. Paperback. Good. Revised fourth edition of this collection of articles and interviews written by jazz trombonist Michael Zwerin. Includes pieces on Frank Zappa Count Basie Ravi Shankar Keith Jarrett John Cage Miles Davis Django Reinhardt Sun Ra and more. A good only copy in bound wrappers. Prior owner name to front endpaper. Binding is quite fragile. <br/><br/> Handshake Editions paperback books
1840358311840. Folio. Contemporary half dark brown leather with marbled boards gilt rules to spine marbled endpapers. 90 pp. Contents list and notes to upper and lower flyleaves pagination in pencil to upper right corners. <br/><br/>Notated primarily in a single hand on 12-stave J. & F. Harwood London music paper with decorative border of small interlocked circles; illustration of the coast of Dover to recto of first leaf. A few of the songs marked with dates and place names.<br/><br/>With previous owner's name to upper flyleaf: "Margaret Keep January 26th 1841."<br/><br/>A large collection of popular songs and dances in manuscript some with composer attribution given here in parentheses most without. <br/><br/>Contents pages 1-62:<br/>The Jenny Jones Waltz The Water Witch Quadrille & La Belle Barbiere German Waltz Johann Strauss The Better Laird Miss E. Davis In the Days When We Went Gypsying J. N. Sporle The Gondolette Alexander Lee The Gypsey's Wild Chaunt Kathleen Mavorneen Woodman spare that tree! The Bridal Ring Smile Again my Bonnie Lassie The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers Miss Hemans Oh No! We Never Mention Her The Deep Blue Sea C. Arnold The Angels Whisper the following 7 pieces not listed in contents Come and let us be happy! Glorious Apollo Sam. Webbe Life is a bumper Wainwright Eve's Lamentation I Dreamed that I Dwelt in Marble Halls M.W. Balfe The Wishing Gate By the Sad Sea Waves Her Majesty's own Waltz Johann Strauss Waltz Waltzer pour le Piano Forte Waltz par Johann Strauss List to the Convent Bell Roy's Wife of Advallock O Nanny Will Thou Gang with Me The Campbells Are Coming L'Amour Musard Waltz Strasburg Waltz Strauss Elizabethan Waltz Waltz Waltz Hero Froerich Waltz L'Eté The Alpine Waltz Charmant Walzer Johann Strauss Monte Video Waltz Joseph Launer Waltz Beethoven Waltz from Fra Diavolo by Auber Strauss Waltz Strauss Moabe favorite Waltz Waltz Strauss Waltz Gallopade Huiloch of Keelock Gallopade The All Black Quadrille Coal Black Rose the next 2 pieces not listed in contents The Laird of Cockpen Ave Sanctissima or Evening Song of the Virgin What Fairylike Music The next 2 not listed Sir Roger de Coverly Tudor Quadrille St. Patricks Day the following not listed Lady Shaftsbury's Red The Fixe Fly Polka Les Echoes Musard Julius's English Quadrille Julius's Scotch Quadrille Julius's Royal English Quadrille Spanish Waltz La Polka Quadrille Ronsard Les Diamans de la Couronne Musard Deutsche Lust Waltzer Strauss The Post Horn Galop Waltz Beethoven The Bridal Polka Bonnie Dundee Annie Laurie I'd Mourn the Hopes that Leave Me Moore Search Through the Wide World. <br/><br/>Contents pp. 63-90<br/>Mostly sacred music including a collection of canticles responses and other chants in English choral style by various composers: Attwood Stouldsworth Jackson Soaper Depuis Hornington Jones Battishill Corfe Robertson Crotch Stafford Weber Purcell and Kelly. A selection of hymns: From Egypt lately come Why those fears Lord for thy tender mercies take What will they say in England J.W. Hobbs Bless the Lord Mozart. A few secular pieces within this section including The Hay is in the Mow Scott Gatty The Fairy Tempter Forget not your Janice Teach or Teach me to Forget Logan Braes.<br/><br/>Two songs included in contents not found: Long Long Ago The Voice of Soci.<br/><br/>Binding worn bumped and rubbed; split at hinges. Slightly browned; some showthrough; a few leaves soiled and faded. An interesting collection of contemporary popular tunes dances and sacred music. "One of hundreds of similar volumes compiled by women during the nineteenth century these albums contain predominantly pieces by European male composers yet nonetheless reflect the role of music in women's lives. Musical accomplishment was a mark of the well-bred woman and the piano in particular was most often her instrument of choice." Robin Rausch from Women in Music at memory.loc.gov. unknown books
1895005836Seattle: Lowman & Hanford Lithographic Co. 1895. First edition. Card. String ties. . Very Good. 17 by 17 cm. Unpaginated 84 pp. with program notes cast excerpts many photos and illustrations some of which underlay text ads etc. This is an especially elaborate and attractive souvenir program for an "amateur" theatrical this one being a spoof modeled after Shakespeare's original. Scarce with no copies of this program listed on OCLC First Search and a single listing at Washington State University for the considerably shorter program for 1893's theatrical. LIght soiling of the cover. Otherwise tight clean. <br/><br/> Lowman & Hanford Lithographic Co. unknown books
201535292Basel: Paul Sacher Stiftung 2015. Paperback. Fine. 22 volumes. Octavo. Wrappers.<br/><br/>No. 5 1992; No. 8 1995 through No. 28 2015. Paul Sacher Stiftung paperback books
191528247Boston: Oliver Ditson Company 1915. First edition. Cloth. Good. Two volume set of books. Uniforn clothbound quartos. Issued without dustwrappers. Edited by and with an introduction by Constantin Von Sternberg. Both volumes in about good condition. Bindings are starting to loosen. 183 and 188 pp respectively. Internally clean and free of writing or other plates. Scarce set. Oliver Ditson Company unknown books
190733644Newton Center Mass: The Wa - Wan Press 1907. 1st edition. Grey paper wrappers printed in red & black. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A VG copy. 2 4 2 pp. Folio. 13-7/8" x 10-5/8" <br/><br/> The Wa - Wan Press unknown books
1982138177Buffalo NY: Bob Moog 1982. Production catalog from 1982 including the recently released Memorymoog Source and Rogue models as well as the Moog Liberation the first commercially produced keytar. A contemporary look at available synthesizers at the moment when they would begin to dominant popular music. <br/><br/>Three pages. Three hole punch to the left edge affecting some of the text inside else Fine. Bob Moog unknown books
89942New York: G. Schirmer n.d. Paperback. Very Good. Musical score 84p. Softcover in original wrapper. 26cm. with accompanying typed letter from A. George Volck a motion picture and Hollywood agent who was probably pitching this story to Lester Cowan the addressee and an independent film producer in the 1930s and 1940s. He also sent a carbon copy of a 4-page synopsis of the story which according to Volck's letter was told in 293 pages. A half-hearted search turned up nothing to suggest that any play or motion picture was ever produced. OCLC lists this "dramatic cantata" as being held by one institution.<br/> U of Texas. <br/><br/> G. Schirmer paperback books
1988005389New York: Doubleday 1988. Near Fine light soiling to boards in a Fine dust wrapper. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Doubleday Hardcover books
1985003110Duluth MN: Hardanger Fiddle Assn. of America 1985. 35 pages with 10 simple tunes for beginners. Very Good prior owner name sticker front wrapper name in ink bottom edge rear wrapper and small dampstain bottom and top corners not affecting text. SCARCE. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardanger Fiddle Assn. of America Paperback books
1900D10896America England et al 1900-1970s. Sheet Music. Very Good. A massive collection of more than 700 pieces of sheet music each title in an archival sleeve -- just a small handful of duplicates. Condition varies from Good some chipping and dust-soiling to Fine though generally Very Good. Spanning decades the bulk are published in New York Chicago Detroit and London but also include Rome Hollywood San Francisco and beyond. Composers include Harold Adamson Mack Gordon Vincent Youmans Irving Berlin Lew Brown Alfred Bryan Sammy Cahn B. G. De Sylva Ray Henderson Al Dubin Arthur Freed Nacio Herb Brown George and Ira Gershwin Oscar Hammerstein Richard Rodgers Otto Harbach Paul Francis Webster Gus Kahn Edgar Leslie Sam Lewis Joe Young Jay Livingston Ray Evans Frank Loesser Cole Porter Leo Robin and others. Arranged for intermediate pianists but including a few pieces for beginners and most with chord progressions for ukulele and/or guitar styles include fox trots waltzes ballads war-time songs holiday songs and songs from Broadway Disney and film. Please inquire for a full list. <br/><br/> unknown books
186350882Columbia SC: B. Duncan 1863. 4to. 3 pp. Parrish 7276. Disbound. <br/><br/> B. Duncan unknown books
186350883Richmond VA: Lithographed by Geo. Dunn & Compy.; Columbia SC: Julian A. Selby 1863. 4to. 4 pp. Parrish 7279. Disbound; foxed. <br/><br/> Lithographed by Geo. Dunn & Compy.; Columbia, SC: Julian A. Selby unknown books
1984003090Bloomington Indiana: Indiana Univ Press 1984. First Printing SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage to Gyorgy Sebok world-renowned pianist and Distinguished Professor of Music at the Indiana Univ. School of Music - "For Gyorgy Sebok whose passion for music is an enduring inspiration for all of us who love the arts-with admiration Anya Royce January 1990". Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket with scant edgewear prior owner name stamp bottom edge. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Indiana Univ Press Hardcover books
1956145819N.p.: N.p. 1956. Draft script for the 1956 Broadway musical which opened at the Broadway Theatre on March 22 1956 and ran for 383 performances before closing on February 23 1957. With a three page "prop inventory" bound in at the rear. <br/><br/>Based on a story by Will Glickman and Joseph Stein about an entertainer and his struggles in show business and conceived as a vehicle for Sammy Davis Jr. Davis' performance received rave reviews and helped to launch him beyond night clubs and into the superstardom he would see by the end of the decade.<br/><br/>Red titled Hart Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present with credits for writers Joseph Stein and Will Glickman and composers/lyricists Jerry Bock Larry Holofcener and George Weiss. 85 leaves with last page of text numbered "PROP INVENTORY - 2." Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good Plus with some slight staining wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver screw brads. N.p. unknown books
1943152282New York: Paramount Music Corporation 1943. Vintage sheet music for the song "Murder He Says." INSCRIBED by composer Jimmy McHugh to the front wrapper: "To my pal Johnny / 'Murder' He Says / Jimmy McHugh." <br/><br/>The song was originally sung by Betty Hutton in the 1943 film "Happy Go Lucky" directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Hutton alongside Mary Martin and Dick Powell. <br/><br/>9 x 12 inches. Four leaves Very Good with light dampstains to the final leaf and a small bruise to the front wrapper. Paramount Music Corporation unknown books
1853005067London: London: Longman Orme Brown and Longman. Combe and Crossley Leicester 1853. London: Longman Orme Brown and Longman. Combe and Crossley Leicester 1853. Volume III only. First and only Edition. RARE. In blue cloth with gilt decoration and titles. Preface Subscribers List vii-xii Contents xiii-xv Index to Music 383 pages. Very Good hinges cracking boards rubbed at the tips pages slight browning. Gardiner's wonderful chronicle of matters both musical and political in the first half of the 18th century. Volume III was published in the year fo his death 1853. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. London: Longman Orme Brown and Longman. Combe and Crossley Leicester Hardcover books
1930235954Berlin: Terramare Office 1930. Third. paperback. very good. Illustrated in b/w. 42pp. Short thin 8vo paper pictorial wrappers. Berlin: Terramare Office 1930. Third edition. Ex-library stamps from Julliard on cover and title page still a very good copy.<br/><br/> Terramare Office unknown books
19361317506Tuscaloosa: Weatherford Printing Company 1936. Hardcover. Octavo; G/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine black without print; Boards in black cloth with silver print slight warping wear to corners and spine caps mild bump to bottom edge; Text block has impress and stain from metal paperclip to front endpaper and initial pages mild peripheral tanning to endpapers else clean and tight; 312 pages illustrated b&w. 1317506. FP New Rockville Stock. Weatherford Printing Company hardcover books
198530959NY: Cambridge University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0521257999 . First edition. Fine in a very near fine hint of sun fading along the spine dust jacket. . Cambridge University Press hardcover books
36228Oblong folio 225 x 300 mm. Contemporary vellum-backed marbled boards. Ca. 250 pp. Watermarks include "La Stella" and "G & C Cini" prominent papermakers in Tuscany in the 1830s and 40s. <br/><br/>39 pieces in total. Composers include Beethoven 3 Bellini 2 Donizetti 3 Pacini 2 Paer 2 Weber 2 Strauss and Zingarelli 2 plus a number of unattributed works.With contemporary signature of "Mrs. S. Smith" to front endpapers and contemporary manuscript index to pastedown endpapers; her additional signature to Beethoven Waltz. Notated in ink in one primary hand<br/><br/>Contents:<br/>Paer Ferdinando 1771-1839<br/>Ah Lucinda Signor Duetto in the Favorite Opera of Agnese di Fitzhenny Arrang'd with a Piano Forte Accompt. by J.C. Pyne 80th Regt. 1 title 2-20 pp. <br/><br/>Donizetti Gaetano 1979-1848<br/>Cavatina Nell fior degl' anni miei Nell' Opera L'Ajo in Imbarazzo. Ridotta per Piano Forte Dal J.C. Pyne. 9 pp. <br/><br/>Italian Ariettes with a Piano Forte Accompaniment. Benedetto 2 pp.; Buona Notte 3 pp.; Nel Tempo Felice 3 pp.; Grato Momento é Caro 2 pp.<br/><br/>Bailey Thomas Haynes 1797-1839<br/>I'd be a Butterfly a Ballad Sung by Mrs. Haylett The Words & Melody by Thos. Haynes Bailey. 6 pp. <br/><br/>Canzonici Siciliane. 14 pp. 7 short pieces for voice and piano<br/><br/>Pacini Giovanni 1796-1867<br/>Come provar quest' anima Cavatina in the Opera La Schiava e' Bagdad. 12 pp. <br/><br/>Craven J.T. 1796-<br/>The Light Bark. Scene The Bay of Naples. 7 pp. Text by Anna Mahony<br/><br/>Beethoven Ludwig van 1770-1827<br/>No. 2 Grand Sonata composed & dedicated to Prince Lichnowski . Op. 26. 22 pp. <br/><br/>Anon. Waltz. 1/2 page. <br/><br/>Beethoven<br/>Waltz. 4 pp. LvBWVAnh 14/3 <br/><br/>Weber Carl Maria von 1786-1826<br/>Weber's Last Composition. 2 pp. Waltz in Ab major<br/><br/>Weiner Volkslied. 1 page.<br/><br/>Zingarelli Niccolò Antonio 1752-1837<br/>Ombra adorata aspetto. 9 pp. From his opera Romeo and Juliet<br/><br/>7 pp. 3 sets of 6 instrumental dance tunes unidentified most likely for violin.<br/><br/>Dance Music. 24 dance tunes for solo violin with titles including Quadrile! of Navarino Pantalone L'Elé La Pouyle La Trenis La Pastorale La Promenade and Quadrille a 2 Figure. 10 pp. <br/><br/>Donizetti<br/>3 pp. Unidentified work for piano solo. Incomplete<br/><br/>Bellini Vincenzo 1801-35<br/>Sinfonia Nel Opera Il Pirata. 16 pp. containing the overture for piano solo. With occasional corrections.<br/><br/>Waltz. Chap. Rouge. 1 page. For solo piano.<br/><br/>Military Waltz. 1 page<br/><br/>The Merry Days When We Were Young. 2 pp. For voice and piano. Notation and text carefully penned on mid-blue paper within highly decorative embossed border. Signed "E.R.P. 6. Novr. 1841" at conclusion.Two small pinholes to upper left margin. In very good condition overall. <br/><br/>Binding somewhat worn soiled rubbed and bumped; number "41" to spine. Very minor internal wear and browning. unknown books
