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1980BOOKS029784INew York: Columbia University Press. Fine copies in fine dust jackets. 1980. 1st. hardcover. Small 4to 621 838 pp. . Columbia University Press hardcover
198063716<p>NY: Columbia University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 0231051484 . From the library of the late David Rockefeller with his bookplates on the front pastedown endpapers. Blue cloth bindings. Volume one: xv 838pp; Volume two: x 621pp bibliography biographies of authors and composers and notes on the hymns. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .</p> Columbia University Press hardcover
185031704Ditson Mayence Et Al. Good with no dust jacket. 1850- 1860's. Hardcover. B/w with some color; 4to 11" - 13" tall; apr160 pages; 3/4 leather with green cloth binding largely disbound. Includes "Music of The Union." Boston: Ditson. With color litho cover. Wolsieffer William. Abraham Lincoln's "Funeral March." Phila. : L. Meyer 1865. "Lieutenant General Grant's Grand March." Phila. : Lee and Walker 1865. Tinted litho cover portrait. Rather foxed. Elisha Kent "Kane's Funeral March." Phila. : Lee & Walker 1859. Litho cover portrait. Rough bdg. scattered often heavy foxing. Approx. 25 pieces. From the 1800's estate of Annie E Richards. . Ditson, Mayence, Et Al hardcover
198233327Brooklyn New York: Institute for Studies in American Music / Conservatory of Music / Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. 1982. 1982. Very good. WITH A FOREWORD BY WILLIAM SCHUMAN - Quarto 10-3/4 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide. Softcovers bound in printed white wraps. The white covers are slightly spotted with a light crease to the bottom front corner of the front cover. xxi iii 368 & 1 pages. Near fine internally. <p>First edition.<p>The publisher's printed presentation slip is laid in. Brooklyn, New York: Institute for Studies in American Music / Conservatory of Music / Brooklyn College of the City University of paperback
197133459New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1971. 1971. Fair. INSCRIBED TO MRS. HENRY COWELL AND SIGNED BY VIRGIL THOMSON - Octavo red cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & in gilt within a blue rectangle on the spine in a dust wrapper. The binding is dampstained & small pieces of the interior of the dust wrapper have adhered to the inner edge of the front cover & the bottom edge of the rear cover. The dust jacket is darkened chipped & torn. There is pink dampstaing to the lower half of each of the jacket's panels & to its interior. xvi. 1 leaf & 204 pages. The bottom corners of the pastedowns are stained pink and the bottom corners of the pages in the first half of the book are slightly rippled from humidity. 1 top page corner is creased. The fore-edge is foxed. Fair. <p>First edition.<p>A wonderful association copy inscribed by Virgil Thomson to fellow composer Henry Cowell's wife: "for Mrs. Henry Cowell / Dear Sidney / I love you / Virgil / NY Feb. 1971".<p>The introduction is by Nicolas Nabokov. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1971). hardcover
2020__1332413056Forgotten Books 2020. Paperback. New. 586 pages. 9.02x5.98x1.19 inches. Forgotten Books paperback
2010DADAX1164564773Kessinger Publishing 2010-09-10. paperback. New. 6.00x1.19x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing paperback
2008DADAX1436765897Kessinger Publishing 2008-06-29. paperback. New. 6.00x1.19x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing paperback
19093656New York: Moffat Yard and Company 1909. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. First Edition Published October 1909 stated on copyright page; 4to green cloth no dj; good boards rubbed and lightly soiled; two small nicks to top edge scrape to bottom edge of rear board; spine ends bumped and worn; bottom corners bumped and worn to boards; front hinge starting; bookstore sticker on rear pastedown for Hartman's Seattle; pages toned; 284pp 73pp of transcribed music index. <br/> <br/> Moffat, Yard and Company hardcover
2006563h5715USA: McFarland & Company. Good. 2006. First Edition. Paperback. 0786423064 . viii 423-877 pp. "Lists thousands of songs about American political personalities all political offices except president from 1756 through 2004. Organized alphabetically by state the book also lists songs about local political topics - everything from temperance "Vote Our California Dry" to the women's vote "Rally Song for the Ohio Suffragist" to the introduction of Boston's first public water system "Cochituate Grand Quick Step". Includes an appendix of parodied songs and a list of publishers by city and indexes of song titles authors and composers politicians and subjects and offices." - back cover. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound copy of this wonderful reference.; 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall; Political Music - United States . McFarland & Company paperback
198113713Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press 1981. cloth hardcover. no flaws clean no writing or markings. strong binding. a well preserved copy of the original edition.; x-284pp. ten maps and illustrations. 7 tables. history of american musical stage productions during 20 years in 19th century. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. UMI Research Press Hardcover
2000549113Buttonhill CO: Mainspring Press 2000. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Includes CD-ROM. Jacket is sunned and edges are creased and nicked. Board spine ends are slightly bumped. Boards are clean binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used. Mainspring Press Hardcover
1963040687Philadelphia: Library Company 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. pp: vii 205 with index; 15pp illus from photographs showing several hundred song sheets. Bound in brown buckram gilt spine lettering. 11.25" x 8.5" Standard reference on the topic. Library Company hardcover
1889005131New York: Knickerbocker Press/G.P. Putnam's Sons 1889. First Printing First Edition Thus. . Hardcover. Good Plus to Very Good/Issued Without Jacket. American War Ballads and Lyrics Vol.2: The Civil War" is the second part of a two-volume set containing songs and lyrics from the Civil War era. Vol. 1 features music of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812. Included among the 76 pieces are "John Brown's Body" "Reveille" and "Barbara Frietchie" as well as many about individual soldiers and battles. 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches 278 pages plus 6 pages of ads for other Putnam's books in this "Knickerbocker Nuggets" series of pocket-sized works; 21 illustrations including the frontispiece which still retains its tissue paper protection. This work was produced in both one and two-volume editions and in this book the last ad -- unnumbered -- is for the work itself an indication of another edition to come and that this small 2-vol. set is the first edition. Laid in is a period publisher's ad/bookmark for Putnam's "Literary Gems" series. This book is quarter-bound in navy blue cloth over blue and grey floral cloth boards. Spine is gilded in a floral pattern and the top edge of the text is gilded; the title page is ruled in red with red and black lettering. The boards show considerable wear and fraying along the edges and at the corners with a 3/8 " tear at the top of the spine and lower end bumped and worn. The binding remains tight and whole with a complete text block that is still square and shows only light soiling at the edges and an occasional small stain. Overall a very decent copy of a scarce edition of this work. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall <br/> <br/> Knickerbocker Press/G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
0365601233.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1984108c7305USA: Myrrh/Word 1984. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Featuring all songs recorded by Amy Grant on her album "Straight Ahead". Piano transcriptions by Bill Wolaver and Gary Rhodes. Includes piano music lyrics and chords for: Angels; Doubly Good to You; It's Not a Song; Jehovah; The Now and the Not Yet; Open Arms; Straight Ahead; They Word; Tomorrow; Where Do You Hide Your Heart. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound working copy. Myrrh/Word Paperback
28702JOHN WOLSTENHOLME 1825. FIRST EDITION QUARTO PROBABLY REBACKED WITH PLAIN DRAB BOARDSORIGINAL LABEL Pp vii 436 xxci 4 PLATES. THE FRONT HINGE IS SPLITTING OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. JOHN WOLSTENHOLME, 1825 hardcover
18998722Lawrence and Bullen 1899. 1st Edition. . Book Book Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Lawrence and Bullen 1899. 1st Edition . Very Good/No Jacket. 26 verses and 26 full page illustrations. Folio. Mainly cream board cover is grubby rubbed at corenrs thread showing on edges of spine. Fold over sheet of music inside front cover. Full page competition coupon closing date January 15th 1900 bound in before title page. Fascinating. Lawrence and Bullen hardcover
1940List2441New York 1940. Eighty-five pages including sixty loose pages and a partial draft of Guthrie’s Hard Hitting Songs for Hard Hit People totaling twenty-five pages. With one handwritten page. One page - a typewritten copy of “The Ballad of Harry Bridges†- with a handwritten note by Guthrie to Ambellan. With photocopies of several letters from Guthrie to Ambellan included. Also with a broadside of the Carol Tree Carol by Alan and Elizabeth Lomax 1940 and a notecard with the lyrics to “Hawl Away Joe†written Inscription states “Here you are Harold hope it aint late. Well if it is will be singing about old Harry for a many a day to come. Pour it on em Boy. Woody G.â€. A fascinating collection of material from the collection of Harold Ambellan Woodie Guthrie’s friend collaborator and landlord during an important creative period for Guthrie in the 1940s. The group contains a partial draft of Guthrie’s Hard Hitting Songs for Hard Hit People which was written while Guthrie was living in Ambellan’s loft as well as a collection of over sixty loose songsheets not included in the book. Of these over thirty are not listed in Tulsa’s Woody Guthrie Center finding aid. The sixty pages include variant titles and verses to recorded and published versions with some items attributed to Ledbelly and overall the group should shed light on scholar’s efforts to map out the landscape of the American folk song at the time of Guthrie’s work. The typescript draft generally matches the published version with the occasional typo. <br /> <br /> Nora Guthrie writes in her introduction to Hard Hitting Songs of the influence of Ambellan on Guthrie’s creative process. Ambellan was an artist and sculptor and part time musician and Guthrie lived in Ambellan’s loft on 21st Street. “The loft was mostly filled with Ambellan’s sculptures which were abstract and very large. However the couple managed to throw a cot up in the back of the loft for Woody to crash on… Evenings at the loft often included impromptu hootenannies where Woody and Pete’s Seeger musician friends would gather to raise some money to help pay the Ambellans’ rent… There was a lot of singing and a lot of songwriting and it was in the 21st Street loft that Hard Hitting Songs came into existence.†Guthrie wrote “Vigilante Man†and “Hard Travellin†while staying at the Ambellans’ loft. <br /> <br /> Nora Guthrie continues: “ Alan Lomax’s father John Lomax had collected a group of songs that dealt with migrant workers’ share crop farmers’ and industrial workers’ issues many of the lyrics protesting workers’ conditions and advocating for their rights. At the time the material was considered ‘too hot to handle’ by government employees so Alan handed it over to Pete Seeger and Woody to browse through. They loved the material and together with Alan they decided to create a new songbook they would embellish with their own writings and commentary as well as some additional original songs. Working fourteen hours a day they completed the songbook in about five months. … The manuscript which they had titled Hard Hitting Songs for Hard-Hit People was left behind in the loft literally saved by Elisabeth Higgens until its existence became known in the 1960s when it was first published in 1967.â€<br /> <br /> Overall a very scarce relic of an important period in Guthrie’s career with a fantastic association. Guthrie ephemera and archival pieces are notoriously scarce on the market with single letters occasionally surfacing. unknown
1922100473<p>1922-1935. 1922-1935. Very good. - The collection consists of: 18 Autograph letters signed 20 Typed letters signed an unsigned Autograph letter an unsigned Typed letter and a contract signed by Stella de Mette and 4 Typed letters from Francesco Liazza together with autograph drafts of letters by Brown on 3 of the de Mette pieces.</p><p>1. St. Louis MO March 10 1922. Autograph Letter Signed on both sides of a 3-3/8 X 5-1/4 inch card addressed to Mr. Brown expressing her boredom. "All I've been doing is attending social affairs & living a most monotonous life - as society does not in the least appeal to me." Signed "Stella de Mette-Liazza".</p><p>2. New York City April 21 1922. Autograph Letter Signed on 2 sides of a folded 6-1/2 X 5 inch folded sheet of note paper addressed to Mr. Brown suggesting a meeting with him. Signed "Stella de M. Liazza".</p><p>3. Hotel Schuyler Arms NYC June 8 1922. Autograph Letter Signed on both sides of her personal 10-1/2 X 6-1/2 inch monogramed letterhead addressed to Mr. Brown requesting that he make an appointment with her friend Anna Lorraine a "dramatic artist". "Anticipated hearing from you three or four weeks ago - but no doubt things didn't materialize." Signed "Stella de Mette-Liazza".</p><p>4. Alvin Theatre-San Carlo Opera Co. Pittsburgh PA. December 8 1922. Autograph Letter Signed on 3 of 4 sides of 6-1/4 X 5-1/8 inch "The Washington Washington D.C." note paper. She addresses Mr. Brown introducing "Miss Stasia Ledowa - you no doubt have admired her splendid work with the San Carlo at the Century - just recently. She is a REAL artist." Stasia Ledowa was premiere danseuse with the Chicago Opera Company. Signed "Stella de Mette".</p><p>5. Draft of a letter from Chamberlain Brown to Stella de Mette 9 lines written over the top of a typed letter from Stella de Mette in which she informs Brown that she is "hard at work - studying Carmen - the first time in my career that I have taken this opera seriously.Want to thank you again & again for the big interest you take in me & hope at some future date we can do something really worth while." Signed "Mrs. Francesco Liazza" on "San Carlo Opera Co. Orchestra / Francesco Liazza Manager" letterhead. In his draft Brown writes that he heard Frances "Peralta as 'Carmen' the other night and she was really excellent. She gave a rare intelligent performance with several new ideas that pulled a Jeritza on the audience. At the end of the third act instead of standing still she lit the cigarette and did a complete fall on the ground and started the card scene over again. By the time Don Jose arrives at her she yells 'La Mort' and tears the cards to pieces giving Jose a look - realizing he is the man to kill her and then with great emotion pulled a second act 'Tosca'". Accompanied by the carbon of Brown's typed letter dated June 27 1924.</p><p>6. July 19 1924. Autograph Letter Signed on both sides of a sheet of 11 X 8-1/2 inch letterhead from "The Kemper Lane / Cincinnati" Addressing Brown as "My dear friend" asking him to "please hold your thumbs for me on Mon. night. They are putting on Carmen just for me & am opening in this.P.S. Francesco will wire you after perf. & I would be very grateful if you could get this in some of the N.Y. papers". Signed "Stella de Mette".</p><p>7. March 15 1925. Autograph Letter Signed on 3 sides of 2 sheets of 8-1/2 X 5-3/8 "The Newhouse Hotel / Salt Lake City Utah" letterhead. Addressing Brown as "Dear friend" de Mette encloses "the splendid notices I rec'd this season". Not here present. Signed "Stella de Mette".</p><p>8. Philadelphia PA. October 23 1925. One-page Typed Letter Signed on 11 X 8-1/2 inch "San Carlo Opera Co. Orchestra / Francesco Liazza Manager" letterhead. Addressing Brown as "Dear 'Manager": de Mette writes that she was "furious on Tues. night. That Dumb-bell Franco Tafuro simply ruined my Carmen. The notices are good but were better last year when Manuel Salazar was my Don Jose. He simply stood like a wooden man all evening & I might as well have been playing to the chair.Francesco thinks some one is working against me here & I hope that you can get me away from here next season.I am heartily sick & tired of this D--- company." Signed "Stella". The right edge of the letter is chipped.</p><p>9. Detroit Mich. November 14 1925. Typed Letter Signed on 2 sides of 11 X 8-1/2 inch "Fort Pitt Hotel / Pittsburgh Pa" letterhead. A long chatty letter: "Last week was a hard one - viz: Mon.night - Carmen Tues. Amneris Wed. matinee - Hansel & Gretel & Sat. matinee Lohengrin also Forza on Sunday night.The next Carmen will be sung by Alice Gentle - she has Tafuro for Don Jose the opening night in New Orleans - I wish her luck. He certainly queered my Carmen in Phila. & the first one here.How I'd have love to have been at the opening of the Met. dear Matzenauer I know she was glorious. I adore her. long may she reign Queen of Mezzos". Signed "Stella". There are scattered ink jottings at the end of the letter perhaps notes by Brown.</p><p>10. New Orleans La. December 3 1925. Typed letter unsigned on both sides of 11 X 8-1/2 inch "The Brown Hotel / Louisville Ky" letterhead. Addressing Brown as "Dear Manager" de Mette writes that "We are rehearsing several hours each day - Fra Diavolo.Maestro wants me to learn a new role - the countess in Andrea Chenier we give it the last week & the blind woman also which I have sung many times Francesco doesn't want me to do any more favors to the management so I don't know what shall happen. I certainly am getting an awful deal this season at the hands of the management. I told you that would happen as it's because I wouldn't sign that contract with Fortune Gallo.This must positively be my last year in this Co. I am thoroughly disgusted & discouraged. Suppose I will have all the Carmens on the coast being Gentle is not with us anymore. Feel like giving my notice as I know I shall be roasted to a cinder under the circumstances." The letter is lacking a second sheet with de Mette's signature. The last line reads "With many good wishes from Francesco & I also to Lyman & hope to hear from.".</p><p>11. New Orleans La. December 20 1925. Typed Letter Signed on both sides of 11 X 8-1/2 inch "San Carlo Grand Opera Company / Fortune Gallo Impresario" letterhead. de Mette addresses Brown as "Dear Manager". "Mr. Fortune Gallo came here a few days ago & yesterday had a long session with Francesco regarding me. At first he was very indifferent - saying if I didn't like things I could give him my two weeks notice - just calling a bluff but when he realized my husband accepted same & would permit me to remain in Co. no longer he changed his attitude and begged Francesco to let me stay & F. said 'No it's too late. You see he told him some one else was coming to sing Carmen on the coast & I shall not be humiliated any more in this Co. by giving up my best role to some one else far inferior to me." She then speculates as to who the new Carmen might be- "could it be Marguerite Sylva.that Mexican Consuelo Escobar.Perhaps this Rhea Toniolo" "I sang the countess in Andrea Chenier.also did the blind woman in third act & had the house in tears - even the chorus were weeping." Signed "Your disappointed Carmen. Stella de M.L." The original envelope stamped "Special Delivery" is included.</p><p>12. Waco Texas. January 4 1926. Typed Letter Signed on both sides of 11 X 8-1/2 inch "The Raleigh Waco Texas / The Blackstone Tyler Texas" letterhead. Addressing Brown as "Dear Sir Chamberlain" de Mette writes of her disappointment in not hearing from him after writing to him of her resignation with the San Carlo Company. "The real truth that G. Fortune Gallo has been so horrid to me this year is that I did not sign the five year contract with him & told a friend of our's that he didn't want anything more to do with de Mette that I was most ungrateful after he had made me & also said 'We shall see what this Chamberlain Brown can do for her'.It certainly infuriated him when he discovered that you had taken me under your wing." Signed "Stella de M.L."</p><p>13. Los Angeles CA. January 20 1926. Typed Letter Signed on 1 & 1/2 sides of 11 X 8-1/2 inch "The Gunter / San Antonio Texas" letterhead. "Dear Manager: Was so relieved in receiving your nice letter.We were certainly pleased that you were of the same opinion regarding my leaving the San Carlo.You know they advertised me all over Texas & the last week in Texas from El Paso to Arizona Phoenix the Co. played on guarantee a certain Mr. Johnston who engaged Co. has not yet paid Gallo - because I did not appear & he was so disgusted with Toniolo that he had them play another performance Rigoletto instead of Carmen." Signed "Stella".</p><p>14. Los Angeles CA. January 27 1926. Autograph Letter Signed written on both sides of 10-1/2 X 7-1/4 inch "The Huntington Pasadena California" letterhead. "Hello there! Enclosed clippings speak for themselves. I am certainly getting a lot of revenge & the Western Mgt is very much displeased with both my successors. Signed "Stella".</p><p>15. Los Angeles CA. January 31 1926. Als written 1 & 1/2 sides of 10-1/2 X 7-1/4 inch "The Huntington Pasadena California" letterhead. "Dear Sir Chamberlain: Just heard Alice Gentle is engaged for Ravinia Park this next summer to replace Florence Easton - so that means that she is going there to do soprano roles this time. I wonder if he has his mezzo - you know last season he promised to engage me this next season." Signed "Stella".</p><p>16. San Francisco CA February 26 1926. Typed Letter Signed on 1 & 1/2 sides of 11 X 8-1/2 inch "The Gunter / San Antonio Texas" letterhead. "Dear Manager: Just now rec'd telegram & I am so happy over good news.Please do write & tell me all about this Shubert engagement.If it should be a production or anything new to me I want to get busy & study same as I am always ready with my work." Signed "Stella de Mette-Liazza".</p><p>17. Los Angeles CA. March 16 1926. Autograph Letter Signed written on 4 sides of 6-3/8 X 5 inch notepaper. de Mette writes for details regarding the Shubert engagement. She has been enjoying her recitals with the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Walter Henry Rothwell. "Mr. Piazza the Western Orpheum agent is trying to persuade me to try vaudeville - but I fear you may not approve." Signed "Stella de M.L."</p><p>18. St. Louis MO. March 29 1926. Autograph Letter Signed written on 4 sides of 6-3/8 X 5 inch notepaper. "Dear Sir Chamberlain - Well -What has happened". de Mette writes of her depression as a result of her dealings with Fortune Gallo. She makes a snide remark concerning Lorna Doone Jaxon "the WONDERFUL NEW Carmen! Discovered by Gallo." Signed "Stella de M.L."</p><p>19. St. Louis MO. April 25 1926. Autograph Letter Signed written on 3 of 4 sides of 6-3/8 X 5 inch notepaper. de Mette disappointed that the Shubert engagement fell through writes that she is "horribly discouraged & don't feel like returning to N.Y. at all". Signed "Stella de M.L.".</p><p>20. St. Louis MO. May22 1926. Tls on 2 sides of 11 X 8-1/2 inch "Hotel Empire / New York City" letterhead. The letter follows a meeting between Brown and Francesco Liazza. "Your ideas are really splendid. However I haven't the slightest idea of returning with Gallo - much sooner will never sing again in public. Gallo as you know pays very little - he is never on the level & his contracts are always pro Gallo. Naturally I left the Company & would never go to Gallo & ask to be re-engaged.I really think I have gotten all out of that Co. that I can ever expect." Signed "Stella de Mette-Liazza".</p><p>21. St. Louis MO. June 19 1926. Typed Letter Signed on one side of 11 X 8-1/2 inch "San Carlo Opera Co. Orchestra" letterhead. "Dear Friend: Have been awaiting news from you for many moons.My idea is to commercializ next season & then go to Italy for a season or two & then something BIG should develop." Signed "Stella de Mette". On the verso of the letter Brown has written a draft reply: "I am starting to produce my own play this week. I hope I shall star you --- soon".</p><p>22. St. Louis MO. June 27 1926. Autograph Letter Signed on 1 & 1/2 sides of 11 X 8-1/2 "Lutheran Hospital / St. Louis MO." letterhead. The letter mainly concerns her husbands' recent operation. Signed "Devotedly Stella".</p><p>23. St. Louis. July 20 1926. Typed Letter Signed on 1 & 1/2 sides of "San Carlo Opera Co. Orchestra" letterhead. ".a queer telegram came - signed by Aurelio Gallo of course I do not believe Aurelio ever sent it offering me Asheville engagement to sing the following roles: Forza del Destino Juliette in Tales of Hoffman & Aida. I answered telegram if Carmen were in repertoire I insisted on doing same or I should not consider engagement. After that Gallo wrote Fortune Gallo to Francesco in fact sent two letters being very desirous of engaging me but it was plain to see that some one else was to sing Carmen this season. "Signed "Stella de Mette-Liazza".</p><p>24. Detroit Mich. September 28 1926. Autograph Letter Signed on one side of 10-1/2 X 7-1/4 inch "Savoy" Detroit letterhead. A complaint about Brown's silence. Signed "Stella de Mette".</p><p>25. Philadelphia PA. November 2 1926. Typed Letter Signed from Francesco Liazza on 1 & 1/4 inch sides of his personal "San Carlo Opera Co. Orchestra" letterhead. Liazza writes Brown concerning the undermining of his wife in New Orleans. ".there is something peculiar & some one is against Stella - of course I know G. is at the bottom of this plot.We play at the Tulane Theatre. The Manager of the house Mr. Campbell very friendly with Mr. G.The New Orleans Picayune deliberately knocks her no matter what she sings - gives her credit for nothing & some one is influencing this critic." Signed "Francesco Liazza".</p><p>26. Pittsburgh PA. November 9 1926. Typed Letter Signed on one side of 11 X 8-1/2 inch "Firt Pitt Hotel / Pittsburgh PA" letterhead. de Mette reminds Brown to look into the "New Orleans business". Signed "Stella de Mette-Liazza".</p><p>27. New Orleans LA. November 26 1926. Typed Letter Signed on both sides of 11 X 8-1/2 inch "San Carlo Opera Co. Orchestra" letterhead. "Dear friend: Just to tell you that the 'Hunch' Francesco had about me & the New Orleans engagement is correct. The committee did not want me to appear in any of the subscription performances. I am sure Gallo is not to blame but all this emanates from Mrs. G. S four years ago she waged war against me to the various society dames.Francesco & I are racking our brains & are going to get even some way.Did the Blind Woman in Chenier last night & rec'd storms of applause in fact stopped the show." Signed "Stella de M. Liazza / San Carlo Opera Co./ Tulane Theatre / New Orleans La."</p><p>28. Los Angeles CA. January 28 1927. Typed Letter Signed written on 1 & 1/2 pages of 2 9-1/2 X 6 inch sheets of "Engstrum Arms Apartment Hotel" letterhead. "Dear Greatest of Managers: Your letter pleased me immensely and think the letter written to Mayfield in New Orleans was splendid. I notice he roasts big celebrities too so I should care - poor old Schuman-Heink got her's from this person too very recently." de Mette goes on to describe the roles she is singing in California. Signed "Stella de Mette-Liazza".</p><p>29. Pennsylvania. March 10 1927. Als scrawled over 3 half pages of 9-1/4 X 6 inch yellow hotel letterhead from Hutchinson Kansas. A heads up that de Mette and her husband are booked for passage to Europe on April 2. Signed "Stella de Mette-Liazza". Brown has written a draft on the verso of the third sheet inviting the Liazzas to dinner and "Aida" when passing through New York.</p><p>30. Milan Italy. May 26 1927. Als written on 4 sides of 8-1/4 X 5-1/4 inch "Hotel Agnello & Duomo / Milano" notepaper. de Mette writes that she has a good contract for the San Carlo of Naples. "However everything in the theatrical line operatic is in a very critical condition - all theatres closed etc. A number of artists have started a movement to oust all theatrical agents & it is in the hands of the government & we are patiently awaiting to see what happens." Signed "Stella de Mette-Liazza".</p><p>31. New Orleans La. November 2 1927. Typed Letter Signed from Francesco Liazza on 11 X 8-1/2 inch "Claridge Hotels Memphis Tenn" letterhead. He appreciates that Brown will continue managing his wife's engagements and gives her travel itinerary in Europe. Signed "Francesco Liazza". There is a draft of Brown's reply on the verso.</p><p>32. Milan Italy December 6 1927. Autograph Letter Signed written on 4 sides of 7-1/4 X 7 inch notepaper. de Mette has 2 contracts for Cremona. She will be singing in "Gioconda - debut the 26th - and the slave in Francesca da Rimini & the blind woman in Chenier". She "signed a contract for four operas at a very good salary.Aida of course Trovatore Rigoletto & Ballo in Maschera Ulrica for Copenhagen Denmark". She then writes of other singers and her future hopes. Signed "Stella de Mette-Liazza". Together with the original envelope on which Brown has written the draft of a letter to her.</p><p>33. New Orleans. December 22 1927. A brief typed letter on 11 X 8-1/2 inch "The Roosevelt / New Orleans" letterhead from Francesco Liazza informing Brown of his wife's debut in Cremona. "It will be in Gioconda. That is the town where Ponchielli was born. It is one of the most severe for criticism." Signed "F. Liazza".</p><p>34. Boston MA. March 15 1928. A Typed Letter Signed from Francesco Liazza on 10-1/2 X 7-1/4 inch "The Elks / Boaton Massachusetts" letterhead. He thanks Brown for an encouraging letter that Brown had sent de Mette. He says that when he returns to New York later in March "we may resume our plans for the orchestra for your Sunday concerts to be given at the Cosmopolitan Theatre." Signed "Francesco Liazza".</p><p>35. An unsigned and undated note from de Mette on "Hotel Phonix / Kobenhawn" letterhead. She is happy with the response of the Danes to her performances. She was in Copenhagen in January and March & April 1928.</p><p>36. Astoria NY. October 29 1929. Tls on one side of 11 X 8-1/2 inch "San Carlo Opera Co. Orchestra" letterhead. de Mette writes of her need for work and her frustration with Brown's lack of communication. Signed "Stella de Mette".</p><p>37. Astoria NY. November 24 1929. Typed Letter Signed on one side of 11 X 8-1/2 inch "San Carlo Opera Co. Orchestra" letterhead. More frustration with Brown. "Have you abandoned your latest project - Carmen etc. in Greenwich.Was told you placed this German contralto in vaudeville Hupple I believe is the name. I always thot I was in the first row of the contralto dept in the C.B. offices." Signed "Stella de M."</p><p>38. A 20 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide "Actors' Equity Association.Minimum Contract for Stock". The contract dated November 15 1929 is between Chamberlain Brown Manager and Stella De Mette Actor. "It is agreed that the Actor is to play CARMEN GIOCONDA AND OTHER OPERAS in the Manager's stock company at GREENWICH CONN.The Manager hereby agrees to pay the Actor the sum of THREE HUNDRED Dollars each week during the term of the engagement." Signed "Stella de Mette".</p><p>39. Clayton MO. June 18 1933. Typed Letter Signed on one side of 11 X 8-1/2 inch "Hotel Saint Louis / Quebec" letterhead. "Alfredo Salmaggi offered me all or any performance I'd care to accept but I promptly refused as I am well acquainted with his companies. I hear they are doing very well however. Is this true I was also called for the German Co. but it would have required too much capital for coaching brushing up on German roles." Signed "Stella de M. Liazza".</p><p>40. Chicago IL. October 4 1933. Typed Letter Signed written on 1 & 1/2 sides of 9-1/2 X 6 inch "Hotel Stephen Girard / Philadelphia" letterhead. "What happened to the proposed Co. opera of Canada Is Wagner still in charge Gallo's salaries are so ridiculous that Francesco wouldn't let me waste my energy for such a paltry sum. However business has been great & it looks as if they'd have a good season." Signed "Stella de M. Liazza".</p><p>41. Detroit MI. November 5 1933. Typed Letter Signed on one side of 8-1/2 X 5-1/2 inch notepaper. de Mette writes of enjoying her time off from singing. Signed "Stella". Brown has drafted a reply on the verso.</p><p>42. Chicago IL. October 8 1934. Typed Letter Signed with a handwritten P.S. on 10-1/4 X 7-1/4 inch "The Croydon Hotel / Chicago" letterhead. ".we are three leading contraltos. Ina Bourskaya one of the nicest women I have ever known & Dreda Aves. We are all one happy family & oh it's so good to be in dear old grand opera again.While in Montreal I met & sang for the pres. of the Canada Starch Co. & he has a very fine radio programme every Monday night - an orchestra of 30 symphony orchestra so Gallo has given me permission to be guest artist at the Broadcasting concert.next Monday". In her footnote she writes that she will sing Mon coeur s'ouvre ta voix from Samson and Dalila on the radio. Signed "Stella".</p><p>43. Winnipeg Canada. November 16 1934. Typed Letter Signed on both sides of 8-1/4 X 6 inch "The Marlborough / Winnipeg Canada" letterhead. de Mette writes of her successes on tour. "In Toronto & Detroit also was I demanded for the next season. Co. has been re-engaged for two weeks in Toronto". She mentions in passing her wish to join the Metropolitan Opera. "Mr. Gatti Giulio Gatti-Casazza is soon to vacate I see - maybe I shall have a chance then" Signed "Stella de Mette Liazza".</p><p>44. New Orleans La. January 14 1935. Autograph Letter Signed on both sides of 9-1/2 X 6 inch "Hotel New Orleans" letterhead. de Mette writes of "big success in Carmen. Am studying Lohengrin in German as here-to-fore did it in Italian & English. Shall sing it in Dallas next week.My voice is in fine condition." Signed "Stella".</p><p>45. Detroit MI. October 10 1935. Autograph Letter Signed written on the rectos of 2 sheets of 9-1/4 X 6 inch "Clifford Apartment Hotel / Detroit Michigan" letterhead. "Up to date there have been 9 mezzos - among them Casteloth i perf only Van Gilder 3 perfs Aves 2 perfs Hottinger 2 perfs Lorna Doone Jackson sang Carmen here & it was deplorable poor timing - the papers were all brutal.". Signed "Stella de M."</p><p>With the encouragement of Enrico Caruso Stella de Mette 1891-1989 sailed to Italy in 1908 to study opera in Milan. She made her debut in Genoa at the age of nineteen as a mezzo-soprano in "Cavalleria Rusticana". She sang in opera houses across Europe and the United States giving five hundred performances in "Carmen" and more than seven hundred in "Aida". She also acted in fourteen productions on Broadway. In 1932 she sang Carmen in the musical revue "Chamberlain Brown's Scrap Book". She met her husband Francesco Liazza while singing at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Mr. Liazza was the manager of the San Carlo Opera Co. Mrs. Liazza sang in her husband's company which performed frequently in St. Louis until his death in 1942 when she retired and moved to Glendale.</p><p>Francesco Liazza 1888-1942 orchestra manager of the San Carlo Opera Company His age was 54. Mr. Liazza was orchestra manager for thirty years of Fortune Gallo's enterprise including Summer operetta seasons at Jones Beach and on tour and with Anna Pavlowa and the Original Ballet Russe. He had been a trombone player in the Metropolitan Opera and radio orchestras. Born in Naples Italy Mr. Liazza came to the United States in 1907.</p><p>Fortune Gallo 1878-1970 was an Italian-born opera impresario. Gallo was owner and General Manager of the traveling San Carlo Opera Company from 1913 until its disbandment in the late 1950s. Gallo was married to Sofia Charlebois an American lyric soprano in the San Carlo company.</p><p>Chamberlain Brown 1892-1955 was a theater impresario in the United States. He acted produced Broadway plays represented actors as a casting agent published theatrical publications and hosted radio shows about the theater with guest stars in each episode. His brother Lyman joined him in the business. He is said to have discovered Valentino Clark Gable Leslie Howard Tallulah Bankhead among others.</p> 1922-1935.
150317863Venice. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1503. First Edition. Non-Book. This gradual is in very good condition and consists of an original leaf from ANTIPHONARIU hmnorem sancte ecclesie copletu.Impressum.Venetjis cu priuiilegio.M. D.iij. Venice 1503 It measures 21" x 14" overall and is very lightly soiled at the borders. A fine and very rare piece. ; 21" x 14" . unknown
193034075Circa 1930. 1930. Very good. - Sixteen dense bars of musical notation with words penned in ink by the Polish-American composer and conductor Tadeusz Jarecki on a 7-3/4 inch high by 8 inch wide sheet of ruled music paper. The composition which appears to be a song with words is signed "T. Jarecki" at top right. It's title is penned in Polish at the top center. Once folded there are minor creases to the edges. Very good. <p>The Polish-American composer and conductor Tadeusz Jarecki was the son of the composer Henryk Jarecki. He studied with Taneyev in Moscow and Jacques-Dalcrose in Hellerau. In 1917 he won first prize at the Berkshire Festival for his String Quartet Op. 16. Leaving Poland permanently in 1936 he settled in New York in 1946. As a composer he was influenced by Wagner and Strauss. Circa [1930]. unknown
194234093London January 1942. 1942. Good. - Seven bars of musical notation penned in ink by the Polish-American composer and conductor Tadeusz Jarecki on an 11-1/2 inch high by 9-1/8 inch wide sheet of ruled music paper. Titled "Crakov Trumpet Call" at top left with the number "2" centered at the top of the page probably indicating page 2. The manuscript is annotated as a "Fragment from a Symphonic Poem by Tadeusz Jarecki" to the right of the last bar and dated "London Jan. 1942" by the composer. Several corrections have been made in orange-red crayon. Apparently this was a manuscript of the work in progress with additional music penciled below the manuscript as well as within the 3 middle bars of the manuscript. More musical notes are roughly penned and penciled on the verso of the page. Folded twice vertically the sheet is soiled with creases along the edges and corners and a short tear to the right edge and another to the top edge. Good. <p>The Polish-American composer and conductor Tadeusz Jarecki was the son of the composer Henryk Jarecki. He studied with Taneyev in Moscow and Jacques-Dalcrose in Hellerau. In 1917 he won first prize at the Berkshire Festival for his String Quartet Op. 16. Leaving Poland permanently in 1936 he settled in New York in 1946. As a composer he was influenced by Wagner and Strauss. London, January, 1942. unknown
1957883081957. Faber & Faber. London. 1957. DW. First edition. 4to. Endpapers browned and lightly foxed ownership inscription otherwise a very clean and fresh copy in slightly worn wrapper that is rubbed to spine and lacks portion to head of spine. unknown
1956SBH9030Dust jacket is price-clipped in a protective cover and has minor chips on edges with more wear on spine ends. Front is clean but back has smudges from use. <br />Book covers are very clean with minor bumping on the corners and light wear a the top of spine. Pages are very clean with no marking noted except for an owner name top of the FFEP. Doubleday & Co. hardcover
