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New Jersey: Prentice-Hall This is the heart - warming story of Lawrence Welk's triumphant return to television and his wonderful relationship with his "Musical Family." Music is Welk's life. When ABC cancelled his show, he felt " just about as bad as a man can feel".... Anyone who reads this lively and moving sucess story will love and admire this dedicated and talented music-maker all the more. Brown cloth boards, front board decorated with embossed music notes. Copper title print to spine. Matching endpapers. No ownership markings. B/w photo sections provided. Photo, price intact dust jacket. This copy is bright and clean.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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Ah-One, Ah-Two! Life With My Musical Family
by Welk, Lawrence with Bernice McGeehan
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Benny, King Of Swing
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New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1979. A pictorial biography based on Benny Goodman's own archives. 212 illustrations. Benny Goodman is one of those rare personalities who has become a legend in his own time. His name and his clarinet will always be associated with the big band era. Black boards with gilt to spine and large artistic lettering in gilt to front board. Jacket front cartoon by Al Hirschfeld, rear panel photo by Theo Westenberger. Small bruise to lower edge of front board. Rear board shows crease to lower front corner. Lower front corners of DJ chipped. A very clean attractive copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Celtic Women In Music. A Celebration of Beauty and Sovereignty
by Sullivan Maireid
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Based on exclusive interviews, Celtic Women in Music profiles the careers of 30 artists. A short biography given on each artist along with two sections of color photographs. The contents provided by our photo. This book reveals Celtic culture in an extraordinary way.
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Harmony: Its Theory And Practice
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London: Augener, Ltd., 1903. Augener's Edition No. 9182 Forty-Second Impression. The contents include 21 chapters, Appendix A,"The Ecclesiastical Modes", Appendix B, " The Harmonic Series", Analytical Index, Musical Illustrations, index to music illustrations and 4 pages of book ads. A clean tight book with normal bottom edgewear.. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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A History Of Western Music
by Grout, Donald Jay
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New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1964. Shorter Edition. Donald Jay Grout.. Professor of Music, Cornell University.." A History of Western Music " Shorter Edition, provides a text of impeccable scholarship, modern in approach, beautifully written and proportioned for the stury of music history. This short edition is based on the author's full-length study of the development of western music from the close of the ancient world down through the most recent trends in atonalism and dodeaphony. Every aspect of music history is covered: all vocal and instrumental forms, notation, performance, music printing, development of instruments, and biographical information on composers. It is lavishly illustrated: 113 music examples, 100 half-tone illustrations of manuscripts, paintings, etc. Appendices include a glossary of musical terms,etc. Name has been 'blacked-out' on fep and ffep. Two corners of book bruised. A clean, tight copy. The painting on the jacket is "The Musician"…
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A Knight At The Opera
by Bing, Sir Rudolf
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1981. Sir Rudolf Bing, the renowned Gerneral Manager of the Metropolitan Opera for twenty-two years, reveals what running the country's greatest opera company entails. He generously shares his personal beliefs and opinions of the stars, designers, directors, managements, boards of directors and his priceless impressions of the opera - both yesterday and today... Introduction by Garson Kanin. Many wonderful b/w photographs. Repleat with appendix (1&2) and index. Taupe-coloured boards with matching endpapers, burgundy cloth spine with gilt title print. Photo dust jacket. A square, bright copy of this out-of-print book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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Linda McCartney. A Portrait
by Fields, Danny
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Los Angeles, California: Renaissance Books,, 2000. Featuring never-before-published interviews with those who knew her best, including Beatle Paul McCartney and Linda herself, "Linda McCartney: A Portrait" is an inside look at one of rock music's few enduring marriages and one of its most fascinating women. A section of photographs provided. This is a book for anyone who thinks they've read everything about the most exciting period in pop-culture history.... Black boards with white title print to spine. No ownership markings. Dust jacket cover photo by Danny Fields. A lovely, clean copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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The Love You Make. An Insider's Story of The Beatles
by Brown,Peter & Steven Gaines
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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1983. In The Love You Make, Peter Brown and Steven Gaines have written the dramatic truth of the Fabulous Four from Liverpool. It is a remarkable insider's account of the single greatest entertainment phenomenon of the century: It is culled from exclusive sources, documents and interviews to which no one but Peter Brown has had access. Introduction by Steven Gaines. Twenty one chapters, two sections of photographs and index supplied. A clean, bright book in a price-intact photo dust jacket.. First Edition, Fourth Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Music And Western Man
by Garvie Peter Edited By
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London: Dent, 1958. 328pp. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Series. A symposium on music from ancient times to the present day, by eighteen of the western world's leading musical scholars. Music and Western Man brings to the ordinary music lover critical appraisal of the many treasures in the twenty centuries of music in the life of western man. A bright clean copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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The Music Lover's Handbook
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New York: William Morrow & Co. 1943 (1943) Victory Edition. If you are a music lover this book was written for you - to deepen and enlarge your pleasure in music. A lively, stimulating book presenting music as a living and growing art. The editor has compiled a veritable treasury of source material on almost every phase of music. Indexed for easy reference, it will enable the listener, the performer, the beginner and the expert to enhance his musical experience. There are over 150 seperate contributions written by 52 outstanding musical figures. Green cloth boards, gilt title print to spine in a designed title block. Name to ffep. One bottom corner of book shows mild bruising, boards bright and clean. A sound, most presentable copy.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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My Young Years
by Rubinstein, Arthur
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. BOMC Edition. The adored maestro of the piano at last tells the story of his life. Rubenstein brings us into the presence of the great, the near great, the once great, the teachers gentle or tyranical, the family, etc. Illustrated with 24 pages of photographs and mementos. Clean red cloth boards with gilt to front board and spine. Nothing written on end-papers. Dust jacket spine sunned a bit. One short closed tear has been internally mended. Photo panel to front and back is bright and clean.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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The Private World Of Leonard Bernstein
by Gruen, John Text By, Photographs By Ken Heyman
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In 'The Private World of Leonard Bernstein', Leonard Bernstein, conductor, composer, virtuoso pianist is seen as only few have been privileged to see him - off stage among his family and friends, working playing, speculating about the future. Author John Gruen spent a summer in Italy with the vacationing Bernsteins, then observed the amazingly crowded routines of their life in New York and Connecticut. Ken Heyman's brilliant vivid pictures bring into full view this attractive, meditative, energic, playful man and his extraordinary wife, children and friends. 'The Private World of Leonard Bernstein' is a fascinating report from inside, words and pictures combining to convey the intimate experience of living under the impact of genius. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos, many full-page. Bookplate to ffep, name to half-title page. Photographic front board. Clear acetate printed dust jacket. A bright handsome copy..
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Rudiments Of Music. Book Three
by Ahrens, Cora B
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Toronto: Boosey & Hawkes (Canada) Ltd, 1943. Stapled card covers. Boosey & Hawkes School Music Series No 3. Leger Lines. Treble and Bass Clefs, Notes and Spaces, Exercises and Review Tests. A bright clean book.. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Music Lessons + Music Text Book + Rudiments of Music + Music Exercises + Music Workbook + Boosey & Hawkes School Music Series + NOISBN. Catalogs: Music.
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The Song and The Star. A Christmas Cantata For Mixed Voices
by Holton Fred B
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Dayton, Ohio: Lorenz Publishing Company, 1928. Softcover. Card covers with vinyl spine. The Song and The Star - A Christmas Cantata for Church Choirs of Mixed Voices. Text by Herman Von Berge, music by Fred B Holton. Table of Contents list 14 songs as shown in photo. There are sixty-four printed pages of music with words. Separations exist between pages 32 - 33 and 48 - 49 but all still firmly held by natural stitching, A full list of Lorenz's choir cantatas for mixed voices ads are at the back panel of the cover. A very nice early 1928 music book. Contents remain clean and bright.. Soft Cover. Very Good.
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Songs From The Hills. An Intimate Look At Country Music
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New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., 1993. This book presents - a vision through photography that puts us in touch with all emotions chronicled in the music. Here are revealing photos of Roy Acuff, Eddy Arnold, Chet Atkins, Loretta Lynn, Ronnie Milsap, Emmy Lou Harris, Kathy Mattea, Trisha Yearwood and many more of the artists who define country past, present and future. The author is a photographer of unique vision, style and technique. She has established herself as one of the world's leading portrait photographers. Jacket photos of Vince Gill and Loretta Lynn. Two corners of book show bumping. Attractive photo jacket - bright and clean, price intact.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Stories Of The Ballets
by Davidson, Gladys
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London: Werner Laurie, 1972. The author tells the stories of many famous ballets. In outlining the plot-sequence behind the stylised actions of the dancers, she explains the underlying symbolism in each ballet and shows how effective the creative combination of movement, grouping, decor and choreography can be. The book contains an index giving details of the source of each story and information about the composer, as well as the date and place of the first performance of each ballet. Black cloth boards with silver print to spine. No owner markings. Dust Jacket bright.. Ninth Impression. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Too Strong For Fantasy
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. Book Club Edition. "Too Strong For Fantasy" - a personal record of music, literature and politics in America and Europe over half a century. This is a fascinating book, vivid, reflective, wide ranging, embracing New York in the early 1900's and Chechoslovakia in crisis after WWII...and much, much more. Red cloth boards, black title block to spine, gilt title lettering, black endpapers. Bookplate to fep, name and descriptive note on "Memories" written on prelim. A clean, square copy in a nice bright dust jacket.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine.
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A Treasury Of Stephen Foster
by Foster, Stephen. Foreword By Deems Taylor
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New York: Random House Publishers, 1946. Foreword by Deems Taylor. Historical notes by John Tasker Howard. Arrangements by Ray Lev and Dorothy Berliner Cimmins. Illustrated by William Sharp. Here are fifty of Foster's best songs for singing and playing, tried and true favorites, melodies lovingly remembered by every American which belong forever to our national folklore.... 'My Old Kentucky Home'.... 'Oh! Susanna'....'Old Black Joe'.... 'Old Folks At Home', etc., arranged for piano. A frontispiece in four colors and forty-nine full page drawings in two colors by the talented William Sharp capture the mood of each song. Sharp has illustrated the stories for Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Mann and others. His illustrated work for 'The Diary of Samuel Pepys, the works of E.A. Poe and a volume of Charles Dickens have brought him fame. His illustrations in this volume are most remarkable! Deems Taylor... composer, writer and commentator is one of the distinguished figures in American Music. John Tasker Howard…
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Western Ontario Conservatory of Music Grade 1 Piano Graded Examination Repertoire
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Oakville, Ontario, Canada: The Frederick Harris Music Co. Ltd (c. 1963) Stapled covers. A foreword by Dr. A. B. Lucus (Chairman of the Board) and Howard Munn (Principal).... "This book, published by the authority of the Board of Directors of the Western Ontario Conservatory of Music, has been compiled, edited, and arranged by the members of the Conservatory Board of Studies". Two lists provided. List A and B each provide nine pieces of music.... followed by 'Studies' (9), scales, triads and God Save The Queen. Illustrated red covers. A bright, handsome copy!. Soft Cover. Near Fine.
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Who's Who Of Jazz. Storyville To Swing Street
by Chilton, John
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Time-Life Records, 1978. (1978) Foreword by Johnny Simmen. Book VG. This is an anthology of biographies detailing the careers of 1,000 musicians whose names are part of Jazz History. All the musicians and vocalists given individual entries were born before 1920. Only musicians born or raised in the USA are included in this volume. Johnny Simmen writes " It is my opinion that this is one of the truly valuable books on jazz musicians. It is the work of a musician whose knowledge of jazz and love and devotion to 'the cause' is unsurpassed." Previous owner's name on ffep.. Special Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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