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GOLDEN CHILD, A Libretto by Paul Engle For an Opera Composed by Philip Bezanson with photographs from the telecast premiere on the Hallmark Hall of Fame
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Kansas City, MI: Hallmark Cards, December 1960.. Illustrated by b/w photographs. First thus edition. first performed 1959 as "Western Child". Brown checked cloth, paper titles. 8vo. pp. 61. Near Fine/VG/No price in mylar. Minor board bumps in jacket with edgewear and rear soil, one short closed rear tear.. more information
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RINGS IN THE SAWDUST, An Operetta in Two Acts
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Chicago: Gamble Hinged Music, (1925).. Illustrated by O.S. McLay cover. First edition. Stitched wraps. 26cm. pp. 110. Near Fine. Slight cock, and several tiny rear page curls.. Vocal Score and Libretto. more information
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Aspects of Modern Opera, Estimates and Inquiries
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New York/London: John Lane Co., /The Bodley Head, 1909.. second thus printing edition. c.1908 London. Portions previously appearing in Harper's Weekly and The Musician. Green ribbed cloth stamped gilt, uncut. Globe 8vo. pp. 215, [1] colophon. Near Fine/No jacket. Traces of cap and corner rub. Introductory: The Wagnerian Aftermath, A View of Puccini, Strauss' Salome: Its Art and Its Morals, A Perfect Music-Drama.. more information
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ANDRE CHENIER, Opera in Four Acts
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New York: Charles E. Burden (F. Rullman), n.d.. Published for Boston-National Grand Opera Company. Stapled-wrap libretto, dec & pr cover, cover price 35 crossed out to 40 cents. 8vo. pp. 49, [3] blank. Good. Some cover darkening.. more information
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FAUST (Operatic score in Five Acts, voice and piano)
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N.P: N.P., n.d.. {SATB, piano acc.} 11947 (assumed Schirmer numbering). Custom bound in vinyl flexible cloth, gilt print spine. 4to. pp. 322. VG. Japan paper repairs to pp. 81, 319, 321 (last bar missing from pp. 321-2, Ballet). Introduction by Theodore Baker.. more information
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MESSIAH, The Wordbook for the Oratorio, Words selected from The Holy Scriptures by Charles Jennens, Paintings by Barry Moser, Introduction by Christopher Hogwood
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: Willa Perlman (HarperCollins), (1992).. Illustrated by Jacket, frontis and 15 watercolors by Barry Moser (verso), Libretto with calligraphy by Reassurance Wunder (recto). Stated First (trade) edition. Cloth backed boards. 4to. pp. [48]. Fine/Near Fine/Unclipped price in mylar. Traces of wear to jacket. Red Scripture reference in margins. ISBN: 0060217790.. Libretto. more information
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New Scribner Music Library, Volume 7: At the Opera, The
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1972).. Edited by David Russell Williams. Third printing edition. {piano and voice}. Blue Decorated cloth. 4to. pp. 272. Near Fine. 2-10 selections from each of 12 operas: Poppea, Dido and Anease, Orpheus and Euridice, Figaro, Tristan and Isolde, Parsifal, Aida, Faust, Carmen, Boris Godunov, La Boheme, Pelleas and Melisande.. more information
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GYPSY LOVE SONG (Sumber on, my little gypsy sweetheart) from The Fortune Teller
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New York: M. Witmark & Sons, (1907).. First thus edition. 1492 Operatic Series {piano and voice, baritone or mezzo-soprano in C}. Sheet music. 4to. pp. [2], 4. Good. Short tears, tape repair on fold, toning. Includes page of Harry B. Smith lyrics in verse.. more information
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American History and Encyclopedia of Music: OPERA, Volume 2 (of 2) only, The
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New York: Irving Squire, (1908).. Illustrated by color frontis and 6 (tissue-printed) plates. Original red cloth, gilt print spine, teg. Royal 8vo. pp. [x], 326. Bibliography. VG/No jacket. Edge and cap wear, (ink owner), o/w NF internally. Introduction by H.E. Krehbiel.. Reference. more information
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Wagner's "Ring of the Nibelung" II, The Valkyrie (Die Walkiire)
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1939.. Illustrated by Alexandre Serebriakoff. Pictorial boards (matching jacket), quarter black cloth. (8vo). pp. 38, [1], [1] Suggested recordings. VG/Good/No price in mylar. (Ink owner), bright jacket, but edge chipped and soiled. Authorized edition of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.. Children's Books. more information
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MY MANY LIVES
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New York: Boosey & Hawkes, (1948).. Translated by Frances Holden from the German. Illustrated by pp.[16] b/w photographs. First (NAP) edition. Pale blue linen, stamped silver. 8vo. pp. 262. VG+/VG-/Unclipped price in mylar. Light edgewear, overall page toning in jacket with shallow edge chips and tears, rubbed at folds, toned rear.. Music, Opera. more information
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JEAN DE RESZKE AND THE GREAT DAYS OF OPERA
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New York: Minton, Balch & Co, 1934.. Illustrated by frontis and 25 b/w photographs and reproductions [on 19 plates] and 5 text reproductions. First (SD) edition. Red cloth, blind-stamped topboard emblem. Royal 8vo. pp. xiv, 337. Appendix, Index. Good/No jacket. Lightly soiled boards and fore-edge portions, one ending in traces of old dampstain on the pages and edges of most pages from pp. 301 on. Sound hinges, no writing or ownership. Reading copy with Philip Morris English Ovals Cigarettes Special Insert Coupon laid in as found for book mark. Jean Meczislaw De Reszke 1850-1925, brother Edouard b.1855, sister Josephine d.1891.. Music, Poland, Opera. more information
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PAGLIACCI (Punchinello), an Opera in Two Acts
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New York: Fred. Rullman, Inc, n.d.. Libretto printed for Metropolitan Association, Inc. Stapled-wrap, printed cover, cover price 65 cents. 8vo. pp. 29, [3] musical selections. Good. Slightly foxed cover.. more information
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OPERA AS THEATER
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New York: Harper & Row, 1962.. Stated First edition. Black cloth. 8vo. pp. xiv, 338. Fine/VG+/Unclipped price in mylar. Light edgewear and soiling to jacket.. more information
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CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (Rustic Chivalry), Music-Drama in One Act
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New York: Fred. Rullman, Inc, n.d.. (c.1889). Libretto printed for Metropolitan Association, Inc. Stapled-wrap, printed cover, cover price 65 cents. 8vo. pp. 15, [5] musical selections. Good. Slightly foxed cover and page edges. Libretto by founded by Signori Menasci and Targioni-Tozzetti upon Giovanni Verga story of life in a Sicilian village. Produced May 18, 1890 at the Costanzi Theatre in Rome.. more information
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CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (Rustic Chivalry), Melodrama in One Act by G. Targioni-Tozzetti and G. Menasci (English Version by Nathan Haskell Dole), Vocal and Piano Score by L. Mugnone
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New York: (Milan, Eduardo Sonzogno) G. Schirmer, (1891).. Illustrated by b/w port frontis. Stated Authorized, 9773 edition. (c.1889, prize competition). Stitched wraps, decorated cover. Imperial 8vo. pp. [viii], 146. Very Good-. Foxed cover, overall toning. Inside cover has spine white tape reinforcement housing music as a folder. Sporadic pencil checks in margins. Italian/English. First produced May 18, 1890 at the Costanzi Theatre in Rome.. G. Schirmer's Collection of Operas. more information
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Story of A Hundred Operas, The
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1940).. (First thus) edition. (c.1913, 24mo, 264 pp, 3 pl). Red cloth, gilt print top. 32mo. pp. xi, 332. Very Good+/No jacket. Near fine internally but missing front fly leaf with "566020" stamped on rear pastedown. Handy little pocket reference.. more information
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CRUDEL! PERCHE FINORA (Why answer to demurely?), Duet from "Le Nozze di Figaro" Act III
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New York: Oliver Ditson Co, n.d.. {SB and piano}. Opera Songs Series. Folded sheet music. 31cm. pp. 7. Very Good. Toning.. more information
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GIOCONDA, An Opera in Four Acts, A
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Boston: Oliver Ditson (Grand Opera Librettos), 1884.. English adaptation by Henry Hersee and T.T. Barker. Blue Pictorial Stapled-wraps. 24.2cm. pp. 43, [4] Ads. VG. Straightened cover dogear, edge darkening, (ink owner).. more information
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TOSCA, An Opera in Three Acts
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New York: Boosey & Co (agents for G. Ricordi, Milan), 1900 (English Version).. Translated by W. Beatty-Kingston, English Version. (c. 1899 Italian). Stapled-wrap libretto, printed cover, cover price 25 cents. Small 4to. pp. 57, [7] Ads. Good. Foxed cover and page edges, (ink owner).. more information
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Operas of Alessandro Scarlatti, Volume One: ERACLEA. Harvard Publications in Music No. 6, The
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Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1974.. Edited by Donald Jay Grout. First thus edition. {voice and period instruments}. Stiff wraps. 4to. pp. 175, [36] Naples Libretto. Very Good. Light cover soil and edgewear with one bottom chip, internally fine and tight (no spine crease). Arrangements for 71 arias, etc; 8 substitutions of the Parma libretto; facsimile translation of the 1700 Naples libretto. ISBN: 0674640268.. more information
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BUBBLES: A Self Portrait
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1976).. Illustrated by b/w photographs throughout, some color. Stated first printing edition. First state with public on line 2, page 12 as: (When I was only three...I sang my first aria in pubic). White linen with burgundy titles. Signed by author on front purple endpaper. 4to. pp. 240. Index. Near Fine/In like jacket/Unclipped price in mylar. Very light edgewear to book and jacket, two lightly bumped corners.. Music, Opera, Signed First Edition. more information
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BLAME IT ON THE WALTZ
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New York: Jerome H. Remick & Co, 1926.. Illustrated by color cover. first edition. Operatic edition 211-4 {piano and voice}. Sheet music. 4to. pp. 5, [1] Ad. Good. Large fold tear, short tears on inside sheet (Scan trim at sides and bottom).. more information
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RIDDLE OF ISIS, A Musical Play in One Act, The
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Boston: C. C. Birchard & Co, 1923.. Assumed first edition. 1018 {voice and piano}. Gold illustrated wraps. 28cm. pp. 44. Very Good. Several centerfold pages pulled from staple, but complete. [50 minutes].. Operetta. more information
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Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball), A Grand Opera in Three Acts
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New York: Fred. Rullman, Inc, n.d.. Libretto printed for the Chicago Civic Opera Company. Stapled-wrap, blue pictorial cover, Roger & Gallet rear Ads, price 30 cents. 8vo. pp. 24, [6] music notation selections. Good. Foxed cover.. more information
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TRAVIATA, (Lady of the Camellias) Opera in Three Acts, Words by Francesco Maria Piave, English version by Edward J. Dent, La
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London: Oxford University Press, (1958).. Later edition. c.1944. Tan Stapled-wraps decorated red. Inscribed by OUP Pocket Opera Libretti Series. 12mo (18cm) . pp. 46. Very Good. Light cover soil, unmarked. Adapted from the Drama of Alexandre Dumas, the younger, entitled "La Dame Aux Camelias".. more information
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AIDA, An Opera in Four Acts
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New York: Fred Rullman, Inc, n.d. (ca.1900's).. Metropolitan Opera House Grand Opera Libretto (English/Italian). Grey Pictorial Stapled-wraps. Small 4to. pp. 28, 4 Aria "Celeste Aida". Near Fine. First European performance at La Scala, Milan, February 8, 1872.. more information
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IN THIS SOLEMN HOUR (Solenne in quest 'ora) Vocal duet from "La Forza del Destino"
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New York: G. Ricordi, 1912.. {T and piano} 114132. Folded sheet music. 31cm. pp. 5. Good. Toning, tape repaired folder joint, old vertical crease, several tiny tears. "Sung by Enrico Caruso and Antonio Scotti", English/Italian.. more information
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LOHENGRIN, Opera in Three Acts
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New York: Fred. Rullman, Inc, n.d.. Libretto printed for the Metropolitan Opera House Grand Opera. Kirsten Flagstad rear cover. Stapled-wrap, grey cover. Small 4to. pp. 36, 37-40 "O! Night of Love" music notation. Near Fine. Original German with correct English translation.. more information
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