Music

London: Leslie Frewin, 1968. Book in very good+ condition, a few spots of foxing on front edge, no foxing on pages, internally in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, top spine edge and top edge slightly rubbed. Price clipped. vii, 215pp. With 18 black and white photographs. A foreword by Sir Adrian Boult. Also includes a record of all the Prom seasons, showing the year in which each artist made his or her debut.. Second Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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London: Souvenir Press, 1984. First U.K. edition. Softcover in fine condition, a very tight and bright copy no tears or marks. xlvii, 159pp. 50,000 words are arranged phonetically, according to vowels sounds, rather than alphabetically. Songwriter Cahn, has among his hits - 'Three coins in the Fountain' - 'Come fly with me' and ''All the Way.' (9½"h x 6¾"w) (24.5cms x 17cms).. more information

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Lime Tree, London. 1992. ISBN 0 413 45461 4.. First edition. xv, 381pp. With 5 llustrations. Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring' stands as one of the great musical revolutions of the twentieth century. Born in Russia in 1882, exiled in Switzerland during World War One and in the United States in World War Two, he continued to produce ballets, concert music in all forms, opera and theatre pieces into his eighty-fifth year. Dustjacket and book in very good condition.. Hard Cover. more information

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London: Bloomsbury, 1989. Book in very good condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, spine very slightly faded, 1/2" tear at top front edge, top of spine very slightly rubbed. viii, 244pp. Over 300 composers and thousands of musical works. From the classics, such as, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms , to popular composers such as Bernstein, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern and the Beatles, in alphabetical order. Unique cross-reference system. Includes lists of music featuring all solo instruments, the different ranges of the human voice, also Christmas music and music by women.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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U.K: Elgar Editions, 2000. Reprinted with corrections. Book in fine condition. xii, 372pp. Frontispiece of Edward Elgar, with 90 illustrations. This book attempts to provide a complete history of Gerontius from Cardinal Newman to the year 2000. Articles previously published in the Elgar Society Journal have been updated. New chapters provide a biographical portrait of Newman and his writing of the epic poem, a pictorial of Worcestershire countryside that provided Elgar with the inspiration to compose his masterpiece and a final chapter which reviews the status Gerontius has achieved.. Hard Cover. more information

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Clive Bingley, London. 1976.. ISBN 0 85157 198 0. First edition. viii, 370pp. Hardcover. Book in very good condition, spine slightly faded, top spine edge a little bumped. Dustjacket in very good condition, slightly bumped at top spine edge. A checklist of some 14,000 entries in a single alphabetical sequence, representing about 7,000 compositions in Western music, which give the most common alternative language titles for well-known works.. more information

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London: W.H. Allen, 1970. Book in very good condition, a few spots of foxing on front edge, just a few pages have one or two spots of foxing at front edge. Price on inside front flap has been crossed out. A very good tight copy. Dustjacket in good condition, small 'V' shaped piece cut at front top outer corner, 1" closed tear at top front edge, top and bottom edges slightly rubbed. 257pp, including index. With 57 black-and-white photographs. The Philadelphia Orchestra was founded in 1900, and are unique in having had only two conductors in 56 years, Leopold Stokowski and Eugene Ormandy.. First U.K. Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. more information

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. Hardcover in very good condition, spine ends slightly rubbed. Dustjacket in good condition, a little cracked at spine ends, ½" closed tear at top spine edge, and 1" closed tear at bottom front edge, edges slightly rubbed. Price clipped. xviii, 531pp, including Selective discography of RCA Victor recordings - Index of Choreographers - Index of Composers, and General Index. From d/j flap -" Includes - The stories and descriptions of the choreography and music of one hundred and thirty ballets from Giselle and Les Sylphides to Fancy Free and Appalachian Spring. - The history of each of these ballets and their composition, including records of first performances, the stars who appeared in them, etc. - Over 100 portraits of the greatest dancers in their greatest roles - Over four hundred quotations from musical scores - An authoritative history of the ballet illustrated with old cuts. ". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. more information

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Newton Abbot, U.K: David and Charles, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover in near fine condition, very slightly bumped at top edge of spine. Dustjacket in near fine condition, top edge of spine very slightly bumped. 352pp, including index. With 57 black-and-white illustrations. From d/j flap -"Containing 3,000 entries, it lists the places where musicians were born and died, and where important composers wrote their works. The addresses where foreign composers stayed, and their comments on British habits, food, weather and much else. The place where world premieres where held .i.e. world premieres of 'Messiah' in Dublin. Composers and authors of favourite hymns are also included.". more information

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London: B.T. Batsford, 1979. Book in very good plus condition, spine ends very slightly bumped, internally in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, rubbed at spine top, outer corner edges and back top edge, a tiny nick at back top edge and by top front outer corner edge. Price clipped. 192pp, including Sources of Songs, Select Bibliography, Index of first lines, titles and tunes of songs and General Index.. The book is illustrated with contemporary paintings, engravings, woodcuts, ballad sheets and photographs, and is completed with 50 tunes. Eighty-two contemporary ballads which show how ordinary people have reacted to social change and to national events over the last 400 years. The author is well-known in the world of folk-song - as an impressario, researcher, critic, lecturer and collector. (10"h x 7½"w) (25.5cms x 19cms) approx. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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Grafton Books, London 1988.. ISBN 0 246 13311 2. 524pp. A personal and enthusiastic chronicle of the musical life of the first part of the 1980's. Hardcover. Book in excellent condition. Dustjacket in very good condition.. more information

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London: Odhams Press, 1951. Book in very good condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, spine ends a little cracked and a little rubbed along spined sides. Price clipped. 352pp. With frontispiece and 16 pages of half-tone illustrations.The author spent over twenty years collecting material on Toscanini. Beginning with his boyhood and musical training as a cellist, because of his short-sightedness he used to memorize entire scores, and in Brazil at the age of nineteen he stepped onto the rostrum after the conductor had walked off and conducted Verdi's Aida from memory. Taubman traces Toscanini meteoric rise to world fame as conductor of the orchestra of La Scala.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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