Motion Picture Moods for Pianists and Organists: A Rapid-Reference Collection of Selected Pieces; arranged by Erno Rapée; Adapted to Fifty-Two Moods and Situations by Rapée, Erno - 1924

Augsburg: Joh. Jacobi Lotter, & Filii, 1801. Paperback. Very Good -. 2nd violin part only. 63, [1] p.: music; 34 cm. Signatures: *A- 2 (folio). Spine and corners covered in remnants of an earlier music manuscript; very faint marbled paper over boards. Paper label on front board with handwritten title: Violino II. The composer, Johann Melchior Dreyer (1746-1824), published over 50 masses and requiems. This is opus 17, not the more common Sex Missae, opus 2, which was printed in 1790. No publication information, although it is most likely that this was printed in Augsburg by Lotter in 1801 (opus 14 was published in 1800 and opus 18 in 1802). In Very Good- Condition: binding is rubbed but solid; old repairs to lower corner of most leaves, with only minimal loss on pp. 43-44; soiling, primarily in lower corners; a solid copy.

Augsburg: Joannis Jacobi Lotter & Filii / Johann Jakob Lotter & Söhne, 1795. Hardcover. Good. The alto part only for three religious works printed in the 1790s in Augsburg by the important German music publishing family Johann Jakob Lotter & Söhne. 20, 20, 4 p.: engraved music; 34 cm. Contemporary binding: calf spine and corners; patterned paper over boards with handwritten paper label on front board. Woodcut headpieces and tailpieces, including an elaborate woodcut tailpiece on Lasser, p. 20. Bound together: Johann Baptist Lasser's Tres Missae, op. 1 (1794) -- Josef Schreiner's VI Missae, op. 1 (1795) -- Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf's XII Ariae, seu Offertoria Selectissima (1795). Faint pencilled drawings and inscription in German script on front endpapers. In Good Condition: binding is worn with loss of some leather; boards are rubbed and soiled; Dittersdorff, pp. 1-2 detached but present; light creasing and soiling throughout; scattered small interior… Read More

Augustae [Augsburg]: Joannis Jacobi Lotter & Filii /Johann Jakob Lotter & Söhne, 1795. Hardcover. Good +. The tenor part only for two religious works printed in 1795 in Augsburg by the important German music publishing family Johann Jakob Lotter & Söhne. 20, 6 p.: engraved music; 34 cm. Contemporary binding: calf spine and corners; patterned paper over boards with handwritten paper label on front board. Woodcut headpieces and tailpieces, including an elaborate woodcut tailpiece on Dittersdorf, p. 6. Lasser, p. 13 mispaginated 5. In Good+ Condition: leather is worn; paper over boards is rubbed and soiled with minor loss at corners and along spine; 1st leaf has 10-cm. tear from lower edge along gutter and 2nd leaf has similar for 8 cm., both without loss; light soiling.

Germantown, Pa: Michael Billmeyer, 1799. Hardcover. Very Good. Title continued: "als auch für den öffentlichen Gottesdienst enthalten sind. Nebst einem Anhang des Heydelbergischen Catechismus, wie auch erbaulicher Gebäter. Nach einem Synodal Schluss zusammen getragen und eingerichtet vor die Evangelisch-Reformirten Gemeinen in den Vereinigten Staaten von America." Zweyte Auflage. [6], 148, [8], 585, [9], 26 p.: frontispiece, music; 17 cm. Signatures: pi4 A-3B8 3C4 (8vo). Contemporary full calf with two clasps and six spine compartments between raised bands. Blind-ruled borders on boards. All page edges sprinkled red. Printed in two columns. Wood engraved head- and tail-pieces. "Sammlung alter und neuer geistreicher Lieder . . . der Evangelisch-Reformirten Gemeinen" has separate title page dated 1799. Final 26 pages contain the Heidelberger catechism and some prayers. Pages 231 and 275 misnumbered 131 and 175. Early American Imprints, 36193; First… Read More

New York: Beadle & Adams, 1878. Paperback. Very Good. 15, [1] p.: 1 hand-colored woodcut by Nathaniel Orr; 29 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Some pages not opened. Woodcut title at head of first page. Contains lyrics to 63 songs, without music. These include many popular songs of the time, including the occasional gospel song, as well as some older songs. Both sides of back wrapper list contents of nos. 1-20 of Beadle's Half-Dime Singer's Library. The publication appeared approximately weekly from 18 May 1878 and 29 March 1879, ending with No. 43. In later reprints the illustration was left uncolored. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: faint dampstaining along some edges; corner at head of gutter trimmed without loss of text; clean and intact.

Augsburg: Joh. Jacobi Lotter, & Filii, 1801. Paperback. Very Good -. 2nd violin part only. 63, [1] p.: music; 34 cm. Signatures: *A- 2 (folio). Spine and corners covered in remnants of an earlier music manuscript; very faint marbled paper over boards. Paper label on front board with handwritten title: Violino II. The composer, Johann Melchior Dreyer (1746-1824), published over 50 masses and requiems. This is opus 17, not the more common Sex Missae, opus 2, which was printed in 1790. No publication information, although it is most likely that this was printed in Augsburg by Lotter in 1801 (opus 14 was published in 1800 and opus 18 in 1802). In Very Good- Condition: binding is rubbed but solid; old repairs to lower corner of most leaves, with only minimal loss on pp. 43-44; soiling, primarily in lower corners; a solid copy.

Augustae [Augsburg]: Joannis Jacobi Lotter & Filii /Johann Jakob Lotter & Söhne, 1795. Hardcover. Good +. The tenor part only for two religious works printed in 1795 in Augsburg by the important German music publishing family Johann Jakob Lotter & Söhne. 20, 6 p.: engraved music; 34 cm. Contemporary binding: calf spine and corners; patterned paper over boards with handwritten paper label on front board. Woodcut headpieces and tailpieces, including an elaborate woodcut tailpiece on Dittersdorf, p. 6. Lasser, p. 13 mispaginated 5. In Good+ Condition: leather is worn; paper over boards is rubbed and soiled with minor loss at corners and along spine; 1st leaf has 10-cm. tear from lower edge along gutter and 2nd leaf has similar for 8 cm., both without loss; light soiling.

Germantown, Pa: Michael Billmeyer, 1799. Hardcover. Very Good. Title continued: "als auch für den öffentlichen Gottesdienst enthalten sind. Nebst einem Anhang des Heydelbergischen Catechismus, wie auch erbaulicher Gebäter. Nach einem Synodal Schluss zusammen getragen und eingerichtet vor die Evangelisch-Reformirten Gemeinen in den Vereinigten Staaten von America." Zweyte Auflage. [6], 148, [8], 585, [9], 26 p.: frontispiece, music; 17 cm. Signatures: pi4 A-3B8 3C4 (8vo). Contemporary full calf with two clasps and six spine compartments between raised bands. Blind-ruled borders on boards. All page edges sprinkled red. Printed in two columns. Wood engraved head- and tail-pieces. "Sammlung alter und neuer geistreicher Lieder . . . der Evangelisch-Reformirten Gemeinen" has separate title page dated 1799. Final 26 pages contain the Heidelberger catechism and some prayers. Pages 231 and 275 misnumbered 131 and 175. Early American Imprints, 36193; First… Read More

Germantaun [Germantown, Pa.]: Michael Billmeyer, 1820. Hardcover. Very Good. Title continued: "mit Fleiss zusammen getragen, und in gegenwaertiger Form und Ordnung gestellt; nebst einem dreyfachen Register." Dritte Auflage. [6], 39, [1], 412, [20], 21, [1] p.: frontispiece of David playing the harp, music; 18 cm. Signatures: A-2S6 2T4 (12mo). Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; two clasps, complete and functional. Printed in two columns. Sammlung alter und neuer geistreichen Gesänge has separate title page and pagination. First Century of German Language Printing in the U.S.A., 2419. Includes indexes. The selections from the Psalms of David include music. Front free endpaper and following blank leaf contain birth and christening information for Martin, Ellen, and Samuel Weidner, all born in the 1820s. Third edition of the first Mennonite hymnal published in the United States. In Very Good Condition: leather is somewhat rubbed, with minor… Read More

Philadelphia: Michael Kelly, 1841. Hardcover. Very Good. Title continued: "To which is added, A Collection of Useful Letters, on various subjects, Written in a concise and familiar style." 192, 64 p.; 12 cm. Contemporary calf with four spine compartments between double gilt rules. Leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title "American Singer's Own Book." Former owner's name on front free endpaper in pencil: H.T. Finch. Lyrics without music. Includes title index: p. 187-192. Contents include patriotic songs such as The Star-Spangled Banner; Hail Columbia; America, Commerce, and Freedom; and America--The Anchor and Hope of the World; as well as William Reily's Courtship, Reily's Trial, and Reily's Answer, Releasement, and Marriage with Coolen Bawn; and a local song, Philadelphia Fireman's Song, set to the tune of The Poachers. A very scarce ante-bellum American songbook. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; small stain on front board;… Read More