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Ireland: Altan, 2017. Paperback. Near Fine/None. Glossy pictorial softcover with yellow spine and black titling; spine is uncreased. (No DJ). Interior is unmarked, clean and bright. 7.25 x 9 inches. Our photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and ship from our family-owned bookshop in the US. BOOK INFO: See photos for Table of Contents. Illustrated in color and B&W photography. 'Altan are delighted to present their first printed collection of instrumental music. Spanning thirty years, twelve studio albums and comprising 222 tunes across its 206 pages, this book delves into the history, folklore and the composers and musical heroes from whom the music was collected. Harmonic arrangements have been specially edited for accompanists and a range of photographs are placed throughout that chart the many friendships and adventures that come with years of playing music around the world. Each chapter begins with an insight into the thought process behind the making… Read More

Tutzing, Bavaria, Germany: Schneider, 1974. Hardcover. Good/None. Munchner Veroffentlichungen zur Musikgeschichte ; Bd. 22 Light blue cloth boards with gilt titling on front and on faded spine, lightly toned along edges. Boards are slightly bowed and upper corners a little bumped. Bindings are sound. Former owner's name penned on ffep; Interior is otherwise unmarked. Lacking dustjackets. 8vo. Our photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and shipped from our family-owned bookshop in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. BOOK INFO: See photos for Tables of Contents. Volume II especially has many musical scores. Vol. I includes index. Text in German. Beginnings of the continuo bass movement. 281pp and 93pp

Paris, France: Fayard, 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine-. Our photos depict the actual book offered. Tidy, handsome black cloth boards with gilt titling on spine and gilt signature decoration in black box impression on front. Binding is firm. Interior is unmarked. This is a gorgeous book in close to new condition. In unpriceclipped dustjacket, whose only flaw is a tiny indentation on the spine (and barely noticeable edge softening). In very good cardboard slipcase, (some edgewear and smudges). Small folio. Ships from US. Larger size may require more postage; after you order, we will provide a better estimate of shipping cost for your approval. BOOK INFO: Franz Liszt: chronicle of life in pictures and documents. Preface de Alfred Brendel; [Translated from German] traduit de l'allemand (Franz Liszt : eine Lebenschronik in Bildern und Dokumenten) par Odite Demange avec la collab. technique de Claude Knepper et Isabelle Rouart. See photos for Table of Contents. Replete with B&W and sepia… Read More

Frankfurt/Main: Verlag Das Musikinstrument [Vorwort 1963, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good-/None. 1962 Light green cloth boards with tan titling on front and spine, lightly toned at around extremities and spine. Sewn binding is sound. Interior is unmarked. Lacking dustjacket. Slender, small 8vo., (6 x 8 3/8 ins.) Our photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and shipped from our family-owned bookshop in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. BOOK INFO: See photos for Table of Contents. 70 p. 22 cm.

Irvington, NJ: Old-Fashioned Gospel Hour, 1936. Paperback. Fair+/None. 1936 Our photos depict the actual book offered. Brown pictorial softcover with black titling (and a small drip stain) on front, worn at extremities and detached from spine. Binding is sound, just need backstrip/cover glued back on. Interior is unmarked. Upper page edges toned. Lacking dustjacket. Some mustiness. 8vo. Ships from US. BOOK INFO: Includes two B&W photos the choir and 'views in the studio'. A collection of songs like: How Tedious and Tasteless; Bringing in the Sheaves; I've Been Washed in the Blood; There's Music There; Onward, Christian Soldier; Battle Hymn of the Republic; and Faith of Our Fathers, the signature hymn of the Old-Fashioned Gospel Hour. 'In response to numerous requests a Gospel Hour Hymnal has been compiled. It has been a privilege to broadcast the Gospel of Jesus. The ever increasing volume of mail attests that the testimony has reached enormous audiences.... This book has been compiled to include… Read More

Philadelphia [etc.] Hall-Mack Co.: c1911-1929.. Paperback. Fair+/None. 1911 Plain grey softcover with black titling, toned and worn along edges; black spine is worn. There is the ghost of a black ink stamp on the bottom front cover. (No DJ). Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding is sound though cracked at Index page. (7 x 10.25 ins.) Our photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and shipped from our family-owned bookshop in the US. BOOK INFO: This volume copyright 1911. See photos for list of songs. The musical scores to 36 songs of devotion, including A Rose Brightly Glowing, Nearer My God to Thee, River of Life, and The Son of God Goes Forth to War by composers Adam Geibel, Harry Hale Pike, C. Austin Miles, Caleb Simper, Wilfred Robertson, J. Lincoln Hall, William T. Meyer, R. Frank Lehman, Lida Shivers Leech, T. Edwin Solly, Carl Jean Tolman, Joseph D. Little, Arthur Berridge, E. L. Ashford, Alfred Judson, Charles H. Gabriel, Herbert J. Lacey, F.… Read More

Cambridge / New York / Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good-/None. Violet cloth boards with gilt titling on spine and front, and spine toned. Corners are sharp and square; only a tiny bit of wear to tips of extremities. Tiny 'u' stamped on rear bottom board near spine. Binding is sound. Owner's name and year penned on FFEP. Text is unmarked. Upper page edges toned. Lacking dustjacket. 8vo. Our photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and shipped from our family-owned bookshop in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. BOOK INFO: See photos for Table of Contents and List of Figures. Illustrated with greyscale drawings and some musical scores. 'Music notation, like other forms of writing, aids memory by means of visual representation of what is intrinsically an aural medium. The development of music notation in Europe shows an increasing graphic control over various aspects of sound and its artistic organization. ... the principal innovations… Read More

Neptune City, N.J.: Paganiniana, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 1980 Pictorial glossy covers. Binding is sound. Pictorial end papers. Interior is unmarked. Smudge on side page edges. Lacking dustjacket. 8vo. Our photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and shipped from our family-owned bookshop in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. BOOK INFO: See photos for Table of Contents. Copiously illustrated in B&W photography. 'Eugene Ysaye, the eminent violinist, conductor and composer, is deservedly regarded, along with Gretry, Gossec, Vieuxtemps, Servais, Franck and Ledeu, as one of the greatest figures in Belgian music, which is considered the pride of the Belgian people. His significance as an artist-violinist and composer for his instrument, however, goes far beyond his native Belgium. The inspired art of this unsurpassed performer and talented composer, sybolizing truth and sincerity, poetry and inspiration, heartfelt lyricism and vivid romanticism, has left a lasting… Read More

Melville, N.Y.: Belwin-Mills Pub. Corp., 1973. Centennial Edition. Very Good-/None. The Miniature Score Series 1973 Our photos depict the actual book offered. Light blue cloth boards with gilt block titling on toned spine. Binding is sound. Light wear to extremities. Rear board lightly rubbed or soiled. Page edges are a bit toned. Interior is clean and unmarked. 9.25 x 12 ins. Ships from our family-owned bookstore in the US. BOOK INFO: Centennial Edition. Preface is an explanation of the notations in the scores that follow. Program notes for each score are provided as well.

London, England: Tony Bingham, 2006. Paperback. Near Fine/None. Our photos depict the actual book offered. Pictorial softcover with white titling on front and spine; spine is uncreased. Text block had a shallow ripple. Light edgewear. Binding is sound. Interior is bright, clean and unmarked. Large 8vo. Ships from US. BOOK INFO: See photos for Table of Contents. Illustrated in B&W. 'It was estimated in 1829 that one man in ten in London played the flute. Players, teachers, composers and makers competed for their share of the vast market for anything to do with the flute. Much of the history of the flute in the nineteenth century is based on the works in this collection, which includes descriptions of newly-invented flutes, arguments about their relative merits and some extraordinary battles between rival makers and players. -- A Word or Two to Mr. W. N. James (1829) by Charles Nicholson; Mr. James's Answer to Mr. Nicholson (1829) by W. N. James; A Few Words on the Flute (1843) by William Annand;… Read More

Hofheim am Taunus, Germany: Musikverlag Friedrich Hofmeister. 9 Auflage. Hardcover. Very Good-/Fair-. Goldenrod-colored cloth boards with black block titling on front and spine, lightly soiled at extremities, and corners a smidge worn. Binding is sound. Interior unmarked. Owner's address label to ffep. DJ is moderately soiled and heavily rubbed with a few closed tears and with loss/2-in. chip at head of spine. 8vo. BOOK INFO: Neubearbeitet von/revised by Rudolf E. Pliverics. Inhalt/contents include: Vorwort(s); Einfuhrung; Ortsregister; Namensregister; Anhang Inserate; Bildtafeln. Plus terminal full-page B&W ads.