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The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones
by Stanley Booth
Chicago Review Press, 2000. Paperback. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2000 Chicago Review Press recent printing softcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Stanley Booth, a member of the Rolling Stones' inner circle, met the band just a few months before Brian Jones drowned in a swimming pool in 1968. He lived with them throughout their 1969 American tour, staying up all night...
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$24.95
A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing
by Leopold Mozart
London: Oxford University Press, 1948. Translated by Editha Knocker. Preface by Dr. Alfred Einstein. Good in Fair DJ. Binding is tight and text block is clean (except for an ownership inscription on front flyleaf) however there is moisture damage inside both the front and back covers. The exterior of the binding shows light soiling and wear to all edges. Unclipped DJ is intact but heavily damaged. Lovely fold-out table in rear regarding bowing.
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$100.00
The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music 1889-1948
Very Good. Paperback. 71pp, frontis portrait of Queen Mary, 27 plates. Previous owner's initials on cover. .
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£7.00
Listening to Reason. Culture, Subjectivity, and Nineteenth Century Music
by Steinberg, Michael P
Princeton University Press. New in Fine dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0691116857 . 244pp, 8 halftones. Discussing composers from Mozart to Mahler, Steinberg reveals the pivotal role of musical works and musical culture in the debates that forged European modernity during the 19th century. .
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£23.00
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Joseph Joachim - Ein Lebensbild [IN GERMAN ONLY]
by Moser, Andreas
Berlin: B. Behr's Verlag, 1898. First Edition . Clothbound Hardcover. Very Good (overall)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An excellent First Edition copy of the definitive biography of this great Hungarian violinist, conductor, and composer (1831-1907), its text in German only. CONTENTS: Kinderjahre; Wien; Leipzig; Weimar; Hannover; Berlin; Ruckblick und Schluss; Inhalt; 303 pages, with several illustrations, a frontispiece portrait of Joachim and decorative endpapers....
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$35.63
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Gertsena 45 [Hertsen St. 45]:The House of Conposers in Leningrad
by V. A. Gurevich
Leningrad [St. Petersburg], USSR: Soviet Composer Publishers, 1989. First Thus . Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 4.25" x 9.5. This essay on the House of Composers deals with the history of one of the most beautiful buildings in St. Petersburg, Russia - situated in the old area surrounding St. Isaak's Cathedral. It was built between 1836 and 1842 by the great architect August Montferrand, for P. Demidov (Prince San Donato). It was "nationalized" after the October Revolution and became the...
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$11.88
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Evolution of the Piano Action - Illustrated from Models Made By Steinway & Sons [POSTER]
by Steinway & Sons
New York: Steinway & Sons. No Binding. Very Good. 21" x 12.5. A (circa 1960) black-and-white poster, illustrated with 18 photos of historic instruments and their actions - from early keyboard instruments to the modern (Steinway) grand piano. "These illustrations, showing actions of historic keyboard instruments, are from models made by Steinway & Sons. They graphically picture the development of the piano from its earliest crude beginnings to the present time." CONDITION: This...
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American Record Guide - January/February 1995 - Vol. 58 No. 1
by Derrick Henry; Edward Seckerson; John C. Tibbetts; Donald Vroon; Leslie Kandel; Shirley Fleming; John Von Rhein; Kurt Moses; George Loomis; Paul Moor; Robert Haskins; Richard Traubner
Cincinnati, Ohio: Record Guide Productions, 1995. Paperback. Very Good. 6" x 9. An excellent issue of America's oldest classical music reviews magazine, founded in 1935. FEATURES: State of the Orchestras - Atlanta; Talk with Michael Tilson Thomas; The Unknown Liszt; Joao Carlos Martins; Organs & Organists; Violins in Indiana; Opera in Chicago; At the Met; Classical Broadway; Overview - Hector Berlioz. NOTE: See my accompanying scan of the complete Table of Contents for additional...
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$10.93
Virgil, Publius. (b. BC 70) The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. Translated into English verse; by Mr. Dryden.
by John Dryden
Virgil, Publius. (b. BC 70) The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. Translated into English verse; by Mr. Dryden. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1697. Large Folio, 423 x 265. First edition. 640pp
One hundred and two full paged engraved illustrations. This is a large paper copy excepting for the first few pages exceptionally white and crisp. Lacks introduction to Lord Clifford and large plate of Virgil at the Senate. Most of the Life of Virgil, which contains the image... Read more about this item
One hundred and two full paged engraved illustrations. This is a large paper copy excepting for the first few pages exceptionally white and crisp. Lacks introduction to Lord Clifford and large plate of Virgil at the Senate. Most of the Life of Virgil, which contains the image... Read more about this item
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$4775.00
Opera for Lovers
by Kiri Te Kanawa; Conrad Wilson
Hodder Moa Beckett Publishers Limited, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Hodder Moa Beckett Publishers Limited, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust jacket has very mild shelfwear, small tear on top spine end. Cover has negligible shelfwear. Gift note on front flyleaf. Pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Not ex-library. Not price-clipped. Very nice copy.
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$23.10
Galuppi to Vorotnikov Music of the Russian Court Chapel Choir (I)
by Dunlop, Carolyn C
Harwood Academic Publishers. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover; Pictorial Boards. 9057550423 . 163pp. Performing edition New copy (top edge has been very slightly bumped) ; Music Archive Publications .
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£38.00
Understanding Music
by Glennon, James
South Melbourne: Sun Books. 1980. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. neat and small thin texta mark to front free endpaper. 339 pages. Covers, instruments, music types, vocal music, dance forms, inernational music, the conductor's art, and even function of music reviews. Also includes a Glossary of music terms and encyclopedia of Composers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st...
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A$25.00
Bel Canto Bully - the Life and Times of the Legendary Opera Impresario Domenico Barbaja
by Eisenbeiss, Philip
Haus Publishing. New in Fine dust jacket. 2013. Hardcover. 1908323256 . xii, 300pp, map, plates. .
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£14.00
Petite Histoire De La Musique Anglaise
by Cande, Roland de
Paris: Larousse. Very Good. 1952. Paperback. 173pp, music examples. Pages slightly browned. In French. .
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£5.50
The Golden Robin, for the Use of Juvenile Classes, Public Schools, and Seminaries
by Perkins, W.O
New York: Oliver Ditsin & Company, 1868. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Oliver Ditsin & Company,1868. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Cover has heavy shelfwear, darkened, rubbed through on all edges and spine ends. Blue paper paste-down missing a 2-inch piece at top. Pages are clean and unmarked, toned with some foxing. Binding is tight. Hinges are cracked. Good reading copy.
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$23.00
Music for the Piano - A Handbook of Concert and Teaching Material from 1580 to 1952
by James Friskin; Irwin Freundlich
New York: Dover Books, 1973. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An essential volume for every classical piano student's music library. CONTENTS: See accompanying scan image of the Table of Contents. 434 pages. CONDITION: A bright, solid, square Very Good copy with light shelf-wear, plus some light creases on the covers and spine. The interior now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.
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$10.21
Thomas Tallis and His Music in Victorian England
by Cole, Suzanne
Boydell Press. New in New dust jacket. 2008. Hardcover. 1843833808 . 232pp, illustrations, music examples. ; Music in Britain, 1600-1900 .
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£50.00
Sigma Alpha Iota - Pan Pipes Quarterly Journal - Winter 1984
by Aaron Cohen; Dika Newlin; Jocelyn Mackey
Desmoines, Iowa: Sigma Alpha Iota, 1984. Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 8.25" x 11. Ruth Shaw Wylie (cover image). The Winter 1984 (Volume LXXVI, Number Two) edition of the quarterly Pan Pipes - journal of Sigma Alpha Iota, an international music fraternity for women that was established in 1903 at the University of Michigan. FEATURES: An Encyclopedia of Women Composers (overview, Cohen), Books (Newlin), Recordings (Mackey), plus information about grants, artist retreats concerts, festivals,...
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$17.81
The String Quartet, from its beginnings to Franz Schubert
by Konold, Wulf
New York: Heinrichshofen Edition. Very Good. 1983. Paperback. 3795903459 . 209pp, music examples. Translated by Susan Hellauer. .
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£9.00
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XXVI International Contemporary Music Festival "Moscow Autumn 2004" [SOUVENIR PROGRAM BOOK]
by Oleg Galakhov; Vladislav Kazenin; Grigory Voronov; Alexander Sokolov; Sergei Khudyakov; Andrey Alyabev
Moscow, Russia: Publishing House "Kompozitor, 2004. Large Softcover. Fine. 6.5" x 10.25. This handsome booklet (in Russian only) provides a comprehensive summary of the 2004 Moscow Autumn Festival - one of the most prestigious contemporary music events in all of Eastern Europe. CONTENTS: Organization of the Festival; Festival Calendar; Detailed Concert Programs; Biographies of the Participants. 96 pages, photo-illustrated throughout. CONDITION: A bright, tight, unmarked, uncreased copy with...
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$16.63
Norwegian Music. A Survey
by Lange, Kristian
Oslo, Norway: Johan Grundt Tanum Forlag. Very Good. 1971. Paperback. 8251800129 . 120pp, illustrations. .
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£11.50
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Astrakhan Musical College named after M. Musorgsky [BOOKLET/BROCHURE]
by Y. Y. Reshetnikov; N. S. Tereshchenko
Astrakhan, Russia: Novaya Liniya, 2000. Stapled Wraps. Fine (As New). 5.75" x 8.25. A beautiful overview of the past and present of the Astrakhan Musical College (situated in the Volga Delta area at the north end of the Caspian Sea. Profusely illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs. 44 pages. CONDITION: A bright, tight, unmarked, uncreased copy with negligible shelf-wear - now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.
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$13.78
Festival in the North the Story of the Edinburgh Festival
by Bruce, George
Robert Hale. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 070915061X . 253pp, 24 plates. Previous owners signature. .
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£6.00
The Musical Times, Autumn 2009 - Vol. 150 No. 1908
by Peter Williams, Steven Plank, Robert Orledge, Durval Cesetti, Barry Cooper, Robert J. Bruce, Joyce Simlett-Moss, Godwin Sadoh, Michael Graubart, Peter Phillips, Andrew Thomson, Kevin O'Connell, others
Berkhamsted, Herts, UK: The Musical Times Publications Ltd., 2009. Soft cover. As New (Fine). 7.5" x 9.5. The UK's oldest classical music journal, with 165 years of continuous publication (established in 1844) - this being its 1,908th issue. CONTENTS: (Articles) Whither 'music studies' (Williams); Purcell, the anthem, and the culture of preaching (Plank); Erik Satie's 'Uspud' (Orledge); The narrative of a composer's biography: Szymanowski (Cesetti); 'Miss...
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$14.25
Music Making in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The Exploration of a Unique Musical Phenomenon
by Smith, Adrian
Huddersfield: R. H. Wood. Very Good+. 2000. Hardcover; Glazed Pictorial Boards. 0953988503 . 224pp, many illustrations, colour & b/w. HEAVY BOOK, extra postage will be requested for delivery outside UK. .
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£11.50
