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1816. MOZART, W. A. (music) and Signor DA PONTE (libretto). COSI FAN TUTTE. OSSIA LA SCUOLA DEGLI AMANTI. THE SCHOOL FOR LOVERS, A COMIC OPERA, IN TWO ACTS. AS REPRESENTED AT THE KING'S THEATRE, IN THE HAYMARKET. FOR THE BENFIT OF MADAME MAINVILLE FODOR. London: W. Winchester and Son, 1816. 76 pp. Sewn wrappers, 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches. Dual language, Italian on the verso, with English translation on the facing recto. Light soil and age toning to wrappers, corners a bit dog-eared. Rear cover (end of text) slightly creased. Pencil ownership to top front corner. Closed 3 inch tear to pp. 21-22, no loss of text. Libretto only.
(WWI Broadside) for the Boys at Camp Fremont * Mammoth Patriotic SONG FESTIVAL Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto SUNDAY JUNE 9th, at 2 P.m. * SCHUMANN-HEINK World's Greatest Contralto Soloist * Greatest Open Air Concert Ever Held in America by (Schumann-Heink, Ernestine) - 1918
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(WWI Broadside) for the Boys at Camp Fremont * Mammoth Patriotic SONG FESTIVAL Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto SUNDAY JUNE 9th, at 2 P.m. * SCHUMANN-HEINK World's Greatest Contralto Soloist * Greatest Open Air Concert Ever Held in America
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San Francisco: Walter N. Brunt Press, 1918. 14" h x 10 1/2" w World War One broadside printed on newsprint by Walter N. Brunt Press, 880 Mission St., S.F. No year given, but (1918). Very Good, small edge tears and chips, light creasing. Billed as the "Greatest Open Air Concert Ever Held in America" with "17,000 Good Seats". Presented "under the auspices of War Camp Community Service Commission and Leland Stanford University", The "Proceeds to be devoted to the development of the recreational facilities of the men at Camp Fremont and to sending the fifteen women graduates of Stanford University to France for War Service". RARE. OCLC locates no copies, although Stanford University Library holds the program and song sheet for this event. . First Printing. Newsprint. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 14" x 10 1/2" . Broadside.
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COSI FAN TUTTE. OSSIA LA SCUOLA DEGLI AMANTI
by MOZART, W. A.
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Merle Armitage Has The Honor To Present George Gershwin In An All Gershwin Program
by Armitage, Merle
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Los Angeles: Philaharmonic Auditorium / Merle Armitage, 1937. 1st Edition 1st Printing. No Binding. Near Fine. Four Page Highly Detailed Program, Large Format, Densely Lettered In Red And Blue, The Program For "Merle Armitage Has The Honor To Present George Gershwin In An All Gershwin Program" At The Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles, , Gershwin'S Last Public Appearance. Ads On Rear Cover For Coming Events Featuring John Charles Thomas, Martha Graham, And The Horton Dance Group. Rare, No Listing In Worldcat.Complete, No Tears Or Chips; Slight Browning To Most Of Front Cover.
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Zeuner's Organ Voluntaries in Two Parts: Part I. 165 Interludes and Short Preludes, In which are introduced all the Various Keys used in Modern Church Music. Part II. Practical Voluntaries to be used Before and after Service in Churches
by Zeuner, Charles
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Boston: Parker & Ditson, 1840. Paperback. Good +. 2 volumes: 28, [4], 38, [2] p.: music; 26 x 33 cm. Original plain wrappers (included in page count). Handwritten on front wrappers "Part: 1" and " Part 2." First edition. Organist and composer Heinrich Christoph Zeuner (1795-1857) was born in Saxony but spent most of his career in Boston, where he was associated with the Handel and Haydn Society from 1830 to 1837, and then Philadelphia, where he was organist first at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church and later at Arch Street Presbyterian Church. Extremely scarce. In Good+ Condition: wrappers are lightly soiled and separating along the spines; old dampstaining in Part I, primarily along upper edge of pages, and in Part II along gutter; a few pencil marks in margins; otherwise, clean and solid.
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L'ILLUSTRATION 1914-1918
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Rara raccolta di cinque annate (dal 1914 al 1918) della rivista francese settimanale "L'Illustration" Ogni annata è contenuta in due raccoglitori d'epoca. <BR>Le riviste risultano molto interessanti in quanto descrivono i contemporanei avvenimenti della prima guerra mondiale. In ogni numero dopo lo scoppio della guerra il resoconto degli avvenimenti settimana per settimana. Numerose le illustrazioni, planches colorate, foto d'epoca, planches incollate e mappe di strategie belliche. Anno 1914: dal n. 3706 al 3747. Purtroppo risultano mancanti dalla raccolta i numeri dal 3698 del 10 Gennaio al 3705 ed il 3714 del 2 Maggio.Belle pubblicità d'epoca incollate al contropiatto del raccoglitore. In buone condizioni. Brossura editoriale in buone condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Legatura quasi assente. All'interno le pagine si presentano in buone condizioni con rare fioriture. Qualche margine presenta usure. Anno 1915: dal n. 3748 al…
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Barbra Streisand Signed & Authenticated (JSA) Photo Display
by Barbra Streisand
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This listing is for a gorgeous Barbra Streisand matted display piece which features a lovely portrait photograph paired with a signed notecard professionally authenticated by James Spence (JSA). Legitimately authenticated Streisand autogrphs are desperately scarce. The matted piece measures 16x12 with an 8x10 photo and an opening for the notecard that measures 4-1/2 by 3; thickness is 1/4" overall with matte board backing (shown in last photo). Barbra's signature is bold and clear as shown. As most of you know, Barbra is one of those luminous artists who have earned an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony during her career.
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Eddy Duchin's Pianostyles (1935) (Signed)
by Eddy Duchin
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New York, NY: Remick Music Corporation, 1935. Sheet music. Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 48-page Music Book, SIGNED and INSCRIBED in fountain pen on inside front cover by EDDY DUCHIN "To Mary Helen, Best wishes, Eddy Duchin" Top of table of contents has a small hand stamp of The Dayton Company Music Department, whatever that was. This music book contains piano scores for 12 of Duchin's favorite songs: Memories, Shine On harvest Moon, Chinatown My Chinatown, Nagasaki, and others. Duchin died young of leukemia and his life was made into a movie in the 1950s. In Good condition. Rare one of a kind piece..
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Merle Armitage Has The Honor To Present George Gershwin In An All Gershwin Program
by Armitage, Merle
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Los Angeles: Philaharmonic Auditorium / Merle Armitage, 1937. 1st Edition 1st Printing. No Binding. Near Fine. Four Page Highly Detailed Program, Large Format, Densely Lettered In Red And Blue, The Program For "Merle Armitage Has The Honor To Present George Gershwin In An All Gershwin Program" At The Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles, , Gershwin'S Last Public Appearance. Ads On Rear Cover For Coming Events Featuring John Charles Thomas, Martha Graham, And The Horton Dance Group. Rare, No Listing In Worldcat.Complete, No Tears Or Chips; Slight Browning To Most Of Front Cover.
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A Treatise of Musick, Containing the Principles of Composition. Wherein the Several Parts Thereof Are Fully Explained, and Made Useful
by Rameau
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1752. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 1752 1st Edition Hardcover Good/No Jacket A presumed 1st edition of this rare text Library rebound in dark blue cloth over board with gilt titles 176pp plus 2pp errata 'Translated into English from the original in French and entered at Stationer's-Hall, and published according to the Act of Parliament' 44 chapters covering all aspects of music composition: rules, chord sequences, cadence,modulation etc etc By a Mr Rameau, 'Principal Composer to his Most Christian Majesty, and to the Opera at Paris' A fascinating and relevant book with many examples/figures throughout the text Ex library copy with a bookplate and stamp on the front pastedown, handwritten no opposite the contents page One other library stamp on the last page Library name on front cover in gilt No other library markings Some age spotting to pages and a water mark covering on the outer edge of 2 pages (approx 15cm deep by 10cm long) Generally a good copy of this desirable book
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Zeuner's Organ Voluntaries in Two Parts: Part I. 165 Interludes and Short Preludes, In which are introduced all the Various Keys used in Modern Church Music. Part II. Practical Voluntaries to be used Before and after Service in Churches
by Zeuner, Charles
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Boston: Parker & Ditson, 1840. Paperback. Good +. 2 volumes: 28, [4], 38, [2] p.: music; 26 x 33 cm. Original plain wrappers (included in page count). Handwritten on front wrappers "Part: 1" and " Part 2." First edition. Organist and composer Heinrich Christoph Zeuner (1795-1857) was born in Saxony but spent most of his career in Boston, where he was associated with the Handel and Haydn Society from 1830 to 1837, and then Philadelphia, where he was organist first at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church and later at Arch Street Presbyterian Church. Extremely scarce. In Good+ Condition: wrappers are lightly soiled and separating along the spines; old dampstaining in Part I, primarily along upper edge of pages, and in Part II along gutter; a few pencil marks in margins; otherwise, clean and solid.
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Musicalisches Halleluja, oder Schöne und geistreiche Gesänge, mit neuen und anmuthigen Melodeyen begleitet, und zur Aufmunterung zum Lobes Gottes, in Truck übergeben von Joh. Caspar Bachofen
by BACHOFEN, Johann Caspar
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1776 Swiss Composer MUSIC German Hymns Figured Bass 600+ Songs Bachofen ZurichJohann Caspar Bachofen was a relatively unknown 18th-century Swiss composer perhaps known only for his collection of hymns. This collection, better-known as 'Musical Hallelujah', contains more than 600 songs for two and three part voices, German text, with figured bass for organ accompaniment.
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BACHOFEN, Johann Caspar
Musicalisches Halleluja, oder Schöne und geistreiche Gesänge, mit neuen und anmuthigen Melodeyen begleitet, und zur Aufmunterung zum Lobes Gottes, in Truck übergeben von Joh. Caspar Bachofen
Zürich: Gedruckt in Bürgklischer Druckeren, 1776.
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Trial by Jury
by W. S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan
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69 pp. + ads. Plate 17453. Vocal score, wraps, quarto 8.5 x 11 in. Front cover reattached with Japan paper, some wear to spine and edges, yet very good. Likely a printing from 1992-, given the 62 W. 45th St. address on the wraps. Printed in England. Trial by Jury is a one-act comic opera that could be considered a seminal venture in their partnership. It premiered at the Royalty Theatre in London in March, 1875.
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Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky
by Nijinsky, Romola
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Nijinsky, Romola. Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky. The Definitive Biography Copyright 1980. Simon and Schuster stated First Impression Thus. Number line starts with 1. EXLIB. Good Condition/ VG original dust jacket. 260 pages, indexed. ISBN0671411233. PERFORMING ARTS, RUSSIA, BALLET, VASLAV NIJINSKY. Summary: "The life of Vaslav Nijinsky is not merely a record of a great dancer's artistic triumphs; it is one of the strangest stories ever written. There is madness everywhere. From the child's first appearance with a troupe of wandering Russians to that last terrible performance, his "Marriage With God" , it is a growing chaos of madness, abnormality, distortion, genius and beauty." 260 pages, indexed. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4.
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SKIFFLE:; The Story of Folk-song with a Jazz Beat. With a Foreword by Lonnie Donegan (The King of Skiffle)
by Bird, Brian
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London: Robert Hale, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. 119pp, index; 13pp illus from photographs. Bound in pictorial boards, dust jacket. 8" x 5.25" This first book on the subject traces the history of skiffle from its slave and jazz roots through the 1950s. The second part of the book is a how-to for forming a skiffle band as well as a look at the "origins, progress and personalities" of Britain's most popular skiffle bands.
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The Pirates of Penzance in Full Score: New Edition by Carl Simpson and Ephraim Hammett Jones
by W. S. Gilbert, Sir Arthur Sullivan
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272 pp. Quarto, 9 x 12 in. Illustrated wraps, near fine, only the slightest wear covers. Full score. New edition by Carl Simpson and Ephraim Hammett Jones. Official Premiere: December 31, 1879, Fifth Avenue Theater, New York, New York, USA; London Premiere: April 3, 1880, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Orchestra and Chorus Opera Comique, Arthur Sullivan, conductor.
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PIOBAIREACHD AND ITS INTERPRETATION: CLASSICAL MUSIC OF THE HIGHLAND BAGPIPE
by MacNEILL, SEUMAS & FRANK RICHARDSON
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Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers, 1996. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: 130. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. The author, an acknowledged authority on the subject, describes the structure and history of Piobaireachd. A very good copy with moderate edge wear on the covers and some fading of the colour on the rear panel.
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Bob Dylan: From a Hard Rain to a Slow Train
by Barry; Dowley, Tim Dunnage
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Turnbridge Wells: Midas Books; New York: Hippocrene Books, [1982], First Edition, 8vo, [11] 176pp [2], photos on 2 plates. Hardcover, red cloth covered boards with dust jacket. Very Good + condition. Pages are unmarked with slight toning and slight foxing to top page edges. Slight shelf wear to dust jacket. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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The Sorcerer: An Original Modern Comic Opera
by W. S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan
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137 pp. Vocal score, a slight tilt to spine, light wear to wraps, else fine. Quarto, 8.5 x 11 in. "New Edition." An original modern comic opera in two acts, words by W. S. Gilbert, music by Arthur Sullivan. G&S's third production. Based on a story, The Elixir of Love, that Gilbert published in 1876 in The Graphic.
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The Influence Of Music On History And Morals: A Vindication Of Plato
by Scott, Cyril
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London: The Theosophical Publishing House Ltd., 1928. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. X, 245 Pp. First Printing. Blue Cloth, Gilt, With Blindstamped Border On Front Cover. Lightly Used, Pinpoint Fray At Each Of Two Lower Tips, But Spine Frayed Across Top Down To Edge Of Page Block, 1/2" Fray Along Top Spine Edges And Bottom Rear Spine Edge, Hinges Tight, No Names Or Marks, Very Light Foxing To Endpapers, Title Page, And To Edges Of The Page Block. Quite Scarce In The Trade.
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OH BOYS, CARRY ME LONG:; A Plantation Melody. Written & Composed by Stephen C. Foster
by Oh Boys...sheet music
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NY: Firth, Pond, 1851. 20th Edition. Decorative Wraps. Very Good. 6pp; embellished cover title; spine reinforced. Contains words and music to four verses and a chorus. 13" x 10.25" In part: "Oh! carry me 'long; Der's no more trouble for me: I's gwine to roam In a happy home Where all de niggas am free...." First published in 1851.
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Whitney's Rapid Method for the Piano-Forte: Foreign Fingering Edition
by W. W. Whitney
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D. W. Crist, Alliance, OH, 1902. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 4mo - over 9 3/4" - 12" tall. 182 pp. Pages are yellowed, but are tight and clean. Heavy shelfwear to the cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 - 3 pounds. Category: Music; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001390. . Additional shipping charges may apply.
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