Search Results: MUSIC from Chilton Books

London: Kahn & Averill, 1976.. 1st edition. "Alkan, the lonely nineteenth century genius; virtuoso pianist and composer of the difficult, strangely haunting and disturbingly powerful piano music." Pp.120, frontispiece + 11 further illustrations, toning to pages. Black cloth, dustwrapper, discolouration to spine edge. Good/Good.

New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1991.. 1st N. American ed. Music and Society Series. ".... treats the beginning of the Western musical tradition." Pp. 10/337, b/w illustrations throughout + 2 maps. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

London: Titan Books. 1994.. A crash course in baton basics". Pp 96, slight toning to lower edge of pages, many b/w illustrations. P/b, illustrated cover. VG.

London: SCM, 1957.. 2nd imp. "... a stimulating and informative book." Pp. 125, inscrip. to fep, uneven toning to endpapers. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w has rubbing. G+/G+.

London: Oxford University Press, 1942.. 1st edition. Early ballads, modern ballads, and choral ballads, with a bibliography. Pp.124, inscribed by the author to front free endpaper, signed photograph postcard held with photocorners to inside front board, spotting to endpapers, previous ownership details to front free eendpaper. Maroon clth, gilt title to spine, boards rubbed with uneven fading, wear to spine edge. G.

Sevenoaks: Novello & Co, 1965.. Edited from the Selva Morale et Spirituale, Venice (1941)". 24.5cms x 17cms. Pp. 24, words and music. P/b, illustrated cover. VG.

London: Oxford University Press, 1975.. First edition. vii/202pp. Green cloth, dustwrapper. "An investigation into the melodic, harmonic and tonal characteristics of Berlioz's music". vg/vg.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.. 1st edition. "Berlioz's 'dramatic symphony' Rom�o et Juliette is regarded by many as his finest work; it is certainly among the most original. It is played less often than his earlier symphonies, because it requires solo voices and chorus; yet at its heart is some of the most inspired orchestral music of the nineteenth century....The complete libretto is provided in both English and French." Pp.x/119. Paperback. VG.

London: Oxford University Press,1950.. I have deliberately not included songs which are musically difficult, but have, nevertheless, aimed at compiling a representative collection, among which are many melodies of great beauty. Although these are essentially French tunes, several are already well known in England, with English words". (Preface). 27cms x 19cms. Pp.73, 54 French songs, music with French lyrics. Green card wraps with uneven toning and a previous owner's name to front, creasing to lower front corner . G+.

London: Alfred Lengnick & Co.Ltd, nd.. English translations by Robert Whistler. English & German words. 31cms x 23.5cms. Pp.63. Paperback, owner's name (singing coach Jean Marshall) to top of front, rubbing to price, wear to top andd tail of spine. G+.

London: Sphere Books, 1990.. Cardus at his best: a collection of his first essays." Pp. 336. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

London: Novello And Company, 1921 .. A New And Enlarged Edtion". A very good original binding with hand written notes by the author and a letter to the author signed by William Henry Grattan Flood. 8vo. 8.75" x 5.75" x 0.5". pp.20/pp.176. Blue cloth with gilt titles to front board and spine. Edges rubbed and bumped. Owner's bookplate to verso of the front board: "Clive Leslie George". Loosely inserted are: 1 page letter from W. H. Grattan Flood; 5 pages of handwritten notes; and a newspaper cutting dated 15 Sept., 1911. Light toning to page edges. Clear English text throughout. VG. William Henry Grattan Flood (baptised 1 November 1857[1] � 6 August 1928) was a noted Irish author, composer, musicologist, and historian. As a writer and ecclesiastical composer, his personal contributions to Irish music produced enduring works, although he is regarded today as controversial due to the inaccuracy of some of his work. As a historian, his output was prolific on topics of local and national historical… Read More

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1963.. Companion volume to The Concerto and The Symphony, ranges from duet works to octets, from the early eighteenth century to the present day." Pp, 427, illustrated with bars of music throughout, slight toning to pages. P/b, illustrated cover. G.

Edinburgh: W & R Chambers. 1987.. 1st ed. "Provides all musicians with a handy guide to musical terms - comprising words from many languages - and will help to give a greater understanding of the style and texture of music and its performance". Pp 123. P/b. Crease to top corner. G+.

London: J.Curwen & Sons Ltd, nd. (c.1928).. A Book of Hints on their Organisation, and Business and Musical Management. Sixth edition, Enlarged. Pp.iv/273/3(publisher's catalogue), 1 folding diagram, gift message to inside front board (dated 1928). Brown cloth, gilt title to front and spine, edges rubbed. VG.

London: BCA / Book Club Associates, 1977 .. Heavy book - 26cm x 20cm x 4.5cm. Clean brown cloth boards, with gilt titles to spine, in clean illustrated dustwrapper. Clean text throughout covering over 6,000 articles. VG/VG . - An Ideal Gift! . From the rear of the dustwrapper: "The Authors - The late Sir Jack Westrup, former Oxford Professor of Music, was one of the foremeost musical scholars of his day and, with Frank Harrisson, now Professor of Ethnomusicology at Amsterdam University, created the original book. Conrad Wilson, author and music critic of "The Scotsman", has brought a lively style as well as writing hundreds of new articles and extensions to old ones. Equally important has been his gathering together of experts in such fields as medieval music and jazz, who have filled the gaps which have appeared since publication of the first edition."

London: Simon & Schuster, 1993.. 1st edition."Every major symphonist, from Haydn to the present, is covered in detail; and though the writing is vigorous and penetrating, the analyses never presuppose any specialist technical knowledge. There are around 120 musical examples, while an appendix...lists over 500 recommended recordings." Pp.viii/504. Blue cloth, dustwrapper has minor edge wear. VG/VG.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997.. 1st edition. Pp.x/230, a few small marks to closed fore-edges not affecting pages inside. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. VG.

London: John Calder, 1976.. 1st edition."Brings together wiritings about the man and his music by distinguished musicians and friends, which give a many faceted picture of their subject....Frederick Delius." Pp.270, 18 black & white illustrations. Brown cloth, dustwrapper slightly rubbed with darkening to spine. VG/G+.

Paris: Durand & Co, 1904.. Partition d'Orchestre. Orchestral score in small print. Pp.192, some toning to pages, bookseller's inkstamp (Madeleine Musique, Paris) to front free endpaper. Pink wraps, spine tanned. G+.