Search Results: Vocal score from Veery Books

237 pp. Plate 719-237. Vocal score, wraps, quarto, 9 x 12 in. Very good, with tilted spine, and wear to covers. The Theatre Guild presents Allegro, a New Musical Play, Music by Richard Rogers, Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd, Direction and Choreography by Agnes de Mille. First performance at the Majestic Theatre, New York October 10, 1947.

236 pp. Vocal score. Wraps, blue covers with red ink, also printed on spine. Quarto, 9 x 12 in. Near fine, with a little sunning to spine. Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner. Camelot. New York 17, N.Y. 609 Fifth Avenue: Chappell & Co., Inc. with Alfred Productions, Inc., c1962. Plate 5384-232. First performed on December 3, 1960 at the Majestic Theatre, New York City with Julie Andrews, Richard Burton, Robert Goulet, and Roddy McDowell. "Story of Camelot, "from a May, 1968, publication laid in. Also laid in, a program, 8.5 x 11 in., starring Kathryn Grayson, William Squire, and Arthur Treacher (ca. 1962-63), with decorative credits page, bios, b&w and some color photos.

152 pp. Vocal Score. Wraps, quarto, 12 x 9 in., Very good, slight wear to edges with some light abrasion to front, else with a fine interior. Stephen Sondheim. (Music & Lyrics) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, based on the plays of Plautus. New York, NY: Burthen Music Company, Inc., 1964. Plate 5542-148. A typed sheet with the lyrics of "Love is going around," which was cut from the show, laid in with an incipit of the song in pencil also laid in.

198 pp. Vocal score, quarto, 9 x 12 in., red covers with blue ink. Very good, with only the slightest wear at top of spine. A musical play: The King and I, music by Richard Rodgers, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein 2nd. Based on the novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon. Choreography by Jerome Robbins. First performance at the St. James Theatre, New York March 29, 1951.

172 pp. Plate number F126-168. Vocal score, beige wraps with red titles. Quarto, 9 x 12 in. Very good, a slight tilt to spine and light bumps to corners. Kismet: A Musical Arabian Night. The music is based on themes by the composer Alexander Borodin and the play of Edward Knoblock. First presented at the Ziegfeld Theater, New York City, on December 3, 1953.

140 pp. Plate 10858. Vocal score, quarto, 9 x 12 in. Salmon wraps with dark (violet?) titles. Near fine with a small spot on the front wrap and a slight bump on a rear corner. Saint Subber and Lemuel Ayers present, A Musical Comedy: Kiss Me, Kate. Music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by Sam and Bella Spewack, choreography by Hanya Holm, orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett. Based on Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew. "So, kiss me, Kate, thou lovely loon, ere we start our honeymoon."

152 pp. Plate number 7295. Vocal score, quarto, 9 x 12. Near fine, with only slight faults. Charles Dillingham's Production of Mlle. Modiste, as sung by Fritzi Scheff, Comic Opera Company. Book and Lyrics by Henry Blossom, Music by Victor Herbert. Fifi, a hat shop sales girl, longs to be an opera singer. The operetta opened on December 25, 1905, at the Knickerbocker Theatre and ran for 202 performances.

198 pp. Plate number 107-198. Vocal score, quarto, 9 x 12 in. Gray wraps with brown titling, wear to covers and a slight tilt to spine, #4 in marker to front cover, else fine. Sam H. Harris presents music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, staged by George S. Kaufman, musical director Charles Previn. "The country thinks it's got depression, Just wait until we get in session. The people want a lot of action, We're here to give them satisfaction. Today is really full of laughter, Compare to what will follow after."-- from Act II, "The Senator from Minnesota." Later printing.

260 pp. Plate number 1876. Cream-colored wraps with red titles, quarto, 9 x 12 in. A bit of wear, some creases in spine, else fine. Paint Your Wagon: A Musical Play. Music by Frederick Loewe, Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, Dances and Musical Ensembles by Agnes de Mille. First performance at the Sam S. Shubert Theatre, New YorkNovember 12, 1951.

192 pp. Vocal score, quarto 12 x 9 in., Fine. Plate Number 939. Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein 2nd. Show Boat. New York, N.Y.: T. B. Harms Company, c. 1927. "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man," "Ol' Man River." Based on a novel by Edna Ferber.

224 pp. Vocal score. Wraps, beige covers with brown lettering, no title on spine, quarto, 9 x 12 in. Very Good, perhaps slightly tilted spine. Edvard Grieg, Robert Wright, and George Forrest. Song of Norway: An operetta based on the life and music of Edvard Grieg. Musical adaptation and Lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest. Book by Milton Lazurus from a play by Homer Curran. Orchestral and Choral Arrangements and Musical Direction by Arthur Kay. Choreography and Sing Ensembles sated by George Balanchine. Produced by Edwin Lester. New York, N.Y., RKO Building – Rockefeller Center: Chappell & Co., Inc., c.1951. Plate 40549. Made in England. First performed in the Imperial Theatre, New York, August 21st, 1944, by The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and Los Angeles and San Francisco Civic Light Opera.

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.

172 pp. Plate number 757-. Vocal score, blue wraps with dark-blue type. Quarto, 9 x 12 in. Very Good with little wear to covers. Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein 2nd. Adapted from James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning "Tales of the South Pacific." First performed at the Majestic Theater, New York, April 7, 1949. Laid in, a program booklet (9 x 12, b&w photos) featuring the performance by Mary Martin and Ray Middleton, so an exemplar from between June 1950 and July 1951. Also laid in, from the May 1950 Cosmopolitan, an article by John Bartlow Martin.

273 pp. Vocal score. Wraps, grey covers with ochre print, no title on spine, quarto, 12 x 9 in. Kurt Weill. Street Scene: An American Opera. (Based on Elmer Rice's play.) Music by Kurt Weill, Book by Elmer Rice, Lyrics by Langston Hughes. New York, N.Y., RKO Building – Rockefeller Center: Chappell & Co., Inc., c.1948. Plate C-1490. Piano score edited by William Tarrasch. Instrumental cues carefully noted throughout.

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.

136 pp. Plate number 2979. Vocal score, wraps, quarto 9 x 12 in. Where's Charley?: A musical comedy in two acts, book by George Abbott, music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, based on the 1892 play "Charley's Aunt" by Brandon Thomas. Set in Oxford in 1892. The musical's Broadway opening was on October 11, 1948, at the St. James Theatre. The choreography was by George Balanchine.