Search Results: Titles starting with I from J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC

Lamezia Terme: A.M.A. Calabria, 1997. Softcover. Fine. Large octavo. Wrappers. 231 pp. With two CDs in rear pocket. From the collection of musicologist Stanley Boorman.

Napoli: Teodoro Cottrau [PN 1646-4435], 1865. Oblong folio. Full modern dark red textured paper, titling gilt to spine. 1f. (title), 3-140 pp. Engraved. Numbers in the original keys. Contemporary annotation in black ink dated August 11, 1874 to upper margin of title. Slightly worn, soiled, and foxed; annotation trimmed. Rare. Worldcat (1 copy only, at Tulane). I Capuleti e i Montecchi, to a libretto by Felice Romani, was first performed at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice on March 11, 1830. "... the subject of star-crossed lovers enabled Bellini to play from strength as a purveyor of tender, elegiac melody. Here, as in Zaira, he infused the simple, syllabic vocal writing of La straniera with melismatic bravura, preparing the way for that perfect synthesis of expression and virtuosity he attained in La sonnambula. As the last important opera with a breeches-part hero, I Capuleti survived throughout the century as a favourite war-horse for star sopranos such as Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient and… Read More

Torino: Società Tipografico-Editrice Nazionale, 1914. Softcover. Very Good. 2 volumes. Octavo. Wrappers. 255; 316 pp. Uncut. Illustrated. Wrappers slightly worn.

Roma: Edizioni d'Arte Danesi, 1946. Paperback. Very Good. Quarto. Original publisher's ivory wrappers printed in red and black. 1f. (half-title), 1f. (title), 1f. (part-title), xii, 329 pp. + lvi plates printed on one side of the leaf only. Slightly worn. In the series L'Opera del Gio Italiano all Estero. Limited to 500 copies, this number 401 (the present volume was the only one printed).

Genova: Sagep, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Boards. 606 pp.

Roma: Stamperia Cannetti, 1795. Octavo. Contemporary decorative wrappers. 1f. (recto title, verso cast list and imprimaturs), [3]-8 pp. From the collection of Italian musicologist and collector Alberto Cometti, with his small ownership handstamps to lower portion of title. Wrappers very slightly worn; small rectangular inventory label to inner corner of upper. Minor wear and browning. First Edition. Sartori 18194 (2 copies only, at the Venice Conservatory and the British Library). First performed in Bologna.

Paris: Choudens Fils [PN A. C. 6686], 1908. Large octavo. Half vellum with marbled boards and dark red calf title label gilt to spine. 1f. (recto half title, verso blank), 1f. (recto title, verso copyright statement), [i] (cast list and contents), 2-208 pp. Occasional performance annotations in pencil and red crayon. Binding slightly worn, rubbed, bumped, and shaken; small handstamp to upper margin of front pastedown. Occasional minor foxing and browning; small circular handstamp to lower margin of first two leaves. In three acts to a libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré, Les Pêcheurs de Perles was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre Lyrique on 30 September 1863 and at the Opéra-Comique on 21 April 1893. "Les pêcheurs de perles, which Bizet composed very rapidly in the summer of 1863 when he was 24, was his second opera to be staged but probably the sixth he had composed ... The three principal roles are some of the best in French opera of its time, and the opera's success is now… Read More

[Milano]: G. Ricordi & C. [PN 43444], 1908. Large octavo. Full light red cloth with titling gilt to spine. 1f. (recto named cast list, verso contents), 296 pp. Named cast list includes Brogi, Manfredi, Calcaterra, Barlani-Dini, Junca, Bonalumi, Brambilla, Fabbri, and Erfi. Small circular publisher's blindstamp to lower margin of first leaves dated 4/08 (April 1908). Binding slightly worn. Title lacking; minor defects to inner margin of first leaf. A later printing of the revised version. A melodramma in four parts to an anonymous libretto after Alessandro Manzoni 's novel, I promessi sposi was first performed in Cremona at the Teatro della Concordia on 30 August 1856 and later in a revised version in Milan at the Teatro Dal Verme on 5 December 1872.

[Mainz et Anvers]: [Schott] [PN 4229], 1835. Small folio. Dark brown leather-backed marbled boards with red rectangular leather label gilt to upper. [1] (blank), 2-102 pp. Engraved. Text in Italian and German. Contains 9 numbers, each with secondary pagination. From the collection of Italian conductor, vocal coach, and close associate of Puccini and Mascagni, Luigi Ricci (1893-1981). With small Viennese owner's handstamp to upper outer corner of page [1]. Binding rather worn and rubbed; occasional hinge splits. Lacking title. Scattered light soiling; moderately offset; owner's handstamp slightly abraided. First German edition, pre-dating the first German edition of the piano-vocal score of 1835 (PN 4585). Lippmann, p. 390. Very scarce. In 3 acts to a libretto by Carlo Pepoli after Têtes Rondes et Cavaliers (1833) by Ancelot and Saintine, I Puritani premiered in Paris at the Théâtre Italien on 24 January 1835. "Bellini anticipated Verdi in attributing to I puritani an individual 'colorito',… Read More

Praha: Panton [P 2561], 1988. Very Good. Quarto. Wrappers. 54 pp. Reproduction of manuscript. Wrappers slightly worn. First Edition. Out of print.

Kraków: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne [PWM-2624], 1980. Paperback. Very Good. Octavo. Wrappers. 132 pp. Wrappers slightly worn. First Edition, fourth issue.

Padova: Angelo Draghi, 1921. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo. Wrappers. 543 pp. Limited to 600 copies, this no. 148. Illustrated. Minor loss to spine.

Pisa: Giardini Editori e Stampatori, 1987. Softcover. Very Good. Quarto. Wrappers. 402 pp.

New York and Basel: Marcel Dekker, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Full maroon cloth with titling silver to spine. 692 pp. With several illustrative plates. In slightly worn dustjacket.

Trento: Provincia autonoma di Trento, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good. Large octavo. Boards. xviii, 198 pp. With numerous musical incipits and facsimiles within text. In dustjacket.

Trento: Provincia Autonoma, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes. Large octavo. Boards. 405; 783 pp. With numerous photographic illustrations. In dustjacket.

Paris: Durand & Cie [PN D. & F. 7576], 1949. Tall folio. Dark ivory publisher's wrappers printed in red and black. 1f. (recto title, verso publisher's "General Conditions of Sale and Hire of Orchestral Material" and list of instruments), 110 pp. Wrappers worn; torn at spine. Slightly worn and browned; signatures partially detached; publisher's handstamp to first page of music. A re-issue from plates of the first edition. Lesure p. 127.

Paris: Edition Mutuelle [PN 3083], 1906. Folio. Original publisher's yellow wrappers with titling printed in dark red and green, publisher's advertisements to verso of lower wrapper. 1f. (recto printed in light green with illustration to upper inner corner, verso blank), 1f. (blank), 33 pp. With printed dedication to head of title to Madame Ernest Chausson. Wrappers slightly worn, soiled, and chipped. Edges slightly browned. First Edition. "From 1905 to 1908 [Albéniz] wrote his masterpiece, Iberia ... wherein he captured and immortalized the sounds and rhythms of his native country ..." "Through his activities as a conductor, impresario, performer and composer within Spain as well as abroad, Albéniz, one of Spain's foremost musicians, not only contributed to the rebirth of Spanish nationalism but also gained international recognition for Spanish music. Where Pedrell used folk music in his works as a basis for a national style, Albéniz preferred to suggest, rather than quote, rhythms and… Read More

[Wien]: [Josef Reiter] [without PN], 1912. Folio. Original publisher's dark ivory printed wrappers with titling within decorative border. [1] (title), [2] (named cast list), 217, [i] (blank) pp. Facsimile of manuscript. Handstamp of Otto Maass in Wien to upper wrapper and lower margin of title. Wrappers worn, browned, and soiled, with an "X" in blue and minor annotations in pencil to upper; spine frayed with minor loss; upper partially and lower fully detached. Some soiling, staining, and occasional small tears to margins, not affecting music; corners slightly turned and creased. First Edition. Rare. MGG 1963, Vol. 11. Not in Grove Music Online. Worldcat (2 copies only, at Harvard and the Zentralbibliothek Zurich). OCLC nos. 49827856, 638243197. Ich aber preise der Liebe was first performed in Dessau in 1912. "Primarily a composer of lieder and choral music, Reiter also wrote sacred works and chamber music, as well as a number of operas in a neo-Wagnerian style... [He] became a staunch… Read More

Paris: L'Auteur ... La Veuve Boivin ... Le Sr. Le Clerc, 1735. Tall folio (38.2 x 28.1 cm). Full polished tree calf with triple blind rules to edges, raised bands on spine in decorative compartments gilt, dark red title label gilt. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (recto dedication, verso blank), [ii] ("Avertissement," including notes on performance), [i] (table of contents), 2-49, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved. Lower portion of p. 15 (blank staves) completed with music in contemporary manuscript in black ink: an anonymous monophonic piece in C major with trio in C minor (with two flats only), notated in French violin (G1) clef, untitled but most probably for violin. Provenance From the important collection of André Meyer (1884-1974), Paris. Occasional small stains; edge tears; professional repair to pp. 43-44; some leaves slightly dampstained at outer edge; dedication leaf soiled at upper right corner with three small holes. A very good copy overall. First Edition, first Issue. Rare. Lesure p.… Read More