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

Warsaw: Wydanictwo Interpress, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto. Boards. 216 pp. Illustrated. Binding bumped. Slightly worn and foxed.

Oblong folio (236 x 322 mm.). 2 pp. 206 measures of music notated on 20 hand-ruled staves in dark brown ink on both sides of a single leaf. Mostly on 3-stave braces, but also on 2- and 4-stave braces. With numerous corrections, deletions, and corrections; 2 entire measures canceled. Browned, but on good quality laid paper and in very good condition overall. Attached at corners to thin window mat, at the foot of which is an inscription in an unknown 19th century hand in German identifying the manuscript as follows (in translation): "Original manuscript by Carl Maria von Weber. The present piece is the first draft of the chorus and ballet from the third act of Oberon. Thanks to its bouncy, exquisite melody, it became a favorite of the German people even before the opera's first performance, based solely on the piano-vocal score. The draft has English text because Weber composed Oberon, which was destined for London, with English text to get as close as possible to the spirit of the nation. This… Read More

Braunschweig & New-York: Henry Litolff's Verlag [PN 2300], 1870. Octavo. Original publisher's elaborately blindstamped dark green cloth boards with portrait of composer in relief, spine decorative spine with titling gilt. [i] (title), 2 (cast list and contents), 3-176 pp. Printer's note to foot of p. 2: "Stich und Druck von Henry Litolff's Verlag in Braunschweig." Contents and sung text in French, German, and English. Headers (caption titles) and stage directions in French and German only. Handstamp "Cauderes J. Bordeaux Allees de Tourny 50" to front endpaper. Binding slightly worn, bumped and shaken; Occasional wear and foxing; titled frayed at edges; some leaves partly detached. A later edition. Date according to WorldCat. WeV C.10. Jähns 306 (p. 392). "Th. Hell" is a pseudonym of Carl Winkler (Jähns p. 383). "In accepting a commission from Covent Garden in London, Weber virtually guaranteed that his last opera, Oberon, would stand apart in many ways from his earlier efforts. Behind J.R.… Read More

London: The Royal Harmonic Institution Argyll Rooms, 246, Regent Strt. by Welsh & Hawes, Music Sellers, (by special Appointment to his Majesty their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of York, Clarence, Sussex and the Duchess of Kent ... Berlin by Ad. Mt. Schlesinger (Proprietor for Germany) Paris by Maurice Schlesinger (Proprietor for France) [PNs 3106-3121], 1826. Folio. Full modern maroon cloth. Part 1: 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 64 pp. Price changed to 42s in manuscript. Part 2: 1f. (recto title, verso blank) 65-135, [i] (blank) pp. Price 15s. Part 3: 1f. (recto title, verso blank), [i] (blank), 136-197, [i] (blank) pp. Price 15s. Engraved. With small oval handstamp of The Royal Harmonic Institution to lower margin of titles and additional small circular handstamp to title of Part 1, the word "Part" erased; extreme inner margins of titles to Parts 1 and 3 reinforced with narrow strip of paper. Slightly worn, browned, soiled, and creased; small wormhole to blank upper margins of pp. 131-135. A… Read More

London: The Royal Harmonic Institution ... by Welsh & Hawes [PNs 3106-3127], 1826. Folio. Full contemporary dark green patterned cloth boards with dark red morocco label with "G. Kingsley" gilt to upper, dark red morocco title label gilt to spine. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 135, [i] (blank), [i] (title to Part III), 136-197, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved. Watermark 1825. Title with price "42/" added in manuscript, with small oval handstamp of the Royal Harmonic Institution to lower margin. Upper pastedown with the bookplate of the Forbes Library in Northampton, Massachusetts, stamped "Deposited by the Guardian ... of Mary D. Kingsley. Oct 23 1895." Binding worn; spine partially lacking; boards and free endpapers detached and stained. Some minor browning and offsetting, heavier to final leaves; outer margins of pp. 62-65 dampstained; occasional light soiling and creasing to upper corners. Title for Part II lacking. A good copy overall. First Edition, second issue, with poet's name corrected.… Read More

Genève: Minkoff Reprint, 1984. Paperback. Very Good. Small quarto. Original publisher's ivory wrappers printed in green and black. 40 pp. A reprint of the 1757 edition published in Amsterdam.

Utica, N.Y.: [The Author], 1893. Small quarto. Full maroon cloth with titling gilt to upper. 1f. (recto title, verso copyright), 1f. (recto dedication "To the Illustrious Maëstro Massenet. In proof of Friendship, and Admiration" verso limitation statement). 1f. (recto contents, verso blank, [5]-114 pp. Binding slightly worn; minor fraying to head and tail with very minor loss; upper hinge split, lower starting. Uniform light browning; small tear to upper inner margin of first two leaves repaired with archival tape. Limited to 1,000 copies, this numbered "560" in manuscript. Lombard, a violinist, composer, and conductor, founded the Utica Conservatory of Music in 1889. His notable correspondents included Jules Massenet, John Philip Sousa, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, and William Jennings Bryan.

Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1873. Small octavo. Black morocco-backed marbled boards, raised bands on spine with titling gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, original publisher's dark ivory wrappers bound in. 1f. (recto half-title, verso blank), 1f. (recto blank, verso bust-length frontispiece portrait), 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 368 pp. An interesting study of the works of Gozlan (1803-1866), noted French novelist and playwright.

London: Oswald Wolff, Barnes & Noble, 1976. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Boards. 328 pp. Endpapers stained. Dustjacket worn.

Zargreb: Croation Musicological Society, 1995. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo. Wrappers. 239 pp. With articles in German, English, French, and Croatian.

Kraków: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, 1983. Paperback. Very Good. Folio. 156 pp. Together with 4 octavo partbooks, each ca. 60 pages. Facsimile of the edition published in Venice by J. Vincentium in 1611. Monumenta musicae in Polonia Seria D.

Together with: A block of six unused 22-cent commemorative stamps, each 40 x 25 mm., plus 3 mm. blank right margin and 3 blank blocks to upper numbered "A1111" and 9 envelopes addressed to Paul Jackson, each with the commemorative stamp, postmarked February 27, 1987 and "First Day of Issue.

London, New York: Chappell, Macmillan, 1893. Hardcover. Fair. 2 volumes. Large octavo. Full dark blue cloth with decorative device gilt to uppers, titling gilt to spines. 334; 220 pp. Bindings worn, rubbed, and bumped; hinges split; former owner's stamp and signature to front endpapers.

Kraków: Polish Music Publications, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good. Small folio. Full decorative ivory linen with titling to upper and spine. 403 pp. With numerous full-page illustrations and musical examples. In dustjacket.

Torpelund pr. Eskebjerg: Chr. Olsen [PN MN. 26-52], 1926. Folio. 3 pp. + 1f. violin part. Light uniform browning; slightly creased. First Edition. Rare (1 copy located outside of Denmark, at NYPL). Christian Olsen was a folklore collector from a well-known and successful Danish family, who had their large farm and estate "Torpelund" near Eskebjerg in Zealand. The polka was apparently taught to Olsen's father by a travelling violinist who had learned it from Bull himself. Famed Norwegian violin virtuoso Ole Bull (1810-1880) was so popular in his day that many dubious publications appeared under his name, but he wrote down little of his own music and published even less. Whether the tune that Olsen recorded has a true connection to Bull is unknown, but highly unlikely.

London, 1740. Unbound. Very Good. 1 leaf, with a large elaborate vignette to head illustrating the song with music and text below set for voice and figured bass with a separate part for flute. Published according to Act of Parliament, August 17, 1737. Signed in the plate by the engraver, G. Bickham junr. Ca 326 x 200 mm. (12.75" x 7.85") [plate mark]. Slightly worn; minor soiling and dampstaining; slightly creased. From the second edition of Bickham's monumental work, first published in 1737-1739. BUC p. 107. RISM BII p. 245. "[Bickham ?1706-1771] was principally famous in music circles for his two illustrated folio volumes The Musical Entertainer, first issued in fortnightly parts, each containing four plates, from January 1737 to December 1739. The 200 plates are songs, headed and surrounded with pictorial embellishments illustrative of the song ..., and engraved in the style of and even copied directly from Gravelot and Watteau. This work was the first of its kind to be published in England… Read More

London, 1740. Unbound. Fair. 1 leaf, with a large elaborate vignette to head illustrating the song with music and text below set for voice and figured bass with a separate part for flute. Sung by Miss Isabella Young. Ca 326 x 200 mm. (12.75" x 7.85") [plate mark]. Somewhat worn, soiled, dampstained, and creased; browned; tears repaired. From the second edition of Bickham's monumental work, first published in 1737-1739. BUC p. 107. RISM BII p. 245. "[Bickham ?1706-1771] was principally famous in music circles for his two illustrated folio volumes The Musical Entertainer, first issued in fortnightly parts, each containing four plates, from January 1737 to December 1739. The 200 plates are songs, headed and surrounded with pictorial embellishments illustrative of the song ..., and engraved in the style of and even copied directly from Gravelot and Watteau. This work was the first of its kind to be published in England and quickly produced imitators such as Lampe's British Melody, engraved by… Read More

London, 1740. No binding. Very Good. 1 leaf, with a large elaborate vignette to head illustrating the song with music and text below set for voice and figured bass with a separate part for flute. Signed in the plate by the engraver, G. Bickham junr. Ca 326 x 200 mm. (12.75" x 7.85") [plate mark]. Slightly worn; minor browning to edges; minor soiling and dampstaining. From the second edition of Bickham's monumental work, first published in 1737-1739. BUC p. 107. RISM BII p. 245. "[Bickham ?1706-1771] was principally famous in music circles for his two illustrated folio volumes The Musical Entertainer, first issued in fortnightly parts, each containing four plates, from January 1737 to December 1739. The 200 plates are songs, headed and surrounded with pictorial embellishments illustrative of the song ..., and engraved in the style of and even copied directly from Gravelot and Watteau. This work was the first of its kind to be published in England and quickly produced imitators such as Lampe's… Read More

London, 1740. Unbound. Very Good. 1 leaf, with a large elaborate vignette to head illustrating the song with music and text below set for voice and figured bass with a separate part for flute. Signed in the plate by the engraver, G. Bickham junr. Ca. 326 x 200 mm. (12.75" x 7.85") [plate mark]. Slightly worn, soiled, and creased; minor browning to edges; small archival repair to verso. From the second edition of Bickham's monumental work, first published in 1737-1739. BUC p. 107. RISM BII p. 245. Turner, an English composer and theorist,"is thought to have contributed songs and instrumental music to a number of London stage productions and is presumably the Mr Turner referred to in several concert advertisements of the period." Michael Tilmouth and Robert Ford in Grove Music Online. "[Bickham ?1706-1771] was principally famous in music circles for his two illustrated folio volumes The Musical Entertainer, first issued in fortnightly parts, each containing four plates, from January 1737 to… Read More

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1927. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Boards. 240 pp. Spine faded. Browning throughout.