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Milano: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni [S. 4959 Z.], 1975. Very Good. Small folio. Wrappers. 18 pp. Wrappers lightly worn. First Edition, later issue.

London: Sold by Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1821. Good. Octavo. Disbound. 1f. (recto title, verso colophon), 526 pp., 2ff. (index). With one engraved plate illustrating vibrating strings (recto only) and 8 pp. engraved musical examples in text. Slightly soiled and foxed; first leaf detached; one illustrative plate lacking.

London: Oxford University Press, 1928. Large octavo. Original publisher's decorative brown wrappers. 1f. (printed note regarding accidentals), 74 pp. With a printed dedication to Frederic Delius to upper margin of p. 1. Errata list tipped in between pp. 2 and 3. Upper wrapper handstamped "Complimentary Copy." Wrappers somewhat worn and soiled; two small tears and very slight loss to head and tail of spine. Occasional light soiling and wear, not affecting music. First Edition. OCLC no. 48700974. "At the core of [van Dieren's] output are the six string quartets," whose "harmonic language varies from Schoenbergian atonality... to melting Delian chords; especially noteworthy are the exquisite cadences. Thematic material is always economically employed, while, as Gray pointed out, each work demonstrates 'an entirely separate line of thought'." Dieren was a Dutch composer active in England, and a personal friend of Frederic Delius. "His influence may be detected in particular in the music of his… Read More

Praha: Editio Supraphon [H 4261], 1988. Paperback. Very Good. Small octavo. Wrappers. vi, 49 pp. Reprint.

Kraków: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne [PWM-6798], 1976. Very Good. Small octavo. Wrappers. 13 pp. Wrappers slightly worn. First Edition, second issue.

Paris: Durand [DF 15848], 2008. As New. Small folio. Wrappers. 2ff., 60 pp. Texts in French and English. - Île de Feu I - Mode de valeurs et d'intensités - Neumes rythmiques - Île de Feu II. Revised edition.

Good. Small oblong folio. [ii], 4 pp. "The Hörheft stands somewhere between a score and an introductory exegesis of the work. It clears the path from the work to the listener." - Introduction Reproduction of the composer's manuscript. Introduction in German. Graphic notation. Somewhat worn and unevenly browned.

Paris: Magasin de Musique Dirigé par Mrs. Chrubini, Mehul, Kreutzer, Rode, Nicolo et Boieldieu [PN 308], 1804. Folio. Disbound. Violino Io.: 1f. (title), [i] (blank), 2-7, [i] (blank) pp.; Violino 2o.: 5, [i] (blank) pp.; Alto: [1] (blank), 2-5, [i] (blank) pp.; Basso: [1] (blank), 2-5, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved. Two publisher's handstamps to title of Violino Io.: hexagram containing signatures of all seven business partners to lower left corner; signature of Rode to lower right corner. Second pagination in blue crayon to all pages. Some foxing and soiling, especially to Violino Io. part; occasional stains. An uncut copy. Rare. WorldCat (1 copy only, at the Koninklijke bibliotheek, The Hague, with "Isouard" instead of "Nicolo" in the imprint). Dated according to plate number and imprint (see Devriès-Lesure I, p. 117). "Nicolo" was Isouard's first name, occasionally used as his pen name. "[French] violinist and composer... Rode had a short but brilliant career. As one of the great virtuosos of… Read More

New York: Poseidon, 1993. Octavo. Original publisher's black cloth-backed light gray boards, titling gilt to spine. 271 pp. With occasional illustrations. In dustjacket. Binding very slightly worn.

London: Harper & Brothers, 1905. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Boards. 365 pp. Illustrated.

Kassel: Bärenreiter Kassel, 1981. Paperback. Very Good. Octavo. Wrappers. 200 pp.

Folio. Completed in manuscript, in all likelihood by Helen Carter, the composer's wife. With the composer's full signature at foot. No date, but ca. 1945. In addition to requesting basic information such as name, address, and nearest living relatives, the questionnaire asks about the composition itself. Interestingly, in response to the question regarding date of composition, Carter answers "Partly in 1938 and partly 1944." Grove states that the work dates from 1938 and is unpublished. Slightly worn and creased overall; creased at folds; small staple holes and two file holes to blank upper margin. "One of the most respected composers of the second half of the 20th century, [Carter] has blended the achievements of European modernism and American 'ultra-modernism' into a unique style of surging rhythmic vitality, intense dramatic contrast and innovative facture ... Although considered by many America's greatest composer after Copland's death, Carter remained a loner on the American musical scene,… Read More

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 6899 ], 1843. Folio. Sewn. 1f. (recto lithographic title with decorative border printed in purple, verso:blank), 3-31, [i] (blank) pp. String parts in plain paper wrappers with manuscript titling to uppers. 10 ,10, 10, 10 pp., each with early owner's signature of "J. Henrigues." Engraved throughout. Publisher's small circular stamp to lower margin of title. Some wear and minor marginal staining; soiling, creasing, and minor fraying to lower outer corners of piano part; one corner with old paper repair. First Edition, probable later issue. Scarce. Hofmann pp. 102-03. McCorkle p. 194. Hoboken 15, 84. The Piano Quintet "... remains one of Schumann's most enduringly popular compositions. ... [It] was hailed in Berlin where Clara appeared during the 1846-1847 season of the Singakademie, as 'one of the most important works of its kind since Beethoven." Daverio: Robert Schumann. Herald of a "New Poetic Age," p. 256.