. 8" x 10" sepia photograph of Eddie Rosenwald who in 1939 began playing the Vega Electric Violin. The Boston listeners to the radio program enjoyed the sound and it soon became a popular instrument to add to sound recordings. Eddie Rosenwald influenced Scotty MacLean to use it in his..... More
New York: Herschel Fenton. Quarto. 8 pages, double folded, not recorded in OCLC. Herschel Fenton was a violinist who was given a Strativarius in 1878 and went into the music business selling both instruments and publishing sheet music. Since this price list is undated (but numbered as No. 3), it..... More
A marvelous photograph of the blues pianist and singer who popularized the hit "Merry Christmas, Baby". He composed and made a hit of "Drifting Blues" but after a decline in his career, Bonny Raitt made him her opening act and a whole new market discovered him. The photograph measuring 14"..... More
Ann Arbor, MI: Ann Arbor Chapter Amarican Guild of Organists, 1978. Ring Binding. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 96pp. Lavishly illustrated with organs in church, university, and homes in Ann Arbor. Includes photographs of interesting and prominent organists in the past 8 decades. Interior clean and tight, without..... More
Budapest: Koeniglich Ungarische Universitaetsdruckerei, 1930. Good Copy Second Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Chefredakteur: Dr. Julius Vasarhelyi. Redaktion: Julius Fodor, Dr. Stephan von Gajary, Dr. Andreas von Spur, Dr. Karl von Marffy. Descriptions and biographies of Hungarian musicians, composers, artists. Photographic portraits of same. German text. Outer..... More
Madrid: Ediciones Opponax - Ministerio De Cultura, 1996. Pictorial Cover. Limited. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 303 pp. Extensively photographed, excerpts from de Falla's letters, as well as those of family, friends. Lovely memorial issue of the magazine poesia. More
Buffalo, New York: Mark Hubbell Printing Company, 1930. First Edition. Octavo. No pagination. Illustrated. Printed for the Masters of Foxhunting Association of America. 32 unnumbered pages. William H. Barr who had been the Master of Foxhunting at the Lake Short Hunt Club at Derby, New York supervised the search for..... More
. Pearl Besuner, Photographs and Promotional Leaflet. Pearl Besuner (1901-1991) was a longtime opera singer and player. Here are 2 8" x 10"photographs of her including one of her playing in Jack and the Beanstalk (with photograph by Carlo Edwards). She debuted at the Metropolitan Opera as Siebel in Faust..... More
London;(nd): G.H. Davidson. 24mo. Consisting of standard, popular and copyright songs, selected with the especial view of being used in domestic circles and private parties. 362pp. bound in full black polished calf, spine decorated in gilt, morocco spine label gilt but fading, marbled endpapers, a couple of spots to title..... More
Montreal: Church of the Messiah, 1935. 8 1/2 x 6" A very scarce programme with 4 pages of text. Inscribed by Brewer "to Jack Milborn with regards, G.M. Brewer. 17 T 35" Milborn was an eminent hero from Canada in World War I. Brewer was the great organist for 35..... More
Bloomington(1997): Indiana University Press. First Edition. Large Octavo. 637pp. Falstaff, Verdie's last opera, was given it s world premiere at Milan's fabled La Scala in 1893. Here the author collected, translated and annotated 665 letters, telegrams and reviews from the years 1889-1894 to trace the genesis of one Verdi's greatest..... More
Fair Lawn, N.J. Essential Books, Inc., 1956. First Edition. Octavo. This is one of the most important works by the music scholar and critic Calvocoressi pertaining to the life and works of composer Mussorgsky. 322pp., illustrated wit 118 music examples and 7 plates, bound in blue cloth, spine lettering gilt..... More
Ewing, New Jersey, Princeton Univ Pr, 1995. Octavo. 286p. index. This book has become scarce since it was produced in a small print run and essential for Opp. 127, 130, and 132. The analysis of what became five quartets were written in the same period as the Missa solemnis and..... More
Barcelona, Spain: Ediciones Paidós Iberica, S.A., 1997. Cloth. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 208p. The scarce Spanish first edition. red band around the book reads "edicin en Espanol"--a beautiful work on the Tango. More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1993. First Printing. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 450pp. A Dickensian tale of a musical life beginning at childhood. This copy has laid in publisher's invitation for this title. Also, this copy is signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title..... More
Signed contract stenciled New York City 8 1/2" x 11" with the National Association of Recording Artists who had sought since June 1930 to protect their rights from the pirated wax recordings made from radio broadcasts. Bing Crosby, Paul Whiteman, and others joined the cause early, Cugat joining in 1935..... More
Los Angeles, CA. The Noel Press, 1927. First Edition. Quarto. no pagination. Music by Theophilus Fitz and words by Henry Coe Culbertson. "The words of these songs are for the most part imaginary. They are put into the mouths of the twelve apostles to express the distinctive character and message..... More
Berlin: Guttentag, 1876. Original Cloth. Good Copy Second Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Zweite umgearbeitete auflage, herausgegeben von Dr. Hans Bischoff. Vorwort von Theodor Kullat. More
Washington, 1910 and 1913: Government Printing Office. Octavo. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 45 and 53. 216 and 341pp. both volumes illustrated including photographic images and several musical scores. Deaccessioned, previous owner stamp to bottom corner of itle pages, bound in tan buckram ruled and lettered in black..... More
Stockholm: Musikhistoriska Museet, 1977. Original Cloth w/Dust Jacket. Good Copy First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Bericht ueber die 5. Internationale Arbeitstagung der Study Group on Folk Musical Instruments des International Folk M usic Council in Brunnen, Schweiz 1975. Illustrations and photographs of folk music instruments. More
Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2002. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). 629pp. Text. Musical scores. Appendix. Notes. Index. Bound in navy blue boards, with gold titles. Near Fine. More
Paris: S.E.D.E.S., 1973. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. French text. 928pp. Collected articles. Text. Music scores. Bound in light tan paper wraps. More
New York: Historical Society, 1940. First Edition. Thick Octavo. 470 pp. Inscribed by the author. Emma Thursby was one of the first American singers to achieve renown in Europe, and one o the few native New York women to ain distinction in music. The author while he knew nothing about..... More
[Bologna, 2008): Fondazione FMR Marilena Ferrari. First Edition. Quarto. A special edition not for sale, limited to 1000 copies, The present copy is number 479. 211pp. table of contents and colophon, written in English and Italian with personal recollections of the man by Claudio Abbado, Renata Scotto, and Franco Zeffirelli..... More
Philadelphia; (1988): Temple Univ Pr. First Edition. Octavo. 328p. index. A very nice inscription: "to George Alperts, many thanks, never B#, Never Bb; just B natural [symbol] all the best Milt "Judy's" Hinton with sketch of bass and dated 89. With a foreword by Dan Morgenstern. Illustrated throughout with black..... More