Short History of Opera, A (Two Volumes)
New York: Columbia University Press, 1947. Hardcover. 8vo, 711 pp., illus. Page edges tanned, ownership signature and bookplate (of conductor and teacher Kurt Frederick).
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BOUND FOR GLORY
Woody Guthrie. Black Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. First Edition. Ex-Lib. Bonneville Power Administration. (4 stamps) Illustrated with Sketches by the Author.White ink number on spine. Clean, tight copy. Rare first edition of Woody Guthrie's autobiography.
Music Criticisms, 1846-99
Baltimore, MD: Penguin Books, 1963. Revised Edition. Wraps. Peregrine. 8vo, 312 pp. Wrappers sunned, handled, and edgeworn, rear wrapper corner creased, previous owner name and blind stamp.
Kobbe's Ilustrated Opera Book: Twenty-six of the World's Best-loved Operas
New York: Putnams, 1989. First American edition. Cloth. 4to, 160 pp., color and b/w illus. Previous owner blind stamp, one page corner creased, light edgewear to jacket.
Manuel de Falla: His Life and Music
Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2005. Boards. 8vo, 472 pp. Head and heel of spine and corners of boards lightly bumped.
Great Opera Stories: The Perfect Introduction to the Magical World of Opera
Chartwell, 1995. Reprint. Boards. 4to, 128 pp., color photos. Head of spine bumped; jacket faded, lightly handled and edgeworn.
Derviche/Le Robert
Paris: Editeurs les Evidant, 1988. First edition. Trade paperback. 8vol 207pp. Trade paper edition. First Edition. Inscribed by Bernard Heidsieck to Dick Higgins. Bernard Heidsieck was a French sound poet, associated with various movements throughout his long career: including the Beats, Fluxus, and Minimalism. Heidsieck was born in Paris. Important.....
Richard Wagner; His Life and His Dramas
New York: Putnams, 1902. Early Reprint. Paper-Covered Boards/Velum Spine. 504pp., Index. Spine Darkened. Few marks in margins.
Jussi Bjorling Phonography, 2nd Edition
Stockholm: Svenskt Musikhistoriskt Arkiv, 1993. Second edition, Enlarged and Revised. Wraps. 8vo, 382 pp. Previous owner blind stamp.
Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1973. Second printing. Cloth. 8vo, 831 pp. Spine cocked, bumped at head and heel, and pulled; page edges tanned and lightly soiled. Jacket sunned and worn with numerous chips and small pieces missing, X in marker on spine panel.
KURT WEILL ON STAGE; From Berlin to Broadway
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 403pp. Illus. Photos. Index. Utilizing Weill's letters, journals, and notes as well as interviews with Weill's friends and colleagues, the author examines Weill's life, his experimental political composing in Germany, his Broadway music in America and everything in between to.....
Music for Six Solo Players for Unspecified Instrumentation
Springfield, MA: Soundarts Press, 1987. Staplebound Wraps. 4to, [4] pp. + six loose charts. Wrappers lightly sunned, handled. DH.
Secrets of Violin Playing, The; The Humours of violin Playing and Some violin Discoveries
Newport Scotland: Honeyman Music Publishing Co. 23rd Edition. Wraps.
Marilyn Horne: The Song Continues (Great Voices 8)
Fort Worth: Baskerville, 2004. First edition. Boards. 8vo,279 pp., color and b/w illus. Includes CD.
Magnificence Onstage at the Met: Twenty Great Opera Productions
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985. Cloth. Large 4to, 256 pp., 274 illus., 117 in color. LIght wear to crown at top corners of boards, a few specks to top edge, previous owner blind stamp. Jacket sunned.
Revue d'esthetique, nouvelle serie, no. 4: Musique presente
Paris: 1982. Wraps. 4to, 201 pp., illus. Wrappers a bit sunned and handled, spine and corners lightly bumped. DH.
Talkin' Union: Music, Lore, History, No. 10, August 1984
Takoma Park, MD: 1984. Staplebound wraps. 4to, 14 pp., illus. Labor Murals in Chicago, Sisterfire 1984, etc.
Talkin' Union: Music, Lore, History, No. 11, December 1984
Takoma Park, MD: 1984. Staplebound wraps. 4to, 15 pp., illus. Rosina Tucker, Workers' Culture in South Africa, etc.
Talkin' Union: Music, Lore, History, No. 12, May 1985
Takoma Park, MD: 1985. Staplebound wraps. 4to, 15 pp., illus. Great Labor Song Exchange, Almanac Singer, Haymarket Revisited, etc.
Talkin' Union: Music, Lore, History, No. 8, December 1983
Takoma Park, MD: 1983. Staplebound wraps. 4to, 15 pp., illus. California's Labor Song Exchange, Joe Hill, Labor Monuments, etc.
Stephen Foster Sesqui-Centennial Song-Book
Carlstadt, NJ: Ashley, 1975. Wraps. 4to, 144 pp., illus. Wrappers rubbed and worn, shop ink stamp on first page.
Norton Scores: An Anthology for Listening (Expanded Edition in Two Volumes). Volume I: Machaut to Beethoven
New York: Norton, 1970. Wraps. Wide 8vo, 752 pp. Spine creased, head and heel of spine and corners bumped, light soiling to page edges.
Norton Scores: An Anthology for Listening (Expanded Edition in Two Volumes). Volume II: Scubert to Copland
New York: Norton, 1970. Wraps. Wide 8vo, 817 pp. Spine creased, head and heel of spine and corners bumped, light soiling to page edges.
Chamber Music
London: Max Parrish, 1948. First printing. Paper-Covered Boards. 72pp., Illus., b&w, color plates. Index, Bibliography.
Danny Deever
Philadelphia: John Church. Wraps. c. 1897. Sheet music. Large 4to, 11 pp. Wrappers torn at fold, sunned, dustsoiled and worn; corners bumped.