ALLEN, THOMAS

Foreign Parts - a Singer's Journal

London, Sinclair-Stevenson. 1993, First Edition. (ISBN: 1856192520). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY THOMAS ALLEN on title page with dedication 'To Pat with best wishes'. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy with a decorative book plate to half title page with slight age darkening to page edges. Dustjacket is also VG+ and has just a liitle wear to edges and is not price clipped. 238 pages. 31 illustrations. Sir Thomas Boaz Allen, is the internationally renowned baritone noted particularly for his role as Count Almaviva in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. This, his first book, starts in 1991 in Salzburg where he was to open a year of international performances for Mozart's bi-centenary, he reflects on his life and provides insights into his roles and the different productions. He paints a picture of a singer's life which is surprising in its frankness. L. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 007493

Catalogue: Music / Musicians

Keywords: Mozart Bi-Centenary Salzburg, the Marriage of Figaro, Count Almaviva, British Baritones 1856192520

ALLISON, JOHN (EDITOR)

Glyndebourne Festival Opera - 2001

Lewes, East Sussex, Glyndebourne. First. Soft Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A near Fine copy of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera programme for 2001 - 17 May - 26 August 2001. Operas are Fidelio - Beethoven; A Midsummer Night's Dream - Britten; Le Nozze di Figaro - Mozart; The Makropulos Case - Janacek; Otello - Verdi; The Last Supper - Birtwistle. D4F. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011314

Catalogue: Music / Musicians

Keywords: Glyndebourne Opera

ANONYMOUS

The Book of Christmas Carols

Bolton, Aurora. 1996, First. (ISBN: 1859260721). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy in laminated boards with near Fine dustjacket. The word 'carol' comes from the old French, carole, a type of song originally written and played as a courtly dancing song. Carols gradually assumed a more popular form, telling stories and celebrating religious themes for all seasons until the late 19th century, when their present close association with Christmas became firmly established. The book offers a diverse selection of 19th century period carols, folk songs and lullabies well-known and less well-known, all beautifully illustrated with contemporary images, to be shared and sung in celebration of Christ's birth. Includes the musical notation. A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.83 KILO WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST B2F. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 010374

Catalogue: Music / Musicians

Keywords: Victorian Christmas Carols, Lullabies, Folk Songs 1859260721

ANONYMOUS

Christie's South Kensington - Pop Memorabilia Auction - 3 October 2002

London, Christie's. 2002, First Edition. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. Catalogue of the auction of Pop Memorabilia, Thursday 3 October 2002 held at Christie's South Kensington, London. 384 lots colour illustrated. Including John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Andy Warhol items. A1F. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009462

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Keywords: Pop Memorabilia, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Christie's Catalogue

ANDERSSON, BENNY AND ULVAEUS, BJORN AND CRAYMER, JUDY

Mamma Mia! How Can I Resist You? - the Inside Story of Mamma Mia! and the Songs of Abba

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 2006, First. (ISBN: 0297844210). Hard Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A large format volume of 264 pages lavishly illustrated with colour photographs. The book draws together the intertwined tales behind two of popular music's most remarkable stories: the songs of ABBA, and the record-breaking show that gave those songs a fresh life and a whole new audience - MAMMA MIA! Andersson and Ulvaeus, whose songwriting and production genius was the mainspring of ABBA'S success, have collaborated on this book with the team who created MAMMA MIA!. Together they describe how ABBA'S songs emerged to capture the mood of their own times and the spirit of an era. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.97 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST. 5. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 010383

Catalogue: Music / Musicians

Keywords: Abba, Mamma Mia, Musical 0297844210

BLACKWOOD, ALAN

A First Guide to the Orchestra

Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1994. (ISBN: 0199100462). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy other than a small dent to front top edge with coloured laminated boards as dustjacket. Dustjacket is complete. A marvellous introduction to the orchestra comprising the story of the orchestra, the instruments and the life of an orchestra, based around the London Symphony Orchestra. Illustrated in colour. 2. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 004668

Catalogue: Music / Musicians

Keywords: Music, London Symphony Orchestra 0199100462

BONAVIA, FERRUCCIO

Verdi

London, Dennis Dobson. 1947. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title and trumpet motif on green cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is some light foxing to tope edge else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. Dustjacket has an inch loss to top of spine and some wear and is not price clipped. Although there are many biographies of Verdi, the author has succeeded in unearthing new and important material, and has shown the man and his life as he revealed himself through his correspondence. Portrait frontispiece and 4 illustrations. First published in 1930. L. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 005620

Catalogue: Music / Musicians

Keywords: Opera, Italian Composers, Biography

O'BRIEN, GRACE

The Golden Age of Italian Music

London, Jarrolds. 1948. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown title on cream boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. Dustjacket has some wear and has some closed tears and is not price clipped. Map endpapers and 15 illustrations. The author a trained pianist as well as an authority on the History of Music, visited all the Renaissance castles, and the towns where early Italian music flourished, shortly before the War. The book not only gives the musical developments from the 15th to 18th centuries but also a picture of the artistic conditions and social life at the Renaissance Courts. NOT EX LIB B2C. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 005758

Catalogue: Music / Musicians

Keywords: Music History Italy, Renaissance

BROOK, DONALD

Composers' Gallery - Biographical Sketches of Contemporary Composers

London, Rockliff. 1946. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on green cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally clean and unmarked. Includes 22 British composers and 18 foreign ones with 41 photographic portrait plates. A wonderful book for the music lover providing essential information on well known and not so well known composers. Third impression (first was also 1946). C3B. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002206

Catalogue: Music / Musicians

Keywords: Musicians, Composers, Biographies

BROOK, DONALD

Conductors' Gallery - Biographical Sketches of Well Known Orchestral Conductors Including Notes on the Leading Symphony Orchestras, and a Short Biography of the Late Sir Henry Wood

London, Rockliff. 1947. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on black cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally clean, tight and unmarked VG+. Dustjacket is chipped with small removal at top of spine and is price clipped G+. Fourth impression 1947 (first was 1945). Comprises biographical sketches of 31 conductors, a complete biography of Sir Henry Wood and an appendix relating the story of the leading symphony orchestras since their foundation. Superbly iilustrated with 57 studio portraits and orchestral photographs. 11. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 001889

Catalogue: Music / Musicians

CAPLAT, MORAN (EDITOR)

Glyndebourne Festival Opera - 1979

Lewes, East Sussex, Glyndebourne. First. Soft Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A near Fine copy of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera programme for 1979. Operas are Fidelio - Beethoven; Il Ritorno D'Ulisse in Patria - Monteverdi; Die Schweigsame - Strauss; Cosi Fan Tutte - Mozart; La Fedelta Premiata - Haydn. D4F. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011315

Catalogue: Music / Musicians

Keywords: Glyndebourne Opera

CARDUS, NEVILLE

Talking of Music

London, Collins. 1957, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy which has a strip of age toning to endpapers with dustjacket which has a repaired closed tear and is not price clipped. 320 pages. In his first book devoted exclusively to music for twelve years, Neville Cardus ranges at large over the music scene, which he has described with such grace in the columns of the Manchester Guardian and elsewhere. Starting with an appreciation of Toscanini, he writes of other conductors, including his favourite, Sir Thomas Beecham, and of the status and function of the conductor in a modern symphony concert. Next he turns to composers, writing with special force of Mahler, Strauss, Mozart, Elgar and contemporary English composers. In a stimulating and witty section about Opera, he recalls his visit to Vienna. Finally he considers the principles which lie - or should lie - behind musical criticism. B2B. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 009705

Catalogue: Music / Musicians

Keywords: Musical Criticism, Toscanini, Sir Thomas Beecham, Vienna Opera, Mahler, Strauss, Mozart, Elgar

COOPER, MARTIN

French Music - from the Death of Berlioz to the Death of Fauré

London, Oxford University Press. 1951, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very clean, tight and unmarked copy.vii + 239 pages. 7 illustrations. This is the first study in English of a most fruitful half-century of music - that between 1869 and 1924. The composers who emerged between the death of Berlioz and the death of Fauré include Gounod, Saint-Saens, Bizet, Massenet, Franck, Chabrier, d'Indy, Debussy, Ravel, Satie, Schmitt, Roussel, Milhaud and Poulenc. B2E. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008647

Catalogue: Music / Musicians

Keywords: French Music, Gounod, Saint-Saens, Bizet, Massenet, Franck, Chabrier, D'Indy, Debusy, Ravel, Satie, Schmitt, Roussel, Milhaud, Poulenc

DELANOË, PIERRE

La Vie En Rose - the Singers and the Songs of 20th Century Paris

London, Thames and Hudson. 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 0500018316). Hard Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A Fine unmarked copy in red laminated boards with Fine dustjacket. A large format volume of 112 pages. 250 illustrations, 100 in colour. The nostalgic French popular songs of the modern era instantly bring back memories of St. Germain's smoky night clubs, of Edith Piaf singing her heart out and bringing tears to the eyes of several generations, of Maurice Chevalier's unique Gallic wit and charm, of the tough sexiness of Yves Montand or Charles Aznavour and of Juliette Greco's love-struck poetry. This enchanting book is a celebration of a long-lasting love affair with these french songs and their singers: Their Poetry, Witty Play on Words, Sadness By Day and passion at night. Each chapter is devoted to a theme and a song it inspired - love itself, Paris, joy, nostalgia - and is illustrated by stunning photographs of the artists, sheet music, record covers and posters. Compiled by Pierre Delanoë who has written the lyrics of over 3,500 songs for France's leading stars and is the author of several books on French popular music. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.05 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 2. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 010013

Catalogue: Music / Musicians

Keywords: French Popular Music, Edith Piaf, Juliette Greco, Charles Aznavour, Charles Trenet 0500018316

DOONICAN, VAL

Walking Tall

London, Elm Tree. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 0241119243). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to front endpaper with dedication. Gold title on blue boards which are unmarked with no wear. Internally slight age toning to page edges else very clean and unmarked. Dustjacket is not price-clipped. The Irish singer's second autobiography continuing on from 'The Special Years' illustrated with photographs and drawings by him. Val Doonican (1927-2015) was a very popular Irish singer of traditional pop, easy listening, and novelty songs, who was noted for his warm and relaxed style and whose BBC television show ran from 1965 to 1986. D4A. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 011301

Catalogue: Music / Musicians

Keywords: Autobiography, Irish Singers 0241119243