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	CAVANAH, FRANCES Jenny Lind's America Chilton First Edition . Very Good Hardcover in Good Dustjacket. Edge wear of boards. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with edge wear; now in a clear protective cover. "To mark the 150th anniversary of Jenny Lind's birth, Frances Cavanah, who with two previous books on the subject is an acknowledged authority on the Swedish Nightengale, has written the engrossing story of the effect of Jenny Lind on America, during her memorable tour of 1850-52." Illustrated. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 5565 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	COPLAND, AARON AND VIVIAN PERLIS Copland, 1900 Through 1942 St. Martin's Griffin . New Unread Oversized Trade Paperback. Unmarked. A candid and colorful memoir of one of America's most beloved musical pioneers - the composer of Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid, Lincon Portrait and other works. Illustrated. ISBN: 0312011490 USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1103] Book number: 5996 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	CUTTING, LINDA KATHERINE Memory Slips HarperPerennial . New Unread Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. "A Memoir of Music and Healing" Linda Katherine Cutting has performed as a pianist throughout the United States in solo and chamber music concerts and as a soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra and other orchestras. ISBN: 0060928794 USD 10.75 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 \| £UK 6.5 \| JP¥ 949] Book number: 4692 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	DEBLOIS, JANICE AND ANTONIA FELIX Some Kind of Genius: The Extraordinary Journey of Musical Savant Tony Deblois Rodale First Edition . New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. The remarkable story of autistic, blind musical savant, Tony DeBlois. ISBN: 1594862737 USD 10.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 \| £UK 6.5 \| JP¥ 927] Book number: 7716 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	ENGLAND, PAUL Fifty Favorite Operas Bonanza . Fine Hardcover in Very Good Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with mild edge wear with a small closed tear; now nicely held in a clear protective cover. Fifty Favorite Operas is a popular guide to fifty operatic masterpieces. The operas, by Italian, German, French, and Russian composers, represent a wide range of styles from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. Their arrangement gives readers a sense of the development and historical continuity of opera. ISBN: 0517481030 USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 5267 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	GOODMAN, ANDREW Gilbert and Sullivanâ€™s London Faber and Faber . New Unread Oversized Trade Paperback. Unmarked. By moving in and around London, backwards and forwards in time, Andrew Goodman unfolds the story of the most astonishing partnership in the history of British musical entertainment against the authentic background of the era in which it flourished. Forwards by Mike Leigh and Sir Charles Mackerras. Well illustrated, ISBN: 0571200168 USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 7438 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	HEWLETT-DAVIES, BARRY A Night at the Opera St. Martin's First Edition . Near Fine Hardcover in Good Dustjacket. Small initials on back paste-down - else Fine. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with mild edge wear and two small, closed tears; now nicely held in a clear protective cover. A Night at the Opera is an entertaining collection of anecdotes culled from every corner of the opera world. Personalities as diverse as giants like Rudolph Bing and Victor Borge, countless divas and conductors, even simply fanatic operagoers - all recount their favorite stories, memories and lore about opera on two continents. Illustrations by Lucy. ISBN: 031257276X USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 5577 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	HOWITT, BASIL More Love Lives of the Great Composers Sound and Vision First Printing . New Unread Oversized Trade Paperback. Unmarked. Following his highly acclaimed previous two volumes of composers' love lives, Basil Howitt now comes up with a third volume of amazing revelations. ISBN: 0920151361 USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1236] Book number: 6471 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	JELLINEK, GEORGE Callas: Portrait of a Prima Donna Dover . Good Trade Paperback. Moderate wear and creasing of wraps. Previous owner's small signature on front endpaper. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and otherwise unmarked. Maria Callas was the most glamorous, most talked about, most flamboyantly idolized and most spectacularly assailed operatic figure of our time. ISBN: 0486250474 USD 4.95 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 \| £UK 3 \| JP¥ 437] Book number: 6027 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	LANDIS, J.D. Longing Harcourt First Edition . New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Slight corner bumping. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. An historical novel dealing with Robert and Clara Schumann. "Clara Wieck met Robert Schumann when she was eight years old and he was seventeen, and in time they would seduce each other and the world. Their love affair was famous, fervent, and ultimately tragic, and it blossomed during a time when passion and music were the stuff of life itself." ISBN: 0151004536 USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 \| £UK 10.75 \| JP¥ 1545] Book number: 5080 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	LESH, PHIL Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead Little, Brown First Edition . New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. The bass player for the greatest improvisational band in American history tells the full, true story of his life, Jerry Garcia, and the Grateful Dead. Illustrated. ISBN: 0316009989 USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 \| £UK 10.75 \| JP¥ 1545] Book number: 7377 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	LESH, PHIL Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead Little, Brown First Edition . New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. The bass player for the greatest improvisational band in American history tells the full, true story of his life, Jerry Garcia, and the Grateful Dead. Illustrated. ISBN: 0316009989 USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 \| £UK 10.75 \| JP¥ 1545] Book number: 7378 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	LESH, PHIL Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead Little, Brown First Edition . New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. The bass player for the greatest improvisational band in American history tells the full, true story of his life, Jerry Garcia, and the Grateful Dead. Illustrated. ISBN: 0316009989 USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 \| £UK 10.75 \| JP¥ 1545] Book number: 7379 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	MACHLIS, JOSEPH American Composers of Our Time Thomas Y. Crowell First Printing . Very Good Hardcover in Fair Dustjacket. Mild wear of board edges - else Fine. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with mild edge wear and a small, closed tear; now held in a clear protective cover. An introduction to music of the American school. Deals with sixteen composers who have made substantial contributions to the field of American composition including MacDowell, Ives, Bernstein and others. ISBN: 0313221413 USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 4444 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	SHAPIRO, DORIS We Danced All Night: My Life Behind the Scenes with Alan Jay Lerner William Morrow First Edition . Near Fine Hardcover in Very Good Dustjacket. Gentle creasing of some leaves.Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with several tiny nicks and small spot of back; in a clear protective cover. ISBN: 0688089372 USD 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 6.5 \| £UK 5.75 \| JP¥ 838] Book number: 1441 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	STERN, ISAAC WITH CHAIM POTOK My First 79 Years Da Capo . New Unread Trade Paperback. Bottom edge remainder mark. Told with Sternâ€™s incomparable spirit and guided by acclaimed author Chaim Potok, My First 79 Years is a revealing autobiography, a candid portrait of a distinguished artist and humanitarian who has lived a lifetime of music. Well illustrated. ISBN: 0306810069 USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 7215 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	STOCKDALE, FREDDIE Emperors of Song: Three Great Impresarios John Murray First Edition . Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. "Colonel' James Mapleson, Oscar Hammerstein I and John Christie were the greatest of the impresarios who sought to sell opera to the public. Acting alone, risking their money and producing on a grand scale, they were the giants of Opera's Golden Age. ISBN: 071955702X USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1236] Book number: 6428 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	TODD, R. LARRY (EDIT.) Mendelssohn and His World Princeton University Press . Fine Oversized Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. Bringing together previously unpublished essays by historians and musicologists, reflections on Mendelssohn written by his contemporaries, the composerâ€™s own letters, and early critical reviews of his music, this volume explores various facets of Mendelssohnâ€™s music, his social and intellectual circles, and his career. ISBN: 0691027153 USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 7109 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	WALSH, MICHAEL Whoâ€™s Afraid of Classical Music? Castle . Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. A highly arbitrary, thoroughly opinionated guide to listening to and enjoying symphony, opera and chamber music. ISBN: 0785817379 USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 \| £UK 9.75 \| JP¥ 1412] Book number: 7093 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	WATSON, STEVEN Prepare for Saints: Gertrude Stein, Virgil Thomson, and the Mainstreaming of American Modernism University of California Press . Near Fine Oversized Trade Paperback. Two tiny spots on front endpapers. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. The story of the making of the 1934 Virgil Thomson / Gertrude Stein opera, Four Saints. ISBN: 0520223535 USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 6398 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.

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	CAVANAH, FRANCES Jenny Lind's America Chilton First Edition . Very Good Hardcover in Good Dustjacket. Edge wear of boards. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with edge wear; now in a clear protective cover. "To mark the 150th anniversary of Jenny Lind's birth, Frances Cavanah, who with two previous books on the subject is an acknowledged authority on the Swedish Nightengale, has written the engrossing story of the effect of Jenny Lind on America, during her memorable tour of 1850-52." Illustrated. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 5565 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	COPLAND, AARON AND VIVIAN PERLIS Copland, 1900 Through 1942 St. Martin's Griffin . New Unread Oversized Trade Paperback. Unmarked. A candid and colorful memoir of one of America's most beloved musical pioneers - the composer of Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid, Lincon Portrait and other works. Illustrated. ISBN: 0312011490 USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1103] Book number: 5996 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	CUTTING, LINDA KATHERINE Memory Slips HarperPerennial . New Unread Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. "A Memoir of Music and Healing" Linda Katherine Cutting has performed as a pianist throughout the United States in solo and chamber music concerts and as a soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra and other orchestras. ISBN: 0060928794 USD 10.75 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 \| £UK 6.5 \| JP¥ 949] Book number: 4692 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	DEBLOIS, JANICE AND ANTONIA FELIX Some Kind of Genius: The Extraordinary Journey of Musical Savant Tony Deblois Rodale First Edition . New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. The remarkable story of autistic, blind musical savant, Tony DeBlois. ISBN: 1594862737 USD 10.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 \| £UK 6.5 \| JP¥ 927] Book number: 7716 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	ENGLAND, PAUL Fifty Favorite Operas Bonanza . Fine Hardcover in Very Good Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with mild edge wear with a small closed tear; now nicely held in a clear protective cover. Fifty Favorite Operas is a popular guide to fifty operatic masterpieces. The operas, by Italian, German, French, and Russian composers, represent a wide range of styles from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. Their arrangement gives readers a sense of the development and historical continuity of opera. ISBN: 0517481030 USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 5267 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	GOODMAN, ANDREW Gilbert and Sullivanâ€™s London Faber and Faber . New Unread Oversized Trade Paperback. Unmarked. By moving in and around London, backwards and forwards in time, Andrew Goodman unfolds the story of the most astonishing partnership in the history of British musical entertainment against the authentic background of the era in which it flourished. Forwards by Mike Leigh and Sir Charles Mackerras. Well illustrated, ISBN: 0571200168 USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 7438 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	HEWLETT-DAVIES, BARRY A Night at the Opera St. Martin's First Edition . Near Fine Hardcover in Good Dustjacket. Small initials on back paste-down - else Fine. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with mild edge wear and two small, closed tears; now nicely held in a clear protective cover. A Night at the Opera is an entertaining collection of anecdotes culled from every corner of the opera world. Personalities as diverse as giants like Rudolph Bing and Victor Borge, countless divas and conductors, even simply fanatic operagoers - all recount their favorite stories, memories and lore about opera on two continents. Illustrations by Lucy. ISBN: 031257276X USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 5577 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	HOWITT, BASIL More Love Lives of the Great Composers Sound and Vision First Printing . New Unread Oversized Trade Paperback. Unmarked. Following his highly acclaimed previous two volumes of composers' love lives, Basil Howitt now comes up with a third volume of amazing revelations. ISBN: 0920151361 USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1236] Book number: 6471 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	JELLINEK, GEORGE Callas: Portrait of a Prima Donna Dover . Good Trade Paperback. Moderate wear and creasing of wraps. Previous owner's small signature on front endpaper. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and otherwise unmarked. Maria Callas was the most glamorous, most talked about, most flamboyantly idolized and most spectacularly assailed operatic figure of our time. ISBN: 0486250474 USD 4.95 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 \| £UK 3 \| JP¥ 437] Book number: 6027 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	LANDIS, J.D. Longing Harcourt First Edition . New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Slight corner bumping. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. An historical novel dealing with Robert and Clara Schumann. "Clara Wieck met Robert Schumann when she was eight years old and he was seventeen, and in time they would seduce each other and the world. Their love affair was famous, fervent, and ultimately tragic, and it blossomed during a time when passion and music were the stuff of life itself." ISBN: 0151004536 USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 \| £UK 10.75 \| JP¥ 1545] Book number: 5080 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	LESH, PHIL Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead Little, Brown First Edition . New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. The bass player for the greatest improvisational band in American history tells the full, true story of his life, Jerry Garcia, and the Grateful Dead. Illustrated. ISBN: 0316009989 USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 \| £UK 10.75 \| JP¥ 1545] Book number: 7377 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	LESH, PHIL Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead Little, Brown First Edition . New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. The bass player for the greatest improvisational band in American history tells the full, true story of his life, Jerry Garcia, and the Grateful Dead. Illustrated. ISBN: 0316009989 USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 \| £UK 10.75 \| JP¥ 1545] Book number: 7378 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	LESH, PHIL Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead Little, Brown First Edition . New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. The bass player for the greatest improvisational band in American history tells the full, true story of his life, Jerry Garcia, and the Grateful Dead. Illustrated. ISBN: 0316009989 USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 \| £UK 10.75 \| JP¥ 1545] Book number: 7379 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	MACHLIS, JOSEPH American Composers of Our Time Thomas Y. Crowell First Printing . Very Good Hardcover in Fair Dustjacket. Mild wear of board edges - else Fine. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with mild edge wear and a small, closed tear; now held in a clear protective cover. An introduction to music of the American school. Deals with sixteen composers who have made substantial contributions to the field of American composition including MacDowell, Ives, Bernstein and others. ISBN: 0313221413 USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 4444 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	SHAPIRO, DORIS We Danced All Night: My Life Behind the Scenes with Alan Jay Lerner William Morrow First Edition . Near Fine Hardcover in Very Good Dustjacket. Gentle creasing of some leaves.Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with several tiny nicks and small spot of back; in a clear protective cover. ISBN: 0688089372 USD 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 6.5 \| £UK 5.75 \| JP¥ 838] Book number: 1441 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	STERN, ISAAC WITH CHAIM POTOK My First 79 Years Da Capo . New Unread Trade Paperback. Bottom edge remainder mark. Told with Sternâ€™s incomparable spirit and guided by acclaimed author Chaim Potok, My First 79 Years is a revealing autobiography, a candid portrait of a distinguished artist and humanitarian who has lived a lifetime of music. Well illustrated. ISBN: 0306810069 USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 7215 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	STOCKDALE, FREDDIE Emperors of Song: Three Great Impresarios John Murray First Edition . Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. "Colonel' James Mapleson, Oscar Hammerstein I and John Christie were the greatest of the impresarios who sought to sell opera to the public. Acting alone, risking their money and producing on a grand scale, they were the giants of Opera's Golden Age. ISBN: 071955702X USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1236] Book number: 6428 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	TODD, R. LARRY (EDIT.) Mendelssohn and His World Princeton University Press . Fine Oversized Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. Bringing together previously unpublished essays by historians and musicologists, reflections on Mendelssohn written by his contemporaries, the composerâ€™s own letters, and early critical reviews of his music, this volume explores various facets of Mendelssohnâ€™s music, his social and intellectual circles, and his career. ISBN: 0691027153 USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 7109 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	WALSH, MICHAEL Whoâ€™s Afraid of Classical Music? Castle . Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover. A highly arbitrary, thoroughly opinionated guide to listening to and enjoying symphony, opera and chamber music. ISBN: 0785817379 USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 \| £UK 9.75 \| JP¥ 1412] Book number: 7093 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.
	WATSON, STEVEN Prepare for Saints: Gertrude Stein, Virgil Thomson, and the Mainstreaming of American Modernism University of California Press . Near Fine Oversized Trade Paperback. Two tiny spots on front endpapers. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. The story of the making of the 1934 Virgil Thomson / Gertrude Stein opera, Four Saints. ISBN: 0520223535 USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 6398 Click here to order or inquire at The Elephant's Foot Books.