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| This selection contains 31 title(s) on 2 pages. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 25 |
| ANGERMULLER, RUDOLPH. PREFACE AND TRANSLATION BY STEWART SPENCER Mozart's Operas New York, New York, U.S.A. Rizzoli. 1989. (ISBN: 0847809935). Hard Cover. Perhaps a first edition (no statement of printing). Hardcover in dust jacket. 295 pages including index. With many black and white and color illustrations throughout. Isbn# 0847809935. A pictorial and textual presentation of 22 of Mozart's Operas, providing historical insight into Mozart's creativity and ideas, as well as the history and significance of various productions of his work. VERY GOOD+ jacket on a NEAR FINE book. Some minor soiling, scuffing and edgewear to the jacket. Light bumping to the extremities of the book. Text clean and tight with a hint of darkening along the page extremities. Oversized and rather heavy. International shipping will cost extra. Please contact for rates. Near Fine/Very Good. USD 17.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 | £UK 10.25 | JP„ 1512] Book number: 001601 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| BARNES, JAMES;SHELDON, ROBERT;HUSA, KAREL;CAMPHOUSE, MARK;BROEGE, TIMOTHY;GINNINGHAM, DAVID;HOLSINGER, DAVID R.;MAHR, TIMOTHY;MCBETH, W. FRANCIS;STAMP, JACK Composers on Composing for Band Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. G I A Pubns. 2002. (ISBN: 1579991955). Hard Cover. An in depth view of the world of composing, from creative processes, teaching composition to commissioning new works, among others. Includes subjects by David Gillingham, Karel Husa, W. Francis McBeth and others. NEAR FINE with a hint of edgewear to the jacket. Text clean and tight. Near Fine/Near Fine. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 | £UK 15 | JP„ 2223] Book number: 000867 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| BOTERMANS, JACK;DEWIT, HERMAN;GODDEFROY, HANS;DEN BOER, AFKE Making and Playing Musical Instruments Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. Univ of Washington Pr. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 0295969482). Hard Cover. With extensive illustrations. An in depth study on the building of musical instruments, with emphasis on traditional folk instruments. Also included are details on playing the instruments. NEAR FINE with light rubbing to the covers. Text clean and tight. Near Fine/No Jacket. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.75 | £UK 21 | JP„ 3112] Book number: 000820 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| BRANSCOMBE, PETER W. A. Mozart : Die Zauberflöte New York, Cambridge University Press. 1991, First American Edition. (ISBN: 0521319161). Original Wraps. 247 pages including index. With a few illustrations. A straightforward account of Mozart's Die Zauberflote, exposing half-truths and legends surrounding it since its original production in 1791, also giving its background and history including special attention to Freemasonry. VERY GOOD+ condition with minor soiling, darkening and scuffing to the covers and extremities. Text clean and solid with a previous owner's return address sized label on the ffep. Very Good. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12 | JP„ 1778] Book number: 001675 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| BROPHY, BRIGID Mozart the Dramatist: The Value of His Operas to Him, to His Age and to Us. Revised Edition, with a Preface New York, New York, U.S.A. Da Capo Press. 1988. (ISBN: 0306803895). Original Wraps. 332 pages including index. A work setting Mozart and five of his operas, Il Seraglio, The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Cosi fan tutte, and the Magic Flute, in the context of thought and literature of his time. Light fading along the extremities of the book. Text clean and solid with a previous owner's return address label on the ffep. Near Fine. USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 | £UK 5.5 | JP„ 800] Book number: 001664 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| BUDDEN, JULIAN The Operas of Verdi. Volume 1 ONLY. From Oberto to Rigoletto New York, Oxford University Press. 1984. (ISBN: 0195204492). Original Wraps. 524 pages including index. VOLUME 1 ONLY. This volume traces the organic growth and development of the composer's style from 1839 to 1851from his first to seventeenth operas. GOOD condition with moderate darkening, minor soiling and some scuffing to the covers. Some scuffing and curling along the extremities. Text clean and solid with minor darkening to the pages and a slight crease to the lower corner of the pages. Good. USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 | £UK 8.5 | JP„ 1245] Book number: 001676 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| CORD, WILLIAM O. An Introduction to Richard Wagner's Der Ring Des Nibelungen. A Handbook Athens, Ohio, Ohio University Press. 1983, First Edition. (ISBN: 0812406485). Hard Cover. 163 pages including a select bibliography. A guide to for the non-specialist, providing insight into Wagner's methods and thoughts as well as interpretation and a complete history of the Ring. NEAR FINE jacket on a FINE book. Minor rubbing and fading to the jacket. Very small chip missing from the upper rear extremity of the jacket. No visible wear to the book. Fine/Near Fine. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP„ 1067] Book number: 001536 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| CORSE, SANDRA Wagner and the New Consciousness : Language and Love in the Ring Cranbury, NJ, Associated University Press. 1990. (ISBN: 0838633781). Hard Cover. 209 pages including index. An examination of the dialogue in Wagner's music between traditional, linguistically controlled meanings in music and his own efforts to transcend or violate these meanings, going beyond traditional audience expectations. VERY GOOD jacket and book. General but mostly minor darkening to the jacket. Minor scuffing the jacket extremities. A hint of edgewear to the book. Pen lines and minor notations in the margins throughout the text. Very Good/Very Good. USD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 15 | £UK 13.25 | JP„ 1956] Book number: 001643 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| DICKINSON, ALIS AND CECIL ADKINS, EDITORS Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology Philadelphia, American Musicological Society. 1984. Original Wraps. Seventh North American edition/second international edition. In original wraps. An extensive title, author and subject index of various dissertations written in the field of musicology. NEAR FINE condition. Minor edgewear to the covers. Text clean and tight. Near Fine. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6 | JP„ 889] Book number: 001093 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| GOLDRON, ROMAIN History of Music series. Volume 1: Ancient and Oriental Music. Volume 2: Byzantine and Medieval Music. Volume 3: Minstrel and Masters. Volume 4: Music of the Renaissance No Place.S. Stuttman Co. 1968. Hard Cover. Ex-Library, All volumes hardcover in dust jackets. All well illustrated with black and white and color illustrations. A reknowned musicologist, Goldron presents the birth of music in the early civilizations of Sumeria, Greece and the Orient and Near East; the origins of Western music in the secret chantings of persecuted Christians in catacombs to the ribald and exciting tales from minstrels; the crucial role in the development of music by itinerant musicians in the Middle Ages; the creative and influential role of music in the Renaissance, among other topics. All volumes are EX-LIBRARY in GOOD+ condition. Usual pockets, pastedowns and library markings present. Jackets in mylar taped to the book covers. Minor soiling, scuffing and edgewear to the jacket. Minor wear to the books. Texts clean and solid with a hint of darkening to the page edges. Good reading copies. Contact for international rates as shipping will be extra. Good/Good. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 27 | £UK 24 | JP„ 3557] Book number: 001402 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| GOULDING, PHIL G. Ticket to the Opera: Discovering and Exploring 100 Famous Works, History, Lore, and Singers, With Recommended Recordings New York, Fawcett Books. 1999. (ISBN: 0449005666). Original Wraps. With several photos. An introduction to the opera including a definition of musical terms, its history and a study of 85 classics including Aida, The Marriage of Figaro, Carmen and others. NEAR FINE condition with light edgwear. Text clean and tight. Near Fine. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP„ 1067] Book number: 001123 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| GROOS, ARTHUR AND PARKER, ROGER, EDITORS Reading Opera Princeton, Princeton University Press. 1988. (ISBN: 0691027099). Original Wraps. 352 pages including index. A collection of thirteen essays examining the importance of reading the libretti of operas, offering different reading strategies from formalistic to feminist, and arguing for the significance in contemporary humanistic scholarship. FINE condition with no visible wear. Fine. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9 | JP„ 1334] Book number: 001683 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| HASSE, JOHN EDWARDS, EDITOR Ragtime: Its History, Composers, and Music New York, Schirmer Books. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0028726502). Original Wraps. Ex-Library, 400 pages including index. With a discography and bibliography. Several photos and musical notations throughout. A history of Ragtime and early jazz. In FAIR condition. EX-LIBRARY with usual pockets, pastedowns and markings present. Some soiling to the covers. Moderate scuffing and creasing to the covers. Some bumping to the lower page edges. Text clean and solid. Fair. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6 | JP„ 889] Book number: 001281 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| HEARTZ, DANIEL. EDITED WITH CONTRIBUTING ESSAYS BY THOMAS BAUMAN Mozart's Operas Berkeley, University of California Press. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 0520078721). Original Wraps. With illustrations. 363 pages including index. An in depth study and history of Mozart's operas, analyzing not only the music, but also giving context to his choice of subject, his interventions in the constructions of the librettos, and his attempts to accomodate the singers, as well as citing the cultural context at the time. VERY GOOD+ condition with the rear corner bumped and creased, affecting the last several pages of the text. Some scuffing and minor soiling to the covers. Text clean and solid with a previous owner's return address label on the ffep. Very Good. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP„ 1067] Book number: 001659 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| JOHN, NICHOLAS, SERIES EDITOR The Stage Works of Bela Bartok New York, Riverrun Press. 1991. (ISBN: 071454194x). Original Wraps. 112 pages. With many photos throughout. A work examining Bartok's stage work including the opera Bluebeard's Castle, and the ballets The Wooden Prince and The Miraculous Mandarin. NEAR FINE with light wear and darkening to the covers. Text clean and solid. Near Fine. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6 | JP„ 889] Book number: 001681 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| KEENE, JAMES A. A History of Music Education in the United States Hanover, University Press of New England. 1987. (ISBN: 0874514053). Original Wraps. 396 pages including index. With a few photos. A history of the sociological, philosophical, and historical foundations of music teachings in the United States, from colonial times to the 1960's. VERY GOOD condition with some soiling to the covers, more noticeable to the rear. Minor scuffing and edgewear. Text clean and solid. Very Good. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 27 | £UK 24 | JP„ 3557] Book number: 001716 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| KORSAKOW, NICOLAS RIMSKY. EDITED BY MAXIMILIAN STEINBERG. TRANSLATED BY EDWARD AGATE Principles of Orchestration. With musical examples drawn from his own Works New York, Edwin F. Kalmus. Original Wraps. No date but believed mid 1900's. In original wraps. An extensive examination of all aspects of composing for the orchestra, with 300+ pages of musical scores that illustrate Korsakow's points. In GOOD condition. Moderate fading to the extremities of the covers. Minor soiling. Faint crease present at the lower front corner. Previous owner's signature in ink at the top front cover. Inner text clean and solid with the pages somewhat darkened. Good/No Jacket. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6 | JP„ 889] Book number: 001092 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| LEDERMAN, MINNA, EDITOR Stravinsky in the Theatre New York, Da Capo Press. 1975. (ISBN: 0306800225). Original Wraps. 228 pages including bibliography. With a few illustrations. A collection of essays from people such as Jean Cocteau, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland and others, discussing in detail Stravinsky's works for opera, ballet and the concert stage, as well as providing personal reminiscences of their impressions of his work. VERY GOOD condition. Moderate scuffing, minor fading and a hint of soiling to the covers. Some edgewear. Small price sticker on the upper front cover. Inner text clean and solid with minor darkening along the extremities. Very Good. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6 | JP„ 889] Book number: 001680 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| LEE, M. OWEN First Intermissions: Commentaries from the Met Broadcasts New York, New York, U.S.A. Limelight Editions. 2002. (ISBN: 087910970x). Original Wraps. 270 pages including index. With a few photos. A collection of commentaries by M. Owen Lee, known for their insight into the various operas and productions, including two, The Marriage of Figaro and Carmen, that appear in print in this book for the first time. Also discussed are Wagner's Parsifal, Puccini's Turandot and others. GOOD condition with minor soiling, slight darkening and some scuffing to the covers. Extremities scuffed with minor curling to the corners. Slight brown staining to the upper page corners. Text clean and solid. Good. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6 | JP„ 889] Book number: 001949 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| LEE, M. OWEN Wagner: The Terrible Man and His Truthful Art The 1998 Larkin-Stuart Lectures Toronto, University of Toronto Press. 1999. (ISBN: 0802047211). Hard Cover. 102 pages including index. An examination of Wagner's drama and the role they play in exposing suppressed feelings, often primitive and frightening, that are part of the human condition. NEAR FINE with very minor soiling to the covers. Else fine. Near Fine/No Jacket. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 | £UK 18 | JP„ 2668] Book number: 001782 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| MAY, THOMAS The John Adams Reader : Essential Writings on an American Composer Pompton Plains, NJ, Amadeus Press. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 1574671324). Hard Cover. 455 pages including index. A collection of writings on this influential modern American composer, one of the most performed in the US, with work exploring not only his minimalist work but his opera, choral and orchestra pieces, as well as his electronic compositions. NEAR FINE with light rubbing to the jacket and a hint of fading along the lower extremity of the book. Text clean and tight. Near Fine/Near Fine. USD 17.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 | £UK 10.25 | JP„ 1512] Book number: 001533 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS; DENT, EDWARD J TRANSLATOR INTO ENGLISH. STEIN, ERWIN, AUTHOR OF VOCAL SCORE The Magic Flute (Die zauberflote} Opera in Two Acts No Place, Boosey and Hawkes. Original Wraps. 200 pages. Musical tablature accompanied by words for Mozart's the Magic Flute. In GOOD condition. Moderate darkening to the covers. Some soiling with very minor staining along the front fore edge. Minor scuffing, creasing and edgewear. Text clean and solid. Previous owner's name atop the first page. Moderate darkening around the page extremities. Good. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9 | JP„ 1334] Book number: 002045 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| [MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS] Sonatas and Fantasies for the Piano. Revised edition. Prepared from the autographs and earliest printed sources by Nathan Broder Bryn Mawr, Theodore Presser Company. 1960. Original Wraps. 332 pages with a preface and a few illustrations of Mozart preceding the music. VERY GOOD+ condition. Minor soiling, scuffing and uneven darkening to the covers. Light edgewear. Text clean and solid with minor darkening to the pages and a previous owner's signature on the ffep. Oversized. International shipping will be extra. Please contact for rates. Very Good. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9 | JP„ 1334] Book number: 001666 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS;PACK, ROBERT;LELASH, MARJORIE Three Mozart Libretti: The Marriage of Figaro Don Giovanni and Cosi Fan Tutte. Complete in Italian and English New York, Dover Publications. 1993. (ISBN: 0486277267). Original Wraps. 307 pages plus ads. A bilingual edition (Italian and English) providing line by line translations of three of Mozart's libretti: the Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Cosi Fan Tutte. NEAR FINE with a hint of edgewear. Text clean and tight. Near Fine. USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 | £UK 5.5 | JP„ 800] Book number: 001710 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| NO AUTHOR GIVEN Songs of Zion Enlarged. A manual of the best and most popular hymns and tunes, for social and private Devotions New York, American Tract Society. 1864. Hard Cover. A later edition of this work, twice as large as the original, with pertinent additions of new songs, along with a few eliminations of songs that were deemed extraneous to this book. In GOOD condition. Mostly minor soiling with a few dark spots on the rear cover. General scuffing and fading. Moderate edgewear with the corners frayed and bumped, the spine pulled with heavy fraying. Spine faded. Inner text is solid with some dog eared creases to the pages, minor sporadic soiling throughout, and general minor darkening to the pages. Previous owner's name in pencil on ffep. Nice in GOOD condition. Good/No Jacket. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9 | JP„ 1334] Book number: 001094 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. |
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