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	ABRAHAM, G., (ED.) The Age of Humanism 1540-1630 (=the New Oxford History of Music Volume 4 ) . Oxford Univer. Press, 1968. xxvi, 980pp.; bund in blue publ. cl. with gilt lettering on spine, no d/j. ; features ten black & white illustrations. musical scores throughout the text. V.Good condition. First edition. (Heavy !) [sp]. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39 US$ 58.14 \| JP¥ 5136] Book number: 005632 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	ANDERSON, EMILY, The Letters of Mozart & His Family. Chronologically Arranged, Translated and Edited with an Introduction, Notes and Indices By Emily Anderson. . With extracts from the letters of Constanze Mozart to Johann Anton Andre translated and edited by C.B. Oldman. 3 volumes. Macmillan, 1938. First edition. 8vo. Blue (black) cloth, Bindings with sl. Bumped corners and some soiling/wear here and there. The volumes 1 and 3 have an Oxford college's coat of arms embossed on front board and previous owner's name and date in ink on f.e.p's and very small tears in top/bottom of the spines, binding of volume 2 in better condition, just sl. Faded/sunned. no dust jackets [ sp music ]. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39 US$ 58.14 \| JP¥ 5136] Book number: 091777DL Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	DUNCAN, RONALD The Rape of Lucretia Opera in Two Acts Libretto After Andre Obey's Play -le Viol de Lucrece- . With a foreword by Benjamin Britten. Boosey and Hawkes Ltd, 1946. 1st Edition. Paperback, blue wrappes, wrps yellowed without the errata slip but loosely inserted is a cutting from the Radio times of 4 October 1946 with the review by Desmond Shawe-Taylor. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: TAM8 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	HENZE, HANS WERNER / AUDEN, W. H.; KALLMAN, CHESTER , The Bassarids, Opera Seria with Intermezzo in One Act Based on the Bacchae of Euripides By W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman . Text . Mainz: B. Schott's Sohne (1966). Stapled card wrappers printed in blue and black, 8vo, 67 pp. First edition, 1/2000 copies. Bloomfield and Mendelson A54b. covers and text sl. yellowed. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 US$ 29.9 \| JP¥ 2641] Book number: F0256DL Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	HENZE, HANS WERNER. - AUDEN, WYSTAN H., Elegie Für Junge Liebende. Elegy for Young Lovers. Oper in Drei Akten Von Wystan H. Auden Und Chester Kallman. Musik Von Hans Werner Henze . . Deutsche Fassung von Ludwig Landgraf unter Mitarbeit von Werner Schachteli und dem Komponisten. Mainz, B. Schott's Söhne s.d. (ca. 1961). 64pp. Text. paper, covers and text sl. yellowed. offered here together with a copy of the English original elegy for Young Lovers. ( also Schott, 1961) 63pp. in soiled covers. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.95 \| JP¥ 1321] Book number: F0257DL Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	KRIWACZEK, ROHAN, An Incomplete History of the Art of the Funerary Violin . The funerary violin is a previously unknown musical genre that was virtually extinguished by the mid-19th century in the Great Funerary Purges, said to be ordered by the Vatican. As first reported in The New York Times, violin dealers, string-instrument publications and other experts say there is no evidence of the funerary violin genre, forgotten or otherwise. Despite the questions of authenticity, the book's U.S. publisher, Overlook Press, nevertheless released the book, which includes pictures of legendary funerary violin composers like Hieronymous Gratchenfleiss, musical scores and information on the Guild of Funerary Violinists. Peter Mayer, the publisher of Overlook Press, bought the manuscript. Even though he had doubts about the authenticity of the material, he was hooked. He said; I decided it didn't really matter to me how much of this was actually accurate. It was a life's work. The author was dedicated to this guild dedicated to the music not being forgotten, In his book, Kriwaczek writes about << funerary duels>> in France in the 1810s: Two violinists improvised on a fragment of melody, attempting to draw more tragedy from it than his opponent; the winner was the artist who drew the most tears from the assembled crowd. << Who knows if it's true, but it's unbelievable reading,>> Mayer says. Author Kriwaczek issued a statement Thursday, in which he writes that to call his work a hoax is to misunderstand his intentions. He says he wanted to << expand the notion of musical composition to encompass the creation of an entire artistic genre, with its necessary accompanying history, mythology, philosophy, social function, etc.>> And he notes that as a funerary violinist himself, he has performed at more than 50 funerals throughout Southeast England. But of course the book IS a hoax. [1585678260] [ 5 x ]. (ISBN: 0715636049) . GBP 13.50 [Appr.: EURO 15 US$ 22.42 \| JP¥ 1981] Book number: 093033 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	LOMANOVSKII, L.V., O.B. ALEKSEEVA, E.S. LITVIN (EDS.) Istoricheskie Pesni Xix Veka . ( Pamyatniki russk. folklora) M. - Lgrd. Nauka, 1973, 284pp., with musical scores, hardback, text browned [ 2x]. GBP 4.50 [Appr.: EURO 5 US$ 7.47 \| JP¥ 660] Book number: F1392 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	MOREAU, MÁRIO. Cantores de ópera Portugueses. Volume 1. . Venda Nova, Amadora: Livraria Bertrand, 1981, Lge. 8°, publ. buckram. 878 pp. 346 illustrations (photographs, facsimiles of opera programmes) in black and white and 6 colour plates. This volume roughly covers the period c. 1750 to c.1900. v.g hardback in sl. Worn d/j [ with a few ex-library stamps on f.e.p.] [2 more volumes appeared later] [sp music ]. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 \| JP¥ 1834] Book number: 091693 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	MOZART - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Serie X. Supplement. Werkgruppe 30, Band 3: Skizzen . Vorgerlegt von Ulrich Konrad. [W.A.Mozart. Neue Ausgabe sämlicher Werke. in verbindung mit den Mozartstädten Augsburg, Salzburg und Wien; heraus. von der Internationalen Stifung Mozarteum Salzburg.] Basel, London, New York (etc), 1998; folio (12.8 x 9.9 in); comprising a soft-cover volume (xviii, 69pp) and neat sets of loose-leaf musical scores, some in colour, all contained in a matching box of maroon cloth with beige edges, designed to open like a book; internal dividing slip sl. creased, volume and musical scores in fine condition; box near-fine. A handsome boxed set in this definitive series, initially published at £170. [ sp outsize]. GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 50 US$ 74.75 \| JP¥ 6603] Book number: 030673 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	TOOLEY, JOHN In House : Covent Garden 50 Years of Opera and Ballet . Faber and Faber, 1999 Hardcover 8vo. xviii,318pp.8 pp.plates,nforeword by Placido Domingo. ex-library copy witht he usual library stickers and the library plate of Imperial college. otherwise a very good copy in protected d/j. (ISBN: 057119415X) . GBP 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 14.12 \| JP¥ 1247] Book number: F0428 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	WALTON, WILLIAM Troilus and Cressida. Opera in Three Acts. . Libretto by Chrsitopher Hassall. Oxford University Press, 1954. First edition. 71pp. very good copy, wrappers just a trifle faded at the spine[ST]. GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 US$ 10.8 \| JP¥ 954] Book number: F0907DL Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.

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	ABRAHAM, G., (ED.) The Age of Humanism 1540-1630 (=the New Oxford History of Music Volume 4 ) . Oxford Univer. Press, 1968. xxvi, 980pp.; bund in blue publ. cl. with gilt lettering on spine, no d/j. ; features ten black & white illustrations. musical scores throughout the text. V.Good condition. First edition. (Heavy !) [sp]. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39 US$ 58.14 \| JP¥ 5136] Book number: 005632 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	ANDERSON, EMILY, The Letters of Mozart & His Family. Chronologically Arranged, Translated and Edited with an Introduction, Notes and Indices By Emily Anderson. . With extracts from the letters of Constanze Mozart to Johann Anton Andre translated and edited by C.B. Oldman. 3 volumes. Macmillan, 1938. First edition. 8vo. Blue (black) cloth, Bindings with sl. Bumped corners and some soiling/wear here and there. The volumes 1 and 3 have an Oxford college's coat of arms embossed on front board and previous owner's name and date in ink on f.e.p's and very small tears in top/bottom of the spines, binding of volume 2 in better condition, just sl. Faded/sunned. no dust jackets [ sp music ]. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39 US$ 58.14 \| JP¥ 5136] Book number: 091777DL Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	DUNCAN, RONALD The Rape of Lucretia Opera in Two Acts Libretto After Andre Obey's Play -le Viol de Lucrece- . With a foreword by Benjamin Britten. Boosey and Hawkes Ltd, 1946. 1st Edition. Paperback, blue wrappes, wrps yellowed without the errata slip but loosely inserted is a cutting from the Radio times of 4 October 1946 with the review by Desmond Shawe-Taylor. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: TAM8 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	HENZE, HANS WERNER / AUDEN, W. H.; KALLMAN, CHESTER , The Bassarids, Opera Seria with Intermezzo in One Act Based on the Bacchae of Euripides By W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman . Text . Mainz: B. Schott's Sohne (1966). Stapled card wrappers printed in blue and black, 8vo, 67 pp. First edition, 1/2000 copies. Bloomfield and Mendelson A54b. covers and text sl. yellowed. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 US$ 29.9 \| JP¥ 2641] Book number: F0256DL Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	HENZE, HANS WERNER. - AUDEN, WYSTAN H., Elegie Für Junge Liebende. Elegy for Young Lovers. Oper in Drei Akten Von Wystan H. Auden Und Chester Kallman. Musik Von Hans Werner Henze . . Deutsche Fassung von Ludwig Landgraf unter Mitarbeit von Werner Schachteli und dem Komponisten. Mainz, B. Schott's Söhne s.d. (ca. 1961). 64pp. Text. paper, covers and text sl. yellowed. offered here together with a copy of the English original elegy for Young Lovers. ( also Schott, 1961) 63pp. in soiled covers. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.95 \| JP¥ 1321] Book number: F0257DL Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	KRIWACZEK, ROHAN, An Incomplete History of the Art of the Funerary Violin . The funerary violin is a previously unknown musical genre that was virtually extinguished by the mid-19th century in the Great Funerary Purges, said to be ordered by the Vatican. As first reported in The New York Times, violin dealers, string-instrument publications and other experts say there is no evidence of the funerary violin genre, forgotten or otherwise. Despite the questions of authenticity, the book's U.S. publisher, Overlook Press, nevertheless released the book, which includes pictures of legendary funerary violin composers like Hieronymous Gratchenfleiss, musical scores and information on the Guild of Funerary Violinists. Peter Mayer, the publisher of Overlook Press, bought the manuscript. Even though he had doubts about the authenticity of the material, he was hooked. He said; I decided it didn't really matter to me how much of this was actually accurate. It was a life's work. The author was dedicated to this guild dedicated to the music not being forgotten, In his book, Kriwaczek writes about << funerary duels>> in France in the 1810s: Two violinists improvised on a fragment of melody, attempting to draw more tragedy from it than his opponent; the winner was the artist who drew the most tears from the assembled crowd. << Who knows if it's true, but it's unbelievable reading,>> Mayer says. Author Kriwaczek issued a statement Thursday, in which he writes that to call his work a hoax is to misunderstand his intentions. He says he wanted to << expand the notion of musical composition to encompass the creation of an entire artistic genre, with its necessary accompanying history, mythology, philosophy, social function, etc.>> And he notes that as a funerary violinist himself, he has performed at more than 50 funerals throughout Southeast England. But of course the book IS a hoax. [1585678260] [ 5 x ]. (ISBN: 0715636049) . GBP 13.50 [Appr.: EURO 15 US$ 22.42 \| JP¥ 1981] Book number: 093033 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	LOMANOVSKII, L.V., O.B. ALEKSEEVA, E.S. LITVIN (EDS.) Istoricheskie Pesni Xix Veka . ( Pamyatniki russk. folklora) M. - Lgrd. Nauka, 1973, 284pp., with musical scores, hardback, text browned [ 2x]. GBP 4.50 [Appr.: EURO 5 US$ 7.47 \| JP¥ 660] Book number: F1392 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	MOREAU, MÁRIO. Cantores de ópera Portugueses. Volume 1. . Venda Nova, Amadora: Livraria Bertrand, 1981, Lge. 8°, publ. buckram. 878 pp. 346 illustrations (photographs, facsimiles of opera programmes) in black and white and 6 colour plates. This volume roughly covers the period c. 1750 to c.1900. v.g hardback in sl. Worn d/j [ with a few ex-library stamps on f.e.p.] [2 more volumes appeared later] [sp music ]. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 \| JP¥ 1834] Book number: 091693 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	MOZART - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Serie X. Supplement. Werkgruppe 30, Band 3: Skizzen . Vorgerlegt von Ulrich Konrad. [W.A.Mozart. Neue Ausgabe sämlicher Werke. in verbindung mit den Mozartstädten Augsburg, Salzburg und Wien; heraus. von der Internationalen Stifung Mozarteum Salzburg.] Basel, London, New York (etc), 1998; folio (12.8 x 9.9 in); comprising a soft-cover volume (xviii, 69pp) and neat sets of loose-leaf musical scores, some in colour, all contained in a matching box of maroon cloth with beige edges, designed to open like a book; internal dividing slip sl. creased, volume and musical scores in fine condition; box near-fine. A handsome boxed set in this definitive series, initially published at £170. [ sp outsize]. GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 50 US$ 74.75 \| JP¥ 6603] Book number: 030673 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	TOOLEY, JOHN In House : Covent Garden 50 Years of Opera and Ballet . Faber and Faber, 1999 Hardcover 8vo. xviii,318pp.8 pp.plates,nforeword by Placido Domingo. ex-library copy witht he usual library stickers and the library plate of Imperial college. otherwise a very good copy in protected d/j. (ISBN: 057119415X) . GBP 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 14.12 \| JP¥ 1247] Book number: F0428 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.
	WALTON, WILLIAM Troilus and Cressida. Opera in Three Acts. . Libretto by Chrsitopher Hassall. Oxford University Press, 1954. First edition. 71pp. very good copy, wrappers just a trifle faded at the spine[ST]. GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 US$ 10.8 \| JP¥ 954] Book number: F0907DL Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop.