D'Arville, Camille. (Dutch-born comic opera star)

Signed Cabinet Photo of Camille D'Arville

Boston, MA: circa (1888). (1888). Boston, MA: circa (1888). (1888). Very good. - Sepia-toned cabinet photograph by Conly, 5-1/2 inches high by 3-7/8 inches wide, mounted on a card 6-1/2 inches high by 4-1/4 inches wide with the cast and credits of "Prince Kam; or, A Trip to Venus" printed on the verso, Signed "Sincerely yours / Camille D'Arville" below the photo. There is some very light foxing & soiling to the verso. Very good.

The copy on the verso of the photograph states that this card is a souvenir of the 75th performance at the Park Theatre, Boston of Rice's comic opera 'Venus' with libretto by Charles Alfred Byrne and Louis Harrison and music by Gustave Kerker. As the star, Camille D'Arville is listed separately at the foot of the cast list. She plays Prince Kam, son and heir of Poom, the Grand Llama of Thibet. The photo is a head-and-shoulders portrait of a distinctly womanly D'Arville wearing an embroidered cap on her mop of short, curly hair and a doublet with puffed sleeves, elaborately jeweled around the collar.

Born Neeltye Dykstra in the Netherlands, Camille D'Arville studied music in Amsterdam and made her debut there in concert in 1877. She appeared in London, toured the English provinces and came to the United States in 1888 under the management of J. F. Duff.

The photographer, Charles F. Conly [1846-1892], was best known for his theatrical photographs. Very good .

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Book number: 33019

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; MUSIC; COMIC OPERA STAR; CAMILLE D'ARVILLE. SIGNED CABINET PHOTO; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; PRINCE KAM OF THIBET; PRINCE KAM; OR, A TRIP TO VENUS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; PHOTOGRAPHER; CHARLES F. CONLY.

Athanasiades, Leon

Souvenirs

Saint-Maurice, Suisse: Published by Georges Athanasiades, 1989. 1989. Saint-Maurice, Suisse: Published by Georges Athanasiades, 1989. 1989. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wrappers. The wraps are very lightly rubbed & bumped & the edges of the rear wrap are darkened. 241 & [2] pages plus colophon. Black-and-white illustrations. There is an ink inscription on the half-title page. Very good.

Leon Athanasiades was a pinaist and piano teacher and the father of Canon [chanoine] Georges Athanasiades, who in 1973 gave his father a file of 100 sheets of blank paper, suggesting that he write his memoirs. The memoirs are followed by a series of tributes to Athanasiades. The text is in French. Very good .

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Book number: 18112

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: MUSIC; MUSICIAN; PIANIST; PIANO TEACHER; LEON ATHANASIADES; MEMOIRS; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Linley, George (1798-1865). Author and composer of several hundred songs

Autograph Letter Signed, Together with 2 Rare Songs Sheets Which He Has Annotated As "Proof Sheets

London, December 18, 1840. 1840. London, December 18, 1840. 1840. Very good. - sc - Over 100 words penned on a 4 inch high by 4 inch wide sheet of buff white paper. In his letter addressed to a distributor (probably Chappell), George Linley writes: "I forward you Nos 1 & 2 of a new work, 'The English Ballad Singer', to be completed in 12 numbers which I am publishing on my own account". Hoping to promote sales of this new work, Linley further writes: "I shall be very happy if you have it in your power to assist me in the sale of the same.." Signed "George Linley". The left edge of the sheet indicates that it has been torn from a larger sheet. Darkened along the edges, the letter is slightly soiled. Very good.

Together with two songs with words and music by G. Linley, printed on both sides of four 10- 1/4 inch high by 7-78 inch wide sheets of buff paper.The songs, respectively titled "Oh! Where Are They" and "I Resign Thee, Ev'ry Token" are each annotated as "Proof Sheet" in ink by George Linley at the top of the first page of each song. There is some minor foxing and minor wear to the top edges of the pages. There is light dampstaining to the bottom corner of one of the pages. Very good.

WorldCat locates only one of each of these songs identified as numbers 1 and 2 of the series entitled "English Ballad Singer". As identified by WorldCat, the full title of the first work is: "Oh! Where are they, the kind and true?"

The verse writer and musical composer George Linley (1798-1865), wrote and composed several hundred songs between 1830 and 1865. Some of his most popular ballads of the period were "Thou art gone from my gaze", "Song of the Roving Gipsey", "Constance", "Minnie", and the music for Robert Burns' poem "The Jolly Beggars". He wrote the English words to "God Bless the Prince of Wales". Very good .

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Book number: 31505

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: MUSIC; SONGS; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; ALS; GEORGE LINLEY; COMPOSER; AUTHOR; SONG WRITER; SONG SHEETS; PROOF SHEETS; ANNOTATED IN INK; NOTE; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; OH! WHERE ARE THEY, THE KIND AND TRUE; I RESIGN THEE, EV'RY TOKEN; ENGLISH BALLAD SINGER

Bach, Johann Sebastian.

Bach: Sonate E Partite Per Violino. Sonates Et Partites Pour Violon / Sonatas and Partitas for Violin / Sonaten Und Pariten Fur Violine / Sonatas Y Partitas Para Violin.

(Milano): Ricordi, (1957). (1957). (Milano): Ricordi, (1957). (1957). Very good. - Quarto [12-1/4 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in printed tan & cream wrappers. The binding is very slightly bumped. [iv] & 59 pages plus 1-page publisher's catalog. Very good.

Edited and with a preface by Gioacchino Maglioni. The preface is printed in Italian, French, English and German. Very good .

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Book number: 34666

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: MUSIC; BAROQUE MUSIC; VIOLIN MUSIC; SCORE; GERMAN COMPOSER; JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH; BACH: SONATE E PARTITE PER VIOLINO; GIOACCHINO MAGLIONI.

[Backus, Eleazer (1770-1859); publisher]

A Collection of Sacred Music, Designed Principally for the Use of Churches Which Sing without a Choir. From the Most Approved Authors

Albany: E.F. Backus, 1817. 1817. Albany: E.F. Backus, 1817. 1817. Good. - Octavo, contemporary period marbled boards backed with a tan calf spine. The covers are heavily rubbed and scuffed. [iv] & 67 pages, mostly consisting of music with lyrics, plus a one-page index. The front and rear endpapers and pastedowns are darkened and foxed. The text block is cracking opposite the preface. The pages are toned with occasional minor creases. Good.

First edition. RARE. [WorldCat locates only 7 copies]. [Shaw & Shoemaker #40519].

From the library of James Suydam, Jr. of 97 William Street, with his name, address, and the date "June, 1818" variously penned on the front cover, the front endpaper, and the title page.

Printed typographically by William Williams of Utica. This work was possibly influenced by the American composer Thomas Hastings, author of "Musica Sacra" which William Williams also printed in Utica in 1816. Hastings, at that time, had a singing school in Utica.

"That christians have been criminally negligent, in their exertions to improve this part of worship, is unhappily too manifest to be questioned. In most of our churches, the airs that are performed, are learned without effort, and sung without accuracy.--They are caught by the ear, and many who attempt them, have no knowledge of the science of music, and no pretensions to an acquaintance with the art of singing. If the angels veil their faces when the heavens echo the music that flows from their golden harps before the throne of God; what excuse can be offered for the inhabitants of his footstool, who do not make a serious attempt to praise him with reverence?" -- [Quoted from the preface]. Good .

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Book number: 33045

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: MUSIC; RELIGION; HYMNS; DEVOTION; A COLLECTION OF SACRED MUSIC; DESIGNED PRINCIPALLY FOR THE USE OF CHURCHES WHICH SING WITHOUT A CHOIR; ELEAZER BACKUS; WILLIAM WILLIAMS; ALBANY IMPRINT; PRINTED IN UTICA, NY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION

Balakirev, M.A.; Koltsov, Aleksey; Calvocoressi, M.D.

Viens Pres de Moi" by Balakirev. A Reproduction of the Holograph Score of the Song As Arranged for Soprano and Piano Trio.

Circa [1911]. [1911]. - Quarto, 13-1/2 inches high by 10-1/2 inches wide. Printed self-wraps. What is offered here is the score for an arrangement for Soprano and Piano Trio of M.A. Balakirev's song. The song, "Viens pres de moi" with lyrics by Aleksey Koltsov, has been translated into French by M.D. Calvocoressi. The title followed by the 3 pages of music and lyrics are reproduced from a holograph score onto 2 sheets of Carl Fischer music paper. All were originally likely penned in ink by a copyist. There are a few notations in pencil. The pages are slightly soiled with creases to the edges and some chips and tiny tears along the top and bottom edges of the leaves. Good. From the library of Louise Llewellyn Jarecka (1880-1954), concert singer & writer. The wife of the composer Tadeusz Jarecki. A student of Marcella Sembrich, Jarecka was invited by President Wilson to sing at the White House. During the 1920's and 1930's she sang with many European Orchestras and in the Polish Opera. RARE. Good .

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Book number: 96247

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: MUSIC; CLASSICAL; COMPOSITIONS; ORIGINAL; REPRODUCTION OF A HOLOGRAPH SCORE; SEVEN MOTHER GOOSE SONGS; FOR CONCERT USE; LOUIS EDGAR JOHNS; SHEET MUSIC; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; LYRICS; PENNED IN INK IN COPYIST'S HAND.

Ballinger, Thomas O.; and Bajracharya, Purna Harsha

Nepalese Musical Instruments. (Cover Title)

Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico, (1960). (1960). Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico, (1960). (1960). Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wraps. The edges of the wraps are faded & there is some light foxing to the front wrap with an owner's ink name in the top corner. Pages 398-416. 3 pages of black-and-white illustrations from drawings by Marjolaine Grant. The contents are very good. An offprint from Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, Volume 16, Numbeer 4, Winter 1960. Scarce. Very good .

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Book number: 12622

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: MUSIC; ASIA; THOMAS O. BALLINGER; PURNA HARSHA BAJRACHARYA; NEPALESE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PERCUSSION; PONGA; WIND INSTRUMENTS; STRINGED INSTRUMENTS; DRAWINGS; MARJOLAINE GRANT; ANTHROPOLOGY.

Balogh, Erno (1897-1989). Hungarian-born American pianist & composer.

Autograph: Greeting Card Inscribed & Signed by the Hungarian-Born American Pianist & Composer Erno Balogh.

Fine. - A 4 inch high b y 5 inch wide color pictorial greeting card illustrated by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky with a theatrical scene, inscribed & signed "Seasons greetings / Ernst Balogh" by the composer inside the card. Fine. The Hungarian-born American pianist & composer Erno Balogh (1897-1989) was a student of Bartok and Kodaly. He was the piano accompanist for Fritz Kreisler, Lotte Lehmann & Grace Moore. Mstislav Dobuzhinsky (Dobujinsky) (1875-1957) was a Russian / Lithuanian artist who worked for Stanislavski at the Moscow Arts Theatre and designed sets for several Diaghilev productions. Fine .

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Book number: 97896

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: MUSIC; CLASSICAL; AUTOGRAPH; ERNO BALOGH; SIGNED; INSCRIBED; GREETING CARD; COLOR ILLUSTRATED; PICTORIAL CARD; ILLUSTRATION; HUNGARIAN-AMERICAN; PIANIST; COMPOSER; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; THEATRE; MSTISLAV DOBUZHINSKY; MSTISLAV DOBUJINSKY; STANI

Barber, Samual

Samuel Barber / Excursions / for the Piano

New York; G. Schirmer, Inc. 1945 [later printing]. 1945 [later printing]. New York; G. Schirmer, Inc. 1945 [later printing]. 1945 [later printing]. Very good. - Small quarto [approximately 12 inches high by 9 inches wide], softcover bound in printed light gray wrappers. There is some very light soiling to the wraps & their front edges are slightly darkened. 22 pages. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 16947

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: MUSIC; COMPOSER; AMERICAN; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; SAMUEL BARBER; SCORE; EXCURSIONS FOR THE PIANO.

(Gounod, Ch.). Barbier, Jules; and Carre, Michel

Faust: Opera En Cinq Actes

Paris: Choudens, Editeur, circa [1890]. [1890]. Paris: Choudens, Editeur, circa [1890]. [1890]. Very good. - Large octavo [11 inches high by 7-3/8 inches wide], marbled boards backed with brown calf titled on gilt-lettered leather labels between raised bands & gilt & black decorations on the spine. The binding is bumped with tiny tears to the corners of the covers and the head & tail of the spine are rubbed. There is a small chip to the front edge of the rear cover. Title, [1 ] leaf & 268 pages of music and lyrics. There is an owner's pencil name on the flyleaf. The pages are slightly toned. Very good.

Score for voice and piano.

"Opera..de Jules Barbier et Michel Carre. Musique de Ch. Gounod. Partition Chant et Piano Transcrite par Leo Delibes". Very good .

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Book number: 24202

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: MUSIC; OPERA; SCORE FOR VOICE AND PIANO; COMPOSER; FRENCH; GOUNOD; FAUST; JULES BARBIER; MICHEL CARRE; LEO DELIBES; BINDING; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

Barreda, Ernesto Mario

Clasicos Espanoles de la Musica. (2 Volumes in 1)

Buenos Aires: Published for La Asociacion Patriotica Espanola, 1938-39. 1938-39. Buenos Aires: Published for La Asociacion Patriotica Espanola, 1938-39. 1938-39. Good. - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 7-3/4 inches wide], rebound dark green cloth titled in gilt on the spine with the original front wraps bound in. The binding is rubbed & lightly bumped with fraying to the top corner of the front cover. 80 pages; and 104 pages. Black-and-white illustrations & music staves. The page edges are slightly darkened. Good.

The volumes include brief essays on the composers along with examples of their work. The text is in Spanish. Good .

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Book number: 10962

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: MUSIC; SCORES; CLASICOS ESPANOLES DE LA MUSICA; SPANISH; ERNESTO MARIA BARREDA; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix

Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland. Translated from the German by Lady Wallace. With a Biographical Notice by Julie de Marguerittes

Philadelphia: Frederick Leypoldt / NY: James Miller / Boston: A. K. Loring, 1863. 1863. Philadelphia: Frederick Leypoldt / NY: James Miller / Boston: A. K. Loring, 1863. 1863. Good. - Small octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt on spine with frames stamped in blind on both covers. The binding is rubbed & the covers are bumped with a tiny black stain to the front cover; the head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped & the titling is slightly faded. xv & 360 pp. The book is cracked at the half-title; there is an owner's ink name & address dated 1863 on the front endpaper; a B&W illustration titled "Henderson House" has been mounted on the front pastedown; the prelims are foxed & there is occasional light foxing throughout. Illustrated with B&W textual illustrations from sketches by Mendelssohn & with music staves. Good.

First American edition. Good .

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Book number: 15651

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: MUSIC; CLASSICAL MUSIC; COMPOSER; GERMAN; FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY; CORRESPONDENCE; LETTERS; ITALY; SWITZERLAND; LADY WALLACE; JULIE DE MARGUERITTES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.

(Bartok, Bela). Milne, Hamish

Bartok: His Life and Times

Tunbridge Wells, U.K.: Midas Books / NY: Hippocrene Books, (1982). (1982). Tunbridge Wells, U.K.: Midas Books / NY: Hippocrene Books, (1982). (1982). Very good. - Small quarto, cloth, in dw. The covers are bumped & lightly rubbed with a crease to the bottom edge of the front cover. 112 pp. Illustrated in B&W. Very good.

First American edition. Very good .

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Book number: 29647

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: MUSIC; COMPOSERS; HUNGARIAN; BELA BARTOK; BIOGRAPHY; HAMISH MILNE; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.

(Bartok, Bela). Bonis, Ferenc.

Bela Bartok: His Life in Pictures and Documents.

New York: Belwin Mills Publishing Corporation, (1972). (1972). - Quarto, 11-1/2 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide. Black cloth titled in white on the front cover and the spine, in a pictorial black dust wrapper. The top corners of the covers are bumped and the top edge is foxed. The top edge of the rubbed dust jacket is slightly creased with a chip out from the top corner of the jacket's front panel and tears to the head of the jacket's spine. 259 & [1] pages, with profuse black & white illustrations throughout. Very good in a good dust wrapper. First American edition. Good .

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Book number: 97302

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: MUSIC; CLASSICAL; COMPOSER; BELA BARTOK; HIS LIFE IN PICTURES AND DOCUMENTS; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; BIOGRAPHY; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION; FERENC BONIS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ILLUSTRATED.

Bedford, Frances.

Harpsichord and Clavichord Music of the Twentieth Century.

Berkeley, CA: Fallen Leaf Press, (1993). (1993). - Octavo, 10-3/8 inches high by 7-3/8 inches wide. Black cloth titled in gilt on the spine in a printed red dust wrapper with a color photographic vignette illustration on the jacket's front panel. liv & 608 pages, with textual illustrations. The edges of the book are slightly foxed or spotted. Near fine. First edition. A substantial bibliography of 20th century harpsichord and clavichord music with a foreword by Larry Palmer. The foreword and introduction are printed in English, German and French. As per The Fallen Leaf Press prospectus, which is laid in at the front of the book, this work "gives essential information on 4,800 works for harpsichord and 172 works for clavichord. It cites 1,400 solo compositions as well as a wide array of concertos, orchestral works, operas, chamber ensembles, vocal groups, and other combinations, including works with unusual instruments such as Onde Martenot, harmonica, mandolin and MIDI-equipped harpsichord." N.B.: This is the true Fallen Leaf Press first edition, and not the Scarecrow press reprint. Very good .

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Book number: 94825

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: MUSIC; BIBLIOGRAPHY; HARPSICHORD AND CLAVICHORD MUSIC OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY; BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; FIRST PRINTING; FRANCES BEDFORD; LARRY PALMER; ONDES MARTENOT; HARMONICA; MANDOLIN; MIDI-EQUIPPED HARPSICHORD.