Oesterle, Louis (editor)

The Golden Treasury of Piano-Music. A Collection of Pieces Written for the Virginal, Spinet, Harpsichord and Clavichord by Composers of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries

New York, G. Schirmer, 1904. Cloth. Bluish-green cloth. No jacket. Folio. 202 pp. Volume I of this series. A collection of musical scores of compositions by composers such as Jean-Henri D'Anglebert' John Blow, John Bull, Dietrich Buxtehude, William Byrde, Louis Couperin, Henri Dumont, Orlando Gibbons, Johann Kuhnau, Johann Pachelbel, Henry Purcell and others. Compositions written for the virginal, spinet, harpsichord, and clavichord. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy mottling to the cloth on the rear cover, with minor to moderate on the front. Minor fading, soiling and edgewear. Binding cracked along the upper gutter at the title page. Text block clean and solid. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008475

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Noisbn

Parry, John; Waylett, Harriette; Musard, P.; Dickens, Charles; Russell, Henry (composer); Ransford, Mr.; Sporle, N.J. (composer); Cooper, Mr. H.; W. West; Rimbault, Edward F.; Phillips, Henry; Cornwall, Barry; Fitz-Ball, Edward; Bishop, Henry

Rise Gentle Moon; Wanted, a Governess, 3rd Edition; Coush la Machree; Musard's Sixty Third Et of Quadrilles, Entitled le Danois, 4th Edition; Norah, the Pride of Kildare, a Ballad; the Ivy Green; in the Days When We Went Gipsying, 6th Edition; [... ]

Various Places, Various Publishers. Wraps. Full titles: Rise Gentle Moon; Wanted, A Governess, 3rd edition; Coush La Machree; Musard's Sixty Third et of Quadrilles, entitled Le Danois, 4th edition; Norah, the Pride of Kildare, A Ballad; The Ivy Green; In the Days When we Went Gipsying, 6th edition; The Temptations of the Good Saint Anthony; Happy Land; The Return of the Admiral, 2nd edition; The Bloom is on the Rye. Various publishers, places and dates. All published in England, mostly London, and presumed mid to late 1800s. Bound volume, lacking and wrappers or bindings issued. A collection of English sheet music from the 1800s, including The Ivy Green, being a poem written by Charles Dickens. This piece includes an illustrated title page (the only one in this collection). FAIR condition. Heavy wear to the exterior pages, including large creases, chipping, tearing and loss. Scattered soiling and staining throughout. A few pages with large tears. Binding very worn. Last piece of sheet music threatening to detach from the rest, with the binding weak throughout. Fair .

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Book number: 015111

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Noisbn

Pavitt, Bruce

Sub Pop 5

Olympia, WA, Sub Pop, Publisher. Wraps. no date. Illustrated wraps, side stapled. Cover art by Charles Burns. 16 pages including covers. 4 by 2 5/8 inches. Gray cassette in black case, with handwritten 1 and 2 on each side of the tape, written inside small circular stickers. A single issue of this music fanzine, dedicated to underground, indie music. This endeavor would eventually lead to the establishment of the Sub Pop record label that signed acts such as Nirvana, Mudhoney and others related to the Grunge music genre, becoming a huge influence in rock music. Bruce Pavitt established Subterranean (Sub) Pop while a student at Evergreen College in Olympia. Issue five of the Sub Pop fanzine, issued in cassette tape form, with the fanzine consisting of the insert included with the tape. This marked the first time that the zine was issued in cassette form, which Pavitt would continue to do, alternating between cassette and fanzine format. The cassette features music from Visible Targets, Beakers, Doug Kahn, Cool Rays, Pell Mell, Jungle Nausea, Oil Tasters, Church of the Subgenius, etc. About VERY GOOD condition. Minor browning and faint staining to the rear cover of the zine insert. Light curling and wrinkling at the corners. Several small notations in pencil in the interior, apparently marking the minutes of the tape. Some scuffing to the clear cover of the cassette tape case, with a small area of hardened, faint residue near the upper front corner. Small crack to the lower left corner of the clear case. (Triggs p 111-115.). Very Good .

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Book number: 007275

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Noisbn Sub Pop Fanzine Subterranean Pop Fanzines

Santley, Sir Charles

The Art of Singing and Vocal Declamation

London, Macmillan and Co, 1908. Cloth. Red Cloth. 144 pp. A guide to the practice of singing, discussing the steps one should take to become a singer, including teachers, concert hall considerations, the study of vocal works, acting, etc. With a short chapter on tobacco use. Sir Charles Santley was a noted Victorian English opera singer and oratorio, performing in many operas during the mid to late 1800s, as well as performing concerts in England and America. GOOD condition. General fading and uneven darkening to the covers, with rather heavy darkening along the spine. Area of staining, light discoloration to the rear cover along the fore edge. Minor soiling. Some scuffing along the extremities. Interior solid with a few minor pencil underlines. Pages apparently opened a bit roughly, with some chips, minor loss and tearing along the fore edge. Ownership signature present. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007595

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Noisbn Singing Voice Performing Arts

Schubert, Franz (composer)

Franz Schubert's Sammtliche Lieder, Gesange U. Balladen Fur Eine Singstimme Mit Pianofortebegleitung. Band VIII

Braunschweig, Henry Litolff's Verlag. Hard Cover. no date, presumed late 1800s. Illustrated paper covered boards with a brown cloth spine, perhaps a later issue repair. 144 pp. All text in German. Book 8 of a collection of musical compositions by Franz Schubert, including music and lyrics. GOOD condition. Moderate darkening, some soiling and scuffing to the covers. Extremities rather scuffed and worn. Owner's signatures on the first endpaper. Last four leaves VERY tenuously bound in, threatening to come loose with much further handling. Good .

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Book number: 015433

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Noisbn

Schubert, Camille (composer)

Le Mardi Gras Aux Enfers. Quadrille Fantastique. Op. 79

Paris, Prillip, Editeur (Publisher). Wraps. no date, presumed mid 1800s. Wraps. Oblong folio. 4 leaves, including front cover/title page. Text in French. Sheet music for a seemingly abbreviated version of Le Mardi Gras Aux Enfers by Camille Schubert with each page containing a different part. It begins with La Descente de la Courtille, L'Arrivee aux Enfers, Les Galanteries de Lucifer, Le Banquet du Diable, and Le Galop Infernal. FAIR condition. Lacking any outer wrappers that may have been issued, perhaps disbound from a larger work. Extremities rather chipped, torn, scuffed and worn. Paper foxed, with some soiling and staining. Bookseller stamp on the lower front page. Last leaf almost detached. Fair .

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Book number: 018645

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Noisbn

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Symphony No. 6. Op. 53 Study Score

Radio Ciy, New York, Leeds Music Corporation, 1946. Wraps. Blue printed wraps. 150 pp. The orchestra score to Dmitri Shostakovich's Sixth Symphony, Op. 53, composed in 1939. As the introduction states, the work may have been inspired by Vladimir Mayakovsky's poem 'Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.' Dmitri Shostakovich was Soviet Russian composer in the mid 20th century, often at odds with the Communist Party, with he and he work being officially denounced on several occasions. Despite the threats to his career and life Shostakovich kept composing, eventually earning favor with the Communist Party, although bearing criticism for potentially yielding to the government critics. GOOD condition. Mostly minor soiling to the covers, with general fading, minor creasing and scuffing. Some creasing/slight curling along the extremities. Interior solid with some toning to the paper. Good .

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Book number: 007494

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Noisbn

Attributed to Dan Shupe

Lucy in the Sky. Blacklight Poster

Medina, OH, Pro Arts, Publisher, 1969. Unbound. Roughly 33 3/8 by 21 inches. Blacklight poster depicting the psychedelic head of a woman, with the words "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds," trippily emblazoned in her hair. Obvious reference to the Beatles song and the LSD it memorializes. VERY GOOD+ condition. A few tiny scuffs and bumps along the edges. Slight hint of a wrinkle or two to the paper. Minor edgewear. Near Fine .

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Book number: 018082

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Noisbn Counterculture Posters

Spaeth, Sigmund. Lardner, Ring (introduction)

Barber Shop Ballads and How to Sing Them

New York, Prentice-Hall, 1949. Hard Cover. Stated third printing. Illustrated blue and red cloth covers. No jacket. 1xvi, 25 pp. Introduction by Ring Lardner. A collection of various songs that can be sung in barber shop style, providing music and lyrics, as well as brief introductory tips to how each tune could be sung. With a beginning section on the principles and methods of barber shop singing. Songs include, Down Mobile, How Dry I Am, Carry me Back to Old Virginny, My Old Kentucky Home, Oh, Mah Lindy and many others. GOOD condition. General fading and scuffing to the covers. Rear cover rather soiled and smudged, with minor staining. Cloth scuffed and frayed along the extremities. Interior solid with the paper toned. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007976

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Noisbn Performing Arts

Stein, Jack M.

Poem and Music in the German Lied from Gluck to Hugo Wolf

Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. 230 pages including index. Illustrated with musical scores. A study of the lied's evolution in Germany between 1750 to 1900, discussing problems in the art form as well as specific songs from Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, and Hugo Wolf. GOOD jacket and book. Minor darkening and edgewear to the jacket, with some wrinkling along the top edge. Slight sunning to the spine. Minor soiling and fading. Perhaps SIGNED and dedicated by the author on the ffep, with a previous owner's signature on as rear endpaper. Good/Good.

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Book number: 013096

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: German Music Poetry Lied Literary Criticism

Locke, Matthew (composer); Hurray, Peter (transcriber and editor)

Musica Britannica. A National Collection of Music XXXVIII. Matthew Locke Anthems and Motets

London, Stainer and Bell, Publisher, 1976. Wraps. Printed wraps. Folio. 158 pp. With a several page section of facsimiles near the front. A collection of musical scores by Matthew Locke, with lyrics, preceded by a short critical/historical introduction. Locke was an English baroque composer and music theorist, serving King Charles as Composer of the Wind Music (Wikipedia). As Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians notes 'he is important in musical history as the most eminent of the predecessors of Purcell in the composition of English stage music,' (Vol. V p 354). GOOD condition. Several scuffs, abrasions and small punctures to the surface of the wraps, with minor soiling and a few faint stains. The scuffs have resulted in minor superficial loss of the outer layer of the wraps in those locales. Minor creasing at the corners and along the spine. Some bumping to the corners. Good .

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Book number: 007725

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Noisbn

Tryon, George W. (arranger)

Operatic Gems. A New Collection of Beautiful Melodies for the Most Popular Operas. First Series: For Soprano and Tenor Voices

Boston, Oliver Ditson and Company, 1875. Cloth. Burgundy cloth with extensive gilt decorations to the front cover. Quarto. 224 pp. A collection of songs from various operas, including words and music. This includes pieces from work by Meyerbeer, Verdi, Auber, Ricci, Donizetti, Wallace, Mozart, Bellini, Rossini, Wagner and others. GOOD condition. Moderate fading, mostly along the edges. Minor soiling. Moderate uneven scuffing, with the cloth split and worn along the extremities and spine tips. Minor toning to the paper. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009378

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Noisbn

Verdi, Guiseppe

Ernani. A Lyrical Drama, in Four Parts. The Music by Guiseppe Verdi. As Represented at the Astor Place, Italian Opera House, N.Y.

New York, No Publisher, 1847. Original Wraps. Believed first American edition, issued to coincide with its first US performance. States, "The Only Correct Edition" on the lower title page. Original wraps, with rear wrap lacking. 71pp. A work containing the lyrics to Ernani by Verdi, an operatic drama set in 1519. Text in Italian and English. In FAIR condition. Rear wrap LACKING with the front plain wrap mostly detached along the lower hinge. Moderate creasing, minor soiling and some edgewear to the wrap. Lower corner folded under. Faint trace of writing along the front wrap. The text block is solid with heavy dampstaining/foxing to the last 3 pages, decreasing and relegated to the extremities toward the center of the book. Very minor scattered foxing to the first half of the book. Fair .

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Book number: 003830

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Noisbn Verdi Ernani

Whitlock, Weldon

Bel Canto for the Twentieth Century. Twentieth Century Masterworks on Singing. Volume III

Champaign, IL, Pro Musica Press, 1968. Cloth. 109 pp. A section of musical scores in the back. A study of Bel Canto singing, discussing its history with an eye toward an interpretation of Bel Canto for the twentieth century. This includes a lengthy section on the revival of Bel Canto. VERY GOOD condition. Uneven fading to the covers. Extremities scuffed. Owner's stamp on the first endpaper. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011349

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Noisbn

Winner, Joseph (compiler)

Musical Gems Vocal and Instrumental Being a Choice Collection of Popular Melodies Comprising Songs for the Fireside, Social Gatherings, Concerts, Etc.

Chicago, Monroe Book Company, 1895. Cloth. Blue illustrated cloth with flaps. Folio. Unpaginated, over 100 pp. Black and white photos and illustrations in the rear. A collection of music and lyrics for popular songs. This includes a song written in African-American "dialect" by M.H. Roseneld titled "I'll Send you Down a Letter From de Sky." Last section contains biographies and illustrations or photos of noted composers and performers, including Richard Wagner and many others. GOOD condition. General fading to the covers, with some soiling and minor staining. Extremities bumped and scuffed. Front endpaper with several small tears. Text block toned, with some pages wrinkled. Minor scattered soiling. Good .

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Book number: 014727

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Noisbn