DOWNES, EDWARD

Adventures in Symphonic Music

London, Frederick Muller and Ascherberg, Hopgood and Crew. 1950, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Cosgrave, John O'Hara. Gold titles on red block on tan coloured cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is light foxing to some page edges and to closed edges else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket is price clipped with foxing G+. Not dated but British Libray has this as 1950. Here are the stories of some 200 musical compositions in the symphonic repertory, representing the work of 58 composers. It is a book for use and enjoyment by music lovers, and will add considerably to the pleasure of listening to these works. Illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave. NOT EX LIB A1E. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 004599

Catalogue: Music / Musicians

Keywords: Music, Symphonic Repertoire Cosgrave, John O'Hara

FOSS, HUBERT

The Concertgoer's Handbook

London, Sylvan Press. 1946, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title and gold motif of music score and baton on green cloth boards which are clean, unmarked with no wear or bumping. Internally clean, tight and unbmarked. A VG+ copy. Pictorial dustjacket is complete and has some chips G+. A very readable reference work as an aid to music appreciation and sets out to provide the right number of facts within a reasonable space. The author is one of the early Savoy Hill broadcasters. Included loose with the book are programmes for TheTunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra 1946-1947, February 2nd 1947, October 3rd 1948, The Tunbridge Wells Music Club Season 1946-7, New London Orchestra January 26th 1947 all of these were at The Assembly Rooms. An attractive copy in excellent condition with some very interesting musical programmes. 11. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 001758

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HOWES, FRANK AND HOPE-WALLACE, PHILIP

A Key to Opera

London, Blackie. 1948. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Purple titles on yellow cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Intenally there is a small neat inscription to front endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good + copy. Dustjacket is complete with some minor chipping. The authors were front rank music critics and in this volume discuss fully the nature of opera and it's central problem of reconciling the conflicting claims of the two arts, musical and dramatic. It uses the history to show how the problem has been solved in various ways at different times. 11. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 002603

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Keywords: Opera Critics

FRANKLIN, DAVID

Basso Cantante

London, Gerald Duckworth. 1969, First Edition. (ISBN: 0715604163). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Silver title on black boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is foxing to top edge and to early pages else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket is not price clipped. The singer's autobiography covers his two careers : The First as a basso cantante which was cut short by a throat operation and the second in radio. He began his singing career in the halcyon days of pre-war Glyndebourne and his second career in radio earned him a great reputation. 13 illustrations. NOT EX LIB 11. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005590

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Keywords: English Singers, Radio Presenters, Glyndebourne 0715604163

GILBERT, W.S.

The Bab Ballads with Which Are Included Songs of a Savoyard

London, George Routledge. 1899. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Gilbert, W.S. Gilt title with red figures on light brown cloth boards which have age darkening and a little wear to spine head and corner tips. Internally there is age darkening and foxing to endpapers and to the margins of some pages else a clean and tight copy. Top edge gilt. Fore edge uncut. Fourth edition November 1899 (first was December 1897). xii + 562 pages. Portrait frontispiece on card tissue protected. 350 illustrations by W.S. Gilbert. Several of the Bab Ballads appeared in the pages of 'Fun', magazine and later some were published in smaller selections and this volume, combining Songs of a Savoyard', has two hundred new drawings made for this volume. A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.9 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST NOT EX LIB 4. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007700

Catalogue: Music / Musicians

Keywords: Light Opera, Ballads, Savoy Opera, W.S. Gilbert Drawings, Sir William Schwenk Gilbert Gilbert, W.S.

HODSON, PHILLIP

Who's Who in Wagner's Life and Work

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1984, First. (ISBN: 0297781103). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a little light spotting to top edge) with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 182 pages. Wagner Family Tree. This is the first Wagner dictionary with the emphasis on interpretation as well as information. It lists all his operas, all the characters, the main symbolic themes and ideas, together with a full biographical survey of the people important in Wagner's life, as well as lists of many later Wagnerians. L. Near Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 011152

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Keywords: 0297781103

HOLLAND, JOOLS

Beat Route

London, Victor Gollancz. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0575067004). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, First printing. From the Flamenco guitarists in Seville to the Lebanese equivalent of the Spice Girls in Beirut, from fifties Cadillacs in Havana to riverside bars in Dublin, Jools Holland takes us on a grand tour of music, finding the beat in some of the most exciting cities in the world. He meets their most celebrated musicians, listensto their music and jams with the best of them. But the book is not just about music, as the life and soul of each city is revealed through his inimitable personality. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.85 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 23. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 009018

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Keywords: Musical Tour of Cities, Flamenco, Seville, Beirut, Budapest, Havana, Dublin, Chicago 0575067004

HUMPHRIES, PATRICK

The Boy in the Bubble - a Biography of Paul Simon

London, Sidgwick and Jackson. 1988. (ISBN: 0283995459). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy (although there is a section with darker pages - probably a production fault) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 24 illustrations. Discography. In this thoughtful and well researched biography, the first biography of Paul Simon, Patrick Humphries assesses Simon's career with particular emphasis on the years since his rather troubled break with Art Garfunkel, and presents a fascinating portrait of this extraordinarily talented performer. NOT EX LIB 21. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 007762

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Keywords: Paul Simon, American Singer Songeriters, Art Garfunkel, 0283995459

PAINE, JOHN KNOWLES AND THOMAS, THEODORE AND KLAUSER, KARL (EDITED BY)

Famous Composers and Their Works

London, Gay and Bird. 1895. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Volume iv only. Gilt titles and decoration on red cloth boards which have some wear to spine sides, head and tail and corner tips and some light bumping. Internally red endpapers and the words 'La Boheme' written on title page else very clean and unmarked. All edges gilt. A Good + copy. A large format volume printed on quality paper with numerous full page plates, many on heavier paper, and many illustrations and portraits in the text. Pages 735-976. Covers music in France, Frederick Chopin, Anton Dvorak, Michael Ivanovitch Glinka, Anton Rubinstein, Peter Ilitsch Tschaikowsky, Franz Liszt, Eduard Hagerup Grieg, Niels William Gade, Music in Russia, Poland, Scandinavia and Hungary, Henry Purcell, John Field, William Sterndale Bennett, Michael William Balfe, Arthur Seymour Sullivan, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Charles Villiers Stanford, Music in England, Music in America. A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.8 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST A1F. Good AEG/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003531

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Keywords: Frederick Chopin, Anton Dvorak, Michael Ivanovitch Glinka, Anton Rubinstein, Peter Ilitsch Tschaikowsky, Franz Liszt, Eduard Hagerup Grieg, Niels William Gade, Henry Purcell, John Field, William Sterndale Bennett, Michael William Balfe, Arthur Seymour Sul

LISZT, FRANZ

Liszt - Album (Arranged by C. Beilschmidt)

London, Bosworth. 1940. Soft Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Monochrome portrait on grey card covers which are very clean and unmarked with no wear and gentle bumping to corners. Internally there is a small name to contents page else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. 104 pages. Not dated possibly circa 1940's. MUSIC SCORE - Bosworth edition No. 1152 arranged by C. Beilschmidt. Inhalt - Tables des Matieres - Contents : Consolation No. 1; Consolation No. 3; Le Mal du Pays (Annees de Pelerinage 1 No. 8); Au Lac de Wallenstadt (Annees de Pelerinage 1 No. 2); Valse Oubliee; Valse Impromptu; Au Bord d'une Source (Annees de Pelerinage 1 No. 4); Liebestraume No. 3 - Reves Amour No. 3 - Love's Dream No. 3; Soirees de Vienne No. 6 (F. Schubert); Serenade (F. Schubert); Lied an den Abendstern - Romance a l'etoile - Star of Eve (R. Wagner); Rhapsodie Hongroise No. 2; Polonaise No. 2 E dur - Mi majeur - E major. A1F. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007553

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Keywords: Liszt Music Scores

YORKE-LONG, ALAN

Music at Court - Four Eighteenth Century Studies

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1954, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on red cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear and with a very slightly faded spine. Internally there is a small neat inscription to front pastedown else very clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has a little wear to spine head and tail and is not price clipped. Preface by Patrick Trevor-Roper and introduction by Professor Edward Dent. 13 illustrations. The brilliant musical life of the 18th century centred around those royal patrons who have gone down in history as enlightened despots. The author has picked out four courts - Parma, Wurttemberg, Saxony and Prussia - to illustrate the significance of court life in the history of music and opera. NOT EX LIB 11. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005588

Catalogue: Music / Musicians

Keywords: Court of Parma, Court of Wurttemberg, Court of Saxony, Court of Prussia, 18th Century Court Music

LUCAS, JOHN

Reggie - the Life of Reginald Goodall

London, Julia MacRae Books. 1993, First Edition. (ISBN: 1856810518). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine copy (Fine apart from small marginal lines to six pages) with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xvi + 252 pages. 35 illustrations. Discography. Choir Repertory of St. Alban the Martyr. Works conducted by Goodall with the Wessex Philharmonic. Sir Reginald Goodall 1901-1990 was one of the greatest Wagner conductors of our times. Now, with the help of letters, diaries and interviews with his friends and colleagues, John Lucas has pieced together the life of this enigmatic, self-effacing figure. Though admired by such great conductors as Erich Kleiber and Otto Klemperer, and singers like Jon Vickers, he suffered years of neglect. Indeed he might have died in obscurity had he not been asked at the age of 66 to conduct first The Mastersingers and then The Ring for the Sadler's Wells company, performances which are now legendary. NOT EX LIB L. Near Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 008991

Catalogue: Music / Musicians

Keywords: Sir Reginald Goodall, Wagner Conductors, St. Alban the Martyr, Wessex Philharmonic, Benjamin Britten, Sadler's Wells 1856810518

LYNN, VERA

Vocal Refrain - an Autobiography

London, W.H. Allen. 1975, First. (ISBN: 0491017952). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown boards with gold title is clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is age toning to top and fore edge else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has age toning to the reverse with just a light touch of wear to corner tips and is not price clipped. 192 pages. 71 photographs. The wartime's favourite singer's first autobiography. D4B. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 011156

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Keywords: English Wartime Singers, Ensa, Entertainment National Services Association, Joe Loss Orchestra, Charlie Kunz, Vera Welch 0491017952

MACPHERSON, STEWART

Melody and Harmony - a Treatise for the Teacher and Student

London, Joseph Williams. 1920. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Grey cloth boards have a crease to front and internally there is light foxing to fore edge and endpapers else a very clean, tight and unmarked copy. vii + 304 pages. Musical notation throughout. The author was a professor at the Royal Academy of Music. The book is three books in one: Book I - Melodic Movement; Book II - Elementary Harmonic Progression; Book III - Advanced Harmony. There are appendices: Concerning Sequences and Pedals; Special Pianoforte Idioms; Concerning the Notation of the Chromatic Scale; The Ecclesiastical Modes; The String Quartet; Miscellaneous Exercises (with Preliminary Note); Glossary of Technical Terms. Analytical Index. NOT AN EX LIB COPY 15. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010086

Catalogue: Music / Musicians

Keywords: Melody, Harmony, Harmonic Progression, Melodic Writing, Modulation, Chromatically Altered Chords

MAHLER, ALMA

Gustav Mahler Memories and Letters

London, John Murray. 1946, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on green cloth boards which have a few white spots to front else clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. Translated by Basil Creighton. viii + 234 pages. 8 illustrations. A very personal biography by the composer's wife. L. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001997

Catalogue: Music / Musicians

Keywords: Composer, Biography