Libri di musica

Mahler. Das Lied Von Der Erde. (The Song of the Earth).

HEFLING, STEPHEN E. · 2000 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. 0521475589. "Since its premiere Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) has been widely regarded as his finest materpiece..Das Lied was written in the wake of three catastrophic events that shook the foundations of Ma...

The Order For Placebo or Vespers of the Dead from the Diurnal Noted.

PALMER, REV.G.H. · 1947 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Wantage: St Mary's Press, 1947. Nine page booklet with musical line and words for the vespers of the dead adapted by Rev.G.H.Palmer. Brown card covers. VG.** "By the eighth century, the Christian Church in the West had an established form and content of its Office of the Dead ...

The Union School-Song Garland. A Collection of Songs for School and Home Use; The Music Arranged for Two Trebles and Bass, and Printed in Hamilton's Patent Union Musical Notation, (Invented by Mr John Lang).

[MCGAVIN, WILLIAM/HUME, W.M./ BAPTIE, DAVID]. · 1870 · Chilton Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,232)

London: Bayley & Ferguson, nd. Originally published in the 1870s, this edition is probably from around the 1890s. A collection of songs for schoolchildren. "The music is written in the " patent union notation," which is an ingenious combination of the ordinary and the tonic so...

Masonic Funeral Lodge Music Arranged for Male Voices. By P. Robertson MacArthur, Director of Music, "The Lodge of Glasgow," St John No. 3 Bis, 1902 .

MACARTHUR, P. ROBERTSON - MASONIC MUSIC . · 1902 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Glasgow: Privately Printed for St John No. 3 Bis, 1902 . 0. Large booklet. 31cm x 25cm [16pp.] .Cream paper covers with printed titles, edges lightly rubbed and toned. Spine carefully strengthened. 8 leaves of musical score, each song set out in musical score, and then duplica...

The Super Stars.

PASCALL, JEREMY. · 1974 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,476)

London: Phoebus Publishing, 1974. 0. Story of Pop Special. 29.5cms x 22cms. Includes articles on Slade, Rod Stewart, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Osmond Bros, Jackson 5, David Bowie, David Cassidy, Alice Cooper, Elton John, The Who, Diana Ross, Sweet, and Marc Bolan. Pp.63, illust...

Songs for the Army and Navy.

RUTHVEN, GOWRIE. · 1917 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London: Nisbet & Co.Ltd, nd [1917]. 0. Dating from the World War One, thirty one songs including: Hymn for Soldiers; Hymn for Sailors; Kitchener's Men; Women's War Prayer; The Captain Stood on the Carronade; and The Hymn of Victory. Pp.70, black & white frontispiece of a stain...

National Book of Hymn-Tunes Chants & Kyries: Part 3. Kyries.

JEFFERSON, WILLIAM ARTHUR. · 1885 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London: Patey & Willis, nd. (c.1885). 0. 28cms x 22cms. Part 3 only. Pp.58, all edges red, musical score + words, small owner's name to front free endpaper. Brown cloth with gilt illustrated title to front, spine and edges rubbed. VG.

Octoechos : or, The book of eight tones : a primer containing the Sunday service in eight tones... [ Translated from the Slavonian first edition of 1891, by Professor N. Orloff ] .

ORTHODOX EASTERN CHURCH. · 1898 · Chilton Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London : J. Davy & Sons , 1898 . 0. First full English text of Octoechos, with presentation message "Presented to His Eminence, Archbishop & Metropolitan Joseph of the Romanian Orthodox Church on the occasion of his visit to the Saint Stephen the Great / SPCK Bookshop in Westm...

Five Bagatelles. (Piano Solo).

FERGUSON, HOWARD. · 1945 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

London: Boosey & Hawkes, nd. Piano solo with a duration of approximately 7 minutes. (Copyright 1945). 31cms x 23.5cms. Pp.16, musical score for piano. Pbk. VG.

The Instruments of Samuel Green.

WICKENS, DAVID C. · 1987 · Chilton Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

Basingstoke:Macmillan Press(Music Division), 1987. 0333427203. 1st edition. "A detailed description and catalogue of the life and works of the English organ builder Samuel Green (1740-96), this is an authoritative study, providing the most up-to-date research." Pp.xiv/209, com...

Pleines Voix. Chansonnier Pour la Jeunesse Protestante Romande.

LA COMMISSION DE JEUNESSE DE L'EGLISE NATIONALE VAUDOISE. · 0 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Lausanne, nd. 0. 3rd edition. 15cms x 10cms. Pp.222, music and words in French, black and orange illustrations by Marcel Vidoudez throughout, inkstamps (Eglise Suisse de Londres) to endpapers, slight toning to pages. Green cloth, title and silhouettes of two children's heads t...

Sing Along with the Barber Shop Book.

YODER, PAUL. · 1961 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Illinois: Neil A. Kjos Music Company, 1961. 0. "Thirty-five favorite tunes arranged in true Barber Shop harmonization. Piano introductions are optional." Pp.38/2 pages for filling in 'Your Own Specials' on the provided musical staves. Pbk, owners details to top of front cover....

God So Loved the World. A Devotion for Congregation and Choir.

ROYAL SCHOOL OF CHURCH MUSIC. · 1960 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Croydon: The Royal School of Church Music, 1960. 0. Music edition. Pp.32. Pbk. VG.

Franz Schubert: An Essential Guide to his Life and Works.

JACKSON, STEPHEN. · 1996 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Pavilion, 1996. 1857939875. Classic fM Lifelines series. "Schubert knew that he was the successor to Beethoven, yet often he was too poor to pay his shoemaker. He has cast a spell over generations, but his triumph over himself - like his music - seems uniquely and comp...

Music, Sacred and Profane. Occasional Writings on Music, 1950-58.

ROUTLEY, ERIK. · 1960 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London: Independent Press, 1960. 1st ed. "In a continuous series from 'The Choir' the author writes of Church Music as a minister of the Word to ministers of music; in the series from 'The British Weekly' he writes as a music lover to other music lovers. A few other articles a...

The Choir-Boy in the Making.

MOODY, CHARLES H. · 1951 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege/Oxford University Press, 1951. 3rd impression of 2nd edtion. A Practical and Concise Treatise in the Training of Choristers. Pp.44, occasional musical notation to accompany the text, light spotting to endpapers. Green cloth, slightly rubbed. G+.

Peter Pears: A Tribute on His 75th Birthday.

THORPE, MARION. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: FaberMusic/Britten-Pears Library, 1985. 0571100635. 1st ed. "The distinguished international career of this remarkable tenor..extended from the mid-1930s to 1980. His close association with Benjamin Britten inspired a vast and enormously rich repertoire written especia...

More Songs for the Young Church Choir.

MAYHEW, KEVIN. · 1997 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Rattlesden: Kevin Mayhew, 1997. 0862099730. A second collection of 27 attractive pieces compiled by Kevin Mayhew. 25.5cms x 17.5cms. Pp.71, full music scores and lyrics, small label mark to fep. Pbk, illustrated cover. VG.

Songs for the Young Church Choir.

MAYHEW, KEVIN. · 1996 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Rattlesden: Kevin Mayhew, 1996. 0862098157. A first collection of 25 attractive pieces compiled by Kevin Mayhew. 25.5cms x 17.5cms. Pp.71, full music scores and lyrics, small label mark to fep. Pbk, illustrated cover. VG.

St Gregory And The Gregorian Music.

WYATT, E. G. P. · 1904 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Published for the Plainsong & Mediaeval Music Society, 1904 . 8vo. A nice tight original binding. Publishers red cloth with gilt title and gilt crest. Spine also with gilt title ( a little dulled). A few spots to a few of the pages, otherwise clean text throughout. Illustrated...