Libri di musica

Recent Research In Plainsong. A Paper Read To The Members Of The Plainsong And Mediaeval Music Society By H. B. Briggs .

BRIGGS, H. B. · 1898 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London: Messrs. Vincent, 9, Berners Street, 1898 . Limited edition. First printing. Thin 8vo. 22cm x 14cm . pp.31 . A nice tight binding. Original grey boards with printed titles (Price Three Shillings), with a little light soiling. Black cloth spine and plain rear board. Free...

Church Music Monographs... No. 4 Plainchant by the late Dom Gatard, O.S.B.

GATARD, DOM AUGUSTIN . · 1921 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

London: The Faith Press, Ltd, 1921 . 4to. pp.8/70. A nice tight original binding. Grey cloth spine (with dulled title), over light grey boards. Gilt titles to front board. Boards rubbed and lightly soiled. Clean text throughout. A good copy.

An Illustrated Guide to Composers of Opera.

GAMMOND, PETER. · 1980 · Chilton Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

London: Salamander Books Ltd, 1980. 1st ed. A lavishly illustrated reference work describing the lives and major operas of more than 100 famous international composers. 22.5cms. x 12cms. Pp.240, colour illustrations throughout, illustrated endpapers. Laminated boards. VG.

iPod, Therefore I am. A Personal Journey Through Music.

JONES, DYLAN. · 2005 · Chilton Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,898)

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005. 1st ed. "Wise, witty and fabulously entertaining, Dylan Jones has written a must-read book about Steve Jobs' 21st Century jukebox - and why we fell in love with music all over again." Pp. 9/342. Black cloth, illustrated d/w. F/F.

Beatus Vir (Psalm III, Authorised Version 112) for SSATTB chorus, instruments and organ.

MONTEVERDI, CLAUDIO / STEELE, JOHN (EDITOR). · 1965 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Sevenoaks: Novello & Co, 1965. "Edited from the Selva Morale et Spirituale, Venice (1941)". 24.5cms x 17cms. Pp. 24, words and music. P/b, illustrated cover. VG.

Messiah. Highlights from Handel's Oratorio and other Christmas Music.

WILLCOCKS, DAVID. · 1987 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1987. 0575039183. 1st ed. A selection of music by Handel, Bach, Berlioz, Britten, and Others, compiled and edited by David Willcocks. 27cms. x 23.6cms. Pp.120, colour frontispiece and colour illustrations and music throughout, patterned endpapers. ...

Victory Songs No. 4 (Booth - Clibborn) .

DEMAREST, AGNEW AND DEMAREST, VICTORIA BOOTH-CLIBBORN (COMPILED AND EDITED). · 1920 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Chicago: Demarest Book Concern, [ no date - c. 1920 ]. 20cm x 14cm x 1.5cm. Printed title to front board. Edges lightly rubbed. With 280 songs (both words and music), plus index. G+ .

Fifty German Folk-Songs with Airs . [ Harrap's Modern Language Series General Editor: J. E. Mansion ] .

SWANNELL, A. A. K. · 1938 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London: George Harrap, 1938 . 17cm x 10.3cm. Red card covers with printed title to front, slightly soiled. English title and preface, with all songs in German. Clean text and musical notation throughout.

Music in Children's Worship.

SPENCE, HORACE. · 1960 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: Church Information Office. 1960. Contents Include:- Children's Services: Theological Basis: Acts of Prayer: Liturgical Form: Hymns. Pp 10. P/b, rusting to staples. G+.

Basic Choirtraining.

WRIGHT, EDRED. · 1967 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Croydon: Royal School of Church Music, 1967. 0. "The author talks in the most illuminating way about refinements of choirtraining, but it is the lucid and penetrating exposition of fundamental principles which gives his book its chief value". Pp 32. Paperback, owners name to f...

Choral Wedding. (Words Edition).

RSCM. · 0 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Croydon: Royal School of Church Music. nd. Pp 15. P/b. G+.

Church Choir Training.

RICHARDS, H.W. · 0 · Chilton Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

London: Joseph Williams. nd. "This book is a reprint in an extended form of three lectures which were given at the invitation of the Council of the Royal College of Organists, at Hart Street, Bloomsbury". Pp 86. P/b, toning to spine and covers. G+.

Let's Sing and Make Music. Ideas and Advice for Those Who are Engaged in Christian Education with Children and Young People.

BUZZING, PAULINE. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Redhill: Denholm House Press. 1972. 1st ed. "Choir work; percussion; learning new hymns; listening to music; painting, writing and movement to music". Pp 112. P/b, slight scuffing to spine, illustrated cover. G+.

The Symphony. Vol.2. Elgar to the Present Day.

SIMPSON, ROBERT. · 1977 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1977. "The two volumes of The Symphony provide, composer by composer, a comprehensive introduction to the whole symphonic scene from Haydn to the present day". Pp 281, toning to pages. P/b, slight scuff to rear cover, illustrated cover. G+.

The Armchair Conductor. How to Lead a Symphony Orchestra in the Privacy of Your Own Home.

CARLINSKY, DAN AND GOODGOLD, ED. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

London: Titan Books. 1994. "A crash course in baton basics". Pp 96, slight toning to lower edge of pages, many b/w illustrations. P/b, illustrated cover. VG.

English Song Book. (Collected and Edited with an Introduction by Harold Scott.)

SCOTT, HAROLD. · 1926 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd, 1926. 2nd imp. A Collection, words and music, of the most genuinely popular English songs from the Eighteenth Century to the present day. Pp. 18/149, frontis, 3 b/w illustrations, owner's name to fep, toning and spotting to endpapers. Dark blue clo...

The Romance of Sacred Song.

BEATTIE, DAVID J. · 1954 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Marshall, Morgan & Scott, Ltd, 1954. Rep. "All who are fond of our sacred songs will appreciate them more after reading this book .." Pp. 240, frontis. Turquoise cloth, illustrated d/w chipped and with small losses. G+/G.

In Search of Music. (Drawings by Richard Kennedy.)

YOUNG, PERCY M. · 1961 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

London: Lutterworth Press, 1961. 2nd imp. "In Search of Music .. is a charming and stimulating guide to music." Pp. 208, line drawings to chapter headings. Red cloth, illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

Collins Encyclopedia of Music .

WESTRUP, SIR JACK AND HARRISSON, F. LI. REVISED BY CONRAD WILSON AND WITH AN INTRO BY ANDRE PREVIN . · 1977 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

London: BCA / Book Club Associates, 1977 . Heavy book - 26cm x 20cm x 4.5cm. Clean brown cloth boards, with gilt titles to spine, in clean illustrated dustwrapper. Clean text throughout covering over 6,000 articles. VG/VG . - An Ideal Gift! . From the rear of the dustwrapper: ...

The History Of Music With Numerous Illustrations - Original Magazines

NAUMANN, EMIL - PRAEGER, F. ( TRANSLATOR ) - GORE OUSELEY, REV. SIR F. A. ( EDITOR ). · 1882 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. [ no date - adverts indicate 1882 ] . 40 original magazines: Part 2 - Part 41. All in original brown illustrated covers, priced at 7d. And all with adverts to inside covers and to the rear. Covers slightly soiled, otherwise clean text in all magaz...