Musica

Richard Wagner&Apos;S Werke, Opern Und Musikdramen

Richard Wagner · 0 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

Berlin, Furstner, c1909. Leather. Eleven volumes of the musical works of Richard Wagner. These volumes are: I. RienziII. Der Fliegende Hollander III. Tannhauser IV. Lohengrin Romantische Oper In Drei AktenV. Tristan Und Isolde VI. Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg VII...

Dal Cor Gentil D&Apos;Italia Canti Dal Veneto Alla Sardegna

Grace Warrack · 1925 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A rhythmical collection of traditional Italian folk songs. A rhythmical collection of traditional Italian folk songs. Featuring several plates, four tipped in coloured illustrations and an example of sheet music. With both t...

Songs of the North

Various [ed. by A.C. Macleod and Harold Boulton] [arr. by Malcolm Lawson] · 1890 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, J.B. Cramer and Co. 1890. Cloth. A collection of tradition Scottish songs from both the Highlands and Lowlands, with the signed initials of songwriter Harold Boulton and composer Malcolm Lawson. The fourteenth edition of Songs of the North, a collection of songs from t...

La Vestale. Tragedie Lyrique En Trois Actes

Gaspare Spontini · 1807 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Paris, Chez Mlles. Erard, 1807 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of the first act of Gaspare Spontini's celebrated opera, set in ancient Rome. In the original French.The very scarce first edition of this work. Present here is the first act only of th...

Thirty Scots Songs; a Second Set of Scots Songs; a Collection of Scots Songs

Robert Bremner [ed.]; Neil Stewart [ed.] · 1782 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

London, Robert Bremner; Neil Stewart, c1770-1782 . First edition. Cloth. Three volumes of sheet music of traditional Scots songs bound together, including the first edition of Neil Stewarts vanishingly scarce collection. Three volumes of the musical scores of Scots songs, boun...

Mignon Opera: En Trois Actes, Cinq Tableaux

Michel Carre; Jules Barbier · 0 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Paris , Heugel & Cie , c1880. Leather. A leather-bound volume of the sheet music from Ambrosie Thomas' opera comique, 'Mignon&apos. A handsome volume offering the sheet music of 'Mignon', an opera in three acts by French composer Ambroise Thomas.  Bound i...

A Programme for Billee Taylor: A New and Original Nautical Comic Opera

Edward Solomon; H. P. Stevens · 1880 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.36 | ¥16,666)

London, Letts, Son & Co. 1880 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A vanishingly scarce programme for the nautical comic opera, "Billee Taylor", by H. P. Stevens and Edward Solomon, which was performed at the Imperial Theatre from 1880. Bound in the publisher's original wr...

Gedenkrede Auf Beethoven

Rudolf G. Binding · 1927 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.69 | ¥137,122)

Frankfurt, Private Print of the Art School in Frankfurt, 1927. First edition. Paperback. A scarce limited edition of this speech given by Rudolf G. Binding to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the death of Beethoven, signed by the author with a letter. In the German lang...

Handel&Apos;S Oratorio "Judas Maccabaeus

Vincent Novello · 1746 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Novello & Co. c1850. Leather. The scarce Centenary Edition of Vincent Novello's arrangement of Handel's Oratorio, 'Judas Maccabaeus&apos. A nineteenth-century musical arrangement of George Frederic Handel's 'Judas Maccabaeus', an oratorio ...

St. Nicholas Songs

0 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. c1885. First edition. Leather. Very scarce copy of this large paper book of illustrated musical sheets concerning St. Nicholas, the first edition. First edition of this work. A very scarce copy. Containing a series of numerous songs around St. Nic...

Water Gipsies, Script from the Musical Play Adaptation

A.P. Herbert; Vivian Ellis · 1955 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Not Stated, c1955. Leather. The original script from the 1955 stage adaptation of 'Water Gipsies', a novel by A.P. Herbert, handsomely bound and with the initials of the director, Charles Hickman', to the front board. The original script from the 1955 st...

Commemoration in 1888, the Defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588

Anon · 1888 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London, Protestant Alliance, 1888. Brochure/Pamphlet. A commemorative collection of ten hymns printed in honour of the three-hundredth anniversary of the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Printed in 1888, this Protestant collection of hymns contains such verses as 'God save o...

Schumann&Apos;S Album for the Young: Opus 68 and 118

Robert Schumann [ed. by Agnes Zimmerman] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Novello and Company, c1908. Cloth. An uncommon edition of a collection of piano music Schumann wrote for his three daughters, containing charming tunes for beginners and children. An uncommon edition of Album for the Young, a collection of music written by distinguishe...

Grove&Apos;S Dictionary of Music and Musicians

J. A. Fuller Maitland · 1913 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1913. Leather. A scarce set of illustrated encyclopedic dictionaries. The work is considered one of the largest reference works on Western music. Illustrated throughout with diagrams of instruments, their mechanics and sheet music. Volume one runs fro...

The Strand Musical Portfolio of Copyright Songs and Music Volumes 14 to 18

1910 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

London, George Newnes, c.1910. Paperback. Charming selection of various sheet music, from composers including Bonheur and Cuthbert Clarke Five volumes with card boards. Each volume contains five songs, scored for piano and voice. Includes songs by Theo. Bonheur and Cuthbert Cl...

Society and the Lyric a Study of the Song Culture of Eighteenth-Century Scotland

Thomas Crawford · 1979 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

Edinburgh, Scottish Academic Press, 1979. First edition. Cloth. An interesting history on Scottish music. A fascinating study of Scottish songs in the Eighteenth-Century, covering people from all backgrounds and classes. First edition. In a cloth covered binding with original ...

The Edinburgh Musical Miscellany: A Collection of the Most Approved Scotch, English, and Irish Songs

D Sime · 1792 · Rooke Books

£399.99 (€479.44 | $528.41 | ¥84,381)

Edinburgh, W. Gordon, T. Brown etc. 1792. Leather. A scarce and important collection of 144 songs of the British Isles with notation. Bound in calf leather. First edition. Includes A Flaxen-Headed Cow-Boy, Ben Backstay, The Mulberry Tree, Golden Days of Good Queen Bess, The Tw...

Essays on Song-Writing with a Collection of Such English Songs As Are Most Eminent for Poetical Merit

John Aikin; R H Evans · 1810 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.40 | ¥39,027)

London, R H Evans, 1810. Leather. A collection of essays on the art of song-writing, with examples of traditional English songs. Covering different types of folk songs, with chapters entitled Witty Songs, Descriptive Songs, and Pastoral Songs, amongst others. New edition, with...

Victorian Cartes-de-Visite Photograph Album and Working Musical Mechanism

None · 0 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

Manufactured in Germany, N/A, c1880. Leather. A rather remarkable Victorian cartes-de-visite photograph album and a simply delightful working musical mechanism, with original key! With forty photographs and four empty windows. With eight colour illustrated windows. In a decora...

Musa Pedestris Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes

John S Farmer · 1896 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

N/A, Privately Printed for Subscribers, 1896. Hardback. An anthology of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes from 1536-1896. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. With bibliographical notes to the rear as well as to the...