Musica

The Vocal Magazine; or, Compleat British Songster. Consisting of Such English, Scotch, and Irish Songs, Catches, Glees, Cantatas, Airs, Ballads &C

1781 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Harrison and Co, 1781. Leather. A charming volume of popular British songs of the Georgian era, illustrated with entertaining portrait plates. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and seventeen plates.Consisting of nine parts, this volume contains an array of British songs...

Pastiche, a Music-Room Book

Yvonne Cloud · 1926 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Faber & Gwyer, 1926. Cloth. A signed, limited edition of this illustrated music-room book by Yvonne Cloud. This edition was limited to 780 copies of which 750 were for sale. This is number 241. Signed by the author and illustrator to the limitations page. In the publis...

The Well-Known Songs of Ireland. Edited and Arranged by Hubert E. Rooney.

Hubert E. Rooney [ed] · 0 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

Dublin, James Duffy & Co. c1905. Paperback. A beautiful book of the sheet music and lyrics of Irish folk songs. In the original pictorial paper wraps. A collection of 40 popular Irish songs, with sheet music and lyrics, edited and arranged by Hubert E. Rooney. Songs include: A...

Popular Songs of the Highlands: Twelve Gaelic Songs with English and Gaelic Words

Thomas Pattison [editor and translator]; Margaret Campbell Pattison [music] · 1889 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Swan & Co. c1880. Cloth. A very scarce collection of twelve Gaelic songs with English translations, accompanied by music by Margaret Campbell Pattison. A very scarce book, held by four institutional libraries only, rarely seen on the market. A series of twelve Gaelic s...

A Sammelband of 20 Songs for Piano

0 · Rooke Books

£525.00 (€629.29 | $693.56 | ¥110,752)

London, Various, c1880. Leather. A charming very scarce collection of twenty songs for vocals and piano, a selection of popular pieces of sheet music from the Victorian era. A sammelbound collection of twenty very scarce songs, all put to music for the piano.A charming collect...

Songs

Eric Coates; William Shakespeare; et al. · 1909 · Rooke Books

£94.00 (€112.67 | $124.18 | ¥19,830)

London; New York, Boosey & Co.; B F Wood Music Co.; et al. 1909. First edition. Cloth. A variety of musical sheets from the twentieth century bound in one volume. A collection of seven volumes of musical sheets bound in one. The present collection is comprised of the followin...

The Chelsea Song Book

C. K. Scott · 1927 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

England, The Cresset Press, 1927. Cloth. A delightful collection of twenty traditional English songs arranged for piano, illustrated with chromolithographs. Containing such popular verses as 'Greensleeves', 'The Drunken Sailor', 'The First Time I Met M...

The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music and Their Composers a Handbook

George P Upton · 1891 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Chicago, A C McClurg and Company, 1891. Fine Binding. An insightful reference work on several oratorios, their composers as well as the origin of oratorios. In a stunning half morocco binding. Ex-library, with several small stamps to the head and tail of a few pages, not affec...

The First Series of the Dome: A Quarterly Containing Examples of All the Arts (Nos. 1-5)

Various [ed. by Ernest J. Oldmeadow] · 1897 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.84 | ¥31,433)

London, The Unicorn Press, 1897-1898. Cloth. The first five issues of the Aesthetic literary magazine bound in one volumes, including Elgar sheet-music, tales by Yeats and colour prints. The First Series of the Dome: A Quarterly Containing Examples of All the Arts, the five fi...

Convito Armonico: A Collection of Madrigals, Elegies, Glees, Canons, Catches and Duet, Selected from the Works of the Most Eminent Composers, and for the Most Part Compressed Into Two Lines for the Facility of Accompaniment

Anonymous · 0 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.21 | ¥82,273)

London, S. Chappell, c1808. Leather. A scarce two volume set of Convito Armonico Both volumes feature a variety of music and every page is illustrated with musical bars. Indexes to the front of both volumes indicating if it is a glee, a madrigal, a duet, etc and how many voice...

Songs and Duets

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Unknown, c1850. Leather. A charming collection of songs and duets, with an informative preface containing 'Instructions in the Art of Singing' with various exercises and 'easy solfeggio' for vocalisation. A very scarce copy. Containing a variety of ...

Hymn of Praise (Lobgesang) a Symphonia Cantata

F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy; J. Alfred Novello; F. G. Edwards. · 0 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Novello and Company, Limited, c1885. Cloth. The scarce Novello octavo edition score of Mendelssohn"s expansive choral-symphonic masterpiece "Hymn of Praise (Lobgesang)". In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Novello's original octavo edition. This ...

Handel&Apos;S Oratorio "Israel in Egypt," (Composed in the Year 1738,) in Vocal Score, with a Separate Accompaniment for the Organ or Pianoforte

Vincent Novello · 1849 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London , J. Alfred Novello, [1849]. Cloth. A scarce copy of Novello"s Centenary Edition of Handel"s "Israel in Egypt," presenting the complete vocal score with choruses, recitatives, and airs. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Novello"s Centenary Edition of ...

A Book of Old Ballads

Beverley Nichols · 1934 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London , Hutchinson & Co, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A delightful first edition of this collection of ballads alongside the vibrant illustrations of H.M. Brock. The first edition of the work. In publisher's original brown cloth binding. With decorative end papers. Incl...

The Musical Companion, a Compendium for All Lovers of Music

A. L. Bacharach; Various · 1947 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1947. Leather. A smartly bound compendium on music, exploring all aspects of music across history. A brilliant compendium for music lovers, exploring the history of music across the world, how it has developed over the centuries, as well as looking...

Listen Here!

Vernon Duke · 1963 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.66 | ¥51,684)

New York, Ivan Obolensky, Inc, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this essay on music depreciation by Vernon Duke, signed by the author. The first edition, first printing. In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.Signed by the author to the recto of t...

Harmonic and Keyboard Designing: An Easy Method of Producing an Endless Variety of Most Beautiful Designs

C. H. Wilkinson · 1898 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.27 | ¥92,821)

London, L. Upcott Gill, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this illustrated study of harmonic and keyboard design. First edition. Presented with compliments of The Textile Manufacturer, Manchester and London, dated April 5th 1929. Very scarce work. Illu...

The Fountain of Youth: A Comic Opera

W. Graham Robertson · 1931 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

London, Martin Secker, 1931. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce copy of Robertson's comic opera; a smart first edition. The first edition of this very scarce work in the publisher's original paper wraps. Walford Graham Robertson (1866-1948) was a British painter...

A Handwritten Book of Sheet Music

Anonymoys · 1808 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

N/A, N/A, c1850 . Leather. A charming nineteenth century volume of handwritten sheet music and accompanying lyrics. A half calf volume with ninety-six leaves of sheet music, with the majority of leaves left blank.The first twelve pages of this work feature handwritten music an...

Musical Myths and Facts

Carl Engel · 1876 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Novello, Ewer & Co, 1876. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this interesting work on the relationship between music and mythology. The German musicologist Carl Engel differentiates between musical myths and facts in this uncommon two-volume work. A first edition...