Musica

A Record of the Cambridge Centenary Commemoration of Wolfgang Amade Mozart

Sedley Taylor · 1892 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1892. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of this record of the Cambridge Centenary commemorations of Mozart. Signed by the author. This volume is A Record of the Cambridge Centenary Commemoration of Wolfgang Amade Mozart who was born ...

English-Gipsy Songs in Rommany with Metrical English Translations

Charles G. Leland; Professor E. H. Palmer; Janet Tuckey · 1875 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London , Trubner & Co, 1875. Cloth. A fascinating volume of English-Gipsy Songs. A fascinating volume of Rommany songs including The Real Gipsy, A Gipsy Song and The Hatchet. Each song appears in Rommany and is translated into English by Charles G. Leland, Professor E. H. Pal...

Polly

John Gay · 1923 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, William Heinemann, 1923 . Cloth. A beautifully illustrated edition of Polly by John Gay, limited edition signed by the illustrator William Nicholson. Limited edition of Polly by John Gay in the original publisher's cloth binding. With illustrations by William Nic...

Jazz

Paul Whiteman; Mary Margaret McBride · 1926 · Rooke Books

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

New York , J. H. Sears & Company, Inc. 1926. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition, first impression of Paul Whiteman and Mary Margaret McBride's study of jazz music and its history, presented by McBride and complete with an excellent dust wrapper. Presented by ...

La Petite Mariee: Opera Bouffe En Trois Actes

Charles Lecocq; Eug. Leterrier; Alb. Vanloo · 1875 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Paris, Brandus et Cie. [1875]. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the musical sheets for 'La Petite Mariee,' a three-act opera-bouffe first performed in 1875. The musical sheets for the three act opera-bouffe La Petite Mariée, first performed in Paris Dec...

The English Fleet in 1342 [with] Paul and Virginia [with] Sir David Hunter Blair&Apos;S Reel

John Braham; Joseph Mazzinghi; M P King · 1803 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, M P Corri; Goulding, Phipps & D'almaine; Preston, c1800-04. First edition. Leather. Three bound volumes of scarce sheet music from the start of the nineteenth century. Comprising the following: 'The English fleet in 1342 : a celebrated historical comic opera&...

Death and Life (Mors Et Vita); a Sacred Trilogy and the Passion (the Seven Words of Our Saviour on the Cross)

Charles Gounod; Joseph Haydn · 1885 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London & New York, Novello, Ewer and Co. c1885. Leather. A wonderful leather-bound collection of scores of 'Mors et Vita' by Charles Gounod and 'The Passion' by Joseph Haydn. 'Mors et Vita' is a three-part oratorio which premiered at the Birmingha...

The Stories of the Great Operas with Music

Ernest Newman and Sir Landon Ronald (ed) · 0 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.83 | ¥14,345)

London, George Newnes, c1930. Cloth. A fascinating study on the great operas. With chapters on famous operas such as La boheme, Parsival, Faust, Tosca and more. With volume III is music arrangements for the piano. Lacking the fourth volume which was biographical material. Volu...

Eight Trios

C. G. Reissiger · 1860 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

Unknown, Unknown, c1860. Leather. A collection of eight trios by C. G. Reissiger. Operas 25, 33, 40, 56, 75, 77, 85, and 97. Carl Gottlieb Reissiger was a German composer who wrote and published several forms of orchestral and chamber music. In a quarter calf binding. External...

Fifty-Six Baritone Songs

Anon · 0 · Rooke Books

£22.99 (€27.56 | $30.37 | ¥4,850)

London and Glasgow, Bayley and Ferguson, c1940. Cloth. A useful book of baritone songs with sheet music. With accompaniments for piano. In a cloth covered binding. Externally, generally smart with slight shelfwear and slight straining to front hinge. Internally, firmly bound. ...

One Hundred Choice Hymns

Anon · 1869 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.22 | ¥7,381)

Edinburgh , James Taylor, 1869. Cloth. A collection of 'One Hundred Choice Hymns, In Large Type', an enlarged third edition. Includes a copperplate ink inscription to one 'Aunt Nancy from Cara&apos. Includes an illustrated half title. In a gilt cloth binding. Ex...

Musikkens Mestre

Ejnar Jacobsen og Vagn kappel · 1944 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

Kobenhavn , Jul. Gjellerups Forlag, 1944. Leather. A Danish work on composers. There are many full page plates, in text illustrations and musical scores throughout. many composers are addressed in this book, including Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich Handel, Christoph Wi...

A Selection of Fifty of Moore&Apos;S Irish Melodies, Harmonized for Four Voices

M. W. Balfe · 1859 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, J. Alfred Novello, 1859. Cloth. A collection of Moore's Irish Melodies harmonized for four voices, with the original musical score from Michael William Balfe. Very scarce work. A collection of the Irish Melodies of Thomas Moore, an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist...

The Flute and Flute-Playing in Acoustical, Technical, and Artistic Aspects

Theobald Boehm · 1922 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Cleveland , Dayton C. Miller, 1922. Cloth. A pleasing English edition of this authoritative work on the flute, written by renowned composer Theobald Boehm. The second English edition, revised and enlarged.In the publisher's original cloth binding. With a frontispiece, si...

Der Bajazzo: Drama in Swei Akten Und Einem Prolog

Ruggero Leoncavallo; Ludwig Hartmann [translator] · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Berlin, Adolph Furstner, c1892. Cloth. An early German translation of this Italian opera in a prologue and two acts from composer Ruggero Leoncavallo. German. An early German translation of the vocals. An Italian opera in a prologue and two acts, that tells the tale of Canio, ...

Die Moderne Instrumentation Und Orchestration

Hector Berlioz · 1845 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

Berlin, Ad. Mt. Schlesinger, 1845. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first German edition of this treatise on instrumentation by French composer Hector Berlioz. The first German edition, also with the original French alongside text. In a full navy cloth binding with leath...

The Vocal Works Composed by G.F. Handel: The Messiah & Jephtha

G. F. Handel; John Clarke · 1742 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Button & Whitaker , c1809 . Leather. A scarce work containing the music sheets for George Handel's celebrated choral works, 'Messiah' and 'Jephtha', arranged by John Clarke. Bound in half calf. Dated through the dedication page, and through reg...

A Collection of Japanese Popular Musics

Y. Nagai; K. Kobatake · 1892 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.76 | ¥32,698)

Osaka, S. Miki & Co, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A scarce volume of popular Japanese songs of the Meiji era, the first edition. The first edition of this scarce work, described as the "fashionable edition".In Japanese, with a preface in English.A volume presenting popular song...

Hymne Fur Eine Alt-Stimme, Chor Und Orchester: Op. 96 No. 25

Felix Mendelssohn · 1852 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Berlin, N. Simrock, 1852 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition, later issue of Felix Mendelssohn's hymn for alto voice, choir and orchestra, inspired by the 13th Psalm. In the original German.A first edition, later issue, as identified by the price to the ti...

The Beauties of Handel

George Frideric Handel; John Davy · 1727 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, T. Williams, c1820. Leather. A scarce work containing some of the best pieces of music by Handel, arranged by John Davy. Complete in three volumes, originally published in twenty-one parts with a continuous pagination, all parts present here. A scarce work.A selection ...