Musica

An Essay on the Construction of Flutes, Giving a History and Description of the Most Recent Improvements, with an Explanation of the Principles of Acoustics Applicable to the Manufacture of Wind Instruments

Theobald Bohm · 1882 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Rudall, Carte and Co, 1882. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of Theobald Bohm's treatise on the construction of flutes. The scarce first edition. Originally written in 1847. In the publisher's original cloth binding. This essay offers a definiti...

The Gaiety Programme: Rose of Auvergne, "Uncle" & Robbing Roy

Offenbach; Henry J. Byron; F. C. Burnand · 1879 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1879. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce opera programme for a night at the Gaiety Theatre in London, presenting three shows commencing on Monday December 15th, 1879. A very scarce programme for a theatre performance in 1897. Presenting a s...

The Songs of Scotland Adapted to Their Appropriate Melodies Arranged with Planoforte Accompaniments by G.F. Graham, T.M. Mundie, J.T. Surenne, H.E. Dibden, Finlay Dun &C.

George Farquhar Graham · 1860 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Glasgow, Wood and Co, 1860. Leather. A charming work on traditional Scottish songs adapted for the pianoforte. Dated c.1860 from a copy held at the University of Oxford Libraries. Three volumes bound in one. Graham Farquhar Graham was a Scottish musicologist. The Songs of Scot...

Reminiscences of Henry Coward

Henry Coward · 1919 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.84 | ¥31,433)

London, J. Curwen & Sons, 1919. Cloth. Henry Coward offers a narrative of his life in this scarce autobiography. Found in the unclipped dust wrapper, with six illustrations. A second edition of this scarce autobiography for the British conductor and composer. Found in the uncl...

La Traviata and IL Trovatore Opera

Giuseppe Verdi · 1813 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.53 | $455.77 | ¥72,780)

Paris and Belgium, Léon Escudier, c1850. Leather. A wonderful binding of sheet music of two of Verdi's most renowned operas, arranged for piano. This is a French edition of this piano arrangement of Verdi's operas 'La Traviata' and 'Il Trovatore&apos....

Songs & Lyrics from the Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher

E. H. Fellowes (Ed) · 1928 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, 1928. Cloth. A collection of songs and lyrics taken from the play of the two Renaissance playwrights Beaumont and Fletcher. Limited edition. Number 292 of 345. Edited and compiled by E. H. Fellowes. Fellowes was a music scholar who ...

Songs and Duets

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Various, 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 ...

Mendelssohn. Songs without Words (Lieder Ohne Worte)

Ch. Stephano; Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy · 0 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

London, Wickins & Co, c1900. Cloth. A collection of piano works from Mendelssohn. With a Hawkes and son pamphlet of sheet music for Love's Awakening by Percy E. Fletcher. With Hawkes and son pamphlet of sheet music for Falling Leaf, by J. M. Diack. Dated from Worldcat. In...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

Arthur Bliss · 1939 · Rooke Books

£99.00 (€118.67 | $130.79 | ¥20,885)

London, Novello and Company, Limited , 1939. First edition. Paperback. The sheet music for Arthur Bliss' Concerto performed at the 1939 New York World's Fair, signed by British pianist Solomon Cutner. Signed by the Concerto's pianist Solomon Cutner (better known...

The Elements of Musick Display&Apos;D

William Tans'ur · 1772 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.85 | $1,122.90 | ¥179,313)

London, Stanley Crowder, 1772. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce treatise on music by William Tans'ur, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece. The first edition of this scarce work.A brilliant exploration of music and its history, presenting the r...

National Temperance Choral Union: Music and Words to Be Sung at the First Concert by Juvenile Singers

National Temperance Choral Union · 1899 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, National Temperance Choral Union, 1899 . Paperback. A very scarce work presenting the music and words sung by the juvenile singers at the National Temperance Fete at Crystal Palace in July 1899. A very scarce work.The National Temperance Choral Union was a group that p...

Sheet Music from Hammerstein Musical Films

Oscar Hammerstein; Jerome Kern; P. G. Wodehouse · 1936 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Chappell & Co. Ltd; Francis Day & Hunter LTD, 1936-57. Paperback. A set of five scarce pieces of sheet music for various musical films, all in their original colourful wraps. A unique set of five volumes of sheet music for various songs from musical films, all of which...

Gaudeamus: A Selection of Songs for Colleges and Schools

John Farmer [ed.] · 1915 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1915. Leather. A popular collection of songs intended to be sung at schools and colleges, bound in full calf as a gift, with a charming contemporary ink inscription. "Thirtieth thousand" edition of this work. A selection of song for colleg...

The Musical Bijou, an Album of Music and Poetry for 1848

F. H. Burney · 1848 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, D'Almaine and Co. 1848 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this album of music and poetry for the year 1848 in quarter calf binding with colour chromolithographs. First edition of The Musical Bijou, An Album of Music and Poetry for 1848 edit...

The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: Volume I, the Birth of Broadcasting; Volume II, the Golden Age of Wireless; Volume IV, Sound and Vision

Asa Briggs · 1961 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, Oxford University Press, 1961-1979. Cloth. The first editions of three comprehensive volumes within the seminal series on the BBC and British broadcasting, written by a renowned historian of Modern Britain. The first editions of volumes I, II and IV within The History ...

Angling Songs

Thomas Tod Stoddart; Anna M. Stoddart · 1889 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1889 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this charming book on songs for fishing, written by Scottish angler and poet Thomas Tod Stoddart. The first edition.In the publisher's original blue cloth binding....

Allgemeines Deutsches Kommersbuch. Vorwort: Ed. Heyck.

KOMMERSBÜCHER.- SILCHER, Friedrich u. Friedrich Erk (Hrsg.): · 1914 · Antiquariat Schwarz

€52.00 ($57.31 | £43.38 | ¥9,152)

91.-95.Auflage. Lahr: Schauenburg 1914. kl.8°. X(4),768 S. Original grüner, blind- und schwarz/goldgeprägte Original Leinwand, dreiseitiger Farbschnitt, Ausgabe in (abwaschbarem) grünem Leinen mit 8 "Biernägeln". Einband leicht berieben, vorderer fliegender Vorsatz verso mit ...

Einführung zum Programm. (Mit handschriftlicher Widmung und Signatur von Rudolf Schwarz!). Hector Berlioz. Ouvertüre zu der Oper "Benvenuto Cellini".

SCHWARZ, Rudolf / Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester (Herausgeber): · 1953 · Antiquariat Schwarz

€55.00 ($60.62 | £45.89 | ¥9,680)

Berlin/West: Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester. 1953. (ca. 18 x 17 cm). 8 S. Mit Original-Briefumschlag des Orchesters. Original-Karton mit Deckeltitel. Geringe Gebrauchsspuren, guter Zustand. Einführung zu einem Programm mit Werten von Berlioz, Gordon Jacob, Maurice Ravel, ...

Westdeutsche Konzertsignale. 7. Heft, 1. Januar 1922. Festausgabe anläßlich der achttägigen Konzertreise des Berliner Blüthner-Orchesters in das Rheinland (2.-8. Januar 1922).

Kölner Konzertdirektion / KUERMANN, Alfred (Herausgeber): · 1922 · Antiquariat Schwarz

€63.00 ($69.43 | £52.56 | ¥11,088)

Köln: Kokondi. 1922. (ca. 22,5 x 14,5 cm). 31 S. Original-Broschur mit Deckeltitel. Einband randrissig, Papier brüchig, sonst gut erhalten. Sonderheft zur Kölner Musikfestwoche im Januar 1922. Die Ausgabe enthält Details zu allen Festkonzerten mit Dirigenten, Programm etc. im ...

Musik und Musiker in unserer Zeit. (Widmungsexemplar). Erfahrungen - Einsichten.

SCHMITZ, Hans-Peter: · 1991 · Antiquariat Schwarz

€21.00 ($23.14 | £17.52 | ¥3,696)

Berlin: Ries & Erler. (1991). 72 S. Original Karton mit Rücken- und Deckeltitel. Minimale Gebrauchsspuren, gut erhalten. Mit handschriftlicher, signierter Autorenwidmung auf Titel. Mit handschriftlicher, signierter Autorenwidmung an einen Freund auf dem Titel, einer Abbildung...