Musica

What Did They Sing at the Met

Robert J. Wayner, ed · 1971 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Wayner Publications, 1971. Paperback. 83p. A large softcover book in very good condition. Cover lightly tanned. Contains the signature of Chicago-based professional musician Donald Knight; otherwise clean and tight. A record of performances by the Metropolitan Opera....

Tchaikovsky

David Mountfield · 1990 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

London, Hamlyn, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 95p. An oversize hardcover book in fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket has a couple of small closed tears, but is otherwise intact. An illustrated biography of Pyotr...

The Oxford Companion to Music

Percy A. Scholes · 1970 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

London, Oxford University Press, 1970. 10th edition. Hardcover. 1189p. A thick hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Cover mildly shelf-worn. Contains the signature of Chicago-based professional musician Donald Knight. Otherwise clean and tight. The jac...

The Right Place, the Right Time! Tales of Chicago Symphony Days

Donald Peck · 2007 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 173p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. As New .

Crosby's Opera House: Symbol of Chicago's Cultural Awakening

Eugene H. Cropsey · 1999 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Madison, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 452p. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. A hardcover book in fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket is lightly sunfaded and rubbed, and has a few s...

Conductors in Conversation: Herbert Von Karajan, Sir Georg Solti, Carlo Maria Giulini, Claudio Abbado, Eugene Ormandy, Riccardo Muti, James Levine

Robert Chesterman, ed · 1992 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New York, Limelight Editions, 1992. Paperback. 170p. A softcover book in fine condition. As new, except that a few pages near the beginning have creased bottom corners. Interviews with seven distinguished orcheatra conductors, illustrated with black and white photographs. As N...

Ponselle: A Singer's Life

Rosa Ponselle and James A. Drake · 1982 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Garden City, Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 328p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Head of spine barely worn. Contains the signature and embossed stamp of Chicago-based professional musician Donald Knigh...

Rosa Raisa: A Biography of a Diva with Selections from Her Memoirs

Charles Mintzer · 2001 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Boston, Northeastern University Press, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 342p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. As new, except that a couple of pages are dog-eared. Illustrated with black and white photographs. As New .

Opera: An Accident Waiting to Happen (40 Years of Musical Mishaps)

Andrew Foldi · 1999 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Genesco, NY, Leyerle Publications, 1999. Paperback. 113p. INSCRIBED BY FOLDI. A softcover book in essentially fine condition. Very mild crinkling along the spine, but otherwise virtually like new. Inscribed inside the front cover by opera singer Andrew Foldi to Norman Pellegri...

Forty Years of Opera in Chicago

Edward C. Moore · 1930 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New York, Horace Liveright, 1930. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 430p. A hardcover book in very good condition. Some faint smudges and tiny, speckly stains on the cloth. Foredges foxed; otherwise clean and tight. Illustrated with black and white plates. Very Good .

Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met: The Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts 1931-1950

Paul Jackson · 1992 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Portland, OR, Amadeus Press, 1992. Hardcover. 569p. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a fine dustjacket. Last 25 or so pages are crinkled at the bottom corner; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is fully intact. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Very ...

Ring Resounding: The Stirring Account of How Wagner's Der Ring Des Nibelungen Was Recorded for the First Time

John Culshaw · 1967 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

New York, The Viking Press, 1967. Hardcover. 276p. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Corners barely shelf-worn. Owner's brief notes on front free endpaper. Page 81 is dog-eared. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is lig...

300 Jahre Oper in Hamburg 1678-1978

1977 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Hamburg, Hamburgischen Staatsoper, dem Museum fur Hamburgische Geschichte und der Vereins- und Westbank im Hans Christians Verlag, 1977. Hardcover. 191p. An oversize hardcover book bound in ivory cloth.Near-fine condition; the spine text is starting to rub off, but otherwise, ...

The Da Capo Catalog of Classical Music Compositions

Jerzy Chwialkowski · 1996 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York, Da Capo Press, 1996. Paperback. 1399p. A softcover book in very good condition. A few dark smudges on bottom edge, and corners lightly crinkled. Otherwise clean and tight. Very Good .

Annals of the Metropolitan Opera: The Complete Chronicle of Performances and Artists

Gerlad Fitzgerald, ed · 1989 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

New York/Boston, The Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc./G.K. Hall & Co, 1989. Hardcover. 313p. A large hardcover book bound in grey cloth, lacking the dustjacket. Fine condition, clean and tight. One volume only (of two), Tables 1883-1985. Very Good .

Start-Up at the New Met: The Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts 1966-1976

Paul Jackson · 2006 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Pompton Plains, NJ, Amadeus Press, 2006. Hardcover. 640p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Illustrated with black and white photographs. As New .

Mozart: The Golden Years 1781-1791

H.C. Robbins Landon · 1989 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

New York, Schirmer Books (Macmillan), 1989. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 272p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. As new, except for very faint age-toning to the page margins and very light crinkling at the bottom of the jacket. Clea...

Puccini: The Man and His Music

William Weaver · 1977 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York, E.P. Dutton with the Metropolitan Opera Guild, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 147p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a fine dustjacket. Head of spine lightly stained. Contains the signature and embossed stamp of Chicago-based musician Don...

The Toughest Show on Earth: My Rise and Reign at the Metropolitan Opera

Joseph Volpe with Charles Michener · 2006 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 304p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a near-fine dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. the jacket is fully intact, with just a few very faint water spots near the top of the front panel. Ver...

The American Opera Singer: The Lives and Adventures of America's Great Singers in Opera and Concert, from 1825 to the Present

Peter G. Davis · 1997 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

New York, Doubleday, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 626p. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a fine dustjacket. Binding slightly cockeyed; otherwise clean and tight. the jacket is fully intact. Illustrated with two sections of black and white photogr...