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Circus Magazine. March 2, 1976

Various Authors · 1976 · Mare Booksellers

$13.00 (€11.79 | £9.84 | ¥2,076)

New York, Circus Enterprises, 1976. Wraps. Photo illustrated wraps. Color photos throughout. Single issue of this magazine devoted to rock music, including pieces on David Bowie, Little Feat, The Band, etc. With shorter news bits on Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, John Lennon ...

Bel Canto for the Twentieth Century. Twentieth Century Masterworks on Singing. Volume III

Whitlock, Weldon · 1968 · Mare Booksellers

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.43 | ¥4,312)

Champaign, IL, Pro Musica Press, 1968. Cloth. 109 pp. A section of musical scores in the back. A study of Bel Canto singing, discussing its history with an eye toward an interpretation of Bel Canto for the twentieth century. This includes a lengthy section on the revival of Be...

Blues by Basie

Count Basie (musician) · 1944 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

New York, Bregman, Vocco and Conn, Inc, 1944. Wraps. Blue wraps with a black and white photo of Count Basie. Small folio. 23 pp. A collection of sheet music for various original blues compositions by Count Basie, including Bugle Blue, Cafe Society Blues, Way Back Blues, Blues ...

Sammlung Von Gesangen Aus Handel's Opern Und Oratorien. Mit Clavierbegleitung Versehen Und Herausgegeben Von Victorie Gervinus. Erster Band

No Author Given · 1800 · Mare Booksellers

$59.00 (€53.53 | £44.65 | ¥9,423)

Leipzig, Verlag von Breitkopf and Hartel. Leather. no date, perhaps late 1800s. Flexible black leather covers. 334 pp. All text in German. A printing of musical scores from the work of Handel. FAIR/GOOD condition. Moderate insect damage to the front cover, with the leather eat...

Beatles Songs. Summer. Vol. 1 No. 2

No Author Given · 1964 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

New York, Charlton Publishing Co, 1964. Wraps. Side stapled journal on newsprint type paper. 16 pp. including covers. Black and white photos throughout. A fanzine style publication featuring interviews with the members of the Beatles, song lyrics, a comparison between the Beat...

The Golden Treasury of Piano-Music. A Collection of Pieces Written for the Virginal, Spinet, Harpsichord and Clavichord by Composers of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries

Oesterle, Louis (editor) · 1904 · Mare Booksellers

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,069)

New York, G. Schirmer, 1904. Cloth. Bluish-green cloth. No jacket. Folio. 202 pp. Volume I of this series. A collection of musical scores of compositions by composers such as Jean-Henri D'Anglebert' John Blow, John Bull, Dietrich Buxtehude, William Byrde, Louis Couperin, Henri...

18 Eredeti Magyar Dal

Hubay, Jeno (Huber, Eugen) · 1880 · Mare Booksellers

$59.00 (€53.53 | £44.65 | ¥9,423)

Budapest, Taborszky es Parsch, Publisher. Cloth. no date, presumed early 1880s. Brown cloth with ruling and ornamentation in blind. Folio. 67 pp. With 18 illustrations by various artists. A collection of musical scores for Hungarian songs for the voice and piano by Jeno Hubay,...

Barber Shop Ballads and How to Sing Them

Spaeth, Sigmund. Lardner, Ring (introduction) · 1949 · Mare Booksellers

$13.00 (€11.79 | £9.84 | ¥2,076)

New York, Prentice-Hall, 1949. Hard Cover. Stated third printing. Illustrated blue and red cloth covers. No jacket. 1xvi, 25 pp. Introduction by Ring Lardner. A collection of various songs that can be sung in barber shop style, providing music and lyrics, as well as brief intr...

Correct Principles of Classical Singing

Heinrich, Max · 1910 · Mare Booksellers

$81.00 (€73.49 | £61.30 | ¥12,936)

Boston, Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1910. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. Blue cloth. 155 pp. SIGNED by the author on a tipped in sheet of paper that bears a small handwritten musical score and dedication. A collection of essays on the art of singing including voice product...

Gesammt-Partiturausgabe Der Chore Ohne Begleitung. Mannerchore

Cornelius, Peter · 0 · Mare Booksellers

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,111)

Leipzig, E.W. Fritzsch, Publisher. Leather. no date. Limp black leather covers. 62 pp. The musical score, with lyrics to work by Peter Cornelius (based on a rough translation of title). Cornelius was a 19th century German composer and poet, composing a few operas, as well as m...

The History of American Music. Revised to 1925

Elson, Louis · 1925 · Mare Booksellers

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.43 | ¥4,312)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1925. Cloth. Red cloth. No jacket. 423 pp. Illustrations throughout. A general history of music in America, exploring the religious beginnings of American music, early musical organizations, instrumental music and American orchestras, opera in ...

Musica Britannica. A National Collection of Music XXXVIII. Matthew Locke Anthems and Motets

Locke, Matthew (composer); Hurray, Peter (transcriber and editor) · 1976 · Mare Booksellers

$76.00 (€68.95 | £57.52 | ¥12,138)

London, Stainer and Bell, Publisher, 1976. Wraps. Printed wraps. Folio. 158 pp. With a several page section of facsimiles near the front. A collection of musical scores by Matthew Locke, with lyrics, preceded by a short critical/historical introduction. Locke was an English ba...

Der Apotheker Und Der Doctor. Komische Oper in Zwei Acten

Ditters, Carl; Marxsen, Eduard (composer) · 1800 · Mare Booksellers

$54.00 (€48.99 | £40.87 | ¥8,624)

Hamburg, Schuberth and Co. Hard Cover. no date. Presumed mid 1800s based on OCLC records. Paper covered boards with a leather spine. 248 pp. A publication containing the libretto and score for 'Der Apotheker und der Doctor,' a comic opera that first premiered in 1786. Composed...

The Young Minstrel: A Collection of Music for the Use of Schools

Johnson, A.N (Artemas Nixon); White, Jason · 1848 · Mare Booksellers

$54.00 (€48.99 | £40.87 | ¥8,624)

Boston, George P. Reed, Publisher, 1848. Hard Cover. Printed blue paper covered boards with a calf leather spine. Small, oblong book. 216 pp. A collection of songs, many secular, for use in the instruction of singing or for singing at schools. With a section teaching the art o...

The Art of Singing and Vocal Declamation

Santley, Sir Charles · 1908 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1908. Cloth. Red Cloth. 144 pp. A guide to the practice of singing, discussing the steps one should take to become a singer, including teachers, concert hall considerations, the study of vocal works, acting, etc. With a short chapter on tobacco use. S...

La Navarraise. Episode Lyrique En 2 Actes

Claretie, Jules; Cain, Henri; Massenet, J. (music) · 1894 · Mare Booksellers

$86.00 (€78.03 | £65.08 | ¥13,735)

Paris, Heugel and Cie, Publishers, 1894. Cloth. Folio. Bluish green cloth. Decorative color half title present (or perhaps an original front wrap). 81 pp. The musical score and lyrics to La Navarraise, an opera based on a short story 'La Cigarette' by Jules Claretie, and set i...

Symphony No. 6. Op. 53 Study Score

Shostakovich, Dmitri · 1946 · Mare Booksellers

$54.00 (€48.99 | £40.87 | ¥8,624)

Radio Ciy, New York, Leeds Music Corporation, 1946. Wraps. Blue printed wraps. 150 pp. The orchestra score to Dmitri Shostakovich's Sixth Symphony, Op. 53, composed in 1939. As the introduction states, the work may have been inspired by Vladimir Mayakovsky's poem 'Vladimir Ily...

Sub Pop 5

Pavitt, Bruce · 0 · Mare Booksellers

$378.00 (€342.95 | £286.07 | ¥60,369)

Olympia, WA, Sub Pop, Publisher. Wraps. no date. Illustrated wraps, side stapled. Cover art by Charles Burns. 16 pages including covers. 4 by 2 5/8 inches. Gray cassette in black case, with handwritten 1 and 2 on each side of the tape, written inside small circular stickers. A...

Crispino E la Comare. The Cobbler and the Fairy; an Opera in Three Acts, As Represented at St. James Theatre, London and at the Academy of Music, New York

Ricci, Luigi and Federico (composers) · 1860 · Mare Booksellers

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New York, The Academy of Music, Publisher. Wraps. No date, perhaps circa 1860. Printed wraps. 26, 6 pages. Double columned text in Italian and English, presenting the opera libretto, followed by 6 pages of the principle airs of the opera. Written by Luigi and Federico Ricci, t...

Ernani: A Grand Opera in Four Acts. As Represented at the Royal Italian Opera, London, and the Academy of Music, New York

Verdi (composer) · 1860 · Mare Booksellers

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.43 | ¥4,312)

New York, The Academy of Music, Publisher. Wraps. No date, perhaps circa 1860. Printed wraps. 21 pages. Double columned text in Italian and English, presenting the opera libretto. No music in this piece, perhaps as issued, as there is no evidence of removal. Front cover does m...