Musica

Men, Women and Pianos. A Social History.

LOESSER, ARTHUR. · 1955 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1955. 1st edition. Pp.xvi/654, spotting throughout mainly affecting preliminary pages and closed page edges. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine,edges rubbed. Good.

My Viola and I. A Complete Autobiography.

TERTIS, LIONEL. · 1975 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: Paul Elek, 1975. 0236310402. 2nd impression. With 'Beauty of Tone in String Playing' and other essays. "Lionel Tertis is recognised all over the world to have been perhaps the greatest viola-player of all time..His design of a large but easi;y manageable viol;a - the T...

Music To-Day. Its Heritage from the Past, amd Legacy to the Future.

FOULDS, JOHN. · 1934 · Chilton Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London: Ivor Nicholson and Watson Limited, 1934. 1st edition. Contains chapters surveying music of the "present"[sic] time [1930s], looks towards a musical aesthetic, as well as modern masters at work and 'new vistas' of technical and non-technical developments. Pp.391, 51 mus...

Overture and Beginners. A Musical Autobiography.

GOOSSENS, EUGENE. · 1951 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: Methuen & Co.Ltd, 1951. 1st edition. "This book surveys the family's activities over a century of music-making and is written by the eldest member of the fourth generation. He describes the outstanding musical events of the period from his own and his family's personal...

Martin Shaw. A Centenary Appreciation.

ROUTLEY, ERIK. · 1975 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Ipswich: Martin Shaw Trustees, 1975. 19.5cms x 20.5cms. Brief memoir + list of all Martin Shaw's published works. Unpaginated, occasional black & white photos and illustrations. Paperback, some uneven toning to cover. Good.

Durham Sings! Durham's Contribution to English Hymnody.

BROWN, ROSALIND. · 2009 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Durham: Friends of Durham Cathedral, 2009. 9780954482510. 1st edition. "There are well-known and unknown authors and composers; tunes with local names and one named for a pet dog; the earliest surviving Middle Englsh text and music; a popular children's grace; the hymn sung at...

Your Child and the Piano. How to Enrich and Share in Your Child's Musical Experience.

GRANT, MARGARET. · 1980 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Ontario: General Publishing Co, 1980. 077361060X. 1st edition. "A child's first few months of learning to play the piano can determine whether music will be a source of joy for life or something to be remembered with a shudder. Margaret Grant..shows parents and teachers how th...

Sir Thomas Beecham. Fifty Years in the 'New York Times'.

GILMOUR, J.D. (EDITOR). · 1988 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Thames Publishing, 1988. 0905210557. "This wide-ranging collection of news reports and music criticisms gives a vivid and colourful picture of the impact Beecham had on the country to which he was so strongly drawn - his 'second fatherland'". Pp.191. Grey cloth, dustwr...

Music in Village Churches. (Church Music Society Shorter Papers No.1).

A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH MUSIC SOCIETY. · 1950 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Geoffrey Cumberlege/ Oxford University Press, 1950. 4th edition. Pp.14. Cream card covers. VG.

Schubert's Songs.

CAPELL, RICHARD. · 1928 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1928. 1st edition. Includes short prose summaries (nearly two hundred in all) of Schubert's principal song-texts. Pp.x/294, gift message to front free endpaper, toning to pages.Red cloth, dustwrapper worn with toning and small edge tears. G+/Good.

From Parry to Britten. British Music in Letters 1900-1945.

FOREMAN, LEWIS. · 1987 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: B.T.Batsford Ltd, 1987. 0713455209. A Chronological Anthology Including Correspondence by Bantock, Britten, Delius, Elgar, Balfour, Gardiner, Heseltine, Moeran, Parry, Stanford and Vaughan Williams. With an Appendix Identifying Families and Copyright Owners of British ...

Experiencing Music. A Composer's Notes. (Musicians on Music No.5).

HOLMBOE, VAGN. · 1991 · Chilton Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

London: Toccata Press, 1991. 0907689159. Translated, Edited and Introduced by Paul Rapoport, with a foreword by Robert Simpson. "Vagn Holmboe (born in 1909 in Denmark) has written over 300 compositions in nearly every musical genre..Ub Experiencing Music he discusses many issu...

Alkan. Volume One: The Enigma.

SMITH, RONALD. · 1976 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Kahn & Averill, 1976. 0900707399. 1st edition. "Alkan, the lonely nineteenth century genius; virtuoso pianist and composer of the difficult, strangely haunting and disturbingly powerful piano music." Pp.120, frontispiece + 11 further illustrations, toning to pages. Bla...

Violin-Making, As It Was, And Is. Historical, Theoretical, and Practical Treatise on the Science and Art of Violin-Making, for the Use of Violin Makers and Players, Amateur and Professional.

HERON-ALLEN, ED. · 1885 · Chilton Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London: Ward, Lock & Co.Limited, 1885. 2nd edition. Historical, Theoretical, and Practical Treatise on the Science and Art of Violin-Making, for the Use of Violin Makers and Players, Amateur and Professional. With Upwards of 200 Illustrations by the Author. Preceded by An Essa...

Sibelius. Volume I. 1865-1905. (Translated by Robert Layton).

TAWASTSTJERNA, ERIK. · 1976 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Faber and Faber, 1976. 0571088325. This volume is based on the Swedish original of the first two volumes of the Finnish edition, but embodies new material not in the 1968 Swedish edition. "Offers perceptive and searching stuudies of the music including a number of earl...

Piano Mastery. Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers.

BROWER, HARRIETTE. · 1915 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

New York: Frederick A Stokes Company, 1915. 1st edition. Includes an Account of a von Bulow Class, Hints on Interpretation, by two American Teachers (Dr William Mason and William H Sherwood) and a Summary by the Author. Pp.xii/299, portrait photo frontispiece ( Ignace Jan Pade...

Voices by the Sea. The Story of the Aldeburgh Festival Choir.

WREN, WILFRED J. · 1981 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Lavenham: Terence Dalton Limited, 1981. 0861380037. 1st edition. "Tells of the choirs and conductors who have entertained with such success at the annual Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts from 1948.." 23cms x 17.5cms. Pp.x/134, black & white photographs and illustration...

Gabriel Faure. (1845-1924).

KOECHLIN, CHARLES. · 1945 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

ondon: Dennis Dobson, nd. (c.1945). Translated from the French by Leslie Orry. Contents includes: Biographical; Works; The Man and His Style; List of Works. Pp.viii/98, black & white portrait frontispiece. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. G+.

Jour d'ete a la Montagne. Op.61. Pour Orchestre.

D'INDY, VINCENT. · 1906 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Paris: Durand & Co, 1906. Partition d'Orchestre. Orchestral score. Small print. Pp.111, some toning to pages. Pink wraps, spine and edges tanned, 3cm tear to base of spine. Good.

Deuxieme Symphonie. En Si Bemol par Vincent d'Indy op.57.

D'INDY, VINCENT. · 1904 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Paris: Durand & Co, 1904. Partition d'Orchestre. Orchestral score in small print. Pp.192, some toning to pages, bookseller's inkstamp (Madeleine Musique, Paris) to front free endpaper. Pink wraps, spine tanned. G+.