Photograph of Sessions seated at the piano, pen in hand, with sheets of manuscript paper before him. Signed and inscribed to fellow composer Joaquín Nin-Culmell
by SESSIONS, Roger 1896-1985
Inscribed in blue ballpoint pen at lower blank margin: "To Joaquin, To celebrate the initial struggles of his high office! Roger" and dated Feb. 12, 1951. Photograph 260 x 209 mm., with "Cal-Pictures Photographic Associates" handstamp in blue ink to verso. Sessions was an American composer, teacher, and writer on music. "After his death, Andrew Porter wrote of him,... Read More
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![Concerto for Orchestra. [Full score]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/835/302/1365302835.0.m.jpg)
Concerto for Orchestra. [Full score]
by SESSIONS, Roger 1896-1985
Bryn Mawr: Merion Music [446-41042], 1983. Small folio. Original publisher's blue wrappers with white titling to upper. 48 pp. Edges of wrappers slightly faded and scuffed. First Edition of Sessions' Pulitzer prize-winning work, composed in 1981 and premiered in Boston under Seiji Ozawa on 23 October of that year. "Long revered by students, musicians and other composers,... Read More
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Symphony No. 7 [Full score]
by SESSIONS, Roger 1896-1985
Bryn Mawr: Merion Music; Theodore Presser, 1977. Very Good. Quarto. Wrappers. 74 pp. Wrappers slightly worn. First Edition.
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Photograph of the composer, manuscript in hand, with autograph musical quotation from his Violin Concerto signed in full
by SESSIONS, Roger 1896-1985
Image size ca. 175 x 113 mm., overall size 277 x 203 mm. With "Gerard Studio N.Y.C." at lower left corner of image. With 2-measure autograph musical quotation to head of photograph, inscribed in blue ink: "To Mr. E.G. Luxton From Violin Concerto ((1931-5) With best wishes Roger Sessions Sept. 1965" Sessions was an American composer, teacher,... Read More
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Salmi Passaggiati per Tutte le Voci nella Maniera che si Cantano in Roma sopra i Falsi Bordoni di tutti i Tuoni Ecclesiastici da cantarsi ne i Vespri della Domenica e delli giorni festivi di tutto l'anno con alcun Versi di Miserere' sopra il Falso Bordone' del Dentice' Composta da Francesco Severi Perugino Cantore nella Capp. di N.S. Papa Paolo V. Libro Primo ... con licenza de Superiori & con Privilo
by SEVERI, Francesco ca. 1595-1630
Roma: Nicolò Bordoni, 1615. Oblong octavo. Contemporary limp ivory vellum with blindstamped edges and spine gilt, contemporary manuscript note to upper. 1f. (recto title, verso dedication), 1f. ("Ai Lettori"), 75 (music), [i] ("Tavola") pp. Engraved throughout. First two leaves with text within triple-ruled borders. With decorative publisher's device to title and fine decorative devices throughout. Contains:... Read More
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![La Maffia Drame lyrique en deux Actes de André de Lorde & Jean Marsèle ... Partition Complète pour Chant & Piano Prix net: 10 francs. [Piano-vocal score]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/169/905/1408905169.0.m.jpg)
La Maffia Drame lyrique en deux Actes de André de Lorde & Jean Marsèle ... Partition Complète pour Chant & Piano Prix net: 10 francs. [Piano-vocal score]
by SEYNES, Georges de 1876-1922
Paris: Max Eschig [PN M.E. 284], 1914. Folio. Original publisher's dark ivory decorative wrappers printed in red, dark yellow, and black. 1f. (recto title in red and black, verso blank), 1f. (recto dedication, verso blank), 1f. (recto notes on first performance and named cast list, verso blank), 1f. (recto contents, verso blank), 118 pp. Named cast includes Gasparri,... Read More
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![La Fauvette Envolée Opérette en 3 Actes Livret de Maurice Ordonneau et Jean Bénédict ... Partition complète Piano et Chant, net: 15 francs. [Piano-vocal score]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/285/905/1408905285.0.m.jpg)
La Fauvette Envolée Opérette en 3 Actes Livret de Maurice Ordonneau et Jean Bénédict ... Partition complète Piano et Chant, net: 15 francs. [Piano-vocal score]
by SEYNES, Georges de 1876-1922
Paris: Max Eschig [PN M.E. 396], 1913. Folio. Original publisher's wrappers illustrated by Clerice Frères printed in color. 1f. (recto decorative title in red and black, verso blank), 1f. (recto contents, verso blank), 160 pp. Wrappers slightly worn with some loss. Small rectangular publisher's price handstamp to lower margin of title.
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Shakespeare in Music
by [SHAKESPEARE]. Elson, Louis C.
Boston: L. C. Page, 1908. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Full red cloth, titling in gilt to upper and spine. With numerous plates and musical examples. Binding slightly worn and rubbed. Some minor browning.
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The Tempest. 2 original large costume designs in watercolor and pencil by noted American artist Robert Perdziola (born 1961), each titled by the artist, one signed and dated March 1982
by SHAKESPEARE, William ?-1616
The designs depict the characters Antonio (Prospero's brother), and Juno (the Roman goddess of marriage). On quality watercolor paper. Sheet size 506 x 380 mm. Minor wear and browning. "The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1610–1611, and thought to be one of the last plays that he wrote alone. After the first scene,... Read More
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The Winter's Tale. 14 original preparatory sketches in pencil by noted American artist Robert Perdziola (born 1961) for costume designs for the play, each identified by the artist. Unsigned, but ca. 1990
by SHAKESPEARE, William ?-1616
Characters represented are Leontes, Hermione, Paulina, Perdita, and the Shepherd and his Son. On light wove paper. Sheet size 355 x 270 mm. Slightly worn. Together with: A single sheet containing 3 sketches for set designs for the production. "The Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although... Read More
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String Quartet No. 8. [Score]
by SHAPEY, Ralph 1921-2002
Bryn Mawr: Theodore Presser [114-40777], 2000. As New. Quarto. Wrappers. 1f., 20 pp.
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An Encyclopedia of Quotations About Music
by SHAPIRO, Nat, ed
New York: Doubleday, 1978. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Quarter tan cloth with black boards. 418 pp. Inscription to front free endpaper. Binding worn; outer edges spotted.
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Covent Garden
by SHAWE-TAYLOR, Desmond
London: Max Parris, Chanticleer. Hardcover. Good. Small quarto. Pictorial boards. 70 pp. + 1f. Illustrated, with 7 plates in color & 24 black-and-white illustrations. Binding somewhat worn; endpapers browned.
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London Music in 1888-89 As Heard by Corno di Bassetto (Later Known as Bernard Shaw) with Some Further Autobiographical Particulars
by SHAW, George Bernard
London: Constable, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Full red cloth. 420 pp. Inscription to front free endpaper. Spine slightly faded; minor spotting to endpapers. Outer edges browned.
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Mrs Warren's Profession. A Play in 4 acts. Six original set designs (5 in pen and ink and 1 in pencil) by noted American artist Robert Perdziola (born 1961). Undated, but ca. 2010
by SHAW, George Bernard 1856-1950
Each design identified by the artist at lower right in pencil. On light wove paper. Sheet size 270 x 350 mm. Perdziola was the costume and scenic designer for a production of Mrs. Warren's Profession at the Washington Theater in Washington, D.C. in 2010. "George Bernard Shaw’s play “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” is 117 years old and not yet... Read More
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London Music in 1888-89 As Heard by Corno di Bassetto (Later Known as Bernard Shaw) with Some Further Autobiographical Particulars
by SHAW, George Bernard
London: Constable, 1937. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Boards. 419 pp.
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Music Libraries and Instruments. Hinrichsen's Eleventh Music Book ... Papers read at the Joint Congress ... International Association of Music Libraries and the Galpin Society
by SHERRINGTON, Unity and Guy Oldham, eds
London: Hinrichsen, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Boards. 300, xvi pp. With numerous illustrations. In dustjacket.
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Music Libraries and Instruments. Papers read at the Joint Congress, Cambridge, 1959 of the International Association of Music Libraries and the Galpin Society. Foreword by C.B. Oldman
by SHERRINGTON, Unity and Guy Oldham, eds
London: Hinrichsen, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Full black cloth, titling gilt to spine. 300, v-xvi (publisher's advertisements) pp. Small bookseller's labels to lower outer corners of front endpapers. Uniform light browning; title page slightly foxed.
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Music Libraries and Instruments. Papers read at the Joint Congress, Cambridge, 1959 of the International Association of Music Libraries and the Galpin Society
by SHERRINGTON, Unity and Guy Oldham, eds
London, New York: Hinrichsen, 1961. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Original publisher's full black cloth with titling gilt to spine. 300 pp. + publisher's advertisements. With 179 illustrative plates, some full-page. In dustjacket. Binding slightly stained.
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![Rosina A Comic Opera. [Piano-vocal score]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/876/435/989435876.0.m.jpg)
Rosina A Comic Opera. [Piano-vocal score]
by SHIELD, William 1748-1829
Melville, N.Y.: Belwin Mills, 1970. Oblong folio. Original publisher's printed wrappers. [i] (title), [i] (blank), 38 pp. Wrappers very slightly worn. Facsimile of an early edition.
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Autograph letter signed ("D. Shostakovich") from the young composer to his closest friend at the time, noted Russian musicologist, critic, and composer Valerian Bogdanov-Berezovsky. With musical content
by SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitri 1906-1975
4 pp. of a bifolium. Octavo. Plus postscript on a small slip of paper ca. 98 x 80 mm laid in. In purple ink. Addressed to "Eldosha" (nickname). Dated Gaspra, Crimea, 29 July 1924. In Cyrillic (with translation). The not quite 18-year-old composer writes from the spa town of Gaspra, where he was sent to recuperate after contracting... Read More
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Autograph letter signed ("D") from the young composer to his closest friend at the time, Russian musicologist, critic, and composer Valerian Bogdanov-Berezovsky
by SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitri 1906-1975
4 pp. of a bifolium (2-1/2 pp. in purple ink, 1-1/2 pp. in pencil). Octavo. Addressed to "Eldosha" (nickname). Dated Gaspra, Crimea, 16 July 1924. In Cyrillic (with translation). A very colorful, personal, cryptic, and at times somewhat obscene, letter, from the not quite 18-year-old composer in which he writes to his best friend, telling him that he... Read More
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Pages from the Life of Dmitri Shostakovich
by [SHOSTAKOVICH]. Sollertinsky, Dmitri & Ludmilla Sollertinsky
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Boards. 246 pp. With illustrative plates. In dustjacket.
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![Autograph musical quotation from the composer's Sixth Symphony, signed [in Cyrillic] "D Shostakovich](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/694/163/1596163694.0.m.jpg)
Autograph musical quotation from the composer's Sixth Symphony, signed [in Cyrillic] "D Shostakovich
by SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitri 1906-1975
3 measures of the theme from the first movement, marked "Moderato" at head. Notated in blue ink on letterhead of the Hotel Victoria in Rome, with their logo in blue to upper left corner. Quarto (190 x 175 mm). With an autograph inscription in Cyrillic to Joseph Nicolas ("To Zhosefu Niklasu with best wishes from D. Shostakovich")... Read More
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[Op. 138]. Quartet No. 13. Kvartet dlya dvuch skripok, al'ta i violoncheli. [Study score]
by SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitri 1906-1975
Moskva: Izdatel'stvo "Muzyka" [7350], 1972. Very Good. Small octavo. Wrappers. 32 pp. Parallel texts in English and Russian. Wrappers lightly worn and browned. First Edition, first issue. Hulme p. 534. The parts were published the previous year by Sikorski.
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