Soul of Living Music for unaccompanied male voices. [Musical manuscript]
by MAPLESON, James Henry 1830-1901
1860. Oblong folio (ca. 250 x 305 mm.) Sewn. Ivory wrappers with "London: James H. Mapleson, librarian and music copyist, to the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane" printed within decorative border to upper. 12 pp. Notated in a fine calligraphic hand on 10-stave music paper with "Pro re natum" to head of verso of upper wrapper. Scored for... Read More
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Pieces a une et a deux Violes Composées par M. Marais ordin[ai[re de la musique de La Chambre du Roy. Pezey inv. ... Trouvain sculp. [Livre 1]. [Viola da gamba part]
by MARAIS, Marin 1656-1728
[Paris]: Chez l'Autheur Ruë du jour proche St. Eustache du costé de la ruë Montmartre. Et ean Huret faiseur d'Instruments pour la musique du Roy, ruë des Arcis a l'Image St. Pierre, 1686. Oblong folio. Full contemporary dark brown mottled calf. [4]-[5] ("Avertissement"), [6] ("Extrait du Privilege du Roy"), 7-119 pp. music. The fine engraved illustrated title incorporating... Read More
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Cantate di Eterio Stinfalico Accademico Arcade. [For voice and basso continuo]
by MARCELLO, Alessandro 1673-1747
Venezia: Antonio Bortoli, 1708. Oblong folio. Contemporary full dark brown mottled calf with decorative coat of arms to upper within decorative gilt rules and cornerpieces, all edges gilt. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (recto "Tavola delle cantate," verso blank), 75, [i] (blank) pp. Typeset in diamond-head notation with decorative monogrammatic woodcut device to title and decorative woodcut initials,... Read More
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Il Teatro Alla Moda o sia Metodo sicuro, e facile per ben comporre, & esequire[!] l'Opere Italiane in Musica all'uso moderno, Nel quale Si danno Avvertimenti utili, e necessarj a Poeti, Compositori di Musica, Musici dell'uno, e dell'altro sesso, Impresari, Suonatori, Ingegneri, e Pittori di Scene, Parti buffe, Sarti, Paggi, Comparse, Suggeritori, Copisti, Protettori, e Madri di Virtuose, & altre Persone appartenenti al Teatro. Dedicato dall'Auttore del Libro al Compositore di esso
by [MARCELLO, Benedetto Giacomo 1686-1739]
[Venice]: Stampato ne Borghi di Belisania per Aldiviva Licante all'insegna dell'Oreso in Peata. Si vende nelle Strada del Corallo alla Porta del Palazzo d'Orlando, 1720. Octavo. Contemporary decorative wrappers with titling in small script in turquoise ink to upper and spine. 1f. (recto with engraved pictorial vignette, verso quote from "Horat. Lib. de Art. poet."), 64 pp. With decorative... Read More
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Canzoni Madrigalesche et Arie per Camera a due, tre, e quattro voci ... Opera Quarta. [Score]
by MARCELLO, Benedetto 1686-1739
Bologna: Giuseppe Antonio Silvani sotto le Scuole all' Insegna del Violino ... Con licenze de' Superiori, e Privilegio, 1717. Large oblong folio. Contemporary mid-tan mottled calf-backed flexible marbled boards with manuscript titling to spine. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (recto preface, verso blank), 103, [i] ("Tavola") pp. Typeset in diamond-head notation. With attractive decorative woodcut initials and bracketing... Read More
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Estro Poetico-Armonico. Parafrasi Sopra li primi [secondi] Venticinque Salmi. Poesia di Girolamo Ascanio Giustiniani
by MARCELLO, Benedetto 1686-1739
Venezia: Domenico Lovisa, 1726. 8 volumes. Large folio. Contemporary full carta rustica. Housed in 4 custom-made dark brown leather-backed clamshell boxes with dark blue cloth boards and dark red title labels gilt to spines, with two volumes to a box. Titles in red and black. Music and text typeset throughout. Tomo Primo, 1724 1f. (recto half-title,... Read More
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Psaumes de Marcello avec texte Italien et Traduction Français par Alfred Des Essarts Réduction au Piano par Malling Prix Net: 7F. [Piano-vocal score]
by MARCELLO, Benedetto 1686-1739
Paris: G. Flaxland [PN G.F. 630], 1863. Large octavo. 19th century patterned paper boards. 1f. (recto title printed in brown, verso blank), 1f. ("Table des Psalumes ...," verso blank), 165, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved. Binding very slightly worn. Minor internal wear and foxing. Rare. OCLC (one copy only, at the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris). Marcello's... Read More
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The First Fifty Psalms ... adapted to the English Version by John Garth Vol. I [-VIII] ... Engraved by Will.[ia]m Clark
by MARCELLO, Benedetto 1686-1739
London: John Johnson, 1757. 8 volumes. Large folio. Nineteenth-century half black calf with textured cloth boards with gilt rules to corners and spine, spine in compartments with titling gilt, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. Titles and music engraved; privilege, subscribers list, advertisement, preface, memoirs, remarks, index, proposals typeset. Subscribers include composers Charles Avison, Dr. William Boyce, and John... Read More
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Concert ticket for "Mr. Marchesi's Benefit June 1st. Hanover Square." Most likely engraved by Luigi Schiavonetti (1765-1810), a follower of Francesco Bartolozzi (1728-1815) after a drawing by leading English portrait painter Richard Cosway (1742-1821)
by MARCHESI, Luigi 1755-1829
1790. Oval stipple engraving depicting a cherub with a lyre in a wooded setting. Plate impression 131 x 103 mm + ca. 5 mm margins. With early collector's small circular monogrammatic handstamp to lower outer corner. Slightly worn and browned; minor splitting at platemark. "Marchesi was indisputably one of the greatest castratos of his age. Medals with... Read More
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Melodiæ Suaves et Concinnæ Psalmorum: Aliquot Atque Hymnorum Spiritualium collectæ ac compositae in usum Classis Octavæ et Nonæ Gymnasii Basileensis a Samuele Marescallo Acad. Basil. P.M. Adjecta sunt in calce huius libelli brevissima Musices Rudimenta 1622
by MARESCHAL, Samuel 1554-1640
Brooklyn: Institute of Mediæval Music, 1971. Softcover. Very Good. Small octavo. Wrappers. 45 pp. With numerous musical examples. From the collection of musicologist Stanley Boorman.
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Via Retta della Voce Corale, overo Osservationi Intorno al Retto Esercitio del Canto Fermo divise in cinque parti, Ove si dà un'esattissima e facilissima Instruttione di quest'Arte, Con un nuovo Modo di reggere, e mantenere il Coro sempre in una medesima Voce, si per la parte del Corista, come anco dell'Organista ... Con licenza de' Superiori
by MARINELLI, Giulio Cesare 1626-1691
Bologna: Giacomo Monti, 1671. Small quarto. Half vellum with marbled boards, red leather label with titling gilt to spine, red speckled edges. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (dedication), 2ff. (letter to the reader and privilege), 268 pp. With decorative woodcut initials and tailpieces; numerous woodcut illustrations including a diagram of a Guidonian hand, and musical examples throughout. ... Read More
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Il bravo [Piano-vocal score]
by MARLIANI, Marco Aurelio 1805-1849
Milano: Gio. Ricordi [PNs 7676-7691], 1835. Oblong folio. Green cloth-backed marbled boards with small musicseller's paper label to foot of upper. 1f. (title), 1f. (cast list, contents), 5-203, [1] (blank) pp. Each number with separate caption title and secondary pagination. Engraved. Handstamp of "Libreria alla Minerva Verona" to foot of title, handstamp "Proprieta della Ditta L. Menegazzoli" to... Read More
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Anleitung zum Clavierspielen: Zwei Teile in einem Band
by MARPURG, Friedrich Wilhelm 1718-1795
Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Cloth boards. 8 ff., 78 pp., + xviii plates. From the collection of musicologist Stanley Boorman.
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Handbuch bey dem Generalbasse und der Composition mit zwey- drey- vier- funf- sechs- sieben- acht und mehrern Stimmen ... Dritter und lezter Theil nebst einem Hauptregister uber alle drey Theile und XII Kupfertafeln. [Volume III only]
by MARPURG, Friedrich Wilhelm 1718-1795
Berlin: Lange, 1758. Small quarto. Early half mid-tan blindruled leather with marbled boards. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (preface), 1f. (contents), [207]-272, [vii] (index) pp. + 12 folding engraved plates of musical examples. With occasional decorative woodcut head- and tailpieces. Bold signature of former owner ("George Joachim Ludwig Semler Anno 1813" ) with flourish to front pastedown. ... Read More
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Der Vampyr. Grosse romantische Oper in zwei Akten von W.H. Wohlbrueck ... Vollständiger Klavierauszug vom Componisten .... 42s. Werk ... Pr. 6 Thlr. [Piano-vocal score]
by MARSCHNER, Heinrich August 1795-1861
Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister [PN 1356a, 1356b], 1828. Oblong folio. Disbound. Contemporary wrappers. 1f. (recto lithographic title, verso blank), [i] ("Personen/Inhalt"), 2-120 (Act I); 100 (Act II) pp. Text in German. Engraved. Upper wrapper quite worn, soiled, frayed, and stained, with small edge tears; lower lacking; spine partially lacking. Title soiled and stained; dampstaining to lower outer portion... Read More
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Le Vampir Opéra en deux Actes pour deux Violons, Viola, et Violoncelle arrangée par H. Al. Praeger ... Acte I. ... Prix 3 Rthlr. 12 Gr. [Act I only]. [Set of parts]
by MARSCHNER, Heinrich 1795-1861
Leipsic: chez Fr. Hofmeister [PN 1419], 1828. Folio. Unbound. Engraved. Contains the ouverture and 9 numbers from Act I. Violino primo: 27, [i] (blank) pp. Violino secondo: 25, [i] (blank) pp. Viola: 25, [i] (blank) pp. Violoncello: [i] (title), 22 pp. Spines reinforced with paper tape. Some signs of wear;... Read More
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Der Vampyr. Grosse romantische Oper in zwei Akten von W.H. Wohlbrueck in Musik gesetz und Sr. Durchlaucht Carl regierendem Herzoge von Braunschweig Lüneburg etc. etc. etc. in tiefster Ehrfurcht zueeignet... Vollständiger Klavierauszug vom Componisten 42s. Werk... Pr. 6 Thlr. [Piano-vocal score]
by MARSCHNER, Heinrich August 1795-1861
Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister [PN 1356a, 1356 b], 1828. Oblong folio. 19th century quarter dark green calf with marbled boards (worn and scuffed; joints partially split). 1f. (recto lithographic title, verso blank), [i] ("Personen/Inhalt"), 2-120 (first act), 100 (second act) pp. Text in German. Engraved. Handstamp "Theune & Comp." with lyre to foot of title. Binding... Read More
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Der Vampyr. Broadside playbill for a performance at the Theatre Royal, English Opera House, Strand, on 18 September 1829
by MARSCHNER, Heinrich 1795-1861
Freely translated from the German ... and adapted to the Musick of Heinrich Marschner. The whole of the Musick arranged by Mr. Hawes, who will preside at the Piano Forte." Cast includes O. Smith (Eblis), H. Phillips (Der Vampyr), Thorne (Baron Kassova), H. Phillips (Count Mavrocordo), and Sapio (Alexis Zeriny). 344 x 207 mm. On light green... Read More
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Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke [Piano-vocal score]
by MARTIN, Frank 1890-1974
Wien: Universal Edition [PN UE 11491], 1944. Folio. Dark green cloth-backed green paper boards with original publisher's upper wrapper bound in. 1f. (title), 120 pp. Facsimile of the composer's manuscript. Boards worn and rubbed. Ex-library, with call number to foot of spine and occasional library markings. A song-cycle set to text by the noted Bohemian-Austrian poet Rainer... Read More
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Esemplare o sia Saggio Fondamentale Pratico di Contrappunto Sopra il Canto Fermo Dedicato all' ... Sig. Cardinale Vincenzo Malvezzi ... Parte Prima. Together with Esemplare ... di Contrappunto Fugato dedicato all' ... Gennaro Adelelmo Pignatelli ... Parte Seconda
by MARTINI, Giovanni Battista 1706-1784
Bologna: Per Lelio dalla Volpe Impressore dell' Instituto delle Scienze. Con licenza de' Superiori, 1775. 2 volumes. Quarto. Quarter dark tan calf with marbled boards, titling gilt to spine with decorative tooling gilt, marbled endpapers. Vol. I: Parte Prima 1f. (recto title with decorative woodcut device incorporating floral motifs, verso blank), iii-iv (dedication), v-xxxii (Prefazione, Breve Compendio, Regole... Read More
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Autograph letter signed "G Martinelli" to Mr. Young dated New York, January 13, 1937
by MARTINELLI, Giovanni 1885-1969
1 page. Quarto. In black ink. On stationery with Martinelli's embossed monogram at head. "Your kind note of appreciation for my picture encourages me to think of a 'fair exchange' – so won't you please send me yours. I assure you that you can anticipate my appreciation." Very slightly worn; creased at folds; minor remnants of... Read More
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Esemplare o sia Saggio Fondamentale Pratico di Contrappunto Sopra il Canto Fermo Dedicato all' ... Sig. Cardinale Vincenzo Malvezzi ... Parte Prima. Together with Esemplare ... di Contrappunto Fugato dedicato all' ... Gennaro Adelelmo Pignatelli ... Parte Seconda
by MARTINI, Giovanni Battista 1706-1784
Bologna: Per Lelio dalla Volpe Impressore dell' Instituto delle Scienze. Con licenza de' Superiori, 1775. 2 volumes. Quarto. Full mid-blue laid paper with dark red paper title label gilt to spines. Parte Prima 1f. (recto title with decorative woodcut device incorporating floral motifs, verso blank), iii-iv (dedication), v-xxxii (Prefazione, Breve Compendio, Regole di Contrappunto), [1] (part title), 2-258,... Read More
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[Op. 1]. Trois Quatuors Pour Deux Violons Alto et Basse Composé [!composés] et Dédié [!dédiés] à Frederic Naumann... Œuvre 1r. Gravés par Mme. Capelle. Prix 9 livres. [Parts]
by MARTINN, Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar 1775-1836
Paris: Pleyel [PN 364], 1806. Folio. Disbound. Violino primo: 1f. (title), [1] (blank), 2-4, [i] (blank), 6-14, [i] (blank), 16-17, [i] (blank) pp.; Violino secondo: [1] (title), 2-4, [i] (blank), 6-13, [i] (blank) pp.; Alto viola: [1] (title), 2-4, [i] (blank), 6-8, [i] (blank), 10-12 pp.; Basso: [1] (title), 2-4, [i] (blank), 6-8, [i] (blank), 10-12 pp. Engraved. Publisher's... Read More
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Rondo ..
by MARTÍN Y SOLER, Vicente 1754-1806
[Paris]: Frères Gaveaux [PN 199], 1797. Folio. Disbound. 7, [i] (blank) pp. With text commencing "Guardami un poco" from Martín y Soler's opera La capricciosa Coretta. Journal de la Lyre d'Orphée, 1me Année No. 21. Spine reinforced with tissue; publisher's facsimile signature handstamp to lower outer corner of page 1. Not in RISM.... Read More
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Canzone all' Aviatore ... su parole di Augusto Garsia [Voice and piano]. Inscribed by the composer
by MARUCELLI, Arturo fl. 1920-1945
Lucca: Stab. Lippi, 1927. Folio. Original publisher's heavy ivory wrappers illustrated by Italian artist Ezio Ricci (1885-1968) printed in dark red and black. 1f. (recto with commemorative note, verso text of the song printed in dark red), 8 pp. facsimile of the composer's autograph musical manuscript. With a lengthy autograph inscription signed by the composer to upper inner... Read More
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