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MUSICAL MANUSCRIPTS<br /> FIRST & EARLY EDITIONS OF PRINTED MUSIC<br /> MUSICAL AUTOGRAPHS

Rare Printed & Manuscript Music<br /> Books & Iconography

Autograph Musical Manuscripts and Letters of Composers First and Early Editions of Printed Music Rare Musical Iconography &c.

Items from the Library of the Distinguished American Composer Morten Lauridsen including autograph musical manuscripts of many of his most important works

Rare Printed & Manuscript Music<br /> Autographs of Composers & Musicians<br /> Music Iconography<br /> 80 items including …<br /> - First Editions: Beethoven, Chopin, Haydn, Massenet, Offenbach, Puccini, Schubert, Schumann, Richard Strauss, Verdi, and Weber<br /> - Rare 18th and 19th Century Chamber Music: Davaux, Fesca, Gyrowetz, Hänsel, Kreutzer, Krommer, Lampugani, Meyseder, Onslow, Pleyel, and Sammartini<br /> - Autographs: Bloch, Chaliapin, Delibes, Giordano, Gounod, Kodály, Mascagni, Milhaud, Patti, Ravel, and Thalberg<br /> - Autograph Music Manuscripts of American Composers: David Chaitkin, James Primosch, Peter Schickele, and George Tsontakis<br /> - Original Photographs: Opera singers of the early 20th century by the important photographer Herman Mishkin

83 items including:- The first edition of Brahms’s Second Symphony - The autograph manuscript of celebrated American composer Richard Danielpour’s setting for soprano and orchestra of A Woman’s Life, with text by distinguished African-American poet Maya Angelou - Autograph manuscripts of two complete songs by noted American composer Lee Hoiby - A collection of Mendelssohn songs in first and early editions - Fine 16th century engravings from the Encomium Musices depicting early musical instruments - An original 20th century costume design by Russian artist Konstantine Korovine - First editions of libretti by Puccini and Verdi - Fine portraits of composers, singers, and dancers including Thomas Arne,, Angelica Catalani, Gilbert Duprez, Fanny Elssler, Gioachino Rossini, and Giovanni Rubini

14 items including: - autograph musical mss. & letters of composers - first & early editions of printed music - rare books on music & dance - music- & dance-related iconography: original paintings, drawings, prints, & photographs

Autograph musical manuscripts (John Cage, Franz Liszt, &c.); 18th century Italian copyist manuscripts; first and early editions of printed music; rare books on music & dance including 18th century ballet libretti, &c.

269 items featuring the works of interesting and influential composers active mainly from the second half of the 20th century to date. Including autograph manuscripts, first & early editions, books, and iconography.

Nearly 1000 scholarly books relating to music including biographies & critical studies of composers & musicians, music history & criticism, musical instruments, opera & dance, reference works, bibliographies, catalogues, &c.

Contains 291 items featuring works by composers who were active mainly in the first half of the 20th century and whose works represented "modern" concepts. This catalogue draws attention to interesting aspects of contemporary music publishing as well as the important relationship of musical composition to the visual arts. In some cases, print runs of music of this era were surprisingly small, resulting in the comparative scarcity of some of these editions.

A selection of 22 recently acquired books, autograph manuscripts, musical scores, and letters.