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B664 Ballads and Songs of the Shanty-Boy, by Franz Rickaby, 51 ballads & songs of the lumberjacks of Michegan, Wisconsin & Minnesota, many with the music. Harvard Press 1926. 244pp. HB. Cloth spine shows a little wear, ex-libris book plate, 3 of the pictures have come loose, which seems to be a common problem, as they were stuck in rather than sewn, GBP 20.00
B428 The Art & Science of the Gramophone, by Harry A. Gaydon, Dunlop & Co 1926. 172pp. HB. with numerous line drawings & 18 pages of illustrated advertisements. A very collectable classic. GBP 23.00
Reference books, Records & Recording
B644 Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed H.C. Colles, Macmillan 1928. HB. Illus. Third Edition, the complete 5 volume set. A very handsome set, in blue half-leather bindings, with gilt lettering & gilt top edge. Volumes 2-5 are Vgc, volume 1 shows a little more use and is rubbed on top edge of spine, GBP 35.00
B697 The Art of Record Buying, 1971, EMG. 309pp. HB. notes in ink on text, GBP 7.50
B626 The Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia of Recorded Music, by R.D. Darrell, The Gramophone Shop, New York 1936. 574pp. HB. GBP 13.50
B618 Music on Record, by F. W. Gaisberg, Fascinating account of the early years of the recording industry. Robert Hale 1946, 1st Edition, 269pp. HB. DW. Illus. GBP 16.00
B393 The New Oxford History of Music. Vol 1. Ancient and Oriental Music, ed Egon Wellesz, Oxford University Press 1966. 530pp. HB. DW. Well illus. Ex-lib. clean & sound, GBP 6.00
B612 Understanding Music, by Anthony Hopkins, Dent 1979. 255pp. HB. DW. Vgc, GBP 5.00
B601 John Barbirolli: A Biographical Sketch, by Charles Rigby, Sherratt 1948. 191pp. HB. DW. Well illus. sound condition, dustwrapper discoloured, GBP 6.00
B700 Mademoiselle: Conversations with Nadia Boulanger, by Bruno Monsaingeon, Her pupils included Lennox Berkeley, Igor Markevitch, Thea Musgrave, Henryk Szeryng. Caracanet 1985. 141pp. HB. DW. Very well illus. Discography. very good condition, GBP 12.00
B701 Notes of Seven Decades, by Antal Dorati, very readable autobiography. Hodder and Stoughton 1979. 3.50pp. HB. DW. Illus. very good condition, GBP 12.50
B643 Furtwangler and the Art of Conducting, by Peter Pirie, Duckworth 1980. 149pp. HB. Disc. a very rare and sought-after book. I see Amazon USA is asking well over GBP 200!. Marked by liquid (tea?) on the opening edge. Doesn't affect pages, except for slight mark on front & back flysheet. Otherwise Vgc, GBP 36.00
B617 Conversations with Klemperer, ed Peter Heyworth, a unique picture of Klemperer's career & personality & some fascination information about his early life. Gollancz 1973. 128pp. HB. DW. Very well illus. Discography. Ex-lib. College Library bookplate & stamp. Number sticker on spine. Otherwise very nice condition, GBP 8.00
B744 Theme and Variations: An Autobiography, by Bruno Walter, translated from the German by James A. Galston. Hamish Hamilton 1948. 400pp. HB. Illustrated. Good condition, GBP 6.00
B760 Music of Latin America, by Nicholas Slonimsky, South American composers and their folk music antecedents. Includes a 30 page dictionary of Musicians, Songs and Dances, Musical Instruments. Harrap 1946. 374pp. Hardback, Illustrated. cloth cover partly faded & foxed, edges of pages foxed, otherwise good condition, GBP 10.00
B610 The Coming of Age of American Art Music, by Nicholas E. Tawa, New England's classical romanticists: Paine, Chadwick, MacDowell, Parker, Foote, Beach. Greenwood Press 1991. 237pp. HB. Ex-lib. fly-leaf removed & 2 library stamps. Otherwise Vgc, GBP 18.00
B753 The Music of Johannes Brahms, with 27 pages of recommended recordings. By Bernard Jacobson, Tantivy Press 1977. 222pp. HB. Illustrated, very good condition, GBP 7.50
B478 Composers' Gallery, "Biographical Sketches of Contemporary Composers" by Donald Brook, one of the rarer volumes of Brook's series of very readable musical biographies. 40 composers ranging from Bantock to Vaughan Williams, Bartok to Stravinsky. Rockliff 1946. 218pp. HB. Well illus. faded binding, GBP 5.00
B513 Beethoven Forum Volume 1, ed Lewis Lockwood & James Wester, the work of 10 leading scholars, the first volume of an annual series. University of Nebraska Press 1992. 250pp. HB. DW. Ex-lib. flysheet removed, otherwise Vgc, GBP 9.00
B582 Danish Composers, Danes of the present & past, by Vagn Kappel, The Danish Soceity 1948. 110pp. PB. Well illus. Discography. GBP 4.50
B759 Handel, by Donald Burrows, Schirmer Books 1994. The Master Musicians Series edited by Stanley Sadie. 491pp. Hardback, Dustwrapper, Illustrated. Very good condition, GBP 14.00
B767 Alma Mahler, or the Art of Being Loved, by Francoise Giroud, Oxford 1991. 162pp. Hardback, Dustwrapper, Illustrated. very good condition, GBP 15.00
B768 Gustav Mahler, Memories and Letters, by Alma Mahler, John Murray 1968. 369pp. Hardback, Dustwrapper, Illustrated. edges of pages foxed, small mark on binding, otherwise good condition, GBP 6.00
B480 Wagner & Russia, by Rosamund Bartlett. Wagner's visit to Russia in 1863 & a history of productions of his work both before & after the Revolution. Wagner's influence on Russian Modernist writers. Cambridge University Press 1995. 405pp. HB. DW. Well illus. Ex-lib. flysheet missing, library stamps, otherwise Vgc, (In print at GBP 65.00). GBP 12.00
B706 Sidelights on a Century of Music 1825-1924, by Gervase Hughes, explores corners in the field of 19th & early 20th Century music that are little known to the music-loving public, for example Wolf's Opera De Corregidor, the music of Lalo & Reger, the less well-known music of Humperdinck & Dukas. MacDonald 1969. 204pp. HB. DW. very good condition, GBP 5.00
20th Century Music & British Music
B754 Tippett and his Operas, by Eric Walter White, Barrie & Jenkins 1979. 142pp. HB. Well illustrated. Book in very good condition, dustwrapper has faint markings, GBP 6.00
B715 Music Ho! A Study of Music in Decline, by Constant Lambert, Faber & Faber 1942. 342pp. HB. signs of having been read, but sound & clean, GBP 5.00
B667 Boulez, Composer, Conductor, Enigma, by Joan Peyser, Cassell 1976. 303pp. HB. DW. Well illus. very good condition, GBP 6.00
B550 Famous Modern Negro Musicians, by Penman Lovinggood, facsimile reprint of 1921 publication, with new introduction by Eileen Southern. Da Capo Press 1978. 68pp. HB. Frontispiece. Ex-lib. Vgc, GBP 7.00
B691 A History of English Opera, by Eric Walter White. Traces English Opera from its origins in Elizabethan incidental music & Jacobean masques, right up to the post-war renaissance - Britten & Tippett. first edition, Faber & Faber 1983. 472pp. HB. DW. Illus. Book is in very good condition, back of dustwrapper shows a little signs of handling, GBP 25.00
B737 The Rise of Opera, by Robert Donington, traces its development from courtly masques & interludes to Monteverdi, Cavalli & Lully. Faber 1981. 399pp. HB. DW. Well illustrated, very good condition, GBP 15.00
B712 The Letters of Claudio Monteverdi, translated & introduced by Denis Stevens. Faber 1980. 443pp. HB. DW. Frontispiece. tiny ink mark on few page edges & a touch on the dustwrapper. Otherwise almost like new, GBP 25.00
B690 The Interpretation of Early Music, "an invaluable source of reference to those who enjoy listening to music as well as to performers & scholars". By Robert Donington, Faber & Faber 1977. 766pp. HB. DW. extensively revised edition. Very good condition, GBP 12.00
B652 Tudor Music, by David Wulstan, Dent 1985. 378pp. HB. DW. full of musical and other illustrations. Dustwrapper a little chipped at top, book is in very good condition, GBP 13.50
B515 Johann Sebastian Bach, by Werner Felix, richly illustrated biography by one of Europe's leading Bach scholars. Orbis 1984. 185pp. HB. DW. Slight chipping on dustwrapper, otherwise excellent condition, GBP 5.00
B755 Musical Instruments of the West, by May Remnant, Batsford 1978. 240pp. HB. a beautiful book, full of illustrations, in fine condition, GBP 8.00
B766 Musical Instruments of India, by B. Chaitanya Deva, Munshiram Manoharlal 1987. 159pp. Hardback, Dustwrapper, Well illustrated. second revised edition. ex-library stamps, looks little read, GBP 9.00
B713 The Piano: A Pictorial Account of its Ancestry & Development, by Helen Rice Hollis, David & Charles 1975. 120pp. HB. DW. very good condition, GBP 8.50
B717 The Violin, by Joseph Wechsberg, a very readable account of the history of the violin, the great violin makers, and how to buy their instruments today. Plus a section on the great performers & teachers. Calder & Boyars 1973. 314pp. HB. DW. Illus. 1st Edition, GBP 18.00
B651 Stringed Instruments of the Middle Ages, Their evolution and development. by Hortense Panum, Revised and edited by the translator, Jeffrey Pulver. Reeves, London 1971. 511pp. HB. DW. Very well illustratedtrated. Good condition, GBP 43.00
B650 Three Centuries of Harpsichord Making, by Frank Hubbard, Harvard University Press 1974. 373pp. HB. DW. 4th Printing, 41 plates. Very good condition. Still in print at GBP 54.95, GBP 18.00
B427 Victoria & Albert Museum Catalogue of Musical Instruments, Volume II, Non-Keyboard Instruments, by Anthony Baines, HMSO 1978. 123pp. and 138 plates (pictures). PB. GBP 8.00
B757 Woman with Violin, by Ida Haendel, Signed by Ida Haendel, Gollancz 1970. 334pp. HB. Illustrated & colour frontispiece. Ex-library, dustwrapper taped to inside of cover, front flysheet missing, front hinge slightly strained, otherwise sound, GBP 98.00
B751 Fritz Kreisler, by Louis P. Lochner, Rockliff 1951. 459pp. HB. Well illustrated and includes photos of his violins. Flysheet & edges foxed, otherwise very good condition, GBP 18.00
B743 The Memoirs of Carl Flesch, with a foreword by Max Rostal, who was Flesch's pupil, as was Szymon Goldberg, Ida Haendel & Ginette Neveu. Memoirs translated & edited by Hans Keller in collaboration with Carl Flesch's family. Rockliff 1957. 393pp. HB. Illustrated. Edges of pages foxed, dustwrapper has a light ink mark on the back. Otherwise book & dustwrapper are in very good condition, GBP 48.00
B653 With Strings Attached: Reminiscences and Reflections, by Joseph Szigeti, with 16 pages of photographs, and discography of Szigeti's recordings. Alfred A. Knopf 1967. 376pp. HB. DW. Second edition, revised and enlarged, Very good condition. Dustwrapper slightly chipped, GBP 12.50
B659 Wilhelm Backhaus Signed Programme, from his "Farewell Recital" prior to tour of Australia & New Zealand, on March 15th 1930, at Queen's Hall. Has his signature next to his photo. GBP 21.00
B693 Principles of Violin Playing & Teaching, by Ivan Galamain, one of the most influential violin teachers of the Twentieth Century - his pupils included Perlman, Chung, Rabin. Faber & Faber 1970. 116pp. HB. DW. Well illus. very good condition, GBP 35.00
B703 Violin Playing: A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles, by Leopold Mozart, translated by Editha Knocker with a preface by Dr Alfred Einstein. Oxford University Press 1948. 231pp. HB. Ex-lib. shabby binding, strained inside front cover, no loose pages, GBP 15.00
B717 The Violin, by Joseph Wechsberg, a very readable account of the history of the violin, the great violin makers, and how to buy their instruments today. Plus a section on the great performers & teachers. Calder & Boyars 1973. 314pp. HB. DW. Illus. 1st Edition, GBP 18.00
B662 Musical Thoughts and Afterthoughts, by Alfred Brendel, Robson Books 1976. 168pp. PB. cover a bit shabby, GBP 2.50
B654 Joys and Sorrows, by Pablo Casals, His own story as told to Albert E. Kahn. Full of photographs and illustrations. Eel Pie 1981. 314pp. PB. good condition, GBP 5.00
B702 Duet for Three Hands, by Cyril Smith, "delightfully human story of struggles & triumphs". Angus & Robertson 1960. 224pp. HB. DW. GBP 6.00
B661 Keyboard Music, ed Denis Matthews, ranges from early keyboard music to the 20th century, includes chapters by John Ogdon, Charles Rosen. David & Charles 1972. 386pp. HB. DW. musical illustr. very good condition, GBP 6.50
B668 Chats with Violinists, by Wallace Ritchie, How to overcome difficulties. A practical manual for the violinist. William Reeves. 112pp. HB. Illus. Original edition (1930s?). Quite rare, very good condition, GBP 10.00
B647 Old Violins and Violin Lore, by Rev H.R. Haweis, "Famous Makers of Cremona & Brescia, and of England, France & Germany; Famous Players". William Reeves, London. 293pp. plus 48 pages of adverts. HB. Well illus. Probably published early 1900s. reading copy, with strained spine & 2 loose pages, GBP 8.00
B670 Violin & Keyboard: The Duo Repertoire, by Abram Loft, complete in 2 volumes; vol 1: From the 17th Century to Mozart, vol 2: from Beethoven to the present. Grossman 1973. 360, 417pp. HB. DW. very good condition, GBP 13.50
B554 Good Vibrations: My Autobiography, by Evelyn Glennie, the great percussionist, Hutchinson 1990. 179pp. HB. DW. Well illus. signed by Evelyn Glennie, with inscription "to Rosie, Best Wishes". GBP 5.00
B714 The Counter Tenor, by Peter Giles, "Everything you ever wanted to know about counter tenors but were afraid to ask" (from James Bowman's introduction). Muller 1982. 221pp. HB. DW. Well illus. Discography. Very good condition, a rare book, GBP 20.00
B770 The Performing World of the Singer, by Alan Blackwood. Primarily but not solely aimed at young people considering singing as a career. As well as classical music & opera it covers folk & popular singers and vocal training. With a profile of Sherrill Milnes. Hamish Hamilton 1981. 113pp. Hardback, Dustwrapper, Very well illustrated. Small rub on dustrwrapper, book is in very good condition, GBP 5.00
B737 The Rise of Opera, by Robert Donington, traces its development from courtly masques & interludes to Monteverdi, Cavalli & Lully. Faber 1981. 399pp. HB. DW. Well illustrated, very good condition, GBP 15.00
B691 A History of English Opera, by Eric Walter White. Traces English Opera from its origins in Elizabethan incidental music & Jacobean masques, right up to the post-war renaissance - Britten & Tippett. first edition, Faber & Faber 1983. 472pp. HB. DW. Illus. Book is in very good condition, back of dustwrapper shows a little signs of handling, GBP 25.00
B738 A Dictionary of Opera & Song Themes, by Harold Barlow & Sam Morgenstern, over 8,000 tunes & themes from virtually all the most important operas, operettas, oratorios, cantatas & songs in the classical repertoire. Faber & Faber 1978. 547pp. HB. DW. very good condition, GBP 15.00
B663 Bravo, by Helena Matheopoulos, 22 great male opera singers explore the relationship between the singer & some of the roles with which he is identified. Weidenfeld & Nicholson 1986. 338pp. HB. DW. Well illus. very faint bumping at top of spine, otherwise book is like new, dustwrapper is good, GBP 8.00
B718 Prima Donna: A History, by Rupert Christiansen, "searching, compassionate & elegantly conducted tour of the Divas". Penguin 1984. 367pp. PB. Illus. very good condition, GBP 4.00
B708 Full Circle. An Autobiographical Journal, by Janet Baker, Julia MacRae 1982. xiv, 270pp. HB. DW. Well illus. very good condition, GBP 7.00
B657 Caruso: His Life in Pictures, by Francis Robinson, a magnificent collection of photographs, with discography by John Secrest. Bramhall House 1957. 160pp. HB. DW. book is in very good condition, dustwrapper has some creases on the back which look original, GBP 18.00
B615 Mary Garden's Story, by Mary Garden & Louis Baincolli, The memoirs of a great Opera Diva, who knew Debussy, Messager, Massenet, Caruso, Chaliapin, Diaghilev etc. Michael Joseph 52. 276pp. HB. DW. Illus. first edition. dustwrapper slightly chipped, otherwise Vgc, GBP 7.00
B539a Recital, by Elena Gerhardt, foreword by Myra Hess. Methuen 1953. HB. DW. Well illus. Discography, 1st Edition, GBP 8.00
B687 Tito Gobbi on his World of Italian Opera, draws upon his lifetime as interpreter, producer & teacher to analyse 16 Operas, inc the clues to interpretation to be found in the libretto & score. Includes portraits of the composers he has known. Hamish Hamilton 1984. 265pp. HB. DW. Well illus. like new condition, first edition, GBP 7.50
B416 My Friend Pavarotti, by Candido Bonvicini, his friend since childhood, incl a selection of rare family photographs. Omnibus Press 1989. 202pp. HB. DW. Well illus. Ex-lib. clean & sound, GBP 6.00
B600 Star on the Door, the life & experience of a great prima donna, by Maggie Teyte, Putnam 1958. 192pp. HB. DW. Illus. Discography Vgc, a very nice copy, GBP 8.00
B673 The Complete Opera Book, by Gustave Kobbe, G.P. Putnam's 1935. 993pp. HB. with 64 full page photographs. Cover a bit worn, otherwise good conditon, GBP 6.00
B540 Royal Opera House Retrospective 1732-1982, sumptious catalogue for the Royal Academy exhibition 1983, full of illustrations & photographs, 1983. 144pp. PB. first edition. Vgc, GBP 6.00
B771 O Rare Hoffnung: A Memorial Garland, Very well illustrated with Hoffnung's drawings & paintings. 27 contributors, incl Malcolm Arnold, Michael Flanders, Sam Wanamaker. Putnam 1960. 223pp. PB. foxing on edges of pages, otherwise good condition. DW chipped at edges, GBP 7.50
B772 My Record of Music, by Compton Mackenzie, founder of "Gramophone" Magazine, friend of Elgar & Parry, Caruso, McCormack & Galli-Curci. "A book for all who are interested in the history of recorded music". Hutchinson 1955. 279pp. PB. Illus. edges of pages slightly foxed, some chipping to DW, otherwise good condition, GBP 8.00
B742 Sir Charles Halle, the founder of the Halle Orchestra, by Charles Rigby, with a foreword by Barbirolli. Dolphin Press 1952. 180pp. HB. Illustrated, GBP 10.00
B716 London Philharmonic, Music makers since 1932: by William Kallaway, Full of photographs. Introduction by Richard Baker. Kenneth Mason 1972. 104pp. HB. DW. very good condition, GBP 7.00
B715 Music Ho! A Study of Music in Decline, by Constant Lambert, Faber & Faber 1942. 342pp. HB. signs of having been read, but sound & clean, GBP 5.00
B665 The Concerto, by John Culshaw, the great Decca record producer. Max Parrish & Co 1949. 72pp. HB. well illustrated including 4 colour plates, GBP 7.00
B705 The Music of Albania, by June Emerson, Emerson Editions 1994. 72pp. PB. Ex-lib. library stamps, otherwise very good condition, GBP 7.50
B698 Russian Music, and its sources in chant & folk-song, by Alfred J. Swan, John Baker 1973. 234pp. HB. DW. Illus. small tear on back of dutwrapper, slightly bumped at bottom of spine. Otherwise very good condition, GBP 8.00
B672 Brass Bands in the 20th Century, "from it's humble beginings to information on bands, contests, music trends & personalities". ed Violet Brand & Geoffrey Brand, EPL 1979. 239pp. HB. DW. full of photographs & other illustrations, Ex-lib. ex-library stamps, removable plastic cover on dustwrapper, otherwise very good condition, GBP 6.00
B689 The Proms, by Altes Orga, David & Charles 1975. 191pp. HB. DW. full of illustrations & photographs. very good condition, GBP 5.00
B585 Voices of a People, The Story of Yiddish Folk Song, by Ruth Rubin, Thomas Yoseloff 1963. 496pp. HB. DW. Illus. First Edition. Ex-lib. tight inside, GBP 6.00
Eulenberg Editions:
Beethoven, Piano Concerto no 5. GBP 3.00
Brahms, Symphonies nos 1 & 2, hardback, GBP 6.00
Brahms, Symphonies nos 3 & 4, hardback, GBP 6.00
Mozart Symphonies, No 39. No 41. (2 separate scores). GBP 3.00 each
Strauss, Also Sprach Zarathustra GBP 3.00
Boosey & Hawkes: GBP 3.00 each
Beethoven, Symphony no 5
Delius, Appalachia.
Prokofiev, Classical Symphony.
Vaughan Williams, The Wasps.
Alfred Lengnick (Simrock):
Brahms, Piano Quartet no 1. GBP 4.00
Brahms, String Quintet no 2 GBP 3.50
Dvorak, Symphony no 9, hard-back, ex-library, GBP 3.00
Belaieff, Leipzig:
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade GBP 3.50
Bagster's Gem Editions:
Mendelssohn, Elijah GBP 2.50
Handel, Judas Maccabaeus GBP 2.50
CAT02 His Masters Voice Complete Catalogue of Records 1936. Was covered in strips of sellotape, which are now peeling off. Binding is sound. GBP 4.50
CAT05 His Masters Voice Recorded Music June 1940. GBP 6.00
CAT06 His Masters Voice Recorded Music June 1941. GBP 6.00
CAT01 Gramophone Classical Catalogues were issued 4 times a year, and listed all the LPs available in Britain. They are immensely useful, as they cross-reference artists & conductors with the composers.
At GBP 12.00 each volume:
December 1965, December 1971, December 1973, December 1974
At GBP 15.00: Master Edition March 1966
At GBP 10.00 each volume:
September 1977, December 1978, March 1982, September 1984, June 1990
CAT07 Gramophone Classical Catalogue, 1979. Hardback, DW, 376pp. Damage to bottom of back cover, otherwise sound, GBP 8.00
CAT04 Gramophone Compact Disc Catalogue, March 1990, Classical Discs from the first release of CDs in 1983. GBP 4.50
CAT03 Schwann Catalogs are the US equivalent of the Gramophone Catalogues.
Schwann Artists issue : listed by performers (including conductors) and groups
Artists issue : 1966, 1970, and 1979, GBP 8.00 each volume
Artists issue: 10th Edition 1982, 11th Edition 1985, 12th Edition 1986, 13th Edition 1987, GBP 4.00 each volume
Schwann-1 Catalog: Record, Tapes, December 1976, Listed by composers, this issue includes Electronic Music. GBP 8.00.
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