Books on Music

• Loewenberg, Alfred Annals of Opera, 1597-1940, Compiled From the Original Sources, With an Introduction by Edward J. Dent Societas Bibliographica: Geneva, 1955. Second edition, revised and corrected. Quarto. Two volumes: Vol. 1(Text), 720 pp, Vol. 2 (Indexes), 108 pp. Cloth. Spine sunned, otherwise fine. BKS-09690 $100Inquire
• Lütgendorff, Willibald Leo Frh. v. Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart Kraus Reprint: Nedeln, Liechtenstein, 1968. Reprint of fifth and sixth editions. Quarto. 2 vols. Illustrations. Cloth. Fine. BKS-05144 $200Inquire
• Lyon & Healy Lyon & Healy's Catalog of Their Collection of Rare Violins: 1896-97. To Which is Added a Historical Sketch of the Violin and its Master Makers, also a List of Choice Music for Violin, Arranged as Solos, Duets, Trios, Quartettes, etc. The Lakeside Press: Chicago, 1896. Small octavo. 272 pp. Illustrations of labels. Paper boards. Covers a little shelfworn, otherwise fine. BKS-10004 $175Inquire
• Lyon & Healy Rare Old Violins, 1929 Lyon & Healy: Chicago, 1929. Small quarto. 122 pp. 24 b/w plates & 21 colored plates. Buckram with gold stamping. A fine copy.
  The largest of the Lyon & Healy catalogs with the most plates.
  BKS-09549 $200Inquire
• Lyon & Healy Rare Old Violins, 1929 Lyon & Healy: Chicago, 1929. Small quarto. 122 pp. 24 b/w plates & 21 colored plates. Unusually fine copy.
  The largest of the Lyon & Healy catalogs with the most plates.
  BKS-09550 $225Inquire
• Lyon & Healy Rare Old Violins, 1929 Lyon & Healy: Chicago, 1929. Small quarto. 122 pp. 24 b/w plates & 21 colored plates. Spine chipped, otherwise very good.
  The largest of the Lyon & Healy catalogs with the most plates.
  BKS-09551 $175Inquire
• Lyon & Healy The Hawley Collection of Violins Lyon & Healy: Chicago, 1904. No. 1,028 of 2,000. Large quarto. 105 pp. 36 illustrations, mostly fine tipped-in colored plates. Hardcover. Unusually good copy. BKS-08454 $400Inquire
• Lyon & Healy The Hawley Collection of Violins Lyon & Healy: Chicago, 1904. No. 1,697 of 2,000. Large quarto. 105 pp. 36 illustrations, mostly fine tipped-in colored plates. Hardcover. Covers & spine faintly waterstained; otherwise fine with glassines present. BKS-09521 $350Inquire
• Maeterlinck, Maurice Pélléas and Mélisande Translated by Erving Winslow. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.: New York, 1908. Octavo. 135 pp. Frontispiece hand-colored. Plates. Cloth, decorated with inset photograph. Fine. BKS-04970 $35Inquire
• Magidoff, Robert Yehudi Menuhin: The Story of the Man and the Musician In French. Translated by Roger Giroux. Edition Corrêa, Buchet/Castel: Paris, 1957. Large octavo. 269 pp. 8 plates. Wrappers with portrait. Brittle paper, evenly browned spine cracked and taped at bottom. BKS-05146 $20Inquire
• Marafioti, P. Mario Caruso's Method of Voice Production: the Scientific Culture of the Voice (preface by Victor Maurel) D. Appleton & Co.: New York, 1930. Octavo. 300 pp. Frontispiece portrait. Plates. Cloth. Covers slightly rubbed, otherwise good. BKS-04994 $25Inquire
• Marek, George R. A Front Seat at the Opera Books for Libraries Press: Freeport, NY, 1971 reprint. Octavo. 307 pp. Cloth. As new.
  Originally printed: D.C. Heath and Company, 1948.
  BKS-04975 $15Inquire
• Maude, Mrs. Raymond The Life of Jenny Lind Cassell & Co.: London, 1926. Octavo. 22 pp. Frontispiece color portrait. Several plates. Cloth. Edges worn, otherwise good. REF-04279Inquire for PriceInquire
• Menuhin, Yehudi (1916-2003) The Violin Flammarion: Paris & New York, 1996. Quarto. 301 pp. Extensive colour and b&w illustrations. Cloth boards with d/j. As new. BKS-09928 $60Inquire
• Menuhin, Yehudi (1916-2003) Unfinished Journey Alfred A. Knopf: New York, 1977. Small quarto. 393 pp. 8 plates. Cloth with d/j. Almost as new (d/j a little soiled). BKS-05152 $25Inquire
• METROPOLITAN OPERA Metropolitan Opera Annals - First Supplement: 1947-1957 - A Chronicle of Artists and Performances William Seltsam. Wilson: New York, 1957. Large octavo. 115 pp. Frontispiece Photograph. Buckram. Fine. BKS-00145 $50Inquire
• METROPOLITAN OPERA The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Guide to the World of Opera David Hamilton, ed. Simon & Schuster/Metropolitan Opera Guild: New York, 1987. Quarto. 415 pp. B/w & color plates. Cloth with d/j. Fine. BKS-05011 $45Inquire
• Meyer, Fritz Berühmte Geigen und ihre Schicksale: Musikalische Plauderei P.J. Tonger: Cologne, 1920. Third, enlarged edition. Small octavo. 153 pp. Numerous b/w plates of violins. Boards. Spine missing, otherwise good.
  Ex Rudolph Wurlitzer copy (inscribed to him by ?)
  BKS-07585 $60Inquire
• Meyer, Fritz Führer durch die Violinsliteratur: Geschichte der Violine und des Bogens; Berühmte Geiger und Geigen, Porträts und Abbildungen; Musikalische Aphorismen; Gebräuchlichste Fremdwörter in der Musik Bosworth & Co.: Leipzig, 1910. Octavo. 224 pp. 16 plates. Covers lacking, titlepage loose, disbound. BKS-05154 $20Inquire
• Michotte, Edmond (1831-1914) Richard Wagner's Visit to Rossini (Paris 1860) and An Evening at Rossini's in Beau-Séjour (Passy), 1858 Translated by Herbert Weinstock. University of Chicago Press: Chicago, 1968. Octavo. 144 pp. Drawings. Cloth, cased. As new (case slightly soiled). BKS-05292 $30Inquire
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  Millant, Roger J. B. Vuillaume: Sa Vie et son Oeuvre W.E. Hill & Sons: London, 1972. Small quarto. 207 pp. Color frontispiece of the ex-Prince Caraman de Chimay violin. 80 plates. Half-leather, buckram boards. As new.

  In French, English and German. The copy of noted violinist Felix Galimir and inscribed to him: To the one and only Felix, With great affection and profound gratitude! Eugene 21 Oct '83 (this is probably Eugene Istomin).
  BKS-08484 $200Inquire
• Milstein, Nathan (1904-1991) and VOLKOV From Russia to the West: The Musical Memoirs and Reminiscences of Nathan Milstein Translated by Antonina W. Bouis. Holt: New York, 1990. first edition. Octavo. 282 pp. 15 plates. Buckram with d/j. Fine. BKS-09966 $75Inquire
• Moller, Max Italiaansche Vioolbouw van Gaspar da Salo tot Pressenda: Beknopt Overzight van Ontstaan en Ontwikkeling der Vioolbouwkunst in Italië Max Möller: Amsterdam, 1938. Limited edition, no. 480 of 1,000. Octavo. 61 pp. 39 plates. Paper boards with cloth spine with d/j. Excellent. BKS-05157 $600Inquire
• Moller, Max Italiaansche Vioolbouw van Gaspar da Salo tot Pressenda: Beknopt Overzight van Ontstaan en Ontwikkeling der Vioolbouwkunst in Italië Max Möller: Amsterdam, 1938. Limited edition, no. 659 of 1,000. Octavo. 61 pp. 39 plates. Paper boards with cloth spine. Overall very good (very occasional spotting). BKS-12308 $1,500Inquire
• Moore, Edward C. Forty Years of Opera in Chicago Horace Liveright: New York, 1930. Large octavo. 430 pp. Many plates, including fontispiece. Cloth. Fine. REF-04950 $50Inquire
• Moore, Grace You're Only Human Once Garden City Publishing Co: Garden City, NY, 1946. Reprint edition. Small octavo. 275 pp. Cloth. Slightly shelfworn, otherwise very good. BKS-09653 $20Inquire
• Mordret, Lèon La Lutherie Artistique: Monographie Raisonnée des Instruments à Archet Suivie de Considérations Nouvelles sur la Construction des Caisses Harmoniques Quantin: Paris, 1885. Quarto. 141 pp. 6 plates of diagrams. Wrappers. Needs binding & sewing, wrappers chipped, page edges browned. BKS-05158 $20Inquire
• MOSCOW ART THEATRE MUSICAL STUDIO Plays of the Moscow Art Theatre Musical Studio Translated by George S. and Gilbert Seldes. Brentano's: New York, 1925. Small quarto. 482 pp. Cloth. Spine sunned, otherwise very good.
  Texts of Lysistrata; Carmencita and the Soldier ("new version" of Bizet/Merimee's Carmen); The Daughter of Madame Angot; La Perichole; Love and Death (including Rachmaninoff's Aleko and Russian folk songs).
  BKS-09669 $15Inquire
• Moser, Andreas Joseph Joachim: ein Lebensbild B. Behr: Berlin, 1898. first edition. Octavo. 301 pp. Frontispiece portrait. 8 plates. 8-page facsimile letter. One fold-out music facsimile. Buckram boards. Inside cover sprung, portrait frontispiece loose; otherwise very good. BKS-09566 $60Inquire
• Moser, Andreas Joseph Joachim: ein Lebensbild B. Behr: Berlin, 1900. Second edition. Octavo. 301 pp. Frontispiece portrait. 8 plates. 8-page facsimile letter. One fold-out music facsimile. Gold-stamped decorative cloth boards. Edges slightly bumped, otherwise very good. BKS-05162 $100Inquire
• Moses, Montrose J. The Life of Heinrich Conried Thomas Y. Crowell Company: New York, 1916. Octavo. 367 pp. Many photographs, including frontispiece. Cloth. Fine. BKS-09639 $25Inquire
• Moulin-Eckart, Richard Count Du Cosima Wagner Alfred A. Knopf: New York, 1931. Small Quarto. Two volumes: 892 pp. In English. Plates. Cloth boards. Fine. BKS-00164 $50Inquire
• Moulin-Eckart, Richard Count Du Cosima Wagner: Ein Lebens Und Charakterbild Drei Masken: Munich, 1929, 1931. Large octavo. Two volumes: 972 pp, 1023 pp. Plates. Gold-stamped cloth. Inside cover of Vol. 2 slightly sprung, otherwise very good. BKS-00163 $50Inquire
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  MOZART - BOOKS OF LETTERS Anderson, Emily and et al. The Letters of Mozart and His Family Transl. & ed. by Emily Anderson. Macmillan: New York, 1966. Second edition, prepared by A. Hyatt King & Monica Carolan. Large octavo. Two volumes: 510 pp. & 1031 pp. Fourteen b/w plates including frontispiece portrait and three fold-out facsimiles of letters. Red buckram. Condition is excellent except for light wear to d/j and corners of slipcase. Former owner's name at lower right on title pages.

  Anderson's definitive work first appeared in 1938. This second edition includes seven letters which have come to light since the first edition and is reduced in size from three volumes to two volumes by resetting the work in a contemporary format and removing the letters from Constanze Mozart to Johann Anton André.
  BKS-09731 $150Inquire
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  MOZART PORTRAITS Solman, Joseph (1909-2008) 12 Studies for a Portrait of Mozart New York, c 1944. Limited edition of 200. Folio. All silk screens in excellent condition in new acid-free mats, the originals being acidic. Spine of folder bumped top and bottom and folder a little soiled. In original grey cloth folder with tie.

  The arresting and often amusing series starts with a realistic and fairly conventional portrait of Mozart, expanding to variations which finally include one showing only ears and brain. The muted colors present an almost pastel-like appearance.

  Joseph Solman was a founding member of a group of young artists called "The Ten", which included Rothko, Polotiwsky and Ben-Zion. He has secured a prominent reputation as a major American painter.

  In the introduction to 1966 his book Joseph Solman, A.L. Chanin of the Museum of Modern Art writes: After Pearl Harbor Solman worked in defense, in New Jersey shipyards and as an isometric draftsman for Pratt and Whitney Aircraft. In the evenings, as a relief from the dry precision of his work he embarked on a long-cherished project - 'imaginative sketches of my idol in music, Mozart.' From among more than thirty varied watercolors of the Olympian composer's profile, Solman, with the expert help of Leonard Pytlak, silk-screened the twelve finest.

  BKS-12295 $1,650More Images/Inquire
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  Muncker, Franz Richard Wagner: A Sketch of His Life and Works Buchner: Bamberg, 1891. Octavo. Frontispiece Portrait. Many plates. Spine tips ragged, cover hinge weak.
  BKS-00152 $65Inquire
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  NBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HISTORY The NBC Symphony Orchestra National Broadcasting Company: New York, 1938. first edition. Quarto. 120 pp. Dark blue buckram. Very good condition.

  A history of the NBC Symphony Orchestra with an introduction by Hendrik Willem van Loon, the "History of the Orchestra and Biographies of Conductors" by Walter E. Koons, "Biographies of Personnel" by Philip Kerby, charcoal portraits by Bettina Steinke, and candid photographs by William Haussler and Sydney Desfor.

  The NBC Symphony Orchestra was a radio orchestra established by David Sarnoff, the president of the Radio Corporation of America, especially for the celebrated conductor Arturo Toscanini. The orchestra performed weekly radio concert broadcasts with Toscanini and other conductors from 1937 until its disbandment in 1954. It also served as the house orchestra for the NBC network. A new ensemble, independent of the network, called the "'Symphony of the Air'" followed. It was made up of former members of the NBC Symphony Orchestra and performed from 1954 to 1963, notably under Leopold Stokowski.
  BKS-13413 $40Inquire
• Nicolini, G. and G. SCOLARI Come nasce un violino: Introduzione ai problemi e alle tecniche della liuteria Ed. Stradivari: Cremona, 1985. Octavo. 103 pp. B/w illustrations and diagrams throughout. Wrappers with d/j. As new. BKS-05169 $50Inquire
• Niederheitmann, Friedrich Cremona: ein Charakteristik der italienischen Geigenbauer und ihrer Instrumente Merseburger: Leipzig, 1897. Third edition. Octavo. 104 pp. Facsimiles. Wrappers. Spine split, otherwise good. BKS-05172 $25Inquire
• Niederheitmann, Friedrich Cremona: ein Charakteristik der italienischen Geigenbauer und ihrer Instrumente Merseburger: Leipzig, 1919. 5. vermehrte und auf Grund neuester Forschungen ve. Octavo. 158 pp. Illustrations. Illustrations. Largely uncut & unopened, covers detached and badly chipped; internally very good. BKS-05173 $25Inquire
• Niederheitmann, Friedrich Cremona: ein Charakteristik der italienischen Geigenbauer und ihrer Instrumente Albert Berr. Friedrich Hofmeister: Frankfurt am Main, 1956. Eighth edition. Quarto. 152 pp. 28 plates, not in previous editions. Cloth with d/j. Some tears to d/j, otherwise fine. BKS-05174 $35Inquire
• Norton, M.D. Herter The Art of String Quartet Playing: Practice, Technique and Interpretation Simon & Schuster: New York, 1962. Octavo. 189 pp. Paperback. Good. BKS-09496 $10Inquire
• O'Conner, Garry The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Maggie Teyte Atheneum: New York, 1979. First American edition. Large octavo. 327 pp. Frontispiece photograph. Many photographs. Cloth with d/j. Slightly frayed d/j, otherwise very fine. BKS-09634 $40Inquire
• OPERA - THE VICTROLA BOOK The Victrola Book of the Opera: Stories of the Operas With Illustrations & Descriptions of Victor Opera Records Victor Talking Machine Company: Camden. NJ, 1924. Seventh edition; revised and rewritten. Octavo. 447 pp. Many plates. Gold-decorated cloth. Slight tarnish of gold embossing on cover, otherwise very fine. BKS-09646 $30Inquire
• Otto, Jacob Augustus A Treatise on the Structure and Preservation of the Violin and all other Bow-Instruments; Together with an Account of the Most Celebrated Makers, and of the Genuine Characteristics of their Instruments Translated by John Bishop. Robert Cocks & Co.: London, 1860. Second edition, greatly enlarged. Large octavo. 92 pp. 92 pp. 3 plates. Embossed cloth. Cover sunned with one stain to corner. Tips of spine ragged, endpapers & inside covers stained; internally fine.
  One of the earliest works on the construction of the violin.
  BKS-05177 $100Inquire
• Owen, H. Goddard A Recollection of Marcella Sembrich Coneco Litho Graphics: Glens Falls, NY, 1995. Unabridged reprint. Large octavo. 79 pp. Many photographs. Buckram with d/j. As new. BKS-09636 $35Inquire
• PAGANINI The Caprice Bows: a Tribute to Paganini Ealing Strings: London, 1985. No. 120 of 1,000. Large octavo. 23 pp. 50 plates, 2 in color. Cloth. As new.
  Describes 24 bows made by Michael Taylor decorated with different likenesses of Paganini & excerpts from the 24 Caprices.
  BKS-07466 $75Inquire
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  PALESTRINA ICONOGRAPHY Coates, Henry Palestrina J.M. Dent: (The Master Musicians) London, 1948. Octavo. 243 pp. Cloth with D/J. D/J chipped.
  BKS-04571 $35Inquire