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  Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Piano Sonata, K331, "Sonate pour le Forte-Piano, No. 12" Peters: Leipzig, [after 1814]. Pl.n: 377. Oblong folio. 15 pp. Disbound. Light oil spot in margin of title page, otherwise very good with a strong, clear impression.
  MUS-05953 $200Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Piano Sonata, K333, 284, "2 Sonaten für das Piano-Forte...Viertes Heft" Tobias Haslinger: Vienna, [after 1826]. Pl.n: S:u:C:2704. Oblong Folio. 41 pp. Contemporary marble boards with handmade paper label, spine missing, front cover detached. Repaired tear on fly leaf and series title page only, some pages repaired, otherwise very good. MUS-10576 $225Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Piano Sonata, K547a (K. Anh. 135), Fantasy and Sonata, K475/457, Fantasy, K397, Prelude and Fuge, K394 and Sonata, K396, arranged, "Sonaten für das Piano-Forte...[6tes] Heft. Neu Ausgabe" Carl Haslinger quondam Tobias: Vienna, [after 1849]. Pl.n: S:u:C:2706. Oblong Folio. 51 pp. Disbound, spine reinforced with paper tape. Series title page rumpled, with minor stains and spots; light water stain on lower corners throughout, a few page edges ragged, otherwise very good, with a deep impression. MUS-10577 $200Inquire
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  Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Piano Sonata, K547a (K. Anh. 135), Fantasy and Sonata, K475/457, Fantasy, K397, Prelude and Fugue, K394 and Sonata, K396, arranged, "2 Sonaten und 5 Fantasien für das Piano-Forte...Sechtes Heft" Tobias Haslinger: Vienna, [after 1826]. Pl.n: S:u:C:2706. Oblong Folio. 51 pp. Three-quarter leather with marbled boards and original series title page on cover. With slipcase. Fine condition.

  An attractive early edition.
  MUS-10508 $350More Images/Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Piano Sonatas, K331, 284, 310, "Three Sonatas for the Grand and Small Piano-Forte...Book 5" Broderip & Wilkinson: London, [1798-1808]. Pl.n: "Mozart Book 5". Folio. 43 pp. 19th-century paper folder, spine reinforced. Some soiling and repairs to edge of title page, two owners' marks at top of title page, scribbling on blank verso of first page of music, some plate blocks darkened, pencilled performance markings throughout, otherwise a very good copy. MUS-05952 $225Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Piano Sonatas, K533/494, 457, 475, "Three Sonatas for the Grand and Small Piano-Forte...Book 3" Broderip & Wilkinson: London, [1798-1808]. Folio. 43 pp. Disbound. Tear on lower corner of title page near spine, last page separating at both ends, otherwise a very good copy. MUS-10607 $250Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Piano Trio, K. 542, "Klavier Trio in E-Dur" Drei Masken Verlag: Munich, 1921. Oblong quarto. 26 facsimile pp. Marbled boards with dustjacket. Front cover starting, spine frayed, otherwise very good. FAC-09472 $200Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Piano Trio, K564, "Sonate pour Clavecin ou Forté-Piano avec Violon et Violoncelle, op. 17" Sieber: Paris, [1812]. Pl.n: 1127. Folio. 11 + 4 + 3 pp. Fine.
  Piano and separate string parts. Includes two-page Sieber catalog.
  MUS-05938 $225Inquire
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  Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Piano Variations, K180, 354, 25, Air with Variations for the Piano-Forte, Nos. 17, 18, 20 Broderip & Wilkinson: London, [1798-1808]. Folio. 5 + 13 + 3 pp. (17 and 20 foliated in ink from former binding). Disbound. Small chip out of extreme corner of one page, otherwise very good, a bright, clean impression.

  Three separate publications from Broderip and Wilkinson's series, each with the same attractive engraved vignette on the title page:

  • No. 17 (K180), theme by Salieri, from his opera La fiera di Venezia.
  • No. 18 (K354), theme by Antoine-Laurent Baudron, the tune "Je suis Lindor," from Beaumarchais's Barbier de Seville.
  • No. 20 (K25), theme from the song "Willem von Nassau."
  MUS-05928 $250Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Piano Variations, K265, "ah, vous dirai-je Maman," "Zwölf Variationen in C für Klavier über das französische Lied 'Ah, vous dirai-je Maman', KV 265 (300e). Faksimile nach den autographen Fragmenten und Reproduktion des Erstdrucks," Deutsche Mozart-Gesellschaft: Augsburg, 2001. Oblong quarto. 4 pp. autograph facsimile, 8pp. first edition facsimile, 22 pp. commentary. Red paper boards. As new.
  Includes facsimiles of both Mozart's fragmentary autograph and the complete first edition. Commentary by Ulrich Konrad in German and English.
  FAC-10327 $75Inquire
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  Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Piano Variations, K352, 264, 353, 455, 354, Anh. 285, 573, 613, 265, 398, 179, 500, "Oeuvres Complettes de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Cahier II: Douze Thémes variés pour le Pianoforte" Breitkopf & Härtel: Leipzig, 1798. Pl.n: II. Oblong folio. 122 pp. Original wrappers on paper boards. Some discoloration and wear to covers, some foxing on both title pages, occasional foxing throughout musical text, a few internal pages archivally repaired, otherwise very good.

  Series title page with vignette by Johann Veit Schnorr (1764-1841), a German draftsman, painter and sculptor who was best known for his engravings. Includes a Breitkopf & Härtel catalog on last two leaves, stated to be current to "Michaelis-Messe 1798."
  MUS-10571 $450Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Praeludium (ohne Köchel-Nummer) Editio Musica: Budapest Folio. 2 facsimile pp.; 1 page of printed music + 6 pp. of commentary in German, English & Hungarian. Boards. As new. FAC-07534 $50Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Quintet for Piano and Winds, K452, "Grand Quintetto pour Piano-forté, Hautbois, Clarinette, Cor & Basson, (ou Violon, Alto et Violoncelle), composé part W.A. Mozart" André: Offenbach am Main, [1811-12]. Pl.n: 3042. Oblong quarto. 15 pp. Disbound. Minor small spots and stains on title page, minor foxing throughout, otherwise very good.
  Piano part only.
  MUS-10587 $150Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Quintet for Piano and Winds, K452, arranged, "Quartett für Pianoforte, Violine, Viola und Violoncell, Neun und Zwangzigstes Heft" Tobias Haslinger: Vienna, [1818]. Pl.n: S:u:C:2729. Piano, oblong folio; parts, folio. 19 + 7 + 7 + 7 pp. All pages untrimmed, in generally fine condition.
  Piano part and complete set of parts. A deep impression with the piano part having both the original blue wrappers reading "Clavier-Werke von W.A. Mozart. [29]tes Heft" as well as the series title page which bears an engraved vignette of a stone monument (with the series title etched in it) surrounded by a waterfall and woodland creatures (a snake and an owl) and reads "Saemmtliche Werke für das Clavier mit und ohne Begleitung von W.A. Mozart, [29] Heft." A catalog for the series is on back of blue wrapper. See MUS-5968, the Piano Quartet, K478, and MUS-5970, the Piano Quartet, K493, both part of this same Haslinger series.
  MUS-05959 $400Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Requiem (spurious), K Anh. 237 (K6 Anh. C 1.90), "The Celebrated Arrangement of Mozart's Masses by Vincent Novello, no. 18. (The Short Requiem Mass) with Latin and English words" Novello: London, [after 1852]. Pl.n: "Mozart's Mass (App.x) No 18.". Oblong octavo. 40 pp. Original paper cover, spine reinforced with paper tape. Cover edges chipped, internally very good.
  Vocal score with organ accompaniment. Novello's set of Mozart Masses included several inauthentic works, of which this is one.
  MUS-05945 $75Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Requiem, K626, Piano/vocal score, "W.A. Mozarti Missa pro defunctis Requiem, W.A. Mozarts Seelenmesse, Klavierauszug von C.F. Schwenke" Breitkopf & Härtel: Leipzig, [1818]. Pl.n: 2631. Oblong quarto. 60 pp. Atractive early 20th century decorative boards, bound with original wrappers. Foxed throughout, frontispiece has a few minor stains, repairs to margins of three pages. MUS-05985 $350Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Rondo, K.485 & 511, "Zwei rondos D-Dur und A-Moll" Universal: Vienna & New York, 1923. Limited edition of 50. Oblong folio. 9 facsimile pp. Decorative boards with gold stamping. Covers rubbed, spine tips chipped; internally fine.
  This copy formerly owned by Ernest Bloch, with his holograph initials on the titlepage.
  FAC-09448 $300Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Sonata for Violin and Piano, K376, "[Sonates pour clavecin ou piano forte, avec accompagnement de violon, par Mozart...oeuvre 2, No. 3.]" Schott: Mainz, [c 1800]. Pl.n: 274. Oblong folio. 12 + 4 pp. Disbound. Pencil and red crayon fingerings in piano part, foxing throughout, and overall browning, some offprinting, some edges frayed, otherwise good.
  Lacks title page, otherwise complete with both piano and violin parts.
  MUS-10579 $100Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Sonatas for Piano or Violin and Piano, K296, 310, 331, 378, 379, 376, 377, 380, 454, 496, 548, 564, arranged, "Trois Duos pour deux Violons, oeuvre 70, Liv: 1-4" Simrock: Bonn, [1809-01]. Pl.n: 137, 144, 152, 153. Folio. I: 13+13; II: 13+10; III: 15+15; IV: 12+12 pp. Untrimmed crisp edges, slight wear at bottoms of spines, otherwise fine.
  Two separate violin parts.
  MUS-05950 $275Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Sonatas for Piano, K. 333, 284 and Sonata for Piano and Violin, 454, "Trois sonates pour le clavecin ou le piano-forte. La troisième est accompagnée d'un violon obligé, K. 333 - K. 284 - K. 454," Facsimile of the First Edition (parts). Editions Fuzeau: Courlay, France, 1993. Oblong quarto. 53 + 7 pp. fascimile of Torricella first edition parts, 84 pp. commentary. In publisher's original paper folder. As new.
  Commentary by Norbert Kalts in French, English and German.
  FAC-10330 $75Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Sonatas for Violin and Piano, K376, 378, 379, arranged, "Three Duets for Two Violins" G. Walker: London, [1820-28]. Folio. 13 +13 pp. Some repairs, otherwise very good.
  Two complete violin parts. These duos exhibit an unusual creativity in the transcription process. Of particular note in this regard is the G Minor/G Major sonata (K379, third of the set), which exhibits substantial rewriting of the variation movement that departs markedly from the original figuration and shape of the lines even when the original figuration could have served perfectly well.
  MUS-05930 $200Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Sonatas for Violin and Piano, K402, 454, 481, 526, 570, "V Sonates et II Airs variés pour le Pianoforte avec l'accompagnement d'un Violon" Breitkopf & Härtel: Leipzig, [1802]. , n.p.n. Oblong folio. 78 pp. Half-leather binding with original wrappers laid in. Fine.
  Piano part only. Series title page with vignette engraved by Langer, reading "Oeuvres Complettes de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart XI." Wrapper title page: "Oeuvres de Mozart. Cahier XI. Contenant V Sonates et II Airs variés pour le Pianoforte avec l'accompagnement d'un Violon."
  MUS-05957 $250Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Sonatas for Violin and Piano, K402, 526, 454, 481, 570, "Oeuvres Complettes de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Cahier IX: 5 Sonates pour le Pianoforte avec Accompagnement d'un Violon..." Breitkopf & Härtel: Leipzig, [1824]. Pl.n: 4070. Oblong folio. 72 pp. Original wrappers. Spots, fading and soiling on wrappers, hole burned in spine at back and effecting edge of last two pages (not effecting musical text); moderately foxed and browned throughout, several pages turned down at corners; otherwise good.
  Piano part only. Engraved series title page with vignette.
  MUS-10572 $250Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) String Quartet in B-flat, K. 589 Robert Owen Lehman Foundation: New York, 1969. Oblong quarto. 24 facsimile pp. Green linen. As new.
  One of ten Mozart string quartet manuscripts in the British Library elegantly issued in facsimile by the Robert Owen Lehman Foundation.
  FAC-09910 $150Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) String Quartet in D, K. 499 Robert Owen Lehman Foundation: New York, 1969. Oblong quarto. 28 facsimile pp. Dark brown linen. As new.
  one of ten Mozart string quartet manuscripts in the British Library elegantly issued in facsimile by the Robert Owen Lehman Foundation.
  FAC-09911 $150Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) String Quartet in F, K. 590 Robert Owen Lehman Foundation: New York, 1969. Oblong quarto. 28 facsimile pp. Olive green linen. As new.
  one of ten Mozart string quartet manuscripts in the British Library elegantly issued in facsimile by the Robert Owen Lehman Foundation.
  FAC-09912 $150Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) String Quartet, K464, "W.A. Mozarts zehn berühmte Quartetten für 2 Violinen, Viola & Violoncell, neue correcte Partitur-ausgabe, No. 5" André: Offenbach am Main, [1843]. Pl.n: M.5. Octavo. 34 pp. Disbound. Some pages detached, title page torn at top, otherwise good.
  Score. Paginated for both individual issue and in series.
  MUS-05963 $85Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) String Quartets arr. from K521, 497, 564, "Trois Quatuors pour deux Violons, Alto et Violoncelle, composés par Mr. Mozart, Oeuvre 32me" André: Offenbach am Main, [1793]. Pl.n: 591. first edition in this arrangement. Folio. 15+15+11+11 pp. All title pages but viola detached, violin title page soiled and with remains of a page pasted along the length of its left side, bleed-through in some spots, otherwise good.
  Complete set of parts. These quartets are arrangements of the two Piano Sonatas for four Hands K521 and K497, and Piano Trio K564. The last page of the first violin part has a cute manuscript correction tipped in.
  MUS-05974 $350Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) String Quartets, K387, 421, 458, "Trois Quatuors Pour deux Violons, Alto et Basse Dédiés à J. Haydn par W.A. Mozart Opera 10e. 2e [sic] Livraison" Leduc: Paris, [before 1800]. , n.p.n. Folio. 19 + 19 + 15 + 11 pp. Each part in heavy blue paper wrappers. Untrimmed edges. A few pencil performance markings, otherwise very good.
  Complete set of parts, each with title page.
  MUS-09848 $350Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) String Quartets, K428, 464, 465, "Haydn Quartets," "Three Quartetts for Two Violins, Tenor and Violoncello...dedicated to Dr. Haydn" Lavenu & Mitchell: London, [1805-08]. Pl.n: No plate no. Folio. 23 + 23 + 15 + 16 pp. Disbound. Exhibits offprint from opposite leaves that somewhat darkens the musical text, some minor staining, otherwise good.
  Complete set of parts, each with title page, all marked in ink "ex libris Christopher Kreeft 1846." The music library at Harvard has a copy of Mozart's String Quartets K575, 589 and 590 published by Forster that bears the same ex libris designation (Merritt Room Mus 745.1.292.25).
  MUS-05958 $250Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) String Quartets, K575, 589, 590, "Prussian", Tre Quartetti per due Violini, Viola e Basso...Opera XVIII. No. 12. Part: LXVI Hennig: Amsterdam, [c 1810]. Pl.n: No. 12. Folio. 20 + 19 + 17 + 15 pp. Durable buckram bindings. Rehearsal letters, some fingerings and dynamics in colored pencil, some wear, soling and staining to title page of first violin, otherwise very good - a very deep impression on untrimmed pages.
  Complete set of four parts. All title pages stamped and signed by a former owner and New York Public Library stamp on one or more pages of each part.
  MUS-09984 $300Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) String Quintet, K. 407, arranged, "Mozart's Quintett (in c minor.) Arranged as a Duet for the Piano Forte, by J. Wilkins" Clementi, Banger, Collard, Davis & Collard: London, [1810-18]. Pl.n: "Mozart's Duet, by Wilkins". Folio. 25 pp. Title page very slightly creased, some foxing and bleedthrough, otherwise very good. MUS-10588 $125Inquire
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  Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Symphonies K297, 318, 319, 338, 385, 425, 504, 543, 550, 551, Serenades, K250, 320, arr., "Symphonien von W.A. Mozart für Pianoforte zu vier Händen arrangirt von Hugo Ulrich und Aug. Horn. Band I [& II]" Peters: Leipzig, [early 20th C]. Pl.n: 4698, 5952. Oblong Quarto. 2 vols bound together: 162 + 144 pp. Attractive decorative embossed green buckrum with gold stamp. Spine tips quite frayed, binding slightly sprung. Very good.
  MUS-10501 $225Inquire
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  Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Symphony No. 31, "Paris", K297, and Adagio & Fugue, K546, arranged for string quartet Octavo. Modern boards. A few pencilled markings, otherwise very good.

  Full score of these two works:

  • Sinfonia No. 9 ["Paris"]...W.A.Mozart Op. 88. Breitkopf & Härtel: Leipzig, [after 1860]. Plate no. 11911 II. Paginated 125-180. Title page missing.
  • W.A. Mozarts zehn berühmte Quartetten für 2 Violinen, Viola & Violoncelle, neue auf das Sorgfältigste durchgesehen Original Ausgabe. André: Offenbach, [1843]. 11 pp. N.p.n.
  MUS-05978 $85Inquire
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  Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Symphony No. 41, K. 551, ["Jupiter"], "Symphonie in C 'Jupiter'" Universal: Vienna, 1923. Oblong quarto. 93 pp. A disbound copy with some tape residue near spine: otherwise very good.
  FAC-14335 $100Inquire
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  Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Symphony No. 41, K. 551, ["Jupiter"], "Symphonie in C 'Jupiter'" Universal: Vienna, 1923. Oblong quarto. 93 facsimile pp. Boards. Spine and corners somewhat chipped, cover slightly browned; otherwise fine.

  This copy from the library of Ernest Bloch with his holograph initials on first blank.
  FAC-07556 $200Inquire
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  Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Thamos, Incidental Music, K345, selections, adapted, "Motette, Ob fürchterlich tobend sich Stürme erheben etc. (Ne pulvis et cinis superbe etc.) für vier Singstimmen mit Begleitung des Orchesters, von W.A. Mozart. Partitur, No. II" Breitkopf & Härtel: Leipzig, [1804]. Pl.n: "Mozart Motett. II". first edition of this Chorus. Folio. 30 pp. Title page browned, lower corner soiled, occasional foxing, some waterstaining pp. 21-25, outer edges tattered, last page soiled and rubbed, stamps from previous owners throughout, otherwise very good.

  Full score. Adapted from the chorus "Ihr Kinder des Staubes," no. 7b from "Thamos, König in Aegypten." Other sections of "Thamos" appeared as motets as early as 1798, but this is the first printing of this chorus in any version. The original version of "Thamos" was not printed until long after this edition.
  MUS-05987 $700Inquire
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  Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Three Sonatas for the Grand and Small Piano-Forte. Book 15. [K. 309, 281, 279]. Broderip & Wilkinson: London, [1798-1808]. Quarto. 40 pp. Disbound. Crease on p. 37, otherwise a very nice copy.

  Includes a publisher's catalog of piano music by various composers.
  MUS-10132 $250More Images/Inquire
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  Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Trio for Voices and Piano, "Das Bandel," K441, "Das Bändchen, Ein scherzhaftes Terzett mit Klavierbegleitung von W.A. Mozart" Simrock: Bonn, [1800]. Pl.n: 122. Oblong quarto. 9 pp. Contemporary marbled boards with embossed leather label, back cover detached. Ink marks and stamps from previous owners, title page a little soiled, pages a little sunned, otherwise very good.
  MUS-10591 $200Inquire
• Mozart, W.A. (1756-1791) Waltzes for Piano, K6 Anh. C 29.19, C 29.18, K606/1, "Three Waltzes, Composed by Mozart" Hime: Dublin, [1814-17]. Folio. 3 pp. Disbound. Leaves detached from disbinding, tear at bottom margin of first leaf, otherwise very good. MUS-10584 $65Inquire
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  Müller, August Eberhard (1767-1817) Instructive Uebungstücke (Pièces instructives) für das Pianoforte für die ersten Anfänger, 1tes Supplement zum kleinen Elementarbuch. Neue correcte Ausgabe. C. F. Peters: Leipzig, [c 1808]. Pl.n: 637. Engraved. Oblong quarto. 11 pp. Disbound. Stamps on title page. Otherwise a nice, crisp copy in very good condition.

  Published in or about 1808, based on plate number.
  MTH-07096 $100Inquire
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  Mussorgsky, Modeste (1839-1881) and D. Ussow, German translations. Lieder und Gesänge. Für 1 Singstimme und Klavier. Universal Edition A. G.: Wien, Leipzig, 1929. Pl.n: U.E. 9254. Quarto. xii pp. + 69 pp. With a foreward and text underlay in both Cyrillic and German. Spine chipping and back cover beginning to detach. Cover and pages a bit toned at margins. Otherwise a very nice, clean copy.

  With occasional critical notes in the lower margin, indicating differences between the original manuscript and the published edition.

  Additional publisher information on cover: Musiksektion d. Staatsverlages: Moscow, 1929. There is a second plate number on all pages corresponding to this house: M. 8767 r.

  MUS-15185 $30Inquire
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  Mussorgsky, Modeste (1839-1881) and D. Ussow, German translations. Lieder und Tänze. Für 1 Singstimme und Klavier. Universal Edition A. G.: Wien, Leipzig, 1928. Pl.n: U.E. 9250. Quarto. 39 pp. With a foreward and text underlay in both Cyrillic and German. Front cover detached and a bit dusty. Otherwise a clean copy in very good condition.

  With occasional critical notes in the lower margin, indicating differences between the original manuscript and the published edition.

  Additional publisher information on cover: Musiksektion d. Staatsverlages: Moscow, 1929. There is a second plate number on all pages corresponding to this house: M. 8389I r.

  MUS-15193 $20Inquire
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  Mussorgsky, Modeste (1839-1881) and D. Ussow, German translations. Ohne Sonne. Für 1 Singstimme und Klavier. Universal Edition A. G.: Wien, Leipzig, 1929. Pl.n: U.E. 9253. Quarto. 24 pp. With a foreward and text underlay in both Cyrillic and German. In excellent condition. Front cover a bit toned at edges with a minor water stain at lower left (only just affecting).

  With occasional critical notes in the lower margin, indicating differences between the original manuscript and the published edition.

  Additional publisher information on cover: Musiksektion d. Staatsverlages: Moscow, 1929. There is a second plate number on all pages corresponding to this house: M. 8865 r.

  MUS-15194 $25Inquire
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  Nägeli, Hans Georg (1773-1836) Lieder von Johann Jackob Hess, in Musik gesetzt von Hans Georg Nägeli. H. G. Nägeli: Zürich, 1814. first edition. Engraved. Small octavo. vii + 28 pp. Title page portrait engraving of Hess. With subscriber list and forward by Nägeli at front. Blue wrappers, likely original. Title page with light foxing. Tape repair to inner margin of p. vi (not affecting). Two small worm holes near bottom of pp. 19-28. Overall a clean and crisp copy in very good condition.

  Hans Georg Nägeli was a composer and writer on music. His musical lending library was the first of its kind in Switzerland and figured among the earliest collections to provide access to Bach's lesser-known works. His musical correspondence included exchanges with major figures of his time, including Beethoven, Schubert, Weber, and Spohr.

  This edition is especially interesting for its frequent and unusual notation of crescendi above the staves (see images).
  MUS-15230 $325More Images/Inquire
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  NEW MUSIC EDITIONS New Music, A Quarterly Publishing of Modern Compositions Henry Cowell, ed. San Francisco: New Music Society of California: San Francisco (before 1941, large quarto). New York: New Music Society Publisher, American Music Center (after 1941, small quarto). Condition: mostly good to excellent, a few issues only fair.

  A scarce large run, 1927-1952, missing only Oct. 1942 and Jan. 1951. 95 issues in all.

  This famous quarterly was launched single-handedly in 1927 by Henry Cowell (1897-1965). Cowell, who became one of the most important figures in twentieth-century American music, was already well-established by then as a prolific composer using trailblazing sound combinations and was an indefatigable champion of "ultra-modern" music. The run includes:

  1927: Oct - Ruggles

  1928: Jan - Rudhyar; Apr - Ornstein/Weisshaus; Jul - Chavez; Oct - Crawford

  1929: Jan - Ives; Apr - Weiss; Jul - Copland; Oct - Slonimsky

  1930: Jan - Becker; Apr - Ruggles; Jul - Riegger/McPhee; Oct - Webern/Weiss/Chavez

  1931: Jan - McPhee; Apr - Antheil; Jul - Brant; Oct - Achron

  1932: Jan - Ives; Apr - Schoenberg; Jul - Riegger/Strang; Oct - Crawford/Engel

  1933: Jan - Chavez; Apr - Donovan/Hardcastle; Jul - Piston/Fine; Oct - Ives

  1934: Jan - Roldan/Ruyneman; Apr - Green; Jul - Ardevol/Caturla/Strang; Oct - Davidenko/Khachaturian/Mossolov/Polovinkin/Veprik

  1935: Jan - Creston; Apr - Chavez/Bowles; Jul - Rudhyar/Luening/Heilner; Oct - Ives

  1936: Jan - Rozsa; Apr - Harris; Jul - Siegmeister/Brooks; Oct - Chavez

  1937: Jan - Bailey/Couper; Apr - Caturla/Stocker; Jul - Luening/Strang; Oct - Finney

  1938: Jan - Nancarrow; Apr - Creston; Jul - Cleghorn/Harrison; Oct - Ficher

  1939: Jan - Tremblay; Apr - Santa Cruz; Jul - Carvajal/Uribe-Holguin; Oct - Diamond

  1940: Jan - Cazden/McKay; Apr - Kerr; Jul - Weber; Oct - Cowell

  1941: Jan - Crawford; Apr - Donovan/Kerr; Jul - Strang; Oct - Goldman/Jeminitz

  1942: Jan - Bacon; Apr - Luening/Pisk; Jul - Achron

  1943: Jan - Paz; Apr - Ruggles; Jul - Cage; Oct - Harrison

  1944: Jan - Van Vactor; Apr - Carrillo; Jul - Riegger; Oct - Thomson

  1945: Jan - Ruggles; Apr - Carter; Jul - McPhee; Oct - Cowell

  1946: Jan - Brown; Apr - Hovhaness; Jul - Dahl/Varèse; Oct - Wolpe

  1947: Jan - Gideon; Apr - Thomson; Jul - Sessions; Oct - Cowell/Ruggles/Ives

  1948: Jan - Harrison; Apr - Fine/Strongin; Jul - Haines/Bradley; Oct - Becker

  1949: Jan - Weber/Perle/Prausnitz; Apr - Kauder; Jul -Babbitt; Oct - Perle

  1950: Jan - Toch; Apr - Woronoff; Jul - Shifrin/Feldman; Oct - Berger

  1951: Apr - Wolff; Jul - Wilkinson; Oct - Nancarrow

  1952: Jan - Monod; Apr - Nowak; Jul - Wen-Chung; Oct - Cowell

  The volumes of this quarterly usually sell for $175 to $250 each. We are selling this large run for $12,000.

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  NEW YORK - FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL SHEET MUSIC Baumbach, Adolph (c. 1830-1880) Fifth Avenue Hotel Polka Brilliant Russell & Tolman: Boston, 1858. Pl.n: 3734. Quarto. 7 pp. Disbound. In excellent condition with a clean, crisp cover. Some transfer to music.

  A piece for piano written to mark the opening of the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York City. The hotel is depicted on the cover with in a detailed and decorative lithograph by the noted lithograph J.H. Bufford. Scarce.

  The Fifth Avenue Hotel opened in 1859 on the southwest corner of what is now Madison Square Park. Its distance from the city's downtown core, where most people lived and worked, caused many to predict its failure, but it quickly became a hub for the social, political, and cultural elite. The hotel was luxuriously outfitted and gratuitously staffed, attracting notable guests with advertisements of its opulent dining room, private bathrooms, and fireplaces in every room. It was also the first hotel to have elevators. Ten presidents and several members of the British royalty would stay at the Fifth Avenue Hotel before its closure in 1908, the Prince of Wales once remarking that the place was a larger and more handsome building than Buckingham Palace.
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  Nicolai, Valentino (?-c. 1798) A Sonata for the Piano Forte. Op. 11. Nos. 3 & 5. W. Hodsoll: London, [1807]. Engraved. Quarto. Paginated 9-14; 20-25. Disbound. Both sonatas in very good condition (slight bleedthrough to both). First page of No. 3 cropped a little close to the music, likely from original printing being askew (affecting the edge of some staves but no notes).

  Sonatas Nos. 3 and 5, bearing separate (but identical) title pages, from Nicolai's Op. 11. Although piano sonatas, each title page indicates that a violin part can be had at the publisher's.

  Published in 1807, as per WorldCat.

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