Music & Printed Scores

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  Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908) La Nuit de Mai, Opéra en 3 Acts (D'Après un Conte de Gogol). Piano Vocal Score Belaieff: Leipzig, 1895. Large quarto. 260 pp. with original full-color Russian title page. Paper wraps with black linen spine. Interior overall very good with a few pages stained at edges. Covers a bit ratty with reinforcements on all edges and spine torn at top and bottom.

  This copy formerly owned by Adolph Bolm with his stamp on the interior pages. Bolm was a choreographer and dancer with Mariinsky Ballet. He was also the choreographer for the 1914 performance of La Nuit de Mai with the Ballets Russes.
  MUS-10850 $175Inquire
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  Rinck, Christian Heinrich (1770-1846) Das Vater unser. Nebst den besonders gedruckten 4 Singstimmen. Op. 59. N. Simrock: Bonn / Cöln, [c 1820, as per plate number and WorldCat]. Pl.n: 1738. Engraved. Oblong quarto. Disbound. Individual parts and final page detached. Detached title page a bit dusty with repaired tear at side and dealer stamp at bottom. Music clean with occasional dealer stamp at margins. Back page with some minor tears. On the whole a good copy.

  This volume includes four separate detached parts (one each for soprano, alto, tenor, and bass) and a score with organ accompaniment. The parts are oriented vertically and the score horizontally.

  Christian Heinrich Rinck was a German organist, composer, and celebrated teacher. He wrote primarily for organ and was selected by Schott to prepare the first piano version of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis. Rinck's library was given to Yale University.
  MUS-15264 $35Inquire
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  Robinson, Earl (1910-1991) A Modern Cantata: Ballad for Americans for Baritone Solo and Mixed Chorus Robbins Music Corporation: New York, 1940. Pl.n: SH 1975-42. first edition. Small quarto. 43 pp. Paper wraps. In excellent condition. Covers a bit dusty and a few penciled performance notes throughout.

  Earl Robinson wrote the "Ballad for Americans" for a 1939 production of Sing for Your Supper funded by the Federal Theatre Project (part of the Works Progress Administration). It quickly became Robinson's most popular composition and was performed and recorded by such diverse artists as Paul Robeson, Bing Crosby, Lawrence Tibbett, and Odetta.

  Robinson was a composer, arranger, and folk music singer-songwriter. In the 1940s he worked on film scores in Hollywood until he was blacklisted for being a Communist.
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  Rochberg, George (1918-2005) Symphony No. 2 Theodore Presser Company: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 1961. Apparent first edition. Small quarto. 164 pp. Gray paper wraps. Faint coffee cup stain and publisher's stamp on cover. Otherwise very good.

  Inscribed on title page by the composer: For Gene Bruck | with warmest wishes | George.

  Rochberg composed this symphony between 1955 and 1956, shortly after committing himself to Schoenberg's serial technique, which he believed a necessary and unavoidable development in musical composition. Scholars count this work among the first in which Rochberg mastered his own serial style.
  SSC-05799 $250Inquire
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  Rodgers, Richard (1902-1979) and Oscar Hammerstein II Oklahoma! [piano/vocal score]. Williamson Music Inc.: New York, 1943. Pl.n: C-523. first edition. Quarto. 208 pp. Original paper wraps. Music clean and in excellent condition. Wrappers detaching with small piece of tape inside front at spine.

  This first edition was published shortly after the musical's premiere in New York on March 31, 1943. Pearl Harbor had occurred only 16 months before and success was not at all secure. However, after World War II and the Depression, the public was in a nostalgic mood and the show would run for an unprecedented 2,212 performances. Oklahoma as a state was only 36 years old and perhaps that reminded people of their pioneer past and the possibility of a brighter future.

  “Oklahoma!” was Richard Rodgers’ first collaboration without his longtime partner Larry Hart and his first with Oscar Hammerstein II, with whom he would go on to write South Pacific, The Sound of Music, The King and I and Carousel. Another new element was the inclusion of Agnes De Mille’s choreography. Oklahoma! contains some of the most recognizable song hits of all time, including "Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin", "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top", "I Cain't Say No", "People Will Say We're in Love", and "Pore Jud Is Daid".

  MUS-15837 $350Inquire
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  Roentgen, Engelbert (1829-1897) String Trio on Ashkenazic Themes. For Violin, Viola, and Violoncello. Transcontinental Music Corporation: New York, 1946. Quarto. 15 pp, full score with parts. Blue paper wraps. In excellent condition.

  Engelbert Roentgen was the father of his better-known composer son, Julius Roentgen. This edition of the elder Roentgen's String Trio is signed and inscribed by his namesake grandson (Julius's son), a talented cellist who studied with Casals and played in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

  SSC-15075 $50Inquire
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  ROGOLINSKY - DANCES FOR PIANO Rogolinsky, J. Charles (?-c. 1840) Differentes Danses, arrangées pour le Piano Forte. J. Brieff: St. Petersburg, Russia, [n/d]. Engraved. Oblong quarto. 4 pp. Title page quite worn and corners creased throughout. Internally clean with very minor ink transfer.

  An uncommon edition. Very little is known about J. Charles Rogolinsky. These dances are quite representative of his few extant publications, all of which are light compositions for keyboard.

  Only slightly more can be said about the publisher, J. Brieff. He seems to have been in operation by 1810 at the latest, and conducted at least some business with the publishing firm Paez, which was also based in St. Petersburg during the first half of the nineteenth century.

  Sold together with two additional and different sets of dances:
  Rogolinsky, Charles. Recueil de differentes Danses Pour le Piano Forte. J. Brieff: St. Petersbourg, Russia, n/d. Engraved. Oblong quarto. 9 pp. Title page vignette. Title page beginning to detach. A little ink transfer. Otherwise clean and good.

  Rogolinsky, Charles. Recueil de differentes Danses Pour le Piano Forte. Vonderfour: St. Petersburg, Russia, n/d. Pl.n. 39. Engraved. Oblong quarto. 13 pp. Title page a little dusty. Some ink transfer throughout, but otherwise excellent.

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• Romberg, Andreas (1767-1821) and Bernard ROMBERG (1767-1841) [Six Symphonies and Seven Overtures by Andreas and Bernard Romberg, arranged for Two Violins, Flute, Viola and Cello, with an additional Bass or Piano ad lib.] London Folio. Six complete parts, each separately bound in durable blue buckram. A few nicely repaired corners, otherwise very good.
  CONTENTS:
  
  - [Symphonies, arranged] Nos. 1.2.3. Grand Symphonies Composed by A. Romberg, Adapted for Two Violins, Flute, Tenor & Violoncello, With an additional Bass or Piano Forte (Ad libitum) by G. Masi (London: R. Cocks, [after 1845]. Plate number 4427, 21+21+20+11+20+35 pp.).
  - [Symphonies, arranged] No. 4.5.6. Grand Symphonies, Composed by Andreas, & Bernard Romberg, adapted for Two Violins, Flute, Tenor & Violoncello, with an Additional Bass, or Piano Forte (ad libitum) by H. Hill (London: Monzani & Hill, [c. 1818-29]. Plate number "Rombergs Syms. 2d. Set.", 27+22+19+17+19+39 pp.).
  - [Overtures, arranged] Nos. 1 & 2. B. Romberg's Celebrated Overture, Op. 11, in D Major, and Ditto Op. 26, to Ulysse et Circe, Adapted for Two Violins, Flute, Alto, Violoncello, Contra Basso, & Piano Forte, by G. Masi. 1st Set (London: R. Cocks, [1823-44]. Plate number 4424, 5+5+5+5+5+9 pp.).
  - [Overtures, arranged] No. 3.4.5. Grand Overtures, composed by A. Romberg, as Performed at the Concerts of the Philharmonic Society, Adapted for Two Violins, Flute, Tenor, & Violoncello, with an additional Bass or Piano Forte, by H. Hill (London: R. Cocks, [after 1845]. Plate number 4425, 11+9+7+7+8+15 pp.).
  - [Overtures, arranged] Nos. 6.7. A. Romberg's Grand Overture, to Le Rovine di Palluzzi, and B. Romberg's Grand Concert Overture, Adapted for Two Violins, Flute, Tenor, Violoncello, and Bass or Piano Forte, by H. Hill. 3d. Set (London: R. Cocks, [1823-44]. Plate number 4426, 8+7+6+5+7+10 pp.).
  MUS-07346 $550Inquire
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  Romberg, Andreas (1767-1821) Concerto pour le Violon, avec accompagnement de l'Orchestre. Ivme Concert. Op. 50. Bureau de Musique de C. F. Peters: Leipzig, [c 1819]. Pl.n: 1360. Engraved. Likely first edition. Quarto. 15 pp. Disbound with two layers of paper tape reinforcement at spine. A nice copy in very good condition. Some minor stains and signature of former owner on cover, dated 1819.

  Violin part only.

  Although Romberg composed twenty violin concertos, only four were published.

  MUS-06439 $60Inquire
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  Ronsard, Pierre de (1524-1585) La Fleur des Musiciens de P. de Ronsard. Henry Expert, ed. A l'enseigne de la Cité des Livres: Paris, 1923. An (unnumbered) copy of a limited issue of 1,050 on vélin d'arches. Quarto. 104 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Orlando di Lasso. Quarter-bound navy-blue leather with marbled paper boards. Raised bands and gilt title at spine. Original deckled edges. In excellent condition (spine ever so slightly rubbed).

  A beautifully presented collection of Renaissance vocal music in modern notation, all of which sets texts by the French poet Pierre de Ronsard. Composers represented include: Pierre Certon, Guillaume Costeley, Claude Goudimel, Clement Janequin, Nicolas de la Grotte, Orlande de Lassus, François Regnard, and Jehan Chardavoine.
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• Ross, John (1763-1837) Three Sonatas for the Piano Forte, with an Accompaniment for the Violin or German Flute, Op. 6. For the subjects of the Slow Movements, some favorite Scotish Airs are Introduced Preston: London, [c 1795]. Pl.n: n.p.n. Folio. 39 pp. Disbound. A few pages with bent corners and small tears, title page and last page almost detached, a few faint pencil fingerings and ornaments, otherwise very good.
  Piano part only. Violin/flute part cued in occasionally in the third sonata.
  MUS-07131 $150Inquire
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  Rossini, Gioacchino (1792-1868) Guillaume Tell, Opéra en Quatre Actes (Piano/Vocal Score).
  Paroles MM. Jouy and Hypolite Bis avec accompanment de Piano par L. Niedermeyer Troupenas: Paris, 1829. Pl.n: 329. Price: 60f. first edition. Large Quarto. 396 pp. Half-leather with green buckram boards, spine with gold bands. Internally excellent and crisp (with very minor occasional foxing). Binding scuffed and shelf-worn. Retains original blue paper cover entitled Répertoire des Opéras Français.
  MUS-13806 $450Inquire
• Rossini, Gioacchino (1792-1868) Moïse in Egypte, Opera de Rossini Arrangé en Quatuors Pour Flûte, Violon, Alto & Basse. Par Vt. Gambaro. [1, 2e, 3, ] Partie Vt. Gambaro, arr. Gambaro, au Magazine du Musique: Paris, [after 1818]. Pl.n: 405/405 D./405 T. Folio. 10/11/15+11/10/11+11/9/11+10/8/11 pp. Modern gray buckram bindings for each part. Impression somewhat faint in some places but still clearly readable, some pages reinforced, occasional offprinting/bleedthrough, otherwise very good.
  Complete set of four parts, each with title page.
  MUS-09974 $350Inquire
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  Rossini, Gioacchino (1792-1868) Opere Teatrali Serie e Buffe del Sig. Giovacchino Rossini. Ridotte per Piano Forte solo. [Includes two arrangements] G. Lorenzi: Firenze, [1820s]. Engraved. Oblong quarto. 14 pp. + 8 pp. Disbound but still sewn. Some bleedthrough, but otherwise a nice copy.

  Two arrangements for piano, each with its own title page: the finale of La Gazza Ladra and "Lasciami non t'ascolto" from Tancredi. The arranger is not attributed.

  Similar arrangements of Rossini's operas from this publisher are listed in WorldCat with publication dates in the 1820s. Unclear exactly when these two were issued.

  MUS-14961 $60Inquire
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  ROYAL SAMMELBAND - PERSONAL COPIES OF MUSIC DEDICATED TO THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF ALBANY Quarto. With several color title pages. Purple linen spine with leather label & plain brown boards. All edges gilt. Front cover blindstamped with a crowned letter A and Music Dedicated to H. R. H. The Duke and Duchess of Albany. Boards a bit worn. Internally in excellent condition.

  A very attractive volume of 32 songs and incidental piano music dedicated to the Duke and Duchess of Albany by a host of composers, including but not limited to Arthur Sullivan, Berthold Tours, Louis von Esch, and several female composers.

  The volume is compiled of the Duke and Duchess's personal copies. Several pieces are inscribed and signed by their composers: Ti saluto! by Mounsey Bartholomew; The Last Milestone by Henry Pontet; One Here, One Yonder by Annette Casson; and The Claremont and Claremont Valses by J.M. Falshaw (both Falshaw pieces inscribed without signature).

  There are also manuscript copies of Gounod's Marche Nuptiale, which includes at the end God Save the Queen, and Theodor Adam's Man lebt nur einmal.

  Finally, there are several songs to commemorate the passing of the Duke, who suffered an untimely death at age 30 in 1884: Where the Weary are at Rest, a Tribute to the Memory of H.R.H. Prince Leopold by John d'Esté; Lament, on the Death of His Royal Highness The Late Duke of Albany by Lillie Albrecht; and Not Dead but Sleeping by W. S. Bricknell.

  Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, was the eighth child and youngest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. He married Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont in 1882, but their happy marriage was short-lived when he died of hemophilia just two years later.

  MUS-15060 $400Inquire
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  Rubinstein, Anton (1829-1894) Points d'Orgue pour le 4me. Concerto, Op. 58, de L. van Beethoven. B. Schott's Söhne: Mainz, [1862]. Pl.n: 16714. first edition. Large quarto. 14 + 1 (advertisement) pp. Original mint-colored wrapper (a little toned with a few chips to edges). Dealer stamp on title page. A few creases and a little edge wear. A very clean copy overall.

  Rubinstein's cadenzas for Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto.
  MUS-07132 $85Inquire
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  Rubinstein, Anton (1829-1894) Trio für Pian, Violine und Violoncell. Op. 15. No. 1 in F. Neue, vom Componisten revidirte Ausgabe. Friedrich Hofmeister.: Leipzig, [1882, as per WorldCat]. Pl.n: 4942. Quarto. 47 pp. [pno score]; 9 pp. [vln]; 9 pp. [vlc]. Piano score with original paper wraps, just a little worn with tape reinforcement at spine. A nice, clean copy.

  Piano score and parts. This may be a second edition; the trio was first published in 1855.
  MUS-15547 $85Inquire
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  Rudolph, C.F. Cecilia Waltz A. Fiot / W. Dubois: Philadelphia / New York, 1848. Engraved. Quarto. 2 pp. Disbound. Light stains. Oveall a very nice copy.
  MUS-07134 $15Inquire
• Ruiz de Ribayaz, Lucas (1626-1667) Los Guitarristas Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz: Luz y Norte Musical. Transcription realizada con la colaboraciòn Maria-Rosa Calvo-Manzano Alpuerto: Madrid, 1982. Facsimile and transcription of the original Madrid 1677 edition. Quarto. 160 pp. of facsimile + 42 pp. of commentary (in Spanish) + 74pp. of transcription. Original d/j, red simulated leather. Top of spine a little bumped, covers slightly worn, otherwise excellent. FAC-10623 $300Inquire
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  Rziha, Francis Music of the Steyermarkische Company. Fort Mitchell Polka Chas. Reps: Columbus, GA, 1849. Engraved. Quarto. 6 pp. Disbond; title page detached. Good condition. Foxing to title page. Water stain at bottom of all pages and small chips to bottom of last page (none affecting). Light bleed through.

  Francis Rziha was the leader of the Steyermarkische Co.
  MUS-07135 $20Inquire
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  Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921) Deuxième Trio (en Mi mineur) pour Piano, Violon et Violoncelle. Op. 92. A. Durand & Fils.: Paris, 1892. Pl.n: D. & F. 4552. Possible first edition. Quarto. 60 pp. [pno score]; 15 pp. [vln part]; 15 pp. [vlc part]. Piano score with original paper wraps. In very good condition. Piano score with some performance markings in first and second movements.

  Piano score and parts.

  With trimmed and detached wrappers in which all parts were likely originally sold.

  MUS-15548 $125Inquire
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  Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921) Havanaise for the Violin with Piano Accompaniment. Op. 83. Fingers and Bowings by C. M. Lœffler. Boston Music Company: Boston, 1916. Pl.n: B.M.Co. 4590. Quarto. 7 pp. [vln part] + 15 pp. [pno part]. Original paper wrappers. Very minor tear to bottom left corner of front cover with signature of former owner at top. A few fingerings/bowings penciled in violin part. Otherwise a nice, crisp copy.
  MUS-06401 $35Inquire
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  Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921) Sonate pour Piano et Violon. Op. 75. Durand: Paris, [1885]. Pl.n: D. S. 3541. first edition. Large quarto. 15 pp. [vln part] + 39 pp. [pno part]. Cover a bit dusty with minor chips and signature of former owner at top. Cover and final blank detached. Minor wear to a few page edges. Otherwise clean and in good condition.

  Publication date based on plate number.
  MUS-06402 $125Inquire
• Salieri, Antonio (1750-1825) Falstaff ovvero Le tre burle: Opera in 3 atti. Nuova edizione neela revisione a cura di Eva Riccioli Orcchia. Libretto di Carlo Prospero de Franceschi. Piano Vocal Score. Manuscript facsimile Edizioni Musicale Otos: Florence, 1968. Large quarto. 480 pp. Ozalid reproduction. Paper wraps. Spine tips and edge of front cover a little chipped. Interior lightly and evenly sunned, but overall condition excellent. FAC-06144 $350Inquire
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  Salomirsky, P. Il Faut Mourir Quand On Est Malheureux! Oblong quarto. 4 pp. Disbound and detached. Foxed, but otherwise in good condition.

  No publishing information is provided for this little lamenting French song in F minor, the cover of which bears a large and clean lithograph of a stormy scene by nineteenth-century lithographer Karl Petrovic Beggrov.
  MUS-15250 $15Inquire
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  Sanderson, J. The Bugle Horn Overture, to the Grand Spectacle of Joanna of Surinam, Performed with universal applause at the Royal Circus, Composed and arranged in a familiar stile, for the Piano Forte. Op. 20. J[ohn] Longman: London, [ca 1801-1816]. Engraved. Quarto. 8 pp. Disbound. Overall in good condition. Last page detached with some toning. Ink transfer throughout. Manuscript pagination above printed pagination.

  Published between 1801 and 1816, based on publisher's address.
  MUS-07137 $35Inquire
• Sanderson, James (1769-1841) A Series of Popular Airs with Variations for the Violin with an Accompaniment for a Second Violin Composed and Dedicated to N. Mori, Esqre. by Ja. Sanderson, No. 2. Op. 53. [Kinloch of Kinloch] Clementi: London, [after 1821]. Pl.n: n.p.n. Folio. 6 + 2 pp. Pages browned with untrimmed tattered edges but broad margins leave musical text completely intact, title page attached with hinges, otherwise very good.
  Two separate violin parts. Watermark: 1821. Sanderson was a violinist and conductor in the London theater who in 1812 adapted a Scottish folk melody for use with words from Sir Walter Scott's "Lady of the Lake" to create "Hail to the Chief." It was published in the US during the War of 1812 and gained some popularity then, but only later became defined as the official musical tribute to the US President, with different lyrics.
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  Sauret, Emile (1852-1920) Quatre Morceaux de Salon pour Violon et Piano. Op. 40, No. 3: Farfalla. Otto Forberg: Leipzig, [1889]. Pl.n: 1513. Apparent first edition. Quarto. 5 pp. [vln part] + 9 pp. [pno part]. Original blue paper wrappers (separating at spine with a few chips at edges and signature of former owner at front). Occasional pencilled marking in violin part, otherwise fine.

  Publication date based on plate number.
  MUS-06403 $60Inquire
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  Schmitt, Jakob (Jacques) (1803-1853) Bagatelles en forme des Mazurkas pour le Pianoforte. Op. 255. Schuberth & Niemeyer: Leipzig, Hamburg & Itzehoe Pl.n: H. XXX. B. 1. Oblong quarto. 11 pp. Disbound. Paper tape at spine. Title page detached. A little foxing and spotting throughout, but overall fine.

  Published between 1830 and 1839, based on publishing company name (Niemeyer was only part of Schuberth's business from 1830 to 1839).
  MUS-14922 $35Inquire
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  Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951) Begleitungsmusik zu einer Lichtspielscene, Op. 34. Partitur Heinrichshofen: Magdeburg, [1930, as per WorldCat]. Pl.n: Gegr. 1797. Apparent first edition. 46 pp. Stamped on front cover: "Society of European Stage/ Authors and Composers, Inc./113 West 42nd. St./ New York. Paper wraps. Covers detached and chipped along edges; inside clean and fine.

  Accompaniment to a Film Scene (Begleitmusik zu einer Lichtspielscene) is a short 10-minute work written in 1930, using Schoenberg's by then entrenched 12-tone technique. In 1929 Schoenberg was commissioned by the Heinrichshofen Verlag in Magdeburg to write film music but it appears that Schoenberg never complied with the instructions and the work remains music for an imaginary (silent) film sequence, although one using the suggested key words “Threatening Danger, Fear, Catastrophe,” which the composer uses as a subtitle. Although no film ever transpired, the work was premiered in 1930 in Berlin under the direction of Otto Klemperer and later received its American premiere at the Hollywood Bowl, under the direction of Nicolas Slonimsky.
  MUS-09844 $125Inquire
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  Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951) Three Pieces for Chamber Orchestra (1910). Score, Fascimile and Parts. Belmont Music Publishers: Los Angeles, 1962. first edition. Small quarto. 13 pp. [score + facsimile]; all parts 1 p. each. As new with Complimentary Copy stamp on front wrapper, not affecting.
  MUS-07352 $150Inquire
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  Schroeder, Henry L'Èlite de Salon. Quadrille. Firth, Pond & Co.: New York, 1862. Engraved. Large quarto. 7 pp. Original pink-toned colored wraps (detached; edges lightly worn). A crisp copy in excellent condition.

  Pencilled inscription on title page, likely in the composer's hand: Misses Throckmorton / With Kind regards from the Authors.
  MUS-14927 $35Inquire
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  Schroeter, J.S. (c. 1752-1788) The Field of Battle For the Piano Forte. Harrison & Co.: London, [1797]. Engraved. Octavo. 14 pp. Disbound. A crisp copy in excellent condition.

  The music bears little programmatic notes above the staves, including The sounding of the trumpet, The army is ranged for combat, and The advanced guard fire their pistols.

  The German composer and pianist Johann Samuel Schroeter made his London debut around 1773 and became an organist at that city's German Cathedral. The following year, Johann Christian Bach took an active interest in promoting him, and after Bach's death in 1782, Schroeter succeeded him as the music master to Queen Charlotte. He was among the foremost pianists in London at the time.

  Publication date as per WorldCat.

  MUS-14862 $200Inquire
• Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) Erlkönig [D328], für das Pianoforte übertragen zu vier Händen von Fr. Brissler. Ed Bote & Bock: Berlin, [1856]. Pl.n: B.&.B.3561. Folio. 17 pp. Bound in paper folder with handwritten label on cover. Bottom corner bent, otherwise very good. MUS-06265 $115Inquire
• Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) Lied, "Schäfers Klagelied, D. 121" Musica manuscripta, II: Graz, 1978. Oblong quarto. Linen boards. Fine.
  Four facsimile manuscript pages in separate pocket; facsimile of first printed edition title page; 20-page commentary by Franz Grasberger.
  FAC-01005 $75Inquire
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  Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) Lieder, "Fünf Erste Lieder. Facsimiles of the first printed editions of: 'Am Erlaf=See', 'Widerschein', 'Die Forelle', 'Erlkönig', 'Gretchen am Spinnrade'" [also a facsimile of ms.] Universal: Vienna, 1922. No. 1 of an edition limited to 50. Oblong quarto. 43 pp of facsimile & 9 pp of commentary by O. E. Deutsch. Cloth covered boards. Generally fine; edges scruffed, spine rebacked.
  FAC-01007 $300Inquire
• Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) Lieder, "Sechzehn Goethe-Lieder" Peters: Leipzig, 1978. Oblong quarto. 32 facsimile pp. & 36-page commentary booklet by Peter Hauschild. Boards with dustjacket. Fine.
  "Jägers Abendlied"; "Der König in Thule"; "Meeresstille"; "Schäfers Klagelied"; "Die Spinnerin"; "Heidenröslein"; "Wonne der Wehmut"; "Wanderers Nachtlied"; "Erste Verlust"; "Der Fischer"; "An Mignon"; "Geistergrüss"; "Nähe des Geliebten", "Gretchen am Spinnrade" [facsimile of printed edition], "Rastlose Liebe", "Erlkönig".
  FAC-01006 $200Inquire
• Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) Six Polonaises, Op. 61, "6 Polonaisen für das Piano-forte zu 4 Händen, 61tes Werk" A.O. Witzendorf: Vienna, [after 1832]. Pl.n: C.u.Cz. 211-212. first edition, second issue. Oblong folio. 15 + 15 pp. Disbound. Ink splatters on title page of 2nd volume, faint water stain along bottom margin, otherwise very good.
  2 volumes, D824.
  MUS-06254 $275Inquire
• Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) String Quartet, D887, "Grand Quatuor en Sol pour deux Violons, Alto et Violoncelle, oeuvre 161" Diabelli: Vienna, [1851]. Pl.n: D.&C.No. 9099. first edition. Folio. 23 + 19 + 19 + 19 pp. Disbound. A few pages detached, occasional small stains and light watersaining in upper inner margines on scattered pages throughout, otherwise very good with an attractive overall appearance.
  Complete set of four parts.
  MUS-06269 $1,000Inquire
• Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) Symphonic Fragments Drei Symphonie-Fragmente D.615/704a/936a Bärenreiter: Kassel, 1978. Oblong/Folio. 26 facsimile pp, commentary in German and French. Boards. Fine. FAC-01159 $75Inquire
• Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) Symphony No. 8, B minor, "Unfinished", "Sinfonie in h-moll: "Die Unvollendete" Katzbichler: Munich, 1978. No. 3 of 100 in full leather. Oblong large quarto. 88 facsimile pages + 2 pages of commentary by Walter Dürr and Christa Landon. Brown pigskin. Covers have minor scuffing, otherwise fine.
  Volume 3 from the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Wien.
  FAC-09895 $400Inquire
• Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) Symphony No. 8, B minor, "Unfinished", "Sinfonie in h-moll: 'Die Unvollendete" Katzbichler: Munich, 1978. No. 512 of 1,800. Oblong large quarto. 88 facsimile pages + 2 pages of commentary by Walter Dürr and Christa Landon. Linen, marbled paper. As new.
  Volume 3 from the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Wien.
  FAC-08612 $300Inquire
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  Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) Symphony No. 9 in C Major (D944), arranged, "Sinfonie für Orchester für das Pianoforte zu 4 Händen arrangirt" Breitkopf & Härtel: Leipzig, [1840]. Pl.n: 6204. first edition in this arrangment (simultaneous with the original). Oblong folio. 81 pp. Quarter leather binding, corners bumped, spine worn. Occasional minor foxing, otherwise very good.
  MUS-06275 $400Inquire
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  Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) Three Military Marches for Piano Four Hands, Op. 51, D733, "3 Marches militaires pour le Pianofrte à 4 mains composées par François Schubert. Oeuv. 51 Diabelli: Vienna, [1826]. Pl.n: 2236. first edition. Oblong Folio. 19 pp. Spine reinforced. Small tear on lower right of title page, tattered edges throughout, tear at plate edge of page 7 (music intact), some soiling on last two pages, otherwise good.

  First Edition of Schubert's original work - not an arrangement.
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  SCHUBERT, FRANZ - A CONTEMPORARY REVIEW OF HIS OPERA DIE VERSCHWORENEN Manuscript Review of Der Verschworenen Premiere. Frankfurt am Main, August, 1861. Quarto. Two sides of a single sheet. With full English translation. In excellent condition. Horizontal fold at center beginning to tear at both sides (affecting, but all text remains easily legible).

  An important review in manuscript by an unidentified critic concerning the posthumous staged premiere of Schubert's Die Verschworenen (sometimes called Der Häsliche Krieg) in August 1861 at Frankfurt am Main. The critic praises the theater conductor Georg Goltermann for advocating for the work's performance, especially as the present addiction is to encourage only foreign works.

  The review focuses mostly on the work itself rather than the performance, highlighting the abundance and appeal of the melodies, the original and striking instrumentation, and the extremely effective choirs and ensemble pieces. The critic closes with hopes that the opera, which shines on the bleak horizon like an unexpected comet, will soon make the rounds in all the best theaters and stages.

  It would have seemed the most unlikely of outcomes to Schubert that his eighth opera, Die Verschworenen, was to become the most performed of all his staged works. When he completed the Singpspiel in 1823, the censors at the Kärtnertortheater opposed its "seditious" title -- The Conspired -- and requested that it be changed. But even after Schubert adopted the less offensive Der Häusliche Krieg, he could not generate interest in the new work and soon focused his attention on other projects. A forgettable slapdash performance with piano accompaniment took place two years after his death.

  A concert performance of the opera in Vienna in March, 1861 may have been the impetus for Georg Goltermann (1824-1898), the German cellist, conductor, and composer, to push for the work's proper staged premiere in Frankfurt, where he served at the theater as assistant music director. The premiere took place on August 29, 1861, and from then on, the Der Verschworenen, despite its inauspicious start, has enjoyed regular performances and positive reviews.

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  Schulhoff, Julius (1825-1898) Galop di Bravura pour Piano. Op. 17 Chez Les Fils de B. Schott: Mayence, [c 1847]. Pl.n: 9144. Quarto. 11 pp. Disbound. A very crisp and clean copy with minor staining (mostly at margins and not affecting). Dealer stamp to title page.

  Published c. 1847, based on the plate number.
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  SCHUMANN SCORE OWNED BY SEIDL Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Ouverture für grosses Orchester zu Manfred von Lord Byron. Op. 115. Partitur. Breitkopf & Härtel: [1852, as per WorldCat]. Pl.n: 8570. first edition. Engraved. Small quarto. 71 pp. Seidl's stamp on title page and pp. 1, 9, 35, and 51. Howard Shanet's signature on the first free end paper. Blue buckram boards. In good condition overall. Spotting on title and first five pages but quite minor thereafter. Occasional stamps of Columbia University, including a pin-hole stamp across the publishing information on the title page; bookplate of Columbia University on inside front cover. Conductor's performance markings throughout.

  Formerly in the libraries of Anton Seidel and Howard Shanet, and withdrawn from the Department of Music at Columbia University. It is unclear if the performing notes scribbled throughout are those of Seidl, the great Wagnerian conductor, or Shanet, the author of the history of the New York Philharmonic (or someone else entirely).
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  Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) 14 Stücke für das Pianoforte, op. 99: nos. 4-8 and no. 14 F.W. Arnold: Elberfeld, 1852. Pl.n: "A332". Hofmann p. 217. first edition. Engraved. Quarto. 12 pp. Both covers detached with some spotting throughout; otherwise very good.
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