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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.
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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.

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• 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
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  Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) Schäfers Klagelied. Heidenröslein. Jägers Abendlied. Meeres Stille von Goethe. Für eine Singstime mit Begleitung des Piano=Forte. 3tes Werk.  With Schubert's control mark and paraphed almost certainly by Schubert on back page. Cappi und Diabelli: Wien, [1821]. first edition. Engraved. Oblong quarto. Disbound. Spine unobtrusively reinforced with paper tape. Title page foxed and with light abrasion at right. Some spotting throughout. Small ink stains at bottom margin of pp. 7-8 (not affecting). Small round abrasion at bottom stave of p. 7 ("Meeres Stille", affecting bar line but not any notes). Overall in very good condition and a nice copy.

  Paraphed almost certainly by Schubert himself.

  The very old tradition of a composer marking scores received from a publisher was an insurance against fraud and a common practice in many European countries. Schubert only gave his control mark on a handful of his first editions: only in 1821-1822 and only for Capi & Diabelli. The examples we know of are on the bottom of the back page, as in the example in our offering of the Op. 3 songs.

  It is our opinion that this control mark is almost certainly by Schubert himself. These early editions with control marks are rare and highly desirable. Regarding more about the authenticity of the paraph, please see below.

  Experts have been studying these control markings for a long time and, because the control marks only consist of a paraph in addition to either a few letters or numbers, questions arise as to whether the signature paraphs are in Schubert’s own hand, especially since his brother Ferdinand, also a composer (as well as violinist, organist, and teacher), had the same initials. The distinguished music antiquarian and dealer Otto Haas made a study of over 100 paraphed copies of Schubert editions and came to the conclusion that most of opp. 1-7 were indeed paraphed by Schubert himself. More recently, in 2010, Sotheby’s sold a first-edition copy of the “Erlkönig” with Schubert’s control mark on the last page. They do not go so far as to call it a Schubert signature, though, and explain the problem quite well:

  “Schubert’s control marks have aroused much debate and speculation, some scholars opining that these markings were not written by Schubert himself, but by his brother Ferdinand or Leopold von Sonnleithner. A study of the early Schubert editions in the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna, which houses important collections deriving from Spaun, Sonnleithner, Brahms, Witteczek and Hoboken, shows that the situation is, in fact, a good deal more complicated, since a number of early hands are involved. A few of the markings, for example, in Brahms’s, Spaun’s and Sonnleithner’s copies do strongly recall Schubert's own hand: indeed Brahms himself identifies Schubert’s hand on his copies of 'Gretchen am Spinnrade,' op. 2, and 'Der Wanderer,' op. 4. The positive identification of the composer’s hand from such short inscriptions is always open to question, but we can say that the control marks are present only on the earliest issues of the songs published as Opus 1 to Opus 14, dating from 1821-1822, and confirm these are among the earliest copies issued directly on behalf of the composer.”

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  Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) Schubert-Kalender für 1910. 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert. Mit Illustrationen von Hans Printz. M. Munk: Vienna, 1910. Quarto. Paper wraps, a bit dusty with repaired tear at front top margin. Internally almost as new. A nice copy.

  This charming book presents twelve Schubert songs, one each for every month of the year, alongside lithographs by the noted Austrian artist Hans Printz (1865-1925), six of which are in color. The lithographs are relevant to the songs' subjects. Each song-lithograph pairing is preceded by a list of that month's name days elegantly framed in a gold and green ivy border.

  A really lovely piece of Schubert ephemera.

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• 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.
  MUS-10197 $850Inquire
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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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• Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Bilder aus Osten, Op. 66, "Bilder aus Osten. für Klavier zu vier Händen, Opus 66, revidiert von Alfred Dörffel" Peters: Frankfurt, [late 20th C]. Pl.n: 7045. Oblong. 27 pp. Paper cover. Former owner's label and minor smudge on cover, otherwise as new. MUS-10498 $25Inquire
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  Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Etudes for Piano, Op. 10, "VI Etudes de Concert pour le Pianoforte composées d'aprés des Caprices de Paganini, op. 10" Hofmeister: Leipzig, 1835. Pl.n: 2059. Hofmann p. 25. first edition. Engraved. Quarto. 21 pp.

  Very good condition; spine reinforced with cloth tape. Title page stamped "London. Novello, Ewer & Co."
  MUS-06318 $325Inquire
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  Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Faschingsschawnk aus Wien. Fantasiebilder für das Piano-forte Pietro Mechetti q.m Carlo: Vienna, 1841. Pl.n: 3485. Hofmann p. 65. Second edition. Engraved. Quarto. 23 pp. Inserted into modern covers with linen spine. Pages a little thumbed, but overall very good.

  Heretofore, we called this a first edition. However, according to the new thematic catalogue, the first imprint of 1831 has plate numbers in the form "P.M. N° 3485.“ while the second one has new plates with "P. M. 3485.“
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  Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) IV Märsche für das Pianoforte, op. 76 F. Whistling: Leipzig, 1851. Pl.n: 528. first edition, Second Issue. Engraved. Large quarto. 25 pp. Outer covers detached and a little frayed, otherwise very good.
  MUS-06301 $200Inquire
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  Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Jugend-Album. 43 Kleine Clavier-Stücke für die Jugend. Op. 68 J. Schuberth & Co.: Leipzig, ca 1866. Pl.n: 4062-9. Hofmann p. 151. Early Edition. Quarto. 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 pp. Overall excellent; disbound.

  An early edition that includes three more pieces than the first edition of 1846.
  MUS-11120 $125Inquire
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  Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Kinderscenen. Leichte Stücke für das Pianoforte. Op. 15 Breitkopf & Härtel: Leipzig, ca 1842. Pl.n: 6016. Hofmann p. 41. Early Edition. Engraved. Quarto. 20 pp. Cover quite stained and bearing previous owner's name and dealer stamps; occasional spotting throughout.

  Music presented within blue decorative borders. Although not the first, a lovely early edition.
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• Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Lieder, Op. 29. "Drei Gedichte von Emanuel Geibel" Schott: Mainz, 1981. Folio. 32 facsimile pp. Boards. As new. FAC-01009 $75Inquire
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  Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Nachtlied von F. Hebel für Chor und Orchester, op. 108. Partitur Full score. N. Simrock: Bonn, 1853. Pl.n: 5327. Hofmann p. 235. first edition. Quarto. 29 pp. Fair. Detached; all edges frayed and chipped.
  MUS-06305 $50Inquire
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  Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Nachtstücke for Piano, Op. 23, "Nachtstücke für das Piano-forte" Pietro Mechetti q.m Carlo: Vienna, 1840. Pl.n: "P.M. No. 3288". Hofmann p. 59. first edition. Engraved. Quarto. 19 pp. Spine reinforced with green paper tape. Cover heavily spotted and all edges of pages; water stain at upper right throughout.
  MUS-06306 $60Inquire
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  Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Neujahrslied von Friedrich Rückert für Chor mit Begleitung des Orchesters. Op. 144, Clavierauszug J. Rieter-Biedemann: Winterthur. Pl.n: 193. Hofmann p. 315. first edition of piano-vocal score. Engraved. Large quarto. 55 pp. Overall good, with original outer covers chipped and detached and one page torn at right margin.
  MUS-11121 $200Inquire
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  Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Ouverture für grosses Orchester zu Manfred. Op. 115. Breitkopf & Härtel: Leipzig, [1888]. Pl.n: V.A. 850. Small quarto. 71 pp. Green buckram boards with inlaid cherub decoration on front cover. An attractive copy overall and very clean internally. Binding separated between pp. 8-9 and coming loose generally. Spine with minor rubbing.

  Published in 1888 based on plate number and as part of Breitkopf und Härtel's Volksausgabe series. A charming little edition, formerly the copy of musicologist Sigmund Leverie.
  MUS-14622 $150Inquire
• Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Papillons Op. 2 [Facsimile] Nach dem Autograph und der Originalausgabe Universal: Vienna, 1973. Folio. A 16-page printed edition + 14 pp. of manuscript facsimile in a separate fasicle + 2 pp. of commentary in German, French and English. Wrappers. As new. FAC-10356 $35Inquire
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  Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Papillons, Op. 2, "Papillons for le Pianoforte seul, op. 2" Fr. Kistner: Leipzig, 1860. Pl.n: 979. Hofmann p. 5. Fourth Edition. Engraved. Quarto. 11 pp. Fair condition. A little sunned; a few minor tears and tape repairs.
  MUS-06307 $65Inquire
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  Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Phantasiestücke for Piano, Op. 12, "Phantasiestücke für das Pianoforte, op. 12" Breitkopf & Härtel: Leipzig, ca 1842. Pl.n: 5835 a, 5835 b. Hofmann p. 29. first edition, Second Issue. Lithographed. Quarto. 15 + 19 pp. Minor browning towards last pages; otherwise fine.

  Contains both "Heft I" and "Heft II."
  MUS-06309 $275Inquire
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  Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 22, "Sonate No. II für das Pianoforte, op. 22" Breitkopf & Härtel: Leipzig, ca 1842. Pl.n: 6177. Hofmann p. 57. first edition, Second Issue. Engraved. Quarto. 27 pp. Fine condition; disbound and stamp on cover.
  MUS-06313 $250Inquire
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  Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Piano Sonata, Op. 14, "Grande Sonate pour le Pianoforte, op. 14" Schuberth & Co.: Hamburg, 1853. Pl.n: 1690. Hofmann p. 39. Second Edition. Engraved. Folio. 47 pp. A little spotting, particularly on cover, but otherwise a good copy.
  MUS-06298 $200Inquire
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  Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Piano Trio, Op. 110. Drittes Trio (G-moll) für das Pianoforte, Violine und Violoncell Niels W. Gade zugeeignet...Op. 110. [Piano score and parts] Breitkopf & Härtel: Leipzig, [1852]. Pl.n: 8509. first edition. Quarto. 43 + 11 + 11 pp. Disbound. Some foxing, minor browning around edges, otherwise very good.

  Piano score and separate parts. Hofmann p. 239.
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• Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Selbstbiographische Notizen Robert Schumann Geselleschaft: 1977. Quarto. 4 facsimile pp. + 3 pp. of commentary. Paper wraps. Fine. FAC-01845 $40Inquire
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  Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Symphonie No. IV. D moll: Introduction, Allegro, Romanze, Scherzo und Finale in einem Satze für grosses Orchester, Op. 120 Full score. Breitkopf & Härtel: Leipzig, 1851. Pl.n: 8795. Hofmann p. 261. first edition. Small quarto. 165 pp. No binding, covers or wraps. Fair. Disbound, sections separated, chipping on title page upper edge. Inside pages clean.
  MUS-12823 $300Inquire
• Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Symphony No. 1, Op. 38, arranged, "Symphonie für grosses Orchester componirt und Sr. Majestät Könnige von Sachsen Friedrich August in tiefster Ehrfurcht zugeeignet von Robert Schumann. Klavierauszug zu vier Händen. Op. 38" Breitkopf & Härtel: Leipzig, [1842]. Pl.n: 6683. first edition in this arrangement. Folio. 55 pp. Outer folio detached, title page sunned, minimal foxing throughout, otherwise very good. MUS-06317 $275Inquire
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  Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Symphony No. 1, Op. 38. [Manuscript facsimile]. Robert Owen Lehman Foundation: New York, 1967. Quarto. xxvi pp. [sketches] + 196 pp. [symphony, inc. 6 pp. corrections/revisions at end]. Beige buckram boards with gold-stamped Schumann signature at front. Internally excellent. Small water stain on front cover; top of spine lightly bumped.

  A handsome presentation of the facsimile manuscript of Schumann's First Symphony.

  Schumann undertook the composition of this work at the encouragement of his wife, Clara, after having failed for years to premiere and publish a symphony. He wrote an entire draft in the course of four days in January 1839 and finished the orchestration the following month. The premiere that March was such a success that Schumann would consider the evening among the most important of his career.

  FAC-10747 $375Inquire
• Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Symphony No. 2, Op. 61, arranged, "Zweite Sinfonie für grosses Orchester componirt und seiner Majestät dem Könige von Schweden und Norwegen Oscar I ehrfurchtsvoll zugeeignet. von Robert Schumann. Op. 61...Vierhändiger Clavier-Auszug..(vom Componisten)" Whistling: Leipzig, [1848]. Pl.n: 431. first edition simultaneous with the full score. Folio. 59 pp. Title page repaired, minor chipping around edges, otherwise very good. MUS-06321 $400Inquire
• Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Symphony No. 3, Op. 97, arranged, "Dritte Symphonie (Es dur) für grosses Orchester von Robert Schumann. Op. 97...Vierhändiger Clavier-Auszug..." Simrock: Bonn, [1852]. Pl.n: 5063. first edition (Titelauflage of full score of 1851). Folio. 51 pp. Disbound. Very slight wear and minor bleedthrough on title page, otherwise very good.
  Arrangement by Carl Reinecke.
  MUS-06294 $350Inquire
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  Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Symphony No. 4, Op. 120, arranged, "Symphonie No. IV. D moll Introduction, Allegro, Romanze, Scherzo u. Finale in einem Satze für grosses Orchester von Robert Schumann. Op. 120. Klavierauszug zu vier Händen" Breitkopf & Härtel: Leipzig, [1853]. Pl.n: 8742. first edition (issued shortly after first edition in parts and before the full score). Folio. 47 pp. Paper boards using original blue wrapper. Minimal foxing throughout, otherwise very good, with a deep impression on bright, crisp paper.
  MUS-10196 $400Inquire
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  SCOTTISH MINSTREL VOLUMES The Scotish [sic] Minstrel, A Selection from the Vocal Melodies of Scotland Ancient & Modern, Arranged for the Piano Forte by R.A. Smith. Vols. I-VI. R.A. Smith, arr. Robert Purdie: Edinburgh, 1824. first edition. Engraved. Small quarto. Vols. I-II: 10 pp. preface + 108 pp. + 102 pp.; Vols. III-IV: 106 pp. + 104 pp; Vols. V-VI: 108 pp. + 104 pp. Scottish landscape vignette on every title page. Green three-quarter leather with marbled boards, end-papers, and edges. Spine with raised bands and gilt tooled compartments. In very good condition. All volumes quite clean and with crisp pages. Occasional light transfer throughout, typical for age. Edges of covers rubbed (esp. Vol. 3); detached front end-paper in Vol. 1.

  The first edition of a six-volume collection of Scottish minstrel songs, bound together in three books in a handsome period binding. Informative prefaces from the editors accompany volumes one, five, and six and each volume contains its own index comprising dozens of songs.

  In the preface to the sixth volume, the editors proudly note the favourable regard that their collection so liberally experienced in the course of its serial publication. That regard truly must have been great, as WorldCat indicates second and third editions were issued by 1830.

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  SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Weiland, Francis and A. Fletcher Stayman Old Independence Hall - Sheet Music Philadelphia, 1855. 5 pp. Overall very good and crisp condition except for slight browning on top and bottom edges, very slight foxing.

  A rare piece of American sheet music showing facsimiles of the autographs of all the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Engraved.
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  Siloti, Alexander (1863-1945) Autograph Transcription of J.S. Bach Siciliano (from BWV 1031). Signed "A. Siloti". To Madame B. Koutzen. March 1929. Large quarto. 2 pp. of music (4 pp. total). A clean manuscript in very good condition. Edges with some minor tears, creases, and cellophane tape repairs (tape just affecting the ends of four staves, but all music remains clear and legible).

  An autograph manuscript transcription, in ink, of the Siciliano from J. S. Bach's Flute Sonata in E-flat major (BWV 1031). Signed and dated below the last stave to the wife of noted Russian-American violinist Boris Koutzen.

  Though known best as a pianist and pedagogue, Siloti was also a prolific arranger. He produced over two hundred transcriptions in the course of his career, with Bach's works figuring heavily in this output.

  Alexander Siloti began his studies with Nicolai Rubinstein, Tchaikovsky, and Liszt. He toured frequently and gave premieres of works by Debussy, Rimsky-Korsakov, Sibelius, and Stravinsky, among many others. Tchaikovsky entrusted him with the editing of both of his piano concertos, and he counted Eugene Istomin, Marc Blitzstein, and his cousin, Sergei Rachmaninoff, among his distinguished pupils.

  Provenance: Estate of Boris Koutzen.

  MAN-05920 $750Inquire
• Simpson, Christopher (1605-1669) and John JENKINS Divisions for Two Bass Viols Alamire: Belgium, 1993. Large quarto. 31 facsimile pp. Paper folder. Fine. FAC-07537 $30Inquire
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  SINGING METHOD Hastings, Thomas (1784-1872) Practical Lessons for the Voice: Consisting of Phrases, Sections, Periods, and Entire Movements of Melody in Score. To Which Are Prefixed the Rudiments of Music. Complied Principally for the Use of Schools. Revised and Enlarged. Utica, 1819. Second Edition. 8vo. 54 pp. Three-quarter red leather with marbled boards. A good copy with a nice period binding. Water stains through p. 25 and some spotting thereafter; pages otherwise clean. Small scuff on back cover at upper left.
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