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- Page 16 -- 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
- 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.MUS-06309 $275InquireContains both "Heft I" and "Heft II."
- 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
- 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
- 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.MUS-10651 $500More Images/InquirePiano score and separate parts. Hofmann p. 239.
- Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Selbstbiographische Notizen Robert Schumann Geselleschaft: 1977. Quarto. 4 facsimile pp. + 3 pp. of commentary. Paper wraps. Fine. FAC-01845 $40Inquire
- 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
- 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.FAC-10747 $375InquireA 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.
- 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. MUS-06294 $350InquireArrangement by Carl Reinecke.
- 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
- 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.MUS-12844 $375More Images/InquireThe 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.
- 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.MUS-10616 $150InquireA rare piece of American sheet music showing facsimiles of the autographs of all the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Engraved.
- 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).MAN-05920 $750InquireAn 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.
- 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
- 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.MTH-11345 $65More Images/Inquire
- SIX DANCES FOR PIANO Dreÿ Polonoisen und Drey Walzer für's Pianoforte. Lübbers & Schubert.: Hamburg, n/d. Engraved. Oblong quarto. Disbound. Very minor ink transfer and a little spotting. Overall good.MUS-14924 $40InquireAn unattributed and undated group of waltzes and polonaises for keyboard. Likely published before 1860; Lübbers & Schubert seem to have been in business in the first half of the nineteenth century.
- Smetana, Bedrich (1824-1884) The Bartered Bride, "Prodana nevesta". [piano/vocal score] Prague, 1944. Oblong folio. 58 pp. of facsimile + 23 pp. commentary in Czech. Three-quarter leather, gold-stamped spine with raised bands. Fine (corners & spine tips slightly rubbed). FAC-07559 $200InquireExtensive sketches for the piano/vocal score. The lengthy commentary includes analysis of each scene with incipits.
- Smetana, Bedrich (1824-1884) The Bartered Bride. "Prodana nevesta". [piano/vocal score] Narodnim Museu: Prague, 1923. Oblong quarto. 208 facsimile pp. Quarter leather, marbled boards. Corners, edges & spine tips somewhat frayed, otherwise fine. FAC-01037 $350Inquire
- Smetana, Bedrich (1824-1884) Trio für Pianoforte, Violine und Violoncell. Op. 15. Schweers & Haake: Bremen, [c 1891]. Pl.n: H. P. 528. Quarto. 46 pp. [pno score]; 10 pp. [vln]; 10 pp. [vlc]. Piano score with original paper wraps, just beginning to detach at spine. A clean copy in very good condition. Front wrapper and pp. 1 of string parts with signature of former owner at top (not affecting).MUS-15549 $75InquirePiano score and parts.
In 1891, Schweers & Haake acquired the publishing firm of Hugo Pohle, which in 1880 had published the first edition of this trio. Because this copy bears Pohle plate numbers, we believe it was printed using the first-edition plates.
- Southwell, F.W. A Scotch, Divertimento for the Pianoforte, With Addl. Keys. Broderip & Wilkinson: London, [c 1798-1808]. Engraved. Quarto. 7 pp. Disbound. Title page and pp. 6-7 heavily soiled; very small hole at center of title page. Although a bit dusty overall, a readable copy with clean and crisp edges.MUS-09836 $25More Images/InquirePublished between 1798 and 1808, based on publisher's address.
- Sperontes (1705-1750) Singende Muse an Der Kleisse VEB Deutscher Verlag: Leipzig, 1964. Octavo. 108 facsimile pp. Cloth with d/j in slipcase. Fine. FAC-01175 $75InquireA charming facsimile of Sperontes' most important work. Sperontes was the pseudonym of the German composer Johann Sigismund Scholze.
- Spohr, Ludwig (1784-1859) Ottavo Concerto in modo di Scena cantante, per il Violino, con. Accompagnamento d'Orchestra. Op. 47. Presso C. F. Peters: Lipsia, [1820]. Pl.n: 1530. first edition. Engraved. Octavo. 12 pp. Disbound. Quite clean and crisp with minor transfer to some pages.MUS-06444 $60InquireSolo violin part only. Publication date as per WorldCat and Grove.
- Spontini, Gaspare (1774-1851) La Vestale, Tragédie lyrique en 3 Actes, de Mr. De Jouy. Full Score Richault: Paris Second edition. Large quarto. 511 pp. Engraved. Half leather with marbled boards. Interior is excellent except for slight tears on title page and one on first page. Binding poor with rubs, tears, etc. MUS-10845 $375Inquire
- Squire, William Henry (1855-1927) Album de Morceaux Caractéristiques pour le Violoncelle avec accompagnement du Piano. Op. 20, No. 4: Légende Augener & Co.: London, n/d. Pl.n: 10261. Quarto. 2 pp. [cello part] + 5 pp. [piano part]. Outer pages detached. A few minor chips and tears at margins, but otherwise very clean and good.MUS-07159 $25InquireWilliam Henry Squire was a widely admired English cellist at the turn of the twentieth century. Henry Wood praised his technique and tone, and Fauré was so taken with his style that he dedicated the Sicilienne, op. 78, to him. A composer and professor at the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music, Squire wrote a good deal of didatic works for the cello that remain in use today, most notably in the Suzuki cello method books 5 and 6.
- St. Cecilia St. Cecilia's Album Chiswick Press: London, 1942. Oblong octavo. 52 facsimile pp. Cloth gold-stamped boards with dustjacket. Fine. FAC-01176 $125InquireNumber seven of the Harrow replicas. A collection of 43 autograph musical quotations ranging from Dowland to Debussy.
- Stamitz, Carl (1745-1801) Duett for Violin + Viola. No publishing information, eighteenth century. Engraved. Quarto. 5 pp. In good condition. Title page not present (title written in ink at top margin of p. 1 in a contemporary hand). Last page detached. Still, a charming little copy.MUS-15562 $25InquireThis little duet is almost certainly by Carl Stamitz, son of the famous Mannheim symphonist Johann Stamitz. Grove attributes no fewer than thirty duets for violin and viola to Carl, some of which were published in the early 1770s, as this copy could well have been.
- Stegmayer, Ferdinand Sechs Lieder mit Begleitungs des Pianoforte. Werk 9. Rudolph Zesch: Berlin, n/d [likely 1830s]. Pl.n: 49. Engraved. Oblong quarto. 19 pp. Disbound. Minor spotting on the cover and some ink transfer throughout. Otherwise in very good condition.MUS-15200 $25InquireBound and sold together with:
Stegmayer, Ferdinand. Sechs Gesänge für Eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianforte. Gedichte von Georg Keil. Op. 13. Fr. Kistner: Leipzig, [1835, based on plate number]. Pl.n. 1117. Engraved. Oblong quarto. 15 pp. A good copy with deep impressions. A former owner has jotted in pencil an English translation of the fourth song between the staves on p. 8.Ferdinand Stegmayer was the son of the Austrian composer Mattäus Stegmayer. He served as the Kapellmeister in Prague and Leipzig and founded the Vienna Singakademie in 1858. - Steibelt, Daniel (1765-1823) A Grand Concerto for the Piano Forte as performed by the Author with the utmost applause at the Opera Concert, Op. 33 Muzio Clementi & Co.: London Early Edition. Engraved. Quarto. Disbound (with pinholes from former binding at margin). In excellent condition. Minor bleed through. Manuscript pagination above printed pagination.MUS-07167 $75InquireThe solo part to Steibelt's Third Piano Concerto (the "Storm Concerto") with orchestral cues printed throughout.
- Steibelt, Daniel (1765-1823) Celebrated Turkish Rondo, for the Piano Forte or Harp G. Walker: London, [c 1795-1823]. Engraved. Quarto. 5 pp. Disbound. Title page creased and stained, but music quite clean.MUS-07162 $35InquirePublished between 1795 and 1823, based on publisher's address.
- Steibelt, Daniel (1765-1823) Fantaisie. Avec huit Variations sur la Ronde d'Aline et un Air des Maris Garçons. Pour le Piano Forte. Goulding, D'Almaine, Potter & Co.: London, [ca 1811-1823]. Early Edition. Engraved. Quarto. Disbound. In good condition overall; some browning/staining throughout. Manuscript pagination above printed pagination.MUS-07166 $35InquirePublished between 1811 and 1823, based on publisher's address.
- Steibelt, Daniel (1765-1823) Grand Concerto A La Chasse, As performed by the Author with the utmost applause at the Opera Concerts, Op. 64. Joseph Dale: London, [ca 1805]. Early Edition. Engraved. Quarto. 29 pp. Disbound and all pages detached. Portion of p. 15 torn away (affecting three measures on pp. 15-16). A few minor chip/ tear to margins, ink transfer throughout. Otherwise in good condition.MUS-07161 $35InquirePiano part with orchestral cues. Published in or about 1805, based on publisher's address and the composition date.
- Steibelt, Daniel (1765-1823) The favorite Pastoral Dance, from the favorite Ballet of La Belle Laitière, Composed & arranged for the Piano Forte. Rt. Birchall: London, [ca 1805]. Engraved. Quarto. 7 pp. Disbound. An excellent copy with minor bleed through. Manuscript pagination at top of each page.MUS-07168 $30Inquire
- Steibelt, Daniel (1765-1823) Trois Sonates pour le Forte Piano avec Accompagnement de Flute ou Violon, op. 39 Pleyel: Paris, [c 1800]. Pl.n: n.p.n. Folio. 38 + 13 pp. Disbound. Some slight bleedthrough and a few discolored edges, otherwise fine. MUS-06405 $250InquirePiano part and separate flute/violin part.
- Steibelt, Daniel (1765-1823) Troisième Pot-Pourri de D. Steibelt, Arrangé en Duo Pour deux Violins par J. Fodor J.H. Naderman: Paris, [c 1793]. Pl.n: n.p.n. Folio. 5 + 4 pp. Some wear on second violin part, otherwise good. MUS-06461 $150InquireTwo separate violin parts. The first violin title page says "Chez Melles. Erard" but bears the Naderman stamp. The second violin title page is engraved "Chez J.H. Naderman."
- Steibelt, Daniel (1765-1823) Twelve Waltzes for the Piano Forte or Harp, with an Accompaniment for a Flute, Tambourine and Triangle...Op. 34 J. Dale: London, [1798]. Engraved. Quarto. 25 pp. Disbound. Title page with soiling, hole at left (from binding), a few ink marks, and small tear at lower right corner. Several marginal tears with professional repair throughout. Loss at bottom of pp. 5-6 affecting a few bass notes on each page. Some pencilled fingerings. Despite this, a deep impression and good copy on the whole.MUS-07169 $150InquirePiano/tambourine score alone. Title page decoration featuring a tambourine and triangle. According to Humphries, Joseph Dale (the publisher) took out a patent on improvements to the tambourine, an instrument in which his son was interested.
- Stillman, Mitya (1892-1936) Sérénade (trio en ré) pour Violino, Alto & Violoncello. [Mini score and parts]. S. Stillman: New York, 1927. Octavo (mini score); Quarto (parts). 34 pp. [mini score]; 7 pp. [vln]; 7 pp. [vla]; 7 pp. [vlc]. Mini score and violin part inscribed and signed by composer. Mini score in blue paper wraps; parts placed in brown paper wraps (detached at spine with a few chips).MUS-07354 $75More Images/InquireThe first pages of the mini score and violin part are signed and inscribed by Stillman to "Coriolanus" in New York City in November 1928.Mitya Stillman was a Ukranian-born composer and violist who studied with Glière at the Kiev Conservatory. (Glière, incidentally, is the dedicatee of this trio.) Stillman immigrated to the United States in 1920 and began a successful performing career that saw tenures with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, CBS Symphony Orchestra, and Hartmann Quartet. He also composed a variety of works for orchestra, as well as a string quartet that won a posthumous NBC Music Guild Award in 1936.
- STRADIVARIUS - A COLORED ILLUSTRATION Matted with a total size 12.5" h x 10.25". Excellent condition.MUS-15257 $85InquireA color illustration of the famous 1737 "Conte D'Armaille" Stradivarius violin. Shown front and back and with scroll. (Spare sheet from a Wurlitzer catalog.)
- Strakosch, Maurice (1825-1887) A Carneval in St. Petersburg: Sleighride Polka pour le Piano G. Schirmer: New York, n/d. Pl.n: 144. Engraved. Large quarto. 7 pp. With original blue paper wraps (chipped and separating at centerfold). A little minor spotting at some margins. Otherwise good condition.MUS-07172 $40More Images/Inquire
- Strakosch, Maurice (1825-1887) Carnaval à Paris Polka Wm. Vanderbeek: New York, 1848. Engraved. Quarto. 7 pp. Disbound. A crisp copy in overall excellent condition despite some ink transfer. Dealer stamp on title page. Manuscript pagination above printed pagination.MUS-07171 $25Inquire
- Strakosch, Maurice (1825-1887) Concert Variations. Yankee Doodle. William Hall & Son: New York, 1852. Pl.n: 1896. Engraved. Quarto. 11 pp. Disbound. Title page stained. Small tear to bottom margin of each page (not affecting) and thumb worn. Otherwise in very good condition.MUS-07175 $40Inquire
- Strakosch, Maurice (1825-1887) Flirtation Polka, a Burlesque Musicale. G. P. Reed & Co.: Boston, 1849. Pl.n: 749. Engraved. Quarto. 7 pp. Disbound. Title page creased; outer pages beginning to separate at bottom of centerfold. Very minor staining and creasing throughout. Small tear to top of pp. 3-6 at centerfold (not affecting). Otherwise good condition.MUS-07173 $10Inquire
- Strakosch, Maurice (1825-1887) Postillon Polka William Hall & Son: New York, [ca 1848]. Pl.n: 216. Engraved. Quarto. 7 pp. Disbound. Title page foxed and creased. Some margins lightly toned; final page with some foxing. Overall in very good condition.MUS-07174 $85InquireTitle page half-length lithograph portrait of Strakosch by the celebrated lithographer Francis D'Avignon, after a daguerrotype by P. Haas.
Published in or about 1848, as were other editions of Hall's Oeuvres Choisies series (which included other works by Strakosch).
- Strakosch, Maurice (1825-1887) Un Carnaval a Naples. Polka William Hall & Son: New York, 1848. Pl.n: 148. Engraved. 5 pp. Disbound. Very good condition. Light ink transfer and occasional minor staining.MUS-07170 $125InquireTitle page half-length lithograph portrait of Strakosch by the celebrated lithographer Francis D'Avignon, after a daguerrotype by P. Haas.
- Strauss, Johann Jr. Die Fledermaus, Overture. [full score] Wiener Stadtbibliothek: Vienna, 1975. Oblong folio. 44 pp. of facsimile, 4 pp. of introduction in German, Russian, English and French. Wrappers. Fine. FAC-01020 $75Inquire
- Strauss, Josef (1827-1870) Sphären-Klänge. Walzer für das Pianoforte. Op. 235. C. A. Spina: Vienna, [1868]. Pl.n: C. S. 19.420. Engraved. Oblong quarto. 11 pp. Paper tape at spine; all inner pages detached. Institutional stamps to title and first pages. Slightly uneven bottom edge. Otherwise a very clean and nice copy.MUS-14875 $50More Images/InquirePerhaps the best-known work of this lesser-celebrated Strauss. Arranger unattributed. Published in 1868 (as per WorldCat), the same year as the publication of the original orchestral version.
On the verso of the title page, a list of works by Johann, Josef, and Eduard Strauss available from C. A. Spina (see images).
- Strauss, Richard (1864-1949) Aus Alter Zeit - Gavotte, for piano solo [AV 57] Facsimile of autograph and printed score Schneider: Tutzing, 1985. Folio. 6 facsimile pp. + 8 commentary. Wrappers. As new. FAC-09132 $150Inquire