Music & Printed Scores

• 
  Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) Vier Ernste Gesänge für eine Bassstimme, op. 121. N. Simrock: Berlin, 1896. Pl.n: 10796. first edition, later issue with English and German text underlay. McCorkle, p. 486; Hofmann, p. 254. Lithographed. Large quarto. 19 pp. Spine a little frayed, cover detaching and with dealer's stamp; otherwise a very nice clean copy.
  MUS-11015 $160Inquire
• 
  Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) Vier Ernste Gesänge für eine Bassstimme, op. 121. N. Simrock: Berlin, 1896. Pl.n: 10796. first edition, later issue with English and German text underlay. McCorkle, p. 486; Hofmann, p. 254. Lithographed. Large quarto. 19 pp. Light foxing throughout, otherwise a nice copy. Somone has written on the cover Full of misprints.
  MUS-06700 $135Inquire
• 
  Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) Wiegenlied (Lullaby). Op. 49, No. 4. [Arrangement for Violin & Piano by Friedrich Hermann]. Simrock: Berlin, 1877. Pl.n: 7941. first edition of this arrangement. Separate violin part. Engraved. Large quarto. 5 pp. Fine copy.

  This famous lullaby was written by Brahms in 1867-68 and first performed in 1869 by the singer Luise Dustmann with Clara Schumann at the piano. Immediately and continuously popular, the first edition for voice and piano appeared in 1868, and this version appeared along with at least five other instrumental arrangements within the subsequent decade.
  MUS-11017 $300Inquire
• 
  Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) Zwei Rhapsodien für das Pianoforte, op. 79. Simrock: Berlin, 1880. Pl.n: 8166. first edition. McCorkle, p. 333; Hofmann, p. 168. Lithographed. Large quarto. 19 pp. Dealer stamp on title page. Cover detached and with ragged edges; overall very good with slight soiling and a little foxing. Retains original cover but front only.
  MUS-11010 $300Inquire
• 
  Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) Zwei Rhapsodien für das Pianoforte, op. 79. Simrock: Berlin, 1898. Pl.n: 8166. Early Edition. McCorkle, p. 333; Hofmann, p. 168. Lithographed. Large quarto. 19 pp. List of Simrock piano music on cover. Partially detached with large repaired tear on cover affecting music. Otherwise in very good condition.
  MUS-11012 $130Inquire
• Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976) Children's Crusade, Kinderkreuzzug, Op.82. A Ballad for children's voices and orchestra [words by Bertolt Brecht] Faber & Faber: London, 1972. No. 114 of a limited deluxe edition of 300. Large folio. 36 facsimile pp. Half leather with paper boards, slipcase. As new.
  The work was written in 1969 for performance on the 50th anniversary of "The Save the Children Fund" and the edition was published on the occasion of the Britten's sixtieth birthday. Signed on the publisher's page by both Britten and the illustrator, Sidney Nolan.
  FAC-09463 $750Inquire
• Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976) The Making of Peter Grimes Paul Banks. The Boydell Press: Woodbridge, England, 1996. Large Folio. Two volumes: 246 pp. of facsimile + 297 pp. of commentary. Buckram. As new.
  A facsimile of Britten's composition draft, issued by the Britten Estate. The commentary volume is illustrated with color reproductions of the costume designs, a portrait of Britten and contemporary black and white photographs.
  FAC-08424 $500Inquire
• 
  Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976) The Rape of Lucretia  Signed "Benjamin Britten". Boosey & Hawkes: London, New York, et al, 1947. Revised edition with German translation. Quarto. 229 pp. Paper wraps. In excellent condition, excepting detached front wrapper.

  Signed and inscribed on title page: with best wishes, Benjamin Britten, 1967.

  Britten's two-act chamber opera Rape of Lucretia, op. 37, was written for Kathleen Ferrier, who performed the title role. The opera was first performed at Glyndebourne in England on July 12, 1946.
  SSC-15883 $875More Images/Inquire
• 
  Brown, Earle Available Forms 1 for Chamber Ensemble. Full Score Associated Music Publishers: New York, 1962. Large Folio (18.5" h x 13" w). 6 pp. Glossy paper folder. Small tear in lower left spine of cover, otherwise excellent.
  FAC-10775 $125Inquire
• 
  Bruch, Max (1838-1920) Drittes Concert für die Violine mit Begleitung des Orchesters. Op. 58. Clavierauszug (incl. Principalstimme) vom Componisten. N. Simrock: Berlin, 1892. first edition. Quarto. 22 pp. [vln part] + 55 pp. [pno part]. Parts bound separately in limp black buckram boards. Piano part crisp and clean with a few tape repairs to inner margin (not affecting). Violin part on the whole quite good, despite: title page with dealer stamp and professionally repaired tear; pp. 1-6 detached; tape at some inner margins and on p. 23 (affecting music, which remains legible); an occasional fingering and bowing in pencil.

  Inscribed on the title page of the violin part to John Corigliano, longtime concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic.
  MUS-06425 $125Inquire
• 
  Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896) and August Stradal, arranger. V. Symphonie Für Klavier Zu Zwei Händen. [Piano reduction]. Universal-Edition: Vienna, [c 1925, as per WorldCat]. Pl.n: U.E. 427. Quarto. 81 pp. Paper wraps with tape repair at spine. A clean copy in good condition. Cover a little dusty and beginning to detach at top; price sticker at upper right corner.

  Sold together with:
  Bruckner, Anton (and August Stradal, arranger; Josef V. Wöss, revisions.) I. Symphonie. Für Klavier Zu Zwei Händen. Neurevision. [Piano reduction]. Universal-Edition: Vienna, 1927. Pl.n: U.E. 426. Quarto. 67 pp. In fair condition. Paper wraps; spine detached; loose cover with dealer stamp. Corners with some chips and tears (esp. affecting title page through p. 14). Pages a bit brittle and toned throughout.
  MUS-11156 $40More Images/Inquire
• Bruni, Antonio Bartolomeo (1757-1821) Six Sonates Faciles pour Deux Violons à l'usage des Commençans, composées par Bruni. 1r oeuvre des Sonates Simrock: Bonn, [1814]. Pl.n: Plate 1075. Folio. 15 pp. Crisp paper and musical text, minor foxing on title page, otherwise very good.
  Bruni was a violinist, conductor and composer whose musically active primarily in Paris 1780-1806. He was best known for his comic operas, his numerous violin works (many pedagogical, as in the case of the present edition) and a viola method. His oeuvre included nearly 100 works for string quartet and trio, as well as over 100 duos (most for two violins), nearly 40 sonatas for various instruments and over 100 etudes and caprices. He was also a supporter of the French Revolution and catalogued the musical instruments confiscated during the Reign of Terror.
  MUS-06458 $100Inquire
• 
  BUGLE / TRUMPET - WORLD WAR I METHOD AND CALL BOOKS Safranek, Vincent Frank (1867-1955) Complete Instructive Manual for Bugle, Trumpet and Drum. Carl Fischer: New York, 1918 (revised from first edition of 1916). 16mo. 157 pp. Including six black and white photographs of a bugler in various military positions (at attention, for inspection, etc.) and two pages illustrating trumpet cords. Brown buckram with embossed trumpet on cover. In very good condition with a little wear to boards. Small stain at bottom of pp. 151-157.

  A book of trumpet and bugle calls published in the final year of World War I, replete with call lyrics, instructions for braiding trumpet cords and signaling, warm-up and practice exercises, as well as guidance for daily routines, inspections, and practice sessions. The volume's small size enabled a solider-bugler to keep it in his pocket.

  Vincent Frank Safranek was a Czech-born musician who, after immigrating to America, served as a United States Army bandmaster for thirty years. He augmented the bands under his charge with alto and bass clarinets, oboes, and French horns, and often employed expanded reed sections. He also composed and arranged a great volume of band music and was appointed for a time the "Chief Band Arranger" at Carl Fischer.

  Sold together with:
  Canty, Daniel J. Bugle. Signal, Calls & Marches for Army, Navy, Marine Corps Revenue Cutter Service & National Guard. Oliver Ditson Company: Boston, 1917. 16mo. 68 pp. Paper wraps, just a bit worn. Sprung with a piece of tape at spine, otherwise good and internally quite clean.
  MTH-15310 $125More Images/Inquire
• 
  Canavas, Jean-Baptiste [l'ainé] (1714-1784) Le Songe Cantatille Avec Simphonie Dediee à M. Poulletier de la Sale Prefident au Grand Conseil. Par Mr. Canavas L'ainé Ordinaire de la Musique du Roi." Vocal / instrumental melody with figured bass. Paris, c 1750. Probable first edition. Small folio. 11 pp. Paper wraps. Edges of pages bent and slightly torn, a few stains on title page and first page of music are from ink bleed-through from the cover. Despite these small imperfections, an excellent crisp copy with nice deckled edges.

  Canavas was an Italian cellist and composer who joined the Musiciens de la Chambre du Roi at the French court in 1745. His brother Joseph was a violinist about whom more seems to be known but, according to Groves VI., "the two are often confused since they are seldom differentiated in contemporary sources".

  Rare. Not much of Jean-Baptiste Canavas' music is known.

  MUS-11346 $400Inquire
• 
  Canthal, August M. (1804-1881) Collection of Dances: Opp. 54, 57, 62. Schuberth & Niemeyer: Leipzig, Hamburg & Itzehoe, [1830-1839]. Oblong quarto. Disbound. Paper tape at spine. Some staining throughout but otherwise fine.

  Three works by Canthal, bound together with their amusing original decorative title pages. All published between 1830 and 1839, based on publishing company name (Niemeyer was only part of Schuberth's business from 1830 to 1839):

  Privat-Verein-Tænze für's Piano-Forte. 3pp. Pl.n. 172. Engraved.

  Hamburger Gesellschafts-Tänze, Heft 7. Bajaderen-Tänze für's Piano-Forte. Op. 57. 12pp. Pl.n. 186. Engraved.

  Hamburger Gesellschafts-Tänze, Heft 16. Die Fahreszeiten. Fruhlings, Sommer, Herbst, und Winter Galopp. Op. 62. 15pp. Pl.n. 235. Engraved.

  MUS-14923 $35More Images/Inquire
• Carr, Benjamin (1768-1831) The Federal Overture [1794] Musical Americana: Philadelphia, 1957. Large folio. 8 facsimile pp. of printed music + 17 pp. of commentary by Irving Lowens. Paper covers. Fine.
  This medley of popular airs for piano includes the first printing of "Yankee Doodle".
  FAC-01050 $75Inquire
• 
  Carrara, Michele Intavolatura di Liuto Olschki, Leo S. Historiae Musicae Cultores: Florence Small Quarto. Cardboard slipcase. Very good.

  Large folding sheet with facsimile of the 1585 work by Michele Carrara, with printed music on the verso.
  FAC-14356 $25Inquire
• Cartier, Jean-Baptiste 9950 Broude Bros.: New York, 1973. Facsimile of the third enlarged printed edition, Paris, c. 1803. Folio. 335 pp, laid paper. Linen. Back cover a bit soiled, otherwise as new.
  An important anthology by Viotti's pupil, which includes works by Locatelli, Nardini, Bach, etc. and two fold-out plates of Tartini's "Adagio".
  FAC-08494 $300Inquire
• Caza, Francesco and Johannes Wolf Tractato Vulgare de Canto Figurato, Mailand 1492. Im Faksimile mit Übersetzung herausgegeben von Johannes Wolf mit einem Verzeichnis der Nachweisbaren Musiktheoretischen Inkunabeln Martin Breslauer: Berlin, 1922. Small Octavo. 92 pp. Spine missing, sprung, cover soiled but internally fine.
  "Collected from the library of Paul Hirsch, Frankfurt A. Main, with participation from Paul Hirsch and edited by Johannes Wolf" on verso next to title page. Hirsch (1881-1951) was a musician and avid music collector. His collection comprised over 18,000 items and was acquired by the British museum in 1946.

  This facsimile was published by Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig in 1922. Of 380 total copies, No. 1-300 were intended for sale. The other eighty, No. I-LXXX, were not commercial editions. This copy is one of the editions originally not intended for sale, Nr. LXXIX.

  FAC-11348 $25Inquire
• 
  CELLO METHOD New and Complete Tutor, for the Violoncello Bland & Wellers: London, [after 1792]. Early Edition. Engraved. Small oblong quarto. 37 pp. All the expected examples & illustrations including one foldout plate of a scale of the fingerboard. Original tooled brown leather boards. Overall very good condition. Some rubbing to spine. Spotting and toning to initial pages, but most pages clean and tight (with occasional chips at margins, not affecting).

  This early and rare edition likely dates to about 1800. It cannot have been issued before 1792 (the year the publishers Bland & Wellers established their firm). Preston & Son, also of London, seem to have issued the first edition in 1785.
  MTH-12826 $650More Images/Inquire
• 
  CENTENNIAL ODE Geibel, Adam (1855-1933) and Samuel C. Upham, lyricist. Centennial Ode. 1776 - 1876. Song and Chorus. Quartet. New and Corrected Edition. Wm. H. Boner & Co.: Philadelphia, 1875. Quarto. 5 pp. + 2 pp. inserts (see description). Covers a bit dusty and beginning to separate at spine. Otherwise an excellent copy.

  A patriotic song, here arranged for vocal quartet and piano, commemorating the centennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Included are two original inserts: the first provides the lyrics of the ode in English on the recto and in German on the verso; the second is a list, entitled Encomiums of the Press, of brief excerpts praising the song.

  Adam Geibel was a composer and organist who immigrated from Germany to America as a child. He was and remains best known for his sacred music.
  MUS-15300 $65More Images/Inquire
• 
  César, Pierre-Antoine Les Varietés A La Mode. 4e Suite d'Airs, Ariettes d'Opera et Opera comiques, Ariettes italiennes, Romances, Vaudevilles et Duo. Arrangés Pour le Clavecin ou le Forte Piano. Chez M. Boyer: Paris, [c 1785, as per WorldCat]. Engraved. Oblong quarto. 15 pp. Signed by the publisher on the front cover. Disbound. Title page soiled with contemporary manuscript note on verso. Small tears to bottom margin of all pages and to right margin of pp. 1-6 (neither affecting). Water stain to top of all pages (not affecting). Despite this, music quite clean.

  This edition is signed by its publisher, Boyer, on the front cover, and includes selections from the operas Blaise et Babet, Renaud, and Blanche et Vermeille.
  MUS-15235 $40Inquire
• 
  Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899) Concerto en Ré Majeur, pour Piano, Violon et Quatuor à Cordes. Op. 21. Rouart, Lerolle & Cie.: Paris, [likely 1920, as per WorldCat]. Pl.n: A.R.9555.L.&Cie. Probable second edition. Oblong quarto. 85 pp. [pno score]; 11 pp. [solo vln]; 8 pp. [vln 1]; 8 pp. [vln 2]; 8 pp. [vla]; 8 pp. [vlc]. Original wraps laid down on thin boards with red buckram spine. Front board detached. In fair condition; pages quite toned and delicate. All string parts fully detached. Solo violin part with markings and chips at margins. Piano score with detached title and dedication pages with some markings throughout. Signature of former owner at top of all parts.

  Piano score with parts. Although not in the best of shape, a very hard to piece to come by.
  MUS-07332 $40Inquire
• Cherubini, Luigi (1760-1842) Ouverture aus der Oper Faniska von Cherubini Eingerichtet für das Pianoforte auf vier Hände von F. Stein S.A. Steiner & Co.: Vienna, [c1809]. Pl.n: 743. Oblong folio. 13 pp. Disbound. Light water stain on bottom edge of all pages, otherwise very good. MUS-10203 $125Inquire
• 
  Cherubini, Luigi (1760-1842) Ouverture De La Prisonniere par Cherubini Arrangée pour le Piano Avec Accompag.nt de Violon et Basse Ad-Libitum Par V. Dourlen [Cherubini, Méhul, Kreutzer, Rode et Boïeldieu]: Paris, [1802, as per WorldCat]. Pl.n: 104. Engraved. Quarto. 8 pp. Disbound; cover and first page detached. In very good condition. Exceptionally crisp for age.

  Publishing information pasted over by later dealer (Chez Louis) on title page, but stamp of original publisher, a six-pointed with facsimile signatures, remains visible at bottom.

  Cherubini's one-act comic opera La Prisonnière premiered in 1799 in Paris.
  MUS-11323 $60Inquire
• Cherubini, Luigi (1760-1842) Ouverture de l'Opéra Médee pour le Piano-Forte avec Accompagnt. de Violin Breitkopf & Härtel: Leipzig, [1819]. Pl.n: Plate 2923. Piano part, 9 pp. oblong folio; violin part, 3 pp. upright folio. Some pages detached in piano part, otherwise good.
  Piano part and separate violin part.
  MUS-06363 $100Inquire
• 
  CHICKERING - FUNERAL MUSIC Babcock, William R. Funeral March. Composed as a Sincere Tribute of Respect to the Memory of Jonas Chickering. Op. 10. Musical Exchange: Boston, 1854. Quarto. 5 pp. Disbound. Cover with light staining at margins and embossed dealer stamp at lower right corner. Pages detached; p. 5 a bit toned. Otherwise good. No portrait but possibly issued without.

  A short piano piece to mark the passing of the American piano manufacturer Jonas Chickering. A black mourning border runs around the perimeter of each page of music.

  Jonas Chickering was Boston's leading piano manufacturer for much of the first half of the nineteenth century. At the time of his death in 1853, his company had built over 12,000 pianos, many of which used his patented single-piece iron frame.

  The composer of this little piece may have been a relation of Alpheus Babcock, an instrument maker who worked with Chickering and whose patented action Chickering adopted in some of his own models.

  MUS-15304 $75More Images/Inquire
• Chopin, Fréderic (1810-1849) Ballada in F-Dur, Op. 38 Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzynczne: Warsaw, 1952. Folio. 10 facsimile pp. + 4 pp. of commentary in Polish, Russian, English and French. Paper wraps. Fine. FAC-01024 $125Inquire
• 
  Chopin, Fréderic (1810-1849) and Bernhard Cossmann, arranger. Etude de Chopin (Fa min.) transcrite pour Violoncelle avec Accompagnement de Piano par B. Cossmann B. Schott's Söhne: Mayence, c 1887. Pl.n: 24086. Engraved. 3 pp. [vlc part] + 5 pp. [pno part]. Original wrappers (separated at spine and chipped at edges). A crisp copy with some light transfer throughout.

  Publication date as per plate number.
  MUS-06717 $30Inquire
• Chopin, Fréderic (1810-1849) Etude, Op. 10, No. 3 Robert Owen Lehman Foundation: Washington, DC, 1964. Oblong quarto. 4 facsimile pages. Paper folder. Very good (slight shelf wear). FAC-00217 $75Inquire
• 
  Chopin, Fréderic (1810-1849) Marche Funèbre pour le Piano, tirée De La Sonate Oeuvr.35. Breitkopf & Härtel: Leipzig, c 1853. Pl.n: 8728. Probable third German edition. Lithographed title page; music engraved. 5 pp. Dealer stamp and manuscript signature on title page, but otherwise clean and in excellent condition.

  An attractive copy of the famous funeral march. Published in or about 1853, based on plate number.
  MUS-14957 $150Inquire
• Chopin, Fréderic (1810-1849) Preludes Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne: Warsaw, 1951. Oblong folio. Xi, 41. Wrappers. Overall excellent except for spine which is chipped on top and bottom.
  In Polish, Russian, English and French.
  FAC-12312 $250Inquire
• Chopin, Fréderic (1810-1849) Preludes Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne: Warsaw, 1951. Oblong folio. Xi, 41. Wrappers. Very good. Slight browning. Very slight tear at top of binding.
  In Polish, Russian, English and French.
  FAC-01883 $250Inquire
• 
  CHURCH MUSIC - EARLY AMERICAN EDITION The Boston Handel and Haydn Society Collection of Church Music; being a selection of the most approved Psalm and Hymn Tunes; together with many beautiful extracts from the works of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Other Eminent Modern Composers. Richardson and Lord: Boston, 1826. Fourth Edition. Oblong octavo. 335 pp. Original binding of full calf with gilt stamped borders. Leather labels on front and back boards. Boards heavily scuffed; front board with tear in leather (see images). Internally quite clean with only occasional spotting typical of age; title page more worn than the rest. Final page of index with loss at right side.

  American banker Lowell Mason compiled this collection of church music based on an earlier British publication and persuaded the Boston Handel and Haydn Society to publish it in 1822. Despite the collection's enormous popularity -- a remarkable nineteen editions were issued through 1839 -- Mason published anonymously at the start, fearing that his reputation as a banker would suffer by his association with music. Early editions are not common and this edition, being among the earliest, does not bear his name.

  Bound together with: Templi Carmina. Songs of the Temple, or, Bridgewater Collection of Sacred Music. Fifteenth Edition. Boston: Richardson & Lord, 1825. 337 pp. In good condition with a little spotting and creasing. Small professional repair to bottom of title page. This collection of sacred music seems to have been first issued in the early 1810s and enjoyed similar success as Mason's collection.

  Lowell Mason would become the president of the Handel and Haydn Society, co-founder of the Boston Academy of Music, and music director of New York's Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. Early and modern detractors have argued that his promotion of European church music stifled a burgeoning American sacred style, but many New Englanders would not have been exposed to Classical music at all if not for his efforts. Mason also encouraged his children to realize their musical ambitions: his eldest son, Henry, was a founder of Mason and Hamlin pianos; his younger son, William, was a successful composer-pianist; and his grandson, Daniel Gregory, became a noted composer.
  MUS-16050 $275More Images/Inquire
• 
  CHURCH MUSIC - NEW YORK GRACE CHURCH King, William A. New York Grace Church Collection of Sacred Music, Selected and arranged from the Classical and Sacred Works of the Great Composers, and adapted to the Psalms & Hymns of the Protestant Episocpal Church, With a separate Organ Accompaniment by William A. King. Oliver Ditson & Co.: Boston, 1852. Engraved. Oblong quarto. 57 pp. Brown buckram boards with gilt title and imprinted panel. Backstrip not present. Front board detaching and a bit chipped around the edges. Ink transfer throughout. Table of contents at back with heavy bleedthrough from manuscript song on verso. Otherwise a nice volume.

  An interesting piece of New York City church history, this volume contains hymns and psalm settings for four voices with English texts adapted from works by Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Mozart, Spohr, Schubert, Blumenthal, Thalberg, Hummel, Donizetti, Nicolai, and Fesca, among others.

  There is also a two-page preface, written by a certain "B.W.C.M.," that explains how the music was chosen, and seeks to defend the musical reptuation of the church: While the music of Grace Church superiority has been universally accorded, some have erroneously fallen into the opinion that it is of an operatic character. The publication of this Book completely refutes so grave a charge.

  Two pages of back end papers with manuscript song with French text, likely written by the former owner who has also signed the flyleaf.
  MUS-15237 $40More Images/Inquire
• 
  Cimarosa, Domenico and Johann N. Hummel, arr. Twelve Select Overtures of Beethoven, Cherubini, Gluck, Mozart, &c., Arranged for the Piano Forte, with Accompaniments of Violin, Flute & Violoncello. Overtura. Il Matrimonio Segreto. T. Boosey & Co.: London, [c 1825, as per WorldCat]. Engraved. Quarto. 5 pp. Disbound.

  The overture to Cimarosa's most celebrated opera, Il matrimonio segreto (1792), arranged for piano. Piano part only (violin, flute, and cello accompaniments not present).

  Bound together with an unidentified Andante and Polacca for piano in F major. 10 pp. Engraved. Title page not present; Pl.n. 2413. A few performance markings in pencil.

  MUS-15017 $25Inquire
• 
  Clément, Charles-François (c. 1720-after 1782) Le Départ des Guerriers et le Retour des Guerriers; Cantatille A voix Seule Avec Simphonie Scored for voice, keyboard and either violin or flute. n.p.n.: Paris, [c 1760?]. Probable first edition. "Gravée Par M. De Mongaultier". Oblong large quarto. Two separate works; covers + 8 pp. each. Disbound and some pages detached. Covers of "Le retour" a little soiled but overall both are nice, crisp copies.

  Clément was a composer, arranger and theorist living in Paris. Very little of his music has survived but one of the more interesting bits usually quoted about him is that he was in love with and engaged to a Comédie-Italienne actress to whom he had been giving harpsichord lessons. She fell in love with Casanova, upon which the engagement was broken.
  MUS-12626 $500More Images/Inquire
• Clementi, Muzio (1752-1832) A Sonata for the Piano Forte with the Celebrated Air of Lindor with Variations and an Accompaniment for the Violin...From Op: XII [No. 1] Broderip & Wilkinson: London, [1798-1808]. Folio. 13 pp. Disbound. One page with a tear and fragment torn from margin but not affecting musical text, some pencil fingerings and ink markings, otherwise good.
  Piano part only. First edition was published in 1784.
  MUS-06724 $150Inquire
• Collizzi, Johann Andreas (?1740-after 1790) Three Duettos for Two Performers on One Piano-Forte, with an Accompaniment for a Violin Composed & Respectfully Inscribed to The Honble. Miss Eleanor & Miss Catherine Eden by Jhn A.K. Collizzi. Op. XI Preston & Son: London, [after 1792]. Folio. 27 pp. Disbound.
  Piano part only.

  John A.K. Colizzi was known as Giovanni Andrea and was born Johann Andreas in Bohemia. He was active in Leiden and The Hague from 1767 to c. 1790, and seems to have had a special interest in the Americas, with his first opus being titled "Quattro concerti barbari, dedicati al Gran' Sole di Natchez, sulle rive del Mississipi [sic]" and his only opera being "Le français chez les hurons" (now lost).
  MUS-06739 $125Inquire
• 
  Copland, Aaron (1900-1990) Vitebsk. Trio for Piano, violin and Violoncello. Cos Cob Press: New York, 1934. first edition. Quarto. 18 pp. [pno score]; 5 pp. [vln]; 5 pp. [vlc]. Original green paper wraps. In very good condition with occasional minor creasing at top and bottom margins.

  Piano score and parts.

  Copland wrote this piece in 1929 but it was not published until 1934.

  MUS-15542 $60Inquire
• Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713) Violin Sonatas, Op. 5, "Dodici Sonate per Violino e Basso, O Cembalo del signor Arcangelo Corelli Opera V" Antonio Zatta e Figli: Venice, [c 1790]. Pl.n: "Corelli Op. V". Oblong folio. 44 pp. Modern red cloth binding stamped "Georgio Ciompi" (violinist). Heavily trimmed margins, light wear on title page, signed by a former owner on last page, otherwise very good.
  Complete score of figured bass and violin.
  MUS-09977 $475Inquire
• 
  Couperin, François (1668-1733) Les Folies Françaises ou Les Dominos Léon Pichon: Paris, 1920. No. 385 of 440. Oblong quarto. 63 pp. With 12 color illustrations. Contemporary marbled paper wraps. Original deckled edges. Good condition overall; inside clean and fine. Covers and spine chipped with one repair.

  The edition begins with an introduction by French composer Vincent d'Indy. Each musical piece is separated by a handsome color illustration of an eighteenth-century scene by artist and set designer Maxime Dethomas.
  MUS-12680 $100Inquire
• 
  COWELL PIANO MUSIC - 21 SCORES FROM BECKER LIBRARY Cowell, Henry (1897-1965) Group of 21 piano works by Henry Cowell, all formerly in the library of John Becker. Quarto. Blue wrappers. Group in very good condition.

  A collection of 21 piano pieces (including one for violin and piano) by Henry Cowell from the library of John Becker, who has penciled on the covers: Library John Becker. Almost all FIRST EDITIONS published by Breitkopf und Härtel in New York the 1920s (except one by Associated Music), all quarto in the same blue paper wraps, on average 3 to 7 pages in length. A few chips and sunning but overall very good and mostly all new:

  The Hero Sun, No. 2, from Three Irish Legends (two copies)
  The Voice of Lir, No. 3 from Three Irish Legends (two copies)
  Anger Dance
  Floating, No. 1 from Six INGS
  Fleeting, No. 3 from Six INGS
  Scooting, No. 4 from Six INGS
  Wafting, No. 5 from Six INGS
  Seething, No, 6 from Six INGS
  Amiable Conversation
  Antinomy
  Advertisement
  What's This
  Suite (for Violin and Piano)
  Dynamic Motion
  Fabric
  Exultation
  Episode
  The Harp of Life

  SSC-14085 $250Inquire
• 
  Cowell, Henry (1897-1965) Rondo: 3 Trumpets, 2 Horns, 2 Trombones Edition Peters: New York, 1959. Pl.n: 6116. first edition. Miniature Score. 11 pp. Slightly sunned around edges, otherwise fine.

  Signed Henry Cowell on the front cover. Also signed on the inside by its former owner, Howard Shanet.

  Howard Shanet was a Columbia University-based conductor and writer on music, noted especially for his support of new music as well as neglected works of the past. He is particularly known for his book A History of New York's Orchestra.
  SSC-10511 $125Inquire
• 
  Cowell, Henry (1897-1965) Sunset-Rest,Two Songs for Low Voice New Music Edition: San Francisco, nd. first edition. Quarto. 5 pp. As new.

  Cowell composed this work in 1930. This first edition includes directions for the performance of the piano part, which includes tone clusters expressed in unique notation.
  MUS-14069 $20Inquire
• 
  Cramer, Henry (1818-1877) Magic Flute, K620, arranged, "Potpourris sur des Motifs d'Opéras favoris pour le Piano par Henri Cramer... No. 50 Die Zauberflöte de W.A. Mozart" Schott: Mainz, [1844-45]. Pl.n: 7797. Folio. 11 pp. Disbound, but includes front cover of original wrapper. Edges a little tattered, soiled on lower corner from use, otherwise very good.
  MUS-06756 $65Inquire
• 
  Cramer, Henry (1818-1877) and W. A. Mozart Potpourri sur les motifs favoris de l'Opéra Die Entführung aus dem Serail pour Piano Schott: Mayence, [c 1843, as per plate number]. Pl.n: 7343. Quarto. 11 pp. Disbound. In very good condition. Lower right corners soiled from thumbwear, but pages remain crisp.
  MUS-06751 $65Inquire
• 
  Cramer, J.B. (1771-1858) And are ye sure the News is true, Adapted as a Rondo for the Piano Forte, In which is Introducted as an Andante, The favorite Air in Ariadne Clementi, Banger, Hyde, Collard & Davis: London, 1806. first edition (of rondo alone). Engraved. Milligan, p. 33. Quarto. 10 pp. Overall good except for repaired tears to second and last pages. Disbound.

  J.B. Cramer published his Op. 35, a set of three sonatas for piano, in 1805. This rondo is the third movement of the third sonata in that set. In December 1806, Clementi, Banger, Hyde, Collard & Davis published various movements from Op. 35 as works unto themselves; this is thus the first edition of the rondo as a free-standing piece.
  MUS-06765 $40Inquire