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  FRENCH SONGS Les Cadets de Bourgogne et Leurs Chansons Edited by Cadilhac, Paul-Émile and Rodier, Camille. Édition de l'Amitié G.T. Rageot: Paris, 1947. No. 2186 of an edition of 2500. Small quarto. 109 pp. Woodcuts in green, black and white by Maurice Albe. Slightly sprung with some pages unsewn. Very good with slight discoloration only to inside of front and back covers. Some pages uncut.
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  Gallenberg, Wenzel Robert, Graf von (1783-1839) and Marcus Leidesdorf, arr. La Tombe d'Ismaan, par W. Rob. Comte de Gallenberg, arrangé pour le Pianoforté par M. J. Leidesdorf. Sauer et Leidesdorf: Vienna, [c 1820, as per WorldCat]. Engraved. Oblong quarto. 83 pp. Quarter-bound leather with marbled paper boards. Contemporary manuscript paper label at front. A good copy. Corners bumped and spine quite chipped. All pages a little rumpled with some ink transfer and foxing after p. 51.

  Wenzel Robert Graf von Gallenberg was an Austrian composer, best known in his own time for writing more than 50 ballets for theaters in Italy and Vienna. He traveled in elite musical circles and married Beethoven's pupil Countess Giulietta Guicciardi, the dedicatee of the "Moonlight" sonata. His music was often criticized for imitating the styles of Mozart and Cherubini.

  Gallenberg composed Ismaans Grab (La tombe d'Ismaan) in 1823 and it quickly became one of his most popular ballets. It was choreographed, as indicated on the title page, by French choreographer Louis Henry, who was born at Versailles and worked throughout France, as well as in Vienna, Naples, and Milan.

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  GEIB - GROUP OF SCORES FROM NEW YORK PUBLISHER Sixteen piano and vocal scores. Geib & Co.; J. A. & W. Geib; Geib & Walker: New York, c 1817 - 1830s. All engraved, quarto, and disbound. Group in good condition overall. Light soiling and marginal wear typical of age. Some penciled performance markings (mostly fingerings) and the occasional dealer stamp. Additional notes below.

  A group of sixteen early piano and vocal scores from the Geib firm, which operated in New York City for much of the nineteenth century. The house was established in 1814 as an offshoot of Johann Geib's organ and piano manufacturing business and operated under the direction of various Geib family members through the 1870s. The editions in this group all date before 1843 (while the business was under the control of the founder, Johann Geib, or some assemblage of his sons) and include some publications from the firm's earliest years:

  Piano. Twelve scores in total, including: two editions of Kotzwara's The Battle of Prague (one with a very attractive engraved battle scene on the cover); Steibelt's Storm Rondo (with an attractive engraved stormy scene on the cover); a sonata by Haydn; an arrangement of the overture to Kreutzer's Lodoiska; three arrangements of music by Gelinek, Braham, and Corri; a copy each of The Copenhagen Waltz and Scotts! Wha Hae Wi' Wallace Bled; and two early publications from the firm's first decade: "The Blue Bell of Scotland", arranged by Adam Geib (c. 1817), and "The Marquis de La Fayette's Grand March" (c. 1824).

  Also included with the piano scores is the Marseilles Hymn by Geore Geib, published by Bourne in New York, c. 1830.

  Vocal. Four scores in total, all by English or Irish composers, including: "Come Over the Sea" by John Stevenson; "Oh! Remember the Time", a Spanish air with words adapted by Thomas Moore; "My Life I Love You", by Isaac Nathan with a text by Byron; and a duet entitled "When they Bosom Heaves the Sigh" by Braham.

  Additional notes on condition: Corri arrangement quite rumpled at margins with chips at bottom; Moore's "Oh! Remember the Time" with detached pages and closely trimmed margins, affecting staves but not notes; Nathan's "My Life I Love You" with small plastic tag repair at right margin of cover.

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  Gelinek, Joseph (1758-1825) A Favorite Air With Variations for the Piano Forte. No. 9. Mozart's favorite March from the Zauberflote. Balls & Co.: London, nd. Early edition. Engraved. Quarto. Fine with some pencil markings throughout. Disbound.

  The publishing firm Hime & Son has pasted over the name and address of Balls & Co., the original publisher, on the title page. (This likely occurred before 1825, based on the address provided by Hime & Son.)
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  Gelinek, Joseph (1758-1825) Air Tirolien. Wann i in der Früh auf steh. Varié Pour le Pianoforte. A. Cranz: Hamburg, [c 1814-1825]. Engraved. Oblong quarto. 11 pp. An excellent, pristine copy with particularly bold impression (a little ink transfer on title page).

  Likely published between 1814 and 1825, as per WorldCat.

  Gelinek met Mozart in Prague at a performance of Don Giovanni and through his recommendation was appointed chaplain and keyboard teacher at the court of Count Kinsky. Mozart thought highly of Gelinke's abilities for improvisation.
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  Gelinek, Joseph (1758-1825) Variations pour Piano-Forté par Gelineck 1re livraison Imprimierie lithographique: Paris, [1804-05]. Pl.n: 262. Quarto. 9 pp. Disbound. An exememplary copy on crisp, bright paper.

  This is a fine example of early Parisian music lithography, specifically from André's Charenton printing operation (Twyman 247ff.)

  Gelinek met Mozart in Prague at a performance of Don Giovanni and through his recommendation was appointed chaplain and keyboard teacher at the court of Count Kinsky. Mozart thought highly of Gelinke's abilities for improvisation.

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  Geminiani, Francesco (1687-1762) A Treatise of Good Taste in the Art of Musick [1749] DaCapo: New York, 1969. Tall folio. 30 facsimile pp. plus 2-page introduction by Robert Donington. Half leather. Cover a little rubbed, otherwise fine condition.
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• Geminiani, Francesco (1687-1762) A Treatise of Good Taste in the Art of Musick [1749] DaCapo: New York, 1969. Tall folio. 30 facsimile pp. Half leather. Fine condition. FAC-01880 $100Inquire
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  GERSHWIN PIANO CONCERTO IN F SIGNED BY ARLEN Gershwin, George (1898-1937) Concerto (in F). Composed for Piano and Orchestra, Transcribed for Two Pianos (Four Hands).  Signed "Harold Arlen". Harms: New York, 1927. first edition. Small folio. 67 pp. Paper wraps. Overall a nice copy. Covers detached at fold; front with two small tears at right (not affecting). First and last pages beginning to detach. Tears to pp. 7, 13 (affecting, but music still legible). Some corners creased. Very occasional performance markings in red crayon, mostly concentrated on p. 65 (possibly Arlen's own).

  A wonderful association between two powerhouses of America’s Tin Pan Alley – Arlen and Gershwin.

  Harold Arlen, the songwriter of some of the most beloved American hit songs (“Get Happy”, “Over the Rainbow”, “Stormy Weather”, etc.), has distinctly signed the cover of his copy of George Gershwin’s Concerto in F. The score itself is quite scarce, this being a first edition scored for piano four hands and represents the first appearance of the work in print. The full orchestral score was not published until 1955.

  George Gershwin spent the summer of 1925 composing this concerto, which had been commissioned by conductor Walter Damrosch and the New York Symphony Orchestra. Seeking to prove his worth as an orchestrator (Rhapsody in Blue having been arranged by Ferde Grofé the year before), Gershwin orchestrated the concerto himself. It remains one of his most enduring large-scale works.
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  Gershwin, George (1898-1937) "It Ain't Necessarily So" from Porgy and Bess. Gershwin Publishing Corp.: New York, 1935. Pl.n: G-10-6. first edition. Quarto. 7 pp. A bit dusty but in very good condition.

  A nice copy of the first edition of this famous and beloved song.
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  Gershwin, George (1898-1937) Of Thee I Sing. New World Music: New York, 1932. Pl.n: N.W. 107-198. A reprint of the first edition (which had been issued earlier the same year, 1932). 198 pp. Original paper wraps. In excellent condition. Wraps and spine a little sunned. Pencilled markings scattered throughout indicate that this copy was used for a performance.

  A fine copy of Gershwin's most successful stage work, which was first produced in New York on December 26, 1931. It ran for 441 performances, receiving critical and box office success. Brooks Atkinson's original New York Times review called it a taut and lethal satire... funnier than the government, and not nearly so dangerous. In 1932, it became the first musical comedy ever to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize.
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  Gershwin, George (1898-1937) Porgy and Bess. [Piano/vocal Score]. Gershwin Publishing Corporation: New York, 1935. first edition, second issue. Quarto. 559 pp. Frontispiece black-and-white portrait photograph of George Gershwin. Original gray paper wraps. In excellent condition. Front wrapper with a few marks and corner wear.

  Oddly, first editions of Porgy and Bess are scarce and this is a very nice copy. Although not the very first issue, it was still published in 1935, the year of the first performance.

  Porgy and Bess premiered in Boston on September 30, 1935, later opening in New York on October 10 of that same year. The show includes a number of Gershwin's best-known and loved tunes, including "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin", "Summertime", "It Ain't Necessarily So", and "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing".

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  Gershwin, George (1898-1937) Second Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra, Two Piano Arrangement New World Music: New York, 1932. Pl.n: N.W.106-43. first edition of this arrangement. Quarto. 47 pp. Very good.

  Second piano in score (that is, no separate second part).
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• Gildon, J. Six Duettos, for Juvenile Performers on the Piano Forte. Arranged by J. Gildon J.&G. Balls: London, [1811-25]. Folio. 13 pp. Disbound. Spine ragged from disbinding, title page detached and held with mending tape, major repair to bottom corner of p. 11 (some music lost), otherwise very good.
  Tunes include "In my cottage," "Italian momfrina," "Lord Cornwallis's march," "Tekeli," "Drink to me only [with thine eyes]," "Tink a tink," "Buonaparte's march," "Morgiana in Ireland," "Life let us cherish," "Calabria," "Maid of Lodi" and "Quick step".
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  Giordano, Umberto (1867-1948) Fedora. [Vocal score] Edoardo Sonzogno: Milano, 1898. Pl.n: E 984 S. first edition of piano-vocal score (possibly third issue). Large quarto. 259 pp. Original green wraps. In an elegant half-bound red leather box with marbled boards and raised bands, gilt label, and gilt decoration at spine. Box is pristine but music has spine chipped and detaching, and cover stained and chipped around edges. Internally very good and clean.

  Inscribed by the composer on the half-title page: All'amico De Nevers | ricordo affetuoso | Umberto Giordano | Milano Dicembre 98.

  Fedora premiered in 1898 at the Teatro Lirico in Milan with Caruso in the lead tenor role. This first-edition piano-vocal score dates to the same year; it does not seem that a full orchestral score was published until decades later.

  The "De Nevers" to whom this volume is inscribed is almost certainly the Polish-born journalist and musician who wrote for the London Pall Mall Gazette and London Saturday Review, as well as for a number of French publications. Upon his death, The Musical Courier remarked that M. de Nevers had an amazing knowledge—in fact, he was an encyclopedia of operatic news, astonishing in its extent, and that he possessed an extensive acquaintance among the most important personages of Europe.
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  Giordano, Umberto (1867-1948) Gerbes de Feu. Scherzo pour Piano. G. Ricordi & C.: Milan, [1890]. Pl.n: 54710 (publication date as per plate number). first edition. Quarto. 8 pp. Paper wraps. Edges a bit toned with minor chips and tears, only just affecting inscription on front wrapper. Small tape repair to p. 5 (not affecting). Otherwise fine.

  Signed and inscribed by the Italian composer on the front cover.

  Gerbes de Feu is among Giordano's earliest works. The year after its publication, he would submit his one-act opera Marina for consideration in a contest held by the music publisher Casa Sonzogno. Although top prize went to Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana, Giordano's Marina placed sixth of 73 entries, and adapted version of it--retitled Mala vita--earned a staging at Sonzogno's expense the following season. With it, Giordano's operatic career was launched in earnest.
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  Giordano, Umberto (1867-1948) La Cena delle Beffe. [Vocal score]. Sonzogno: Milan, 1924. Pl.n: M 2452 S. first edition of piano-vocal score. Small folio. 184 pp. Original brown paper boards. In an elegant half-bound red leather box with marbled boards and raised bands, gilt label, and gilt tooling at spine. Box is pristine. Score chipping at spine; conservatory stamp on title page. Otherwise very good and clean.

  Inscribed, signed, and dated on the title page by the composer to Margherita Sarfatti: A Donna Marghertia Sarfatti.|Cavaliere della Legion d'Onore - | con sendtio rallengramto | di confatrello, |Umberto Giordano| Milano 16 Marzo 1926.

  Margherita Sarfatti was an Italian journalist, art critic, and socialite, best remembered for her activities as a Fascist propogandist and as Benito Mussolini's longtime mistress. She wrote a biography of the dictator in 1924; its success was so great that it was published in 17 editions and 18 languages.

  This is a first-edition piano-vocal score that dates to the year of the opera's premiere; it does not seem that a full orchestral score was ever published.

  La Cena delle Beffe premiered at La Scala in 1924 with Toscanini conducting. It became one of Giordano's most successful operas and is considered by many today to be his finest dramatic work.
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  Giordano, Umberto (1867-1948) Madame Sans-Gêne: Commedia. Edouardo Sonzogno: Milan, 1915. Pl.n: 1884. first edition. Folio. 251 pp. Original white cloth boards with raised design featuring bees, title stamped in gold and green. Elegantly boxed in 3/4 red leather with marbled boards, raised bands and gold tooling. Somewhat sprung, corners bumped, spine rubbed, covers slightly soiled; otherwise very good.

  Signed and inscribed on half-title: Alla gentile Signora | Nisida Suarez | omaggio devoto di | Umberto Giordano | Milano Marzo | 1919.

  Very handsome printing with engraved vignettes at the head and end of each act. Each act preceded by a plot summary on a separate page with engraved designs. Madame Sans-Gêne, based on a play by Sardou and Moreau with a libretto by Renato Simoni, had its premiere at the Metropolitan in New York January 25, 1915, under the direction of Toscanini.

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  Giordano, Umberto (1867-1948) Marcella. [Vocal score; French language] Edoardo Sonzogno: Milan, 1907. Pl.n: E 1475 S. first edition of French-language piano-vocal. Quarto. 110 pp. + 8 pp. Thin green and brown buckram boards. In an elegant half-green leather box with marbled boards and raised bands, gilt label, and gilt tooling at spine. Front cover of score a bit stained with bumped corners; internally clean and good.

  Inscribed, signed, and dated by the Italian composer on the half-title page to the French soprano Aline Vallandri: Alla gentile signora | Aline Vallandri - | Umberto Giordano | Milano 8 Gennaio 1909 -.

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  Giordano, Umberto. Marcella. [Vocal score; Italian language]. Edoardo Sonzogno: Milan, 1907. Pl.n.: E 1405 S. FIRST EDITION of piano-vocal score. 144 pp. + 9 pp. [of transposed mezzo part; paginated 15-17; 1-5].

  Both of these first-edition piano-vocal scores were published in 1903, the same year as the opera's premiere. It does not appear that a full orchestral score was ever published.

  Aline Vallandri (1878-1952) was a fixture at the Paris Opéra Comique for nearly thirty years. Although she was praised for her interpretations of Massenet, Lalo, and Verdi, she was just as well known for her luxuriant floor-length hair. She credited its beauty to a "special lotion" gifted to her by a nun, the recipe for which she refused to share with the public.

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  Giordano, Umberto (1867-1948) Sibérie. Adaptation Français. [Vocal score] Edouard Sonzogno: Milan, 1905. Pl.n: E 1234 S. first edition of French-language piano-vocal score. Large quarto. Limp boards with silver stamping and plastic covers. In an elegant half-green leather box with marbled boards and raised bands, gilt label, and gilt tooling at spine. In excellent condition.

  Inscribed on the half-title page in the year of the opera's premiere and publishing: A Madame Costallat | Hommage | M. Giordano | Milano 18 ottobre 1913.

  Siberia was Giordano's favorite work of his own composition. It was praised by Fauré and distinct among all his operas for having received a performance at the Paris Opéra (in 1911). This is a French-language piano-vocal score that was published two years after the opera's premiere at La Scala in 1903.

  Madame Costallat may be the widow of the publisher Georges Costallat, who, after having partnered with the publisher Enoch for many years (at Enoch Frères & Costallat), founded his own firm in 1894 on the rue de la Chaussée d’Antin in Paris. Upon his death in 1901, his wife and daughter continued the business; it remained in operation through World War II.
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• Giornovichi, Giovanni Mane (?1735-1804) Two Violin Concertos [#10 in F and #14 in A], Composed and Arranged by Particular Desire for the Piano Forte or Harpsichord with a Violin Acompaniment Preston: London, [c 1810-22]. Pl.n: n.p.n. Folio. 44 pp. Disbound.
  Piano score only. Ink emendations throughout the score arrange the piece for piano alone. Grove VI describes Giornovichi as "the most popular of the violinists who preceded Viotti in Paris in the 1770s" and his playing was widely praised by such notables as Dittersdorf, Leopold Mozart and Gyrowetz.
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  Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787) Alceste, Tragedie, Opera en trois Actes par Gluck, Representée pour la 1ere fois par l'Académie N[ation]ale de Musique le 30 Avril 1776 Chez des Lauriers: Paris, [after 1783]. Fourth Edition, 3rd issue (using first edition plates). Folio. 293 pp. Typical bright green 18th-century French paper boards, front hinge half seperated, and covers a little warped and mildly soiled, corners bumped. Occasional foxing, good impression with some darkened plates, otherwise very good.

  Hopkinson 44A(h).
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  Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787) Armide. Drame Héroique. [Full orchestral score]. Des Lauriers: Paris, c 1785. Third edition, first issue (made from first edition plates). Engraved. Large quarto. 279 pp. Brown marbled paper boards. Red edges. A very good copy on the whole. Music clean, crisp, and with a good impression. Title page with a little wear and stamps at bottom (evidently a former copy of the Conservatoire library). Title page appears better than in scan. Repaired tear at bottom of p. 213 (all music legible). Front board detaching. Spine worn with missing patch of marbled paper.

  As per Hopkinson's bibliography of Gluck's works, the earliest editions of Armide all rely on the same set of plates. The first edition was published by the Bureau du Journal de Musique in 1777. The Bureau then sold the plates to Lemarchand, which published the second edition some time after 1778. Lemarchand in turn sold the plates to Des Lauriers about five years later. Des Lauriers used those original plates, along with a newly engraved title page, for the third edition, of which this is a first issue. (Des Lauriers would eventually publish no fewer than nine issues of the third edition).
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  Goldman, Richard Franko (1910-1980) Lot of 2 signed Goldman scores Quarto. Paper wraps. Both scores in excellent condition.

  Lot includes:

  1. Sonata for Violin and Piano. Inscribed: For Claire with all esteem - a small and belated remembrance of the League's 25th! Rick/Dec. 1964. Mercury: New York, 1964. 19 pp.

  2. Nine Bagatelles for Piano Solo. Inscribed: For Claire with affection and appreciation from Richard and Alexandra. Axelrod Publications, Inc.: Providence, RI, 1940. 7 pp.

  The "Claire" to whom these scores are inscribed is almost certainly Claire Brook, who was for many years the Executive Editor at W.W. Norton Co.
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  Goldmark, Karl (1830-1915) Rustic Wedding Symphony, Op. 26, "Ländliche Hochzeit. Symphonie in 5 Sätzen...für grosses Orchester von C. Goldmark Op. 26 Clavierauszug zu vier Händen" Schott: Mainz, [1876-77]. Pl.n: 22137. Folio. 77 pp. Black boards, spine in need of repair, otherwise very good.
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  Goltermann, Georg (1824-1898) Erste Sonatine für Pianoforte & Violoncell. Op. 36B. Joh. André: Offenbach a/M, c 1861. Pl.n: 8607. Possible first edition. Publication date as per plate number. Quarto. 3 pp. [vlc part] + 14 pp. [pno part]. A very clean copy in very good condition. Covers separating at spine with chips at edges. All pages with a small tear at lower-right margin (not affecting).
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  Gorecki, Henryk Scontri Per Orchestra. Full Score Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne: Warsaw, 1962. Large folio (19.25" h x 13.5" w). 60 pp. Paper wraps with handsome original art cover. Overall very good, a little crumpled around edges and spine slightly chipped.
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• Gottschalk, Louis Moreau (1829-1869) Berceuse, Op. 47, Cradle Song -- Slumber On, Baby Dear (Doyle D-21), "Slumber On, Baby Dear: a Mother's Cradle Song, English words by H.C. Watson. Italian words by J. Debring...to Mrs Marie G. Abbott. (Brooklyn, N.Y.)" William Hall & Son: New York, 1863. Pl.n: 4820. first edition, later issue. Folio. 9 pp. Disbound. A few pencilled performance indications in vocal part, otherwise fine. MUS-09817 $90Inquire
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  Gottschalk, Louis Moreau (1829-1869) La Scintilla, Op. 20/21 (Doyle D-49), "La Scintilla (The Spark) Mazurka sentimentale...a Mlle. Rachael C. Henriques" Oliver Ditson & Co.: Boston, 1854. Pl.n: 2599. first edition, Titelauflage. Folio. 9 pp. Disbound. Pencilled-in page numbers (from original binding), offprinting throughout, otherwise very good.

  Published same year as first edition from the same plates as the first edition (which bear Firth's copyright notice at the bottom of both the title page and the first page of music). This edition not in Doyle.
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  Gottschalk, Louis Moreau (1829-1869) La Scintilla, Op. 20/21 (Doyle D-49), "La Scintilla: The Spark Mazurka sentimentale...a Miss Rachael G. Henriques" Firth, Pond & Co.: New York, 1854. Pl.n: Plate 2599. first edition, later issue. Folio. 9 pp. Disbound. Title page sunned, first and last pages detached from disbinding, light water stain along bottom left margin of all pages, limited tear on bottom margin of p. 5, offprinting throughout, some foxing, otherwise fair.

  This issue post-dates the publisher's move to 547 Broadway in 1857.
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  Gottschalk, Louis Moreau (1829-1869) Le Chant du Martyr (Doyle D-30), "Le Chant du Martyr, Grand Caprice Religieux par Seven Octaves...To my friend Chas. Kunkel. of Cincinnati" Oliver Ditson & Co.: Boston, 1864. Pl.n: Plate 22460. first edition. Folio. 9 pp. Disbound. Some foxing and bleedthrough throughout, otherwise very good.

  According to Doyle, this work actually may be by Paul Ernest.
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• Gottschalk, Louis Moreau (1829-1869) Marche de Nuit, Op. 17 (Doyle D-89), "Marche de Nuit Composé pour le Piano par L.M. Gottschalk" William Hall & Son: New York, 1856. Pl.n: Plate 3528. first edition. Folio. 13 pp. Disbound. Pencilled pagination from original binding, otherwise a clear, clean impression in fine condition.
  A printed dedication on the inside front cover reads: "au Général Don José Paëz, ex-Président de la Republique de Venezuela. Temoignage de respectueuse amitié et de profonde admiration." This is followed by an excerpt in French from the "France Musicale" by Gustave Chouquel about the work.
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  Gottschalk, Louis Moreau (1829-1869) Marche Funèbre, op. 61/1 (D.90/A), "Marche Funèbre pour le Piano" William Hall & Son: New York, 1870. Pl.n: Plate 6519. first edition in this version. Folio. 9 pp. Original reddish-brown wrapper. Untrimmed edges, some offprinting, otherwise fine.

  This edition lacks the trio published in 1874 and may represent the first version Gottschalk sent directly to the publisher from South America. The wrapper dates from 1871 or later, having a copyright notice on the catalog of popular ballads (Hall catalog "Popular Ballads," #14), as well as a catalog of Gottschalk with prices on the front.
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  Gottschalk, Louis Moreau (1829-1869) Pasquinade Caprice, Op. 59 (Doyle D-113), Pasquinade Caprice pour le Piano par L.M. Gottschalk...à Mlle. Katherine Sandford. (New York.) Oliver Ditson & Co.: Boston, 1870. Pl.n: Plate 6542. first edition. Folio. 11 pp. Disbound. First and last pages detached, ink pagination from previous binding, very slight offprinting, otherwise fine.
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• Gottschalk, Louis Moreau (1829-1869) The Water Sprite Polka, Op. 27 (Doyle D-159), "The Water Sprite: Polka de Salon...To Miss Mary J. Smith. of Philadelphia." J.E. Gould: Philadelphia, 1853. Pl.n: Plate: "The Water Sprite". first edition. Folio. 11 pp. Disbound. offprinting throughout, otherwise a bright clean impression in fine condition.
  Beautiful title page with swallows bathing in fountains.
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• Gottschalk, Louis Moreau (1829-1869) Valse Poétique, Op. 24 (Doyle D-142), "Valse Poétique, Sospiro, pour le piano....à Madame Taylor (de Baltimore)" William Hall & Son: New York, 1857. Pl.n: Plate 4110. first edition, later issue. Folio. 11 pp. Disbound. Borders of title page lightly browned, offprinting and slight foxing throughout, pencilled pagination from earlier binding, otherwise fine. MUS-06935 $85Inquire
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  Gounod, Charles (1818-1893) Roméo et Juliette. Vocal score Choudens: Paris, 1867. first edition of piano-vocal score. Quarto. 303 pp. With decorative purple title page. Quarter-bound blue linen with red marbled boards. Spine, with gilt lyre and label, is a little rubbed. Faint water stain to bottom right corner of most pages, also affecting title page. A little foxing and transfer throughout music, but a good copy on the whole.

  Inscribed on the dedication page: à mon ami Armand Gourian - Ch. Gounod.

  This is a first edition of the piano-vocal score of this famous opera, arranged by H. Salomon. It was published in the same year of the opera's premiere and of the publication of the first-edition orchestral score. (It was also re-edited and reissued by an A. Bérel in a second edition of 1885.)

  Roméo et Juliette premiered at Carvalho's Théâtre-Lyrique during the International Exposition of 1867 and quickly became, as it remains today, one of Gounod's most beloved works.
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  Graun, Carl Heinrich (1703/4-1759) Der Tod Jesu. Passions-Cantate von C. W. Ramler. Vollständiger Clavierauszug. N. Simrock: Bonn, [c 1826, as per plate number]. Pl.n: 2497. Engraved. Oblong quarto. 70 pp. Brown leather spine with green embossed buckram boards. A nice copy in good condition. Spine heavily chipped; boards scuffed. Some foxing and bleedthrough, but otherwise clean.

  Graun's oratorio Der Tod Jesu was the most frequently performed Passion in eighteenth-century Germany. Its popularity helped Graun to become a public figure beyond the Berlin court, where he served as Kapellmeister from 1741.
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  GRAUPNER - SCORES FROM EARLY BOSTON PUBLISHER Graupner: Boston, early 19th century. Total of 40 scores, all quarto and engraved, most disbound. In very good condition on the whole with issues typical of age: marginal chips/tears, occasional penciled performance markings (especially piano fingerings), detaching or fully detached pages, some transfer and toning. Additional notes on more significant defects below.

  Piano and vocal music published by Gottlieb Graupner, the most important music publisher in Boston at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Almost all of these scores bear Graupner's No. 6 Franklin St. address (the first of his two shop locations). The group is comprised of three categories:

  PIANO MUSIC - Sonatas, Arrangements, Variations, Incidental. Nine scores, including: an arrangement of a Concertante by Pleyel; an arrangement from Handel's Water Music; two waltzes by Mozart and one by Clementi; three sonatas by Valentino Nicolai; a set of variations entitled Rousseau's Dream by J. B. Cramer; an unattributed set of variations entitled The Lee Rigg; The Cottage Rondo by Matthais von Holst (great-grandfather of Gustav Holst); and a single page containing two short pieces entitled March in Pizzarro (evidently referring to the drama by Kotzebue, not Beethoven's opera) and College Hornpipe.

  Additional notes on condition: Pleyel's Concertante and Nicolai's Sonatas with detached and torn title pages (affecting music on verso). The Prussian March torn with substantial creasing.

  PIANO MUSIC - National or Boston-related Themes and Marches. Six scores, including: two waltzes named Swiss and Copenhagen; two marches entitled Salem Cadet's March and Governor Knight's March; a Prussian March with trio; and a single page containing two marches entitled Buonapart's Grand March and Washington's Assembly.

  SONGS. Twenty-five scores. All but two for solo vocalist and piano (the exceptions being one vocal duet and one chorus with soloist). These include popular songs by English composers James Hook, J. J. Burrowes, Henry Bishop, Thomas Thompson, John Bray, John Whitaker, and William Horsley; unattributed folk tunes of Scottish and Irish origin; a crisp copy of "The Last Rose of Summer"; songs made locally popular in Boston through theater and concert performances (and so noted beneath their titles); and songs translated from German or French originals.

  Gottlieb Graupner began his career as an oboist in the Hannover military band before joining the orchestra that would premiere Haydn's symphonies in London 1791 and 1792. He immigrated to America by 1795 and quickly became a fixture of Boston's music scene. Graupner's store, which published, printed, and engraved sheet music and dealt in instruments, was the leading music business in Boston for the first three decades of the nineteenth century. He published the music of American and European composers and was responsible for some of the first musical instructional treatises produced in the United States. He was also the leader of the Boston Philharmonic Society and a charter member of the Handel and Haydn Society.

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  Gretchaninoff, Alexander (1864-1956) and Konstantin Balmont, poetry. The First Musical Manifestation of the Russian Revolution. The Hymn of Free Russia. (Gimn svobodnoi Rossii) G. Schirmer: New York, 1917. Pl.n: 27558. first edition. Small quarto. 6 pp. With text underlay in English and Russian. A crisp copy in excellent condition. Small manuscript note at top of title page (not affecting) and very minor stain on p. 5.

  With an especially attractive cover page, bearing a decorative border and a message to the buyer: One third of the royalties from the sale of this composition go to the Russian Bureau for the aid of liberated political exiles.
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  Grosz, Wilhelm (1894-1939) Sganarell. Op. 14. [Vocal score] Universal-Edition A. G.: Wien/New York, 1925. Pl.n: U. E. 7790. first edition of piano-vocal score. Quarto. 203 pp. With original front wrapper bound in. Bookplate of Gustav Klemm. Half-bound black leather with black buckram boards. Gilt label.

  Inscribed and signed on the title page to the American conductor Gustav Klemm: Herr Kapelmeister Gustav Klemm (Baltimore U.S.A.) - als freund meiner Musik - zur freundlicher Errinerung aus Wilhelm Grosz. Berlin - July 1931.

  Grosz is best remembered for being the first Austrian composer to incorporate Jazz idioms into his works. The one-act opera buffa Sganarell was among his earliest major compositions. Based on Molière, it premiered in 1925.

  Gustav Klemm was a Baltimore-based composer, conductor, critic, and teacher. He led the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and served as the director of the Peabody Conservatory.

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• Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759) Aria, "Alzo al volo di mia fama". Arie aus der Oper Radamisto Deutscher Verlag für Musik: Leipzig, 1959. Oblong large quarto. 10 facsimile pp. + 3-page commentary in German. Very good. FAC-09572 $75Inquire
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  Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759) Der Messias im Clavierauszuge von C.F.G. Schwencke mit deutschem Texte. Johann August Böhme: Hamburg, [1809, as per WorldCat]. Engraved. Oblong quarto. 166 pp. Title page vignette of the Crucifixion. Quarter calf with marbled paper boards. Light foxing and transfer throughout, but otherwise clean. Title page with signature of former owner and dealer stamp (neither affecting). Occasional plate crack. Boards with light wear at edges; spine chipped. Overall in very good condition.

  An attractive early score of this most important work, and possibly the first piano/vocal edition with German text underlay.
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• HANS VON BÜLOW Hans von Bülow im Urteil berühmter Dirigenten (Hans von Bülow as famous conductors see him) Sikorski: Hamburg, 1978. No. 0495 of 1000 copies. Quarto. 31 pp. plus 16 pp. of commentary in German and English. Gold-stamped blue linen. As new.
  The letters praising von Bülow were written to raise money for the restoration of the grave of the famous conductor and pianist. Included were 29 conductor letters, a sketch by Richard Strauss donated by his son, and the signatures of the entire Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
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  Haubiel, Charles (1892-1978) Nuances for Violin or Flute and Piano. Composers Press: New York, 1941. Pl.n: C.P.106. first edition. Quarto. As new.

  Separate piano scores (mostly 2 pages), each with violin/flute part and with its own title page. The five movements are: Jocose, Still, Fear, Gentle, Plaintive.

  The title page of Jocose is inscribed by the composer to the longtime concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic: For Mishel Piastro / with admiration and regards / Charles Haubeil 5/30/41.

  Sold together with: Haubiel, Charles. Lullaby for Violin or Violoncello with Piano. Inscribed: For Mishel Piastro / with Sincere good wishes / Charles Haubiel / 4/20/41. Composers Press: New York, 1941. Pl.n: C.P. 130. FIRST EDITION. Quarto. As new.

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  HAYDN - FIRST AND EARLY PIANO EDITIONS Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809) First and early editions. Small folio. Half bound red leather with marbled boards and red gilt label at front. A fine volume in excellent condition (see additional condition notes below).

  rThis handsome volume of Haydn's piano sonatas and trios is in exceptionally crisp condition and contains:

  Six Admired Scotch Airs, Arranged as Rondos, for the Piano Forte, with an Accompaniment for the Violin & Flute. [Hob. XXXIa: 176]. London: Preston, [1802/1803]. 27 pp. First Edition. Engraved. Light foxing and paperclip marking on title page and some ink transfer throughout. Music crisp and in excellent condition.

  Two Admired Airs, Composed with Variations, for the Piano Forte. [Hob. XVII: 2, 3]. London: Preston, [c. 1800]. 12 pp. Early edition. Engraved. Clean and crisp; in excellent condition.

  Three Sonatas for the Piano-forte or Harpsichord, with Accompaniments for a Violin and Violoncello. [Hob. XV: 11-13; piano part only]. London: Longman, Clementi & Co., [1789]. 35 pp. Early edition. Engraved. Particularly beautiful and clean title page; some ink transfer to music but a fine copy.

  A Favorite Sonata for the Piano Forte, with Accompaniments for a Violin and Violoncello as performed by Master Hummell at Mr. Salmons Concerts Hanover Square. [Hob. XV: 14; piano part only]. London: Preston, [c. 1822]. A reprint using the plates from the Longman & Broderip edition of 1792. 15 pp. Engraved. Paperclip imprint with small tear to title page; some staining and ink transfer throughout.

  Trois Sonates Pour le Piano Forte Avec Accompagnement de Violon & Violoncello. [Hob. XV: 21; piano part only]. London: Preston & Son, [1795]. 35 pp. First Edition. Engraved. Heavy ink transfer, but all music legible. Quite a nice copy.

  Three Sonatas for the Piano-Forte with an accompaniment for the Violin & Violoncello. [Hob. XV: 27-29; piano part only]. London: Preston, [c. 1813]. A reprint using the plates from the Broderip & Wilkinson edition of 1798 (which itself used the plates from the Longman & Broderip first edition of 1797). 42 pp. Engraved. Minor ink transfer; plate mark to p. 31. A beautiful copy.

  A favorite Sonata, for the Piano Forte. [Hob. XVI: 49]. London: Preston, [after 1808]. A reprint using the plates from the Broderip & Wilkinson edition of c. 1798. 15 pp. Engraved. Light paperclip mark to top margin of pp. 1-4. Otherwise a fine copy; clean and crisp.

  Sonata for the Piano-Forte, with Accompaniments for a Violin & Violoncello. [Hob XV: 32; piano part only]. London: Preston, [1794]. First edition. 11 pp. Engraved. Ink transfer, but otherwise an excellent copy.

  A Sonata for the Piano Forte [with violin and violoncello accompaniment]. [Hob. XIV: 4; piano part only]. London: Preston, [n/d; likely early-nineteenth century]. 5 pp. Engraved. Some ink transfer, but otherwise an excellent copy.

  In addition, bound at the back, are two arrangements of Haydn's symphonies:

  Haydn's Celebrated Overture, Adapted for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte, in an easy style by Thos. Carter. London: J. Preston, [1783]. [Hob. I: 53, without introduction]. 11 pp. Engraved. A crisp and clean copy with some minor ink transfer.

  Three Favorite Overtures Composed by the Celebrated Giuseppe Haydn, of Vienna, adapted for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte, by Sigr. Giordani. [Hob. I: 63; 75; 69]. London: J. Preston, [1783]. 31 pp. Engraved. A crisp and clean copy with some minor ink transfer.

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  HAYDN - MANUSCRIPT FACSIMILE Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809) Symphonie F# Minor (Farewell Symphony) Akademiai Kiado: Budapest, 1959. No. 839. Tall folio. 46 pp. of facsimile. Boards. Hinge open; partially detached (because of perfect binding). Covers slightly shelf worn otherwise fine.

  In German and English with an introduction by Laslo Somfai.
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  Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809) Compleat Collection of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven's Symphonies, In Score. Haydn's No. IX only [Symphony No. 66 in B-flat Major].  Signed above the title Charles Salaman, 36 Baker St, January 17/63. Cianchettini & Sperati: London, [c 1809, based on publisher's address]. Engraved. Small quarto. 38 pp. Attractively bound in modern white paper wraps with printed label. A nice copy in good condition except for a water stain at inner margin throughout (with limited effect to music); some spotting. Someone has added a Roman numeral IX on the title page.

  A nice copy which used to belong to the noted Jewish British pianist Charles Salaman (1814-1901). Salaman was also an organist, writer and composer of more than one hundred settings of Hebrew texts for the West London Synagogue, as well as numerous songs. It is known that he played duets with Liszt as a boy and also that he knew Muzio Clementi. He has identified the music above the title and signed on the upper right, noting his address as well as the date.

  The Symphony number IX was composed in 1762, under the auspices of Count Nikolaus Esterházy, Haydn's principal employer.
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