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Hook, James (1746-1827) Overture in the Lady of the Manor [for piano] S. A. and P. Thompson: London, [c 1778]. Engraved. Oblong quarto. 7 pp. Disbound. No title page (which may never have existed to begin with). In excellent condition. Vertical crease to pp. 5-6.MUS-14912Inquire for PriceInquireThe Lady of the Manor is an English comic opera in three acts by James Hook to a libretto by W. Kendrick. It premiered at Covent Garden in 1778, though Hook added new songs in 1788 and revised the score between 1815 and 1817, resulting in a second premiere at Drury Lane in 1818.This piano reduction of the overture was likely published shortly after the opera's premiere in 1778, when the score was issued in parts as Hook's Op. 20.
Hummel, Johann N. (1778-1837) Cherubini's Overture to Les Deux Journees, Arranged for the Piano Forte [with accompanying flute/violin part] by J. N. Hummel.MUS-07006 $40More Images/Inquire
No. 16 of T. Boosey & Co.'s Collection of Overtures. T. Boosey & Co.: London, [ca 1830]. Engraved. Quarto. 12 + 2 pp. Disbound with paper tape at spine. Very good condition. Light water stains to bottom margin of piano part throughout (not affecting). Corner missing of flute/violin part (not affecting). Owner's signature on title page.Throughout the 1820s, Hummel arranged a great number of symphonic works for piano for publishers in London. This is one of at least 24 opera overtures that he arranged. He was noted for his ability to rework musical material with popular appeal in a way that was marketable and that did not forsake his high musical standards.
Hummel, Johann N. (1778-1837) Cherubini's Overture to Lodoiska, Arranged for the Piano [with accompanying flute/violin part] by J. N. Hummel.MUS-07007 $40More Images/Inquire
No. 3 of T. Boosey & Co.'s Collection of Overtures. T. Boosey & Co.: London Engraved. Quarto. 9 + 3 pp. Disbound. Piano part with pinholes at margins from former binding. Flute/Violin part detached (and pages loose). Very good condition. Piano part with crease and stain to cover and first page; some ink transfer throughout but very clean overall. Flute/Violin part with chips and small tear to margin (not affecting).Throughout the 1820s, Hummel arranged a great number of symphonic works for piano for publishers in London. This is one of at least 24 opera overtures that he arranged. He was noted for his ability to rework musical material with popular appeal in a way that was marketable and that did not forsake his high musical standards.
Hummel, Johann N. (1778-1837) La Bella Capricciosa for the Piano Forte Metzler & Co. Music Sellers: London, [ca 1833-1842]. Engraved. Quarto. 15 pp. Disbound. Title page detaching. Ink transfer and occasional pencil markings throughout. Marginal stain to pp. 1-5 (not affecting). A nice and readable copy overall.MUS-07005 $25InquirePublished between 1833 and 1842, based on publisher's address.
Hummel, Johann N. (1778-1837) Piano Septet, Op. 74. Grand Septuor pour le Piano, Flute, Hautbois, Cor, Alto, Violoncello & Contrebasse Composé et dedié a sa majesté [in medallion] Jmperiale Madame la Princesse l'Archducesse Marie Louise d'Autriche...Ouvre 74me. Artaria: Vienna, [1816]. Pl.n: 2451. first edition. Quarto. 33 + 7 + 7 + 5 + 8 + 7 + 6 pp. One page in piano part repaired, crayon markings from previous owners on covers and first pages of parts, but never affecting musical text. Otherwise very good.MUS-09878 $600InquirePiano score and full set of parts. The piano score is interesting in having a variable number of staves for the instrumental parts, sometimes above, sometimes below the piano part. The individual instrumental parts are always combined into no more than a grand staff's worth of music, enabling the performance of the piece on two pianos, if both pianists had copies of the piano score.![Hummel, Johann N. - Six Petit Pieces, for the Piano Forte. [Op. 52]](/images/web/MUS/hummel-petit-pieces-mus-06989.jpg)
Hummel, Johann N. (1778-1837) Six Petit Pieces, for the Piano Forte. [Op. 52] Fitzpatrick & Coles: London, [ca 1815-1825]. Early Edition. Engraved. Quarto. 3 pp. Unidentifiable manuscript initials on cover (possibly those of the publisher). Disbound and all pages detached. Edge tattered from former binding (not affecting). A clean copy in good condition. Minor stains and creases at margins, and top of p. 3 cropped (not affecting).MUS-06989 $25InquireContains three of the six pieces of Op. 52: Cadenza, Menuetto, and Allegro. (Romance, Eccossoise, and Rondo not present.)Published between 1815 and 1825, based on publisher's address.
- Hummel, Johann N. (1778-1837) Sonata for Piano & Flute, Op. 5, #3, "Sonata for the Piano Forte with an Accompaniment for the Flute Obligato...op. 19 [sic]" Monzani & Hill: London, [1807-29]. Pl.n: "Hummel Op: 19". Folio. 14 pp. Disbound. Final leaf detached, otherwise very good. MUS-06988 $100InquirePiano part only. Although printed as "Op. 19," this is actually Op. 5, #3. This edition not listed in Zimmerscheid.
- Hummel, Johann N. (1778-1837) Sonata for Piano & Flute, Op. 50, "A Second Sonata for the Piano Forte with a Flute Accompaniment Obligato...Op. 50" Monzani & Hill: London, [1807-29]. Pl.n: "Hummel Op: 50". Folio. 14 pp. Disbound. Title page detached, otherwise very good. MUS-06991 $100InquirePiano part only. This edition not listed in Zimmerscheid.
Hummel, Johann N. (1778-1837) and A. André, arranger. Variations pour le Piano-Forte sur l'air: O Du Lieber Augustin. No. 3 des Variations. J. André: Offenbach am Main, [c 1815]. Pl.n: 3381. Oblong quarto. 7 pp. Disbound. In excellent condition (very minor spotting/ink transfer). Dealer sticker pasted to title page.MUS-14874 $125InquirePublished in or about 1815, based on plate number. The arranger, listed as only "A. André" on the title page, may have been the publisher himself, Johann Anton André. (Johann Anton was the son of the company's founder, Jean André, and inherited the business upon his father's death in 1799.)
Infante, Manual Ritmo from "Danses Andalouses" by Manual Infante for Two Pianos Four Hands...A.Z. Mathot, Published and distributed in the public interest with the consent of the Alien Property Custodian under license No. E-51 Edward B. Marks Music Corporation: New York, 1931. Pl.n: 11996-14ph. Quarto. 14 pp + 14 pp. Green and purple paper wraps. Good condition.MUS-10229 $40Inquire![ITALIAN SONGS - NINETEENTH-CENTURY EDITION - [Strenna Musicale.]](/images/web/MUS/italian-songs-mus-15251.jpg)
ITALIAN SONGS - NINETEENTH-CENTURY EDITION [Strenna Musicale.] Stabilimento Tecnico-Musicale: [Napoli], [1844?]. Engraved music and lithographed title page. Oblong quarto. 67 pp. Disbound; first five pages detached. In fair condition. Title page missing. Water stain at left margin of pp. 1-16 (not affecting music). Front page unevenly torn at left with contemporary manuscript markings (not affecting lithograph). The whole a bit foxed.MUS-15251 $20InquireOne volume of an annual publication of Italian patriotic songs under the title Strenna Musicale. This edition may date to 1844. With songs by Bassi, Berto, Bornaccini, Catalano, Colla, Coronini, Enderle, Lickl, L. Ricci, F. Ricci, and Tivoli.
Ives, Charles (1874-1954) Fourth Violin Sonata. "Children's Day at the Camp Meeting" Arrow Music Press: New York, 1942. first edition of the revised version. Quarto. 7 pp. [vln] + 22 pp. [pno]. As new.MUS-14094 $50InquireComposed between 1900 and 1916. For the revised version of 1942, Ives removed the fourth movement.Violin part contains a page of notes on performing p. 3; piano part contains two pages of notes on performing p. 6 and the sonata as a whole.
Ives, Charles (1874-1954) New Music. Thirty-Four Songs. The New Music Society Publisher: New York, October 1933. Second edition. Small quarto. 71 pp. Signature of Arthur Cohen on front cover. Paper wraps. In very good, clean condition (a few pages with light toning at margins; back wrapper with minor chips at bottom).MUS-16311 $375More Images/InquireNew Music was founded as a not-for-profit, quarterly publication of modern, (mostly) American music, initially edited and partly funded by the composer Henry Cowell. The periodical counted around 700 subscribers in advance of its first issue in 1927, but that number plummeted to 350 when that issue appeared, much to Cowell's dismay. Ives, however, was so taken with the enterprise that he submitted a check for an additional 25 subscriptions. Cowell called Ives to offer his personal thanks, and, after examining some of Ives' works, offered to publish them in New Music.Ives demurred at first, doubting that the series was truly non-commercial, but eventually changed his tune. He offered some of his scores to Cowell on the condition that he (Ives) would pay for all of the production costs. Because Ives had only self-published before, New Music effectively became his first publisher, and his music was the feature of several early issues beginning in 1929. This volume of songs marks the third time his works appeared in the publication.
Arthur Cohn was a publisher, conductor, composer, and orchestrator as well as the longtime Director of the publishing company Carl Fisher, where he was responsible for publishing many of Ives's works. He was also director of the Edwin Fleischer Collection in Philadelphia from 1934-52.This second edition lists the same publication month and year (October 1933) as the first edition. While we have not been able to determine the reason for this (the publication history of New Music has yet to be thoroughly researched), it is possible that New Music quickly produced the second edition owing to the issue’s popularity.
Ives, Charles (1874-1954) Second Sonata for Violin and Piano G. Schirmer: New York, 1951. Pl.n: 42051. Quarto. 10 pp. [vln part] + 26 pp. [pno part]. As new.MUS-14107 $50InquireComposed between 1914 and 1917 and revised in 1919.
Jaell, Alfred (1832-1882) Aus Richard Wagner's Rheingold, Transcription für Piano-Forte. Op. 120, No. 1. B. Schott's Söhne: Mainz, [ca 1864]. Pl.n: 17513. Engraved. Large quarto. 15 pp. Original green paper wraps (detached; front cover with dealer stamp and chips to right edge). A nice and clean copy. Dealer stamp on title page. Outer pages detaching. Occasional creasing and edge wear throughout.MUS-07020 $40InquireThe first of six transcriptions from Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen by Jaell. Published ca. 1864, based on plate number.Alfred Jaell was among the foremost pianists of his time. After early studies with his father and Ignaz Moscheles, he concertized throughout Europe and the United States and became the court pianist for the King of Hanover in 1856. Admired and sought after by his audiences and musical colleagues alike, Jaell introduced the renowned soprano Adelina Patti to the American public in 1851 and accompanied Henryk Wieniawski in his famous performances of Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. He also helped to popularize the piano works of Louis Moreau Gottschalk by programming them on his recitals. As a composer, Jaell is primarily remembered for transcriptions like these.
Jaell, Alfred (1832-1882) Fairy Polka. Op. 26 E. H. Wade: Boston, 1853. Engraved. Quarto. 7 pp. Disbound. Good condition. Minor toning to margins. Some spotting to pp. 2-3. Light creasing throughout.MUS-07017 $40InquireAlfred Jaell was among the foremost pianists of his time. After early studies with his father and Ignaz Moscheles, he concertized throughout Europe and the United States and became the court pianist for the King of Hanover in 1856. Admired and sought after by his audiences and musical colleagues alike, Jaell introduced the renowned soprano Adelina Patti to the American public in 1851 and accompanied Henryk Wieniawski in his famous performances of Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. He also helped to popularize the piano works of Louis Moreau Gottschalk by programming them on his recitals.This particular piece dates to his American tour, which, being so successful, lasted three years (1851-1854).
Jaell, Alfred (1832-1882) Farewell Polka. Op. 32. G. André & Co.: Philadelphia, 1854. Engraved. Quarto. 9 pp. Disbound. Good condition. Toned at margins and light staining. Small water stain at top of each page (not affecting).MUS-07018 $40InquireAlfred Jaell was among the foremost pianists of his time. After early studies with his father and Ignaz Moscheles, he concertized throughout Europe and the United States and became the court pianist for the King of Hanover in 1856. Admired and sought after by his audiences and musical colleagues alike, Jaell introduced the renowned soprano Adelina Patti to the American public in 1851 and accompanied Henryk Wieniawski in his famous performances of Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. He also helped to popularize the piano works of Louis Moreau Gottschalk by programming them on his recitals.This particular piece dates to his American tour, which, being so successful, lasted three years (1851-1854).
Jaell, Alfred (1832-1882) La Danse des Fées, The Dance of the Fairies, D'Apres F. Godfroid, Rapsodie, pour Piano. Op. 14. W. C. Peters & Sons: Cincinnati Pl.n: 1911_10. Engraved. Large quarto. 11 pp. Original blue paper wraps (detaching with worn edges). A very nice copy overall. Edges a little toned and rumpled. Minor marginal tear to p. 9 (not affecting).MUS-07016 $40InquirePublished between 1846 and 1866, based on publisher's address.Alfred Jaell was among the foremost pianists of his time. After early studies with his father and Ignaz Moscheles, he concertized throughout Europe and the United States and became the court pianist for the King of Hanover in 1856. Admired and sought after by his audiences and musical colleagues alike, Jaell introduced the renowned soprano Adelina Patti to the American public in 1851 and accompanied Henryk Wieniawski in his famous performances of Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. He also helped to popularize the piano works of Louis Moreau Gottschalk by programming them on his recitals.
Jaell, Alfred (1832-1882) Regrets en quittant la chère Patrie. Nocture pour Piano. Op. 81 Russell & Tolman: Boston, [ca 1858-1862]. Pl.n: 3621. Engraved. Quarto. 11 pp. Disbound with pinholes from former binding. A clean and crisp copy. Staining to title page. Ink transfer throughout (and on verso of last blank page). Manuscript pagination above printed pagination.MUS-07019 $40InquirePublished between 1858 and 1862, based on plate number.Alfred Jaell was among the foremost pianists of his time. After early studies with his father and Ignaz Moscheles, he concertized throughout Europe and the United States and became the court pianist for the King of Hanover in 1856. Admired and sought after by his audiences and musical colleagues alike, Jaell introduced the renowned soprano Adelina Patti to the American public in 1851 and accompanied Henryk Wieniawski in his famous performances of Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. He also helped to popularize the piano works of Louis Moreau Gottschalk by programming them on his recitals.The title of this piece may refer to the conclusion of his American tour, which, being so successful, lasted three years (1851-1854).
JEWISH SONGS FOR VIOLIN 25 Jewish Songs for Violin. Containing the most Popular and Classical Jewish Selections. Book #I. Hebrew Publishing Co.: New York, 1910. Large quarto. 27 pp. Original paper wraps. As new (only a small crease to bottom corner of back wrapper).MUS-14795 $35InquireWith selections by Rumshisky, Perlmutter & Wohl, and Goldfaden, among others. (For complete list, see scanned image of table of contents.)
Kalkbrenner, Frédéric (1785-1849) "God Save the King" Varié Pour le Piano-Forte. Op. 17 H. A. Probst: Leipzig, [ca 1827]. Pl.n: 310. Engraved. Oblong quarto. 7 pp. Disbound. In very good condition. Title page a little browned. Some toning and foxing at margins. Creases to pp. 5-6.MUS-07028 $35InquireA version for piano alone labeled "op. 17" on the title page and seemingly published before Kalkbrenner's more well known Variations on God Save the King, for piano and orchestra, op. 99.Published in or about 1827, based on plate number.
Kalkbrenner, Frédéric (1785-1849) Fantaisie, for the Piano Forte, In which is Introduced The favorite Air of Robin Adair, with Variations. E. Lavenu: London, [ca 1820]. Second Edition. Engraved. Quarto. 19 pp. Disbound; pp. 1-8 detached from pp. 9-19. Good condition. Some light stains and pencil markings throughout.MUS-07035 $40InquirePublished ca. 1820, based on publisher's address.
Kalkbrenner, Frédéric (1785-1849) Gage D'Amité. Grand Rondo pour le Piano-Forte composé et dedié à Jgn. Moscheles. Op. 66. A. Diabelli et Comp.: Vienna, [ca 1825]. Pl.n: D. et C. No 1575. Early edition. Engraved. Oblong quarto. Fair condition. Title page stained. Edges worn. Staining, minor creasing, and ink transfer throughout. Water stain to pp. 17-23. Small hole to top margin of pp. 1-8 and 21-23 (not affecting). But still, a tight copy with good impression.MUS-14553 $35InquirePublished in or about 1825, based on plate number.
KERN, JEROME - COPYIST MANUSCRIPT OF "ONE MORE DANCE" Kern, Jerome D. (1885-1945) Folio. 12 pp. (with music, 16 pp. in total). In very good condition.MAN-15799 $400More Images/InquireCopyist manuscript in pencil, scored for piano with an additional melody line and no lyrics. Titled "One More Dance" on Harms Inc. music paper. Several notations, possibly in a different hand. The cover is titled in pencil One More Dance / B / Jerome D. Kern."One More Dance" is a waltz from Jerome Kern's highly successful Broadway show Music in the Air (1932). It is the first song in the second act and is sung by the character Bruno.Because this score has no lyrics but includes indications such as hurdy-gurdy imitation and bassoons, it may have been intended for the orchestrator, who, in this case, was the illustrious Robert Russell Bennett. Perhaps it was considered for use in the entr'acte prior to the second act.
Since we acquired this manuscript with other material associated with the premiere of Music in the Air, we are confident it was used in some capacity for the show's highly successful opening on November 8, 1932.
Kienzl, Wilhelm (1857-1941) Ries & Erler: Laibach, [c 1888]. Pl.n: R.4471E. (Publication date as per plate number). Large quarto. 3 pp. Horizontal fold with scattered spotting. In good condition overall.SSC-14373 $375InquireSheet music for the song "Der Kuss" ("The Kiss"), signed and inscribed on the title page by the German composer. Beneath his signature, the composer also adds a four-bar musical quotation from the popular chorus "Selig sind, die Verfolgung leiden um der Gerechtigkeit willen" from his opera Der Evangelimann (1895).Wilhelm Kienzl was a major figure in the musical and cultural life of Austria from the 1890s until the 1930s. He was a friend of Wagner as well as a pupil of Liszt. Der Evangelimann was Kienzl's most successful opera, enjoying frequent performances throughout Germany and Austria for a few decades, as well as the support of prominent conductors including Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, and Felix Mottl.- Knapton, Philip The favorite Dutch Minuet and Nightingale Rondo. Arranged as a Duett for Two Performers on One Piano Forte. By Philip Knapton J. Balls: London, [1809-11]. Folio. 5 pp. Disbound. Title page soiled outside plate marks, edges tattered, some bleedthrough in musical text, otherwise very good. MUS-10200 $75InquireThe last printed page reads "Engrav'd by J. Balls, 12, Castle St. Leicester Square," which dates the plates to 1807-09, while the title page shows the later address, taken up in 1809. Title page also reads "Printed & Sold by S. Knapton...Coney Strt."
Kollmann, Augustus Frederic Christopher (1756-1829) A Practical Guide to Thorough Bass. English and German. / Practische Anleitung zum Generalbasse. Englisch und Deutsch. Johann André: Offenbach am Main, 1808. Pl.n: 2601. Quarto. 60 pp. Contemporary half-bound leather with marbled paper boards. Red leather title box with gilt tooling on front. Overall a good, crisp copy internally. Some light foxing throughout (heavier on title page). Water stain affecting top right corner of each page, but all text easily legible. Boards/spine worn and chipping; front board detaching.MTH-14682 $300More Images/InquireThis is a dual English-German reissue of Kollmann's most celebrated treatise, which was first published in English in 1801.German-born A. F. C. Kollmann served as chapel-keeper of London's Royal German Chapel from 1784 and became the first real proponent of J. S. Bach's music in England. He published several music theory treatises, many of which foreground Bach's music, and may have been the first translator of Forkel's famous Bach biography into English. Of this thorough bass treatise, a contemporary reviewer extolled: This work, the utility of which will be obvious to every musical reader, is conducted in that methodical and systematic plan for which all Mr. Kollmann's didactic publications are distinguished.
Kotzwara, Francis (c1715-1791) The Battle of Prague, a Favorite Sonata for the Piano Forte C. Bradlee: Boston Engraved. Quarto. 10 pp. Disbound. In very good condition. Light stains and dealer stamp on title page. Thumb worn with some spotting at margins throughout. Outer pages beginning to detach at bottom centerfold.MUS-07042 $65More Images/InquireThe Battle of Prague was enormously successful in Europe and abroad. The work was first published in 1788 and nearly 40 different early editions survive. It is interesting that this edition should have been published in Boston, as the New Grove Dictionary of Music notes that in that city the piece "was 'indespensable to climax every concert'" at the close of the eighteenth century.- Kozeluch, Leopold (1747-1818) Three Sonatas for the Piano Forte with or without Additional Keys and Accompaniments for the Violin & Violoncello, Op. [21] Clementi: London, [c 1801-10]. Pl.n: "Kozeluch Son's Op. 21". Folio. 41 pp. Disbound. Some staining on title page, bottom corner of last page worn, otherwise very good. MUS-07051 $125InquirePiano part only, which includes extensive cues for the violin part, possibly sufficient to reconstruct the complete work.
Kremenliev, Boris (1911-1988) Pràvo Horò Self-published: Los Angeles, California, c 1955. Facsimile of full score. Small folio. 43 pp. Spiral bound with title on cover. Excellent.FAC-14453 $40InquireThe Bulgarian-American composer has reconstructed his work from 1940, as he explains in a letter to the conductor-violinist Michel Piastro in 1955. Letter included.
Kreutzer, Conradin (1780-1849) Grand Septuor pour Violon, Alto, Clarinette, Cor, Basson, Violoncelle, et Contrebasse dedié son ami J. Schuppanzigh...Op. 62 Pennaur: Vienna, [c 1800]. Pl.n: A.P. 196. Quarto. 14 + 11 + 9 + 7 + 7 + 9 + 8 pp. In very good, clean condition. Title page (violin part) stamped Bibliotheque Musicale R. D'Halluin.MUS-07340 $375InquireComplete set of seven parts.There are, curiously, two contrabass parts, both of which are missing the original engraved pages 3-6. These pages are supplied in modern manuscript.
Kreutzer, Rodolphe (1766-1831) 40 Etudes ou Caprices pour le Violon. Liv. I. Tobie Haslinger: Vienne, [1807]. Early edition. Engraved. Quarto. 23 pp. Disbound (title page and last page detached). First eleven pages with copious fingerings in colored pen; remaining pages with some foxing and spotting, but otherwise clean. Title page with signature of former owner and a little bleedthrough from manuscript markings on verso. Pieces of tape at spine of pp. 2-3.MUS-06494 $70Inquire- Kreutzer, Rodolphe (1766-1831) Sonate für Pianoforte und Violine...Op. 87 Carl Paez: Berlin, early 19th-cent. Pl.n: 1015. Oblong Folio. 15 + 3 pp. Cover and pages of piano part detached, cover edges tattered, some tears in margins of violin part, otherwise good. MUS-06381 $200InquirePiano part and separate violin part.
Küffner, Joseph (1776-1856) Cinq Polonoises Pour Pianoforte B. Schott fils: Mayence, [1826]. Pl.n: 1940. Engraved. Oblong quarto. 13 pp. Disbound. Paper tape at spine. Dealer stamp on title page. Some foxing and spotting throughout throughout, but overall in good condition.MUS-14920 $125InquirePublished in 1826, as per WorldCat.
Kuhlau, Frederich (1786-1832) Trois Sonatines à l'Usage des Amateurs pour le Pianoforte. Op. 20, No. 3 L. Plattner: Rotterdam, [1824]. Pl.n: 728. Early edition. Engraved. Quarto. 11 pp. Disbound. A clean and crisp copy. Minor tape repair to title page (not affecting).MUS-07053 $50InquireThe third sonata of Kuhlau's Op. 20 set. Beautifully printed.
Labitzky, Joseph (1802-1881) Group of three waltzes for piano. Quarto. All in very good condition.MUS-07056 $35More Images/InquireCarlsbad Walzer für das Pianoforte. Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister. 11 pp. Pl.n. 3045. Engraved. Disbound and with dealer stamp on title page (not affecting).Jasmin-Walzer. Prague: Joh. Hoffmann. 10 pp. Pl.n. 380. Engraved. Disbound and with dealer stamp on title page (not affecting).
Ole Bull's Waltzes, As Performed at the American Institute, with Enthusiastic Applause, by Ole Bull. [Arranged for solo piano.] New York: Samuel C. Jollie. 2 pp (detached).- Lablache, Louis A Complete Method of Singing. With Illustrative Examples, Exercises & Progressive Studies in Vocalization. Chappell: London, [c 1840]. Pl.n: 6719. Engraved. Large quarto. 86 pp. Half-calf with brown buckram boards. Red leather title placard with gilt tooling on front. A little shelf worn but internally in good condition. A few pencil markings throughout. Some ink transfer. Small tape repairs to bottom margins of pp. 35, 39. A nice copy. MTH-04870 $40Inquire
Lalo, Édouard (1823-1892) Concerto en Ré pour Violoncello avec accompagnement d'Orchestre. Arrangement pour Violoncelle et Piano. Ed. Bote & G. Bock: Berlin, [c 1878]. Pl.n: 11623. Likely first edition. Quarto. 13 pp. [cello part] + 35 pp. [piano part]. Original wrappers. In very good condition. Top and bottom of spine starting to separate; performance markings in pencil to cello part.MUS-07058 $80InquirePublication date as per WorldCat.
Lalo, Édouard (1823-1892) Guitare. Pour Violion et Piano. Op. 28 J. Hammelle: Paris, [n/d]. Pl.n: J. 1673 H. (A reprint of the J. Maho edition, pl.n. 406.). Large quarto. 3 pp. [vln part] + 7 pp. [pno part]. Original beige paper wrappers. Dealer stamps on front wrapper and title page. Toned with a little edge wear, but a nice, usable copy.MUS-06383 $25Inquire
Lalo, Édouard (1823-1892) Romance pour Violon avec Acccompagnement de Piano. Extraite du Concerto, Op. 20. A. Durand & Fils: Paris, n/d. Pl.n: D.S. 4092. Large quarto. 1 p. [vln part] + 5 pp. [pno part]. Original paper wrappers. In very good condition (wrappers a little dusty and separated at spine).MUS-06432 $75More Images/InquireSold together with:
Lalo, Edouard. Guitare. Pour Violion et Piano. Op. 28. Paris: J. Hamelle (Masion J. Maho), n/d. Pl.n. J. 1673 H. (A reprint of the J. Maho edition, pl.n. 406.) Large quarto. 3 pp. [vln part] + 7 pp. [pno part]. Original green front wrapper (back not present). Dealer and institutional stamps on front wrapper and title page. Some chips at margins and a little transfer throughout. Otherwise fine.
Lanza, Gesualdo (1779-1859) Lanza's Abridgement of his Work on the Art of Singing…from the larger Work, entitled The Elements of Singing. G. E. Blake: Philadelphia, c 1825. Engraved. Quarto. 42 pp. Full-page portrait of an unidentified female singer after title page (see images). Disbound. A good copy. Some foxing, mostly confined to margins. Front page detaching with two penciled signatures of former owners at top.MTH-16288 $175More Images/InquireAn abridged version of Lanza's well-regarded Elements of Singing, which had been first published in London in 1817. This shortened copy includes a mix of instructions (on breathing, solfege, trilling, grace notes, scales, etc.) and exercises for one and two voices.Gesualdo Lanza was an Italian pedagogue and composer who spent much of his career in England. He kept a teaching studio on Newman Street and counted Covent Garden favorites Catherine Stephens and Anna Maria Tree among his pupils. The Elements of Singing was the most successful of his four treatises.- Latour, Jean Théodore (1766-1837) A much admired Duett For Two Performers on One Piano Forte, In which is introduced the favorite Air of Dolce Concento, with Variations Composed by T. Latour E. Riley: New York, [1823-24]. Folio. 11 pp. Disbound. Faint water stain in upper right of all pages, tear in bottom margin of page 4, otherwise very good. MUS-10210 $85Inquire"O dolce concento" is the tune from Mozart's "Das klinget so herrlich" from the Magic Flute. The tune also circulated widely with the text "Away with melancholy."
- Latour, Jean Théodore (1766-1837) Two Duets for Two Performers on Piano Forte: "O dolce concento" with variations, "Air Tirolien" with variations Folio. Disbound. Fine. MUS-10424 $125InquireContents:
- A Duett, For two Performers on the Piano Forte, in which is introduced the admired Air of "O dolce concento" with Variations Composed by T. Latour, Pianiste to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent. R. Birchall: London, [1789-1819]. Plate no. "Latour's Duet". Folio. 11 pp. Engraved. Disbound. A few bottom corners turned down, soiling in lower right from use, otherwise very good.
"O dolce concento" is the tune from Mozart's "Das klinget so herrlich" from the Magic Flute. The tune also circulated widely with the text "Away with melancholy." - Duo pour le Piano Forte à 4 mains composé par T. Latour...No. 6. sur l'air tirolien et hongrois. Simrock: Bonn, [c.1822]. Plate no. 1875. Folio. 18 pp. Engraved. Disbound. Small ink spots and minor soiling on title page, which is detached, otherwise very good.
- A Duett, For two Performers on the Piano Forte, in which is introduced the admired Air of "O dolce concento" with Variations Composed by T. Latour, Pianiste to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent. R. Birchall: London, [1789-1819]. Plate no. "Latour's Duet". Folio. 11 pp. Engraved. Disbound. A few bottom corners turned down, soiling in lower right from use, otherwise very good.
Law, Andrew (1740-1821) The Art of Singing; I. The Musical Primer. Fourth Edition with Additions and Improvements. W. Hilliard: Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1803. Oblong octavo. 96 pp. Contemporary blue paper boards with leather spine. In good condition overall. Internally quite clean. Boards worn; back board beginning to detach. Some transfer typical of age and last page a bit rumpled. Three library bookplates on inside front cover.MUS-15311 $1,200More Images/InquireA bound copy of Part I of Law's first shaped-note tunebook adapted from his own The Art of Singing (first published in three parts using regular notation in 1793). The music is presented in Law's own system of shape-note notation, which he hopes will open, at once, an improved pathway to the practice of music. This volume, though called the fourth edition on its title page, is indeed a third edition, Law having wanted the printing to seem more "up-to-date" for potential buyers.Despite multiple printings that included, as this edition does, additions and improvements, Law's shape-note notation never quite caught on, as proponents of the approach already favored the earlier shape-note scheme devised by William Little and William Smith.
Andrew Law was among the foremost American musicians of his day, traveling throughout New England as a singing teacher and minister. He founded schools of music and singing in Philadelphia, Boston, New York, and Charleston, and earned much success with his pedagogical publications and tunebook compilations. His first edited collection of sacred tunes was the first of its time to feature American and English music in equal proportion.
Law, Andrew (1740-1821) The Musical Primer; containing the Rules of Psalmody, newly revised and improved: together, with a number of practical Lessons and Plain Tunes, designed expressly for the use of Learners. William Law: Connecticut, 1793. first edition. Oblong octavo. 32 pp. Sewn with two sets of wraps: original blue paper wraps beneath newer marbled paper wraps. A nice copy; clean and in very good condition (minor spotting and bleedthrough; back wrappers worn and stained).MTH-14984 $1,350More Images/InquireAn important early American method.This attractive and scarce copy of The Musical Primer is a first edition. It was later repurposed as the second part of the compilation of pedagogical writings that Law published under the title The Art of Singing a year later in 1794.
As the Advertisement on the verso of the title page states, Andrew Law intended this little method for beginners: A book, that might be obtained with little expence, and be suitable for learners at their first setting out, has been frequently called for. Such an one [sic] is the following. The rules, comprised in it, are explained with the utmost conciseness and simplicity. If the learner, upon purusing them and practicing upon the additional lessons, and tune, finds that he is like to succeed as a singer, he may safely venture to purchase other music; if not, he may relinquish his book and his undertaking together, without much loss of time or money.
Law begins with brief introductions to diction, clefs, modes, meter, and dynamics. He then presents the keys and scales and dedicates a number of pages to reading music, focusing mostly on rhythm and meter. The method concludes with nine pages of psalm tunes set for four voices. (Psalm tunes were melodies, popular in Anglican and early American worship, used for the singing of psalm texts that had been recast in the poetic meters.) Among those tunes that Law includes are the famous Windsor melody and one entitled Litchfield -- which, in taking the spelling of the American town rather than that of the English (Lichfield), likely originated in Law's home state of Connecticut.
Andrew Law was among the foremost American musicians of his day, traveling throughout New England as a singing teacher and minister. He founded schools of music and singing in Philadelphia, Boston, New York, and Charleston, and earned much success with his pedagogical publications and tunebook compilations, which were printed, as this one was, by his brother William. His first edited collection of sacred tunes was the first of its time to feature American and English music in equal measure.
Lefébure-Wély, Louis-James-Alfred (1817-1869) Titania. Fantasie de Concerto pour Piano. G. Schirmer: New York, [1890]. Pl.n: 822. Engraved. Quarto. 11 pp. Minor spotting and outer pages beginning to detached. A crisp copy in very good condition otherwise.MUS-14939 $20InquirePublished in or about 1890, as per WorldCat.
Levenson, Boris (1884-1947) Five Inscribed Scores and One Manuscript Page for Violin and Piano The group in very good condition on the whole. (Title page of Nocturne in D detached and chipped at right edge, not affecting; tear to title page of Danse Orientale only just affecting inscription; title page of Canzona with water stain, not affecting).SSC-10583 $200More Images/InquireA group of five scores for violin and piano by the Russian-American composer Boris Levenson, all of which were inscribed by him in the 1920s and 1930s to the longtime concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic, Mishel Piastro: Elégie Russe, op. 72; Dreams, op. 67; Danse Orientale, op. 66; Nocturne in D, op. 46 (also with alternative solo cello part); and Canzona. All early-twentieth century publications by G. Schirmer (excepting op. 72, which was published by Carl Fischer).The scores are sold with a one-page manuscript in Levenson's hand entitled Hebrew Dance and inscribed to Piastro. With Piastro's fingerings and markings in red and gray pencil. (Right margin chipped and a little torn, but all music remains legible.)
Boris Levenson was a Russian-born American composer who studied with Rimsky-Korsakov. Much of his music incorporated Jewish folk song elements, as exampled by the manuscript page included in this group.
Lichtenstein, Henriette Victoire Hotho (1795-1866) Volkslieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte. I. Sammlung. 54s Werk. Bureau de Musique von C. F. Peters: Leipzig, n/d. Pl.n: 1442. Early and possibly only edition. Oblong quarto. Disbound. Separated at spine between pp. 8-9. The whole a bit dusty, but in good condition.MUS-15232 $25InquireHenriette Victoire seems to have been the wife of Hinrich Lichtenstein, the noted German physician, explorer, and scientist. The couple were close friends of Carl Maria von Weber's at Berlin. This edition of six songs is listed on the title page as her fifty-fourth opus, but it is difficult to find any record of her other work.