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  Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Der Lindenbaum. Lied aus Fr. Schubert's Winterreise. Für das Piano-Forte übertragen von F. Liszt. Engraved Tobias Haslinger: Vienna, 1840. Pl.n: "T.H. 7771". first edition. Engraved. Small Quarto. 13 pp. Modern decorative paper wraps. Lower corners thumbed, otherwise very nice.

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  Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Der Wanderer. Lied von Fr. Schubert. Für das Pianoforte übertragen von Fr. Liszt. Diabelli: Vienna, 1838. Pl.n: "D. et C. 6541". first edition. Quarto. 11 pp. Engraved. Covers mostly detached, otherwise an excellent copy.

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  One of a few transcriptions that Liszt made of this, one of the most famous Lieder of Franz Schubert.

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  Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Die Nebensonnen. Lied aus Fr. Schubert's Winterreise. Für das Piano-Forte übertagen von F. Liszt. Tobias Haslinger: Vienna, 1840. Pl.n: "T.H. 7766". first edition. Engraved. Small Quarto. 11 pp. Modern decorative paper wraps. Clean and crisp.

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  Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Episode de la vie d'un Artiste. Hector Berlioz. March au Supplice A.O. Witzendorf: Vienna, 1846. Pl.n: "T. et V. 2824". Early Edition, from first edition plates. Folio. 7 pp. Engraved. Soiled, foxed, and with a few water stains at inner margins.

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  Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Etudes: 24 Grandes pour le Piano, II Livraison Tobias Haslinger: Vienna, 1839. Pl.n: "T.H.7746.8-12". first edition. Folio. p. 63-137. Engraved. Pages mostly detached but with no marks from former sewing. Green paper boards with portion of original cover pasted down. A particularly fine copy with deep impression.

  S137/R2a.

  Only 12 of the promised 24 etudes were published.

  Evidently from the collection of the arranger Friedrich Spigl with his stamp and signature on title page.

  A fine copy with beautifully and decoratively printed music with large margins on every page. Raabe p. 242

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  Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Grand Calop chromatique pour le Pianoforte Hofmeister: Leipzig, ca 1840. Pl.n: 2276. Early Edition. Folio. 11 pp. Cover very slightly soiled, but interior fine and overall an excellent copy.

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  Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) and Franz SCHUBERT Gute Nacht. Lied aus Fr. Schubert's Winterreise für das Piano-forte übertragen von F. Liszt Tobias Haslinger: Vienna, [1840]. Pl.n: "T.H.7765". first edition. S561:1/R246. Engraved. Octavo. 11 pp. Modern decorative paper wraps. Clean and crisp.

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  Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Harmonies poetiques et relgieuses pour le Piano, Liv. I, no. 1: Invocation, no. 2: Ave Maria Fr. Kistner: Leipzig, c 1853. Pl.n: 1885. first edition. S173/R14. Large quarto. 17 pp. A few rust marks but overall very nice. Retains original blue outer cover.
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  Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Hungarian Rhapsody for Piano Solo Editio Musica: Budapest, 1985. Folio. 27 facsimile pp.; 11 commentary pp. in English, German and Hungarian by M. P. Eckhardt. Tiny blemish on top edge of front cover, and two on edge of back cover, but otherwise a beautiful copy.

  A handsome facsimile in a deluxe binding in burgundy velvet with a bas-relief medallion portrait of Liszt set in bronze. Limited Edition No. 631. Issued on the 175th anniversary of Liszt's birth and the centenary of his death.
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  Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Le Moine de Giacomo Meyerbeer transcrit pour le Piano par Fr. Liszt Schlesinger: Berlin, 1842. Pl.n: "S. 2660". first edition. Quarto. 21 pp. Engraved. Covers a little soiled, otherwise a very good copy.

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  Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Liebesbotschaft. Lied aus Fr. Schubert's Schwanengesang für das Piano-forte übertragen von F. Liszt Tobias Haslinger: Vienna, 1840. Pl.n: "T.H. 7760". first edition. S560:10/R245. Engraved. Octavo. 11 pp. Modern decorative paper wraps. Overall very good and crisp.

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  Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Mazurka brilliante pour le Piano par F. Liszt. For Piano Four Hands Senff: Leipzig, ca 1873. Pl.n: "10.1182-3". Early Edition. Folio. 15 pp. Cover detached, corners thumbed, a few tiny chips on center right margin, but overall excellent copy.
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  Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Paraphrases de Concert pour Piano, No. 1 Verdi/Trovatore J. Schuberth & Co.: Leipzig, 1860. Pl.n: 2573. first edition. Folio. 18 pp. Cover very slightly soiled, two interior pages browned and chipped on far upper right, otherwise an excellent copy.

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  Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Paraphrases de Concert pour Piano, No. 2. Verdi/ Ernani J. Schuberth & Co.: Leipzig, 1860. Pl.n: 2574. first edition. Folio. 14 pp. A fine copy except for very minor spotting on cover and a minor water stain along bottom of all pages.

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  Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Piano Concerto No. 2, "Zweites Concert (A-dur. La-maj.) von F. Liszt. Für Pianoforte zu 4 Händen" B. Schott's Söhne: Mainz, 1863. Pl.n: 16617. first edition of this arrangement. Folio. 55 pp. Overall excellent except for slight chipping on right edges of covers, which also have been reinforced with linen tape A few pages are creased along top margin. Raabe p. 312.

  This copy was formerly owned by the American pianist and conductor Ernest Schelling (1876-1939), who has signed the cover in pencil and dated it 1915. Additional notation on the inside of the front cover, apparently referring to a performance, as well as another remark apparently referring to a performance of a Chopin concerto with an orchestra. Schelling's stamp appears on the title page.

  Schelling studied with Paderewski and became the first conductor of the Young People's Concerts of the New York Philharmonic in 1924.
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  Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Piano Concerto No. 2, "Zweites Concert (A-dur. La-maj.) von F. Liszt. Pianofortestimme" B. Schott's Söhne: Mainz, ca 1900. Pl.n: "16617.Solo". Later Edition. Folio. 37 pp. Cover a little soiled and back cover chipped, but interior is fine. Later pages bent along top margin.

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  Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Piano Sonata in B Minor, "Klaviersonate h-moll" Henle: Munich, 1973. Tall folio. 30 facsimile pp. + 4-page afterward by Claudio Arrau in English & German. Original publisher's boards. As new.
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  Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Polonaise pour le Piano par Fr. Liszt. No. 1 Senff: Leipzig, 1852. Pl.n: 42. first edition. Folio. 19 pp. A pristine copy with a modern paper cover and label.

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  Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Reminiscences des Puritains. Grande Fantasie pour le Piano B. Schott: Mayence, 1837. Pl.n: 4723. first edition. S390/R129. Folio. 27 pp. A few measures show simpler alternates. Overall excellent condition except for even browning throughout and very slight spotting on bottom of front cover. Some print transfer. Overall attractive appearance. Reinforcement tape along spine.
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  Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Rhapsodie hongroise pour le Piano par F. Liszt. II Senff: Leipzig, 1868. Pl.n: 26. Early Edition. Folio. 19 pp. In fine condition except for minimal spotting, with decorative borders around music.

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  Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Rhapsodies hongroises. II Edward Schuberth & Co.: New York, ca 1875. Pl.n: 919. Early Edition. Folio. 21 pp. Covers detached and chipped on all edges, otherwise a fine copy with lovely decorative borders around the music.

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  Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) and Carl Maria von WEBER Schlummerlied: C.M.von Weber's Schlummerlied mit Araresken für das Pianoforte übertragen und gewidmet von F. Liszt Fr. Kistner: Leipzig, 1849. Pl.n: 1639. first edition. Folio. 11 pp. Engraved. Unsewn, excellent condition.

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  Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Soirées de Vienne. Valses-Caprices d'après F. Schubert, Liv. 6 C.A. Spina: Vienna, 1852/3. Pl.n: "C.S. 9305". first edition. Folio. 9 pp. Disbound, covers frayed on edges. Pictorial cover. Overall attractive copy.

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  Formerly the copy of the noted American pianist Eugene List, who has signed his name in full on the cover. List is best remembered now for having performed at the Potsdam Conference in Yalta for Truman, Churchill and Stalin. He gave the American premiere of the Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 and was a noted Gottschalk performer.

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  Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Vom Fels zum Meer! Deutscher Sieges-Marsch von Franz Liszt für Piano zu zwei Händen Schlesinger: Berlin, 1863. Pl.n: "S. 5282 A.". first edition. Folio. 15 pp. Covers detached, interior is fine with light penciled fingerings throughout.

  A handsome presentation with an inner pictorial cover.
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  Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Zwei Episoden aus Lenau's Faust für grosses Orchester, No. 2 Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, Mephisto Walzer von Franz Liszt. Für Pianoforte zu zwei Händen J. Schuberth & Co.: Leipzig, 1862. Pl.n: 2792. first edition. Folio. 26 pp. Some measures and one long section show alternate versions. Front cover detached and quite chipped on edges. Interior is fine.

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  Logier, Johann Bernhard (1777-1846) Logier's Theoretical and Practical Study for the Piano Forte, Comprising a Series of Compositions Selected from the most Classical Works, Ancient and Modern: Arranged with Inverted and Fundamental Basses and fingered throughout, Being a Continuation of Instruction on His System of Musical Education. Nos. 5, 8, and 9.  Signed JLogier on title page of No. 5; initialed JBL on title pages of Nos. 8 and 9. London, ca 1816-1825. first editions. Engraved. Quarto. Disbound and detached (in three sections). In very good, clean condition overall. Title page of No. 9 a bit dusty. Bound in reverse order of numbering (No. 9, 8, then 5).

  Three installments of Logier's Theoretical and Practical Study for the Piano Forte, numbered 5, 8, and 9, and all signed or initialed by him on the title pages.

  In installments 8 and 9, blank staves with measured numbers are provided beneath the piano part for the student to write out the figured and fundamental basses. (These remain blank in this copy; see images). The title pages of these installments also advertise that Logier's Patent Chiroplast--a device he famously invented to improve young pianists' hand positions--is available for sale at the publisher's address. Publishing information for each installment is as follows:

  No. 5: London: Self-published, printed by Clementi & Co, c. 1816. Signed Jlogier on title page. 15 pp. With excerpted biography of Haydn (2 pp.), taken from Burney's History of Music.

  No. 8: London: J. Green, not later than 1825. Initialed JBL on title page. 14 pp. With excerpted biography of Mozart (2 pp).

  No. 9: London: J. Green, not later than 1825. Initialed JBL on title page. 17 pp.

  Autographed Logier material is quite scarce.

  Johann Bernhard Logier was born to a musical family in Kassel but moved to England in 1791. He became a regimental band flautist and was posted to Ireland in 1796, where he remained for some time. It was there, in fact, that while seeking to improve the efficiency of his piano teaching, he invented the chiroplast: a sliding mechanism designed to improve the hand and wrist positions of budding pianists. After a successful trial run with his daughter in 1814, Logier devoted much of the following decade to promoting the device. His Theoretical and Practical Study for the Piano Forte was issued in a total of twelve installments between 1816 and 1825, the first of which coincided with the chiroplast's commercial release in 1816. J Green, the publisher of the method, had sold 1,600 of the devices by 1824.

  The chiroplast became quite popular and counted Kalkbrenner and Spohr among its early adherents, although Clementi and Cramer expressed some reservations about the device. The chiroplast would continue to be manufactured through the early 1870s.

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  LUR - BOOK AND MUSIC Børresen, Hakon (1876-1954) Raadhus-Intrada for Lurer og Orkester. [Piano reduction of a work for 4 lurer and orchestra.] Samfundet til Udgivelse af Dansk Musik: Copenhagen, 1930. 5 pp. In excellent condition.

  Hakon Børresen (1876-1954) was a Danish composer and conductor who gave lessons to King Frederik IX.

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  Broholm, H.C. and William P. Larson and Godtfred Skjerne. The Lures of the Bronze Age: an Archaeological, Technical and Musicological Investigation. Gyldendalske Boghandel: Copenhagen, 1949. Folio. 129 pp. Wrappers in cardboard sleeve. Front cover slightly separating at top and sleeve shows wear; otherwise fine.

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  Lutoslawski, Witold (1913-1994) Trois Poemes D'Henri Michaux. Full Orchestral Score + Choral Score Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne: Warsaw, 1963. Folio (14.75" h x 11.25" w). 48 pp. + 51 pp. Glossy paper folder with decorative artwork. Cover slightly shelf worn and soiled, otherwise excellent.
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• MacDowell, Edward (1860-1908) Benedick (a sketch for the scherzo from the Second Concerto for Pianoforte) John Erskine. Edward MacDowell Association: New York, 1947. Large octavo. 9 facsimile pp. on heavy paper as issued. Fine.
  The facsimile includes a page of Macdowell's amusing portrait doodles.
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  MacDowell, Edward (1860-1908) Suite für Grosses Orchester, Op. 42. Partitur. Arthur P. Schmidt: Boston & Leipzig, 1891. Pl.n: S. 123. first edition. Small quarto. 94 pp. Paper wrappers. Front wrapper with some minor creasing and grease pencil marks. Internally very clean. A nice copy.

  This suite contains four musically unrelated movements with titles concerning nature and the seasons. MacDowell added a fifth movement, "Im Oktober", in 1893, which was meant to be inserted between the existing second and third movements. "Im Oktober" was made available by the publisher as a supplement (as is indicated in the bottom margin of the front wrapper), but is not present in this copy.

  Grove's Dictionary describes the suite as bearing a certain classical formal simplicity, especially when contrasted to the freer forms of MacDowell's better-known Indian Suite.

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  Magritte, Paul (1902-1975) Marie Trombone Chapeau Buse Editions Magritte: Brussels 13" h x 10" w. 4 pp. Cover illustration by René Magritte. Paper wraps. Spine split at top and bottom, edges of cover and interior pages chipped, inscription cropped, otherwise a very good legible copy.

  Paul Magritte, brother of the great surrealist painter René Magritte, set this song to a text by Belgian surrealist poet Paul Colinet. Formerly the copy of the writer and composer Paul Bowles, with an inscription (in French) to him by the composer on the inside cover, thanking him for the translation of the poetry.

  "Marie Trombone Chapeau Buse" was Colinet's first published work and is a collaboration emanating from his new friendship with the Magrittes in 1933; his poem, set to music and published by Paul Magritte and with an illustrated cover by René Magritte. Altogether, with the inscription to Paul Bowles, an intriguing association piece.

  René Magritte had a little-known early commercial career in the 1920's, earning money as a draughtsman and designing graphic ephemera, among which were some 40 sheet music covers.

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  Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911) Das Lied von der Erde. Klavierauszug mit Text von J. W. Wöss. Universal Edition: Vienna - Leipzig, 1912. Pl.n: U.E.3391. 8152. first edition of the piano reduction. Quarto. 99 pp. Green buckram boards with gilt title. Original wrappers bound in. An attractive copy in excellent condition.

  Formerly the copy of American soprano Rose Bampton; her facsimile signature appears in gilt on the front cover.

  When Mahler began composing Das Lied von der Erde in 1908, he worked on two separate scores: one for voices and orchestra and another for voices and piano. At some point, and for reasons that are still unclear, Mahler abandoned the piano version and agreed that Universal Edition would simply publish a piano-vocal score in addition to the orchestral. (He also may have known that Josef Venantius von Wöss would complete the reduction; Wöss had already produced the piano-vocal score of the Eighth Symphony much to Mahler's satisfaction). Mahler died in advance of the work's premiere in November 1911 and his piano setting would go unknown and unstudied until the early 1990s, when it was made available by the family to which Alma Mahler had gifted it.

  It is unlikely that Wöss was familiar with Mahler's own piano version of the work. Mahler's piano writing is sparse and idiomatic to the instrument, whereas Wöss' reduction attempts to replicate the richness of the orchestrated version. Nevertheless, Wöss' score remains the better known of the two and was published at roughly the same time as the first edition of the full score.

  Rose Bampton (1907-2007) sang at the Metropolitan Opera for eighteen consecutive seasons and enjoyed particular success in Wagnerian roles. She was also an active concert singer and performed many works by her contemporaries, including Schoenberg, Berg, and Barber.

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  Major, Joseph The Favorite Air of Laurette, Composed by H. Smart, Arranged as a Rondo for the Piano Forte or Harp. Lavenu & Mitchell: London, [ca 1805-1808]. Engraved. Quarto. 5 pp. Disbound. With manuscript pagination above printed pagination. Pages beginning to detach, but in otherwise excellent condition.

  Published between 1805 and 1808, based on publisher's address.

  With list of recent publications by Lavenu & Mitchell on verso of last page.

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  Malipiero, Gian Francesco (1882-1973) Symphony No. 2. "Seconda Sinfonia (Elegiaca)" Full Score Ricordi: Milan, 1936. Large folio 18.5" h x 13" w. 50 pp. Decorative paper boards with vellum spine. Slightly shelf worn, otherwise excellent.
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  Mana-Zucca (1885-1981) Violin Concerto for Violin, Op. 224. Reduction for violin and piano with separate violin part. Congress Music Publications: Miami, 1955. first edition of the reduction. Quarto. 47 pp. + 19 pp. Very good condition.

  Inscribed in red ballpoint on the cover: To my friend Michel [sic] Piastro with great admiration Mana-Zucca and dated 1955 (the same year as the publication). This is a first-edition piano reduction; it does not seem that a full orchestral score was ever published.

  Mana-Zucca was born Gussie Zuckermann in New York City, the daughter of Polish émigrés. She began her astonishing career as a child prodigy, the story being that she was frustrated at the age of three when she found that her toy piano didn't have the half tones and then giving her first recital at the age of three. She went on to a triple-faceted career as noted concert pianist, composer of over 1,000 works of all kinds, and soprano with leading roles in musical comedy.

  This score is inscribed to Mishel Piastro, who was for many years the concertmaster of the NBC Symphony under Toscanini.
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• Manfredi, Filippo (1729-1777) Chefs-d'oeuvre de l'Ecole italienne, no. II: Sonate pour le Violon avec Accompagnement de Basse Hofmeister: Leipzig, [c 1831]. Pl.n: 1556. Folio. 9 pp. Some fingerings and bowings pencil into violin line, edges tattered from wear, otherwise very good.
  Piano score alone. Manfredi was a violininst in Lucca, a pupil of Tartini and Nardini, and an intimate friend of Boccherini.
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  MARTIN: SIGNED SCORE AND PARTS Martin, Frank (1890-1974) Trio à Cordes 1936. Large quarto. Overall excellent; covers sunned with chips at a few corners. Inscription slightly smudged.

  Facsimile edition of the fair manuscript copy of the Swiss composer Martin's Trio from 1936. Full score and separate three parts. Inscribed by the composer on the inside of the full score cover: A mon vieux cher Boepple avec toute mon amitié / Frank Martin / Aout 37.

  Formerly the copy of the noted Swiss choral conductor Paul Boepple, who conducted the Dessoff Choir, with his signature on the cover of all three parts.
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  Martini, Giovanni (1706-1784) Martini's Grand Overture to Henry the Fourth, Adapted for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte G. Walker: London, [ca 1803-1805]. Engraved. Quarto. 11 pp. Disbound. Title page detaching. A fine crisp copy in very good condition. Minor stains to title page but otherwise clean.

  Published between 1803 and 1805, based on publisher's address.
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• Mason, William (1829-1908) and E. S. Hoadly A Method for the Piano-Forte. American Fingering Mason Brothers: New York, 1867. first edition. Folio. Decorated boards with original wrappers laid down. Boards quite rubbed with some chips; internally fine.
  Lithographic portrait of Mason at the piano opposite title page
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  Massenet, Jules (1842-1912) Cendrillon. [Vocal score] Heugel & Cie: Paris, 1899. Pl.n: H. et Cie. 18,421. first edition of piano-vocal score. Small quarto. 366 pp. Soft black leather boards with gilt title and decorative stamping. Decorative floral gilt spine. In excellent condition and beautifully bound (spine a bit sunned and some scuffs to back board).

  Inscribed to the tenor Joseph-Dieudonné Tagliafico (1821-1900) on the first blank: a mon fidile ami | Taglifico. | son voisin de l'avenue de Beaulieu!... | 1895-1896 | (je travaillais alors a Cendrillon) | Massenet | Paris 1899. This touching inscription indicates that Massenet is signing the score to his good friend and neighbor from 1895-1896, during which time he composed this opera.

  This first-edition piano-vocal score dates to the same year as the opera's premiere. (It is unclear if Heugel also issued an orchestral score that year; the Bibliothèque National owns a full score published by Heugel and dated 1898, but no others like it seem to exist.)

  With beautiful pastel-colored pages for cast and scene lists, including a vignette of a glass slipper on a pillow.

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  Massenet, Jules (1842-1912) and Jules Ruelle, poetry Enchantement Mélodie. No. 3 en Ut. Heugel & Cie.: Paris, 1892 [as per plate number and WorldCat]. Pl.n: H. et Cie. 7255 (3). Quarto. 5 pp. With decorative colored title page. Two dealer stamps on detached title page (affecting only the corner of the colored image). A little spotting to the music and some very minor tears at edges. Overall in good condition.

  On the air de ballet "Les Phéniciennes" from Massenet's own Hérodiade.
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  Massenet, Jules (1842-1912) Esclarmonde. [Vocal score] + Autograph Signed Letter G. Hartmann & Cie.: Paris, [c 1889]. Pl.n: G. H. et Cie. 1921. first edition of piano-vocal score. Small quarto. 306 pp. With original front wrapper bound in. Quarter-bound brown leather with brown pebbled buckram boards. Raised bands and gilt label and decoration at spine. Inscription page a bit browned at side (not affecting). ALS laid down opposite inscription in good condition. Light transfer to some music. A very good copy.

  Inscribed to Charpentier soon after the premiere and including an ALS saying he is touched to be remembered by his fellow composer.

  Inscribed on the first blank in the month of the opera's premiere by Massenet to his former pupil and fellow French composer Gustave Charpentier: à mon ami Gustave Charpentier | Souvenir bien affectueux | de son "Vieux Maître" | J. Massenet | mai /89.

  Laid down opposite the inscription is a Massenet ALS which reads: Merci cher ami | Vous ne m'oubliez pas et j'en | suis tres touche!...| Je réponds aussi à | votre prière - ce matin. | Votre vieux ami | J. Massenet | 4 janv.

  This first-edition piano-vocal score was likely published the same year as the opera's premiere (publication date assumed to be 1889 by Grove Dictionary and WorldCat). (When or if a full orchestral score was ever published is unclear; the Bibliothèque National owns two copies of full score proofs with autograph corrections but does not seem to own a published version of it.)

  Charpentier entered Massenet's composition class at the Paris Conservatoire in 1884. The younger composer credited the elder with helping him to understand, and above all love, music. This inscription dates to only shortly after their studies together and to the year before Charpentier completed his most well-known opera, Louise.
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  Massenet, Jules (1842-1912) Grisélidis. [Vocal score] Heugel & Cie: Paris, 1901. Pl.n: H. et Cie. 8114. first edition, third issue. Small quarto. 233 pp. Original gilt and blind stamped wrappers bound in. Quarter-bound red leather with marbled boards. Gilt label at spine. Boards a bit rubbed; bumped corners. Slight crease to bottom of each page (not affecting). Paul Bastide's stamp on dedication page; performance markings in pen to pp. 1-5. Inscription page with foxing. Despite this, really a good copy overall.

  Inscribed by the composer to the French conductor and composer Paul Bastide: à mon excellent | Paul Bastide | J. Massenet | 1902.

  Bastide studied with Massenet at the Paris Conservatoire in the 1890s, where he won first prize in harmony. At the time the elder composer inscribed him this score, Bastide was just beginning his career as a conductor.

  Massenet completed Grisélidis in 1894 but revised it in 1898 after discussing a potential production with opera director Albert Carré. The work premiered at the Opéra-Comique in 1901 and enjoyed 50 performances in its first six months there. Massenet wrote of the opera in his memoir: I was very fond of this piece. Everything about it pleased me.
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  Massenet, Jules (1842-1912) Hérodiade. Opèra en 3 Actes. [Vocal score] G. Hartmann: Paris, [1882]. Pl.n: G. H. 1190. first edition [of piano-vocal score of three-act version]. Small quarto. 341 pp. With original wrappers bound in. Green buckram boards. Dealer stamp on title page (not affecting). Light and occasional foxing. A very nice copy.

  Inscribed on the title page, almost certainly to mezzo-soprano Laure Beauvais, who would premiere the role of Albine in Massenet's Thaïs in 1894: à Madame Beauvais | hommage respectueux de | son admirations | J. Massenet | Janv. /82.

  This first-edition piano-vocal score was issued the year after the opera's premiere. (We cannot find evidence of a full orchestral score being published before Massenet revised the opera to four acts in 1884.)

  Little record exists of Laure Beauvais's career, though she seems to have been active for some time at the Paris Opéra in the late 1800s. She also sang at the role of the narrator in Debussy's La Damoiselle élue at the Exposition Universelle of 1900.
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  Massenet, Jules (1842-1912) Le Cid. [Vocal score] Heugel & Cie.: Paris, [c 1893]. Pl.n: H. et Cie. 7747 + 9391 & G. H. 1571. Likely second edition. Small quarto. 355 pp. Original decorative wraps. In an elegant half-bound red leather box with marbled boards and raised bands, gilt label, and gilt decorations at spine. A clean copy in very good condition. Wraps a little worn at edges and almost fully detached.

  Inscribed and signed by the French composer on the first blank: á mon excellent | confère et ami | Ed. Mathé | Jl. Massenet | 1905.

  The inscription is to French silent film actor Édouard Mathé (1886-1934), who starred in some 51 films in the course of his rather short career.

  This volume contains three different plate numbers: H. et Cie. 7747 and H. et Cie. 9391 (both of which belong to Heugel & Cie., and help approximate a publication date), and G. H. 1571 (which belongs to G. Hartmann). From 1870 to 1891, Hartmann was Massenet's exclusive publisher, but bankruptcy forced him to sell his catalogue to Heugel in 1891. Most of the music in this edition is stamped with Hartmann's plate number, suggesting it uses almost entirely plates made for the first (vocal score) edition of 1885. (The colored title page, cast list, scene list, and pages 1 + 145-176 all bear Heugel plate numbers, or no plate number at all.)
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  Massenet, Jules (1842-1912) Le Jongleur de Notre Dame. [Vocal score] Heugel & Cie.: Paris, [1902]. Pl.n: H. et Cie 20.419. first edition of piano-vocal score. Small quarto. Quarter bound black leather with pebbled maroon buckram boards. Spine heavily rubbed and boards a bit dusty. Title page trimmed a bit close at bottom (just barely affecting). Some gray and blue penciled notes throughout. A very good copy.

  Inscribed opposite title page: à Dangér | à un grand artiste. | un souvenir des belles | représentation | de [illegible] de Lyon!...| J. Massenet | 1905.

  Evidently Dangér took part in a performance of the opera in Lyons.

  This first-edition piano-vocal score dates to the same year as the opera's premiere (publication date as per plate number). (It is unclear if a full orchestral score was ever published.)

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  Massenet, Jules (1842-1912) Le Roi de Lahore. [Vocal score] G. Hartmann: Paris, [1877]. Pl.n: G. H. 910. first edition of piano-vocal score. Small quarto. 363 pp. Pebbled maroon buckram boards. In very good condition (one corner bumped and dealer stamp to title page, not affecting).

  Inscribed on the very day of the premiere.

  Inscribed on the first blank with a reference to the opera's premiere: à mon cher Mr. B. Ullman | bien sympathique souvenir. | J. Massenet | Paris 27 avril /77 | 1em présentation (opéra) | (direction Halanzier).

  The inscription is presumably to the American impresario Bernard Ullman, who, after years of overseeing successful productions in New York City, moved to Europe to manage Carlotta Patti and Christine Nilsson between 1865 and 1877.

  This first-edition piano-vocal score dates to the same year as the opera's premiere (publication date as per plate number). (It is unclear if a full orchestral score was ever published.)

  In his memoir, Massenet recounts how concerned he was upon completing Le Roi de Lahore (which comprised an astounding eleven hundred pages of manuscript!) that the opera would never be staged – but a chance meeting on the street with Opéra director Olivier Halanzier in January 1877 paved the way for the work’s premiere. Although the two men had never spoken before, Halanzier knew of Massenet and asked about his recent activity. When Massenet revealed he had recently finished a new opera, Halanzier invited him to play through it the next night at his apartment. The opera's first performance followed in April 1877. Massenet’s gratitude for Halanzier’s interest is reflected in his noting the director in this inscription.
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  Massenet, Jules (1842-1912) Marie-Magdeleine. [Vocal score] G. Hartmann: Paris, [1873]. first edition of piano-vocal score. Small quarto. 167 pp. Quarter-bound leather with marbled boards. In very good condition (publisher's stamp on title page; a few very minor stains and occasional transfer).

  Inscribed to a "comrade and friend [Loedi?]" signed J. Massenet, and dated 1897 - 18… This is a first-edition piano-vocal score that dates to the same year as the work's premiere (publication date as per WorldCat and Grove). (It is unclear if a full orchestral score was ever published.)

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  Massenet, Jules. Ève. [Vocal score]. G. Hartmann: Paris, n/d. Likely FIRST EDITION of piano-vocal score. 111 pp. Colored title page. Some minor stains and transfer; overall very good.

  Massenet never wanted Marie-Magdeleine, a work he wrote as a young man, to receive a public performance. But after hearing Massenet play through some of the score, famed soprano Pauline Viradot insisted that the opera be staged and that she be given the title role. Massenet would ultimately be grateful for her initiative: shortly after the opera's premiere in 1873, he received a warm letter of praise from Ambroise Thomas that he valued so dearly, he quoted it in full in his memoir.
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