82. Grétry, André Ernest Modeste. (1741-1813) [ Marmontel, Jean-François. (1723 - 1799)]. Zemire et Azor : comédie-ballet, en vers, et en quatre actes, mêlée de chants et de danses : représentée devant Sa Majesté à Fontainebleau le 9 novembre 1771, & sur le Théâtre de la Comédie italienne, le lundi 16 décembre suivant / par M. Marmontel, de l’Académie françoise ; la musique de M. Grétry. LIBRETTO
Paris: Chez Vente, libraire des Menus-Plaisirs du roi & des spectacles de Sa Majesté, au bas de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève. 1772. Libretto. Small 8vo (19 cm). Title; Acteurs; [3] - 56, 4 pp. The beautifully printed libretto includes title vignette, head- and tail-pieces and 4 pages of music set in movable type at the conclusion. The "Acteurs" (title verso) includes performers Mr. Laruette in role of Ali and Mlle. Trial in role of Fatmé. Not in RISM, Sonneck. Loewenberg, A. Annals of opera, col. 320. Wild, N. Théâtre de l’Opéra-Comique, 1878. Read More...
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Signed letter arranging a meeting, penned by the German-English pianist and composer who founded Britain's famed Hallé Orchestra, the nation's longest established symphony orchestra, in Manchester. The Orchestra gave its first concert in Manchester's Free Trade Hall in 1858. 1 page, 31 May, [no year]. Mounting remnants to verso, else fine.10 x 15 cm.
84. Haydn, Joseph. (1732–1809). Six Sinfonies, compose?es a? Londres ... Arrange?es en Sonates pour le Forte Piano avec accompagnement d'un Violon & Violoncelle ad libitum. Livre I & II.
Bonn: Simrock. [1797]. Oblong folio. Part for pianoforte only. Livres I, II. Continuously paginated. Title; 2 - 51 pp; Title; 52 - 97 pp. Engraved throughout. [PN] 53. Symphonies 99 - 104. Hoboken vol 1, p. 204. Light foxing, minor dampwrinkling, in detached marbled boards with a few gatherings separated. Read More...
Marvelous original 1950 press photograph of the great violinist as he "tries to relax to the music of the strings of his tennis racket while vacationing here [Hollywood] before leaving for Israel on May 4." Fine condition. 7 x 9 inches.
An impressive detailed AMQS from the Austrian-born French composer/pianist/piano manufacturer. 10 measures penned on ruled paper within a decorative printed gilt floral frame design, identified at the beginning as "Andante Cantabile," signed at the conclusion "Paris le 5 Decembre 1842 / Henri Herz." 27 x 18 cm. Very fine. From the album of Anna Maria Malvezzi
A most unusual color photograph of the hands of beloved English pianist, posed above an open Schubert score. Hess has signed and inscribed on the lower mount "To Raymond William McNealy / my dear and most important friend / With my deep gratititude and affection / Myra Hess." The photograph measuring approx. 10 x 8 inches, overall 13.5 x 11 inches. In very fine condition.
New York: The York Music Co.. 1908. First edition. Uncommon true first edition of the celebrated song. Illustrated wrappers printed in black and pale blue, inset portrait of Sadie Jansell. 5 pp. All first issue points according to Fuld. Scattered light browning and spotting, edges worn and with a 2-inch separation at spine. Read More...
A visually striking and very moving original 10 x 8 inch photograph of the Royal Marines band with their instruments arrayed on the ground as they prepare to play at Winston Churchill's funeral. In fine condition.
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London: J. C. for Tho. Dring. 1676. First edition. 8vo (182 x 113mm.), [24 (including initial licence leaf)], 186, [6]pp., illustration: engraved frontispiece, 2 engraved plates. Contemporary speckled calf. Front hinge replaced, some modest soiling and a few ink notations, overall a fine copy. Wing W3608; Bitting, p.504; Cagel 1069. Read More...
Vintage 22 x 25 inch cardboard sign with a large image of a can of Crisco brand shortening, from or related to the famed Crisco Disco which operated in the 1970s and into the 1980s. In his book "Turn the Beat Around," Peter Shapiro recalls the club's giant Crisco can DJ booth, the sleaze, the "wanton open sex," and the drugs. Everyone, said music producer Ian Levine, was "drugged out of their mind, completely drug fucked. No one ever got to go home with anyone because they were just out of it." Though the disco was commonly known as "Crisco's," we have not located another example of a Crisco Disco sign using this spelling (with apostrophe). Also, the given address here is not that of the original club and we think it was therefore most likely created for a tribute incarnation (one of several of which we are aware in both New York and elsewhere) after the shuttering of the original location on 15th St. In very good condition, with corner and other scattered wear including a few small moisture stains at lower right, small area of surface paper lift at bottom left and some surface scratches.
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Unsual candid photograph of the 32nd President of the United States who instituted the "New Deal" programs and who led the United States through most of World War II. A note on the verso reads "The Presidential candidate, Roosevelt, enjoys a game of water-ball at home in Hyde Park, NY." Edges worn with some chipping, reinforced on verso with tape. 24 x 18 cm.
Autograph signature "B. Andres de Hispelo / C." on laid paper, within an elaborately engraved sanguine cartouche, depicting flags, canons, drums, weapons, shield and a crown, the printer identified lower right "Calle de la Profesa." Mounted to a larger album sheet, itself signed on the verso by the American mining engineer, Gardner F. Williams (1842 - 1922), removed from an album of autograph assembled in San Francisco, ca 1880 (but including earlier examples laid in, such as the present one). Read More...
A remarkable survival, a nearly prisitine original program from a Boston recital by the celebrated child prodigy ("The Greatest Genius on the Pianoforte since the days of Mozart") in 1887. Approx 5 x 8 inches. Fine.
Vintage postcard photograph of the Ukrainian-born conductor, a composition student of Schreker who went on to be Furtwängler's assistant in Berlin until the rise of the Nazis forced him to leave for the United States. Specialist in Mahler and Bruckner, he was a champion of 20th century music but had a vast and varied repertory and a long and spectacular career. Boldly signed in blue ink in the upper blank margin. 9 x 14 cm. Very fine.
Vintage black and white photograph of the beloved and legendary pianist, signed and dated N[ew] York, 1972 in the blank lower margin in blue ink. 9 x 14 cm [3.5 x 5.5 in]. Small stain to the left margin, else in fine condition.
Original, vintage, pen and ink, "on-the-spot" illustration by George 'Georges' Krishizki of the important pianist. The hand drawn illustration has been signed late in life by the pianist with his initials and additionally signed, dated and titled by Krishizki: "Georges / 1991 / Mieczysław Horszowski / Playing Nocturne in F sharp major, Op. 15, No 2 by F. Chopin at Town Hall, March 24, 1991." 9 x 12 on heavy-weight sketch paper, in fine condition with some light overall toning. Read More...
Attractive original red pencil portrait drawing of the Huberman, signed by the artist "Tabor" lower right in pencil and in pencil by the violinist, "Bronislaw Huberman" below. On semi-rigid artist's paper. 21.5 x 30 cm overall.
Brahms was greatly moved when he heard the 14 year old violinist play his Concerto and Huberman went on to have a major career as soloist and as founder/leader of the Palestine Symphony Orchestra.
Original, vintage, pen and ink, "on-the-spot" illustration by George 'Georges' Krishizki of the important pianist. The hand drawn illustration has been signed by Istomin and additionally signed, dated and titled by Krishizki: "Georges / 1975 / Eugene Istomin playing Toccata and Fugue in E Minor." 9 x 12 on heavy-weight sketch paper, in fine condition with some light overall toning. Read More...
Edinburgh: Printed for Bell and Bradfute; and C. Elliot and T. Kay...London. 1789. First Edition. Small octavo in fours (6.25 x 3.875 inches; 158 x 98 mm.). [2, title (verso blank)], [2, errata (verso blank)], [iii]-xx, 141, [1, blank] pages. Diagram on page 127. Contemporary tree calf. Smooth spine, divided into compartments by decorative gilt bands, with a burgundy leather label decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt; board edges decoratively tooled in blind; edges stained yellow. Green silk ribbon bookmark (causing browning to pages 18 and 19, as well as to pages 36 and 37, where it once rested). The binding is a little rubbed, with a few small areas of surface loss at head of spine and top edge of front board, and a small piece chipped away from foot of spine; corners lightly bumped; boards exposed on upper corner of rear cover; joints cracked, but strengthened and holding firm. Endpapers and first and last leaves (including title-page) browned at the edges from turn-in glue; small faint stain to fore-edge. Top edge of title very slightly frayed; tiny tear to upper edge of c1 (pages xix/xx). Leaf S3 (pages 141/[142]) with a diagonal crease from the top edge to the gutter, just affecting the page number, and small portion of lower corner torn away (paper flaw). Despite these flaws, this is a very good copy, clean and well cared-for. Early ink signature at head of title: "S. Murray / Meigla 1818 [underlined]." Booklabel on front pastedown. ESTC T144076. Gregory & Bartlett, Catalogue of Early Books on Music, page 44. Read More...
101. [Italian Opera] Marcello, Benedetto. (1686 - 1739). IL TEATRO ALLA MODA o sia METODO sicuro, e facile per ben comporre, ed eseguire l'OPERE Italiane in Musica all' uso moderno, Nel quale Si danno Avvertimenti utili, e necessari a Poeti, Compositori di Musica, Musici dell'uno, e dell'altro sesso, Impresari, Suonatori...ed altre Persone appartenenti al Teatro. [Marcello's Satire on the State of the Italian Opera in the Early Eighteeth-Century]
[Milan]: [n.d., after 1733]. DEDICATO DALL' AUTTORE DEL LIBRO AL COMPOSITORE DI ESSO. Stampato ne BORGHI di BELISANIA per ALDIVIVA LICANTE, all' Insegna dell' ORSO in PEATA. Si vende nella STRADA del CORALLO alla PORTA del PALAZZO d'ORLANDO. Come pure in MILANO da Francesco Agnelli. Stampandosi ogn' anno con nuova aggiunta. Third edition (first published anonymously in 1720) of Benedetto Marcello's satire on the Italian opera. Small octavo (6.375 x 4.25 inches; 162 x 107 mm.). 72 pages (A-D8 E4). Engraved title vignette; six nine-line decorative woodcut initials, including a white-on-black woodcut initial on page 3.Modern (twentieth-century) tan paper-covered boards. Boards lightly rubbed at extremities and darkened in places, with a few light scuff marks. Faint mostly marginal dampstaining to title; considerable foxing and browning, heaviest at beginning and end. Small hole in A2 (pages 3/4) neatly repaired, affecting a few letters and signature mark on recto, and a few letters in two lines on verso; small abrasion on recto of A3 (page 5), affecting lower corner of decorative woodcut initial; small hole in A6 (pages 11/12), affecting a couple of letters on both recto and verso; outer blank margin of C7 and C8 (pages 45/46) strengthened; short tear repaired on verso of C5 (pages 41/42); short tear to upper margin of E1 (pages 65/66), just entering text (no loss); diagonal strengthening across E3 (pages 69/70) and to upper corner of both E3 and E4 (pages 69/70 and 71/72); a few lower corners strengthened: A5, D1, D2 (pages 9/10, 49/50, 51/52). Still, a very good copy of this fragile work. Read More...