Fall 2016 Catalogue

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3. [Bach, J.S. (1685-1750)] Spitta, Julius August Philipp. (1841-1894).
1876 Autograph Letter to Edmund Astor - "The foreword for the Bach Cantatas will in fact have to be changed..."

Rare autograph letter from the German music historian and musicologist best known for his 1873 biography of Johann Sebastian Bach and as the founder, in 1874, of the Leipzig Bach-Verein. Dated January 24, 1876. Writing to Leipzig music publisher Edmund Astor (son-in-law of Jakov Rieter-Biedermann and director of the Rieder-Biedermann Verlag's Leipzig office), Spitta acknowledges the receipt of a payment and clarifies the terms of an agreement about the publication of an article about the Leipzig Bach-Verein. He details the changes which will need to be made to his introduction to a volume of Bach cantatas which will be published by Rieter-Biedermann, and finishes by mentioning Heinrich von Herzogenberg, his co-founder of the Bach-Verein, who has recently stepped in for Alfred Volkland to conduct a concert. Full translation below. 2 pp. on a bifolium, with one area of light smudging but overall in fine condition. 5.5 x 8.5 inches (14 x 21.7 cm). Read More...
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4. Barber, Samuel. (1910–1981).
Collection of Photographs and Magazines

An important collection of original and mostly unique photographs and magazines relating to the important American composer, from the collection of Manfred Ibel, the dedicatee of his Piano Concerto and his friend and protege. The photographs include two wonderful original childhood portraits of Barber aged 3 and 13, as well as numerous later portraits, and photographs with his partner Gian Carlo Menotti, with colleagues Vladimir Horowitz and Dimitri Mitropoulos, and at the White House with the Kennedys. 77 original snapshots give a glimpse into the private life of Barber and his friends, showing vacation scenes in Menotti and Barber's country retreat, Capricorn, and in Europe. Also included are several 1960's magazines with articles on Barber, two programs,and several sheets of contact sheets and negatives. Read More...
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6. [Barber, Samuel. (1910–1981)] Copland, Browning, Elias, Bernstein, Graham, Robbins, Auden, Coward, Leinsdorf, Dorati, Kostelanetz, Reznik, Gish etc. .
Collection of Letters and Telegrams to Samuel Barber from the Premieres of "Vanessa" and "Antony & Cleopatra"

A fascinating and important collection of autograph letters and telegrams to the important American composer, dating from the premieres of his two operas, Vanessa (1958), and Antony and Cleopatra (1966). Included are autograph letters from Aaron Copland, John Browning (who premiered Barber's Piano Concerto), Rosalind Elias (the original Erika in Vanessa and Charmain in Antony and Cleopatra), Ignace Strasvogel, and other friends and admirers, and telegrams from Leonard Bernstein, Martha Graham, Jerome Robbins, W. H. Auden, Noel Coward, and many others. Read More...
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7. [Barber, Samuel. (1910–1981) & Menotti, Gian Carlo. (1911–2007)] Ibel, Manfred..
Original 1960 Drawing of Barber and Menotti

Lovely original ink drawing of the two composers and partners, with another unidentified man. Signed and dated: Manfred Ibel, 1960. Ibel was a German art student and the flutist for whom Barber wrote the Elegy for Flute and Piano (1959). He became a travel companion and close friend to the composer, and was later the dedicatee of Barber's Piano Concerto. Upper edge rough, some very slight creases; overall in fine condition. 14 x 11 inches (35.3 x 27.3 cm).
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8. [Barber, Samuel. (1910–1981)] Menotti, Gian Carlo. (1911–2007) & Schuman, William. (1910–1992) & Serkin, Rudolph. (1903–1991).
Collection of Letters

A small collection of letters and clippings related to the important American composer and his collaborator and partner, Gian Carlo Menotti. A wonderful birthday letter from Menotti to Barber, on letterhead from their country home, Capricorn, is illustrated with hand drawn camels and a cat bringing Barber gifts and kisses: "I have never before in my life been quite as extravagant with either my greetings or my kisses - but I don't want to appear stingy for your birthday... they are my most precious kisses (and I am sure they'll fit you very nicely --)..." [2 pp., n.d.] In very fine condition. Read More...
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9. Bartók, Béla. (1881–1945).
Autograph Signature

An original clipped autograph signature from the important Hungarian composer, together with two later photographs. One half-tone photograph is clipped from a program and trimmed into a circle; the other photograph, in color, advertises a stamp bearing Bartok's signature and image. In fine condition overall. Signature 2.5 x 1 inches (6 x 2.5 cm); photographs 4.25 x 4.75 inches (11 x 12 cm) and 3.5 x 4.5 inches (8.8 x 11.8 cm).
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11. Bartók, Béla. (1881–1945) & Kodály, Zoltán. (1882–1967).
Magyar Népdalok énekhangra és zongorára (Hungarian Folksongs for voice and piano)

Budapest: Rozsnyai Károly. [1906]. First. First edition of the Hungarian Folksongs for voice and piano, a collection to which the two great Hungarian composers each contributed ten songs. [PN] B. K. 4to. Softcover, 27 pp. Spine reinforced with fabric tape and staples; some wear to the covers and edges but internally fine and overall in very good condition. Read More...
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14. Beethoven, Ludwig van. (1770–1827).
Grande Sonate Pathétique pour Piano-Forte. Op. 13.

Paris: [Isouard] Au Dépôt central de la librairie, rue des filles st Thomas n° 3 . Ca. 1820 (based on publisher address).

Upright folio. Engraved throughout. [PN] D. 43. L.. Title; 1-20 pp. On t.p. above imprint at right: Prix: 7f. 50c, and with the stamp of Troupenas, who acquired the Isouard firm in 1825, lower right. Title pages lightly stained and toned, spine reinforced with red canvas strip, lightly creased, scattered markings in pencil, overall very good. A scarce early French edition, not listed in Kinsky-Halm. 
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16. Beethoven, Ludwig van. (1770–1827).
Siebente Grosse Sinfonie in A dur von Ludwig von Beethoven. 92tes Werk. Vollstandige Partitur. [Full Score]

Vienna: S. A. Steiner. [1816]. First Edition, First Issue. First edition of the Seventh Symphony, preceding the parts issue.  224 pages, 4to (c.24.5 x 20 cms), engraved title and dedication leaf to Moritz von Fries, lithographed music, plate no.2560, unpriced on title.  The prodigy organist William Crotch's signed copy dated August 1827. Later three-quarters morocco gilt, untrimmed. 10 1/4 x 8 inches (26.2 x 21 cm); with engraved title, dedication and pages 2-224 of lithographed music (p. 1 blank). Old dampstain to gutter causing short split to lower gutter margin and affecting first leaves, small paper replacement to lower right corner of title, p. 39, and final leaf, early London bookseller's stamp to title, spotted throughout, the binding rubbed along joints and extremities. [Hoboken 396; Fuld, p.561; Kinsky, p.259; Hirsch IV.346]  Read More...
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17. Bellini, Vincenzo. (1801-1835).
Autograph Musical Manuscript - A Study in Counterpoint, Napoli, 1819

Early autograph musical manuscript in the hand of the Italian operatic composer. 32 pp. total, numbered in a later hand; pp. 1-16 are in Bellini's hand; pp. 17-32 are in an unknown hand. Half vellum binding with printed cover label titled "Studio del Contrappunto fatto da Vincenzo Bellini, Napoli 1819, Autografo." 11.5 x 9 inches (29.5 x 23.5 cm). Some light edge wear and foxing, especially to the later pages not in Bellini's hand, and one chip to the binding, but overall in fine condition. Read More...
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18. [Bellini, Vincenzo. (1801-1835)] Lablache, Luigi. (1794-1858) .
Sir Giorgio in I Puritani - Original Engraving

Original hand-colored engraving of the important Italian bass Luigi Lablache as Sir Giorgio in Bellini's I Puritani. Engraved by Louis Maleuvre and published by Hautecoeur-Martinet, Paris, [1835]. Light foxing; mounting remnants on verso; vibrantly colored and overall in fine condition. 6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm).
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22. Boulez, Pierre. (1925–2016) & Souzay, Gérard. (1918–2004).
"Improvisation I." - Autograph Musical Quotation

Very uncommon AMQS from important French composer and conductor, one of the major innovators and forces in 20th century music,  who has here neatly penned a short quotation from Improvisation I, part of his longest work, Pli selon pli. Boulez has written out one measure and the title of the movement, "'Le vierge, le vivace et le bel aujourd'hui' (Mallarmé)", signed and dated Salzburg, August 20, 1992. On the verso, a further autograph and inscription from the French baritone Gérard Souzay, dated Salzburg, August 1992. Read More...
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23. [Britten, Benjamin. (1913–1976) & Pears, Peter. (1910–1986)].
"Billy Budd" - Original 1951 Opening Night Program

Original program from the December 1, 1951 opening night of Britten's opera, based on the short novel by Herman Melville. Britten conducted his own work at the Royal Opera House, starring Peter Pears and Theodor Uppman. 4 pp. One horizontal folding crease and some light edge wear and creasing; otherwise overall in fine condition. 8.5 x 11.25 inches (21.5 x 28.5 cm). Read More...
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24. Britten, Benjamin. (1913–1976) & Pears, Peter. (1910–1986) [Brain, Dennis. (1921–1957)] .
Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings - SIGNED SCORE & PROGRAM

London: Boosey & Hawkes. 1944. Miniature score to the important English composer's Serenade, op. 31, signed on the title page by both Britten and Peter Pears, his lifelong companion and the tenor who first performed the work. Dated May 1954 with an ownership signature on the inside front cover. [PN] 8934. 38 pp. Some light overall toning, but otherwise in fine condition. 5.5 x 7.5 inches (13.5 x 18.7 cm). Together with an original program from a 1955 performance of Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings with Peter Pears and horn player Dennis Brain, for whom the piece was composed in 1943. The program, with the Scottish National Orchestra under Karl Rankl, also included Mozart's Horn Concerto no. 3, Mozart arias, and Beethoven's Symphony no. 8. Dated January 21, 1955. A few small scuffs; overall in fine condition. 15 pp. 5.5 x 8.5 inches (13.8 x 21.5 cm). Read More...
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25. Bruckner, Anton. (1824 -1896).
Intermezzo For String Quintet - Copyist Manuscript with Bruckner's Autograph Controlmark

Autograph controlmark of the composer "ABr." at the conclusion of a copyist manuscript in an unknown hand. 7 pp., on manuscript paper of 18 systems, loose, folio. Titled at the head "Intermezzo. - III. Satz (No 2) (zum Quintett.)" with the composer's name given upper right "Anton Bruckner (Dez. 1879)", tempo indicated "Molto moderato (Sehr mässig)" and dated more precisely "21 Dez. 1879" at the conclusion. Evidently one of the first fair copies of the manuscript, composed in the same year and bearing the elusive control mark in the hand of the influential Austrian composer and organist, from whom any autograph material is extremely rare. Creases, disbound with moderate edge wear, otherwise fine throughout. Read More...
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26. Busoni, Ferruccio. (1866-1924).
AMQS of an Original Composition

A lovely AMQS consisting of a short original composition by the important Italian pianist and composer. On a postcard showing the Island of Marmol in Lake Buenos Aires, Busoni has composed a "musical illustration of this landscape": four measures, lento and pianissimo, with a slow ascending line over shimmering sixteenth notes. He has signed elegantly at the lower right and dated December 12, 1905. On the verso, the Argentinian collector, Ramona Imar Otaño, has addressed the postcard to herself. With original German stamp and postmark. A very special autograph in very fine condition. 5.5 x 3.5 inches (13.8 x 9 cm).
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27. [Seventeenth-Century Music] Caccini, Francesca. (1587-c.1641) & Ferdinando Saracinelli (1583-1640).
La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall'Isola d'Alcina. Balletto Rappta in Musica al Ser.mo Ladislao Sigismondo Principe di Polonia e di Suezia Nella Villa Imp.le della Sereniss.ma Arcid.ssa d'Austria Gran Duch.sa di Toscana. - 1625 FIRST EDITION LIBRETTO OF THE FIRST OPERA BY A FEMALE COMPOSER

[Florence]: Pietro Cecconcelli. 1625. First Edition. 4to. (21 cm), engraved title, 45 pp, 5 folding plates by Alfonso Parigi depicting the set designs of his father Giulio Parigi, F4 blank at end, title lightly browned, spotted and with edges chipped, other ff. slightly foxed and lightly browned, unbound, stitched as issued. This first edition contains 45 pages; Cecconcelli published a 36-page second edition later the same year. Allacci 482; Berlin Kat 4113 (second edition); Cicognara 1432. Contained in a fine full goatskin box. Read More...
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28. [Seventeenth-Century Music] Viadana, Lodovico. (1560-1627).
Psalmi Integri. Quatuor Paribus Vocibus...Opus XXXIII

Venic: Apud Alexandrum Vincentium. 1622.

8vo. 6 x 8.5 inches (15.6 x 21.5 cm). Title; letter of dedication; 1 - 37 pp.; Index Psalmorum.  Title in ornate woodcut border; typeset music throughout, each section beginning with a historiated initial. Stitched in contemporary paper wrappers with handwritten title, spine chipped and rear cover separated; complete, with only slight loss to the final page and outer edge of two other leaves; overall toning and wear, with edge creases and minor stains, commensurate to the item's age and rarity.    Read More...
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29. [Seventeenth-Century Music].
Motetto per ogni tempo a 3... Emendemus in Melius

Rare original musical manuscript, probably dating from mid-17th-century Italy, of an anonymous sacred motet on the text "Emendemus in melius." Four individual parts, for Canto 1, Canto 2, Alto, and Basso Continuo, are contained in a folded sheet with the title "Motetto per orgni tempo à 3. / due CC. e A. / Emendemus in melius." The piece's first theme and overall style are very similar to those of the settings of the same text by Fabri, Carissimi, and Cifra recorded in RISM, making it likely that this piece also originates from the rich musical world of mid-17th-century Rome. Read More...
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31. Cilea, Francesco. (1866-1950).
Autograph Musical Quotation

An enigmatic and picturesque AMQS from the Italian composer known for his operas L'arlesiana and Adriana Lecouvreur. On a postcard showing a painting Selinunte (Sicily) by Swiss painter Hans Beat Wieland, Cilea has penned a brief snippet of two notes and a question mark, signed above the staff in the painted clouds. On the verso, the postcard is addressed to the Argentinian collector Ramona Imaz Otaño. Undated, ca. 1900-1910. Very slightly smudged; overall in fine condition. 5.5 x 3.5 inches (13.9 x 8.9 cm).
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