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The Charms of Melody; or Siren Medley. Being the Most Extensive Collection of Love, Sentimental, War, Hunting, Bacchanalian, Humorous, Sea, -and Political Songs, Old English, Irish, Scotch and German Ballads, Legendaries, &c. Every Brought Together in a Single Publication. Selected from the Best Poets and most admired Writers. by Songsters

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The Charms of Melody; or Siren Medley. Being the Most Extensive Collection of Love, Sentimental, War, Hunting, Bacchanalian, Humorous, Sea, -and Political Songs, Old English, Irish, Scotch and German Ballads, Legendaries, &c. Every Brought Together in a Single Publication. Selected from the Best Poets and most admired Writers. by Songsters

The Charms of Melody; or Siren Medley. Being the Most Extensive Collection of Love, Sentimental, War, Hunting, Bacchanalian, Humorous, Sea, -and Political Songs, Old English, Irish, Scotch and German Ballads, Legendaries, &c. Every Brought Together in a Single Publication. Selected from the Best Poets and most admired Writers.

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Dublin: Printed by J. and J. Carrick, [1818]. . anticat16. 4to. Old half-calf & marbled boards, the spine mostly lacking, wear to edges and corners, some old stains to margins, very good otherwise. Stamped on the verso of the title, indicating that this copy is surplus from the Library of Congress. A reprinted collection of one hundred 4-page songsters, published from 1795-1810. 400 pages. This copy is defective, lacking six leaves: pages 9/10; 27/28; 99/100; 163/164; 199/200; 375/376. This type of songster was prevalent in England and Scotland during this period, but not so much in Ireland; this collection is an exception. Many hundreds of early popular songs.

A History of Irish Music

A History of Irish Music

by Flood, Wm. H. Grattan

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Dublin: Browne and Nolan Limited, 1913 IN GOOD + CONDITION. Third Edition. xv, [1], 357pp, bound in original blue cloth, with binding tight. Includes Ancient Irish Music, Ancient Irish Musical Instruments, Ancient Irish Scales, Anglo-Irish Music, O'Carolan, The Jacobite Period, Irish Pipers in the Eighteenth Century, Harp and much more. Backstrip wear at gutters, back hinge cracked, appears a label was removed from spine. IRISH MUSIC HISTORY.
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[K. 621]. La Clemenza di Tito [Piano-vocal score]

[K. 621]. La Clemenza di Tito [Piano-vocal score]: Opera seria ... Ernsthafte Oper in Zwey Akten ... Klavierauszug von A.E. Müller.

by MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791

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Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 3610], 1824. Oblong folio. Contemporary paper boards. 1f. (title), 88 pp. Lithographed. With label of the late 19th century lending library of Fritz Möller of Hamburg, Germany to upper board and advertising to front pastedown. Binding worn and rubbed; partially detached; spine chipped; joints split; endpapers lacking. Moderately foxed throughout; title browned. Köchel 8, p. 720. Hirsch IV, 1227. RISM M5105. La Clemenza di Tito, an opera seria in two acts to a libretto by Pietro Metastasio adapted by Caterino Mazzolà, was first performed in Prague at the National Theatre on September 6, 1791, approximately 3 months before Mozart died on December 5, 1791. He had arrived in Prague on August 28 and, despite his illness, finished work on the opera on the eve of the performance. "Although mostly composed after Die Zauberflöte, La clemenza di Tito was performed first... The reception was modest until a triumphant last night was reported to Mozart (who had left… Read More
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Music by Philip Glass
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Music by Philip Glass

by GLASS, Philip. Edited by Robert T. Jones

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New York: Harper and Row, 1987. Signed on the half-title page by composer Philip Glass. First edition / First printing. White cloth. Fine in price-clipped, fine dust jacket.
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The London Collection of Glees, Duets and Catches. Comprising the Established compositions of the...

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anticat16. London: Goulding & D'Almaine, [c.1825]. Oblong, half-calf & marbled boards, spine designed and lettered in gilt. Marbled end papers. The boards very rubbed, wear to corners, front board detached, yellow tape marks to front end papers from ancient tape, last leaf and rear end paper detached; basically very good otherwise. 246 pages. The first three numbers bound together, each with an engraved title page; a fourth part was published, not present here. At the front is a decorative engraved title page, with the title spelled: Duetts. A scarce compilation of the popular songs of the day.
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Famous Composers and Their Music (16 Volume Set)

Famous Composers and Their Music (16 Volume Set)

by Thomas, Theodore (editor) ; Paine, John Knowles (editor) ; Klauser, Karl (editor)

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Boston: J. B. Millet Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed and spotted, a few pages in . the set have tears, faint soiling or foxing.. 1910. Hardcover. Extra Illustrated Edition. Complete in 16 volumes. Green decorated cloth. Top edges gilt. Volumes I-VI have numerous illustrations, including some in color, of composers, instruments, and other subjects. They contain biographies of various composers and chapters about regional music history. Successive volumes contain lyrics and music of pieces by numerous composers, with a table contents with a listing by composers, and a table of contents with a listing by titles. Included are works by Debussy, Borodin, Faure, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Purcell, Saint-Saens, Scarlatti, Lully, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Chopin, Beethoven, Bach, Liszt, and many others. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 1624 pages .
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Occo Codex (Brussels, Royal Library Albert I, Ms. IV.922) (Publisher series: Facsimilia Musica...
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Occo Codex (Brussels, Royal Library Albert I, Ms. IV.922) (Publisher series: Facsimilia Musica Neerlandica.)

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Buren: Vereniging Voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis [9-063-7501-07] [1979], facsimile edition. (Folio hardcover) 152pp. Very good plus, no dust jacket. Musical notation. Illustrations, map, notes, genealogical table, photographs. Previous owner's name on the front endpaper. "...reproduce[s] important musical sources as faithfully as possible, thus facilitating thorough research of the music contained in them as well as establishing a corpus of documents that may help to preserve the cultural treasures of past centuries". Publisher series: Facsimilia Musica Neerlandica 1 . Introduction by Bernard Huys. Preface by Willem Elders. Locale: Netherlands. (Music, Codex).
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Les cadets de Bourgogne et leurs chansons
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Les cadets de Bourgogne et leurs chansons

by Rodier Camille, Cadilhac Paul-Émile (en guise de préface)

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Editions de l'Amitié/G.-T. Rageot/A.Damidot, 1947. Book. Illus. by Maurice Albe. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. In-4, broché, Très Bon Etat, un de six cents exemplaires sur papier pur chiffon Annonay, 1634 de papeteries Johannot, ex.no. 332.
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Music by Philip Glass
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Music by Philip Glass

by GLASS, Philip. Edited by Robert T. Jones

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New York: Harper and Row, 1987. Signed on the half-title page by composer Philip Glass. First edition / First printing. White cloth. Fine in price-clipped, fine dust jacket.
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The London Collection of Glees, Duets and Catches. Comprising the Established compositions of the...

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anticat16. London: Goulding & D'Almaine, [c.1825]. Oblong, half-calf & marbled boards, spine designed and lettered in gilt. Marbled end papers. The boards very rubbed, wear to corners, front board detached, yellow tape marks to front end papers from ancient tape, last leaf and rear end paper detached; basically very good otherwise. 246 pages. The first three numbers bound together, each with an engraved title page; a fourth part was published, not present here. At the front is a decorative engraved title page, with the title spelled: Duetts. A scarce compilation of the popular songs of the day.
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Famous Composers and Their Music (16 Volume Set)

Famous Composers and Their Music (16 Volume Set)

by Thomas, Theodore (editor) ; Paine, John Knowles (editor) ; Klauser, Karl (editor)

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Boston: J. B. Millet Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed and spotted, a few pages in . the set have tears, faint soiling or foxing.. 1910. Hardcover. Extra Illustrated Edition. Complete in 16 volumes. Green decorated cloth. Top edges gilt. Volumes I-VI have numerous illustrations, including some in color, of composers, instruments, and other subjects. They contain biographies of various composers and chapters about regional music history. Successive volumes contain lyrics and music of pieces by numerous composers, with a table contents with a listing by composers, and a table of contents with a listing by titles. Included are works by Debussy, Borodin, Faure, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Purcell, Saint-Saens, Scarlatti, Lully, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Chopin, Beethoven, Bach, Liszt, and many others. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 1624 pages .
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Old Folks at Home Songster

Old Folks at Home Songster

by [Minstrel Songsters] Foster, Steven; Christy's Minstrels, et al

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New York: Fisher and Brothers, 1851. 16mo, wraps, unpaginated. A few small holes to front wrap, fraying to spine, slight tanning, very good plus overall with a tight binding and bright contents. Very Good. An uncommon songster with woodcut illustrations published in 1851, marking the likely first appearance of "Old Folks at Home" in digest form. We are unable to establish priority between this songster and the Firth, Pond and Co. sheet music edition of the title, as both were published in 1851. The listing for "Old Folks at Home" contains a note at the introduction that Fisher has the "sole and exclusive permission to publish the words" to the song from Firth, Pond and Co. The remainder of the songster includes many songs credited to Christy's Minstrels, along with Jim Sanford, S.S. Steele, Lucy Long, Old Dan Tucker, Alen Clark, and F. McDermott. These are likely early digest form printings of many of these songs, though dating is difficult due to other Christy's songsters from the 1850s being… Read More
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Trial by Jury

Trial by Jury

by W. S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan

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69 pp. + ads. Plate 17453. Vocal score, wraps, quarto 8.5 x 11 in. Front cover reattached with Japan paper, some wear to spine and edges, yet very good. Likely a printing from 1992-, given the 62 W. 45th St. address on the wraps. Printed in England. Trial by Jury is a one-act comic opera that could be considered a seminal venture in their partnership. It premiered at the Royalty Theatre in London in March, 1875.
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SKIFFLE:; The Story of Folk-song with a Jazz Beat. With a Foreword by Lonnie Donegan (The King of...

SKIFFLE:; The Story of Folk-song with a Jazz Beat. With a Foreword by Lonnie Donegan (The King of Skiffle)

by Bird, Brian

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London: Robert Hale, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. 119pp, index; 13pp illus from photographs. Bound in pictorial boards, dust jacket. 8" x 5.25" This first book on the subject traces the history of skiffle from its slave and jazz roots through the 1950s. The second part of the book is a how-to for forming a skiffle band as well as a look at the "origins, progress and personalities" of Britain's most popular skiffle bands.
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The Pirates of Penzance in Full Score

The Pirates of Penzance in Full Score: New Edition by Carl Simpson and Ephraim Hammett Jones

by W. S. Gilbert, Sir Arthur Sullivan

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272 pp. Quarto, 9 x 12 in. Illustrated wraps, near fine, only the slightest wear covers. Full score. New edition by Carl Simpson and Ephraim Hammett Jones. Official Premiere: December 31, 1879, Fifth Avenue Theater, New York, New York, USA; London Premiere: April 3, 1880, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Orchestra and Chorus Opera Comique, Arthur Sullivan, conductor.
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PIOBAIREACHD AND ITS INTERPRETATION: CLASSICAL MUSIC OF THE HIGHLAND BAGPIPE

by MacNEILL, SEUMAS & FRANK RICHARDSON

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Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers, 1996. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: 130. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. The author, an acknowledged authority on the subject, describes the structure and history of Piobaireachd. A very good copy with moderate edge wear on the covers and some fading of the colour on the rear panel.
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Congregational Hymnary
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Congregational Hymnary

by Congregational Union of England and Wales

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This antiquarian book is in fair condition. The binding is loose and coming apart and the cover is torn along the spine and the corners are worn. The pages inside the book are tanned and yellowed. One of the pages is loose. This book is not for reading or handling. It should be used as a collector's piece."The Congregational Church Hymnal, edited at the request of the Congregational Union by the Rev. Dr. G.S. Barrett, was published in 1887, and has been widely used by Congregational Churches both in this country and abroad. It is not possible any adequate estimate of the great influence of the book...." - from the Congregational Hymnal
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Bob Dylan: From a Hard Rain to a Slow Train
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Bob Dylan: From a Hard Rain to a Slow Train

by Barry; Dowley, Tim Dunnage

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Turnbridge Wells: Midas Books; New York: Hippocrene Books, [1982], First Edition, 8vo, [11] 176pp [2], photos on 2 plates. Hardcover, red cloth covered boards with dust jacket. Very Good + condition. Pages are unmarked with slight toning and slight foxing to top page edges. Slight shelf wear to dust jacket. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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The Influence Of Music On History And Morals: A Vindication Of Plato

The Influence Of Music On History And Morals: A Vindication Of Plato

by Scott, Cyril

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London: The Theosophical Publishing House Ltd., 1928. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. X, 245 Pp. First Printing. Blue Cloth, Gilt, With Blindstamped Border On Front Cover. Lightly Used, Pinpoint Fray At Each Of Two Lower Tips, But Spine Frayed Across Top Down To Edge Of Page Block, 1/2" Fray Along Top Spine Edges And Bottom Rear Spine Edge, Hinges Tight, No Names Or Marks, Very Light Foxing To Endpapers, Title Page, And To Edges Of The Page Block. Quite Scarce In The Trade.
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The Sorcerer: An Original Modern Comic Opera

The Sorcerer: An Original Modern Comic Opera

by W. S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan

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137 pp. Vocal score, a slight tilt to spine, light wear to wraps, else fine. Quarto, 8.5 x 11 in. "New Edition." An original modern comic opera in two acts, words by W. S. Gilbert, music by Arthur Sullivan. G&S's third production. Based on a story, The Elixir of Love, that Gilbert published in 1876 in The Graphic.
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Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky

Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky

by Nijinsky, Romola

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Nijinsky, Romola. Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky. The Definitive Biography Copyright 1980. Simon and Schuster stated First Impression Thus. Number line starts with 1. EXLIB. Good Condition/ VG original dust jacket. 260 pages, indexed. ISBN0671411233. PERFORMING ARTS, RUSSIA, BALLET, VASLAV NIJINSKY. Summary: "The life of Vaslav Nijinsky is not merely a record of a great dancer's artistic triumphs; it is one of the strangest stories ever written. There is madness everywhere. From the child's first appearance with a troupe of wandering Russians to that last terrible performance, his "Marriage With God" , it is a growing chaos of madness, abnormality, distortion, genius and beauty." 260 pages, indexed. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4.
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Whitney's Rapid Method for the Piano-Forte: Foreign Fingering Edition

Whitney's Rapid Method for the Piano-Forte: Foreign Fingering Edition

by W. W. Whitney

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D. W. Crist, Alliance, OH, 1902. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 4mo - over 9 3/4" - 12" tall. 182 pp. Pages are yellowed, but are tight and clean. Heavy shelfwear to the cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 - 3 pounds. Category: Music; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001390. . Additional shipping charges may apply.
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