Search Results: Music from Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books

Redding, Conn: C.E. Ives, 1922. First edition. Original printed boards with cloth back and paper spine label, 6-1/2 in. x 12 in. 1 score (258 [i.e. 112]) pages ; 31 cm. Light soiling to back cover, corners and spine label show slight wear, else fine. Ives selected these (actually 52 songs) from his collection 114 Songs, published earlier in 1922, as being of greater general interest. Both collections were privately engraved and printed for Ives by G. Schirmer, the 114 Songs in edition of 1500 copies; we haven't located a record of the number printed of 50 Songs, but it must have been far fewer.

Begins: "Morte dira...."Framed.

One page 8vo, n.d. , arranging a meeting: "Mon cher ami, . . .Je recois avec beaucoup de joie tes bonne nouvelles. Je serais chez toi 4 h[eures ]1/4, demain Samedi...." Tipped along one edge to a narrow strip of heavier paper. Two light spots of foxing, otherwise very good. French composer Halèvy (1799-1862) studied under Cherubini and taught Gounod, Bizet, and Saint-SaËns. His operas were admired by both Berlioz and Wagner. Autograph letter signed.

Split one half-inch at the fold of the conjugate leaves, otherwise fine. German composer Hiller (1811-1885) studied under Hummel. A substantial letter in Hiller's difficult hand. Despite his conservative musical bent and outspoken antipathy to Wagner, he enjoyed the friendship of Chopin, Liszt, and Berlioz. It was as a conductor and a writer on music, however, that he won the most admirers. Autograph letter signed.

3 pages 8vo. March 23, 1853, London, inquiring about the appointment of Lord Ward to the Management Committee of the Royal Academy of Music. Fine. English composer Bishop (1786-1855) enjoyed in his day a reputation as guardian of the best traditions of British song. Now he is remembered chiefly as the composer of Home, Sweet Home. Autograph letter signed.

Braunschweig, 1875. A five-line letter to an unidentified correspondent, with a note on the verso in a second hand providing the dates of Abt's stay in Braunschweig. Light offsetting from a self-adhesive album page, otherwsie very good. German composer Abt (1819-1885) enjoyed considerable success in his day as a choral conductor but is best remembered for elegant songs such as "So viele Tausend Blumen" and Wenn die Schwalben heimwärts ziehn" Autograph letter signed.

London: Hogarth Press, 1926. First edition. Light grey- green cloth, edges foxed, otherwise very good. Woolmer 111.

1. Robert Frank. Photograph of Tom Waits by Robert Frank, signed by Tom Waits. Ca. 1987. Single weight, 8 x 10-1/2 inches. From the publicity shoot for Waits's album "Rain Dogs". Fine condition. 2. Original sculpture, papier-maché, wood, paint. Approximately 8-1/2 inches by 4 inches by 4 inches. Ca. 1991. 3. Original sculpture. Cement . Approximately 10 inches by 5 inches by 4 inches. Ca. 1991. This appears to us like it could be a self-portrait. 4. ALS "Tom / Kathleen". Los Angeles, Feb. 2, 1987. Sending photo. He is on the way "out to see Earl King," the New Orleans blues musician, composer of "Come On" and "Trick Bag". 5. ALS "Tom and Kathleen". In red and blue ballpoint on yellow lined paper. "AND I get my Olds 88 tomorrow!!". Ca. 1991 6. Autograph manuscript, black and blue ink on yellow lined paper. List of credits for the "Night on Earth" score. Includes among the band credits Waits's invented persona, drummer "Mule Patterson". Ca. 1991 7.Autograph birthday greeting card, with message to… Read More

Newton, N.J.: Yazoo Rcords, 1982. First edition. Set of 36 trading cards, in box, the fronts with portraits drawn by R. Crumb, with biographical and discographic information on the backs. Fine,

Boston: Little, Brown, 1931. First edition. Cloth, fine copy in lightly used slipcase . One of 260 numbered and signed copies.

Newton, N.J.: Yazoo Rcords, 1980. First edition. Set of 36 trading cards, in box. The fronts of the cards have portraits drawn by R. Crumb, with biographical and discographic information on the backs. Slight wear to box; the cards are all fine.

Brussels: Elsevier, 1958. Second edition, revised and corrected. Boards, light browning but a very good copy in dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Virgil Thomson. With the separately printed section of examples.

Paris: Paul Mellottée, (n.d.). 215 pp. Revorim style binding (binder's term for the formed rubber (Topys) used on the sides, hollow back, vellum spine, sewn on exposed tapes, black paper endsheets, original covers preserved).

Woodstock, N.Y.: P.C.C. Books, 1984. First edition. Wrappers, mimeographed, 11 x 8-1/2 inches. [1], 6 pp., drawing on cover of Bardic pulse lyre by Miriam Sanders. Account of Sanders's experiments with building electronic instruments. Scarce.

New York: Random House, 1975. First edition. Inscribed "Sincerely, Richard Rodgers" on the front endpaper. Fore edge a bit foxed, otherwise a fine copy in dust jacket.

London: Hogarth Press, 1929. First edition. Two volumes, buff cloth wrappers, very good. Ownership signature "G.A. Gresham, Caius". Woolmer 194.

Santa Fe: Soundings Press, 1984. First edition. Wrappers, very good.

On a leaf extracted from an autograph album (4-3/8 x 6 inches). Very good, with three holes punched along the left edge of the page. American violinist Spalding (1888-1953) gave the U.S. premieres of the violin concertos of Dohanyi, Elgar, and Barber. His own works include two violin concertos, a string quartet, and a fictionalized biography of Tartini.

San Francisco Symphony Chamber Music Series program, January 9, 1994 (Previn played piano in the Brahms F minor quintet).Signed on p. 15 by Previn. Fine, with a ticket stub and a subsequent review clipped from the San Francisco Chronicle laid in. Previn (b. 1929) enjoys international acclaim as pianist, conductor, and composer. He studied in Paris under Marcel Dupré and San Francisco under Pierre Monteux, received Academy Awards for his film scores (Gigi, Porgy and Bess, My Fair Lady), has conducted and recorded with major orchestras from Los Angeles to Vienna, and composes songs, jazz, chamber music, and opera (A Streetcar Named Desire). Signed Program.

Fine.Godunov (1950-1995) danced with the Bolshoi and, following his defection in 1979, with the American Ballet Theater. Subsequently he enjoyed a minor acting career playing villains and madmen in films like Die Hard and Waxwork II. Signed card.