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New York: Hill and Wang, 1963 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Gold cloth, blue cloth spine with gilt-on-black titles, xxx, 594 pp, pronunciation guide. A bit of paint along rear joint, else VG. DJ edges worn, small tears, spine ends chipped & worn; in Brodart archival cover. An 8-page pamphlet with the libretto for an audio recording of Die Fliedermaus is laid in. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. BCE. . VG-/VG-. 21½ X 14½ cm.

Urbana & Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1997 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth, foil titles on spine, red endpapers, xv, 404, [6] pp, 19 ff b & w plates, notes, index, CD in pocket at rear. DJ is in Gaylord cover. This biography of chorus master Waring by his widow is accompanied by a CD containing recordings of 28 songs recorded from 1925 through 1963. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1972 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Brown boards, gilt titles on front board & spine, red endpapers, xv, 365 pp, frontis., 24 b & w illustrations in text, footnotes, bibliography, index. Bottom corner of rear board lightly bumped. DJ has 2 chips of about 3 cm at bottom of rear panel, otherwise very good, extremities rubbed; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/G+. 26 X 18½ cm.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1982 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter tan cloth, tan paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, 356 pp, glossary. Owner's signature on recto of ffep, else fine. DJ slightly worn at corners and spine ends, has a few spots on front panel; in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "For this book veteran Met basso Jerome Hines sat down with forty of his most illustrious colleagues one by one for intimate conversations on the art of singing. ...under Hines' gentle, affectionate probing, they all struggled to put into words what they have learned over the years about that most mysterious and glorious of jusical instruments, the human voice." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 21½ X 14 cm.

Wien München Zürich: Verlag Fritz Molden, 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full off-white cloth, black titles & mustard-yellow stripe on spine, 326, [2] pp. A few brown spots at edges of boards, front hinge reglued, edges of a few leaves look a bit moth-eaten, although it is unclear whether this is a manufacturing defect or later (silverfish?) damage--surrounding pages look fine. DJ shows wear & tear to edges; in Brodart archival cover. The dust jacket calls this "Die grundlegend neue Biographie eines der bedeutendsten Komponisten, Dirigenten und Theaterleiter unseres Jahrhunderts" Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 2nd ed. . Good/Good. 21½ X 14 cm.

London: Oxford University Press, 1942 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Translated by M. D. Calvocoressi. Brown cloth, gilt titles on spine, xi, 243, [1] pp. Corners bumped, extremities sunned, owner's signature dated in 1946 on fpd. Contents: the teachable technique of conducting; idiosyncrasies of conducting, orchestral playing & conducting; the bow instruments; the woodwind; the brass; the percussion; the harp; technique of conducting; applied technique, or practice of conducting; practical examples. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). 4th ptg. . VG/No dj. 19½ X 13½ cm.

Librairie Renouard: Paris, 1928 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn, originally in grey printed paper wraps, [viii], 331, [1] pp. Original wraps missing except for part of spine, somewhat musty, else good and suitable for rebinding. Volume 1 only. Text in French. Reprint of the first edition with an added sheet of corrections by the author, who was working on a revised edition at the time. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). Wraps. Fair/No dj. 25 X 16½ cm.

New York: G. Schirmer, Inc. WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Contains 1926 copyright renewal notice, but printing not identified. Full blue cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, xviii, 236 pp, footnotes. Owner's name on fpd, pencil note on one page, slight shelf wear. DJ chipped, tattered, & held together with old tape; in Brodart archival cover. Ephemera dated 1937 & 1953 laid in. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Later printing. . VG/Fair. 22½ X 15 cm.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1934 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Chestnut cloth, gilt titles on spine, blind frame on front board, frontispiece, xi, 303 pp, many rubricated diagrams. This is a reprint of the 1924 edition, translated by Richard Aldrich. Corners and bottom edges of boards bumped, spine ends rubbed, top edge rather dusty, gift inscription on recto of ffep, scattered pencil notes. DJ (with portrait of author on front panel) soiled, rubbed, torn and chipped, overall rather tired-looking, but no important bits are missing; in Brodart archival cover. This is a comprehensive treatise by "one of the greatest Wagnerian sopranos in history" (according to Britannica). Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 3rd Ed, later ptg. . VG/G. 19½ X 13½ cm.

New York: The Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc., 1993 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mostly red covers with black & white titles & design, 167 pp. Front cover & first few pages bent but not quite creased, a bit of rubbing to extremities, else fine. Italian and English translation on facing pages. Translation by Judyth Schaubhut Smith doen't seem like it should be scarce, given its recency, but we find very few copies for sale. Fits in small flat-rate box. Shipping weight 8 oz.. Soft Cover. VG+/No dj. 17½ X 12 cm.

London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1962 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark green cloth, gilt titles & device on spine, ix, 319 pp, frontis., 24 plates (includes 2 photos, painting, and 8 manuscript facsimile pages not in pagination, plus 11 pp of scores included in pagination), notes, bibliography, index. Cloth fraying slightly at bottom corners & tail of spine, else fine. DJ has a 2 cm tear and a 2 cm chip, spine sunned, otherwise fine; in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "Mozart died a mere 170 years ago, but so much has changed since then in the musical world that nowadays performances often misrepresent him. Neither scholarship nor musical intuition is always able, on its own, to ensure characteristic performance, and it is the special merit of the authors--the one a concert pianist of world renown, and his wife a distinguished musical scholar--to throw light on the subject from both directions at once...." Shipping weight 3… Leer más

London, New York, Frankfurt & Zürich: Edition Peters WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pale green printed paper wraps, stapled through fold, 21 pp. A few small spots to covers, pencil notes on playing the pieces on inside front cover. Shipping weight 5 oz. in envelope.. Wraps. VG/No dj. 30½ X 22½ cm.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1981 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Tan boards, burgundy cloth spine with gilt titles, tan endpapers, 287 pp, 12 ff b & w photo plates, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "With the devilish wit and unyielding dedication to maintaining the 'grand' in grand opera which has made him great, Sir Rudolf reveals what running the country's greatest opera company entails." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 22½ X 14½ cm.

Philadelphia: Oliver Ditson Company, 1932 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Maroon cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine and device on front board, vii, 146 pp. Boards slightly smudged, owner's name on fpd & pencil notes in first two chapters. Contents: fundamental details; figure & motive; the phrase; cadences; irregular phrases; the period-form; enlargement of the period-form; the two-part song-form; the three-part song-form; enlargement of the three-part song-form; the song-form with trio; the first, second, & third rondo-forms; the sonatine-form; the sonata-allegro form; irregular forms; application of the forms. Shipping weight 1 lb.. Later printing. . VG/No dj. 20½ X 14 cm.

New York & London: Schirmer Books (Macmillan), 1988 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full black cloth, gilt titles on spine, xxv, 816 pp, glossary, bibliography. Top edge of book block bumped in two places, causing some marginal creasing and a small tear to fpd, otherwise fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Edited versions of Kramer's program notes for 290 frequently performed works, originally written for the Cincinnati Symphony, arranged alphabetically by composer and title. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. First Edition. . G+/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: Atheneum, 1983 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue boards, violet spine, gilt titles on spine & monogram on front board, top edge dyed red, xxii, 258, [1] pp, 16 ff b & w photo plates, discography, index. Address label on ffep. DJ has a small. surface chip on one corner; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 3rd ptg. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., 1927 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Copyright renewed 1927, date of printing uncertain. Sewn in wraps printed in dark blue ink on pale blue-grey card stock, vii, 199 pp. Seven paper clips, many pencil notes, otherwise very good. The vocal score includes piano accompaniment. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fair/No dj. 26 X 17½ cm.

Boston: Oliver Ditson Company WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. No date, copyright 1889, but this copy not before 1906 (see ad. inside back cover). Side-stapled in printed paper wraps, 81 pp. Two-inch tear to tail of spine, covers & a few leaves creased, else VG. Libretto contains German & English in parallel columns and melodies of the "principal airs." Shipping weight 1 lb.. Wraps. G-/No dj. 24 X 17½ cm.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1954 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Inscribed by author on title page. Quarter grey cloth, gilt-on-red titles on spine, black paper-covered boards with gilt facsimile signature on front board, top edge dyed red, pictorial endpapers, xvi, 654, [1] pp, index. Sunned along top edge, paper browning. Price-clipped DJ chipped all along top & bottom edges, but without loss of text, and rather heavily browned; in Brodart archival cover. Loesser's signed inscription says the book "will not read as heavy as it looks." Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/G. 24 X 16 cm.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Possibly a book club edition (no price on DJ). Two volumes, blue cloth, titles printed in gold ink on spines. Vol. 1: xiii, 626 pp. Vol. 2: [vii], 627-1284 pp, bibliography, index. Bottom edges of boards rubbed, top edges dusty, minor bumps, a few ball point notes. DJs rubbed, spine ends & corners torn & creased, a 1½ cm square chip at head of spine on Vol. 1; in Brodart archival covers. Contents: before Bach; composers & their music (arranged alphabetically & constituting the bulk of the work); music since Bach; basic works for the record library, with recommended recordings; anatomy of the symphony orchestra; dictionary of musical forms; glossary of basic musical terms. Shipping weight 5 lbs.. Revised Ed. . VG/VG-. 21½ X 14½ cm.