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New York: Vintage Books, 1956. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Milton Glaser (cover art). V-88. A remarkable perspective on opera, wherein "the dramatist is the composer". CONTENTS: Foreword; Introduction; The Tradition; Reform; Retrenchment; Index. 269+ pages. CONDITION: A tight, square copy with light-moderate shelf-wear, unmarked but for the previous owner's name… Saber más sobre este artículo

United Kingdom: LTM, 2014. CDs in Slim Double Jewelcase. New (Very Fine)/New (Very Fine). 5.5" x 5. LTM 2571. This outstanding two-CD collection offers a comprehensive overview of the French avant-garde in the 20th century. Commencing with pioneers Claude Debussy and Erik Satie, this chronological collection moves forward to absurdist and dreamlike Dada and Surrealist compositions (Duchamp, Picabia,… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: New Music Connoisseur, 2018. Stapled Wraps. Near Fine. 8.5" x 11. Three issues of the recently discontinued but provocative and informative magazine of "new music", AKA "contemporary classical", AKA "avant-garde" AKA "sound art" - none of which are quite accurate or specific. It was a "semi-annual periodical focusing on the work of 20th and 21st century… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Horizon Press - Vienna House, 1973. Cloth Hardcovers in Slipcase. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A comprehensive and definitive edition of Shaw's weekly writings on musical events in London. CONTENTS: London Music in 1888-89 as heard by Cornetto di Bassetto [Preface; 1888-89; Index]; Criticisms contributed week by week to the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Frenchtown, New Jersey: Columbia Publishing Company, Inc., 1979. Assumed First Edition . Hard Cover - Cloth Spine. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A revelatory exploration of the art of conducting, through the interview responses of eight great conductors: James Levine, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Charles Mackerras, Colin Davis, Bernard Haitink, Jose Serebrier, Sir Adrian Boult,… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: G. Schirmer, 1943. Soft cover. Good. 6.5" x 9.5. A thought-provoking issue of this distinguished music journal, featuring articles/essays on Beethoven, Czechoslovakian composers, Martinu, and Griffes, plus reviews and book/record publication lists. CONTENTS: See accompanying scan image of the Table of Contents. 142 pages (illustrated with photos and musical examples). CONDITION: This copy lacks its covers,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cincinnati, Ohio: American Record Guide, 1996. Large Softcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The definitive journal offering reviews of classical recordings and music in concert. Concert highlights include Chicago Lyric Opera, Alfred Brendel, Jost Meier's "The Dreyfus Affair", (NYC Opera), William Bolcolm's "Left-Hand Piano Concertos", Aaron Jay Kernis's "Concerto for Violin… Saber más sobre este artículo

Moscow: OOO ISC "Fractal, 2007. Stapled Wraps. Fine. 8" x 11.5. A scarce issue of this outstanding Russian music journal (founded in 1991). In lieu of a verbal description, I've attached scans of the cover and four inside pages for your perusal. CONTENTS; Remembering Great Musicians - Magda Matsulevich: pianist, aesthete, and person; Review Materials - Alexander Solodovnikov,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cincinnati, Ohio: American Record Guide, 1996. Large Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The definitive journal offering reviews of classical recordings and music in concert. Concert highlights include Calrisle Floyd's "Susannah" (Houston), Kurt Weill's "The Progagonist"/Hindemith's "Murderer, Hope of Women", Leon Botstein (NYC), Mark Morris, Birtwistle's "Antiphonies" (Boulez/LA), Wagner's "Ring" (Arizona), Conrad Susa "Transformations"… Saber más sobre este artículo

Berkhamstead, Herts, UK: The Musical Times Publications, 2009. Soft cover. Fine (As New). 7.5" x 9.5. The UK's oldest classical music journal, with 165 years of continuous publication (established in 1844) - this being its 1,908th issue. CONTENTS: (Articles) Whither 'music studies' (Williams); Purcell, the anthem, and the culture of preaching (Plank); Erik Satie's 'Uspud' (Orledge); The narrative… Saber más sobre este artículo

Zhitomir, Ukraine: Ivan Franko University Publishing House, 2013. Stapled Wraps. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Sergei Zhukov (cover art). Articles submitted for this collection deal with issues of contemporary musicology, musical activity, performance, and education which were discussed at the III International Scientific-Practical Conference "Contemporary Music in the Modern World", held within the festival Zhytomyr… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1932. Reprint Edition - 1949 . Clothbound Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Volume II of Shaw's prolific documentation of London's rich musical life. 325 pages. CONDITION: The book - lacking its original dust-jacket - is solid and square, its gilt spine titling still bright, though the spine… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cincinnati, Ohio: American Record Guide, 1995. Large Softcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The definitive journal offering reviews of classical recordings and music in concert. Highlights include Boulez 70th birthday concert (Chicago); Hermann Michael, conductor (Seattle Opera); Troy Concert Hall (Troy, NY); New World Symphony (Miami); Aspen Summer Festival; "Mostly Mozart" Festival; American… Saber más sobre este artículo

St. Petersburg, Russia: Sudarynya, 2006. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. 5.5" x 8. A revealing profile of the distinguished Hungarian composer, embedded in this probing analysis of his piano cycle "Games". CONTENTS: Preface; Introduction; (1) Gyorgy Kurtag and his piano cycle "Games" - a panoramic view; (2) twentieth century compositional techniques in Kurtag's "Games"; (3)… Saber más sobre este artículo

Roma, Milano: Tumminelli & C., 1936. Assumed First Edition . Soft cover. Fair/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [TEXT IN ITALIAN] This is the outstanding "Pianoforte" volume (Volume I, dedicated to Alfred Cortot), from the Collezione Musicale "Melos" - a series of musical manuals directed by Guido M. Gatti and Paola Ojetti. CONTENTS: To the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cincinnati, Ohio: American Record Guide, 2004. Large Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The definitive journal offering reviews of classical recordings and music in concert. Concert highlights include Spoleto, Charles Ives, Ojai Festival, Ravinia, Cincinnati May Festival, and Canadian Ring Cycle. CONTENTS: ***See accompanying scan image of the Table of Contents.*** 288 pages. CONDITION:… Saber más sobre este artículo

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University, 1949. Advance Reading Copy . Spiral Bound Stiff Covers. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Praetorius (1571-1621) was likely the most renowned German musician of the early 17th century, and his encyclopedic three-volume "Syntagma Musicum" represented a compendium of all musical knowledge of the time as well as an exhaustive source… Saber más sobre este artículo

Berkhamsted, Herts, UK: The Musical Times Publications Ltd., 2009. Soft cover. As New (Fine). 7.5" x 9.5. The UK's oldest classical music journal, with 165 years of continuous publication (established in 1844) - this being its 1,908th issue. CONTENTS: (Articles) Whither 'music studies' (Williams); Purcell, the anthem, and the culture of preaching (Plank); Erik Satie's 'Uspud' (Orledge); The… Saber más sobre este artículo

Paris: Le Monde et Telerema, 1978. Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 9.25" x 12.5. An exceedingly scarce early issue of this provocative, profusely illustrated French-language music journal. CONTENTS: Hommage a Brel (Gregeois), Le neuf du mois, Reggae (Embareck), Haendel le diable (Marcel), Noelle Spieth, claveciniste (Wissotsky), Les pelerins du raga (Kirpalani) Interview de Scriabine (Rey), Messiaen, soixant-dix ans (Dandrel),… Saber más sobre este artículo

Columbus, Ohio: ClariNetwork International Inc., 1982. Stapled Wraps. Near Fine. 8.5" x 11. Ben Shahn (cover art). This is the third issue of the groundbreaking journal for clarinettists and composers of music for clarinet. CONTENTS: Clar-Fest '82 Introduction & Schedule of Events, An Evening of Contemporary Clarinet Music (featuring The American Camerata, reviews of music by John Stephens,… Saber más sobre este artículo