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Prochazka, Jaroslav.
Chopin and Bohemia.
Translated by Kaca Polackova. Praha (Prague): Artia, 1969. Square small 4to (medium-large book). 192 pages. Photographs. Illustrations.
This book covers a few neglected chapters in the life of Fryderyk Chopin, the
composer's visits to Bohemia in 1829-1830, and the circumstances of his two
sojourns in the spa resorts of West Bohemia. - Front dust jacket. Good
hardcover, edges of covers slightly faded, in frayed, chipped and repaired dust
jacket. #23017. $15
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Rein, Walter.
Weilburger Liederbuch. Ein Liederbuch fur das 5-8 Schuljahr.
Zweiter Teil.
Illustrations by Alfred Thon. Frankfurt am M.: Verlag Moritz Diesterweg, 1940.
Fuenfte Auflage. 12mo (small book). 136 pages. Illustrations. Music.
Text in German. Very good stiff boards. Stamp on title page, small ink marking
on spine. #18959. $12.50
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Roach, Hildred.
Black American Music: Past and Present, Volume II. Pan-African
Composers Thenceforth and Now.
Malabar, Florida: Robert E. Krieger Publishing Company, 1985. 1st printing.
xiii, 197 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations.
Very good hardcover. Exlibrary: call number on spine, stamp on all edges, stamp
inside front cover, barcode label and pocket inside rear cover.
ISBN 0898747759. #26014. $20
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Sachs, Hans.
Alt-Nurnberg: Schwanke, Lieder und Tanze des Hans Sachs und
Seiner Zeitgenossen.
In Einer Buhneneinrichtung von Georg Altman. Berlin-Munchen: Drei
Masken-Verlag, 1918. 82 pages. Illustrations. Inhalt: 'Frau Wahrheit,' Ein
Spiel von Hans Sachs. 'Der Kramerskorb,' Ein Schwank von Hans Sachs. Im
Wirtshaus 'Zum Teutschen Hof,' Schwanke, Lieder, und Tanze des Hans Sachs un
seiner Zeitgenossen.
Text in German. Good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover) in sealed clear
cover. #25347. $60
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Savage, Richard Temple.
A Voice from the Pit: Reminiscences of an Orchestral Musician.
Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1988. 1st printing. 176 pages. Index.
Photographs.
Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0715391208. #28287.
$20
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Scholz, Janos.
Janos Scholz, Musician and Collector.
Introduction by Dean A. Porter. South Bend, Indiana: Snite Museum of Art,
O'Shaugnessy Galleries, University of Notre Dame, 1980. Square small 4to. 161
pages. Bibliography. Illustrations. Catalog of an exhibition held March 8-May
28, 1980, listing 222 items. Dated, inscribed and signed by the author.
Very good stiff wrappers (soft cover), spine slightly faded. #29466. $25
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Simeone, Nigel, John Tyrrell, and
Alena Nemcova.
Janacek's Works: A Catalogue of the Music and Writings of Leos
Janacek.
Catalogue of Writings by Theodora Strakova. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997. 1st
printing. xl, 522 pages. Indexes. Bibliography.
Exlibrary. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket covered in clear
plastic, pasted down inside covers; stamps on top and bottom edges, front and
rear flyleaf, title page, and dedication page; small colored felt-tip mark on
top edge. ISBN 0198164467. #25668. $200
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Taylor, Marc.
A Touch of Classic Soul: Soul Singers of the Early 1970s.
Jamaica, New York: Aloiv Publishing, 1996. viii, 359 pages. Name Index and Song
Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Dated, inscribed and signed by the author.
Also some unrelated gift inscriptions.
Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). ISBN 0965232840. #28364.
$45
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Tommasini, Anthony.
Virgil Thomson's Musical Portraits.
Preface by Virgil Thomson. New York: Pendragon Press, 1986. Small 4to
(medium-large book). xii, 237 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Music.
Thematic Catalogues, 13.
Very good hardcover. ISBN 0918728517. #26890. $20
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Williams, Martin, Selections,
Annotations by Mark Tucker.
Singers and Soloists of the Swing Bands.
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Collection of Recordings, 1987. 78 pages.
Photographs.
Very good stiff wrappers. Handwritten name inside rear cover. #20327.
$12.50
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Williamson, Audrey.
Ballet Renaissance.
Preface by Robert Helpmann. London: Golden Galley Press, 1948. 1st printing.
163 pages. Photographs.
'A record of ballet in London from 1945 to 1947 -- a period which may justly be
described as one of ballet renaissance.' - Front dust jacket. Good
cloth-covered hardcover binding in slightly worn and chipped dust jacket.
#16687. $15
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