PAPER: Books - Polyphony Recordings

Books: Miscellaneous - continued
136. CLOUGH: Francis F. & CUMING, G. J.: The World's Encyclopedia of Recorded Music -
Supplement III (covering January 1953 through December, 1955; also includes corrections
of Errata from Supplement II and newly-found Errata (not corrected in II) from original
WERM and 1st Supplement; and includes listing of open-reel tapes as well!) London:
Sidgwick & Jackson, 1957. 564 pages. [084154] ............................................................................. 65.00
137. COX: David: The Henry Wood Proms. Foreword by Sir Adrian Boult. British Broadcasting
Corporation, London; 1980. 389 pages; scattered photos. [083336] ................................................ 18.00
138. EHRLICH: Cyril: First Philharmonic - A History of the Royal Philharmonic Society.
Clarendon Press (Oxford University Press), Oxford; 1995. 237 pages; a few photos. [083243] ..... 45.00
139. EWEN: David: Dictators of the Baton. Alliance Book Corporation, Chicago & New York; 1943.
305 pages. [Covers 30 conductors with a photo of each (the obvious, but also such figures as
Krueger, Kindler, Dixon, Barlow, Frank Black. Interesting stuff but some curious judgments:
Reiner needed "some ice to contrast the fires; some contemplation to mellow the
excitement."] [083289] ...................................................................................................................... 18.00
140. GIRARD: Victor & BARNES, Harold M.: Vertical-cut Cylinders and Discs ("A Catalog of all
'Hill-&-Dale' Recordings of Serious Worth " ca.1897-1932). British Institute of Recorded
Sound, 1971. 196 pages. [083052] .................................................................................................... 18.00
141. HIGH FIDELITY: (editors): 1977 Edition - Records in Review. Wyeth Press, 1977. 465 pages.
[056526] ............................................................................................................................................ 10.00
142. HOWE: M.A.DeWolfe: The Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1881-1931. Riverside Press,
Cambridge, Massachusetts; 1931. 272 pages; six pages of photos (mostly the conductors).
Includes appendices of full repertoire, all orchestra members, and guest artists. (very minor
spine flaws) [082833] ........................................................................................................................ 32.00
143. KAUFMAN: Helen L. & HANSL, Eva vB.: Artists in Music of Today. Grosset & Dunlap, New
York; 1933. 111 pages; 50 portraits. [Includes pages on Bauer, Bodanzky, Bori, Casals,
Chaliapin, Damrosch, Elman, Enesco, Gieseking, Godowsky, Heifetz, Hess, Jeritza,
Koussevitzky, Lehmann, Schelling, Spalding, Stock, Robeson, Szigeti, Thomas, Walter, etc.]
Aproximately 9 x 12 inches. [083040] .............................................................................................. 18.00
144. KENNEDY: Michael: The Halle, 1858-1983: A History of the Orchestra. Manchester
University Press, Manchester; 1982. 140 pages; 12 pages of photos; paperback. [084362] ............ 15.00
145. LAMBERT: Constant: Music Ho! - A Study of Music in Decline. October House, New York;
1967. 288 pages. [Originally published 1934; this volume contains the prefaces to both the
first and second (1936) editions, and a 1965 introduction by Arthur Hutchings.] [083221] ............ 14.00
146. NEWMAN: Ernest: Testament of Music. [Selected writings chosen and introduced by Herbert
Van Thal] Knopf, 1963. 302 pages. [083464] ................................................................................... 11.00
147. REUTER: Florizel von: Great People I Have Known. Freeman Printing Company, Waukesha,
Wisconsin; 1961. 231 pages; with many pages of photographs and especially of autographs of
famous musicians (Elgar, Kreisler, Flesch, Thibaud, Strauss, Grieg, Reger, etc.) and also of
many European heads of state, encountered during the author's years as a child prodigy
violinist in the early 1900's. [Obscure volume, AUTOGRAPHED on flyleaf by author]
[082828] ............................................................................................................................................ 32.00