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with autograph envelope. Slightly foxed; envelope worn and
foxed; stamp cut away. (20654) $375.
Castil-Blaze and Carbonel
93. CASTIL-BLAZE, Francois-Henri-Joseph 1784-1857.
Le Gretry des Concerts Recueil des Airs, Scenes, Duos, Trios,
Quatuors, Choeurs des Operas Francais... avec Accompagnement
de Piano et transposes quand la trop grande elevation du
Diapason l'a exige par Castil-Blaze. Paris: Castil-Blaze [PN 23],
[1823-1828]. Folio. Contemporary green vellum-backed marbled
boards with manuscript title label to upper. 1f. (title), 3ff.
(preface, including a list of operas by Gretry), 2-258, [i] (index)
pp. (listing the 46 numbers from the 21 operas found in the work).
Bound with: Carbonel, Narcisse. La Dansomanie Ballet de P.
Gardel Arrange pour le Forte-Piano avec accompagnement de
Violon... [1re] Livraison. Paris: Freres Gaveaux [?ca. 1828]. 1f.
(title), [1] (blank), 2-36 pp. (Mercier overpaste). Engraved. The
first act only. Binding worn; hinges split. (15371) $325.
On the Music of Ancient Greece
94. CHATEAUNEUF, Abbé François de ca. 1645-1708.
Dialogue sur la Musique des Anciens... Nouvelle Edition. Paris:
Pissot, 1735. Small octavo. Modern olive green cloth. 4ff., 127,
[v], [iv] (publisher's catalogue) + 7 engraved plates, including one
folding. With a preface by Jacques Morabin. Binding slightly
rubbed, bumped and shaken. Slightly worn, browned and soiled;
tears to edges professionally repaired with occasional minor paper
loss but with no loss of text. (17634) $300.
Cortot p. 49. Gregory-Bartlett II p. 20. RISM BVI p. 219. A
treatise on the music of ancient Greece by the godfather of
Voltaire.
95. CHÁVEZ, Carlos 1899-1978. La Paloma Azul - The
Blue Dove - Le Pigeon bleu - Die blaue Taube for mixed chorus
and small orchestra - pour choeur mixte et petit orchestre- für
gemischten Chor und kleines Orchester. [Full score]. London:
Hawkes & Son [PN B&H 18249], [c1957]. Folio. Blue cloth. 23
pp. Ex-library with library stamping, etc. Binding worn; corners
bumped; head and tail of spine frayed. (18050) $50.
96. CHERUBINI, Luigi 1760-1842. Ouverturen für
Orchester ... No.7 Lodoiska. [Full score]. Leipzig: Breitkopf &
Härtel [PN 8673], [ca. 1880]. Octavo. Purple cloth, original
publisher's printed wrappers bound in. 54 pp. Engraved. Exlibrary
with library stamps, etc. Binding worn, rubbed and
discolored; head and tail of spine slightly frayed. Upper hinge
split. Very minor browning to margins; several signatures split.
(17980) $50.
97. CILEA, Francesco 1866-1950. Typed letter signed to
"Caro Alfano" (possibly fellow-composer Franco Alfano, 1875-
1954). One page of a bifolium. Octavo. Dated Naples, April 12,
1928. On letterhead of the R. Conservatorio de Musica in Naples.
Cilea writes that he cannot fulfill Alfano's wish as expressed in
his letter of April 9th and suggests that Alfano write again in a
few months at which time he may be able to help. Remembering
you fondly when you were a student at the Conservatory in
Palermo. Somewhat foxed; creased at central fold and overall.
(20632) $300.
Cilea's best-known work is the opera Adriana Lecouvreur.
98. CONSTANT, Marius 1925-2004. Le Joueur de
Flûte… Suite Symphonique. [Full score]. London: Hawkes &
Son [PN B.&H. 17386], 1953. Folio. Tan cloth. 126 pp. Exlibrary.
(18114) $50.
99. CONVERSE, F.S. 1871-1940. [Op. 21]. Iolan or The
Pipe of Desire. Romantic Opera in one Act. Text by George
Edward Barton. German Translation by Charles Henry Meltzer.
[Full score]. New York... London: H. W. Gray... Novello, [1908].
Folio. Original black cloth-backed publisher's stiff printed
wrappers. 1f. (title), 1f. (cast and orchestral forces), 220 pp.
Wrappers slightly worn. Some corners very slightly creased; "50"
stamped to upper right corner of title. (20848) $120.
The first American opera to be performed at the Metropolitan, on
March 18, 1910.
Inscribed by Converse to Chadwick
100. CONVERSE. [Op. 24]. Job Dramatic Poem for Solo
Voices, Chorus and Orchestra. [Piano-vocal score]. New York...
London: H.W. Gray... Novello, 1907. Octavo. Original
publisher's dark green cloth-backed printed boards with
reproduction of one of William Blake's illustrations for the Book
of Job to upper. 1f. (title), 1f. (cast), [v]-vii (text), 3-170 pp. With
a signed autograph inscription to head of title from Converse
to American composer George W. Chadwick (1854-1931) and
Chadwick's handstamp in purple ink to title. Binding slightly
worn, rubbed and bumped; ex-library, with bookplate to
pastedown, embossed circular library stamp to title, and
associated markings. (19842) $110.
101. CONVERSE. [Op. 27]. The Sacrifice An Opera in
Three Acts Text and Music by Frederick S. Converse… Lyrics by
John Macy. [Piano-vocal score]. New York: H. W. Gray [PN G
99], 1910. Folio. 2ff., 248pp. Ex-library. (19844) $60.
Converse's second opera, The Sacrifice, was more favourably
received [than The Pipe of Desire] when it was first produced in
Boston on 3 March 1911.
102. COPELAND, George 1882-1971. Autograph
signature dated Boston, 1918. On an album leaf with hand-ruled
staves. 166 x 187 mm. Slightly browned. (20272) $75.
103. COPLAND, Aaron 1900-1990. Autograph letter
signed to the Colombian musicologist Otto de Greiff. 1 p. Octavo.
Dated November 9, 1938. On letterhead of the Hotel Empire in
New York. Together with autograph envelope with Copland's
signature to upper left-hand corner, both with pictorial vignette of
the Hotel, the envelope with See the World's Fair 1939-1940
printed below the vignette. Copland says It is a pleasure to be
able to send you my autograph. Slightly foxed; creased at folds
and overall; remnants of former mount to lower right-hand
corner. (20629) $175.
104. COPLAND. Autograph letter signed to the Colombian
musicologist Otto de Greiff. 1 p. Quarto. Dated September 4,
1941. On letterhead of the Hotel Granada in Bogota, Colombia.
Together with autograph envelope. Copland thanks de Greiff for
sending him the [Roy] Harris Symphony and will do his best to
get autographs from both Harris and Walter Piston for de Greiff's
collection. (20628) $275.