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1. ADAMS, John b. 1947. Autograph letter signed to Mr.
Moody. One page. Folio. Dated January 21, 2001. To celebrate
the beginning of yet another Republication administration, here is
something from 'Nixon.' Slightly creased. (20604) $125.
The director Peter Sellars approached Adams in 1983 about
writing an opera on the subject of Richard Nixon's six-day visit to
China to meet Mao Zedong in 1972; the resulting work, Nixon in
China, proved immensely popular.
2. AGRELL, Johan Joachim 1701-1765; Frederico
AURELLI; and Leonardo VINCI ca. 1696-1730. Six Sonatas
or Duets for two German Flutes or Violins Compos'd in a
pleasing fine taste... Opera Seconda. [Score]. London: Walsh,
[1751]. Folio. Disbound. 1f. (title), [1] (blank), 2-25, [i] (blank)
pp. Engraved. Very slightly worn and soiled; small area of blank
outer margin of one leaf lacking. (20889) $500.
Smith & Humphries 2. BUC p. 963. RISM A423.
3. AKIMENKO, Th. [Fedir Stepanovych] 1876-1945.
Trois Morceaux pour le piano revus et doigtés par S. Chapelier.
Paris: Rouart, Lerolle & Cie [PN R.L. 10382 & Cie], [c1925].
Folio. Brown flexible wrappers, original publisher's wrappers
bound in. 3; 3; 3 pp. With an autograph inscription by the
composer to Ricardo Viñes, a Spanish pianist, dated September
25th, 1925 to title. Ex-library with library stamps, etc. Wrappers
worn; head and tail of spine frayed; corners chipped; small tears
to margins of several leaves. (17939) $75.
F.S. Akimenko was Stravinsky's first composition teacher.
4. ALBANI, Emma 1847-1930. Autograph letter signed,
dated Bradford [?Hull, England], 18[??]. 4 pp. Small octavo. To a
Mrs. Robinson, announcing her return to England from Ireland. I
can never forget my first season in Ireland... Albani asks for the
papers which review her Saturday performance - The Freeman's
Journal, The Express, The Times and The Evening Mail. I should
like to send them to my friends all over the world... We can do
nothing as yet but talk of Dublin. She is going to sing Lohengrin
tomorrow night. (16592) $185.
5. ALBERT, Eugen d' 1864-1932. Autograph musical
quotation signed and dated March 1, 1900. Small folio. 3
measures of a clarinet melody from his music drama Vorspiel-
Tiefland, with text by Lothar. 240 x 195 mm. Notated in ink on
hand-ruled staves. Slightly browned. (20241) $385.
Autograph Letter on the Banjo
6. [AMERICAN MUSIC - BANJO] Woodward, J.S.
Autograph letter signed and dated September 1, 1899 expressing
Woodward's wish to get a banjo at once. 2 pages. Quarto.
Addressed to Mr. Birdle. Written on elaborate gilt letterhead of
Lewis & Lewis of The Barber School, which advertises their
specialties in magic, training dogs and doves, lecturing, and
playing the piano and organ. with reply requested to him in North
East Cecil County, Maryland, care of Professor Harry Lewis.
Woodward writes to ask if his correspondent has a banjo in stock
that will suit him, and goes on to specify the type of instrument
that he would like and the price that he would like to pay. I am
with the above people playing banjo solos.. He ends with a
postscript: I was formerly at the Auditorium in the Mandolin
Orchestra. Slightly browned; creased at folds. (20965) $175.
The modern banjo was popularized in the 1830s by the American
minstrel performer Joel Sweeney, and came to occupy a very
important place in African-American traditional music as well as
in the minstrel shows of the 19th century. An unusual piece of
American musical ephemera.
7. [AMERICAN MUSIC]. Brainard's Opera Melodies;
From the works of Bellini, Auber, Donizetti, Mozart, Rossini,
&c., arranged as solos, duetts, and trios, for the flute or violin.
Cleveland: S. Brainard & Son, [1853]. Large oblong octavo.
Original cloth-backed publisher's printed boards. 1f. (title), [5]-
143 pp. (music) + [i] (contents).Binding slightly worn, rubbed
and bumped; small wormhole to hinge; slightly warped. Front
free endpaper and title reinforced at inner margin; small tears to
lower margin of ca. four leaves; some leaves loose in binding;
slight dampstaining and foxing; occasional annotations in pencil;
corner chipped of p. 141. (12660) $50.
Scarce. OCLC 9401203.
8. [AMERICAN MUSIC]. Emerson, Reuben ca. 1772-
1860. An Oration on Music, pronounced before The Handel
Society, Dartmouth University, August 23, 1814. Andover:
Printed by Flagg and Gould, 1814. Large octavo. Unbound
(stitched). 1f. (title),pp. [3]-24 text. Some browning and staining;
most leaves with small tears to edges. (16058) $185.
With commentary on psalmody, performance style, singing,
expression, etc. Emerson taught vocal music; among his students
was the noted American singing school teacher and tunebook
compiler Nathaniel Duren Gould (1781-1864).
9. [AMERICAN MUSIC]. Gould, N.D., ed. National
Church Harmony, Designed for Public and Private Devotion, in
Two Parts. Music Arranged for the Organ and Piano Forte, by
Introducing Small Notes... Stereotype Edition, with a
Supplement. Boston: Gould, Kendall & Lincoln, 1835. Oblong
octavo. Original publisher's leather-backed printed boards. 1f.
(title), [iii]-iv (preface), [v]-xvi ("Introductory Rules"), [xvii]xviii
("Practical Observations"), xix-xx ("Introductory Lessons in
Solmization), [21]-289, [290]-[294] (index), [295]-336 pp.
[supplement]. Binding slightly worn, rubbed and bumped.
Slightly foxed; endpapers lacking. A very good copy overall.
(15772) $85.
Melodeon Instructor
10. [AMERICAN MUSIC]. Gurney, T. E. Carhart's
Melodeon Instructor... A Complete and Progressive Method of
Instruction for the Melodeon and Reed Instruments Generally.
Boston: Ditson, 1855. Quarto. Original cloth-backed publisher's
printed boards. 1f. (frontispiece), 1f. (title), [3]-12 (instructional
manual), 13-100 pp. (music). With frontispiece illustrating
"Correct Position of the Hands" at the keyboard, and with
extensive musical examples to the instructional manual. Binding
worn and bumped; hinge splitting; frayed at spine; minor
dampstain to upper. Minor to moderate foxing; occasional
annotations in pencil. (12637). $100.
OCLC 42461997 (1 copy only).