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pp. Musicseller's stamp to title. Slightly browned; minor
thumbing to corners; marginal tear repaired; remnants of former
binding and stitching holes to spine. (20260) $225.
First Edition. McCorkle p. 333. Hofmann p. 169. Hoboken 4,
107. Variant watermark CGR with two six-pointed stars and the
number 6.
71. BRAHMS. [Op. 86, no. 2]. Feldeinsamkeit "Ich ruhe
still im hohen grünen Gras" Faksimile nach dem in privatbesitz
befindlichen Autograph. München: G. Henle, 1983. Oblong folio.
3 pp. textual commentary, 4 pp. autograph manuscript facsimile.
(19356) $70.
Brüll, an Austrian pianist and composer, was a close friend of
Brahms.
77. BUCK, Dudley 1839-1909. Scenes from Longfellow's
Golden Legend. Symphonic Cantata for Solos, Chorus and
Orchestra... Prize Composition, Cincinnati Festival of 1880.
Cincinnati: John Church & Co., 1880. Octavo. Quarter dark
brown leather with black cloth boards, leather label gilt to upper.
1f. (title), 2ff. (text), 7-104 pp. Occasional annotations in pencil.
With a program for a performance of the work at Salem St.
Church in Worcester [Massachusetts] on May 9, 1890 laid in.
Binding slightly worn and rubbed; head and tail of spine slightly
chipped. (19838) $75.
Facsimile of the 4 th Symphony Buck played an important role in the establishment of organ and
choral music in America.
72. BRAHMS. [Op. 98]. 4. Symphonie in E-Moll…
Faksimile Des Autographen Manuskripts aus dem besitz der
allgemeinen Musikgesellschaft Zürich. Einleitung von Günter
Birkner. Adliswil-Zürich: Edition Eulenburg GMBH, 1974.
Oblong folio. Original publisher's boards. 1 p. textual
commentary in English and German, 130 pp. autograph
manuscript facsimile. (19361) $425.
73. BRAHMS. [Op. 116]. Fantasien für Pianoforte. Erstes
Heft No. 1-3. Berlin: N. Simrock [PN 9874], 1892. Folio.
Original publisher's printed wrappers. [1] (title), 2 (blank), 3-18
pp. Wrappers torn and detached. Title partially separated at spine
and with minor edge tears. (19975) $100.
78. BUCKEN, Ernst, ed. Handbuch der
Musikwissenschaft. Wildpark-Potsdam: Athenaion [1928-1934].
Quarto. 10 volumes. Quarter leather, spine somewhat dry,
cracked and slightly frayed; joints split to several volumes.
Individual volumes as follows:
- Besseler, Heinrich. Die Musik des Mittelalters und der
Renaissance
- Blume, Friedrich. Die Evangelische Kirchenmusik
- Bucken, Ernst. Geist und Form in musikalischen Kunstwerk
- Bucken. Die Musik des Rokokos und der Klassik
- Bucken. Die Musik des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zur Moderne
- Haas, Robert. Auffuhrungspraxis der Musik
First Edition of Book I (of II). Hofmann p. 245. McCorkle 467. - Haas. Die Musik des Barocks
- Heinitz, Wilhelm. Instumentenkunde.
Britten Refers to "Grimes & Herring" - Sachs. Musik der Antike. Peter Panoff. Altslavische Volks- und
74. BRITTEN, Benjamin 1913-1976. Autograph letter
signed to the Colombian musicologist Otto de Greiff. 1 page.
Small quarto. No date. Written in blue-black ink on stationery
with the embossed address of "4 Crabbe St., Aldeburgh, Suffolk"
printed in red at head. Britten thanks de Greiff for his letter and
refers to his noted operas Peter Grimes and Albert Herring: It may
not be long before Grimes & Herring are recorded complete - but
I cannot promise! Here is your autograph." Very slightly
browned; some foxing; staining to blank outer edges from former
mount. (20618) $400.
75. BRONSART VON SCHELLENDORF, Hans 1830-
1913. Frühlings-Fantasie für Orchester ... Op. 11. [Full score].
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 15319], 1880. Folio. Purple
cloth, original publisher's printed wrappers bound in. 108 pp.
Engraved. Ex-library, with library stamping, etc. Binding worn,
rubbed and stained; head and tail of spine frayed. Loss to lower
corner of upper wrapper; dampstaining to upper margin of several
leaves. (18091) $185.
First Edition. Bronsart studied with Liszt and dedicated his own
Second Piano Concerto to Bronsart, who gave the first
performance.
76. BRÜLL, Ignaz 1846-1907. Autograph musical
quotation signed and dated Vienna, December 26, 1892. Four
measures of an unidentified work notated on card stock with
Brull's monogram in blue ink to left-hand corner of verso.
Notated in ink in the treble clef. Ca. 90 x 105 mm. Slightly
browned; stained at edges just very slightly affecting quotation.
(20619) $165.
Kirchenmusik
- Mersmann, Hans. Die Moderne Musik seit der Romantik
- Ursprung, Otto. Die Katholische Kirchenmusik. (17576)
$75.
79. BUNN, Alfred Ca. 1797-1860. Autograph letter signed
to an unidentified male correspondent. One page. Small quarto.
Undated, but ca. 1835. With autograph address of Abbey Cottage,
Elm's Tree Road, Regent's Park at head and small rectangular
blindstamp to upper left-hand corner. Bunn sends a copy of a
work, written by a friend of mine, in whose welfare I take an
interest. Somewhat soiled; creased at folds, with some additional
creasing. (20621) $100.
Bunn, an English librettist, became joint manager at Drury Lane
and Covent Garden in 1833 and "from 1835 onwards attempted
to establish English opera, relying heavily on the popularity of
Balfe's works." Grove online
First Edition of Busby's History
80. BUSBY, Thomas 1754-1838. A General History of
Music, From the Earliest Times to the Present; Condensed from
the works of Sir John Hawkins and Charles Burney, Mus. D.
With essays on the lives and works of Purcell, Handel, Haydn,
Mozart, Arne, Arnold, Boyce, and other eminent composers...
Vol. I [-II]. London: G. and B. Whittaker... Simpkin & Marshall,
1819. 2 volumes. Octavo. Half dark green morocco with marbled
boards and endpapers, raised bands on spine in compartments
gilt, titling gilt to spine, top edges gilt. 1f. (title), [iii]-xii, 552; 1f.
(title), [iii]-iv, 523 pp. With musical examples throughout.
Binding slightly worn, rubbed and bumped. Occasional light
foxing. A very good, wide-margined copy. (18898) $300.