Unmarked souvenir program, with the word "tour" written lightly on cover. Illustrated in black and white. Includes sections on the Singapore Junior Symphony Orchestra, the instruments in the Chinese Orchestra, Malay Music, Music of India, figures involved in the event, and more. 36p. Measures 8.5x11.5 inches. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Crease on cover. Some age tanning. 89p. Measures 6x9 inches.
Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Music by Giacomo Puccini. In Italian and English, with the English version by K. H. B. d Jaffa.
Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, posthumously completed by Franco Alfano in 1926, and set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. View More...
Unmarked text. Previous owner's name and date inside cover. Forty-five B/W illustrations. Includes the making of the stalls, the subjects of the carvings, a catalog of the carvings and plans. 51p. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Illustrated throughout in black-and-white. The catalog lists the best in authentic Blues, Cajun, Tejando, Zydeco, Country, Jazz, Regional and World Music. 138p. Measures 5.5x8.5 inches. • • • View More...
Factory sealed. 160p. 70 illustrations, 66 in full color. Accompanying an exhibition in honor of Philippe de Montebello, Director Emeritus of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, this engaging book examines the influence of music and theater on the art of Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721). Fifteen major paintings and a number of drawings by Watteau that illustrate the connections between painting and the performing arts in Paris are explored. In addition, drawings and prints by other 18th-century artists featuring musical or theatrical subjects and objects and musical instruments are included. Inclu... View More...
Unmarked text. Unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated in color and black/white. Index. Bibliography. 152p. Measures 6.75x9.5 inches.
Covers making music, the written language of music, enjoying music, great composers (Purcell, Bach, Handel, Schumann, Brahms, Debussy, Mahler, and others. Looks at music from the Middles Ages to the late 20th century. • • • View More...
Contains a handwritten notation of the museum's name and the date visited (6 April 1998). Text in French. Measures 23x8.25 inches unfolded. Folded into 16 panels, 8 on each side. 22 small images (21 are women).
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1788-1862), he was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. He was the grand-son of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, initiated the "Bach Renaissance" in Germany, and is considered the greatest Gewandhaus conductor of Leipzig. He is widely known as Felix Mendelssohn. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Abramo Basevi published his study of Verdi's operas in Florence in 1859, in the middle of the composer's career. It covered the twenty works produced between 1842 and 1857.
No translation of the entire volume has previously been available. This volume was translated by Edward Schneider with Stefano Castelvecchi. Edited by Stefano Castelvecchi. Index. 304p. 1 table Measures 6x9 inches. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Withdrawn stamp and previous owner's name crossed out on half title page. Illustrated throughout. 204p. Measures 6.5x8.25 inches. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Text in German. Programmheft zur Neuinszenenierung an der Bayerischen Staatoper Munchen 1978. Oper in zwei Aufzügen. 84p. Extensively illustrated. Includes a loose program. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, Beethoven remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. • •• View More...
Unmarked text. Articles include "Music and Late Elizabethan Politics: The Identities of Oriana and Diana" by Jeremy L. Smith, "The Belowed's Image: Handel's Admeto and the Statue of Alcestis" by Wendy Heller and "A Minstrel in a World without Minstrels: Adorno and the Case of Schreker" by Sherry D. Lee. B/W illustrations. Reviews. pp509-760. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Special issue on Music, Race, and Ethnicity. Contributors include Arne Spohr, Siv B. Lie, David Gutkin, Matthew D. Morrison, Kira Thurman, and others. pp607-981. Index. Measures 6x9.25 inches. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Slight foxing on the cover. B/W illustrations throughout. Topics include a short editorial on The Wattis Hall of Man and articles on the material of music, atomics at Amchitka, In the Himalaya, and Sunflower trees of the Galapagos. 33p. Measures 8.5x11 inches. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Program highlights of Berkeley Symphony's 2010-11 season, its second under Music Director Joana Carneiro. Measures 5.5x8.5 inches. Illustrated in black-and-white. 82p.
Includes commissioned world premieres by Enrico Chapela and Du Yun and Manuel de Falla's "El amor brujo"; the program also includes Chapela's new work.
A unique visual guide covering every aspect of the guitar- the musicians, the makes and the music. Covers playing the guitar touching on everything from tuning and scales to advanced techniques and effects. Includes profiles of legendary artists such as Chet Atkins, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton. Guitar directory with different types of guitar, from nylon string to electric. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Waterstain on corner and bent corner on back cover. Illustrated. Published in conjunction with a May 12-13, 1995 symposium presented by The American Institute of Architects, Grace Cathedral, and the San Francisco Early Music Society. Includes program, speaker biographies, an essay on Gothic by William Clark, a cathedral chronology, and a bibliography. 24p. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Small thumb tack hole on corner. Program for the musical with Lauren Bacall, Directed and Choreographed by Ron Field. Loose sheet on Penny Fuller. Filled with photographs from the production. Cover by Clyde Smith. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Cover and a few early pages have a small tear at the bottom. Bibliography. 348p. Measures 6x9 inches.
Contributors include Bernard R. Goldstein, John E. Murdoch, Edward Grant, Susan O. Thompson, Jonathan B. Riess and others.
Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377) was a medieval French poet and composer. He is one of the earliest composers on whom significant biographical information is available. • • • View More...
Factory sealed. These two volumes document the vital role of black sacred music in fueling and sustaining the slow march toward freedom and equal rights for the African American community in the United States.
Volume 1: Black Sacred Music from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement (ISBN 9780271050843; 224p).
Volume 2: Black Sacred Music from Sit-Ins to Resurrection City (ISBN 9780271075761; 344p). Black-and-white illustrations in both books. Includes CD with sampling of music from both books. • • • View More...
A couple of small pencil notations. Previous owner's name and a Palo Alto Chamber Singers stamp. Age toning. E.C.S. Choral Music, No. 2655."To Iva Dee Hiatt, Elegy for four-part chorus of Mixed voices, a cappella); Robert Hillyer (1895-1961), Daniel Pinkham. 4-page folded score in folded cover with their catalog selections listed on front and back. • • • View More...
