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[African-Americana – Music – Dance – Ragtime / Tango Craze] Europe, James Reese; Dabney, Ford T
Castle Innovation Tango
New York: Jos. W. Stern & Co 1914. Folio sheet music illustrated color pictorial cover. 5 pp. including cover 10 ½ x 13 ½ inches. Typical light edge wear; bright example with strong color. Excellent. A classic dance-era publication composed by James Reese Europe 1881–1919 in collaboration with Ford T. Dabney 1883–1958 written for the celebrated ballroom team of Vernon and Irene Castle at the height of America’s tango craze. Europe already emerging as one of the most important Black bandleaders of the early twentieth century served as musical director for the Castles and helped translate Afro-American rhythmic idioms into the social dance repertoire of white high society. The Castles were famous not just for their stylish athleticism but also for their boldness: as a white dance troupe they had hired an African American orchestra as accompaniment and an African American musical director at a time when integration was exceptionally uncommon. The publication predates Europe’s celebrated wartime leadership of the 369th Infantry “Hellfighters†Band and represents his pre-war commercial output in New York’s Tin Pan Alley orbit.<br /> <br /> Overall an interesting piece from the Pre-Harlem Hellfighters period of Europe’s career. One of several Castle-related compositions by Europe. OCLC 471600821 locating three copies. Jos. W. Stern & Co unknown
Bookseller reference : List3616
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[African-Americana – Music – Dance – Ragtime / Tango Craze] Europe, James Reese
Castles in Europe. The Innovation Trot
New York: Jos. W. Stern & Co 1914. Folio sheet music illustrated color pictorial cover. 5 pp. including cover. Approximately 13 ½ x 10 ½ inches. Light edge wear and minor surface creasing; very good overall with strong color to the cover. A dance-era publication composed by James Reese Europe 1881–1919 and introduced by the celebrated ballroom team Vernon and Irene Castle during the height of the early twentieth-century social dance craze. The cover features a photographic image of the Castles in mid-step against a vivid purple field. Europe was already emerging as one of the most important African American bandleaders of the period through his work directing the Castle House Orchestra which accompanied the Castles’ dance demonstrations and performances in New York. As noted in Library of Congress program materials on the Castles:<br /> <br /> “In 1914 the most famous exponents of modern social dance were Vernon and Irene Castle. Their revolutionary style did away with bulky moves associated with dances of the late nineteenth century and replaced them with elegant and streamlined athleticism. The Castles brought a new wave of popularity to dancing and much of their popularity was due to their daringness; the white Castles had hired an African-American orchestra to accompany them in a time when such public integration was nearly unknown. James Reese Europe 1881–1919 served as the Castle’s musical director.â€<br /> <br /> Publications such as Castles in Europe represent Europe’s commercial dance music output during the years immediately preceding his later national prominence as leader of the 369th Infantry “Hellfighters†Band during the First World War. One of several Castle-associated dance compositions issued under Europe’s name during the peak of the ragtime and tango dance craze. Jos. W. Stern & Co unknown
Bookseller reference : List3614
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[African-Americana – Music – Dance – Ragtime / Tango Craze] Europe, James Reese
Congratulations Valse
New York: G. Ricordi & Co 1915. Folio sheet music 13 ½ x 10 ½ inches illustrated pictorial cover. 5 pp. including cover. Signature on cover some tearing to wraps at seam good. A dance-era waltz by the influential African American bandleader and composer James Reese Europe 1881–1919 issued during the height of the early twentieth-century ballroom dance revival associated with the celebrated dance team Vernon and Irene Castle and recorded by the Castles as “Castles Lame Duck Waltz.†Europe was already emerging as one of the most important Black bandleaders of the period through his work with the Castle House Orchestra which provided music for the performances and dance instruction of Vernon and Irene Castle. As noted in Library of Congress program materials on the Castles:<br /> <br /> “In 1914 the most famous exponents of modern social dance were Vernon and Irene Castle. Their revolutionary style did away with bulky moves associated with dances of the late nineteenth century and replaced them with elegant and streamlined athleticism. The Castles brought a new wave of popularity to dancing and much of their popularity was due to their daringness; the white Castles had hired an African-American orchestra to accompany them in a time when such public integration was nearly unknown. James Reese Europe 1881–1919 served as the Castle’s musical director.â€<br /> <br /> Publications such as “Congratulations Valse†represent Europe’s pre-war commercial output in New York’s dance music market issued just prior to his later national fame as leader of the 369th Infantry “Hellfighters†Band during the First World War. Five copies in OCLC. G. Ricordi & Co unknown
Bookseller reference : List3615
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[African-Americana - Music - Minstrelsy] Bland, James Alan
In the Evening by the Moonlight Great Ethiopian Songs Series
New York: Benjamin W. Hitchcock 1880. Sheet music measuring 11 x 14 inches. 6 pp. With illustrated folio cover with Bland’s likeness and a stereotypical illustration of African-Americans at church. Fine condition. A scarce and possibly a first printing of James A. Bland’s “In the Evening by the Moonlight†published as part of the Great Ethiopian Songs series by Hitchcock’s Music Store on Sixth Avenue in New York City. H.J. Weyman and the Popular Music Company also published editions of the song one with a slight title variation in 1880 both in New York City. The song would become one of the most famous of the seven hundred or so that Bland would eventually write and be performed by Nina Simone into the twentieth century. We find four copies in OCLC along with two copies of the other 1880 editions. Benjamin W. Hitchcock unknown
Bookseller reference : List2408
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[African-Americana – Music] Boone, John William "Blind"
Last Dream Waltzes
Columbia Missouri: W.B. Alen 1909. Folio 13 ½ x 10 ½ inches 9 pp. Very good plus with period ownership mark from Iowa light normal wear. In 1909 Blind Boone John William Boone was an established touring pianist and composer whose concert career had already spanned more than two decades. Blind since infancy he had trained at the Missouri School for the Blind in St. Louis and by this period with the help of his manager John Lange Jr. he was widely known for combining classical repertoire spirituals and syncopated ragtime compositions in formal recital programs. In 1909 he published Blind Boone’s Ragtime Medley No. 2: “Strains from the Flat Branch†and The Last Dream: Waltzes works which blended ragtime forms and elements of European parlor and concert music. By this time Boone was traveling with his wife and business associate Eugenia Boone while the long-established framework of his touring career had been shaped by his manager John Lange Jr. who had directed Boone’s concert operations since 1879 under the name of the Blind Boone Touring Company. Lange a Columbia Missouri businessman handled bookings transportation finances and promotion adopting the motto “Merit Not Sympathy Wins†which appeared on programs and advertising. Boone’s performances in this period were typically presented in opera houses churches and public halls across the United States and Canada. OCLC 43451378 locating four copies. W.B. Alen unknown
Bookseller reference : List3625
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[AFRICAN-AMERICANA -- MUSIC]. [HUROK, Sol].
Marian Anderson. S. Hurok presents for 1947-1948. Marian Anderson Artur Rubinstein Jan Peerce Patrice Munsel. . . Metropolitan Opera Spring Tour.
New York: Hurok Attractions Inc. Hurok Artists Inc. 1947. 4to. 16 pp unpaginated. w/ photo illustrations & plates. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers minor shelfwear very slight creasing to 1 corner still VG copy w/ 4to.2 pp. broadside for Feb. 25 1948 Long Beach Greater Artist Series. First edition of this well-illustrated theatre brochure for the famed African-American singer who was an important figure for black artists overcoming segregation and prejudice in the 20th Century. Most famously denied by the Daughters of the American Revolution to sing to an integrated audience in Constitution Hall she would later perform an Easter Sunday concert April 9 1939 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with the assistance of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and President Roosevelt. Hurok Attractions, Inc., Hurok Artists, Inc., paperback
Bookseller reference : 55388
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[African-Americana – Music – Early Black Classical Performers / Minstrelsy] Blewitt, Jonathan; Glover, Stephen; Morena, Donna Ma
Musical Bouquet. No. 276. Donna Maria Martinez Morena – Rosa Lee; & Sing Darkies Sing Solos & Choruses as Sung by the Ethiopian Serenaders
London: Musical Bouquet Office 192 High Holborn; J. Allen 20 Warwick Lane Paternoster Row 1850. Folio sheet music 4 pp 9 ½ x 13 ¼ inches. Lithographed title with portrait illustration. Minor edge wear and light toning; very good. An early printed musical tribute to the Afro-Cuban singer Donna Maria Martinez Morena one of the earliest Black vocalists to achieve international recognition on the European stage. Morena was born in Havana to free Black parents and recognized early for her musical ability and intellectual promise. She was sent to Spain for formal study at Málaga and later admitted to the Royal Musical Conservatory of Madrid under the patronage of Queen Christina. By the mid-nineteenth century she was appearing in prominent theaters in Paris and London and was widely admired for the purity and range of her voice. Contemporary commentators sometimes referred to her as “The Black Malibran†comparing her to the celebrated Spanish soprano Maria Malibran while others regarded her as one of the few singers capable of rivaling the famed Swedish soprano Jenny Lind.<br /> <br /> The lithographed title page depicts Morena seated with a guitar framed by romantic landscape vignettes and identifies her beneath the portrait. The music included in the issue reflects the complex musical culture of the period. The second song printed here “Rosa Lee; or Don’t Be Foolish Joe†composed by Jonathan Blewitt appears alongside “Sing Darkies Sing†composed by Stephen Glover and presented as sung by the Ethiopian Serenaders one of the most prominent blackface minstrel troupes performing in Britain and the United States during the 1840s and 1850s. The juxtaposition of a portrait honoring a distinguished Black concert singer with minstrel repertoire illustrates the contradictory environment in which genuine Black musical achievement and racialized stage caricature circulated simultaneously in nineteenth-century popular entertainment.<br /> <br /> This piece forms number 276 of the Musical Bouquet a London sheet-music serial begun in 1848 and eventually extending to more than 8000 numbers. Early issues such as the present example were issued during the formative years of the series and represent some of the earliest numbers in the long-running publication. Complete at four pages. OCLC 726894236 noting a copy at the Levy collection at Johns Hopkins. Musical Bouquet Office, 192 High Holborn; J. Allen, 20 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row unknown
Bookseller reference : List3617
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[African-Americana - Music - African-American Photographers] Polk, Prentice H
Pair of Photographs of Moton’s Sharps and Flats c. 1930s
Tuskegee 1930. Pair of silver gelatin prints measuring 9 ½ x 7 ⅞ and 7 x 5 inches. Residue to versos from removal from scrapbook tear and crease to larger image very good contrast. Very Good. A pair of photographs from the prolific photographer Prentice H. Polk of a band led by Allen Moton the son of Dr. Robert Moton the president of Tuskegee University. Moton was among other things an acquaintance of Ralph Ellison’s at Tuskegee and may have been the inspiration for the car ride in Invisible Man as Ellison recounted a particularly harrowing drive with Moton in his father’s Cadillac with the pianist Hazel Harrison in which Moton was trying to impress Hazelton with his knowledge of philosophy. According to an article in the Tuskegee Herald in 1956 Moton also played with Teddy Wilson at Tuskegee before Wilson joined Benny Goodman’s band. The larger photograph has several of the band members identified in ink on the verso as Allen Moton Morris Lollypop Baker Robert likely Moton also a musician and Crosby. We find no record of the band besides the photograph leaving the possibility open that “Moton’s Sharps and Flats†was not the name under which they performed. <br /> <br /> Works cited: Gebhart Caroline. Ghosts of Tuskegee. In: Devlin Paul editor. Ralph Ellison in Context. Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2021. unknown
Bookseller reference : List2107
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[African-American Photographers - Music] Polk, PH; Dawson, William S; Foley, Rolla P H
Portrait of William L. Dawson with Accompanying Correspondence Between Dawson and Rolla Foley Musical Director at Wilmington College Ohio
Tuskegee 1949. Silver gelatin photograph measuring 8 x 10 inches with two typed letters signed one from Dawson and one from Rolla Foley. Identifying marks to verso of photograph generally fine condition. Fine. A portrait of William L. Dawson taken by P.H. Polk during Dawson’s tenure at the Tuskegee Institute where he served in several capacities from 1931-1956. A note on the photograph states that the photograph was sent to Rolla Foley the director of music at Wilmington College. In the correspondence Dawson writes to Foley explaining that a the spiritual “There is a Balm in Gilead†has been misidentified in their programming as White Spiritual: “This is a mistake†he writes “This number is one of our most beloved Negro Folksongs.†A response letter from Foley is included in which he apologizes for the error and notes the correction. A fine photograph and illuminating bit of correspondence from Dawson whose compositions and choral arrangements of spirituals are still performed widely. unknown
Bookseller reference : List1707
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[African-Americana – Music – Ragtime / Dance] Brymn, J Tim (James T Brymn)
The Tar-Heel Blues. Fox Trot
New York: Shapiro Bernstein & Co 1915. Folio sheet music illustrated color pictorial cover featuring a photographic image of society dancers Maurice and Florence Walton. 5 pp. including cover. Approximately 13 ½ x 10 ½ inches. Light handling wear; excellent condition overall. A striking ragtime-era dance publication for “The Tar-Heel Blues†composed by the African American bandleader and composer J. Tim Brymn James T. Brymn 1881–1946. The cover features a posed studio photograph of the well-known ballroom dancers Maurice and Florence Walton who are credited on the sheet as introducing the piece. Such dance teams played a major role in promoting new popular dance compositions during the 1910s when foxtrots and ragtime-influenced social dances were widely circulated through sheet music and stage performances.<br /> <br /> Brymn was one of the most prominent Black bandleaders active in New York during the early twentieth century. Born in Kingston North Carolina he studied music at the National Conservatory of Music and later led orchestras at several major entertainment venues including Ziegfeld’s Midnight Frolic and the famed Reisenweber’s Paradise Ballroom. In the early 1920s he organized the Black Devil Orchestra an ensemble of African American musicians that toured Europe and made recordings for the Vocalion label. Brymn’s compositions and arrangements helped bring ragtime and early jazz idioms into mainstream dance music during the period immediately preceding the jazz age. Shapiro, Bernstein & Co unknown
Bookseller reference : List3620
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[African-Americana – Dance / Music] Baker, Josephine; Lara, Agustin; Misraki, Paul; Scotto, Vincent, et al
Three Pieces of Illustrated Sheet Music Showing Josephine Baker in Paris: J’ai deux Amours; Sur Deux Notes; Revoir Paris
Various publishers 1949. Three titles as follows: J’ai deux Amours. Fox-trot chanté par Josephine Baker. Paris: Éditions Salabert 1930. 4 pp. Fine condition;. Near fine condition. A tight visually appealing trio of illustrated Parisian sheet music issues tracing Josephine Baker’s arc from Jazz Age sensation to postwar cultural legend. J’ai deux Amours—arguably her defining anthem—captures the carefully crafted dual identity that propelled Baker’s rise: African American expatriate turned Parisian icon marketed simultaneously as modernist spectacle and cosmopolitan muse. As scholars have noted Baker’s image circulated widely through commercial ephemera such as sheet music covers where graphic design celebrity branding and racialized fantasy converged in the interwar marketplace.1<br /> <br /> Sur Deux Notes reflects Baker’s assimilation into mainstream chanson culture and her ongoing collaborations within Paris’s cabaret milieu while Revoir Paris issued after World War II resonates with her decorated service in the French Resistance and her celebrated return to the Folies Bergère stage. Together these pieces offer a compact visual and musical snapshot of Baker’s evolving persona across two decades—part performance artifact part cultural document and wholly emblematic of Paris as a crossroads of Black modernism and popular entertainment.<br /> <br /> 1 Bennetta Jules-Rosette Josephine Baker in Art and Life: The Icon and the Image University of Illinois Press 2007. Various publishers unknown
Bookseller reference : List3603
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[African-Americana – Sheet Music – World War II] Razaf, Andy; Blake, Eubie; Cooke, Chas L
We Are Americans Too. Sheet Music
New York City: Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc 1941. Sheet music measuring 9 x 12 ¼ inches. 8pp including covers. Covers with wear to edges and some wrinkling and folds very good plus. Interior pages with some wear to edges excellent. Overall very good to excellent. Sheet music for “We Are Americans Too†by Andy Razaf Eubie Blake and Charles L. Cooke. The three were significant figures in the jazz and ragtime scenes. Razaf 1895–1973 was a composer and lyricist known for jazz standards “Ain’t Misbehavin’†and “Honeysuckle Rose.†Pianist and composer Blake 1887–1983 was a child prodigy and vaudevillian who wrote the musical Shuffle Along 1921 the first Broadway production to be written directed produced and starring only Black artists. “Doc†Cooke 1891–1958 was a bandleader and arranger with a prolific recording ensemble who later worked at Radio City Music Hall and composed orchestrations for Broadway shows. The sheet music was published by Handy Brothers Music Company the publishing company of musician musicologist and “Father of the Blues†W. C. Handy. Handy donated 100 copies of “We Are Americans Too†to Martin Luther King Jr. to raise money for the Montgomery Improvement Association.1<br /> <br /> Razaf’s lyrics for the song proclaim African Americans’ patriotism and roles in the US’s major wars from the American Revolution to World War I; the cover art shows Black soldiers marching together in Revolutionary War Civil War and WWI-era uniforms. At the time of writing the US was deep in the Jim Crow era; African Americans during World War II served in segregated units were mostly excluded from officership and were treated poorly at home and abroad. Razaf writes: “None have loved Old Glory more than we. / Or have shown a greater loyalty / Bunker Hill to the Rhine / We’ve been right there in line / Serving the Red White and Blue / All our future is here / Everything we hold dear / WE ARE AMERICANS TOO.â€<br /> <br /> We find four copies on OCLC.<br /> <br /> 1 Martin Luther King Jr. to Lovie M. Rainbow July 10 1956 The Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/lovie-m-rainbow. Handy Brothers Music Co., Inc unknown
Bookseller reference : List3633
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[AIN] - [MUSIQUE].-
Abbaye d'Ambronay. XIVe Festival, du 25 septembre au 17 octobre 1993.
Ambronay, Abbaye, 1993, in 4° broché, 148 pages ; nombreuses illustrations et publicités ; couverture illustrée en couleurs.
Bookseller reference : 45615
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[Albert ROUSSEL] - BERNARD (Robert).-
Albert Roussel. Sa vie. Son oeuvre.
P., La Colombe, 1948, in 12 broché, 128 pages.
Bookseller reference : 58603
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[Almanach]:
Almanach dédié aux Dames pour l'an 1822.
Paris, Le Fuel et Delaunay, 1822. In-18 de [22]-163-[1]-[20]-[14 pages, pleine soie moirée rose, dos lisse orné, plats ornés d'une large roulette florale dorée, tranches dorées, étui de même. Coupes, coiffes et coins légèrement frottés (étui sali).
Bookseller reference : 9468
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[Album à colorier] MORO-ZURFLUH, Auguste
Alphabet Musical à colorier. / Moro-Zurfluh, Auguste
Paris, Zurfluh, coll. « Apprendre la musique en s’amusant » 1930 In-4 à l’italienne 18 x 29 cm. Agrafé, premier plat de couverture illustré en couleurs, 16 pp., le nom de chaque note est illustré en couleur signé J.M.M. avec en regard sa réplique à colorier: Do comme DO-DO ou DOmino etc.Voulant mettre la musique à la portée des enfants Auguste Zurfluh 1870-1941 musicien professionnel avait créé en 1909 sa propre maison. Deux petites déchirures marginales en couverture, coins de pied tronqués, sinon ensemble d’une grande fraîcheur.
Bookseller reference : 110577
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[ALSACE, MUSIQUE] - HAEBERLE (Jacques Charles) -
Les premierssiècles des lettres et de la musique en Alsace.
Strasbourg, L'auteur, 1953 ; in-8, 100 pp., br. Broché en très bon état exemplaire dédicacé de l'auteur.
Bookseller reference : 201609374
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[Album Mariani] BOULANGER Ernest
Portrait et notice biographique sur: Ernest Boulanger - Compositeur - né à Paris en 1815 -
Paris - Album Mariani - vers 1900 - 3 pages in8 comprenant une notice biographique de 2 pages, un portrait gravé et un fac-similé d'autographe -
Bookseller reference : GF24066
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[Album Mariani] DANBE Jules
Portrait et notice biographique sur: Jules Danbé - Chef d'orchestre - né à Caen en 1840 -
Paris - Album Mariani - vers 1900 - 3 pages in8 comprenant une notice biographique de 2 pages, un portrait gravé et un fac-similé d'autographe -
Bookseller reference : GF24070
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[Album Mariani] DUBOIS Théodore
Portrait et notice biographique sur: Théodore Dubois - Compositeur - né à Rosnay (Marne) en 1837 -
Paris - Album Mariani - vers 1900 - 3 pages in8 comprenant une notice biographique de 2 pages, un portrait gravé et un fac-similé d'autographe -
Bookseller reference : GF24071
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[Album Mariani] FAURE Jean Baptiste
Portrait et notice biographique sur: Jean-Baptiste FAURE - Compositeur - né à Moulins en 1830 -
Paris - Album Mariani - vers 1900 - 3 pages in8 comprenant une notice biographique de 2 pages, un portrait gravé et un fac-similé d'autographe -
Bookseller reference : GF24072
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[Album Mariani] GUNSBOURG Raoul
Portrait et notice biographique sur: Raoul Gunsbourg - Compositeur - né à Bucarest en 1864 -
Paris - Album Mariani - vers 1900 - 3 pages in8 comprenant une notice biographique de 2 pages, un portrait gravé et un fac-similé d'autographe -
Bookseller reference : GF24074
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[Album Mariani] HOLMES Augusta
Portrait et notice biographique sur: Augusta Holmès - Compositeur - née à Paris en 1847 -
Paris - Album Mariani - vers 1900 - 3 pages in8 comprenant une notice biographique de 2 pages, un portrait gravé et un fac-similé d'autographe -
Bookseller reference : GF24075
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[Album Mariani] JONCIERES Victorin
Portrait et notice biographique sur: Victorin Joncières - Compositeur - né à Paris en 1839 -
Paris - Album Mariani - vers 1900 - 3 pages in8 comprenant une notice biographique de 2 pages, un portrait gravé et un fac-similé d'autographe -
Bookseller reference : GF24077
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[Album Mariani] LECOCQ Charles
Portrait et notice biographique sur: Charles Lecocq - Compositeur - né à Paris en 1832 -
Paris - Album Mariani - vers 1900 - 3 pages in8 comprenant une notice biographique de 2 pages, un portrait gravé et un fac-similé d'autographe -
Bookseller reference : GF24078
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[Album Mariani] PESSARD Emile
Portrait et notice biographique sur: Emile Pessard - Compositeur - né à Paris en 1843 -
Paris - Album Mariani - vers 1900 - 3 pages in8 comprenant une notice biographique de 2 pages, un portrait gravé et un fac-similé d'autographe -
Bookseller reference : GF24080
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[Album Mariani] Gabriel PIERNE
Portrait et notice biographique sur: Gabriel Pierné - Compositeur - né à Metz en 1863 -
Paris - Album Mariani - vers 1900 - 3 pages in8 comprenant une notice biographique de 2 pages, un portrait gravé et un fac-similé d'autographe -
Bookseller reference : GF24081
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[Album Mariani] PLANQUETTE Robert
Portrait et notice biographique sur: Robert Planquette - Compositeur - né à Paris en 1850 -
Paris - Album Mariani - vers 1900 - 3 pages in8 comprenant une notice biographique de 2 pages, un portrait gravé et un fac-similé d'autographe -
Bookseller reference : GF24082
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[Album Mariani] PUGNO Raoul
Portrait et notice biographique sur: Raoul Pugno - Compositeur - né à Montrouge en 1852 -
Paris - Album Mariani - vers 1900 - 3 pages in8 comprenant une notice biographique de 2 pages, un portrait gravé et un fac-similé d'autographe -
Bookseller reference : GF24084
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[Album Mariani] REYER Ernest
Portrait et notice biographique sur: Ernest REYER - Compositeur - né à Marseille en 1823 -
Paris - Album Mariani - vers 1900 - 3 pages in8 comprenant une notice biographique de 2 pages, un portrait gravé et un fac-similé d'autographe -
Bookseller reference : GF24085
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[Album Mariani] SALVAYRE Bernard
Portrait et notice biographique sur: Bernard Salvayre - Compositeur - né à Toulouse en 1847 -
Paris - Album Mariani - vers 1900 - 3 pages in8 comprenant une notice biographique de 2 pages, un portrait gravé et un fac-similé d'autographe -
Bookseller reference : GF24086
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[Album Mariani] THOMAS Ambroise
Portrait et notice biographique sur: Ambroise Thomas - Compositeur - né à Metz en 1811 -
Paris - Album Mariani - vers 1900 - 3 pages in8 comprenant une notice biographique de 2 pages, un portrait gravé et un fac-similé d'autographe -
Bookseller reference : GF24089
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[Album Mariani] WECKERLIN Jean-Baptiste-Théodore
Portrait et notice biographique sur: Jean Baptiste Théodore Weckerlin - Compositeur - né à Guebwiller en 1821 -
Paris - Album Mariani - vers 1900 - 3 pages in8 comprenant une notice biographique de 2 pages, un portrait gravé et un fac-similé d'autographe -
Bookseller reference : GF24090
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[Album amicorum]. Hinrichsen, Henri.
Herrn Geheimrat Henri Hinrichsen. Stimmen der Freunde, Komponisten und Mitarbeiter zum 1. Januar 1919. Leipzig and other places, 1918/1919.
Small 4to. (4), 105 ff. Vellum, signed by binder E. A. Anders, Leipzig. Congratulatory contributions from eighty friends, composers, or collaborators of Henri Hinrichsen (1868-1942) on the occasion of his 25th anniversary as head of the classical music publisher Edition Peters, including composers such as Max Bruch (full page quotation from Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26), Friedrich Klose, Walter Niemann, Siegfried Ochs, Hans Pfitzner, Emil von Sauer, Xaver Scharwenka, Arnold Schönberg (from his unfinished oratory "Die Jakobsleiter"), Christian Sinding, Hans Sitt and Karl Straube; and musicologists such as Max Friedlaender, Georg Göhler, Hermann Kretzschmar, Andreas Moser and his son Hans Joachim, Hugo Riemann, Max Seiffert and Fritz Stein. - Provenance: the Hinrichsen family (USA); acquired from the heirs in the mid-1970s by the German music dealer Hans Schneider, Tutzing, and offered in his catalogue 225 (1978) as lot 92 (with illustration).
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[AMERICAN MUSIC - Early 19th Century]
Early 19th century American manuscript tunebook
1820. Small oblong octavo. Plain contemporary stiff waxed wrappers with decorative titling in manuscript to upper. 37 pp. containing 66 tunes 16 pp. containing 3 tunes including several blank pages 2ff. tunes indexed by meter. With signature of contemporary owner "Edw. Holden" with flourish to upper outer corner of upper wrapper. Watermark of an eagle with outstretched wings. <br /> <br /> Contains 69 tunes in total all in bass clef except one titled as follows:<br /> <br /> Maryland; Chester; Paris; 136 Psalm; Milford; Amherst; Virginia; Lenox; Norwich; Stafford; Calvary; Charleston; 34th Psalm; Greenwich; Naples; Stockbridge; Newport; Annapolis; Andover; Greenfield; Worcester; Lebanon; Washington; 100 Old; Walpole; Toland; Framingham; Branford; Montague; Mortality; Bennington; Winter; All Saints; Scituate; Civil Amusement; Austria; Linnet; Funeral Hymn; Spring; Lincoln; Wrentham; Ward; Aspiration; Ordination; Morning; Westend; Lion; Panton; Vespers; Bunkerhill; Framingham; Oxford; Bristol; Wrentham; Petersburgh; Bridgewater; 46th Psalm; Manchester; Majesty; 8th Psalm; Phoebus; Rainbow; Victory; Eastham; Sherburne P.M.; Halifax; Amity; Sherburne C.M.; Chocksett; Worcester C.M.; Lisbon by Swan; Connection; and All Saints.<br /> <br /> Wrappers slightly worn and stained. Uniform light browning; occasional staining and showthrough. In very good condition overall. A fine representative sample of early American psalm tunes.<br /> <br /> Only one composer identified Timothy Swan 1758-1842. unknown
Bookseller reference : 37962
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[AMERICAN MUSIC - Early 19th Century]. Jenks, Stephen 1772-1856
The Delights of Harmony; Or Norfolk Compiler being a new collection of Psalm Tunes Hymns and Anthems; with a variety of set pieces from the most approved American and European Authors. Likewise the Necessary Rules of Psalmody Made Easy. The whole particularly designed for the use of Singing Schools and Musical Societies in the United States
Dedham MA: H. Mann for the Author 1805. Oblong octavo. Contemporary leather-backed blue/gray paper-covered wooden boards. <br /> <br /> 1f. recto title printed within decorative border verso copyright iii Preface dated "New-Canaan Con. October 1805" iv "To the Teachers of Music and Choristers in the United States: v-xi "Concise Rules of Psalmody" xii "Musical Dictionary" xiii-xv "List of Subscribers" xvi 17-95 printed music i index pp.<br /> <br /> The list of subscribers includes persons resident in New Canaan Norwalk Wilton Winchester Weathersfield Ridgbury and Colebrook Connecticut; Dedham Massachusetts; and New York. Signature of "J.I. Miller Ghent N.Y. Jan. 24 1883" and "Property of Emma M. Sherman Ghent N.Y." in pencil to front pastedown.<br /> <br /> Contains 67 compositions 65 American including one anthem four set-pieces and one canon by Austin Capt. S. Belknap S. Capen A. Ellis S. Hanford G. Holbrook O. Holden S. Holyoke Ingalls W. Janes S. Jenks O. King A. Knapp Rev. C. Lee Madan A. Munson Newcomb S. Raymond T. Swan S. Way Dr. Wetmore and R. Wilcox with 34 identified first printings. <br /> <br /> Binding worn with paper lacking to both boards wood lacking to upper portion of lower board; hinges cracked; endpapers lacking. Somewhat worn browned and foxed; some dampstaining; vertical crease to title; portion of final leaf lacking with loss of several measures to recto "Resolution" and text to verso "Index to the Music" Third edition. ASMI 289. <br /> <br /> Jenks a composer and tunebook compiler taught singing-schools in New England and New York state and developed a network of both pupils and fellow teachers whose compositions he went on to publish. The Delights of Harmony contains his Sorrow's Tear 1804 perhaps the earliest American setting of a poem by Thomas Moore as well as his Evening Shade and North Salem both of which are still frequently performed by southern shape-note singers who preserve the singing-school tradition.<br /> <br /> "Stephen Jenks' music is representative of the type of music being written at that time in rural New England America a cappella and an interest in melodic writing. However his music contains striking harmonic progressions unusual dissonances and cross relations. In "Weeping Nature" The Delights of Harmony 1804 for example Jenks seems to revel in the clash of the E major / minor chord or in the song "Sorrow's Tear" filled with cross relations between C sharp / C natural. Although many of these result from his use of modal harmony and as previously mentioned strong melodic writing for the individual parts his use of these relations is not simply random they are used to express the text being set." Wikipedia. H. Mann for the Author unknown
Bookseller reference : 36825
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[American Art – Music – Nineteenth Century] Cowell, Sam; Homer, Winslow [Illustration Attributed To]
The Ratcatcher’s Daughter
Boston / New York / Philadelphia / New Orleans 1856. Lacks stitches at spine likely removed from a larger volume lithograph in fine condition one small tear to margin at final leaf. Very good plus overall. An uncommon American sheet music printing of the popular comic song unknown
Bookseller reference : List3639
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[AMERICANA - MUSIC]
Volume of manuscript music compiled by Noahdiah Merritt.
Hardcover. Fair. 106 manuscript pages. Oblong narrow 8vo 3 x 7 1/2 inches contemporary handmade calf with stiff yapp edges worn top leather detached; first leaf worn 3 leaves with early stitched repairs likely lacking some leaves edges rounded soiling and dampstaining to early leaves. Massachusetts or Vermont circa 1800-10 <br/><br/>Noahdiah Merritt 1782-1854 was born in Templeton MA and removed to Vermont by the time of his marriage in 1807. He later settled in upstate New York. Some of his family papers are at Cornell University. Most of the songs in this volume have only melodies with no lyrics. An exception is "An Elegy on the Death of a Child 4 Years Old who was Kil'd by the Roling of a Cartwheal" which fills 15 pages. It may be an original composition; we are unable to trace any of the lyrics. Many of the other compositions in the book were part of the core repertory of American sacred music and had previously been published. Oliver Holden's "Coronation" for example had first appeared in 1793. See Britton American Sacred Music Imprints page 685. Also included near the end are the words only for "Mount Vernon Hymn" by Stephen Jenks a tribute to the late President Washington first published in 1802. Noahdiah's father Noah Merritt was a Revolutionary War veteran claimed in a family history to have been personally acquainted with Washington Edwin Atkins Merritt Recollections page 187. Provenance: The present volume is not inscribed but an inserted card written by his granddaughter reads "Noahdiah Merritt's Song Book about 130 years old property of Mrs. Oliver A. Milner." Cornelia Eliza Merritt Milner 1866-1951 was daughter of Noahdiah's son William Wallace Merritt 1832-1922 who went west to Iowa. An added note on the card explains that the book was purchased in Lincoln NE in 1993. hardcover
Bookseller reference : D17833
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[Amos 'N' Andy].
The Perfect Song. Musical Theme of the Pepsodent Hour. Featuring Amos 'N' Andy.
<p>Sheet music 4to 9" x 11" illustrated top cover with title 1 5 1 pp. Some edgewear partial spine split normal aging; otherwise very good. While the Amos 'N' Andy radio show smacked of racism it was quite popular at the time. The show debuted in 1926 and featured two white actors Freeman F. Gosden Amos and Charles J. Correll Andy who appear on the cover in blackface make up. The sheet music "The Perfect Song" appears to have been the theme song for the show. Amos 'N' Andy would actually be converted to a TV show in the early 1950s but would have black actors. This sheet music includes two other songs including one sung by Rudy Vallee.</p> Chappell-Harms Inc.,
Bookseller reference : 105042
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[ANONYME]
Chocolat, déguisements et jeux enfantins. Petite boîte de chocolats individuels, ornée de chromolithographies. [OBJET PUBLICITAIRE – CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIE – CHOCOLAT]
Sans lieu, sans mention d'éditeur, sans date (circa 1880). Très belle boîte rectangulaire (13,5 x 8,5 cm) en carton, ornée d'une chromolithographie représentant 4 enfants déguisés en train de s'amuser, destinée à accueillir 12 chocolats individuels, eux-mêmes contenus dans de petits emballages en papier (2 x 4 cm), chacun illustré d’une chromolithographie représentant un enfant jouant : ballon, chasse aux papillons, bulles de savon, cerceau, bilboquet, pantin, jeu du volant, éventail (pour faire voler une bulle), déclamation avec une fleur, assiette tournante, musique (mandoline et violon). A la fin du XIXe siècle, les chocolatiers ne manquent pas d'imagination pour valoriser leurs produits et la chromolithographie offre un excellent moyen d'attirer l'oeil des gourmands ! Il suffit de faire appel à un imprimeur talentueux et créatif pour proposer des contenants originaux. Le style de ces charmants contenants laisse penser à ceux des éditeurs LB (Paris), J. Minot, F. Appel, Bognard ou encore Testu et Massin. De toute rareté, nous n'en avons trouvé aucune autre identique.
Bookseller reference : 2544
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[Ansermet Ernest] François Hudry, Armin Jordan (préf.):
Ernest Ansermet, pionnier de la musique.
L’Aire musicale, 1983. In-8 broché, couverture photographique. Illustrations hors-texte en noir.
Bookseller reference : 9399
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[Ansermet Ernest] Jean-Jacques Langendorf:
Ernest Ansermet ou La passion de l’authenticité.
Genève, Slatkine, 1997. In-4, pleine toile sous jaquette couleurs. En belle condition. Abondante iconographie en noir et en couleurs.
Bookseller reference : 9411
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[Ansermet] Claude Tappolet:
Ernest Ansermet - Correspondances avec des compositeurs américains (1926-1966). D'Aaron Copland à Virgil Thompson : Les Grands Maîtres du Nouveau Monde.
Genève, Georg, 2006. In-8 broché, couverture illustrée. En belle condition.
Bookseller reference : 18629
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[ANSERMET] - GAVOTY (Bernard)
Ernest Ansermet.
Genève, Kister (coll. "Les Grands Interprètes"), 1961. In-4°, 32p. Broché, couverture illustrée rempliée.
Bookseller reference : 30663
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[ANSERMET] - GAVOTY (Bernard)
Ernest Ansermet.
Genève, Kister (coll. "Les Grands Interprètes"), 1961. In-4°, 32p. Broché, couverture illustrée rempliée.
Bookseller reference : 40884
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[ANSERMET] GAVOTY Bernard; MOHR Jean (photo):
Ernest Ansermet.
Genève, René Kister, 1961. In-8 broché de 34 pages couverture, illustrée d'une photo, rempliée.
Bookseller reference : 21256
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[ANSERMET Ernest] ANSERMET Anne:
Ernest Ansermet, mon père. Suivi d'un Album de famille conçu par André Kuenzi.
Lausanne, Payot, Tours, Van de Velde, 1983. In-8 broché de 190-[2] pages, couverture illustrée.
Bookseller reference : 21258
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[ANDRE (Yves-Marie)]
Essai sur le beau. où l'on examine en quoi consiste précisément le beau dans le physique, dans le moral, dans les ouvrages d'esprit, & dans la musique
Paris, Hippolyte-Louis Guérin & Jacques Guérin, 1741 in-12, viij-302 pp., un f. n. ch. de privilège, basane fauve marbrée, dos lisse cloisonné et fleuronné, pièce de titre, hachuré doré sur les coupes, tranches mouchetées de bleu (reliure de l'époque). Léger accroc en coiffe supérieure, coins émoussés.
Bookseller reference : 204027
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[Anonyme]
Les Légendes de l’Art. Musiciens
Librairie d’éducation A. Hatier, coll. « Bibliothèque anecdotique et littéraire » 1896 Grand in-8. Reliure éditeur pleine percaline rouge cerise, premier plat orné d’une composition figurative polychrome, tranches doées, 239 pp., 30 gravures dont 7 planches hors texte. Cartonnage terni, accrocs en tête et pied de dos.
Bookseller reference : 80617
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[ANONYME].
Les Grands Concerts. Boîte de chocolats individuels, ornée de chromolithographies sur le thème des instruments de musique. [OBJET PUBLICITAIRE – CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIE – CHOCOLAT]
Sans lieu, sans mention d'éditeur, sans date (circa 1880). Très belle boîte rectangulaire (13,5 x 8,5 cm) en carton, ornée d'une chromolithographie intitulée "Les Grands Concerts", destinée à accueillir 12 chocolats individuels, eux-mêmes contenus dans de petits emballages en papier (2 x 4 cm), chacun illustré d’une représentant un musicien. Le nom des instruments de musique est indiqué au verso : violon, basson, tambour, trombone, harpe, hautbois, flûte, cor, cymbales, grosse caisse, piston et clarinette. A la fin du XIXe siècle, les chocolatiers ne manquent pas d'imagination pour valoriser leurs produits et la chromolithographie offre un excellent moyen d'attirer l'oeil des gourmands ! Il suffit de faire appel à un imprimeur talentueux et créatif pour proposer des contenants originaux. Le style de ces charmants contenants laisse penser à ceux des éditeurs LB (Paris), J. Minot, F. Appel, Bognard ou encore Testu et Massin. De toute rareté, nous n'en avons trouvé aucune autre identique.
Bookseller reference : 2543
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