‎Musique‎

‎[Music - Oil - Lithography] Spondulix Petroleum Company [pseudonym]; William A Pond and Company; Helmsmuller, FB F B‎

‎Spondulix Petroleum Co. / Capital $50000000 / Shares 50 cts Each. / Dividends Declared Very Often… / Every Stockholder is Entitled to One Copy of the Famous Petroleum Galop‎

‎New York: Wm. A. Pond 1865. Folio 13 ½ x 10 ½ inches. Fine condition. Fine. An unusual use of sheet music as satire with the lithographed cover showing a fake stock certificate. The cover - engraved by Major & Knapp - advertises an ownership share in the Spondolix Petroleum company and states that F.B. Helmsmuller who was actually a noted composer was the “Treasurer and General Manager†of the company. This is a particularly fine example of the piece. In our research we found several references to this piece as being a real stock certificate for a real company however this is clearly a parody of the oil business. This was printed in 1865 when the Pennsylvania oil industry was booming and the engraved illustration appears to show a countryside scene in Pennsylvania or somewhere similar. Four copies in OCLC. Wm. A. Pond unknown‎

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‎[Music - Women's History] Howe, Julia Ward [Bagby, Albert]‎

‎Autograph Letter Signed to Albert Bagby Regarding a Lecture at the Newport Town and Country Club late 1880s‎

‎Newport 1880. Single page with writing on both sides signed by Howe. Fine condition. Fine. A short but interesting note from Julia Ward Howe to Albert Bagby the Illinois-born musician who trained with Liszt in Germany and would eventually be a longtime host of “Mr. Bagby’s Musical Mornings†at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York where it was a fixture among the high society set. Bagby’s career as a host started after presenting a paper to the Newport Town and Country Club while Howe was president. After he presented his paper on Liszt at the club he was approached by Howe’s daughter Maude Howe Elliot about turning the paper into a lecture. This would end up being the catalyst for him to abandon performing and devote himself to lectures and after giving his first presentation on Liszt to a small audience in his Manhattan studio he began his regular series at the Waldorf-Astoria. <br /> <br /> The letter reads as follows:<br /> <br /> My dear Mr. Bagby <br /> <br /> The time for your paper is not quite settled. I will send you word about it very shortly and shall bear in mind what you say about your possible trip to Europe. We should be much disappointed to lose your lecture and I hope that we shall certainly hear you.<br /> <br /> Yours sincerely<br /> Julia W. Howe<br /> <br /> July 31st <br /> Newport R.I.<br /> <br /> An interesting note documenting an event that would be essential for Bagby’s career. unknown‎

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‎[MUSIC -- BRITTANY]. TAYLOR, Tom‎

‎Ballads and songs of Brittany. Translated from the Barsaz-Breiz of Vicomte Hersart de la Villemarque. With some of the original melodies harmonized. . . with illustrations by J. Tissot J.E. Millais R.A. J. Tenniel C. Keene E. Corbould and H.K. Browne.‎

‎London: Macmillan & Co. 1865. Sml. 4to. xxii 2 239 1 pp. Engraved frntsp. engraved vignette on title numerous woodcut-engraved plates. Three-quarter burgundy morocco over marbled boards marbled endpapers elaborately gilt decorated spine raised bands mnr shlfwr rubbng slght bmpng to crnrs w/ bkplate on frnt pstdn. First edition in English of this scarce book on Medieval and Early Modern ballads and music translated from the Breton. Macmillan & Co., hardcover‎

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‎[MUSIC -- SCOTLAND].‎

‎The lyric gems of Scotland: collection of Scottish songs original and selected with music. Second series.‎

‎Glasgow Edingburgh & London: Morison Kyle 108 Queen Street ca. 1860. 16mo. 5.2 x 6.25 in. viii 280 pp. all w/ printed ruled borders musical scores printed throughout. Crimson-coloured Victorian publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on front cover & spine t.e.g. minor edgewear rubbing inner hinges neatly repaired still a VG copy from the library of James Grahamslaw 1833-1872 a Scottish farmer who emigrated to Vancouver Island British Columbia in 1866 helped found Victoria Lodge No. 1 of the Freemasons in 1871 and a year later died in the British Virgin Islands whose widow Violet Kerr Grahamslaw b. 1833 moved to Portland OR w/ note in MS dated April 18th 1866 from John Black. First edition of this very scarce Victorian collection of Scottish songs & music in dialect including many published here for the first time as well as musical scores published for the first time. Not to be confused with the John Cameron series published contemporaneously this volume was preceded by the “First Series†in 1856. No copies in Worldcat. Morison Kyle, 108 Queen Street, hardcover‎

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‎[Music 1885]‎

‎Music Rare 1885 Zangvereeniging Excelsior onder directie van Julius Röntgen 45ste openbare uitvoering 1885 in gebouw Vrije Gemeente Weteringschans Stoomdrukkerij Holdert & Co Amsterdam 15 pp.‎

‎Original paper binding on green paper some discoloration but further in good condition. Songtext printed on paper 21 x 13 cm. Stamp of Seyffardt Buchhandlung Amsterdam on the front. In the text: Ingang voor donateurs en donatrices Zuidzijde Spiegelgracht. Ingang publiek: hoofdportaal. Rare booklet.Royal library dates this song at around 1832 in Worldcat catalogue.Liedtekst - Songtext - Song - Lied - Zangvereniging Excelsior Amsterdam unknown‎

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‎[Music and Theatre]‎

‎Etat actuel de la musique du Roi et des trois spectacles de Paris.‎

‎<p>Paris: Chez Vente Librairie 1771 Contemporary burgundy morocco gilt flat spine tooled in seven panels gilt decorated borders on both covers gilt turn-ins all edges gilt. Decorative endpapers with gilt star pattern. . Twelvemo. Five full-page engravings. Old ink annotation on a preliminary blank. A fine copy. A review of music theatre dance etc. This book documents entertainment in Paris just before the revolution. These almanacs were issued annually from 1667 to 1778.</p> Chez Vente Librairie,‎

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‎[Music Biography] Hoskyns, Barney‎

‎Lowside of the Road. A Life of Tom Waits.‎

‎New York:: Broadway Books 2009. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Near Fine copy with discreet raminder dot to bottom edge in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. With his trademark growl carnival-madman persona haunting music and unforgettable lyrics Tom Waits is one of the most revered and critically acclaimed singer-songwriters alive today. After beginning his career on the margins of the 1970s Los Angeles rock scene Waits has spent the last thirty years carving out a place for himself among such greats as Bob Dylan and Neil Young. Like them he is a chameleonic survivor who has achieved long-term success while retaining cult credibility and outsider mystique. Lowside of the Road is the first serious biography to cut through the myths and make sense of the life and career of this beloved icon. Barney Hoskyns has gained unprecedented access to Waits’s inner circle and also draws on interviews he has done with Waits over the years. Broadway Books, unknown‎

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‎[Music History – Country Music] Unknown Photographers‎

‎1950s Scrapbook of Photos of Country Musicians‎

‎United States 1950. Eighty-four photos including real photo postcards mainly measuring 3 ½ x 5 ½ inches. With manuscript captions under photos and many photos captioned on negative. Photos generally excellent to Near Fine; scrapbook pages delicate with some marginal damage. Excellent. A scrapbook of photographs of better- and lesser-known country musicians likely assembled in the 1950s. Subjects include the National Barn Dance Gang the 101 Ranch Boys the Carolina Sweethearts the Bar X Cowboys Gene Autry and the Ranch Riders and the Novelty Boys and Cora Deane. The scrapbooker seems to have been a serious fan of Andy Reynolds from the 101 Ranch Boys as many photographs in the scrapbook are portraits of him. The band hailed from Kansas City Kansas and was active in the 1930s playing regularly on WSBA in York Pennsylvania. The photos of the Novelty Boys and a musician called “Willie Whistleâ€â€”not the clown of the same name—are signed. Of interest to historians and fans of country western music. unknown‎

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‎[Music Lyrics] Dylan, Bob‎

‎Lyrics. 1962-2001.‎

‎<p>New York:: Simon & Schuster 2004. First Hardcover Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. This comprehensive definitive collection of the lyrics of music legend and poet Bob Dylan brings togethers the songs beginning with Dylan's first self titled album up to Love and Theft. This book requires a USPS priority box or media box.</p> Simon & Schuster, hardcover‎

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‎[Music Memorabilia]‎

‎Bob Dylan Curtain Call 1966 Friday March 25 Seattle Arena - Concert Program‎

‎Seattle: Northwest Releasing Corp 1966. First Edition. Single folded sheet. Very Good. 8vo. folded 8-1/2 x 11 Text and illustrations offset printed in black on cream colored paper. Minimal soiling to covers and a single pinhole at the head edge penetrating all leaves else crisp and bright. This scarce ephemeral handout is primarily an advertising vehicle. Alongside a single-column unsigned review of Dylan's meteoric rise from folk singer to culture hero are ads for nightclubs and restaurants: El Gaucho Sorrento Hotel Ivar's Captain's Table Four Seas etc. The Curtain Call world tour was Dylan's first with an electric backing band.<p>Preserved in a clear archival pouch with acid free backing. Northwest Releasing Corp unknown‎

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‎[Music songtext]‎

‎Music before 1964 Ernst en Luim uitgave W.H. De Koning Rotterdam folio 1 p.‎

‎Large publication with songs printed on pink paper 49 x 325 cm. In good condition only folds visible. With the following songs: Kun je fluiten Johanna Jack Bess S Axelson Mijn schat uit Schevening Jack Bess Tante Alida speelt Mondharmonica Jack Bess Omdat ik zoveel van je jou Draaien Oh Johanna Jack Bess M. Lawrence Tuffen naar Buffalo Marie Loise Zwitserland ""In Blik"" De zwijgende zigeuner Jack Bess W. Rosen De graaf van Blubbermeer Sarie Marijs.Also: Een liedje van Jack Bess heeft overal succes! Tekstdichter 115 Twentstraat Den Haag.Ernst en luim verschijnt wekelijks met steeds de nieuwste cabaret grammofoon en radio liederen. Printed on two sides.Liedtekst - Songtext - Song - Lied - Ernst en Luim unknown‎

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‎[Music – American Song – Illustrated Sheet Music] Foster, Stephen C‎

‎Willie My Brave. To Mrs. A. L. Robinson‎

‎New York: Firth Pond & Co 1851. Folio sheet music illustrated tinted lithographic cover by Sarony & Major. 5 pp. including cover. Approximately 13 x 10 inches. Light toning and minor edge wear; archival tape to spine likely removed from a volume at some point very good overall. A particularly handsome illustrated edition of Stephen C. Foster’s sentimental ballad “Willie My Brave†featuring an elaborate tinted lithographic cover by the New York firm of Sarony & Major. The central image depicts a seated woman gazing out toward the sea while a greyhound rests its head upon her lap conveying the melancholy theme of absence and waiting suggested by the song. Surrounding vignettes include dramatic maritime scenes with a ship struggling in rough waters and another vessel sailing toward a distant harbor. The dog is especially well done while the accompanying ship in a storm drives home the point of the song. Among Foster’s many illustrated title pages this example is often considered one of the most attractive. According to William H. Fuld’s Pictorial Bibliography of First Editions of Stephen Foster 1957 the present example meets all points for the first edition initial state. The song itself enjoyed considerable popularity in the early 1850s and appeared in numerous subsequent printings. Firth, Pond & Co unknown‎

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‎[Music – Blues – Black Music Publishing] Handy, W C, et al‎

‎Large Collection of W. C. Handy Blues Sheet Music including multiple editions of “St. Louis Blues†together with “Beale Street Blues†“Yellow Dog Blues†“Harlem Blues†“Loveless Love†and Others Most Printed by Pace & Handy or Handy Brothers‎

‎New York: Pace & Handy; Handy Brothers Music Co.; W. C. Handy; Richmond-Robbins; Robbins Music Corp.; and others 1958. Approximately 29 pieces of sheet music together with a 32-page Blues folio. Folio format. Generally very good overall with typical handling wear toning and occasional edge wear. A substantial accumulation of blues sheets centered on the work of W. C. Handy 1873–1958 the composer widely known as the “Father of the Blues.†Spanning more than four decades of publication and assembled over many decades by a Chicago-area collector the group documents both the popularity of Handy’s compositions and the central role his publishing enterprises played in bringing blues music into the American popular music mainstream. Pace & Handy the pioneering Black-owned music publishing firm founded in 1912 by Handy and businessman Harry H. Pace published many of the early issues. The company was among the first African American–owned music publishers to achieve national commercial success issuing blues compositions at a time when Black musicians rarely controlled the publication or profits of their work. Pace & Handy helped establish the blues as a recognized commercial genre and laid the groundwork for later Black-owned enterprises in music and recording.<br /> <br /> The group includes several of Handy’s most famous compositions among them “Beale Street Blues†“Yellow Dog Blues†and “The Memphis Blues.†At the center of the collection are numerous editions and arrangements of “St. Louis Blues†Handy’s most celebrated composition and one of the most widely recorded songs in American music history. First published in 1914 it appeared over the following decades in numerous new arrangements and promotional editions reflecting performances by major bandleaders and orchestras such as Paul Whiteman Earl Hines Tex Beneke and Erskine Hawkins as well as theatrical and film adaptations including the revue Blackbirds of 1928 and the later 1958 motion picture St. Louis Blues. <br /> <br /> Overall a quite extensive accumulation. Full list as follows:<br /> <br /> “Aunt Hagar’s Blues.†W.C. Handy. New York City: Richmond-Robbins Inc. 1922. 6 pp. Very good.<br /> <br /> “Basement Blues.†W.C. Handy. New York City: Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc. 1924. 6 pp. Excellent.<br /> <br /> “Beale Street Blues.†W.C. Handy. New York City: Pace & Handy 1918. 6 pp. Very good minus.<br /> <br /> Blues Folio. W.C. Handy. New York City: Robbins Music Corporation 1942. 32 pp. Very good plus.<br /> <br /> “Harlem Blues.†W.C. Handy. New York City: Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc. 1922. 10 pp. Near Fine.<br /> <br /> “Long Gone.†Chris Smith and W.C. Handy. New York City: Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc. 1910. 6 pp. Excellent to Near Fine.<br /> <br /> “Loveless Love.†Successfully Sung by Seger Ellis. W.C. Handy. New York City: Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc. 1921. 8 pp. Very good.<br /> <br /> “Loveless Love.†Feat. by Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra. W.C. Handy. New York City: Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc. 1921. 6 pp. Very good minus.<br /> <br /> “Loveless Love. A Blues Ballad.†W.C. Handy. New York City: Pace & Handy 1921. 6 pp. Excellent.<br /> <br /> “Ole Miss.†W.C. Handy. New York City: Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc. 1915. 6 pp. Near Fine.<br /> <br /> “Saint Louis Blues.†W.C. Handy. New York City: Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc. 1914. 6 pp. Near Fine.<br /> <br /> “Saint Louis Blues. Chicago World’s Fair Edition.†W.C. Handy. New York City: Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc. 1930. 12 pp. Very good minus.<br /> <br /> “Saint Louis Blues.†Feat. Katharine Handy Lewis. W.C. Handy. New York City: Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc. 1914. 6 pp. Fine.<br /> <br /> “Saint Louis Blues.†Feat. by Paul Whiteman. W.C. Handy. New York City: Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc. 1914. 6 pp. Very good plus.<br /> <br /> “Saint Louis Blues.†Introduced With Great Success by Guy Lombardo. W.C. Handy. New York City: Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc. 1914. 6 pp. Very good minus.<br /> <br /> “St. Louis Blues.†Arranged As Solos for Saxophone. W.C. Handy. New York City: Alfred & Company Music Publishers 1914. 8 pp. Excellent.<br /> <br /> “St. Louis Blues.†As Played by Earl Hines and his Orchestra. W.C. Handy. New York City: Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc. 1914. 8 pp. Excellent.<br /> <br /> “St. Louis Blues.†From Blackbirds of 1928 1928. W.C. Handy. New York City: Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc. 1928. 6 pp. Very good minus.<br /> <br /> “St. Louis Blues.†From St. Louis Blues 1958. W.C. Handy. New York City: Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc. 1958. 6 pp. Excellent.<br /> <br /> “St. Louis Blues.†Played by Tex Beneke. W.C. Handy. New York City: Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc. 1914. 6 pp. Very good plus.<br /> <br /> “Sundown Blues.†W.C. Handy. New York City: W.C. Handy 1923. 6 pp. Very good plus.<br /> <br /> “The Ghost of the St. Louis Blues.†Billy Curtis and J. Russel Robinson. New York City: W.C. Handy 1919. 6 pp. Excellent.<br /> <br /> “The Hooking Cow Blues.†Douglas Williams and W.C. Handy. New York City: Pace & Handy 1917. 4 pp. Very good plus.<br /> <br /> “The Memphis Blues Or Mr. Crump.†As Played by Jack Teagarden. J. Russel Robinson and W.C. Handy. New York City: W.C. Handy 1940. 6 pp. Very good.<br /> <br /> “The Saint Louis Blues.†Feat. by Erskine Hawkins. W.C. Handy. New York City: Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc. 1914. 4 pp. Very good.<br /> <br /> “The Saint Louis Blues.†Revised Edition. W.C. Handy. New York City: Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc. 1942. 6 pp. Very good.<br /> <br /> “The Yellow Dog Blues.†W.C. Handy. New York City: Pace & Handy 1919. 4 pp. Very good plus.<br /> <br /> “Wall Street Blues.†Margaret Gregory and W.C. Handy. New York City: Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc. 1929. 8 pp. Very good plus.<br /> <br /> “Yellow Dog Blues.†As Featured by Gilda Gray. W.C. Handy. New York City: Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc. 1928. 6 pp. Very good plus.<br /> <br /> “Yellow Dog Blues.†Feat. by Eddie Condon and His Orchestra. W.C. Handy. New York City: Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc. 1914. 6 pp. Very good.<br /> <br /> “Yellow Dog Blues.†Made Famous by the Joseph C. Smith Orchestra. W.C. Handy. New York City: Pace & Handy 1919. 6 pp. Very good plus. Pace & Handy; Handy Brothers Music Co.; W. C. Handy; Richmond-Robbins; Robbins Music Corp.; and others unknown‎

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‎[Music – Con Artists – Theatre – Chicago] Lander, Max; "Princess Dalla Pattra"‎

‎Tears Make My Rainbows‎

‎Chicago Illinois: Egyptian Press 1932. Folio 5 pp. Wraps torn at seam slightly musty odor good condition. An unrecorded composition by a woman who travelled through the midwest claiming to be a descendant of Cleopatra using the name Princess Dalla Pattra. The details of the princess are murky as she disappears from newspaper records after 1930 when she admitted in court to using a manager to stage a publicity stunt in St. Louis.1 In her hearing she also admitted that she had been arrested for embezzlement in San Francisco in 1920. Two years later rather inexplicably this songsheet was published in collaboration with a Max Lander who according to patent records was English. <br /> <br /> The introduction to the song reads: “Hear the desert winds shriek and the tom-toms in the distance thrilling with the weird undertone of the desert night then the calm as the Royal Egyptian Maiden sings her love song to her desert prince.†We find no record of the composition in OCLC or anywhere else or of the princess in newspapers after her 1930 court appearance with the only findable record of her continued impersonation a patent registered in 19312 and this song sheet. <br /> <br /> 1 “St. Louis Wonders if it Got a Fooling†Kirksville Daily Express and Kirksville Daily News April 6 1930.<br /> 2 “Only to be with you just for a day†Catalog of Copyright Entries Part 3: Musical Compositions Library of Congress Copyright Office 1932 22760 accessed at ​​https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ZS5jAAAAIAAJ/page/1165/. Egyptian Press unknown‎

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‎[Music – Hutchinson Family – Political Corruption] Hutchinson, JJ; The Hutchinson Family J J‎

‎Eight Dollars a Day. Written & Dedicated to the Congress of the U.S.‎

‎Boston Massachusetts: Olivery Ditson 1848. Folio 14 x 10 ½ inches 5 pp. Slight splitting to covers contents fine very good plus overall. The sheet for the anti-politician polemic “Eight Dollars a Day" which was apparently a crowd favorite at the Hutchinson Family’s performances. The song lambastes the political class and its waste insinuating among other things that the politicians were spending their bloated salary on alcohol: “A flaming speech is made by one when the call is yea or nay But all are agreed with the question comes of Eight dollars a day.†The song was written in 1848 early in the Hutchinson Family’s period moving toward social activism and four years after their most famous abolition-themed compositions.1 Judging by the twelve copies held at libraries this was probably one of the better selling titles in their repertoire from the time period. <br /> <br /> 1 Philip D. Jordan “The Hutchinson Family in the Story of American Music†Minnesota History 22 no. 2 1941: 113–32. Olivery Ditson unknown‎

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‎[Music – Hutchinson Family – Abolition] Hutchinson, Jesse; The Hutchinson Family‎

‎Right Over Wrong. Coming Right Along. Song & Chorus‎

‎New York: Horace Waters 1855. Sheet music measuring 10 ¾ x 14 ¼ inches 6 pp. Foxed with wear to edges; very good to excellent. A scarce Hutchinson Family sheet published in 1855 with an abolition theme. The song goes in part:<br /> <br /> “The captive now begins to rise and burst his chains asunder While Politicians stand aghast in anxious fear and wonder. No longer shall the bondman sigh beneath the galling fetters He sees the Dan of Freedom nigh and reads the golden letters…†<br /> <br /> It also discusses alcohol within a larger theme of good triumphing over evil. The song is included in some songsters but this standalone version is quite uncommon with one copy held at Dartmouth. In 1855 the Hutchinson Family Singers continued extensive touring across the northeastern United States presenting concert programs that combined abolitionist songs temperance material and political commentary aligned with reform movements. They had embraced abolitionism as a cause about a decade earlier with a string of compositions including “Get Off the Track†and “The Bereaved Slave Mother.â€. Horace Waters unknown‎

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‎[Music – Nineteenth Century – Minstrel Shows] Haverly's Minstrels; Rutledge, John‎

‎De Old Church Yard in de Lane or Darling Minnie Gray. Originally Sung by Milt G. Barlow of Haverly’s Minstrels‎

‎Cincinnati: F.W. Helmick 1875. Quarto 14 x 10 ½ inches 5 pp. Binding split some marginal chips good condition. Sentimental minstrel-era ballad associated with the touring repertory of J.H. Haverly’s Mastodon Minstrels one of the largest and most commercially successful minstrel organizations of the 1870s with an illustrated cover using the trope of an elderly African American man which was popular in Uncle Tom’s Cabin-era touring shows. The song is attributed to John Rutledge a performer and songwriter active within late nineteenth-century minstrel circuits whose compositions circulated primarily through stage performance and regional sheet music publication. The title was originally sung by Milton G. “Milt†Barlow 1843–1882 a prominent minstrel comedian and vocalist frequently billed as a “Dutch†or character performer and long associated with Haverly’s troupe. Published in Cincinnati by F.W. Helmick a regional music publisher active in issuing popular songs minstrel pieces and theatrical repertory during the 1870s. The sheet has four holdings in OCLC as well as Vassar’s Harriet Beecher Stowe collection. F.W. Helmick unknown‎

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‎[Music – Prejudicial Etymology – Nineteenth Century – Sheet Music] Lingard, William‎

‎Italian Guinea Pig Boy‎

‎Folio 9 ½ x 13 inches 5 pp. Margins trimmed quite tight to title with some loss to publisher information on rear cover small chips else near fine with the hand colored lithographic cover by H.C. Maguire in fine condition. Near Fine. An interesting piece of sheet music perhaps shedding light on the term “guinea†as it applies to Italians which though it originated in Europe migrated to the United States. Lingard’s song begins “I’m poor Italian guinea pig boy Straight from Florence I come with my stock.†The song was anthologized later in Lingard songsters. The song is proof that the term was being used in performance and theater circles before the mass arrival of Italians in the United States. “Guinea†was also widely used to describe people of dark complexion during the period stemming from the Guinea region of West Africa. With an attractive lithographic cover of a cheerful enough looking boy extending his hand. We find two copies of this sheet at Oxford and the British Library with none held in the United States. unknown‎

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‎[Music – Ragtime] Joplin, Scott‎

‎Elite Syncopations‎

‎St. Louis: John Stark & Son 1902. Large-format folio sheet music for piano solo. Trimmed to 9¼ x 12 inches. Light edge wear with small chips to lower corner approx. ¼ inch else very good; a bright and attractive example. Very good. First edition of one of Scott Joplin’s classic ragtime compositions issued during his most productive period with the St. Louis publisher John Stark. Joplin 1868–1917 widely known as the “King of Ragtime†helped establish ragtime as a sophisticated form of American popular music through works such as “Maple Leaf Rag†“The Entertainer†and “Elite Syncopations.†As Joplin himself insisted when defending the genre from critics “Syncopations are no indication of light or trashy music†a remark reflecting his ambition to elevate ragtime compositions such as this into carefully structured piano works. The pictorial cover engraved by Fred Graf of St. Louis shows a fashionable couple seated upon a musical staff while a cherub below plays the cymbals. John Stark & Son unknown‎

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‎[Music – Sheet Music – Gender] Reardon, Harry; Whiteway, William‎

‎Tom-Boy Sue‎

‎Malden Massachusetts: Edward A. Bowen 1910. Folio wraps 5 pp. Fine condition. An unrecorded sheet about two romantic youngsters by Harry Reardon who was apparently a local composer of comic songs active in the Brockton Massachusetts area during this period we find a newspaper record in newspapers of a recital at the Fidelity Lodge in Brockton in 1911. The song extols the virtue of a girl named Tom-Boy Sue and laments “Remember when folks called you ‘tomboy’ / in schooldays when I was your beau…†before becoming more straightforwardly romantic and sentimental. Edward A. Bowen operated as a small regional music publisher in Malden Massachusetts in the opening decades of the twentieth century issuing locally authored popular songs novelty numbers and light sentimental pieces for domestic piano performance. Unlike the larger Boston and New York houses Bowen’s imprint appears primarily on works by area composers and performers. Of interest to Massachusetts imprint completists those interested in the tomboy archetype in popular culture or perhaps the Johnny Cash fan in your life. Not in OCLC with no other records appearing in sheet music collections. Edward A. Bowen unknown‎

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‎[Music – Women] Cobb, John Storer‎

‎Anna Steiniger A Biographical Sketch; In Which Is Contained A Suggestion Of The Clark-Steiniger System of Piano-Forte Playing‎

‎Boston Massachusetts: G. Schirmer Jr. 1886. Forty page booklet measuring 4 ¼ x 6 ½ inches in paper wraps. A biography of German pianist Anna Clark-Steiniger by English writer and cremation proponent John Storer Cobb. The biography details Steiniger’s early years as a student of Theodor Kullak and Ludwig Deppe her rise to prominence and performances with friends including Etelka Gerster and her arrival in the United States with her American husband Frederick Clark. Though popular at the time Steiniger seems to be fairly unknown at present with Cobb’s book written shortly after her American debut the main source of biographical information. We find eight copies of the book in OCLC. G. Schirmer, Jr. unknown‎

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‎[Music; Fiedler, Arthur]‎

‎Photograph of Arthur Fiedler‎

‎Very Good. Black-and-white photograph 7-by-9 inches of Arthur Fiedler conducting the Boston Symphony. Some faint silvering. <br/><br/> unknown‎

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‎[Music; Photograph]‎

‎The Shepard Family Band. Albumen photo cabinet card with a blank verso‎

‎1890. Very good condition. A cabinet card for the Shepard Family Band. The family toured and performed throughout the Northeast in the 1880s and 1890s with each family member performing with brass instruments as well as string and vocal compositions. Originally they hailed from New York and eventually settled in Vermont.<br /> <br /> The family consisted of: Mr. J. M. Shepard - First Violin Bb Bass Horn & Basso Soloist. Mrs. J.M. Shepard - Second Bb Cornet Organist & Soprano. Miss Kittie Shepard - Cornet Soloist Leader of Brass Band Banjo Artist and Ballad Songstress. Miss Laura Shepard Bb Tenor Horn Baritone Soloist Solo Violinist Banjo and Character Sketch Artist. Miss Lessie Shepard - Eb Alto Horn Second Violin Irish & Dutch Specialty Artist. Miss Georgie Shepard - Little Bass Drummer Bb Tenor Horn. And Master Burtin Shepard - Violin and Triangle Vocal Artist and Bass Drum. Henry Sheldon Museum.<br /> <br /> Cabinet card 6 1/2 x 4 1/4" unknown‎

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‎[Music; Racism] Fagan, Barney‎

‎My African Queen sheet music‎

‎Wisconsin: Chas. K. Harris 1897. Ephemera. Otherwise very good condition. Sheet music with a red black and white illustrated cover image of a woman and two men in fancy dress. The woman with red and white dress and hat decorated with feathers. Lyrics use stereotypical references and politically incorrect language. 10 1/4 x 14" 8pp cover detached spine edge slt ruffled. Chas. K. Harris unknown‎

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‎Collection of Programs for Performances at Carnegie Hall "The Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York" 1948-1951‎

‎New York: Philharmonic Symphony Society 1948-1951. Paperback. Near Fine. A collection of 20 programs 8vo pamphlets for performances of the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall. A little rubbing else fine with some relevant newspaper clippings laid-in to a few. A duplicate or two. <br/><br/> Philharmonic Symphony Society paperback‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : D9721