496 resultados
1980ref. 208861London: Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers 1980. Softcover. 60 pages. Features text by Auden and Kallman and music by Stravinsky. A very good copy in stapled wrappers that are very slightly soiled and with a former owner signature to the title page and a handwritten note to the verso of the rear cover. Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers unknown books
1983ref. 150933N.p.: PBS 1983. Vintage reference publicity photograph of noted ballerina Vera Zorina in three separate poses from the 1983 television episode originally aired on February 14 on PBS. With a descriptive promo sheet affixed to the verso as issued. This episode of "Great Performances" featured dancers performing three pieces choreographed by George Balanchine to the works of composer Igor Stravinsky. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. PBS unknown books
1977ref. 37587London: Robert Hale 1977. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Full orange cloth with titling silver to spine. 272 pp. With several illustrative plates. Upper portion of front free endpaper and dustjacket very slightly foxed. Robert Hale hardcover books
1983ref. 37610Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1983. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Full black cloth with titling gilt to spine. 194 pp. With 5 illustrations. In dustjacket. Cambridge University Press hardcover books
1975ref. 37599London: J.M. Dent 1975. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Full green cloth with titling silver to spine. 202 pp. In dustjacket. J.M. Dent hardcover books
1986ref. 37588Berkeley Los Angeles London: University of California Press 1986. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Boards. xix 380 pp. With numerous musical examples throughout and several illustrative plates some in color. In dustjacket. University of California Press hardcover books
2005ref. 35986London: Sotheby's 2005. Paperback. Very Good. Quarto. Original publisher's illustrated wrappers. 16 pp. With illustrations in color. Sotheby's paperback books
1931ref. 35944Berlin: Russischer Musik Verlag 1931. Quarto. Stiff light tan wrappers. 286 pp. 3ff. "Chronologisches Verzeichnis der Werke Igor Strawinskys" 1f. recto "Schallplatten-Verzeichnis" verso blank. With numerous musical examples some in facsimile and several illustrative plates. Russischer Musik Verlag unknown books
1984ref. 33014Basel: Kunstmuseum Basel 1984. Hardcover. Fine. Small folio. 386 pp. Illustrated. Kunstmuseum Basel hardcover books
1960ref. 45960London: Faber and Faber 1960. First edition. Very good in very good jacket. First printing of this collection of conversations with the iconic composer inscribed in the year of publication to his well-connected friends Miranda and Ralph Levy. Igor Stravinsky's storied career spanned from Russia to France and finally to the US where his innovative style caused ripples throughout the music world. MEMORIES AND COMMENTARIES finds the composer reflecting on his many influences friends and colleagues and was compiled with the help of his frequent collaborator and confidant Robert Craft. This copy features an inscription from Stravinsky to "Ralph and Miranda Levy" a television pioneer and well-known jewelry designer respectively. Miranda Levy was noted in her obituary as "the woman who jump-started the Santa Fe Opera" by introducing its founding director to Stravinsky Roberts. Stravinsky supervised the opera house's opening production of his "A Rake's Progress" in 1957 and subsequently returned to Santa Fe every summer after that until 1963. A warm association between arguably the 20th century's most important composer and two significant supporters. 8.5'' x 5.25''. Original blue cloth binding. Original unclipped 25s pictorial dust jacket. Black-and-white frontispiece with 21 black-and-white illustrations. 184 pages including index. Inscribed by Stravinsky "To Ralph and Miranda" Levy dated November 1960 in Rome. With the Levy's subsequent gift inscription below. Jacket with light edgewear slight chipping to corners and spine ends. Binding with mild edgewear and bumping to spine ends; faint damping close inspection only. Faber and Faber unknown books
1969ref. 256031New York: Alfred A Knopf 1969. First edition. ix i 350 xi pp. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth faded at edges in very good edge-worn dustjacket. First edition. ix i 350 xi pp. 8vo. Signed on the flyleaf "Igor Stravinksy / 1.30.70" and inscribed by co-author Robert Craft. The recipient was Miranda "Mirandi" Massoco Levy 1914-2011 the doyenne of Sante Fe cultural life instumental in the success of the Sante Fe Opera and a close friend of Stravinsky. Alfred A Knopf unknown books
1936ref. 255987London: Gollancz 1936. First English edition. Illustrated. 286 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth repaired at head of spine in yellow printed dust jacket spine darkened and chipped with some loss to title small book ticket to spine. First English edition. Illustrated. 286 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed on the ffep "A Sam & Louise Dushkin. Leur ami I Stravinsky. Paris 30.3.36." Samuel Dushkin 1891-1976 was a concert violinist who worked closely with Stravinsky on the composition of the latter's Violin Concerto 1931 his first major work for the instrument. Dushkin premiered the work in concert with Stravinsky conducting the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. Stravinsky recounts his collaboration with Dushkin on pp. 268-278 of his memoir. "I was very glad to find in him besides his remarkable gifts as a born violinist a musical culture a delicate understanding and - in the exercise of his profession - an abnegation that is very rare" p. 270. Stravinksy was inspired by his success with the Violin Concerto to compose a sonata for violin and piano which he took on tour with Dushkin to Europe and America ". a deeper knowledge of the violin and close collaboration with a technician like Dushkin had revealed possibilities which I longed to explore" p. 275. An important association marking a milestone in the expansion of Stravinksy's evolution as a composer. Gollancz unknown books
1940ref. 244796Cambridge 1940. One page typewritten signed in black ink. 1 vols. 4to. Old folds. Fine with original typed mailing envelope typed name "Igor Strawinsky" above printed return address. One page typewritten signed in black ink. 1 vols. 4to. "Stravinsky began his stay in the United States at Harvard University delivering six Charles Eliot Norton lectures on musical poetics during the 1939-1940 academic year" ADNB. In this brief formal letter Stravinsky acknowledges receipt of an edition of the Russian legend retold and illustrated by Donald E. Cooke. It was Stravinsky's 1910 score of The Firebird for the Ballets Russes that first brought him international notice. The New York Times obituary of Stravinsky published on 6 April 1971 noted "He also was not pleased that 'The Firebird' remained his most popular composition." Uncommon document from early in Stravinsky's residence in the U.S. when he still spelt his surname with "w" in his signature and return address. unknown books
1950ref. 1084781950. Signed. STRAVINSKY Igor. Photograph inscribed. No place 1950. Black-and-white postcard portrait measuring 3-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches; matted and framed entire piece measures 9-1/2 by 12 inches. $2200.Postcard photograph of Igor Stravinsky inscribed ÒPour Monsieur Maurice Dubois avec mes meilleurs compliments Igor Stravinsky 1950.Ó""Few 20th-century composers enjoyed international influence and importance equal to that of Stravinsky. This influence exists in the materials of his music and in his rigorous search for an individual soundÉ For many years he was with Schoenberg one of the two unofficial poles of Western music"" ANB. The postcard portrait is dated September 1948 and is attractively matted and framed with a page of music from Stravinsky's Four Etudes. An attractive inscribed and signed framed piece in fine condition. unknown books
1949ref. 73026NY: Duell Sloan and Pearce 1949. First edition. 245 pp. Near fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket with light wear to crown. Design by Merle Armitage. Contributions by Cocteau Satie Klee Weston Osbert Sitwell Aaron Copland Picasso Chagall and concluding with a discography and works. Small “Ex Libris / Clive Elliott” stamp on the front free endpaper. NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce unknown books
1962ref. 1004541962. First Edition. Signed. STRAVINSKY Igor. CRAFT Robert. Expositions and Developments. Garden City New York: Doubleday 1962. Octavo original black cloth original dust jacket. $2500.First edition warmly inscribed on the half title to neighbor and longtime friend Miranda Levy ""To my dear Miranda with love and kisses from I Stravinsky Nov /63.""""Few 20th-century composers enjoyed international influence and importance equal to that of Stravinsky. This influence exists in the materials of his music and in his rigorous search for an individual soundÉ For many years he was with Schoenberg one of the two unofficial poles of Western music"" ANB. In these conversations with his protg conductor Robert Craft who coauthored seven books with him Stravinsky discusses his childhood in St. Petersburg Russia; recalls such musical luminaries as Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov; reflects on the intersection of music and modern recording technology; and discusses scores including The Firebird The Rite of Spring and his then-new work The Flood. Illustrated with eight pages of black-and-white photographs. Inscribed to Miranda Levy a founding member of the Santa Fe Opera and wife of pioneering television director Ralph Levy whose credits include directing the original I Love Lucy pilot episode. Miranda ""met Stravinsky at the Aspen Colorado Music Festival in 1950 then hosted him on a New Mexico visitÉ When the composer let it be known he was interested in D.H. LawrenceÉ Miranda introduced Stravinsky to Lawrence's widowÉ Miranda and Ralph Levy moved to Los Angeles and bought a house less than a block from Stravinsky'sÉ Just as she had once kept Santa Feans up to date on the latest news and gossip she now regaled Igor and Vera Stravinsky with daily updates on movie studio gossip"" Albuquerque Journal.Dust jacket with light rubbing to spine ends and edges. A very nearly fine inscribed presentation/association copy. hardcover books
1972ref. 54581London: Gollancz 1972. First UK edition. xvi 424 pp w/indexes. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with a wrinkle to the crown. London: Gollancz, unknown books
1974ref. 35878Kent: Kent State University Press 1974. First edition. x 158 pp w/indexes. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Kent: Kent State University Press unknown books
1972ref. 35877NY: Knopf 1972. First edition. xvi 424 pp w/index. Fine in near fine dust jacket with an old price-sticker to front flap and light toning to extrems. NY: Knopf, unknown books
1975ref. 35883London: J.M. Dent 1975. First edition. 202 pp w/index. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket. A volume in "The Master Musicians" series. London: J.M. Dent unknown books
1960ref. 58268NP 1960. 9 x 7 1/8 inches. Black and white photograph a publicity still bears no attribution on the verso. Stravinsky is generally acknowledged as one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century. Among his works are the ballets The Firebird 1910 and The Rite of Spring 1915 and the opera The Rake's Progress 1951 with libretto by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman. Very good. #5145. unknown books
1989ref. UHANMON00EMDoubleday 1989. Fine. Hanna Jack. Monkeys On the Interstate : and Other Tales From America's Favorite Zookeeper. Stravinsky John. New York: Doubleday 1989. 292 pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. Doubleday hardcover books
ref. 39498Four measures containing the theme of the closing of the first scene of the composer's Danse Russe. Notated unbarred on dark ivory music paper in blue ink signed and dated Hollywood 23 January 1966. On an album leaf 141 x 199 laid down to backing board. Small hole to blank upper margin; two light vertical creases. Petrushka a ballet in 4 scenes with music by Stravinsky choreography by Michel Fokine and set and costume designs by Alexandre Benois was written for the 1911 season of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and first performed in Paris at the Châtelet on 13 June 1911. The premiere was conducted by Pierre Monteux with Vaslav Nijinsky as Petrushka Tamar Karsavina as lead ballerina and Enrico Cecchetti as the charlatan. The work became one of the most popular productions of the revolutionary Ballets Russes and one of Stravinsky's best-loved compositions. unknown books
1967ref. 606019No place: Philips 1967. Softcover. Near Fine. Original stereo 12" 33 1/3 rpm vinyl record. Conducted by Colin Davis. Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. Violin solo by Erich Gruenberg. Liner notes by Bernard Jacobson. Some very light wear from being handled and played else near fine in a very good cardboard sleeve with some foxing rubbing and bumping. PHS 900-153. Red labels with silver print. Philips unknown books
1970ref. 583623Boston: The New England Conservatory for Music 1970. Softcover. Near Fine. Opera program. Cover by Otto Piene. Essay on the preparation of the two operas by Gunther Schuller. Slim octavo. Stapled wrappers. Near fine with a bit of tanning and soil mostly confined to the unprinted rear wrap. The New England Conservatory for Music unknown books
