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1977rif. 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
rif. 50341522-nnew. unknown
rif. 50341522like new. unknown
1979Numerous illustrations and photographs. Index. Purple cloth covers with silver title on spine. Dust jacket faded with light wear to edges.
1972rif. mon0000996297Faber & Faber 1972. Hardback. Very Good. in x in x in. First edition first printing. Pages clean and bright no markings light wear to edges. Binding tight.rnIn removable protective plastic jacket. Faber & Faber hardcover
1966rif. 47652NY: Knopf 1966. First Edition. 8vo pp. x 352 xiii. Indexes. Black cloth printed in purple and gilt. A VG tight copy in chipped price-clipped and somewhat insect-damaged dj. Short writings by Stravinsky and diary entries by Craft regarding I. S. Knopf unknown books
1940rif. 170239New York: Perls Galleries 1940. Vintage bi-fold catalog brochure for the January 8 to February 2 1940 exhibition at Perls Galleries New York. 6 x 9.25 inches Bi-fold. Very Good plus with light silverfish damage to the surface of the upper left and bottom right of the front panel. Perls Galleries unknown books
1925rif. 39219London Genève Paris Bruxelles: J. & W. Chester Ltd.; Rouart Lerolle & Cie.; Maison Chester PN J.W.C. 15521 1925. Quarto. Ivory wrappers with upper printed in black. 3 i blank pp. Wrappers worn and slightly soiled with minor tears and creasing to edges and corners. Browned. A re-issue of the first edition. Kirchmeyer 33-2. J. & W. Chester, Ltd.; Rouart, Lerolle & Cie.; Maison Chester [PN J.W.C. 15521] unknown books
1994rif. 4006088Amadeus Verlag 1994. Hard cover. Very good/No jacket. German edition. In slipcase. Paper is starting to peel off bottom of slipcase. Spine is scuffed not affecting legibility. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked. Amadeus Verlag unknown
rif. 16-4192Genève: Edition Ad. Henn 1917. . Oblong 4to. 19.5 x 27.3 cm. 2 8pp. Original wraps. . Signed at Morges Switzerland and dated 5 Juillet 1917 and inscribed .The poet and playwright René Morax founded his Théâtre du Jorat near Mézières Switzerland in 1903. Made entirely of wood so as to be integrated into the barns of the surrounding countryside it was described this way in an early account: “A theater decidedly unlike any other. A sort of vast chalet a kind of huge barn smelling of resin dried hay fresh fruit and on days when there was a performance Sunday clothes but retaining the rustic dignity of a shrine. A large stage descending in broad steps toward the orchestra pit …”The theater was closed for several years during the Great War and Morax conceived a drama on the subject of King David to reopen it in 1921. When he turned to his wealthy friend Werner Reinhart who incidentally had recently funded the creation of Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale telling him that he was taking inspiration from Hindu theater for this work his patron offered to lend rare Hindu drums in addition to financial assistance. The text is drawn from the Hebrew Bible I and II Samuel I Kings in addition to the Huguenot Psalter which includes poetry by Clément Marot. The poet’s brother Jean Morax set to work designing costumes and sets. After several more established composers turned him down René on the advice of Stravinsky and the distinguished conductor Ernest Ansermet chose the then unknown twenty-eight year old Arthur Honegger. “When Swiss poet Rene Morax 1873-1963 was looking for a composer for his new King David libretto Stravinsky recommended the twenty-nine-year-old Arthur Honegger a composer who just six years later creating the film score for Abel Gance’s Napoleon would reveal himself as a master of music’s ability to translate epics into sweeping evocative sound. In 1921 right on the cusp of his first successes Honegger wrote the David score in a flush of creative energy.”. Provenance from the estate of René Morax. Expertise by Claire PIGUET Geneva Genève: Edition Ad. Henn, 1917. paperback
1962rif. 293971Hollywood 1962. framed. very good. Fine content T.L.S. 4to 1 page Hollywood California December 12th 1962 to singer Jerry McLain attempting to give him musical advice without hurting his feelings in full: "I would be certainly glad yo give you advice but never hearing you singing and not knowing how far you are in the knowledge of works in general their spirit and technique I am in difficulty if not in impossibility to help you. The transposition of the Shakespearean songs in a higher or lower key is a ruin of my instrumentation and the piano reduction of them is not for a concert performance only for the study of the music." Placed into a white matte with a black background with two openings - whereby the letter is actually floated while the second opening accommodates a photograph by Weegie of the composer leaning against a mirror that gives the illusion of a double exposure and set into a black acrylic frame to 21.5" x 18.5". Excellent condition. Russian composer pianist and conductor widely considered one of the most important composers of the twentieth century. unknown
1940rif. 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
1962rif. 293971Hollywood 1962. framed. very good. Fine content T.L.S. 4to 1 page Hollywood California December 12th 1962 to singer Jerry McLain attempting to give him musical advice without hurting his feelings in full: "I would be certainly glad yo give you advice but never hearing you singing and not knowing how far you are in the knowledge of works in general their spirit and technique I am in difficulty if not in impossibility to help you. The transposition of the Shakespearean songs in a higher or lower key is a ruin of my instrumentation and the piano reduction of them is not for a concert performance only for the study of the music." Placed into a white matte with a black background with two openings - whereby the letter is actually floated while the second opening accommodates a photograph by Weegie of the composer leaning against a mirror that gives the illusion of a double exposure and set into a black acrylic frame to 21.5" x 18.5". Excellent condition. Russian composer pianist and conductor widely considered one of the most important composers of the twentieth century. unknown books
1940rif. 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
1967rif. 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
1953rif. 564101New York: Columbia 1953. Hardcover. Very Good. Original 33 1/3 rpm vinyl album. Three records in paper sleeves along with four pages of text bound into a box with a hinged lid. Some scratches and light wear that may partially affect playback but overall still very good or better in a very good box with rubbing and edgewear including a small bit of the top of the lid missing. Laid in are two programs from performances of The Rake's Progress: "Metropolitan Opera Thursday Evening February 19 1953" and "Carnegie Hall American Opera Society Opening Evening November 20 1962. Columbia hardcover books