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1884rif. 244944n.p. Paris 23 May 1884. 2 pp. pen and ink on folded sheet. With envelope. 8vo. Fine. 2 pp. pen and ink on folded sheet. With envelope. 8vo. Gounod sends his regrets that he cannot locate a verse play of Tourneux's father and complains of his heavy work load "I am snowed under with requests from the Committees and I can't accept even one more. My whole life goes into it and I devote all my time to it unknown
1855rif. 244941Paris 1855. 1 pp. pen and ink on Écoles Communales letterhead. Letter 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. Frame 14 1/2 x 18 1/4 in. Light edgewear and creasing faint offset. Mounted and framed with photographic portrait. 1 pp. pen and ink on Écoles Communales letterhead. Letter 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. Frame 14 1/2 x 18 1/4 in. Gounoud writes in praise of "the new Solfege in three progressive lessons that you have just published" noting its usefulness to music teachers in the instruction of modern music. unknown
1882rif. 244942n.p. Paris September 26th 1882. 2 pp. pen and ink on folded sheet. With envelope. 8vo. Old ink stain else near fine. 2 pp. pen and ink on folded sheet. With envelope. 8vo. Gounod overwhelmed by work writes "Please kindly excuse me but I am worn out! Everyday from the morning to the evening the countless appointments and summonses fight over my life: I don't even have time to face my correspondence! So more work. . Kindly let me know with a note the reason of your visit: if it is possible for me to help you I will do it . unknown
rif. NOTE0558Frankfurt Peters 1995. 4°. 134 S. OKart. sehr guter Zustand. Frankfurt, Peters 1995. unknown
rif. NOTE0027New York Broude Brothers 1973. 4°. 368 S. OLn. Vosatzblätter leicht fleckig sonst einwandfrei. Text in französischer u. englischer Sprache. New York, Broude Brothers [1973]. unknown
rif. B9781019432549Hardback. New. hardcover
1939rif. 331228New York: Crown Publishers 1939. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Foxing on top text block edge. Crown Publishers hardcover
1891rif. 40524AB1891. London Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1891. 23cm x 14.5cm. xxxii 3 244 pages. Original Hardcover. Gilt lettering on spine and cover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Minor stain on endpaper. Stamp and annotation by previous owner on end paper. Spine starting to separate from the block. Minor traces of foxing to end papers and title page. Text itself in excellent condition. Very Rare ! Includes for Example: Gounod at home/ The Monceau quarter/ His house family and study/ Sociability of musicians/ What Gounod thinks of virtuosi/ His favourite interpreters: Madame Viardot Madame Carvalho Madame Krauss/ Gounod rehearsing his interpreters/ His privacy invaded by professionals and amateurs/ His correspondence/ His unvarying politeness and inexhaustible good nature/ Concerts and festivals/ Leader of the orchestra/ Why a composer likes to direct the execution of his music/ Sensitiveness of musicians/ Opinions of St. Augustine and Alexandre Dumas on play-acting/ Over the 500th performance of "Faust" and the first of "L'Arlesienne"/ Gounod's marriage/ His theatrical work/ The choruses of "Ulysses" at the Theatre Francais/ Grecian without being Pagan/ Two symphonies/ The "Nonne Sanglante" at the Opera/ "Faust" Gounod's masterpiece/ First application of the "leit motiv" by Monteverde in the sixteenth century/ State of French musical art at the time of "Faust's" appearance/ Jules Barbier Gounod's librettist/ The quest for a manager M. Carvalho accepts "Faust" for the Theatre Lyrique/ Gounod composes "Le Medecin malgre lui"/ Madame Miolhan Carvalho/ Demands for a final a l'Italienne/ Gounod looked upon as a revolutionary/ His views on music and musicians/ His reverance for Mozart/ What he thought of Bach Weber Palestrina Gluck Rossini Meyerbeer Berlioz Bizet/ The burning question of Wagner/ How Gounod understood art/ His ironical catechism of modern music etc. hardcover
1885rif. 770R75London & New York: Novello Ewer and Co. c1885. Leather. Very Good. 10.5" by 7". None. A wonderful leather-bound collection of scores of 'Mors et Vita' by Charles Gounod and 'The Passion' by Joseph Haydn. 'Mors et Vita' is a three-part oratorio which premiered at the Birmingham Festival in 1885 conceived as a sequel to the successful 'La Redemption'.'The Passion The Seven Words of our Saviour on the Cross' is here set to music by J. Haydn in an adaptation by the Reverent H. Clementi-Smith.Charles Francois Gounod 1818-1893 was a French composer most renowned for his twelve operas including 'Faust' and 'Romeo et Juliette'. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris. He was extremely influential upon later French musicians.Joseph Haydn 1732-1809 was a Classical composer hailing from Austria. Haydn was an extremely prolific and influential composer being a friend and mentor to Mozart and the tutor of Beethoven.Undated; dated from copies on Jisc. In a half straight grain morocco binding. Externally a trifle rubbed to the head of the spine resulting in slight loss to the leather; some slight wear to the hinges and bumping to the extremities otherwise general wear. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Novello, Ewer and Co. hardcover
1895rif. 16060197Chicago: Rand McNally & Co. 1895. trans. Annette E. Crocker. gilt pictorial green cloth t.e.g. others untrimmed. Cracked front hinge reglued cover extremities lightly rubbed: VG/no dj. 12mo. frontispiece of Gounod Rand, McNally & Co. hardcover
1890rif. 038425London: Various Heugel Joseph Williams Hopwood & Crew Edwin Ashdown and others 1890. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Original. Folio. over 12 scores privately bound from various publishers two with colour lithographic title pages a mix of piano scores some with vocals. Bound in green cloth covered boards with fine gilt to the spine some light wear and marking to boards. Contents clean and tight a couple of inscriptions dated 1890 and 1892 owner's name Dennis Turner in ink a few discrete stamps of music circulation companies such as Mills no other marks. A very good copy. An interesting collection of piano pieces. . Various Heugel, Joseph Williams, Hopwood & Crew, Edwin Ashdown and others Hardcover
2012rif. DADAX3849139808TREDITION CLASSICS 2012-11-22. hardcover. New. 5.43x0.63x8.23. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. TREDITION CLASSICS hardcover
1870rif. 954T70Berlin: Ed. Bote & G. Bock c1870. Cloth. Very Good. 12" by 9.5". None. The musical and vocal score of this grand opera in five acts from French composer Charles-Francois Gounod in German. German. New revised edition with Italian text. A grand opera in five acts to a French libretto from the play Faust et Marguerite by Michel Carre which was in turn loosely based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust Part One. The piece follows Faust an aging scholar who determines that his studies have come to nothing and have only caused him to miss out on life and love. Written by Paul Jules Barbier a French poet writer and opera librettist and Michel Carre a prolific French librettist who often collaborated with each other. With the music by Charles-Francois Gounod usually known as Charles Gounod a French composer noted for church music and popular short pieces including his "Ave Maria" an elaboration of a Bach piece and "Funeral March of a Marionette". Previously held in the library of Felix Hubel a German entrepreneur publisher writer translator and collector. Dated from the Royal Academy of Music Library. Bound in full green cloth with the original paper wraps bound in. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the cloth. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light age toning to the extremities. Minor spotting to the first and last few pages. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good Ed. Bote & G. Bock hardcover
rif. 45311108like new. unknown
1867rif. 20020tPALMA DE MALLORCA: Imprenta de Pedro José Gelabert 1867. 8º.- 80 pgs.- Rústica con cubiertas originales. . Imprenta de Pedro José Gelabert paperback
rif. 20253tMADRID: Administración sin año. 8º.- 16 pgs.- Rústica con cubiertas originales. La Lira. Galería Completa de los Libretos de Operas. Administración paperback
rif. 1145163122.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
rif. 10651New York: Rand McNally 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x0. the book in very good condition clean with no marks. the pages are fragile The paper is yellow from the age. 221 pages with no index.- Specializing in academic collectible and historically significant providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us. Rand McNally hardcover
rif. 1017467072.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
rif. 38415of Fontanka 55 St Petersburg showing him half length three quarter face to the viewer's right a few touches only of grey in his hair and beard with a commanding & thoughtfuil look 4" x 2½" no place no date circa unknown
rif. 50932asking him if he "would do the attached petition the honour of your valued support and of your favourable recommendation to the Governor of the Bank of France" and if so to leave it "with your concierge. I will collect it tomorrow morning" and ending with his "respectful devotion to your ladies" 2 sides 8vo. no place 4th April light pin marks from the former enclosure unknown
2018rif. Gyan-9789361687174Facsimile Publisher 2018. Hardcover. New. 22.59 x 14.34 x 3.18 cm. English Facsimile Publisher hardcover
2018rif. Gyan-9789361687174Facsimile Publisher 2018. Hardcover. New. 22.59 x 14.34 x 3.18 cm. English Facsimile Publisher hardcover
1880rif. 63614London: Novello Ewer & Co. N.d. c. 1880. 8vo. xvi 172 pp. Contemporary elaborately gilt-decorated full red morocco. Raised bands to spine with gilt panels. All edges gilt. Rubbing to spine and board edges. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Spotting to prelims. Internally clean. English translation by J. Troutbeck. . Very Good. Full gilt-decorated Morocco. 1880. Novello, Ewer & Co. N.d. [c. 1880] unknown
rif. 47356Paris: Choudens Editeur. Small 4to. Three volumes. N.d. c. 1860-70. Each vol. 123 pp. Tan half calf over marbled boards. Spines gilt with red leather title labels. Marbled endpapers. Wear to extremities. Soprano and tenor edition. Includes Gounod's best know setting of Ave Maria. . Very Good. Half Calf. Choudens Editeur unknown
