Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. First paperback edition. Trade Paperback. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. Includes CD. 384 p. w/ endnotes, bibliography, index. study of this "walking warriors" percussion orchestra in Balinese political, social, and spiritual life. More
Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Studies, 1955. Second edition. Oversized Softcover. Thick quarto (slightly oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. A bit more wear to spine, with a small damp stain at head. 532 p. w/ bars of music, lyrics, appendix, index. Over 280 songs with brief..... More
Hildesheim: George Olms Verlag, 2012. Revised and extended edition. Hardcover. Quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 325 p. w/many color illus., diagrams, select index of names, glossary, select bibliography, discography of instruments in the Beurmann Collection. A beautifully illustrated book with a great..... More
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, a bit more so to dust jacket. 294 p. w/ illus., notes, bibliography, index. A study of the relationship between opera and literature at the Golden Age of opera in..... More
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corner of boards. No dj issued. Boards slightly curved. xiv, 608 p. w/discography, various bibliographies, performances, filmography, appendices, index. A reference work surveying the life and output of Gershwin in performance, recordings, and film..... More
New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, more wear to dust jacket. Pencil marks on last endpaper. 314 p. w/ illus., index. An autobiographical survey of the high points in the life of Casals, a talented..... More
Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Thick octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. xxi (2), 911p. w/ illus., musical notation, appendices, glossary, indices, and extensive endnotes and bibliography. Also, 90 illus. of important figures and groups in New Music..... More
Amherst, MA: Cambria, 2008. Hardcover w/pictorial boards. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Not issued with a dust jacket. Corners bumped. Marginalia and ink marks in the bibliography ONLY. x,265 p. w/chapter endnotes, bibliography, index. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. First paperback edition. Oversized Paperback. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. xix, 328 p. w/ footnotes, musical notations, appendix of longer musical examples, bibliography, index. A study balancing theory, technical exposition and aesthetics of Schoenberg's early works. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992. Trade Paperback. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. First chapter has a few pages with blue ink underlining brackets around some sentences. 192 p. w/ footnotes, examples of musical passages in notation, glossary, bibliography, brief index. Drawn from his papers, sketches..... More
New York, NY: Garland Publishing, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Very good octavo hardcover in blue cloth binding without dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards with slight scuffing to covers. Rear pastedown endpaper was not properly glued down and has fold on upper corner. Light smudge on fore-edges of..... More
Rochester NY: University of Rochester Press, 2013. Later printing. hardcover in illustrated boards. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Strangely a long inscription on the half title page has been covered up with many from a pen. A few marginalia marks in bibliography. xiii, 304..... More
New York, NY: Universe, 1997. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Squarish octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. 144 p. w/ color and b&w illus., index. A fun catalog of sorts of easy listening albums, covering Bossa Nova, elevator noir, Space Age bachelor pad music, Mai Tai..... More
New York, NY: Routledge, 2015. 2nd edition. Oversized Paperback. Quarto (over sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. xxi, 548 p. w/illus., references for entries, index. A useful updated reference for these lovely and important musical instruments. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2019. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. xi, 312 p. w/ endnotes, index. A classic exploration of music and the occult in the Russian symbolist movement. More
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996. First edition, second printing. Hardcover in full cloth. Quarto (oversize). Slight wear to edges of boards. Slight scuffing to covers. Name and address of former owner stamped twice on first pastedown. 305 p. w/ select bibliography, notes, appendix.. with many musical examples. An excellent work..... More
Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Dj has a long tear verticle along eldge of first flap. A few marginalia marks and underlinings in bibliography. xi, 297 p. w/illus., endnotes, bibliography, index..... More
New York, NY: G. Schirmer, No date. First edition. Hardcover in green cloth library binding. Quarto-sized. Ex-library with many of the marks, stamps, and flaws associated with that condition including call number tag on spine and stamps on endpapers. Wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head..... More
Saarbrüken, Germany: Verlag Dr. Müller, 2009. First edition. Trade Paperback. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. 329 p. w/footnotes, appendices, musical notations, bibliography, index. The title sums up the book well. More
Weterville OH: Integrity Press, 1991, 1996. Later printings. Hardcover. Three large, heavy quarto volumes. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket issued. Some spotting to lower edge of textblocks. An exhaustive summary of hundreds of artists, with name, dates, short biography where possible references, and list..... More
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corner of boards. No dj issued. xiii, 360 p. w/ illus., biography, chronology discography, appendix, bibliography, index. A solid reference for the research or collector covering the work of this collaborative duo of many..... More
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. 409 p. w/ illus., musical notation, tables, appendix, catalogue, bibliography, index of works, and general index. An extensive survey of Busoni's (1866 - 1924) extensive work. More
Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket issued. vii, 99 p. w/ iilus., musical notation, index. A guide to playing jazz and learn what is expected from a jazz pianist when he/she joins a band..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. First edition. Hardcover w/glossy pictorial boards. Octavo (standard size) Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Slight waviness to first few pages. xiv, 346 p. w/ scores, footnotes, glossary, select bibliography, index. A collection of 22 scholarly essays by music theorists, 17 written for..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Hardcover w/pictorial boards. Thick quarto (over sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket. Covers slightly scuffed. xxiii, 805 p. w/musical notation, illus., endnotes, bibliography, index. A detailed history of the evolution of primarily Western European music in these 2 centuries..... More
