Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto-sized hardcover in black cloth binding without dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards with minor bumping to head and heel of spine. Tear in binding in gutter of spine on lower edge of back cover near heel of spine..... More
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
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 and London: Garland, 2000. First edition. Hardcover w/glossy pictorial boards. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket issued. xxiii, 309 p. w/ essay endnotes. 11 scholarly essays on various themes and ideas in this Austrian-American composer's music. More
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corner of boards. No dj issued. xiv, 215 p. w/discography, bibliography, appendices, index. A reference work surveyign the life and output of Bennett (1894 - 1981), the American composer and arranger, who worked with..... 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 Schioenberg's early works. More
London: Saturn Press, 1948. Third edition. Hardcover. Quarto-sized. Wear to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine. Dj is worn and has many tears and much chipping along edges with an inch high chip missing from heel of spine. Dj is browned along spine and scuffed..... 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
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corner of boards. No dj issued. xiv, 597 p. w/ 2 essays, discography, addenda and corrigenda, bibliography, index to titles, with numerous additional pages of b&w illus. of various labels. A solid reference for..... More
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corner of boards. No dj issued. xxx, 419 p. w/ historical survey, discography, index of artists, and additional unnumbered pages illustrating labels and sleeves in b&w. Includes such artists as Irving Berlin, Haogy Carmichael..... More
Aberdeen: William Smith and Sons / The Bon-Accord Press, 1928. Limited, signed edition. 43 of only 50. Hardcover in full cloth. Squarish thin octavo ( standard size). Ex-library with call number written on spine, and stamp of library with gift bookplate on pastedown. Pocket with original card and library rules..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978. v. 1 2nd edition with corrections. v. 2. First edition with corrections. Hardcover. Both volumes octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Missing dust jackets. Name of former owner on v2 flyleaf. Both volumnes have some neatly written red ink Brackets..... 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
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
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, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corner of boards. No dj issued. xx, 616 p. w/ discography, bibliography, index. A detailed reference, including almost day by day notes of recording sessions and their individual participants, on Sinatra for the entire..... 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
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. xxii, 334 p. w/ footnotes, appendix of works and sources, and indexes of terms, compositions, and subjects. A study of Bartok's compositional processes, while stressing his..... 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
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. 2nd printing, 2008. Hardcover. Thick, tall octavo (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 969-1757 p. w/ footnotes, musical notation, bibliography, index. This second volume of a 2 volume work covers the Stravinsky's Swiss period, works written during WWI..... More
Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size) Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. 225 p. w/ footnotes, music examples, tables, illus., appendix, bibliography, index. A study of operas examining the place of the artist in society, and their political contexts. More
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corner of boards. No dj issued. 297 p. w/ discography, chronology, and song & record indexes. A detailed reference, including almost day by day notes of recording sessions and performances and their individual participants..... More
