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Americanegro Suite. Four Spirituals, a Dream, and a Lullaby. Illustrations by Botkin.

Arlen, Harold and Ted Koehler.

New York: Chappell, (1941). 71 pp., original cloth backed printed boards, with illustration. Slight edge wear; very good. The six illustrations' glue had dried out and they have all been reattached with archival materials. Inscribed by Arlen with six lines of doggerel verse, and signed "Harold". "Arlen reunited with Koehler to continue the composition of their spiritual fantasy... when completed it was entitled 'Big Time Comin', ....Someone suggested that it might be incorporated into a suite of songs in the Negro idiom as a set of vernacular art songs....Arlen and Koehler worked on the set of songs for a period of about two years...the... more info

Price: $3,750.00

Antiphonal leaf, 19th Century Spanish.

Begins: "Morte dira...."Framed. ... more info

Price: $200.00

Antiphonal leaf, 19th Century Spanish.

Begins: "timum...."Framed. ... more info

Price: $200.00

Autograph letter signed ("(Satchmo) Louis Armstrong)") to Erich Kauffmann, [Corona, N.Y.] April 5,1970.

Armstrong, Louis.

Five pages, in ink. Erich Kauffmann was the partner of trombonist Franz Schuritz who formulated the lip salve that Armstrong grew to depend on: "Dear Mr. Kauffmann: My dear friend I always be very happy when I get a letter from you. You and your dear family are Lucille (my wife) and my dear friends. We love you all very very much. We are very happy that we had the thrill to meet you - the family and the Boss Man, Mr. Franz Schuritz. Real fine family And a happy meeting for Lucille and I. We both talk about you... more info

Price: $6,000.00

Autograph letter signed to the Rev. W. Cazalet(?).

Bishop, Sir Henry R.

3 pages 8vo. March 23, 1853, London, inquiring about the appointment of Lord Ward to the Management Committee of the Royal Academy of Music. Fine. ... more info

Price: $100.00

Autograph letter signed, in French to "Lara." One page 8vo, n.d.

Halèvy, Jacques-François.

One page 8vo, n.d. , arranging a meeting: "Mon cher ami, . . .Je recois avec beaucoup de joie tes bonne nouvelles. Je serais chez toi 4 h[eures ]1/4, demain Samedi...." Tipped along one edge to a narrow strip of heavier paper. ... more info

Price: $350.00

Autograph letter signed, in German to an unidentified correspondent. Two pages 8vo, n.d.

Hiller, Ferdinand.

Split one half-inch at the fold of the conjugate leaves, otherwise fine. German composer Hiller (1811-1885) studied under Hummel. A substantial letter in Hiller's difficult hand. ... more info

Price: $350.00

Autograph letter signed, one page 8vo, in German.

Abt, Franz.

Braunschweig: February 24, 1875, . A five-line letter to an unidentified correspondent, with a note on the verso in a second hand providing the dates of Abt's stay in Braunschweig. Light offsetting from a self-adhesive album page, otherwsie very good. German composer Abt (1819-1885) enjoyed considerable success in his day as a choral conductor but is best remembered for elegant songs such as "So viele Tausend Blumen" and Wenn die Schwalben heimwärts ziehn" Autograph letter signed ... more info

Price: $125.00

Autograph musical quotation, signed.

Gould, Morton.

Two bars from his American Salute, signed in full and dated January 19, 1980, on a strip of ruled music paper (3-1/4 x 8-1/2 inches). Attractively matted and framed. ... more info

Price: $300.00

Blues: An Anthology. Edited by W.C. Handy. With an introduction and notes by Abbe Niles. Illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias.

Handy, W.C.

New York: A. and C. Boni, 1926. Cloth, excellent condition. With the following full page inscription on the back of the frontispiece, to George Gershwin: "December 25th 1918 [sic] / Dearest George! This with much love and appreciation for all the lovely tunes you have let me sing (?) and with many apologies for my countryman St. John Irvin. Best of everything for next year and many to come. Gertrude Lawrence." Three Gershwin tunes are included, and commented on. ... more info

Price: $2,750.00

La Musique Moderne. Préface de Claude Rostand.

Collaer, Paul.

Brussels: Elseviet, 1958. Boards, light browning but a very good copy in dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Virgil Thomson. With the separately printed section of examples. ... more info

Price: $75.00

Musical Stages.

Rodgers, Richard.

New York: Random House, (1975). Inscribed "Sincerely, Richard Rodgers" on the front endpaper. Fore edge a bit foxed, otherwise a fine copy in dust jacket. ... more info

Price: $200.00

Red. Papers on Musical Subjects.

Van Vechten, Carl.

New York: Knopf, 1925. Red cloth, exceptionally fine, bright copy, with (original?) glassine and plain paper jackets. Bookplate of a contemporary journalist. The rare tall paper issue, limited to thirty-five unnummbered copies issued entirely uncut and unopened, with the top edges not stained, signed by Van Vechten on the title page. Kellner A 15b. ... more info

Price: $600.00

Riemann Musik Lexikon.12th neubearbeite Auflage.

Gurlitt, Wilibald (ed.).

Mainz: B. Schott's Shne, 1959- Five volumes, original cloth, joints worn. The last three volumes were edited by Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht. From the library of Nicolas Slonimsky. ... more info

Price: $250.00

Signature.

Dohnanyi, Ernst von.

In pencil, on the verso of a recipient's calling card. Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso Dohnanyi (1877-1960) represents the final flowering of European romanticism.Praised in his youth by Brahms,he eventually emigrated to America and became composer-in-residence at Florida State University, Tallahassee. ... more info

Price: $50.00

Signature.

Spalding, Albert.

On a leaf extracted from an autograph album (4-3/8 x 6 inches). Very good, with three holes punched along the left edge of the page. ... more info

Price: $50.00

Signed card. In blue felt-tip on a 3 by 5-inch card.

Godunov, Alexander.

Fine.Godunov (1950-1995) danced with the Bolshoi and, following his defection in 1979, with the American Ballet Theater. ... more info

Price: $100.00

Signed photograph, with musical quotation.

Herbert, Victor.

8-3/4 x 12 in. (image measures 6 x 8 in.) bust-length portrait photograph, inscribed above the image "To Miss Caroline M. Birch with best wishes from Victor Herbert, June 27 1915" and with an autograph quotation of a bar from "Natoma". ... more info

Price: $650.00

Signed photograph.

Montoya, Carlos.

Black-and-white publicity shot, posing with guitar, 8 by 10 inches. Inscribed in the lower margin: "To my friend Lee Varon, best wishes, Carlos Montoya." Creased at one corner, barely touching the image, otherwise fine. ... more info

Price: $50.00

Signed photograph.

Rudhyar, Dane.

Black-and-white portrait photograph, 7 by 5 inches, inscribed to William W. Stanhope and dated July 1973.Fine. Born Daniel Chennevière, Rudhyar (1895-1985) took his name from an old Sanskrit root and seems to have involved himself with mysticism as much as with music, publishing numerous books on astrology and theosophy. ... more info

Price: $50.00