GEORGE GERSHWIN.
New York: Longmans Green & Co., 1938. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Attractively produced tribute to George Gershwin edited and designed by Merle Armitage. Published the year after he..... #50524
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EVENING AT SYMPHONY. A Portrait of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Illustrated with Photographs.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Baker-Carr on the half-title page. An excellent, short readable history of the famous BSO, with good photographs of conductors and musicians..... #27342
THE BOOK OF MONK.
Candia, NH: John Le Bow, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. One of 176 numbered copies signed by the author of which this is copy #131. Cover illustration also by Baraka. An..... #29878
MY FATHER. Words and Music by Judy Collins; Pictures by Jane Dyer.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. By the popular singer. Oblong 4to boards & cloth (the "reinforced binding"). #24671
VOYAGE. A Poem. With a Commentary on the Poem by the Composer.
South Hadley, MA: Mount Holyoke College, 1945. First Edition. Softcover. This song by Elliott Carter is a setting to music of the poem "Voyages" by Hart Crane. It is one..... #26932
"GENTLEMAN MORE DOLCE PLEASE!" (Second Movement) An Irreverent Memoir of Thirty-Five Years in the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston: Beacon Press, 1974. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED BY DICKSON on the front fly-leaf "with the best wishes of / Harry Elis Dickson." Not signed to anyone..... #50379
PASSPORT TO PARIS.
Boston: Little Brown, 1955. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Autobiography of Vernon Duke (1903-69), the American composer best known for his songs "Taking a Chance on Love", "I Can't..... #50523
DON'T SQVEEZE DE BOW! Reminiscences About Alexander Schneider.
Norwich, VT: Terra Nova Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Affectionate anecdotes and tributes from some of "Sasha" Schneider's many friends and colleagues. Schneider (1908-1993) was a noted violinist, cellist, and..... #21048
RIDING SOLO WITH THE GOLDEN HORDE. A Novel.
Athens & London: University of Georgia Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Review copy with slip laid in. First printing with full number line "54321" on copyright page. Story of a...... #25732
Typed Letter Signed referring to "Show Boat"
Typed Letter Signed. An undated typed letter from Kern to a fan who had requested musical quotations or an autograph. In the letter (about 70 words) Kern agrees to the..... #26280
EL SALVADOR: REQUIEM and INVOCATION.
Concord, NH: Ewert, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. First revised edition, with a new preface by Levertov. Has just the revised text of the requiem, without additional material. #674
EL SALVADOR: REQUIEM and INVOCATION. Stage Set by Michael Mazur
Boston: Back Bay Chorale, 1983. First Edition. Softcover. An angry political requiem against right-wing terrorism in Salvador. The premiere was given by the Back Bay Chorale and the Pro Arte..... #28879
TESTIMONY.
New York: Crown, 2016. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED by Robertson a special bound-in page by the publisher. Autobiography by the Canadian musician, best known as the lead..... #50533
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COLLECTION OF 19 MINIATURE MUSICAL SCORES ~ AUTOGRAPHED BY IGOR STRAWINSKY [STRAVINSKY] TO MERLE ARMITAGE ~ 1917-1932 ~ RITE OF SPRING, FIREBIRD, PETRUSHKA, SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE, SYMPHONY OF PSALMS, THE SOLDIER'S TALE, & OTHERS Musical Score - Partition d'Orchestre
Paris / London / Leipzig, Germany: J & W. Chester; Edition Schott Mainz; Édition russe de musique, 1917-1932. First edition thus. Softcover. Lovely collection of 19 different Stravinsky musical scores..... #29998
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JEU DE CARTES [INSCRIBED TO FRIEND]. Ballet en 3 Donnes. A CARD GAME: A Ballet in 3 Deals. DAS KARTENSPIEL: Ballett in 3 Runden. Musical Score - Partition d'Orchestre
Leipzig, Germany: Edition Schott, [1937]. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Inscribed in ink front cover "To Merle Armitage, my good friend/ I. Stravinsky/ Paris/ 22/6/37". A smaller sized full score ca..... #29389
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STRAWINSKY [STRAVINSKY] [INSCRIBED TO FRIEND] Serie "Maitres de la Musique Ancienne et Moderne"
Paris: Les Editions Rieder, 1931. First Edition. Softcover. Inscribed on the half-title page "Greetings to you dear Merle Armitage/ Cordially as always/ I. Str[avinsky/ 1947." Armitage, a major graphic artist..... #29390
WHO I AM.
London: Harper Collins, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Townsend on the half-title page. First edition, first printing with full number line. An important autobiography by the then-67-year-old rock legend..... #26477
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