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“The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between”: Rare First Editions of the Full Orchestral Scores of the Symphonies of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven; Including the first appearance of of the full scores of Mozart's Overture to the Marriage of Figaro and Symphony no. 40
BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van; Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart .
A Compleat Collection of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven’s Symphonies, in Score, Most Respectfully Dedicated, by Permission, to H.R.H The Prince of Wales.
London: Lavenu, Cianchettini & Sperati, 1808-1810.
First editions of the first printings of the full orchestral scores of the complete symphonies of Beethoven, Mozart, and Hadyn. Quarto, two volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards wit gilt titles and tooling to the spine, including A Complete Collection of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven's Symphonies (Cianchettini and Sperati) and A Complete Collection of Mozart and Beethoven's Symphonies. A Compleat Collection of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven's Symphonies contains the first appearance of the full scores of Mozart's Overture to the Marriage of Figaro, Mozart's Symphony no. 40, and no. 41. (Fuld, The Book of World-Famous Music, 564-567). A Complete Collection…
Price: $40,000.00 Item Number: 95829
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“Ev’ry valley shall be exalted, and ev’ry mountain and hill made low: the crooked straight and the rough places plain": Rare First Edition, Third Issue of Handel's Messiah An Oratorio in Score
HANDEL, George Frideric.
Messiah An Oratorio in Score.
London: Randall & Abell, c.1767.
Rare first edition, third issue of this classic work. Quarto, bound in full diced morocco, raised bands, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, 3 leaves, 188 and 35 pages, printed subscribers' list and index, engraved music. In very good condition, worming to margins, damp-staining to lower outer corner of a few leaves, small paper loss to lower outer corner of pages 93-94. First editions are rare.
Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 143841
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The Beauties of Mozart, Consisting of the most Admired Sonatas Duetts and Concertos of this Esteemed Author
MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus.
The Beauties of Mozart, Consisting of the Most Admired Sonatas Duetts and Concertos of this Esteemed Author.
London: Printed & Sold by Preston, c. 1810.
Rare edition of this compilation of Mozart's sonatas. Quarto, bound in full diced morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, 6 parts in 1, each part engraved throughout, titles incorporating small oval portrait vignette. In near fine condition.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 143842
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Rare 18th Century Catholic Antiphonal; containing the Festa Februarii, Festa Martii, and Festa Aprilis
18th Century Catholic Antiphonal.
Rare 18th Century Catholic antiphonal containing the Festa Februarii, Festa Martii, and Festa Aprilis. Quarto, bound in full leather, hand-written script of both music and lyrics in black and red, all edges red, ribbon bound in. In very good condition.
Price: $3,500.00 Item Number: 123047
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"the greatest musical figure who has lived in this century": Richard Strauss Signed Program
STRAUSS, Richard.
Richard Strauss Signed Program.
1925.
Richard Strauss signed program. The program was for a concert by the Dusseldorf City Orchestra and Richard Strauss, held April 30, 1925. The program measures 6.5 inches by 8.75 inches. Double matted and framed opposite a photograph of Strauss. The entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 17.5 inches.
Price: $1,400.00 Item Number: 65034
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"FREEDOM CAN BE OURS, HERE AND NOW": FIRST EDITION OF PAUL ROBESON'S FIRST BOOK, HERE I STAND
ROBESON, Paul.
Here I Stand.
London: Dennis Dobson, 1958.
First edition of Robeson's powerful first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket
Price: $350.00 Item Number: 133146
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Henry Clay Work's Marching Through Georgia
WORK, Henry C. [William Tecumseh Sherman].
Marching Through Georgia: Written in Honor of Sherman’s Famous March From “Atlanta to the Sea”.
Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1889.
First Ticknor and Co. edition of Henry Clay Work's greatest hit, "Marching Through Georgia", inspired by Sherman's march to the sea at the end of 1864. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. In good condition.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 132439
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Arthur Elson's A History of Opera: Giving an Account of the Rise and Progress of the Different Schools, with a Description of the Master Works of Each
ELSON, Arthur.
A History of Opera: Giving an Account of the Rise and Progress of the Different Schools, with a Description of the Master Works of Each.
Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1906.
Early printing of Elson's critical history of Opera. Octavo, original publisher's cloth decorated in gilt, pictorial onlay to the front panel, top edge gilt, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Verdi, index. In near fine condition. A very nice example.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 142583