London: Printed for J. Wilcox, 1740. First edition. An important book in English, regarded by many as mainly... Read More about A Musical Dictionary; Being a Collection of Terms and Characters, As well Ancient as Modern;...
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New York: Alfred Scott Publisher, [1945]. First Edition. Read More about Carnegie Hall Program, SIGNED BYANGEL REYES, violinist, who performed on December 18, 1945, with...
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N. P: 3 November 1875. Richards (1819-1885) was a noted Welsh pianist and composer, his most famous work being the Welsh national anthem. Read More about Signature and date on slip “Brinley Richards”
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September 1874. German composer and violinist Ries (1802-1886. Read More about ALS. To John Pawle
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New York: The Music Room [Keynote Recordings, Inc.], [c. 1940]. INSCRIBED by Paul Robeson. Before it became a noted jazz label, Eric Bernay's Keynote Recordings released the left-wing folk of performers like the Almanac Singers and Pete Seeger. This album contains songs written by Ernst Busch (1900-1980), recorded in Barcelona..... Read More about 6 Songs for Democracy: Discos de las Brigadas Internacionales [The Music Room's International...
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Paris: Chez la Veuve Duchesne libraire, rue Saint Jacques, au Temple du Goût, 1768. Pirated edition, issued in the same year as the first. Read More about Dictionnaire de Musique
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Leeds: Webb and Millington and to be had at J.S. Taylor's Song Depots, 89, Meadow lane, [184-?]. With old favorites like "Sambo, Sambo", "Ebony Rose" etc. Read More about The Royal Songster; Being a Collection of Comic Sentimental, and Nigger Songs, ever published,...
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Madrid: Impr. de la Esperenza, á cargo de D.A. Perez Dubrull, 1860. First edition. Royal Presentation Binding. Luisa Fernanda, younger sister of Queen Isabella II, was married to Antoine, duc de Montpensier, the youngest son of King Louis-Philippe of France in 1846. Read More about Efemérides de Músicos Españoles, asi profesores como aficionados
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Detroit: Artists' Workshop Press, September, 1966. Second edition, one of 500 copies. The Songbook was originally printed in 1965, in New York City, at Peace Eye Bookstore; this is the first Artists' Workshop Press edition printed by Floyd Lawton, in September 1966. Read More about THE FUGS' SONGBOOK
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[n.p: n.d.]. Sir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent (29 April 1895 – 3 October 1967) was an English conductor, organist and composer widely regarded as Britain's leading conductor of choral works. Read More about Signed playbill. "Royal Choral Society" playbill signed "Malcolm Sargent."
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San Francisco: Salavator Rosa, 615 Montgomery Street. Read More about Firemen's March Composed and Dedicated to the Officers and Members of the San Francisco Fire...
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New York: July 22, 1946. Inscribed by "the baby genius of the Harlem Renaissance" Phillipa Duke Schuyler, "the baby genius of the Harlem Renaissance," was a musical prodigy who " ... by the time she was four years old, was a skilled pianist; by five she was performing Mozart before..... Read More about Portrait photograph of Phillippa Schuyler
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New York: 1945. Read More about Signature on Carnegie Hall Program Cover
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Edinburgh: Published by Oliver & Boyd and sold by Clementi & c. and Law & Whittaker, London [Engraved and printed by W. Hutton, Edinburgh], 1816. First edition. The poetry was by Hogg, Sir Walter Scott, Mrs. Gray, Mr. Pringle, James Douglas, Alexander Boswell, Mrs. Grant, the editor, William Smyth, Mr..... Read More about Albyn's Anthology; or a Select Collection of the Melodies and Vocal Poetry peculiar to Scotland...
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Edinburgh: Published by Paterson & Roy Music Saloon, [ca. 1836 and later]. Mixed editions. Vocal Melodies of Scotland. Finlay Dun was a noted musician, recalled best for this collection but also noted for the collection of solfeggi that he published in 1829. He spent much of his life in Edinburgh..... Read More about New Edition of the Vocal Melodies of Scotland…Arranged with Symphonies & Accompaniments for...
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1887. My Country ’Tis of Thee. Samuel Francis Smith (1808-1895) was an editor, Baptist clergyman, and author. While a seminarian, “Smith was asked by his friend Lowell Mason, an early proponent of common school music education, either to translate the lyrics of some German songbooks into English or to supply..... Read More about "America," Autograph Manuscript, signed ("S.F. Smith. Written in 1832. June 3,...
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London: Printed for Joseph Johnson, [1772]. First edition. The compiler of these songs said that the idea for this work came about when a group of friends were bemoaning the lack of good music at that time. They discussed it and Aiken decided to gather "good" songs, these came mostly..... Read More about Essays on Song-Writing: with a Collection of Such English Songs as are most eminent for Poetical...
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New York: Beethoven Association, 1927. First edition. Read More about Beethoven Letters in America
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Boston: Hale, Cushman & Flint, 1928. First edition. Inscribed by "The March King" Inscribed on the half-title by Sousa, "To Miss Alicia Cary Lobie/ with the best/ wishes of/ John Philip-Sousa/ 1930." Read More about Marching Along. Recollections of Men Women and Music
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London: A. Pearson, et al, 1740. First edition. First edition of this collection of original psalm settings. The author bemoans the contemporary status of music in the preface and attacks the naysayers: "But alas! In this our Age, the right Use of Musick is not only prophaned, but also condemn'd..... Read More about The Divine Musick Scholar's Guide. Being a Choice Collection of Psalm-Tunes, Hymns, and Anthems …
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Northampton, Massachusetts: By Andrew Wright for Daniel Wright and Company, 1798. First edition. First edition containing early American secular music, including patriotic and anti-slavery songs with tunes. Noted as containing the first American book publication of the tune to the Anacreontic song, which would become the basis for the Star..... Read More about The American Musical Miscellany: A Collection of the Newest and Most Improved Songs, Set to Music
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New York: The Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, 1946. First Edition. Read More about Carnegie Hall Program, SIGNED BY ISAAC STERN, violinist, who performed with the...
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