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GOSPEL MUSIC ENCYCLOPEDIA. Introduction by Don Butler, Executive Director, Gospel Music Association
NY Sterling (1979)., 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Color-pictorial binding and contents near fine condition. 10.25" x 7" 320pp Has an index. In addition to alphabetical entries on gospel performers, this volume also contains a list of Dove Award winners in all gospel categories, 1969-1978, as well as lists of radio and tv stations featuring gospel music, lists of gospel Hall of Fame members with biographical data, and an extensive discography of gospel recordings. Illustrated by illus throughout from photos. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. (more information)
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$25.00
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THE JAZZ BOOK: From New Orleans to Rock and Free Jazz. Translated by Dan Morgenstern & Helmut & Barbara Bredigkeit NY: Lawrence Hill, 1975. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. pp: xvi, 459, discography, index. This "completely revised and expanded" edition follows jazz evolution into the 1970s. 8.25" x 5.25". (more information)
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$20.00
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LINCOLN AND THE MUSIC OF THE CIVIL WAR
Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, 1966. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. pp: xix, 333, index; 49 plates from old photographs, music sheets, etc. This is a scholarly and readable treatment of an interesting topic. 9.25" x 6". (more information)
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$40.00
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THE VOICE OF THE FOLK: Folklore and American Literary Theory Amherst: Univ of Massachusetts Press, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. pp: (xvii),170; gift inscription on endpaper. Comprises essays on the sources of folk songs, the blues as a literary theme, the poetry of rock, and the five-string banjo. (more information)
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$15.00
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BROWN SUGAR: Eighty Years of America's Black Female Superstars. Designed by Joan Peckolick
NY: Harmony Books, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 208pp; illus throughout from photographs. From the library of theater-historian Doris Abramson, with her small label on the half-title page. Bogle, the film and theater critic, takes a decade-by-decade look at the female African-American superstars of stage and screen, 1900-1980. The individual and collective biographical information is complemented by many illustrations, some full-page. 11" x 8.25". (more information)
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$50.00
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KRITISCHE GESAMTAUSGABEN UND MUSIKGESCHICHTLICHE SAMMELWERKE Leipzig Breitkopf & Hartel nd [1930]., 1930. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents in very good condition. 8" x 5" 32pp Verzeichnis der Gesamtausgaben der musikalischen Grossmeister, der Denkmaler der Tonkunst und Publikationen alterer Musik. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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$10.00
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BURROWES' PIANO-FORTE PRIMER: containing the Rudiments of Music Intended Either for Private Tuition or Teaching in Classes W.F. Shaw, 1889. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Good. Small hole in spine cloth. 114pp. This new edition adds a chapter on fingering, a dictionary of the latest musical terms, two pages of "time puzzles," etc. 5.75" x 3.75". (more information)
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$15.00
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THE THOROUGH-BASE PRIMER, containing Explanations and Examples of the Rudiments of Harmony N-Y: S.T. Gordon & Son. 21st edition, revised & corrected. Hard Cover. Very Good. 96pp, music in the text. Bound in cloth-backed printed green boards, lightly rubbed at the edges as usual. Contains 50 exercises. Published ca. 1840s. 7.5" x 5". (more information)
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CATALOGUE OF STANDARD AND POPULAR SHEET MUSIC BY ALL THE FAMOUS COMPOSERS
NY Fair Music Co. 1908., 1908. Soft Cover. Illustrated paper covers and contents in very good condition. 8" x 3.5" (24)pp Lists nearly 1,400 classic and "modern" compositions, vocal and instrumental, with their regular prices. "Our price is 10 cents a copy, no matter what the marked price is." On the back cover is a reprint of a New York World piece endorsing Century Edition sheet music. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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$15.00
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THE YELLOW BELL: A Brief Sketch of the History of Chinese Music Baldwin, Maryland Barberry Hill 1934., 1934. Hardcover. Tail of spine bumped, else in very good condition. 9.25" x 6" 61pp First published in French in 1932. Includes chapters on the Chinese scale and tones, instrumental music, types of Chinese music (folk, religious, popular, theatrical), etc. Illustrated by 2 photo-plates, 26 figures. 1st in English edition. Binding is orig boards. (more information)
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$40.00
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AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL SCORES IN THE COOLIDGE FOUNDATION COLLECTION Washington Library of Congress 1950., 1950. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents in very good condition. 9" x 5.75" 30pp Describes the Foundation's collection of handwritten scores (1900-1949), many dedicated to or commissioned by Mrs. Coolidge. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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$15.00
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PRESIDENTIAL SHEET MUSIC: An Illustrated Catalogue of Published Music . The American Presidency and Those Who Sought Office Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2001. First Edition. Original cloth. Fine. pp: xvi, 800; text illus from sheet music. Arranged by candidate and party, with an appendix listing publishers by city as well as title and composer indices. 9.25" x 6". (more information)
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$45.00
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THE YANKEE DOODLER
Cranbury, NJ: A.S. Barnes, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Original cloth. 320pp, index; illus and music in text. Subtitle: "Music, theater and fun in the American Revolution," anthology and guide. 11.25" x 8.5". (more information)
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THEMATIC INDEX OF THE MOST FAVORITE VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITIONS
Jersey City, NJ W.H. Ewald & Bro. nd [ca. 1885]., 1885. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Edges of covers lightly chipped, else in good condition. 12.5" x 10" 40pp Contains first lines of several hundred "new" popular songs and pieces from the Ewald sheet-music catalog, arranged by topic. Illustrated by engraved illus ads & borders. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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$35.00
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THE BOOK OF JAZZ FROM THEN TILL NOW: A Guide to the Entire Field
NY: Bonanza Books, 1965. Revised Edition. Original cloth. Very Good/Very Good. pp: viii, 280, index. Foreword by John "Dizzy" Gillespie. The section on jazz improv uses detailed excerpts from the solos of 17 musicians. 8.25" x 5.5". (more information)
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KENTUCKY FOLKMUSIC: An Annotated Bibliography Lexington: Univ Press of Kentucky, 1985. First Edition. Cloth. Fine. Contains 709 annotated entries, plus author index, subject index, and index of periodicals cited. 8.75" x 5.5". (more information)
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IN PRAISE OF MUSIC: 366 Selections, One for Every Day in the Year
Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1910. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good. 158pp, index. Comprises 366 quotations from ancient and modern writers on the beauties and benefits of music and musical study. 7.75" x 5.25". (more information)
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THE NEW FOLK MUSIC Crown Point, IN: White Cliffs Media, 1991. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Pictorial paper covers. pp: ix, 150; illus from photographs. Chapters: The Old School (1950s-60s); Singer-Songwriters; Bluegrass; Blues; Louisiana; British Isles; etc. 11" x 8.5". (more information)
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THE SCOPE AND FUNCTION OF MUSICOLOGY s.l. Music Teachers Natl Assn 1947., 1947. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents in very good condition. 8.75" x 5.5" (5)pp Haydon stresses the growing importance of musicology to both "music and the music profession.". orig offprint edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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$10.00
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ON THE MEANING OF MUSIC: A Lecture Washington Library of Congress 1948., 1948. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents in very good condition. 9" x 5.75" 26pp Haydon, Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina, delivered this lecture in the Coolidge Auditorium at the L.C. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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MUSICOLOGY IN THE UNITED STATES: A Survey of Recent Trends Chicago Music Teachers Nat'l Assn 1947., 1947. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents near fine condition. 8.75" x 5.5" (21)pp Offprint from the MTNA Proceedings for 1947. Documents the growth of musicological studies, library resources, etc. 1st book edn. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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A CHECK-LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF MUSIC Ann Arbor School of Music, U. Michigan (1944)., 1944. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Binding and contents in very good condition. 9" x 6" pp: xii, 49 Comprises checklist of holdings at 113 libraries: periodicals re music; historical collections of music; individual composers. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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$15.00
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BOB DYLAN: THE RECORDING SESSIONS, 1960-1994
NY: St. Martin's Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Some highlighting here and there. pp: xix, 233; 8pp illus from photographs. Contains detailed information on every song Dylan recorded and every recording session, 1960-1994, analyzed by the author. 9.5" x 6.25". (more information)
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BRETHREN HYMN BOOKS AND HYMNALS, 1720-1884
Gettysburg, PA: Brethren Heritage Press, 1986. First Edition. Original Cloth. Fine. 205pp; illustrations in the text. One of a limited edition of 2,000 copies. 9" x 9". (more information)
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$65.00
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I SING FOR I CANNOT BE SILENT: The Feminization of American Hymnody, 1870-1920 Pittsburgh, PA: Univ of Pittsburgh Press, 1997. First Edition. Original Cloth. Fine. pp: x, 220, notes, bibliography and index; few illus from photographs. Hobbs examines the role of women as hymn-writers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes Fanny Crosby, the blind woman who claimed authorship of 8,000 hymns, as well as lesser known women. 9.25" x 6". (more information)
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MUSIC HOUND JAZZ: The Essential Album Guide NY: Schirmer Trade Books, 1998. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. pp: xxiv, 1390; illus from photographs. This big book gives biographical facts and opinions on which albums to buy and which to avoid, for nearly 1,300 jazz artists. 9.25" x 7.5". (more information)
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THE BIG SERENADE
Evanston, IL: Instrumentalist, 1961. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/Good. pp: (li), 242; 16pp illus from photographs. The US Air Force's Chief of Bands & Music tells the history of the Air Force Band as goodwill ambassadors around the world. 8.5" x 5.5". (more information)
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MEDIEVAL MUSIC: The Sixth Liberal Art Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. pp: xii, 326l index. This extensive bibliography documents the critical literature as well as the many editions of medieval music. 10" x 7". (more information)
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TIN PAN ALLEY: The Composers, the Songs, the Performers. The Golden Age of American Popular Music from 1886 to 1956
NY: Donald I. Fine, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. pp: xxiv, 312; 32pp illus from photographs. This decade-by-decade history covers more than 3,000 songs and the major performers who made them hits. 9.5" x 6". (more information)
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THE IRVING BERLIN SONGOGRAPHY: 1907-1966
New Rochelle: Arlington House, 1969. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 172pp. Lists Berlin's songs year by year, along with known recordings of each song and the artist(s) who recorded it. 8" x 5.25". (more information)
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