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Chantilly, VA: The Teaching Company, 2006. The Great Courses: How to Listen to and Understand Great Music taught by Professor Robert Greenberg This multi-volume set includes Volumes (Parts) 1 -6 of the Audio Course on CD (48 total audio discs) and one book. Contents include: Music as a Mirror The Renaissance Mass The Madrigal… Read more about this item

Delaware, Ohio: Cooperative Recreation Service, Inc., 1953. 12mo size staple bound booklet with illustrated cover; 56 pages with some decorations and including about six pages with sheet music From Foreword by Natalie Stefanski-Budzikowski: "(This) is a collection of folk-songs, dances, games, proverbs and traditional customs of the Poles, together with helpful hints and explanations." Contents include: Proverbs… Read more about this item

1983. Very Rare Title - This is a 1983 2nd edition, revised from a 1977 hardcover edition which included two additional co-authors: Tony Manno (who died before publication of the book) and Mancel Warrick (father of Dionne and Dee Dee, who died in 1977, after the publication of the first edition.) It appears to be a… Read more about this item

Private Press; Circa 1999 puchased at a San Diego, CA performance 12 Tracks: Jatarichi Los Cachas Rosita Bandida Tu Eres Mentirosa Dora Guachito Corazon Entrestecido Por Que Estas Triste Coma Tomasa Solo Por Tu Amor Soltera Luca Caraval Chimborazo Adios Cacha There is no case artwork as issued. The CD is in a standard jewel case.… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 1931. Very Rare Autograph and Provenance The First Book of the Great Musicians: A Course in Appreciation for Young Readers by Percy A Scholes and Will Earheart Signed in pencil by Gertrude Bary on fep. Bary was a concert pianist, as a soloist and duetist and also headlined the Bary Trio,… Read more about this item

2015. 8vo size squarish trade paperback with illustrated cover; 30 pages, many are full color, full page BONUS EPHEMERA: postcard of one of the artist's works which does not appear in the book. From back cover artist note: "It has been a pleasure and a challenge to create these paintings; but being a strong admire(r)… Read more about this item

2015. 8vo size squarish trade paperback with illustrated cover; 30 pages, many are full color, full page BONUS EPHEMERA: postcard of one of the artist's works which does not appear in the book. From back cover artist note: "It has been a pleasure and a challenge to create these paintings; but being a strong admire(r)… Read more about this item

2015. 8vo size squarish trade paperback with illustrated cover; 30 pages, many are full color, full page BONUS EPHEMERA: postcard of one of the artist's works which does not appear in the book. From back cover artist note: "It has been a pleasure and a challenge to create these paintings; but being a strong admire(r)… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. 8vo size blue clothbound hardcover with gilt title and decorations on spine, 502 pages including two indices. Black and white frontispiece on glossy stock and seven additional full page illustrations. There are also some small snippets of sheet music within the text. Hugo Wolf, (1860 - 1903) was a composer known… Read more about this item

New York: McGraw Hill, 1981. First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 386 pages including index and two sections of black and white photographs From dust jacket: "(Pete) Seeger's considerable musical achievements have been overshadowed by political controversy. He was one of the first musicians in American history to be investigated for… Read more about this item

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1971. One of the Great Composers series 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 108 pages including index with black and white illustrations and sheet music From dust jacket: "One of the most controversial composers of the 19th century, Franz Liszt gave his first piano recital at age nine and was… Read more about this item

Nashville: African Methodist Episcopal Church, 2006. 8vo size black hardcover with bright gilt titles and decorations on spine and front cover. The title on the spine is truncated. 811 blue bordered pages followed by multiple indices. There is a unique styling to the pagination - page numbers are not always on the top corner of the… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 1951. Translated by Hubert Foss 8vo size tan clothbound hardcover; 283 pages including index. Black and white frontispiece on glossy stock plus 10 other black and white illustrations. Cesar Franck (1822 - 1890) was a pianist, organist, music teacher and composer. Contents include: The Paris Conservatoire Teaching and… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. Translated by Ernest Newman 8vo size green clothbound hardcover; 432 deckled edged pages with black and white frontispiece, more than two dozen illustrations and sheet music throughout the book. Contents include: Portrait of Beethoven in his 30th year The Eroica The Appassionata Leonora Appendices: Beethoven's Deafness A Beethoven Sketch-Book of 1800… Read more about this item

New York: American Book Company, 1903. Natural Music Course 8vo size light green clothbound hardcover, with darker green titles and decorations on front cover; 144 pages with sheet music throughout. There is no Table of Contents. There is an index of song titles. Songs include: Abide with Me A Bird Is Sweetly Singing A Cradle Song… Read more about this item

New York: M Witmark & Sons, 1940. Foreword by Russell V Morgan. Blue clothbound hardcover with black titles on spine and front cover. 133 pages with sheet music throughout. Inside back cover and fep is Keyboard for Practice of Spelling Drills. Book is divided into 14 Lessons. Contents include: The Major Triad in All Positions Intervals Based… Read more about this item

Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 2000. 112 glossy pages illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs. Color photo illustrated covers. From back of book: "Gloria Estafan's life was altered forever in 1990. A semitrailer truck crushed the singer-songwriter's tour bus, and Gloria's back was broken. Fans were amazed when she was back on stage, singing… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1939. Virgil Thomson (1896 - 1989) was a composer, music critic and author. Thomson was the 1948 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for music, having created the score for the film Louisiana Story. He was the chief music critic for the New York Herald Tribune for more than 10 years. … Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1949. Sigmund Spaeth (1885 - 1965) was an American musicologist, composer, author and radio and television personality. He was the star of several radio programs including The Tune Detective and Song Sleuth. 8vo size clothbound hardcover; 366 toned pages Contents include: Your Taste Is Not Bad Your Children Are… Read more about this item

London: Folio Society, 1977. Small 4to size hardcover; 127 pages with color and black and white photographs throughout. No jacket, cover illustration is manuscript from Handel's Coronation Anthem, illustrated endpapers. Contents include: Princes of Heaven and Earth Britannia Triumphans Le Roi Soileil Annus Mirabilis Sans Souci An Army of Generals 'Aut Caesar Aut Nihil' Retirada Edgewear,… Read more about this item