'East of noise' Eivind Groven - composer, ethnomusicologist, researcher
Fagbokforlaget, December 2013. Hardcover. 410 pp. B/w plates. A bit of staining to front cover, some bumping to extremities, otherwise sound.
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GREASE [Film Press Kit Portfolio]
RSO Records / Paramount Pictures Publicity Department, 1978. Hardcover. Press Kit for the motion picture 'Grease' in printed folder, comprised of: + 17 B/W still photos all with official Paramount Pictures Publicity Department slip with scene and movie blurbs, most in original mylar casing; + One duplicate Franky Avalon -.....
Music in the World of Islam: A Socio-Cultural Study
Wayne State Univ Pr, 1995. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. xviii, 243 pp. Black boards, silver gilt spine lettering. A pristine copy in like DJ.
The Penguin Book of Ballads (Penguin poets)
Penguin Classics, February 1976. Trade Paperback. 374pp. Sound, unmarked copy. MMPB.
Ragged But Right: Black Traveling Shows, Coon Songs, and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz
University Press of Mississippi, January 2007. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 472pp. Sewn binding in gray paper-over-boards. Ex-library; exceedingly clean and sharp with sound binding and no evidence of use. Shipped professionally in a box. 'The commercial explosion of ragtime in the early twentieth century created previously unimagined opportunities for black.....
Anglo-American Folksong Style
Prentice-Hall. Paperback. 242. Worn, edges toned and a bit soiled, sound reading copy.
Early Keyboard Music: A Collection of Pieces Written for the Virginal, Spinet, Harpsichord and Clavichord [COMPLETE SET IN TWO VOLUMES]
Kalmus Piano Series, 1967. Paperback. A Complete Set in two volumes. 393pp. Orange publisher's wraps, spines sunned, some smudging to edges, otherwise exceedingly clean and crisp.
THE ROOTS OF GERMAN HYMNODY OF THE REFORMATION ERA: Hymnology, Number One
Concordia Publishing House, 1964. Paperback. 28 pp. Stapled binding in paper wraps. Owner name to front wrapper, sharp and clean otherwise. Scarce.
Back in the Saddle Again
Doubleday Books, January 1978. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. SIGNED by Gene Autry on the title page and inscribed to Ralph Sylvester and Stathis Orphanos of the great fine-press house Sylvester & Orphanos. 252pp. Brown finished hard covers with gilt spine lettering, machine deckled fore edge. Some trivial and.....
British Ballads & Folk Songs: From the Joan Baez Songbook
Ryerson Music Publishers, 1967. First Edition. Paperback. 64pp. Frontispiece portrait of Joan Baez, color illustrations throughout. Some wear to covers, clean and unmarked otherwise.
Vocal Resonance: Its Source and Command
Christopher Publishing House, January 1979. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 303pp. Sewn binding in blue cloth, gilt spine lettering. Ex-library with external labels removed; exceedingly clean and sharp with sound binding and little evidence of use. Shipped professionally in a box.
A Preface to the Magic Flute (The Student's Music Library)
Dennis Dobson, 1969. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Owner name and blindstamp to front end papers, a bit of foxing, sharp and clean otherwise. DJ clipped.
BALLADS AND SONGS Collected by the Missouri Folk-Lore Society (University of Missouri Studies XV/1)
University of Missouri Press, 1973. Second Edition. Hardcover. Third printing of the second revised edition. 532pp. Large 8vo, perfectbound in mustard cloth with purple foil stamped lettering. Publisher's house copy with University of Missouri Press Library bookplate. Some trivial foxing and hand-soil, otherwise clean and unmarked with sound binding.
The Beatles: On The Road 1964-1966
Taschen, July 2017. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 272pp. FINE in FINE jacket -- entirely clean and sharp.
The Soul of Mbira: Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe
University of Chicago Press, June 1993. Trade Paperback. 334 pp. Clean, sharp copy.
THE INFINITE VARIETY OF MUSIC
Simon and Schuster, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by Bernstein on the FFEP in black felt pen, 'For Stathis Orphanos + Ralph Sylvester / Kindess regards / [Signed] / Xmas, '89.' 287pp. 8vo, red cloth, gilt stamped spine and front-cover lettering. B/w illustrated throughout with.....
THE JOY OF MUSIC
Simon and Schuster, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. SIGNED on the FFEP by Leonard Bernstein and inscribed, 'Happy '90 to Stathis + Ralph / [Signed] / Xmas '89.' [10], 11-303pp, colophon. 8vo, gray cloth silver gilt lettering to spine and front cover with black blocked spine title and.....
Folk Songs from Old New England: Arranged for Soprano Recorder
Magnamusic Editions, 1962. Paperback. 12pp. Staplebound in printed wraps. Quite scarce.
PRIMITIVE SONG
World, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First printing. Sewn binding in khaki cloth stamped in brown. 303pp. + b/w plates, blue topstain. Some very trivial foxing to the top edge, exceedingly clean and sharp otherwise.
The Music Of Central Africa: An Ethnomusicological Study of Former French Equatorial Africa, The Former Belgian Congo, Ruanda-Urundi, Uganda, Tanganyika
Da Capo Press, 1984. Hardcover. Facsimile of the 1973 Nijhoff edition. 272pp. Large 8vo, Navy cloth, gilt stamped lettering. Clean, sharp copy.
LEONARD BERNSTEIN: The Man and His World
World, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by Leonard Bernstein on the FFEP in black felt pen, 'For SO + RS / [Signed] / '89.' 275pp. 12mo, two-toned black and red cloth with printed photo image of Bernstein on the upper black front cover, lettering stamped.....
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An Index of Gregorian Chant [2 Volume Set]: Volume I: Alphabetical Index, and Volume II: Thematic Index (1970-06-11)
Harvard University Press, 1969. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes. xvii,456 pp; vi, 353 pp.Sewn binding in red and purple cloth, gilt spine lettering. Ex-library, some wear to covers, text exceedingly clean and sharp with sound binding and little evidence of use. Shipped professionally in a box.
Imitating Jesus: And Inclusive Approach to New Testament Ethics
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, October 2007. Hardcover.
The Thorough-Bass Primer Containing Explanations and Examples of the Rudiments of Harmony
Oliver Ditson & Company, 1874. Hardcover. 115pp. 16mo in green paper over boards backed in brown cloth. Small stains to front cover, rubbed, hinges cracked and shaken. 50th (!!) edition.
JAZZ
Doubleday, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 382 pp. 8vo, two-toned black and yellow cloth, gilt titling and red-stamped trumpet to front yellow panel, illustrated throughout with B/W in-text photos. Foxed, edgeworn, hinges starting, spine leaning just a bit. DJ foxed, worn and torn, tape repair to tail of.....