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1.	ASIOLI, BONIFAZIO : L'ALLIEVO AL CLAVICEMBALO. [Milano] G. Ricordi Year: 
[1819] 278Pp., music., 26 x 34 cm. Pl. no. 650-652./ Engraved./ Contains 3 
parts; the 2d and 3d parts also paged separately. Volume 1 and II are bound 
in one oblong folio volume, volume III in a separate volume.  The last 
contemporary text book for the Harpsichord [=clavicembalo].  It is a 
complete course of study in that instrument. This, his last published 
pedagogic work, was issued the year before his death.  He suggests to 
keyboard players that they continue and play the very beautiful sonatas of 
Clementi, Haydn and Mozart and then the grand sonatas of Dussek, Steibelt, 
Beethoven and Pollini [P. 95 Vol. II].  In the last volume he uses music by 
Mozart and Paisiello as his major models. But he also seeks to have 
students learn how to improvise an overture, figure a bass without any 
numbers by following the melodic lines, and finally to orchestrate and read 
orchestra parts from the keyboard. The author, the first director of the 
conservatory of Milan, was first a harpsichord virtuoso, and later a 
successful operatic composer. Baker notes highlights from his career as a 
composer and teacher. There are many holdings for his works and modern 
recordings.  OCLC: 21899796, 3 Locs. in the USA, [CUY, LNN, INU]. In period 
figured, paper covered boards, Dec. label on front boards, original 
backstrips, VG.  $675.00

2.	BRAHMS, JOHANNES :  FANTASIEN FUR PIANOFORTE. OP. 116. Erstes [Zweites] 
Heft Berlin : Simrock, PN 9874-9875, 1892. - 18 [15] Pp. First Editions of 
some of Brahms most performed piano works. Hofmann Pp. 244-245. Original 
wrappers [Volume 2 with slight imperfections at lower margin of wraps] With 
stamp of the music retailer on one front wrap. VG+. $275.00

3.	CARULLI, F.[ERDINANDo]: METHODE COMPLETE POUR LA GUITARE / Vollständige 
Guitarren-Schule. Chez N. Simrock A Bonn [ca 1808-12], Plate no. 2902. 27 
Pp., Folio, engraved thoughout. Title page, instruction in double columns 
both French and German.BOUND WITH  THESE GUITAR PIECES: Anton Proch : Lebe 
wohl. No. 320, P. # 6457, Wien, bie Ant. Diabelli & Comp.;  Kreutzer, 
Conradin, Arr. E. Geiringer : Arien Aus der opera der Nachtlager in Granada 
: Romanze der Gabriele. Wien, Witzendorf et. all P. #3217; Proch, H. : Das 
Alpenhorn N. P. #.;  Abschied u. Lebewohl 2 Volkslieder, Joh. Andre, 
Offenbach, P. # 6142; Schubert, Franz, Staendchen, Tobias Haslinger's 
Witwe, u. Sohn, Wien, P. # 10,261.; Hoffmann, J. D. : Amphion. Lieder 
Sammlung Zweites Heft, various, Offenbach bei Johann Andre, P. #6695; Koch, 
E. Liebchen Auge, Coeln, M./Schloss P. # M.S.100, Achloss; Kinkel. 
Johannes, Abschied and Offenbach, J. , O Bleib bei mir. P. # M.S. 98 Coeln, 
M. Schloss. BOUND WITH Manus. arrangements of songs W/guitar : Mendelssohn, 
Andantino Morgengesaenge;  Mendelssohn, Auf Flugeln des Gesaenges von Heine 
; Mendelssohn Zuleika von Goethe; Recitativo und Aria Aus Figaro von 
Mozart; Kuiken, Morgens in der Fruehe Duett fuer 2 Sopranos.  Carulli, a 
great classical guitarist was born in Naples, died in Paris. Self taught, 
he had a brilliant performing career, his guitar method is the basis of 
modern guitar technique [Baker]. A very early edition. Unloc. in OCLC, KVK, 
BN, COPAC . Mbld. Bds., calf back, Dec. label, Ca. 1850, VG. $575.00

4.	CHOPIN, FRYDERYK : SONATE POUR LE PIANO Dediee' a Madame La Comtesse E. 
de Perthuis. Pr. 1 Thlr. 15 ngr.  Op. 58. Leipzig, chez Breitkopf & Härtel. 
Paris : Chez J. Meissonnier; Londres : Chez Wessel & Stapleton, First 
Edition plates of 1845, slightly later issue of ca. 1848. Folio, Original 
printed wrappers, advertising on the rear works of Chopin, Henselt and 
Thalberg. 31 cm.,  31 Engraved Pp. engraved throughout. This is also called 
his Sonata for piano, no. 3, Opus 58, in B minor. Plate number 7260. 
Kobylanska. Frederic Chopin, thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis 
(1979), p. 126; Brown. Chopin, an index of his works (1972), no. 
155-6.  Harvard has this issue in its William Mason Chopin collection, 
however, bound up, and without the wrappers.OCLC also notes copies at CLU, 
CRU, CGU, MNN.  About Fine.  All early issues are very rare in this 
condition. $785.00

5.	DVORAK, ANTON - SUITE FUR PIANOFORTE. OP. 98 - Berlin : Simrock, PN 
10237, 1894. - 19 lithogr. Pp. Burghauser 184, First Edition. Written 
shortly after the Symphony "From the New World" which is Opus 95. His most 
extensive work for solo piano. No copies are recorded at OCLC, NYP, HLS; UC 
Berkeley and UCLA note only 1906 reprints. Very Good condition unbound, but 
sewn, as issued.  $175.00

6.	GRAUPNER,  G[OTTLIEB] : RUDIMENTS OF THE ART OF PLAYING ON THE PIANO 
FORTE : containing elements of music, preliminary remarks on fingering with 
examples, thirty fingered lessons, and a plain direction for tuning / 
Boston:; Printed and sold by G. Graupner, 1806.[2], 40 Pp. of music : ill. 
; 32 cm. Language:  First Edition of the first original American piano 
instructor including a dictionary of Italian musical terms and a good deal 
of advice on fingering. It was meant for self instruction and for the 
amateur pianist. Graupner was an oboist and son of a musician. He played in 
the orchestra in London when Haydn made his famous visit, and therefore 
participated in the first performances of Haydn's late symphonies. He 
married an accomplished singer and actress and emigrated first to 
Charleston in 1795 and settled finally in Boston in 1800. In Boston he 
opened, with others a music conservatory of which he ultimately became sole 
proprietor, and began to publish music in 1802, publishing his own music as 
well as that of other composers.  He was, among other accomplishments, one 
of the principal founders of the Philharmonic Society and of the Handel and 
Haydn Society, which flourish to this day. He also had made and sold 
musical instruments including Piano Fortes. Bound with the book when 
purchased by its first owner, are a selection of piano pieces published by 
Graupner at the same time. They are: 1. The Village Holy Day [1 P.] [Wolfe 
7146] 2. A Canadian Boat Song.[ Wolfe 5931] 3.Snatch Fleeting Pleasures 
[translated from the German
 [1 P.] [First Line not as reported : Snatch 
Fleeting Pleasures, At the same address but without the Hewitt imprint in 
Wolfe. 6433, Thus, unnoted in Wolfe.] 4. President Monroe's March for the 
Piano Forte with An Accompt. For Flute or Violin by M. Gille Sen.[2 P.] 
[Actually an unknown and earlier publication of Guilbert's work noted in 
Wolfe only as printed in Charleston in 1817 (3246, 2 Locs.)] 5. Washington 
Benevolent Societys March [1 P.] [Wolfe 9614, Second State with No. 44 
added] 6. Boston Cadet's March [1 P.] [Wolfe 981]  7. Bonaparte's March 
[Etc] [3 Pp.] includes as well the numbered works, Knoxs March, A March, 
Morgiana[Dance with Tambourine].[Wolfe unrecorded, plate mark 155] 8. 
Belisle March with variations [2 P.][Wolfe, unrecorded] . 9. A Favorite 
Waltz WITH "The Russian Dance" at the bottom of the page. [1 P.].[ Wolfe, 
9579] 10. German Waltz, [1 P.][Wolfe 2977a, Second state] 11. A Favorite 
Sonata Composed by Mr. Dusseck. [4 Pp.] This has some penciled 
fingerings.[Wolfe 2626] Bound in marbled boards, calf backstrip, false 
raised bands, gilt with the red morocco book label on the front board of 
"Charlotte E. Pierce", marked No. 1. The manual is Wolfe 3202 noting 4 
locations [DLC-badly mutilated, JFD, MWA (lacks Pp. 1-6) NN (lacks Pp.1-4, 
23-24).  OCLC: 20911441, 3 Locs., two at Yale [YUS, YUU, CIN]. One page has 
been torn across and repaired, no loss, otherwise a few very short edge 
tears and minimal marginal losses, affecting no music or text. Binding worn 
at crown and foot of spine and at corners, but a Very Good copy of a very 
rare manual with a collection of rare, early American sheet 
music,  including an unknown edition of "President Monroe's March", and of 
some historical significance. $1450.00

7.	PURCELL, HENRY: MR HENR. PURCELL'S FAVOURITE SONGS OUT OF HIS MOST 
CELEBRATED ORPHEUS BRITTANICUS and the rest of his Works the whole fairly 
Engraven and carefully corrected. London. Printed for Ino Walsh ... and Ino 
& Joseph Hare. [1725?] folio, Title page, Contents leaf [with an ad. For 
other  music publications], [ 2],  Pp. 2-62, words and music. 'A Catalogue 
of Mr. Henry Purcell's Songs' occurs on the unnumbered page 1  -   62. P 62 
is entitled Chorus and begins  "Oh How gladly we believe..."  The previous 
song on pp.60 and 61 (recto and verso of the same leaf) is 'A Dialogue in 
the Prophetess ...etc.'. . The catalogue of the songs divides them into 
Single Songs, Two part Songs and Dialogues. It occupies the upper part of 
the table, with the lower third of the table given to 'A Catalogue of Vocal 
Musick and the best editions which may be had where these are sold.'   The 
music consists of a vocal line or lines, with a figured bass, but also, 
sometimes, with a separate flute obligato. Engraved music through out, 
sometimes printed on both sides of the sheet. The first collection after 
Purcell's untimely death in 1695, and the posthumous publication of Orpheus 
Britannicus [Correct spelling], which included the work of other composers. 
'A Catalogue of RISM P 5986,BUC of Early Music, p.859. Located at the BL, 
Royal Acad of Music, Oxf., MPL, NYP, LC, Music Div. [RISM P 5986].  In 
England there are copies, apart from the British Library's, at the Royal 
Academy of Music, at Oriel College, Oxford, and at the Henry Watson Music 
Library (Manchester Public Library) [RISM P 5986 and British Union 
Catalogue of Early Music, p.859]. Not in OCLC, HHG, YUS, Eastman, NYP, 
Melvyl, LC, not in COPAC except for  a copy at the BL.  In original, worn, 
paper covered boards, new cloth spine, gilt Mro. label. Several pages 
repaired properly by modern conservators, the music is now in lovely 
condition. The boards are worn and lack some of their plain blue paper, OW 
Very Good. $1250.00

8.	SKRIABIN, ALEXANDER - DEUX MORCEAUX POUR PIANO SOLO OP. 52. NO. I. 
POEME. NO. II. ENIGME - [S.l.] : L'auteur,[Self published by the author] 
[ca. 1910?]. -The price is given in Francs/Kopecks. With a few pencil marks 
indicating interpretation. Written just before the Divine Poem, opus 54, 
which was one of his first major "theosophic" works. It is also just a 
little before he abandoned key signatures[opus 58] and wrote with 
unquestionable atonality. No copies are located in OCLC, Melvyl, HLS, YUS, 
NYP, Eastman. The rare First Edition, Scriabine's own publication. Foxed, 
strengthened back OW VG. $225.00

9.	SPOHR, LOUIS :  JESSONDA : OPER IN FREI AKTEN : Leipzig : C.F. Peters, 
Libretto by Eduard Heinrich Gehe, based on La veuve du Malabar, by A.M. Le 
Mierre.  Vocal scores with piano arranged by Ferdinand Spohr.[1826 or 
7]  Leipzig, im Bureau de Musique von C.F. Peters Oblong 4to, [2], 71, 69, 
47 p. 26 x 33 cm.  The Overture has been arranged for piano, 4 hands. Music 
No: 1801; C.F. Peters, plates engraved. The first Vocal score with piano. 
For many years, Louis Spohr's reputation was kept alive only by his Eighth 
Violin Concerto in the Efrem Zimbalist recording, a concerto which treats 
the violin in a quite operatic way.  In his own day, Spohr was famous as a 
symphonist and even more as an operatic composer.  After receiving his 
appointment to Cassel as conductor for life, according to Baker:  "He won 
lasting renown as a conductor and reached his zenith as a composer with the 
opera Jessonda [1823],...".  His reputation has changed today.  Now there 
are several complete opera recordings of Jessonda to choose from on the 
market.  This is the first piano score version, issued in response to the 
large demand in the years after its success.  RLIn, 1 Loc.  BOUND 
WITH  :  HUMMEL, JOHANN NEPOMUK  :  MATHILDE VON GUISE; HEROISCH-KOMISCHE 
OPER mit teutschen und italienischen Texte in Musik gesetzt von J. N. 
Hummel. Klavier-Auszug vom Componisten.  Leipzig, C. F. Peters [ca.1823] 
Pl. no. 1761.  84, 67, 37 p. 26 x 33 cm.  The libretto is an uncredited 
translation of a French libretto by Charles Marguerite Dupaty, by Jean 
Baptiste Mercier.  [Loewenberg. Annals of Opera. ] The First vocal score 
with piano, the arrangement by the composer. A student of Mozart, Hummel 
was a great piano virtuoso, at one time considered a rival of 
Beethoven.  The opera is opus 100 and is a late work. Grove's for 1910 
notes it but makes no comment about it.  Most of his orchestral music has 
unfortunately not come down to us because of the lack of parts and full 
scores.  But there has been a Hummel revival in recent years.  To 
understand his reputation at the time, it is wise to remember that The 
Death and the Maiden  was ordered from Schubert so as to have the same 
instrumentation as the Hummel.  RLIn, 1 Loc., NYPL.  In original marbled 
boards, Mro. label of M.M. Anderson, hinges cracked, on cords, OW VG.  $1000.00

10.	WEBER, CARL MARIA VON : CONCERTSTUECK (Largo affetuoso, Allegro 
passionata. Marza y Rondo giocoso) FUER DAS PIANOFORTE MIT BEGLEITUNG DES 
ORCHESTERS. 79tes Werk. Ausgabe fuer Pianoforte ohne Begleitung [Edition 
for pianoforte alone] With etched title page and 
music.  Leipzig,  Bureau  de Musique de C. Peters, (Pl..-Nr. 1754.2817. 27 
Pp., Folio. First Edition for Piano without accompaniment. This work has 
remained in the repertoire since Weber's day. But since it is not long 
enough for a soloist to play, by itself, with an  orchestra, it has not 
been quite so common during the past few years. However this version, for 
piano alone, written by Weber, himself, presents an alternative version as 
a selection  in a solo recital. "Die glanzspruehenden Passagen Druecken 
innigste wonne und Hoechsten Jubel aus und stempeln schleisslich dies 
Conzertstueck  zum effektvollsten und hinreissendsten aller bis dahin 
erschienenen Tonwerke aehnliche gattung." [The virtuoso passages reveal the 
most intimate feeling and the highest rejoicing. Finally, 
this  Conzertstueck was the most impressive and most romantic statement of 
all piano works which appeared up to the period of its composition.]. 
Weitzmann, Geschichte des Clavierspiels und der Clavier literatur, 1863 P. 
123. Jahns, P. 338 P. 26. Unnoted at OCLC, HLS, Melvyl, YUS, Eastman 
School, NYP.  With old marginal repair of an edge tear. Pp. slightly 
darkened, spine strengthened, in brochure binding. $425.00

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