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Smoliar, Stephen W. . A PARALLEL PROCESSING MODEL OF MUSICAL STRUCTURES
1971 MIT. AI TR-242. Octavo, 275pp., wraps. VG Plus. (a13800x)
$65.00 (Shostakovich) . FIVE SEPARATE ISSUES OF TEMPO WITH ARTICLES ON SHOSTAKOVICH
Five issues of this Quarterly Review of Modern Music published in London and edited by Colin Mason. Autumn 1966 issue has Shostakovich's 4th and 5th Symphonies, by Tim Souster. Winter 1967 covers the First Performance of Shostakovich's Second Violin Concerto. Winter 1968 has Shostakovich and the String Quartet, by Niall o'Loughlin. Spring 1970 issue has Shostakovich's 14th Symphony, by Norman Kay. Autumn 1970 has Shostakovich's 12th Quartert by Hans Keller. All issues have additional articles on other subjects as well. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. VG plus. Five issues. (a79372)
$95.00 Rozsa, Bela . SONATE POUR PIANO
January 1936. One complete issue of New Music, A Quarterly of Modern Compositions. Music scores. Small folio., 16pp., original dramatic pink printed wraps. Fine. (a80561)
$40.00 Rowley, Alec . FROM MY SKETCH BOOK TEN SHORT PIECES OPUS 39
London n.d. Editions Peters 4367. 4to., 23pp., illus. Contents in English, German and French. VG, light wear. (a33070)
$40.00 Perle, George . SERIAL COMPOSITION AND ATONALITY AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MUSIC OF SCHOENBERG, BERG, AND WEBERN (Second Edition, Revosed and Enlarged)
Berkeley 1968 (1962) Second Edition, revised and enalrged. Hardcover. Large octavo, 166pp., illustrations, index, cloth. Fine in VG plus DJ. (a22768)
$22.00 Perkins, John . DALLAPICCOLA'S ART OF CANON
Princeton 1963. In Perspective of New Music at pp. 95-106. Whole issue has several additional articles as well. Octavo., wraps. Good plus, lower corner bumped. (a83296)
$35.00 Penderecki, Krysztof . ECLOGA VIII (VERGILI 'BUCOLICA') F�R 6 MAENNERSTIMMEN
Main 1972. Edition Schott 6341. Lg.4to., 29pp., stiff wraps. VG plus, no ownership marks. Near Fine. Music score. (a32640)
$29.00 (music) . JOURNAL OF MUSIC THEORY (22 ISSUES)1957-1969)
New Haven 1957-1969. 22 issues of this semi-annual journal of music theory, published by the Yale School of Music. Volume 1 (1957) through Volume 13 (1969), lacking only four issues to be unbroken run: lacks Volume1 # (Spring 1957), Vol 3 (1959) No. 1 and No. 2; and Volume 12 No. 2 (Winter 1968). Many articles on experimental, electronic and computer music. Octavos, about 150pp. per issue, illustrated, wraps. Issues are VG or better, many Fine, one or two have light wear to the wraps or spine, one issue is bumped at the lower right corner. Issues may be purchased separately . Set of 22 issues: (a39247)
$240.00 (music) . KOMPONISTEN DES 20. JAHRHUNDERTS IN DER PAUL SACHER STIFTUNG
Basel 1986. In German. Large 4to., 462pp., many color illustrations and facsimiles, illustrated boards. VG, very slight cover wear. (a44698)
$72.00 Miroglio, Francis . SEMAINES MUSICALES INTERNATIONALES D'ORLEANS
France 1982. Merce Cunningham Dance, etc. In French. Sm.4to., about 30pp., photo illustrations, wraps. VG. (a45791)
$35.00 Mason, Colin (editor) . TEMPO A QUARTERLY REVIEW OF MODERN MUSIC - SPECIAL ISSUE ON HUNGARIAN COMPOSERS TODAY SPRING 1969
London 1969. Single complete issue of this journal. Covered in this issue are Endre Szervaszky, Lang, Lendvay, Sandor Veress, Gyorgy Ligeti and others. Sm.4to., a few photo illustrations, original printed wraps. Near Fine. (a79369)
$29.00 Mason, Colin (editor) . TEMPO A QUARTERLY REVIEW OF MODERN MUSIC COLLECTION OF 10 SEPARATE ISSUES WITH ARTICLES ON STRAVINSKY
London 1965-1972. Ten issues of this music journal published edited by Colin Mason. Each issue has one or more articles on Stravinsky. Authors include: Anthony Payne, G. W. Hopkins, Pierre Souvtchinsky, Peter Lawson. Sm.4to., photo illustrations, original wraps. VG. (a79375)
$150.00 Marretta-Schar, Luise . RAFFAELE D'ALESSANDRO LEBEN UND WERK
Zurich 1979 1st Amadeus. MIt vollstandigem thematischem werkverzeichnis. In German. Hardcover. Octavo, 210pp., red cloth. Near Fine in Good DJ, a bit worn. (a78879)
$29.00 Lang, Paul Henry and Nathan Broder (editor) . CONTEMPORARY MUSIC IN EUROPE: A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY
NY 1965 Schirmer. Hardcover. Octavo, 308p., cloth. Owner signed. Near Fine, no DJ. (a13882)
$23.00 Egk, Werner . MOIRA MUSIK IN C FUR GROSSES ORCHESTER PARTITUR (1972)
Mainz 1973 Schott. Edition Schott 6174. Sheet music. Sm.folio, 36pp., wraps. VG, small ink spot where price blacked out on cover. (a47476)
$55.00 Donovan, Richard; Arthur E. Hardcastle . SUITE FOR PIANO (PRELUDE, HORNPIPE, AIR , JIG) ; PRELUDE NO. 4
April 1933. One complete issue of New Music, A Quarterly of Modern Compositions. Music scores. Lg.4to., 19pp., original dramatic orange printed wraps. Fine. (a80453)
$49.00 de la Vega, Aurelio . REGARDING ELECTRONIC MUSIC
London. Article on pp. 2-11 with bibliography in single issue of Tempo, a Quarterly Review of Modern Music. Additional articles in this issue as well. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. VG plus. (a79371)
$20.00 Craggs, Stewart R. . ARTHUR BLISS A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY
Greenwood 1988 1st. Sir Arthur Bliss was one of England's most famous twentieth century composers. Hardcover. Octavo, 183pp., printed cloth. VG. (a40840)
$120.00 Collaer, Paul . LA MUSIQUE MODERNE
Bruxelle 1958 2nd, revue et corrigee, Elsevier. Hardcover. Preface De Claude Rostand. In French. Sm.4to., 279pp., index, pocket with music inside rear cover. University library bookplate, spine numbers removed (slight spot remains on spine), number stamp and withdrawn stamp but no other library marks. VG, text clean. (a9108)
$25.00 Caturla, A. G.; Clara Stocker . COMPOSITIONS BY A. G. CATURLA AND CLARA STOCKER
April 1937. One complete issue of New Music, A Quarterly of Modern Compositions. Music scores. Lg.4to., 11pp., original dramatic orange printed wraps. Near Fine. (a80451)
$49.00 Brook, Barry S. (editor) . MUSICOLOGY AND THE COMPUTER MUSICOLOGY 1966-2000: A PRACTICAL PROGRAM
NY 1970 City University. 4to., 275pp., wraps. VG, light wear to spine. (a32493)
$45.00 Brahms, Joannes arranged by Richard Burmeister . SIX WALTZES BY JOHANNES BRAHMS FROM OP. 39
Boston 1934 (copyright) Ditson. Piano score. 4to., 11pp., original wraps. Stamped "Advertising copy" Near Fine. (a84185)
$25.00 Bizzi, Giancarlo . SINFONIA BREVE PER DUE PIANOFORTE
1959. 4to., 32pp., reproduced manuscript, wraps. A few pencil corrrections. VG. (a41215)
$100.00 Berger, Arthur; Boretz, Benjamin (editors) . PERSPECTIVES OF NEW MUSIC
Princeton 1962-1972. Volumes 1-10 complete (2 issues per year, vol. 9, no. 2 and vol. 10 no. 1 bound in a single issue). Indices to Volumes 1-4 are included. Each issues 8vo., wraps. 4 issues have some wear or chipping on spine, others VG. Set of Volumes 1-10: (a39418)
$250.00 (Benjamin Britten) . TWO SEPARATE ISSUE OF TEMPO WITH ARTICLES ON BENJAMIN BRITTEN ; ON RECEIVING THE FIRST ASPEN AWARD
Two issues of this Quarterly Review of Modern Music published in London and edited by Colin Mason. Autumn 1967 has two articles on Britten: Sonata Structures in Early Britten, by Peter Evans and Some Notes on Britten's Church Music by Michael Dawney. Spring 1971 issue has Britten's Song Cycles with Piano, by Arnold Whittall. Both issues have additional articles on other subjects as well. VG. Two separate magazines. PLUS: Benjamin Britten's "On Receiving the First Aspen Award", 1964 first edition. Faber. wraps. sm8vo. 23p. Good plus, owner signed. Three item collection: (a79373)
$45.00 Adam, Claus . HERBSTGES�NGE (1969) FUER SOPRAN UND KLAVIER
1969. Gedichte by Georg Trakl. In German. Folio, 30pp., wraps. Litho-reprint of manuscript. VG, light wear, top corner bumped. (a52934)
$100.00