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(dance) . ADAVU BHARATHNATYAM BEGINNER'S GUIDE
Madras no date (c. 1960) Educational Enterprises. Oblong 8vo., about 20pp., monotone line drawings of dance positions with very brief text, wraps covered with stiff transparent plastic (as issued.) VG. (a51064)
$40.00 Alchin, Carolyn Alden . TONE THINKING AND EAR TESTING
Los Angeles 1919 1st L. R. Jones. A work that directs the student in helping himself to develop discriminative hearing from the simplest beginning to difficult modulations and chormatic harmonies. 8vo., 179pp., hardcover. Good plus, light cover wear. (a56173)
$27.00 Andersen, Arthur Olaf . PRACTICAL ORCHESTRATION
NY 1929 1st Birchard. Square 8vo., 249pp., index, hardcover. Good, some pencil marks and notes in margins, no DJ. (a6231)
$24.00 Arnez, Chico . BONGO MADE EASY
NY 1959 New Sounds in Modern Music. Edited by Hank Edmonds. 4to., 18pp., illustrated, illustrated wraps. VG. (a33967)
$21.00 Bergquist, Nils W. . SWEDISH FOLK DANCES
London n.d. (2nd ed) George Philip. 4to., 53pp., photo illustrations, boards. Good, one inch of lower front board has cloth worn off (on edge only), corners bumped. (a9535)
$20.00 Bronson, Prof. M. D. . ELOCUTION; OR MENTAL AND VOCAL PHILOSOPHY
Louisville 1845 5th edition, 30th thousand, Morton and Griswold. Involving the principles of Reading and Speaking...(etc.) Hardcover. Octavo, 384pp, original pressed cloth. Good plus. (a6362)
$35.00 Curtis, H. Holbrook . VOICE BUILDING AND TONE PLACING
NY 1914 3rd Edition. 8vo., 243pp., index, hardcover. VG. (a33762)
$65.00 Dunyon, Claudia . LEGER LINE CIRCUS
1967 (copyright) Schaum Publications. A suite of four miniature pieces that teach the leger lines and spaces above and below both clefs. 4to., 4pp., bright orange pictorial (circus scene) wraps. VG. (a64570)
$20.00 Dutton, Mary Clark . A MAGIC STAIRWAY TO MUSIC. A SYSTEM OF MUSIC STUDY FOR BOTH GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL PIANO INSTRUCTION
Lawrence (Mass.) 1928. Oblong 4to., 61pp. plus notes, illustrations by Arthur W. Scribner, wraps. VG. (a52206)
$35.00 Gehrkens, Karl W. . ESSENTIALS IN CONDUCTING
Philadelphia 1919 1st Ditson. Sm.8vo., 189pp., hardcover. Good. (a6243)
$19.00 Goetschius, Percy . THE LARGER FROMS OF MUSICAL COMPOSITION
NY 1915 1st Schirmer. 8vo., 231pp., hardcover. VG, no DJ, (a53884)
$24.00 Harper, Ralph M. . THE VOICE GOVERNOR GIVE IT A CHANCE
NY 1945 Schirmer. 8vo., 152pp. Correct body position for singing. VG in worn DJ. (a33835)
$35.00 Howard, F.E. . THE CHILD VOICE IN SINGING
London 1895 Second Edition (New and Revised). 8vo., 188pp. Owner signed on front pastedown (Lillian Moore, Garden City, New York). A few pencil notes or underlines on final two leaves o/w VG. (a33766)
$40.00 Irwin, Stevens . DICTIONARY OF ORGAN STOPS
NY 1962 Schirmer. Sm.4to., 264pp., hardcover. Near Fine in VG DJ, light wear. (a68000)
$50.00 Karlson, Gustaf . SVENSKA FOLKDANSER OCH SALLSKAPSDANSER
Stockholm 1944 Herman Anderson. In Swedish. 4to. , 210pp., photo illustrations, charts of dance movements and musical scores for dance piece, errata sheet laid in, wraps. Good plus, small corner chipped from front wrap, uneven fading of cover, light wear on cover. (a6646)
$45.00 Krall, Emil . THE ART OF TONE-PRODUCTION ON THE VIOLONCELLO
London 1917 2nd The Strad Office. 12mo., 84pp., original maroon cloth hardcover. VG. (a64814)
$50.00 Krenek, Ernst . STUDIES IN COUNTERPOINT BASED ON THE TWELVE-TONE TECHNIQUE
NY 1940 1st Schirmer. 4to., 37pp., wraps. VG, light wear, clean and binding secure. Scarce. (a68726)
$75.00 Levy, Janet M. . TEXTURE AS A SIGN IN CLASSICAL AND EARLY ROMANTIC MUSIC
Richmond 1982. In the Journal of the American Musicological Society, Vol. XXXV Number 3, Fall 1982 at pp. 482-531. Whole issue has several articles. 8vo., pp. 409-595, wraps. VG. (a39514c)
$25.00 Massell, James . TO SING OR NOT TO SING PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS AND EXERCISES FOR VOICE CULTURE
1926 2nd Arcade. Hardcover. Octavo, 36pp. plus exercises ( music scores), cloth. Good plus, light wear on spine and corners. (a33865)
$35.00 Perle, George . SERIAL COMPOSITION AND ATONALITY AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MUSIC OF SCHOENBERG, BERG, AND WEBERN
Berkeley 1968 (1962) Second Edition, revised and enalrged. Lg.8vo., 166pp., illustrations, index, hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. (a22768)
$37.00 Schnee, Woldemar . WOLDEMAR SCHNEE'S HAND-TRAINING TO PREFECT THE HAND FOR THE HIGHER TASKS OF INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUE
Berlin 1912 4th Schnee. Exercises to stretch and limber the hands of musicians 'to perfect the hand for the higher tasks of instrumental technique. Useful also for treatment of sprains, strains and all ailments of the hand and arm. 8vo., 43pp., illustrated wrap (drawing of extended hand on front). Good, light cover browning. (a33646)
$29.00 Shaw, Lloyd . COWBOY DANCES A COLLECTION OF WESTERN SQUARE DANCES
Caldwell 1945 7th Caxton. Foreword by Sherwood Anderson. 8vo., 411pp., photo illustrations, index, cloth. Includes appendix: Cowboy Dance Tunes arranged by Frederick Knorr. Good, shaken, spine darkened, worn, no DJ. (a8281)
$23.00 Sutro, Emil . DUALITY OF VOICE AN OUTLINE OF ORIGINAL RESEARCH (ORIGINAL BOOK, NOT A REPRINT)
NY 1899. Small octaco, 224pp., index, original gilt printed cloth. Residue of label on spint, institution blindstamp on title page. VG, new endpapers. (a33918)
$30.00 Taylor, Eric . A METHOD FOR AURAL TRAINING - PART 1
Oxford n.d. (c.1940). Sm.4to., 37pp., wraps. Good, lightly worn. Part 1 only. (a24819)
$22.00 Thompson, Betty Lynd . FUNDAMENTALS OF RHYTHM AND DANCE. WITH AN ANALYSIS OF THE RHYTHMIC APPROACH IN TEACHING DANCE SKILLS
NY 1937 Barnes. 4to., 230pp., Illustrations, index, hardcover. Owner name stamp and very small bookplate. Good, no DJ. (a6554)
$20.00 Wedge, George A. . ADVANCED EAR-TRAINING AND SIGHT-SINGING AS APPLIED TO THE STUDY OF HARMONY
NY 1921 1st Schirmer. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 323pp., cloth. VG, no DJ. (a72019)
$22.00 Wells, Howard . THE PIANIST'S THUMB A TEXT BOOK FOR TEACHERS AND PUPILS
Boston 1926 1st Ditson. Sm.8vo., 72pp., hardcover. Signed by Lawrence Wheeler (Lawrence Wheeler, American Conservatory, Chicago). Quite a few pages have paperclip effects, either clip impression or rust residue. Good, no DJ. (a53863)
$30.00 Werner, Joseph . PRACTICAL METHOD FOR VIOLONCELLO OPUS 12 PART ONE
Fischer 1928. Music for cello (no piano accompaniment.) 4to., 66pp., rebound in red cloth hardcover with original front wrapper mounted on front. Two light library name stamps. VG, lower corners bumped, one text page slightly browned. (a48899)
$49.00 Whitford, Robert . MODERN PIANO METHOD BASIC COURSE PART 2
1951. 4to., wraps. **Signed by Whitford on front cover. Good plus, fraying on top edge. (a8493)
$20.00 Whiting, Geo. E. . ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT AND EXTEMPORE PLAYING OP. 50
Boston 1887 New England Conservatory of Music. 4to., 117pp., original maroon cloth. VG, a few pages have light water stain on inner margin (not near text). (a45267)
$120.00