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Delloye, H. L. (editor) . CHANTS ET CHANSONS POPULAIRES DE LA FRANCE SEUXIEME SERIE 1845
Paris Librairie de Garnier. Music and lyrics. Not paginated (about 200 pages.) Fully illustrated with attractive engravings, rebound in cloth with gilt trim. All edges gilt. VG. (a10171)
$88.00Charles-Roux, J.. DES TROUBADOURS A MISTRAL (*signed by Charles-Roux)
Avignon 1917 Seguin. Projet d'iconographie provencale. In French. Octavo, 87pp., illustrations, now in black buckram with original cover bound in. ** Presentation copy briefly inscribed and signed by Charles. Ex-library. Good. (a10186)
$42.00Kantor, Mackinlay. TURKEY IN THE STRAW A BOOK OF AMERICAN BALLADS AND PRIMITIVE VERSE
NY 1935 1st Coward McCann. Octavo., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a14210)
$23.00 Gusic, Marijana . COMMENTARY ON THE EXHIBITED MATERIAL
Zagreb 1955 Ethnographical Museum. Folkore, folk costumes, baskets, native artwork, etc, of Croatia.Text in English. 4to., 207pp. of text plus 46 photo illustrations, hardcover. VG in Good DJ, a few tears and small chips. (a19259)
$35.00Abrahams, Roger D. and George Foss. ANGLO-AMERICAN FOLKSONG STYLE
NJ 1968 1st Prentice Hall. 8vo., 242pp., hardcover. Owner signed with a couple of light pen scribbles on end paper. VG in Good DJ, worn. (a25378)
$23.00Weber-Kellermann, Ingeborg. LUDOLF PARISIUS UND SEINE ALTMARKISCHEN VOLKSLIEDER
Berlin 1957 Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften ...Instituts fur Deutsche Volkskunde Band 10. Herausgabe der Melodien von Erich Stockhmann. Hardcover. Thick 4to., 793pp. VG+ in poor-fair worn, chipped DJ. (a27280)
$35.00 Schaller, Erwin . FINNISCHE VOLKSLIEDER F�R GESANG UND GITARRE
Kssel n.d. (c.1930). Nagels Gitarre Archiv. Edition Nagel 1099. Music score with lyrics in German. 4to., 16pp., wraps. Good, light wear, small stain on front. (a32407)
$35.00 Tsugawa, Shuichi . JAPANESE FOLK SONGS
Tokyo 1949. Music score and lyrics in English and Japanese. 4to., 24pp., wraps. Good, front wrap splitting at left edge near spine, lower corner of front and rear wrappers chipped off, lower right page corners bruised and chipped, pages browned and fragile. (a32408)
$35.00 (folk music) . THE CONCEPT AND PRACTICE OF FOLK MUSIC AND AND DANCE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY; TECHNIQUES IN THE STUDY OF FOLK MUSIC; PERFORMING STYLES IN FOLK MUSIC AND DANCE
Cambridge 1968. In the Journal of the International Folk Music Council, Volume XX, 1968 at pp. 9-72. 14 short articles in this Journal, plus other sections. 8vo., 117pp., ads, wraps. VG Plus. (a32411)
$25.00Andre, Julie (editor). SONGS FROM SOUTH OF THE BORDER
NY 1946 copyright. Marks. 20 songs-folk songs plus music and lyrics by Lecuona, Frangeul, Escarpenter. 4to wraps, 64pp., Impressive color cover illustrated by Reg Massie. Good. (a32494)
$35.00 Aung, Maun Htin . BURMESE FOLK-SONGS COLLECTED AND TRANSLATED BY MAUNG MYINT THEIN
Oxford 1970 Asoka Society. 8vo., 63pp., wraps. VG. (a40552)
$50.00Vacaresco, Helene. THE BARD OF THE DIMBOVITZA ROUMANIAN FOLK-SONGS (FIRST AND SECOND SERIES) 2 VOLUMES
London 1897 Osgood McIlvaine. Collected from the peasants by Helene Vacaresco , Translated by Carmen Sylva and Alma Strettell. 2 hardcover volumes. Octavos, matching chartreuse cloth with gilt decorated spines. Owner signed. Good plus, light soiling on cover, very slightly soiled on outer edges of margins. Two volumes. (a41296)
$48.00 Embree, John F. (comp, annotated) . JAPANESE PEASANT SONGS
Philadelphia 1944 1st American Folklore Society. 8vo., 96pp., hardcover. VG plus. no dj. Words, no music scores. (a42123)
$55.00 Parry, Milman . SERBOCROATIAN HEROIC SONGS I NOVI PAZAR: ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
Belgrad 1954. Preface by John H. Finley, Jr. and Roman Jakobson. Edited by Albert Bates Lord, and musical transcriptions by Bela Bartok. In English. Sm.4to., 479pp., photo illustrations, music, foldout map, original printed wraps. A few pen or pencil notes in margins, a few words underlined. Partially unopended. Good, light wear, one or two signatures loose. (a46539)
$120.00Korkson, Rae. FOLK MUSIC A CATALOG OF FOLK SONGS, BALLADS, DANCES, INSTRUMENTAL PIECES AND FOLK TALES OF THE US AND LATIN AMERICAN ON PHONOGRAPH RECORDS
1964 Library of Congress 8vo., 107pp., wraps. Good, some stains on front. (a50089)
$23.00 Revitt, Paul J. . THE GEORGE PULLEN JACKSON COLLECTION OF SOUTHERN HYMNODY (A BIBLIOGRAPHY)
Los Angeles 1964. 4to., 26pp., original wraps reinforced on the inside by cardboard. Ex-library, with usual marks including stamps on title page and final page. Good. (a50703)
$40.00 (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 Vasiljevic, Miodrag A. . JUGOSLOVENSKI MUZICKI FOLKLOR (FOLKSONGS OF YUGOSLAVIA) I
Belgrade 1950. Volume I indicated the cover and title page. Library of Congress only lists one volume. In Serbian. 4to., 419pp., printed boards. Owners signed inside front cover. VG, light wear on edges. (a51764)
$125.00 List, George . SINGING ABOUT IT FOLK SONG IN SOUTHERN INDIANA
1991 1st Indiana Historical Society. ISBN 0-87195-086-3. Lg.4to., 428pp., music and illustrations, wraps. Owner signed. VG Plus, faint foxing on closed page ends; text clean. (a52192)
$36.00 Williams, R. Vaughan . FIVE ENGLISH FOLK SONGS FREELY ARRANGED FOR UNACCOMPANIED CHORUS
London (1913) Stainer & Bell. Music and lyrics. The Dark Eyed Sailor; The Springtime of the Year; Just as the Tide was Flowing; The Lover's Ghost; Wassail Song. Sm.4to., 27pp., wraps with cloth spine. Good, light wear. (a54556)
$25.00 Ales, Mikolas . VENEC NARODNICH PISNI
Prague 1950 Tvar. Nakladatelstvi Svazu Ceskoslovenskych. In Czech. 4to., 95pp., illustrations, papercovered boards with orange cloth spine. Institution stamp inside front cover. VG in Good DJ. (a57017)
$65.00 Magnus, L. A. . THE HEROIC BALLADS OF RUSSIA
London 1921 Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 8vo., 210pp., blue cloth hardcover. VG, some foxing on endpapers, a few spots on covers, light bump at top edge of some internal leaves. (a57281)
$35.00 Hollander, Hans . THE MUSIC OF LEO JANACEK - ITS ORIGIN IN FOLKLORE
NY 1955. Article (6pp.) in the The Musical Quarterly. One of several articles included in a complete issue of this journal. 8vo., wraps. Good, light wear, light soiling. (a59961b)
$30.00 Morita, Genevieve . UN COUP D'OEIL SUR LA MUSIQUE ET LA DANSE TRADITIONNELLES AU JAPON
Japan 1936. Much on Geishas. In French. Sm.4to., color and monochrome illustrations, accordian fold, Japanese style book bound with wide orange silk ties. Printed slip tipped-in apologizing for the printer who knew no French. VG, light soiling and wear on cover. (a60818)
$95.00 Shirali, Vishnudass . HINDU MUSIC AND RHYTHM
1936. 4to., 49pp., photo illustrations, original stringbound printed wraps. VG. (a61115)
$29.00 Berggreen, A. P. . FOLKE-SANGE OG MELODIER FAEDRELANDSKE OG FREMMEDE UDSATTE FOR PIANOFORTE ( 4 PARTS BOUND IN 2 hardcover volumes)
Kiobenhavn 1842 C. A. Reitzel. Andrea Peter Berggreen, 1810-1880, was one of world's greatest collectors of folk music and folksong. Piano music score with lyrics in Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, English, German, Dutch, Vendiske, LItthaviske, Russian, Polish, Slovak, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Greek. 4 parts bound in two volumes. Hardcovers. Oblong 4to., index, 3/4 leather with marbled boards. Contents of volumes have been collated in pencil on front end paper of first volume. Six sections are missing (all missing sections are listed on front end paper.) Fairly Good, bindings nice and secure; spines tape with with transparent tape (which is quite clean and lets the backstrip lettering appear bright and legible), corners worn. Scarce. (a64645)
$250.00 Schindler, Kurt . THE THREE CAVALIERS. FOLK SONGS OF RUSSIA IN CHORAL SETTINGS.
NY 1917 (copyright) Schirmer. Music for Soprano solo. After the settting of Alexander Dargomyshkt (in Russian). Octavo, 11pp., original wraps. A few tiny ink numbers on front. Fine. (a65199)
$35.00 Schindler, Kurt . VASILISSA THE FAIR OR THE PRINCE AND THE MAIDEN (MUSICAL FAIRY TALE). FOLK SONGS OF RUSSIA IN CHORAL SETTINGS.
NY 1917 (copyright) Schirmer. A Garland of Ukrainian Folk-Melodies. Music for Eight Part Chorus of Mixed Voices, a capella, with Soprano solo. Lyrics in English. Octavo, 20pp., original wraps. A few tiny ink numbers on front.Near Fine. (a65200)
$35.00 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 (scottish music) . SELECTION OF COPYRIGHT SONGS WITH MUSIC - PART 1, PART 2
Glasgow c.1845 John Cameron. Scottish folksongs and melodies: Annie Laurie, Chase at Sea, Hurrah for the Highlands, Like a Blade O'Grass, My Ain Dear Nell, etc. Two books. 12mo., 50 songs with music scores, original orange printed wraps with black lettering and design. Good plus, orange cover color has toned considerably, light wear with tiny cover chips. 2 small books. Scarce. (a66523)
$175.00 Conati, Marcello . CANTI POPOLARI DELLA VAL D'ENZA E DELLA VAL CEDRA
Parma 1976 1st Palatina Editrice. A cura Della Comunita delle Valli Dei Cavalieri. Prefazione di Guglielmo Capacchi. In Italian. Sm.4to., 313pp., photo illustrations, numerous musicla examples, original wraps. VG, light wear. Scarce. (a67756)
$95.00 Matveev, Mikhail . DVA PYECNI (TWO SONGS): NAD GLUBINOI; DINYAMI PAKHNYET LUNNII SVET
Mockba 1939. Piano score and lyrics in Russian. Kirgiz folksong and Georgian folksong. Lg.4to., 8pp., original printed wraps. Good. Scarce. (a70562)
$95.00 Turilev, A. . 47 IZBRANNIKH NARODNIKH RUSSKIKH PYECEN DLYA PNIYA C FORTEPIANO (47 VARIOUS RUSSIAN FOLKSONGS FOR DANCE WITH FORTEPIANO)
Moscow 1895 Jurgenson. Music with lyrics in Russian. Lg.4to., 67pp., original printed wraps with later paper spine. Good, a bit of wear. (a70583)
$75.00 Potucek, Juraj (editor) . SUPIS SLOVENSKYCH HUDOBNOTEORETICKYCH PRAC. (KNIZNE, PUBLIKACIE, STUDIE, CLANKY, KRITIKY, A REFERATY)
Bratislava 1955 Slov. Akad. In Slovak. Hardcover. 4to., 467pp., cloth. Valuable bibliographical compendium on all aspects of Slovak music. VG plus in Good DJ, a bit worn. Scarce. (a71491)
$175.00 La Rue, jan . NATIVE MUSIC ON OKINAWA
1946. Article at pp.157-170 in The Musical Quarterly. Included in a complete issue with several articles. Octavo, original printed wraps. Good, some staining in lower margin of final pages. (a72704a)
$25.00 Nin, Joaquin . VINGT CHANTS POPULAIRES ESPAGNOLS - DEUXIEME CAHIER
Paris edites par Max Eschig & Cie. Sheet music for voice and piano. Lyrics in both Spanish and in French. Lg.4to., 43pp., original wraps with later paper spine. VG, lightly toned. (a73460)
$75.00Botsford, Florence Hudson. UNIVERSAL FOLK SONGSTER FOR HOME SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY
NY 1937 1st Schirmer. Music scores with lyrics. Octavo, 154pp., wraps with cloth spine. Stamped on front: Complimentary Reference Copy. VG plus. (a76896)
$29.00 Lomax, Alan . THE GOOD AND THE BEAUTIFUL IN FOLKSONG
1967. Article at pp. 213-235 in single issue of Journal of American Folklore. Several additional articles in issue as well. Large octavo, original printed wraps. Library name stamp on front. VG. (a76907)
$35.00 White, John I. . A MONTANA COWBOY POET (D. J. O'MALLEY)
1967. Article at pp. 113-129, full page photo portrait of O'Malley, in single issue of Journal of American Folklore. Several additional articles in issue as well. Large octavo, original printed wraps. Library name stamp on front. VG. (a76908)
$29.00 Petropoulos, Dimitrios . LA COMPARAISON DANS LA CHANSON POPULAIRE GRECQUE
Athenes 1954 1st Collection de l'Institut Francais d'Athenes. In French. Sm.4to., 167pp., original wraps. Presentation copy but hard to read signature, possibly from author. VG. Scarce. (a78890)
$120.00 Susil, Frantisek . MORAVSKE NARODNI PISNE S NAPEVY DO TEXTU VRADENYMI SEBRAL A VYDAL
Praha 1951 1st Nakladatelstvi Vysehrad. Detailed scholarly musicology with numerous music scores. In Czech. Hardcover. Lg.4to., 797pp., ivory cloth with attractive patterend blue end papers. VG plus, text lightly evenly toned throughout, in Good DJ, a bit frayed and lightly chipped along edges, lightly soiled. (a78896)
$225.00Stockman, Doris und Erich. DIE VOKALE BORDUN-MEHRSTIMMIGKEIT IN SUDALBANIEN
Paris 1964 first edition. Les Colloques de Wegimont IV. In German. octavo, pp.85-135, musical score examples, removed and rebound in later wraps. Includes discussion. Near Fine. (a79053)
$44.00Estreicher, Zygmunt. LE RHYTHME DES PEULS BORORO
Paris 1964 first edition. Les Colloques de Wegimont IV. In French. octavo, pp.185-228, numerous musical score examples, removed and rebound in later wraps. Includes discussion. Near Fine. (a79055)
$39.00Schaeffner, Andre. LE TAMBOUR-SUR-CADRE QUADRANGULAIRE CHEZ LES NOIRS D'AFRIQUE ET D'AMERIQUE
Paris 1964 first edition. Les Colloques de Wegimont IV. In French. octavo, pp.229-248, 1 plate, removed and rebound in later wraps. Includes discussion. Near Fine. (a79056)
$35.00 Ewens, Franz Joseph; Dr. Karl Hammerschmidt . DAS DEUTSCHE SANGERBUCH WESEN UND WIRKEN DES DEUTSCHEN SANGERBUNDES IN VERGANGENHEIT UND GENENWART
Marburg no date (c. 1930) Johann Gruneberg. In German. Hardcover. 4to., 397pp., over 100 illustrations, blue cloth with gilt. Owner name stamp on title page. Good plus, hinges tender, slight bump on cover, no DJ. (a79076)
$39.00 Suchoff, Benjamin . COMPUTERS IN FOLKSONG RESEARCH
1967. Article on pp. 11-19. Illustrated, in single complete issue of Tempo, a Quarterly Review of Modern Music. Included in a complete issue of this journal with several other articles. Sm4to., original printed wraps. VG. (a79374)
$25.00Shaw, 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 Weimar, Graf of Munchen . 23 MUSIC AND LYRICS FOR GERMAN FOLK SONGS
n.d. (c. late 18th or early 19th century) Collected and set down by Graf Weimar. Fully manuscript in brown ink. Oblong 4to., first song lacks first page but 23 complete pieces follow, bound in boards. Notebook once owned by Otto Karl Radt of Washington DC; his name and address are written in ink 4 times on boards. Good, boards very worn. (a8503)
$350.00Bergquist, 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)
$23.00 Chajes, Julius (arranger) . TEN PALESTINIAN FOLK SONGS
NY 1944. Words in Hebrew with Music. 4to., 10pp., wraps VG. Sheet music (k1128)
$38.00 Jewett, Sophie . FOLK-BALLADS OF SOUTHERN EUROPE TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH VERSE.
NY 1913 first edition Putnam. Hardcover. Octavo, 299pp., green cloth . VG, no DJ. (mu240)
$35.00Koshin, A.. ZBIRNIK UKRAINSKIKH PYESEN (NOTEBOOK OF UKRAINIAN SONGS)
Kiev and Warsaw n.d. (c.1935). Music, with lyrics in Russian. Octavo, 29pp., wraps. Fair +, toned, brittle but still intact. Several pages are detached but all pages are present. Scarce. (mu263)
$35.00 Moser, Hans und Raimund Zoder . DEUTSCHES VOLKSTUM IN VOLKSFCHAUFPIEL UND VOLKSTANZ.
Berlin 1938 1st Walter de Grunter. Folk music. In German. Sm.4to., 184pp., hardcover. VG in Good DJ. (mu341)
$29.00