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Idelsohn, A. Z. . JEWISH MUSIC IN ITS HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
NY 1944 Tudor. 535pp., index. Good, end papers and cover have some spotting, backstrip faded and browned, top spine end frayed. (a21786)
$30.00Haywood, Charles. THE GENTILE NOTE IN JEWISH MUSIC
Chicago 1946. Chicago Jewish Forum, Volume 4, No. 3, Spring 1946. 4to., pp.167-173, wraps. Single complete issue. VG plus. No ownership marks. (a32684)
$25.00 Edelman, Marsha Bryan . AN INDEX TO GERSHON EPHROS' CANTORIAL ANTHOLOGY
NY 1979. Special iisue of Musica Judaica, Journal of the American Society for Jewish Music, Vol. II, No. 2. Octavo, 57pp., wraps. Fine. (a33486)
$35.00 Fuks, Marian . Z DIARIUSZA MUZYCZNEGO
Warsaw 1977. In Polish (although there are a few sections in English). 8vo., 398pp., wraps. Essays by Fuks, mostly on music, many on Jewish and holocaust themes. Inscribed and signed by Fuks on the half title page. Near VG, wraps somewhat soiled, tiny black mark on front, a few stains. (a36429)
$90.00 Goldfarb, Israel . AVODATH YISRO-EL SABBATH MORNING SERVICE FOR CANTOR, CONGREGATION AND CHOIR
Brooklyn 1946. Hardcover. 4to., 130pp., printed boards. VG, no DJ. (a38358)
$28.00 Gideon, Miriam . SACRED SERVICE
1971 1st Gideon. For soloists, choir, flute, oboe, trumpet, bassoon, viola, cello, organ. Sm.folio, 38pp., music and lyrics (in Hebrew), wraps. Sacred Service was the first Jewish service to be commissioned from a woman composer. It was first performed in Cleveland in 1974. Good, light wear, a bit wrinkled. Music score faintly toned around edges but clean with no markings. (a39030)
$59.00 Gideon, Miriam . SHIRAT MIRIAM L'SHABBAT A SABBATH EVENING SERVICE FOR CANTOR, MIXED CHOIR, ORGAN
NY 1974 American Composers Alliance. Commissioned by Hazzan David J. Putterman and the Park Avenue Synagogue. 4to., 50pp., music and lyrics (in Hebrew), wraps. VG. (a39249)
$70.00 Druckman, Jacob . SABBATH SERVICE
NY 1978. Commissioned by Hazzan David J. Putterman and the Park Avenue Synagogue. Sm.foilio, 56pp., music and lyrics (in Hebrew), wraps. VG. (a39259)
$65.00 (judaica) . SALOMON SULZER KANTOR REFORMER KAMPONIST
Bregenz 1991. Exhibition catalogue and essays. In German. Octavo, 143pp., illustrations, stiff glossy wraps. VG, some light creasing in wraps. (a39896)
$65.00 Helfman, Max (editor) . GEZANG UND KAMF A BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY CHORUSES
NY 1940. Issued by the Jewish Music Alliance. Music with lyrics and some text in Yiddish. 8vo., 94pp., wraps. VG, light wear, leaves browned but not brittle. (a41538)
$33.00 Jassinowsky, Pinchos . SYMPHONIC POEMS
NY 1936 Bloch Publishing. English and Hebrew lyrics with music. 8vo., 32pp., wraps. Good, wraps worn, a few stains on pages and on rear wrap. (a41539)
$25.00Eisenstein, Ira and Judith K.. OUR BIALIK A CANTATA FOR UNISON CHORUS AND PIANO
NY 1945 6th printing. Jewish Reconstructionist. Music and lyrics. 4to., 38pp., spiralbound wraps. Good, short bit of ink writing inside front cover and a few pages have ink notation in margins. (a41733)
$38.00Eisenstein, Ira and Judith K.. THE SEVEN GOLDEN BUTTONS, A LEGEND WITH MUSIC
NY 1947 7th Jewish Reconstructionist. Music and lyrics. 4to, 40pp., spiralbound wraps. VG. (a41734)
$45.00Eisenstein, Ira and Judith K.. REBORN AN EPISODE WITH MUSIC
NY 1952 2nd Jewish Reconstructionist. Music and lyrics. 4to., 54pp., spiralbound wraps. VG. (a41735)
$45.00Cook, Ray M.. THE CHELMITES SEEK JUSTICE AN OPERETTA IN FOUR SCENES
NY n.d. (c.1955) Union of American Hebrew Congregations. 4to., about 30 leaves, mimeo copy printed on rectos only, wraps. Good, much annotation in pencil added. (a41740)
$35.00 Cohon, A. Irma . AN INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH MUSIC
NY 1923 2nd Bloch. Sm.4to., 225pp., printed hardcover. Owner signed on rear end paper. Good plus, front blank end paper mostly detached, backstrip faded. (a52178)
$150.00 Ephros, Gershon . CANTORIAL ANTHOLOGY. VOLUME 1 - ROSH HASHONOH
NY 1946 2nd Bloch. Music arranged for cantor and choir with organ accompaniment. 4to., 169pp., black cloth. Near Fine, no DJ. (a53537)
$45.00 Freistadt, Meyer . THE MENORAH TO THE GENERATION WHO HAVE KINDLED THE LIGHTS OPUS 41
Eastchester 1966. Freistadt, born in New York City, lived 1909-1986. Music score . Lg.4to., 154pp., spiral bound stiff boards with paper title label taped on front. Some pencil notes and original manuscript overlays in text (all by Friedstadt). A few pieces of related ephmera laid in. VG, some soiling. . (a59488)
$95.00 Bernstein, Hazzan A. M. (compiler) . MUSIKALISHER PINKAS A COLLECTION OF ZEMIROT AND FOLK MELODIES
c. 1958. Reprinted by Cantors Assembly of America. Compiled by Bernstein of Vilna , 1866-1932. Music and lyrics. 4to., 96p., original stiff wraps. VG. (a64385)
$85.00 Bensussan, Menahem . FOUR PIECES FOR PIANO
NY 1951 (copyright) Omega Music Edition. Sheet music. 4to., 20pp., original printed wraps. Owner signed. VG. (a70295)
$45.00 Citron, Samuel J. . TO WAKE THE KING A DRAMATIC LEGEND IN TWO ACTS
NY 1967 Friends of the Jewish Theatre. Includes music by Harry Coopersmith. 8vo., 108pp., hardcover. Owner signed. VG, no DJ. (a7472)
$30.00 Chajes, Julius (arranger) . TEN PALESTINIAN FOLK SONGS
NY 1944. Words in Hebrew with Music. 4to., 10pp., wraps VG. Sheet music (k1128)
$38.00 Lawrance, Frederic . HEBREW MELODIES. FIRST SERIES. FEAST OF THE PASSOVER.
London n.d (c.1850) W. S. Johnson. Nassau Steam Press. Lyrics only. 12mo., 12pp., rebound in later wraps. Good. (mu277)
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