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ANERIO, Felici, c.1560-1614
Canzonette a quattro voci [libro primo]. [Bischöfliche Bibliothek, Regensburg].
Faksimile-Edition Rara, 74. Stuttgart, 2016. 18 x 22 cm, 4 partbooks, 88 pp. Line-cut of the Venice, 1586 edition partbook edition. 22 4-voice settings (canto I, canto II, alto, basso). First ever facsimile of a publication solely dedicated to this important Roman madrigalist. Wrappers, with portfolio in decorative paper. $42 [item no.9526]
BACH, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
Cantata BWV 20: "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort". Autograph Score and Performing Parts in the Possession of the Bach Archive, Leipzig. Commentary by Peter Wollny
Documenta Musicologica, II/52 (= Faksimile-Reihe Bachscher Werke und Schriftstücke, Neue Folge, [9]). Kassel, 2017. 24 x 35 cm, 24 + 64; 16 pp. Color facsimile of the autograph score and performing parts. (The score was acquired by the Bach Archive Leipzig in 2016, making it possible, for the first time, to reunite the original performance material and the autograph score.) The work is based on a church hymn by Johann Rist that depicts, in riveting language, the terrors of the Last Judgment and the torments of Hell, followed by an admonition to live a life pleasing to God. The poem inspired Bach to write one of his most impressive church compositions altogether. Scored for solo ATB, SATB chorus, 3 ob, tpt, 2 vln, vla, & cont. The facsimile offers invaluable insight into the composer's workshop and the changing conditions for performances under his direction. Afterword in Eng-Ger. Limited edition of 250 copies presented in clam shell case. $320 (more info... ) [item no.9534]
[Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248] Weihnachts-Oratorium / Christmas Oratorio BWV 248. Facsimile of the Autograph Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Commentary by / Kommentar von Christoph Wolff, Martina Rebmann.
Documenta Musicologica, II/54. Kassel, 2018. 23 x 38 cm, 148, xl pp. Deluxe 4-color facsimile of the autograph score. This is the most authoritative facsimile of the Christmas Oratorio to date, based on the restored manuscript (2002) and new high-quality digital photography (2009). The Oratorio, with its six parts, has become dear to the hearts of countless music lovers all over the world. What sounds today as if it could never have been otherwise, in reality dates back in part to earlier Bach pieces that he re-texted and adapted for the new purpose. The autograph "betrays" Bach's working methods in the very first chorus: he underlaid the words of a version from the birthday cantata Tönet ihr Pauken only to cross them out and replace them with the famous Jauchzet, frohlocket. Other passages in the autograph likewise reveal traces of self-borrowing. Some corrections allow the reader to look over the composer's shoulder, as it were, and watch him transforming an aria step by step into its present form or struggling to find a definitive version for a short recitative. In contrast, other pages are written out in an immaculate fair hand. With this publication Bärenreiter's trilogy of Bach choral masterpieces—Mass in B Minor, St. Matthew Passion and Christmas Oratorium—is now complete and modern, combining advanced 21st-century photolithography with the latest editorial contributions of Christoph Wolff. Limited bibliophile edition, binding with leather spine, boards in decorative paper and pasted title etikette. $389 (more info... ) [item no.9568]
Bach's Bible: The Calov Bible, Die Heilige Bible 1681-92. Facsimile of the Original Preserved in Concordia Seminary Library, St. Louis.
Franeker, 2017. 19.5 x 33 cm, 3 vols, 4355 pp + commentary. Full-color deluxe facsimile. The 3-volume Bible commentary compiled by 17th-century theologian Abraham Calov and once in the library of Johann Sebastian Bach has been in the Seminary Library collection since it was given to the Seminary by the Reichle family of Frankenmuth, MI, in the 1930s. The volumes are the only known, i.e., identified, books from the library of Lutheran composer J. S. Bach. Calov is both editor and author of the commentary, using as he does both Martin Luther's translation of the Bible and primarily Luther's comments on the text, adding his own commentary when no material is available in Luther's works. The work was printed in 1681-82. Some 25 marginal annotations of Bach, along with underlining and other marginal markings, are evidence of the composer's use of the volumes. Careful analysis of the handwriting, as well as technical analysis of the ink done in the 1980s, established the authenticity of Bach's ownership. Commentary in Eng/Ger/Jap/Dut by Albert Clement. (more info... ) [item no.9355]
Wolff, Christopf. Bach. A Life in Pictures. Edited by Christoph Wolff.
New Bach Edition. Revised Edition, 5 (Supplement: Bach Documents vol. 9) Kassel, 2017. 25 x 30.5 cm, 469 pp. This lavish picture documentary helps to bridge the 300-year historical gap and vividly brings to life Bach's personal history. The illustrations, mostly in color, present Bach's life from his beginnings in Eisenach, Ohrdruf and Lüneburg, through his years as an organist in Arnstadt, Mühlhausen and Weimar and his period as Kapellmeister in Cöthen, to his tenure in Leipzig as music director and cantor at St. Thomas's. The present volume is newly conceived in terms of both content and graphic design, and thus more than merely a revision of volume IV of Bach-Documente (1979). Moreover, its numerous additional illustrations take the results of recent Bach research into account. Linen with dust jacket. $349 (more info... ) [item no.9564]
BARTÓK, Béla, 1881-1945
[Sonata, 2 pianos, percussion, Sz.110, BB115] Sonate für zwei Klaviere und Schlagzeug. Faksimile des Partiturentwurfs und der annotierten Partiturkopie Paul Sachers / Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion. Facsimile of the Draft Score and Paul Sacher's Annotated Full Score Copy. Edited by Felix Meyer.
Eine Publikation der Paul Sacher Stiftung. London, 2018. 30 x 39 cm, 169 pp. Beautiful color halftone of the autograph draft score. Béla Bartók's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, composed in summer 1937 on a commission from Paul Sacher and premièred in Basel in January 1938, is incontestably one of the supreme creations of modern music. This publication, with introductory essays by Felix Meyer, Robert W. Wason, Lászlo Vikárius, and Wolfgang Rathert, presents two major handwritten sources for this work from the holdings of the Paul Sacher Foundation: the draft score, which offers a fascinating glimpse into the sonata's genesis, and a "whiteprint" of the fair copy, which contains additions from Bartók and differs substantially from the definitive version at the end of the development section in movement 1. The volume also contains a CD of the radio recording of 1940, with Bartók and his wife Ditta Pásztory playing the piano parts, as well as a new recording of the sonata in its "original" form, played by the Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo with percussionists Matthias Würsch and Christian Dierstein. Linen. $135 (more info... ) [item no.9589]
[Sonata, violin, Sz.117] Sonate für Violine solo Sz 117 / BB 124). Faksimile nach dem Autograph aus der Paul Sacher Stiftung, Basel. Herausgegeben und kommentiert von Stefen Drees.
Meisterwerke der Musik im Faksimile, 26. Laaber, 2017. 28 x 32 cm, xxi, 18 pp. Full-color facsimile of the autograph fair copy along with 15 pp of sketch material. The sonata was commissioned by Yehudi Menuhin in Nov. 1943 and premiered by him in Carnegie Hall Nov. 26, 1944. A wonderful late Bartók virtuoso piece full of Hungarian qualities, biting rhythms, with subtle reference to Bach's Sei solo a violino senza basso accompagnato BWV 1001-1006, by his use of of movement titles "Tempo di ciaccona" and "Fuga". Like Bach's Sei solo autograph, it has a clearly-copied text that allows the performer to play directly from it. Introduction in Ger-Eng. Hardbound with decorative paper boards. $164 (more info... ) [item no.9396]
[Missa Solemnis, orch, chorus, op.123] Missa Solemnnis Op. 123. Facsimile of the Autograph Score in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin—Preußischer Kulturbesitz. With a commentary by Hans-Joachim Hinrichsen and Martina Rebmann.
Documenta Musicologica, II/51. Kassel, 2016. Oblong, 45 x 40 cm, 351, 27 pp. Deluxe 4-color facsimile of the autograph working score. William Drakbin describes the genesis of the mass as "the longest, most arduous struggle in Beethoven's career as an artist", with equally complex history of its sale to B. Schott after years of calculating with other publishers. 4 of the 5 movements of the Missa Solemnis survive today, the Kyrie, 50 pp in upright format, and the last three movements, Credo, Agnus and Sanctus, 286 pp in oblong format. The Gloria unfortunately disappeared soon after Beethoven's death. Deluxe edition with leather spine. $718 (more info... ) [item no.9506]
[Concerto, piano, orch, no.3, op.37, C minor] Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr.3 c-Moll, opus 37. Faksimileausgabe der autographen Handschrift der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung mit Mendelssohn-Archiv. Mit einem Geleitwort von Mitsuko Uchida. Herausgegeben und kommentiert von Elisabeth Schmierer.
Meisterwerke der Musik im Faksimile, 45. Laaber, 2018. Oblong, 32 x 24 cm, 22, 240 pp. Facsimile, in full-color, of the autograph manuscript preserved in the State Library, Berlin. The piece was composed in 1799-1800 and first performed—Beethoven playing from short score—April 5, 1803. Scholars have pointed out that Mozart's C Minor Concerto K.491, which Beethoven played in public concerts, bore an influence on Beethoven's Concerto. Hardbound. $558 (more info... ) [item no.9508]
[Quartet, strings, op.130, no.13, B-flat major; Great Fugue, op.133] Streichquartett B-dur op.130 / Große Fuge op.133. Faksimileausgabe der Handschriften. Kommentar von Ulrich Konrad.
Documenta Musicologica, II/55. Kassel, [in prep—2019]. Oblong, 4°. 288 pp. Full-color facsimile of the autograph, dispersed now among six libraries around the world (movt I - Bibl. Jagiellońska Kraków; II - Library of Congress Washington; III - Bibliothèque Nationale Paris & Badische Landesbibl. Karlsruhe; IV - Maravské zemské muzeum Brno; V & VI - Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. A truly remarkable contribution to Beethoven research and gift to Beethoven lovers, this facsimile reunites the various movements after 190 years. Quarter leather with boards in decorative paper Due ~Nov. 2019. (more info... ) [item no.9596]
[Symphony, no.7, op.92, A major] Symphonie Nr.7, A-Dur, op. 92. Faksimile nach dem Autograph aus der Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Kraków. Herausgegeben und eingeleitet von Oliver Korte. Mit einem Geleitwort von Lothar Zagrosek. [Mus. ms. autogr. Beethoven. Mendel.-Stift. 9].
Meisterwerke der Musik im Faksimile, 51. Laaber, 2017. Oblong, 32 x 24 cm, 28; 256 pp. Color reproduction of autograph score of Beethoven's Symphony No.7. The work was composed between the period of September 1811 to mid 1812, and its premiere took place on December 8 at the Viennese Universitätssaal together with the premiere of Wellington's Victory. While two copyist manuscripts survive with Beethoven's markings—one of them the fair copy in the hand of Anton Diabelli prepared for the first edition of the publisher Sigmund Anton Steiner—the autograph produced here in facsimile has a very special place because it preserves to a very great extent the text of op. 92 in its final form. This is the conclusion of Jonathan del Mar, based on the type of corrections and modifications seen in the autograph, modifications that were ostensibly transferred to the score during the first rehearsals. Afterword in Ger-Eng. Bound in black linen, with slipcase. $498 (more info... ) [item no.9543]
[Symphony, no.9, op.125, D minor] Sinfonie No.9 op.125. Autograph. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin—Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Beethoven-Haus Bonn, Bibliothèque National de France. Commentary by / Kommentar von: Lewis Lockwood, Jonathan Del Mar, Martina Rebmann.
Documenta Musicologica, II/42. Kassel, 2/ 2019. 37 x 40 cm, viii, 436, 42 pp. Full-color facsimile of the autograph fair copy in the original format. With his Ninth Symphony Beethoven ventured into new musical dimensions. In the final movement soloists and chorus join forces with the orchestra and Schiller's "Ode to Joy" becomes a global aspiration, a declaration: "Alle Menschen werden Brüder" (all mankind becomes brothers). In his commentary the Beethoven scholar Lewis Lockwood describes the plea which Beethoven wanted to deliver at that time with this work and how views of this have changed over the centuries. Jonathan Del Mar, editor of Beethoven's works, comments on noteworthy passages in the autograph manuscript and allows the reader to share in the composer's working process. Already the large-format paper which Beethoven used for some passages makes the large forces clear. Cuts, sometimes reversed later, show how he wrestled with the final version of the musical text and refined it right down to the last detail. The history of the autograph manuscript reflects an episode in German history: after storage in various places because of the war, the major parts were returned to Berlin but were initially divided by the Berlin Wall and only reunited in 1990. Martina Rebmann, director of the Music Department at the Staatsbibliothek in Berlin traces this story. For the first time the facsimile present all the parts of the manuscript including pages preserved in Bonn and Paris as well as the trombone and contrabassoon parts. Hardbound, with decorative paper and linen spine. Commentary in Eng-Ger-Jap. Special OMI price. $930 (more info... ) [item no.9595]
[sketchbook, "Grasnick 5"] Grasnick 5: Beethoven's Pocket Sketchbook for the Agnus dei of the Missa Solemnis, Opus 123. [Facsimile Edition] Transcribed, Edited, and with a Commentary by Patrizia Metzler and Fred Stoltzfus. [Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin].
Beethoven Sketchbook Series, [3]. Champaign, 2016. Oblong, 38 x 28 cm, 144 pp. Color facsimile of a pocket sketchbook acquired by the Berlin Royal Library in 1879 as part of the holdings of Friedrich August Grasnick, a gentleman scholar & music collector. Long neglected in scholarship, the so-called Grasnick 5 documents reveal Beethoven working out concepts and ideas, offering fascinating insights into his creative method. This critical edition, the third in the Beethoven Sketchbook Series, offers a facsimile and transcription, spread out side by side, of the contents of the stitched pocket sketchbook started by the 50-year-old master during the summer of 1820. At the time, Beethoven labored over the Missa solemnis, Opus 123. The sketchbook's pages yield the entire record of his early ideas on the Agnus Dei of that work as well as a sketch for part of the Benedictus. Includes 5 pages from Artaria 205, also in side-by-side facsimile-transcription layout. Clothbound. $95 (more info... ) [item no.9490]
[Appel, Bernhard R. & Julia Ronge] Beethoven liest. Herausgegeben von Bernhard R. Appel und Julia Ronge.
Veröffentlichungen des Beethoven-Hauses, IV/28. Bonn, 2016. 8˚, 333 pp. Hardbound. $76 [item no.6808]
[Appel, Bernhard, et al] Beethoven und der Wiener Kongress (1814/15). Bericht über die vierte New Beethoven Research Conference Bonn, 10. bis 12. September 2014.
[Boorman, Patrick] Das Bonner Beethoven-Haus 1933–1945. Eine Kulturinstitution im "Dritten Reich".
[Correspondence, Conversation Books, complete ed.] Beethoven's Conversation Books. Edited and Translated by Theodore Albrecht. Volume 1, Nos. 1 to 8 (February 1818 to March 1820).
Woodbridge, 2018. 15 x 24 cm, 400 pp. By 1818, Beethoven had begun carrying blank booklets with him, for his acquaintances to jot their sides of conversations, while he answered aloud. Often, he himself used the pocket-sized booklets to make shopping lists and other reminders, including occasional early sketches for his compositions. Today, 139 of these booklets survive, covering the years 1818 up to the composer's death in 1827 and including such topics as music, history, politics, art, literature, theater, religion, and education as perceived on a day-to-day basis in post-Napoleonic Europe. Hardbound. The first of a projected 3-volume set. $79 [item no.6822]
[Lodes, Birgit, Elisabeth Reisinger, & John D. Wilson] Musik am Bonner kurfürstlichen Hof, Band 2. Beethoven und andere Hofmusiker seiner Generation. Bericht über den internationalen musikwissenschaftlichen Kongress Bonn, 3. bis 6. Dezember 2015. Herausgegeben von Birgit Lodes, Elisabeth Reisinger und John D. Wilson.
BERARDI, Angelo, c.1635-1695
Il perche musicale, 1693
[New Delhi], 2016. 19 x 25 cm, 60 pp. Line-cut of the Bologna, 1693 edition. Hardbound. $17 [item no.9499]
Symphonie fantastique, op.14. Facsimile of the Autograph Score in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. With a Commentary by Hugh Macdonald.
Documenta Musicologica, II/53. Kassel, 2017. 24 x 35 cm, 290, 20 pp. Color facsimile of the autograph score, one of the greatest treasures of the Bibliothèque Nationale. Berlioz revised the work for years before it finally reached its definitive version. He entered many of these changes in the autograph score, which was also used for performances, by pasting strips of paper over the bars or parts in question. This facsimile edition, in high-quality 4-color reproduction, presents the manuscript as it is today—with strips of paper that can be folded out, making both versions visible. Commentary in Eng-Ger-Fr. Hardbound with quarter leather spine and boards in colorful paper. $895 (more info... ) [item no.9541]
BIHLER (Bühler), Gregor, 1760-1823
[treatise, basso continuo] Partitur-Regeln [in einem kurzem Auszuge für Anfänger. Nebst einem Anhange, wie man in alle Töne gehen könne]. Ms. 1793. [Stift Kremsmünster].
Faksimile-Edition Kremsmünster, 36. Stuttgart, 2017. 17 x 22 cm, 39 pp. Color reproduction of a rare manuscript on basso-continuo practice "for beginners". Bihler was a German monastic composer; trained in the Minorite monastery in Maihingen, he was a boy soprano at the Benedictine Abbey at Neresheim and in 1801 become cathedral organist at Augsburg. Wrappers. $24 [item no.9556]
BODENSCHATZ, Erhard, 1576-1636
Florilegium [selectissimarum cantionum, praestantisimorum aetatis nostrae autorum, 4.5.6.7. & 8. vocum] portense. Leipzig / Abraham Lamberg 1603. [Stadtbibliothek Västerås].
Faksimile-Edition Västerås, 5. Stuttgart, 2018. 16 x 20 cm, 8 partbooks, 1486 pp. Line-cut of the Leipzig, 1603 partbook edition (discantus, altus, tenor, bassus, quinta vox, sexta vox, septima vox, octava vox) with 365 motets by 58 composers. Florilegium portense—literally "anthology from Schulpforta" (where Bodenschatz was cantor)—is a monumental work indispensable for the study of 17th-c. choral music in Saxony and Thuringia. Bach is known to have used it for the Thomanerchor while he was Thomaskantor. This particular exemplar contains contemporary ms entries. Hardbound, with decorative paper boards and matching slipcase. $350 [item no.9576]
BON, Anna, 1740-1767?
[Sonatas, flute, bc, op.1] VI sonate da camera per il flauto traversiere, e violoncello o cembalo. Opera prima. [Fürstlich Thurn und Taxissche Hofbibliothek, Regensburg].
Faksimile-Edition Kammermusik des Barock, 6. Stuttgart, 2016. 26 x 37 cm, 25 pp. Line-cut of the Nuremberg, 1756 edition. Wrappers. $24 [item no.9527]
BRAHMS, Johannes, 1833-1897
Lieder, selections; Schicksalslied op.54, illus. Max Klinger, Rad.Op.XII] Brahms-Phantasie. Einundvierzig Stiche / Radierungen und Steinzeichnungen zu Compositionen von Johannes Brahms. Max Klinger, Rad.-Opus XII.
Hamburg, 2017. Oblong, 44 x 35 cm, 2 vols, 37, 32. Beautiful high resolution facsimile of the Leipzig, 1894 edition in the original folio format. 41 extraordinary illustrations by Max Klinger, German symbolist painter. The musical contents consist of a selection of 6 Brahms songs—op. 72,1, 49,3, 49,1, 86,2, 94,5—and the piano-vocal arrangement of Schicksalslied op.54. Bibliophile edition of 500 numbered copies. Commentary (Ger) by by Jan Brachmann and Joachim Kossmann. Hardbound (commentary soft bound), w/slipcase. $140 (more info... ) [item no.9592]
BUUS, Jacques, b.?-1565
[Canzoni francese] Il primo libro di canzoni francese. Venedig 1543 / Il secondo libro di ricercari. Venedig, Antonio Gardane 154 [Stadtbibliothek Lübeck & Bischöfliche Bibliothek, Regensburg].
Faksimile-Edition Rara, [73]. Stuttgart, 2016. Oblong, 21 x 16, 6 partbooks, 316 pp. Line-cut of the Venice, 1543 & 1549 partbook editions comprised of 30 settings with French texts, and 8 textless ricercari suitable for string & wind ensembles. Decorative paper boards with matching slipcase. $148 [item no.9525]
CAPPUS, Jean-Baptiste, b.?-1751
[Pièces de viole, book 1] Premier livre de pieces de viole [et la basse-continüe]. Paris 1730. [Bibliothèque National de France, Paris].
Faksimile-Edition Viola da Gambe, 9. Stuttgart, 2016. Oblong, 34 x 27 cm, 2 partbooks, 56 pp. Line-cut of the Paris, [1730] edition. Handsome marbled paper boards. $48 [item no.9533]
CHOPIN, Frédéric, 1810-1849
[Etude, op.10 no.7] Etiuda C-dur Op.10 Nr.7 / Etude in C Major, op.10, no.7. Wydanie faksymilowe rękopisu ze zbiorów The Morgan Library & Museum w Nowym Jorku / Facsimile Edition of the Manuscript Held in the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City.
Works by Chopin—Facsimile Edition, [34] A II/10/7. Warsaw, 2017. Oblong, 35 x 25.5 cm, 2, 33 pp. Full-color halftone of the autograph fair copy (Pierpont Morgan call number MA 2473), basis of the French Schlesinger edition. Signs of the preparation needed for publication abound on the manuscript especially in the form of pencilled numbers that 'cast off' the number of bars to appear in a printed system, and the number of systems to appear on the printed page. Surviving correspondence between the French and German publishers of the Etudes informs us of the meticulous care with which Chopin prepared his first set of publications following his arrival in Paris (Kallberg). Commentary (Pol-Eng-Ger-Sp-Fr-Jp) by Jeffrey Kallberg. Bound in blue linen, with matching slipcase. $69 (more info... ) [item no.9551]
[Etude, piano, op.25, no.4] Etiuda A-Moll Op.25 nr 4 / Etude in A Minor, Op.25 No.4. Wydanie faksymilowe rękopisu ze zbiorów Bibliothèque de l'Opéra w Paryżu. / Facsimile Edition of the Manuscript held in the Bibliothèque de l'Opéra in Paris.
Works by Chopin—Facsimile Edition, [28] A /II/25/4. Warsaw, 2016. Oblong, 30 x 24 cm, 2 vols, 4, 47 pp. The Etude in A Minor was published with the whole cycle in October 1837, almost simultaneously by three publishers: Maurice Schlesinger in Paris, Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig and Wessel in London. The present full-color facsimile is based on the manuscript Rés 50 (2), Bibliothèque de l'Opéra; we know from engraver's markings showing the exact division into pages and systems that it served as the Stichvorlage for the Schlesinger edition. The pages of the Etude show a significant number of minor corrections; these might indicate haste on the composer's part resulting in slips in the notation. Before the final resolution to an A major chord in bar 65 a whole bar was deleted—could this indicate that Chopin meant to replace some notes before that chord? Commentary (Pol-Eng-Ger-Sp-Fr-Jp) by Irena Poniatowska. Bound in blue linen, with matching slipcase. $76 (more info... ) [item no.9513]
[Etudes, Méthodes des méthodes, 1-3] Manuscrits autografs musicals. Segona edició facsímil dels manuscrits autògrafs musicals de Frédéric Chopin conservats a la Cartoixa de Valldemossa.
Mallorca, 2019. Oblong, 28 x 22 cm. vi, 20 pp. Full color facsimile edition of six Chopin autographs held in the Museu Frederic Chopin y George Sand de Valldemossa: 1) Nocturne, op. post. =Lento con gran espressione; 2-4) 3 Etudes for Méthode des Méthodes [fair copies w/ engraver's markings]; 5) Fugue in A minor, 1841, 70 bars; 6) Nocturne, op. 62 no.2 [heavily emendated fair copy for Brandus edition]. Commentary in Catalan & Spanish by Miquel Estelrich i Serralta. Handsomely bound in blue cloth with gold lettering. $82 (more info... ) [item no.9598]
[Etude, Méthodes des méthodes, no.1, F minor] Etiuda f-moll z Méthode des Méthodes pour le piano / Etude in F Minor from Méthode des Méthodes pour piano. Wydanie faksymilowe rękopisu ze zbiorów Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina w Warszawie / Facsimile Edition of the Manuscript held in the Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw.
Works by Chopin—Facsimile Edition, [36] A /II/Dop.36A/I. Warsaw, 2018. Oblong, 28 x 22 cm, 2 vols, 4, 49 pp. Purchased in an auction in 2008 by the Chopin Institute, and preserved now in the Chopin Museum as MS MC/188, this non-fair copy autograph represents an earlier version of the work. The MS has signs of burn damage on the upper corner which in no way affects the text except for the possibility of the loss of a tempo marking. Notable is the lack of dynamic, agogic, pedal and expression markings, and phrasing only appears at the beginning. It contains corrections and deletions which show the composer was still working out detail. One is most struck by Chopin's hesitation over the rhythmic shaping of the melodic line and changes in the closure of the piece. Commentary (Pol-Eng-Ger-Sp-Fr-Jp) by Zofia Chechlińska.. Bound in blue linen, with matching slipcase. $69 (more info... ) [item no.9575]
[Fugue, A minor, op. post., 1841] Manuscrits autografs musicals. Segona edició facsímil dels manuscrits autògrafs musicals de Frédéric Chopin conservats a la Cartoixa de Valldemossa.
[Fugues, by Cherubini, arr.] Trois fugues de Luigi Cherubini, mises en partition de piano. Commentaire de Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger.
Publications de la Société Française de Musicologie, I/29. Bourg-la-Reine, 2017. Oblong, 29 x 23 cm, xxxi, 36 pp. Chopin paid conspicuous attention to the art of counterpoint. In the early 1840s he went so far as to immerse himself in Luigi Cherubini's Cours de contrepoint et de fugue (1832) and transcribed for piano 3 of the master's vocal fugues. The autograph manuscript of this transcription—published for the first time in this volume—was long preserved, unknown, in a private collection; it is to be counted among the relatively rare manuscripts that Chopin set down with special attention in regard calligraphy. In the introduction, Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger traces the curious history of the manuscript and considers anew the importance of counterpoint to Chopin, who was immediately intrigued by the subject as a boy, in Warsaw, where his first teachers, Żywny and Elsner, inculcated in their pupil a fascination with J.S. Bach and with the Well-Tempered Clavier. The volume also features a number musical examples, illustrations (including portraits of Cherubini and of Chopin at his desk), facsimiles, and transcriptions of further rare contrapuntal studies by Chopin (including counterpoint exercises on given melodies of Cherubini and a fragment of a canon at the octave made in preparation for the Sonata, op. 65, for violoncello and piano). The excerpts from Cherubini's Cours de Contrepoint that served as Chopin's models are presented in the appendix. Hardbound. $48 (more info... ) [item no.9581]
[Grand duo concertant, violoncello, piano, op.16A] Grand duo concertant E-dur na tematy a opery Giacomo Meyerbeer Robert le Diable / Grand duo concertant E Major on Themes from Meyerbeer's Opera Robert Le Diable. Wydanie faksymilowe rękopisu ze zbiorów Bibliothèque Nationale de France w Paryżu. / Facsimile Edition of the manuscript held in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris.
Works by Chopin—Facsimile Edition, [31] A XIII/Dbop.16A. Warsaw, 2016. Oblong, 35,5 x 25.6 cm, 2 vols, 22, 45 pp. Full-color reproduction of the fair copy autograph. The Grand duo concertant owes its composition to Fryderyk Chopin's friendship with French cellist Auguste Franchomme. The manuscript being published here comes from the early 1830s and is an editorial autograph intended for the Paris publisher Maurice Schlesinger. The piano part is notated in Chopin's hand; the title page and 'cello part, in Franchomme's hand.. Bound in blue linen, with matching slipcase. $93 (more info... ) [item no.9545]
[Impromptu, no.3, op.51, G flat major] Impromptu Ges-dur op.51 / Impromptu in G Flat Major, op.51. Wydanie faksymilowe rękopisu ze zbiorów Library of Congress, Selden-Goth Collection w Waszyngtonie / Facsimile Edition of the Manuscript Held in the Selden-Goth Collection at the Library of Congress, Washington DC.
Works by Chopin—Facsimile Edition, [32] A III/51. Warsaw, 2017. Oblong, 28 x 22 cm, 4, 47 pp. Full-color halftone of the autograph fair copy dedicated to Madame la Comtesse Esterházy née Comtesse Batthyany. This publication reproduces the manuscript of the Impromptu in G-flat major op. 51 from the Library of Congress (Selden-Goth Collection) in Washington DC. The history of this autograph is convoluted; until 1926, it was held by the Musikhistorisches Museum von Wilhelm Heyer in Cologne; its later owners are unknown. All we know is that as of 1946, the manuscript already belonged to the Selden-Goth collection.. Commentary (Pol-Eng-Ger-Sp-Fr-Jp) by Zofia Chechlińska. Bound in blue linen, with matching slipcase. $69 (more info... ) [item no.9546]
[Impromptu, no.1 [op.66], C-sharp Minor] Impromptu Cis-Moll [op.66] / Impromptu in C Sharp Minor [op.66]. Wydanie faksymilowe rękopisu ze zbiorów Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina w Warszawie / Facsimile Edition of the Manuscript Held in the Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw.
Works by Chopin—Facsimile Edition, [35] A III/66. Warsaw, 2017. Oblong, 33 x 24 cm, 4, 41 pp. Full-color halftone of the autograph fair copy. This impromptu offers us an initial idea of how Chopin understood the genre. According to Fontana the work was composed in 1834 and not intended for publication by the composer, and only issued after his death with the title "Fantaisie-Impromptu". Designed to a da capo form with coda, in stylistic terms it stands largely within the sphere of the brilliant style. Commentary (Pol-Eng-Ger-Sp-Fr-Jp) by Zofia Chechlińska. Bound in blue linen, with matching slipcase. $69 (more info... ) [item no.9567]
[Lento, C-sharp minor, op. posth.] Lento con gran espressione Cis Moll / Lento con gran espressione in C Sharp Minor. Wydanie faksymilowe rękopisu ze kolekcji "Fryderyk Chopin i George Sand" w Valldemossie / Facsimile Edition of the Manuscript held in the "Fryderyk Chopin and George Sand" Collection in Valldemossa.
Works by Chopin—Facsimile Edition, [30] A XI/WN 37. Warsaw, 2017. Oblong, 32 x 25 cm, 2 vols, 2, 45 pp. Full-color reproduction of the presentation autograph manuscript from the "Fryderyk Chopin and George Sand" collection" held by the Carthusian Monastery in Valldemossa on the Isle of Mallorca. Chopin composed the Lento in C-sharp minor in 1830. He probably later offered the manuscript to his pupil, Princess Marcelina Czartoryska née Radziwiłł. Another version of the Lento, an autograph manuscript with a dedication to his sister Ludwika, has disappeared and is known only from copies and facsimiles. The volume is supplied with source commentary authored by Bożena Schmid-Adamczyk. Bound in blue linen, with matching slipcase. $69 (more info... ) [item no.9544]
[Nocturne, op.62,2] Manuscrits autografs musicals. Segona edició facsímil dels manuscrits autògrafs musicals de Frédéric Chopin conservats a la Cartoixa de Valldemossa.
[Polonaise, piano, op.53] Polonezy op.53 / Polonaises op.53. Wydanie faksymilowe rękopisu ze zbiorów Pierpont Morgan Library w Nowym Jorku / Facsimile Edition of the Manuscript Held in the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York.
Works by Chopin—Facsimile Edition, [26] A /VI/53. Warsaw, 2016. Oblong, 28 x 22 cm, 2 vols, 12, 63 pp. Full-color halftone of the autograph fair copy formerly in the Breitkopf & Härtel archives (the "working" autograph is now lost). The manuscript contains precise articulation markings which were partly omitted in the first edition. Commentary (Pol-Eng-Ger-Sp-Fr-Jp) by Jeffrey Kallberg. Bound in blue linen, with matching slipcase. $90 (more info... ) [item no.9486]
Tarantela op.43 /Tarantella op.43. Wydanie faksymilowe rękopisu ze zbiorów Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina w Warszawie / Facsimile Edition of the Manuscript held in the Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw.
Works by Chopin—Facsimile Edition, [37] A/XI/43. Warsaw, 2019. Oblong, 28 x 22 cm, 2 vols, 8, 47 pp. Color facsimile of MC/187 in the Chopin Museum, the only known autograph of this work (a source in the hand of Julian Fontana also exists). Chopin started the piece probably in Paris and finished it just after arriving in Nohant in June of 1841. Chopin was clearly adapting the dance-vocal 'tarantella' to the domain of the piano, as is clear from a letter he wrote to Julian Fontana with the manuscript of the Tarantella (to be copied): "Take a look at the Recueil of Rossini songs. . . where the Tarantella (en la) appears. I don't know if it was written in 6/8 or 2/8. Both versions are in use, but I'd prefer it to be like the Rossini". Chopin wrote the whole piece in a single breath, and essentially in a single rhythm. The precious autograph, miraculously surviving the London Blitz (as is shown by the singeing marks on the upper corners) was purchased by the Chopin Institute in Dec. 2008. Commentary (Pol-Eng-Ger-Sp-Fr-Jp) by Marita Albán Juárez. Bound in blue linen, with matching slipcase. $69 (more info... ) [item no.9599]
[Variations, op.2, "Là ci darem la mano"] Wariacje B-dur na temat arii "Là ci darem la mano" op.2 / Variations B flat major, on the theme "La ci darem la mano" Op. 2. Wydanie faksymilowe rękopisu ze zbiorów Österreichische Nationalbibliothek w Wiedniu / Facsimile Edition of the Manuscript Held in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek in Vienna.
Works by Chopin—Facsimile Edition, [33] A XI/2/a. Warsaw, 2017. Oblong, 35 x 26 cm, 24, 57 pp. Full-color halftone of the autograph fair copy (ONB Cod.16789) with plate no. of the Haslinger first edition. Title page with Chopin's dedication and signature: "'Là ci darem la mano' varié pour le piano=forte avec accompagnement d'orchestre dedié à Mt Titus Woyciechowski par Frédéric Chopin, Oeuvre 2". Presents the solo parts and orchestral parts in piano reduction with orchestration suggestions. Commentary (Pol-Eng-Ger-Sp-Fr-Jp) by Norbert Müllemann. Bound in blue linen, with matching slipcase. $106 (more info... ) [item no.9550]
[Waltz, op.70, no.2] Walc f-moll/As-dur, op.70 nr 2 / Waltz in F Minor/A flat Major, Op.70 No.2. Wydanie faksymilowe autografów ze zbiorów Bibliothèque Nationale de France w Paryżu. / Facsimile Edition of the autographs held in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris.
Works by Chopin—Facsimile Edition, [29] A X/70/2a-c. Warsaw, 2016. Oblong, 30 x 22 cm, 2 vols, 8, 61 pp. Full-color reproduction of three autographs of the F Minor/A flat Major Waltz: 1) The Krudner autograph BN W.20; 2) The "Rothschild" autograph BN Ms. 110; 3) The Gavard autograph, BN Ms.117. There are numerous variants of substance across the different versions of this pieces. To mention a few: The "Rothschild" autograph is the only version which begins on the downbeat; Phrasing in the Gavard autograph is significantly out of step (and "short-breathed") with that found in the other autographs. Commentary in Pol-Eng-Ger-Sp-Fr-Jp by Jim Samson. Bound in blue linen, with matching slipcase. $86 (more info... ) [item no.9514]
DEBUSSY, Claude, 1862-1918
Arabesques pour le piano. Manuscrit conservé à la Bibliothèque national de France, département de la Musique—Ms 978.
Fac-similés de Manuscrits de Claude Debussy, [4]. Paris, 2017. 26.5 x 35 cm, iv, 8 pp. 4-color facsimile of the autograph.These two Arabesques, based on Debussy's meticulously copied fair copy, are especially relevant in understanding the composer's compositional arc: composed when he was in his twenties at a time when he was strongly influenced by the Chanteurs de Saint Gervais (a group founded for the study and performance of early music), these pieces embody a melodic gesture the composer called "divine arabesque", in part the musical language of the "primitives": Palestrina, Victoria and Lasso, whose melodic style the composer believed could be traced back to plainchant ("They found the basis of [the arabesque] in Gregorian chant, whose delicate tracery they supported with twining counterpoints". The early "Arabesques pour le piano" are key to interpreting Debussy's development as a composer. Preface in Fr-Eng by Pierre Boulez. Wrappers with exposed stitching, in special art paper. $56 (more info... ) [item no.9542]
Estampes [pour le piano]: Pagodes, La Sorée dans Grenade..., Jardins sous la pluie. [Fac-similé du] manuscrit conservé à la Bibliothèque Nationale de France, département de la Musique - MS-988.
Fac-similés de Manuscrits de Claude Debussy, [6]. Paris, 2019. 26.5 x 35 cm, vi, 30 pp. 4-color facsimile of the autograph, written in 1903 and dedicated to his friend the painter Jacques-Émile Blanche. A triptique of 3 short pieces entitled "Pagodes" (Pagodas), "La soirée dans Grenade" (The Evening in Granada) and "Jardins sous la pluie" (Gardens in the Rain). Estampes (or "Prints") are not a random selection but the distinctive sound pictures of three locations: A Javanese gamelan, a Spanish habanera and French children's songs. Preface in Fr/Eng by Pierre Boulez. Wrappers with exposed stitching, in special art paper. $74 (more info... ) [item no.9597]
Quatuor pour cordes. Manuscrit conservé à la Bibliothèque national de France, département de la Musique.
Fac-similés de Manuscrits de Claude Debussy, [5]. Paris, 2018. 26.5 x 35 cm, 48 pp. 4-color facsimile of the autograph score issued on the occasion of the centenary of Debussy's death. Wrappers, in special art paper. $74 (more info... ) [item no.9584]
GASTRITZ, Matthias, c.1530-1596
Newe symbola etlicher Fürsten [und Herrn, neben andern mehr schönen liedlein mit fünff und vier Stimmen, auf alle Instrument zu gebrauchen]. Dietrich Gerlatz 1571. [Stadtbibliothek Västerås].
Faksimile-Edition Västerås, 4. Stuttgart, 2016. 17 x 21 cm, 5 partbooks, 204 pp. Line-cut of the Nuremberg 1571 edition. 5 partbooks (discantus, altus, tenor, vagans, bassus) with 36 settings. Wrappers, with portfolio in decorative paper. $67 [item no.9530]
HAIDEN, Hans Christoph, 1572-1617
Ganz neue lustige Täntz vnd Leidlein, [deren Text mehrer theils auff Namen gerichtet, mit vier Stimmen, nicht allein zu singen, sondern auch auff allerhand Instrumenten zu gebrauchen]. Nürnberg / Paul Kauffmann 1601. [Library of Congress, Washington, DC].
Faksimile-Edition Rara, 61. Stuttgart, 2018. 17 x 20 cm, 4 partbooks, 108 pp. Line-cut of the Nuremberg, 1601 edition. Wonderful collection of 23 dance numbers (all texted) for various string and wind instrumental groupings. Partbooks: cantus, altus, tenor, bassus) Wrappers, with portfolio. $75 [item no.9579]
KRADENTHALLER [Gradenthaller], Hieronymus, 1637-1700
Deliciarum musicalium. Erster Theil [à 4. Viol, von Sonatinen, Arien, Sarabanden und Giquen allen Music-Freunden zur Delectation], Wolf Eberhard Felßecker Nürnberg 1675; Ander Theil (etlicher Sonatinen, Arien, Sarabanden und Giquen, &c. von sonderlichen Inventionen und Manier à 4 Viol. Allen Music-Freunden zur Delectation], Wolf Eberhard Felßecker Nürnberg 1676. [Fürstlich Thurn und Taxissche Hofbibliothek, Regensburg].
Faksimile-Edition Kammermusik des Barock, 7 Stuttgart, 2018. 22 x 18cm, 5 partbooks, 158 pp. Line-cut of the Nürnberg 1675-1676 partbook edition, for 4 viols with basso continuo (labeled "Violino I", "Violino II", "Violetta", "Violon", "Cembalo".Hardboard in beautiful decorative paper with matching slip case. $142 (more info... ) [item no.9573]
[Musicalische Recreation; Musicalische Recreation Anderer Theil, violin, bc] Musicalische Recreation [von Alleman, den Sarabanden Gavotten und Boure. Allen Liebhabern und Incipienten der Music componirt und vorgestellet Violino solo è Basso continuo]. Regensburg 1672. [Proske-Bibliothek Regensburg].
Faksimile-Edition Violino e Continuo, 4. Stuttgart, 2017. Oblong, 21 x 16 cm, 2 partbooks, 180 pp. Line-cut of the Regensburg, 1672 edition (includes both parts). 119 settings altogether, including several sonatinas. 4 magnificent woodblock title pages. Hardbound in decorative paper with matching portfolio. $72 [item no.9539]
KURTÁG, György, b.1926
[Games, piano, selected works] Zoli Kocsis's Manuscript Book / Kocsis Zoli Hangjegyfüzete. The History of the Manuscript Book. Postscript: The Contents of the Manuscript.
Budapest, 2016. 25 x 34 cm, 96, 10/10 pp, audio CD. Full-color facsimile in the original format of a manuscript version of "Games" issued on the occasion of Kurtág's 90th birthday. "Games" is a series of piano pieces written for both teaching purposes and public performance. In the autumn of 1974 the composer (pupil of Messiaen & Milhaud and a close colleague of György Ligeti) began to copy selected pieces from Games into a special spiral-bound notebook for Zoltán Kocsis, a former piano student and important interpreter of Kurtág's works. Kocsis played from this notebook in the first public performance of Games in 1974, and since then as well, as the series was expanded over a 30 year period. Koscis writes: "I didn't know that the spiral notebook I received at the premiere would later become, as it were, my permanent companion. That I would take it with me from Japan to Canada, from Australia to Iceland, traveling to the world's most prominent concert halls... that— well beyond the intention of its being 'copied with love'—it would include works and sketches for which this notebook would become the principal source". The MS-notebook with 65 pieces—one third of them hommages to contemporary composers—provides a wonderful glimpse into Kurtág's workshop, of equal interest to performers and musicologists. The former can understand more from Kurtág's handwriting about the composer's intentions than from the printed score and musicologists can appreciate the historical development of the works as some appear in more than one version and may differ from the printed score. With commentary in Hung-Eng by Zoltán Kocsis, and audio CD with 11 works performed by Kocsis from a recording made in 1982 not previously available. Limited edition of 600 copies issued on the occasion of Kurtág's 90th birthday. $110 (more info... ) [item no.9505]
LAMPE, John Frederick, 1703-1751
[Method, thoroughbass] A Plain and Compendious Method of Teaching Thorough Bass. A Facsimile of the 1737 London Edition.
New Dehli, 2016. 15 x 22 cm, 144 pp. Line-cut of the London, 1737 edition. Softcover. $30 [item no.9504]
MAHLER, Gustav, 1860-1911
[Lied von der Erde, selection] Der Abschied—Facsimile Edition of the Sixth Movement of Das Lied von der Erde. I: Draft Orchestral Score; II: Particel, Short Score; III: Texts on the Facsimile. [Willem Mengelberg Archive, Nederlands Muziek Institut, The Hague].
The Hague, 2017. Oblong, 35 x 27, 3 vols, 44, 20; 46 pp. Fine bibliophile facsimile of Mahler's manuscripts of "Der Abschied" (Farewell), the sixth movement of Das Lied von de Erde, issued on the 60th anniversary of the Dutch Mahler Society. The edition includes the manuscripts of both the draft orchestral score and the particel short score. In December 1917, the great Dutch conductor Willem Mengelberg conducted the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of Das Lied and following that performance, Alma Mahler presented Mengelberg with the 2 manuscripts which are the basis of this facsimile. Alma included the note (also provided in facsimile): "To the Friend of Gustav Mahler. . . the most wonderful interpreter of his work, Willem Mengelberg". The particle represents a relatively early stage of the composition and reveals many aspects of how the movement took shape. The orchestral version is much more complete, but still is considered a draft. Notes by Eveline Nikkels & Frits Zwart, with introduction by Edward Reilly. Limited edition of 400 numbered copies in the original format as presented by Alma Mahler to Mengelberg, 3 volumes, housed in a beautiful box covered with black paper. $168 (more info... ) [item no.9558]
MARTIN CODAX, 13th c.
Pergamino Vindel: Cantigas de amigo Martín Codax / Vindel Parchment. The Morgan Library & Museum, New York. [Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, Ms. M 979].
Barcelona, 2016. 33.6 x 45,2 cm, 224 pp. The Vindel Parchment, latter half of the 13th c, contains 7 cantigas de amigo—a complete work attributed to the Galician composer and performer Martin Codax—with music for 6 of them. They represent songs sung by a maiden awaiting her absent lover in Ría de Vigo. Cantigas de amigo are the most original genre of medieval Galician lyric poetry. In these short, lively ballads belonging to the European "women's song" genre, a maiden in love sings— alone or accompanied by her female friends, sisters or mother— about her life, hopes and sorrows, and sometimes about nature too. The waves in the sea near Vigo are highly symbolic in Martin Codax' ballads, imbuing his lyrics with great eroticism. Until the discovery of the Vindel Parchment, the only known medieval Galician cantigas with a musical settings were the religious Cantigas de Santa María of Alfonso X the Wise. The Sharrer Parchment (late 13th or early 14th c.) discovered subsequently, feature 7 poems by King Dinis I of Portugal which were secular and yet belonged to the cantigas de amor genre. It is not yet known which scriptorium made the Vindel Parchment although it must have been well equipped and had skilled scribes. Palaeographic evidence and the musical settings, e.g. similarities between the 6 melodies by Martin Codax and the music of some of the Cantigas de Santa María, suggest that Martin Codax was involved with the Castilian courts of Alfonso X the Wise and Sancho IV. Deluxe facsimile limited to 987 copies. Companion volume directed by Mariña Arbor, with contributions by Antonio Calvia, Antonio Ciaralli, Rip Cohen and Simone Marcenaro; foreword by Harvey L. Sharrer. (more info... ) [item no.9554]
MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY, Felix, 1809-1847
[Correspondence, complete] Felix Mendelssohn. Sämtliche Briefe. Band 10: Januar 1844 bis Juni 1845. Herausgegeben und kommentiert von Uta Wald.
Kassel, 2016. 15 x 23 cm, 970 pp. New complete edition of the letters based on the collection compiled by Rudolf Elvers. Hardbound in green linen with signature of the composer embossed on cover. Only available as 12-vol set. $179 [item no.6802]
[Correspondence, complete] Felix Mendelssohn. Sämtliche Briefe. Band 11: Juili 1845 bis Januar 1847. Herausgegeben und kommentiert von Susanne Tomkovič, Christoph Koop, Janina Müller und Mitabeit von Uta Wald.
[Correspondence, complete] Felix Mendelssohn. Sämtliche Briefe. Band 12: Februar 1847 bis November 1847. Herausgegeben und kommentiert von Stefan Münnich, Lucian Schiwietz und Uta Wald.
[Correspondence, complete] Felix Mendelssohn. Sämtliche Briefe. Bände 1-12 CD-ROM.
Kassel, 2017. 1 CD ROM. The complete printed editionfvols 1-12, of the Mendelssohn letters in searchable CD-ROM format. $248 [item no.6813]
MONTEVERDI, Claudio, 1567-1643
Lamento d'Arianna. Faksimile nach dem Erstdruck der Universitätsbibliothek Gent. Herausgegeben und mit einer Einführung von Silke Leopold.
Meisterwerke der Musik im Faksimile, 49. Laaber, 2017. 21.5 x 27.5 cm, 12, 32 pp. Line-cut of Magni edition, Venice, 1623 (sole surviving copy), containing the "Lamento d'Arianna" and two "Lettere amorose" from the seventh book of of madrigals. The Lamento d'Arianna ("Let me die") is the centerpiece of Monteverdi's lost second opera L'Arianna first performed in Mantua on May 28, 1608. Contemporary reports describe it as the most beautiful composition in the new genre of opera. Severo Bonini writes in his treatise that there was scarcely a domestic harpsichord in the whole of Italy on which a copy of the Lamento did not lie open. Introduction in Ger/Eng. Hardbound. $93 (more info... ) [item no.9510]
MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
[Adagio, glass harmonica, K.356 (617a)] L'autografo dell' Adagio KV 356 (617a) per Glasharmonika nella Bibliothèque Nationale de France di Parigi (Départment de la Musique, Fondo Ch. Maherbe, Segnatura: Ms. 220). Edizione in facsimile a cura di Giacomo Fornari.
Lucca, 2/2017. 23 x 33 cm, xvi, 2 pp. This beautiful and exacting facsimile, recreating the tactile experience of the autograph now in the possession of the Bibliothèque Nationale, was first issued in 2008 solely for members of the International Mozart Society. Fortunately the publisher has now re-issued it, making it available to a larger public. Little is known about the origins of the work and the composer failed to enter the piece into his thematic catalog (Verzeichnüß aller meiner Werke). Several clues however suggest that the piece was drafted in the summer of 1791, in the same period as the genesis of La clemenza di Tito and Die Zauberflöte, and that Marianne Kirchgeßner, the esteemed virtuoso of the glass harmonica, blind since the age of four, performed it in Vienna. The instrument itself, a type of mechanical piano with resonating glasses, whose sound is described as "especially sweet, ethereal, melancholic and penetrating", has a facsinating American connection in that it was Benjamin Franklin who perfected the instrument in 1762. Commentary in It-Eng-Ger. Portfolio. $66 (more info... ) [item no.9043]
[Concerto, piano, orch, no.9, K.271] Klavierkonzert "Jenamy" Eb-Dur KV 271. Faksimile nach dem Autograph der Bibliothek der Jagiellońska Kraków. Herausgegeben und mit einer Einführung von Ulrich Konrad.
Meisterwerke der Musik im Faksimile, 38. Laaber, 2017. Oblong, 4°, xxiii, 136 pp. Full-color facsimile of the autograph score. Michael Lorenz describes Mozart's Piano Concerto K. 271 ('Jenamy') as "a miracle of musical originality. In the mastership of its orchestration, its stupendous innovative energy and its effect, despite limited instrumental means, this piece has absolutely no precedent. It is Mozart's first great composition, 'his Eroica' as Alfred Einstein put it, 'which he later would match, but never surpass'. With a creative thrust beyond compare, a kind of musical fulguration (in the sense of the term as coined by Konrad Lorenz), Mozart broke all previous conventions and already in 1777 demonstrated the superior mastery that distinguishes his piano concertos of the Vienna years. Formal surprises are being combined with unbridled melodic exuberance". Lorenz also made the important discovery in 2003 that the concerto—previously nicknamed "Jeunehomme"—was actually commissioned by Victoire Jenamy, an excellent pianist and daugther of the the famous dance master Jean George Noverre. Introduction in Ger-Eng. Hardbound with decorative paper boards. $279 (more info... ) [item no.9404]
[Concerto, piano, orch, no.15, K.450] Klavierkonzert Nr. 15 B-Dur KV 450. Faksimile nach dem Autograph der Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Weimar. Mit einem Kommentar von Hartmut Hein.
Meisterwerke der Musik im Faksimile, 37. Laaber, [in prep—2019]. Oblong, 4°, xxiv, 88 pp. Full-color facsimile of the autograph score. Introduction in Ger-Eng. Hardbound. (subscription price) $205 [item no.9403]
[Concerto, piano, orch, no.16, K.451] Klavierkonzert Nr. 16 D-Dur KV 451. Faksimile nach dem Autograph der Bibliothek der Jagiellonen-Universität Krakau. Mit einem Kommentar von Siegbert Rampe.
[Concerto, piano, orch, no.27, K.595] Klavierkonzert Nr. 27 B-Dur KV 595. Faksimile nach dem Autograph der Bibliothek der Jagiellonen-Universität Krakau. Mit einem Kommentar von Peter Revers.
Meisterwerke der Musik im Faksimile, 36. Laaber, [in prep—2019]. Oblong, 4°, xxiv, 104 pp. Full-color facsimile of the autograph score. Introduction in Ger-Eng. Hardbound. (subscription price) $229 [item no.9402]
[Concerto, violin & orch, no. 5, K.219, A major] Violinkonzert A-Dur KV 219. Faksimile nach dem Autograph aus den Sammlungen der Musikabteilung der Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Herausgegeben und mit einer Einführung Stefan Drees / Facsimile of the Autograph from the Collections of the Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Edited and with an Introduction by Stefan Dress.
Meisterwerke der Musik im Faksimile, 35. Laaber, 2016. Oblong, 4°, xxii, 92 pp. Full-color facsimile of the autograph score. Although Mozart was an accomplished violinist, playing the premiere of the Strasboug Concerto, his last concerto was probably fashioned for Antonio Brunetti, with whom Mozart shared the concertmaster position in the orchestra of the Prince and Archbishop of Salzburg. Introduction in Ger-Eng. Hardbound with decorative paper bounds. (subscription price) $189 (more info... ) [item no.9401]
[Symphony, no.38, "Prague", K.504] Sinfonie Nr.38 KV 504 ("Prager" Sinfonie). Faksimile nach dem Autograph der Bibliothek Jagiellońska Krakau. Herausgegeben und mit einer Einführung von Ulrich Konrad.
Meisterwerke der Musik im Faksimile, 34. Laaber, 2016. Oblong, 4°, xvvi, 74 pp. Color facsimile of the autograph score completed 6 Dec. 1786. The original ms was not among those sold by Constanza to Johann Anton André, but rather took a circuitous route, believed once to be in the hands of the choir director Anton Stoll (or Ferdinand III Grand Duke of Toscana), passing to the Moravian singer Franz Hauser in 1848 and 10 years later into the collection of Franz Liszt, from whom it was transferred to the Royal Library in Berlin. The "Prague", or third of 7 symphonies from the Vienna decade 1781-1791 occupies a unique position within Mozart's mature works, calling for pairs of flutes, oboes, bassoons, horns, and trumpets. It's 3-movement form is also unusual and has produced inexhaustible discussion. Introduction in Ger-Eng. Coverboards in decorative paper. Subscription price valid until 6/30/16. $212 (more info... ) [item no.9400]
MUFFAT, Georg, 1653-1704
Armonico tributo [cioé sonate di camera commondissime a pocchi, ò a molti stromenti]. Salzburg. Giovanni Battista Mayr 1682 [Fürstlich Thurn und Taxissche Hofbibliothek, Regensburg].
Faksimile-Edition Kammermusik des Barock, 7 Stuttgart, 2017. 26 x 37 cm, 5 partbooks, 158 pp. Line-cut of the Salzburg, 1682 edition. Like Biber's Mystery Sonatas and Sonatas 1681, this set was dedicated to Archbishop Maximilian Gandolph von Khuenberg with whom he was employed for 10 years. Scored for vln I, vln, II, va I, va II, cembalo (bc). The performance markings in the print are nearly unique for the time—perhaps aids to assist German string players with the idiom of cosmopolitan French dance styles—and include meticulous tempo, dynamic, bowing, and solo-ensemble markings. Additional performance instructions are provided in the preface ("Amico Lettore"). Wrappers with portfolio in decorative paper. $87 (more info... ) [item no.9565]
MUSSORGSKY, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881
[Pictures at an Exposition, original piano solo version] Bilder einer Ausstellung. Faksimile nach dem Autograph aus der Nationalbibliothek Russland, St. Petersburg. Herausgegeben und mit einer Einführung von Christoph Flamm.
Meisterwerke der Musik im Faksimile, 44. Laaber, 2019. Oblong, 40 x 27 cm, 18, 32 pp. Full-color facsimile of the autograph fair copy dating from September 1861, inspired by Victor Hartmann's drawings: Paris catacombs; Design for Kiev city gate; Sketches of costumes for J. Gerber's ballet Trilby; A rich Jew in a fur hat; A poor Jew (and old man); Baba-Yaga's hut on hen's legs. Commentary in Ger-Eng. Hardbound with attractive paper boards. $122 (more info... ) [item no.9585]
PETRUCCI, Ottaviano, 1466-1539 [publisher]
Frottole Libro secondo. Venedig Ottaviano Petrucci 1507 / Frottole libro tertio Venedig Ottaviano Petrucci 1507. [Bischöfliche Bibliothek, Regensburg].
Faksimile-Edition Rara, 78. Stuttgart, 2018. Oblong, 24 x 17 cm, 111; 127 pp. Line-cut of Petrucci's 2nd vand 3rd books of frottole both published in Venice, 1507. Comprising 53 & 61 frottole respectively—the word means "trifles" or "unimportant things"—these two books are a repetorial goldmine, with composers such as Rossinus Mantuanus (R.M.), Francesco d'Ana, Nicolo Patavino, Cara, Tromboncino, Pesenti, Honophrius Antenoreus, Peregrinus Cesena, Antonius Rossetus, and others. Notated in quasi score format (if frottola fits on single page) or choirbook format (if spread over an opening). Hardbound, in decorative paper. $88 [item no.9569]
POSCH, Issac, b.?-1623
Musicalische Ehrenfreudt. [Das ist: Alleyley neuer Balleten, Gagliarden/Couranten und Täntzen teutscher arth, mit 4. Stimmen, wie solche auff wie II solche auff adelichen Panqueten, auch andern ehrlichen Convivijs und Hochzeyten gemusiciert und auff allen instrumentalischen Sayttenspilen, u. zur Fröligkeit gebraucht werden mögen: Erster Theil]. Regenburg 1618. [Bischöfliche Bibliothek, Regensburg].
Faksimile-Edition Rara, 76. Stuttgart, 2017. 18 x 22 cm, 4 partbooks, 160 pp. Line-cut of the Regensburg, 1618 partbook edition. 34 4-voice instrumental settings (canto I, canto II, alto, basso). Wrappers, with portfolio in decorative paper. $46 [item no.9538]
RIES, Ferdinand, 1784-1838
Zigeuner, WoO 53. Melodram in 2 Akten für Sopran, Chor und Orchester. Herausgegeben von Bert Hagels.
Berlin, 2017. Oblong, 32 x 24 cm. 74 pp. Facsimile of the autograph score Mus. ms. autogr. F. Ries 8N, preserved in the Staatsbibliothek Berlin. The first facsimile edition of a work by Ries. Wrappers. $125 [item no.9583]
SACRATI, Francesco, 1605-1650
La finta pazza. Partitura in facsimile ed edizione dei libretti. A cura di Nicola Usula.
Drammaturgia Musicale Veneta, 1. Milan, 2018. Oblong, 30 x 23 cm. Line-cut reproduction of a copyist ms. La finta pazza (The feigned Madwomen), with libretto by Giulio Strozzi, was premiered during the Carnival season of 1641 inaugurated by the newly created Teatro Novissimo. A variation on the story of Achilles on Skyros, its incredible success was attributed to the presence of the diva Anna Renzi, the amazing stage machinery of Giacomo Torelli, combined with remarkable music with extremely sophisticated relation between music text. It was the first opera performed at the French court in 1645, leaving a huge impact on the young Louis XIV. Linen. $215 (more info... ) [item no.9588]
SAINT-SAËNS, Camille, 1835-1921
Le carnaval des animaux. Fac-similé du manuscrit autographe / The Carnival of the Animals. Facsimile of the Autograph Manuscripts. Introduction Marie-Gabrielle Soret.
De Main de Maître, 2. Turnhout, 2018. 30 x 36.6 cm, 192 pp ( 127 color). Full-color facsimile of the autograph full score—"Stichvorlage". The second volume of the series "De main de maître", a facsimile collection devoted to orchestral scores of the most prestigious sources conserved in the Music Department of the Bibliothèque National de France. If there is one work in all of Saint-Saëns' musical output that supremely captures the disposition so typical of the composer, it is The Carnival of the Animals, completed in Feb. 1886, and created for friends and performers close to Saint-Saëns and performed about 15 times between 1886 and 1894 to a small audience. Because Saint-Saëns feared that his "zoological fantasy" would damage his reputation, the work was published in its entirety only after his death. Since then, its immense popularity has continued to grow, so much so that it is now enjoyed by music lovers and the general public alike. Marie-Gabrielle Soret, a Saint-Saëns specialist, provides a detailed description of the work and the context of its creation, the facsimile includes the 14 numbers of The Carnival of the Animals. It reveals the composer's handwriting, all the performance directions as he noted them, and the playful animal drawings with which he decorated his score—a fish for "Aquarium", the skeleton of a dinosaur for "Fossiles", and the pale blue pencil silhouette of a swan to illustrate the famous "Swan". Commentary in Fr-Eng. Hardbound, with colorful dust jacket. $289 (more info... ) [item no.9580]
SCHOENBERG, Arnold, 1874-1951
Friede auf Erden / Peace On Earth, Op. 13. Facsimile. Edited by Therese Muxeneder.
Vienna, 2017. 27 x 35 cm, 48 pp. This facsimile edition—prepared 110 years after the work was composed—unites 2 autograph music manuscripts of the choral work that displays "the most artful polyphony, most wonderful tonal effect, and sublimest expression" (Anton Webern). Peace on Earth, op. 13 is part of the traditional choral music repertoire. The text of this a-cappella chorus, composed in 1907 for a competition organized by the Steiermärkischer Musikverein, was taken from a Christmas poem written by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer. The poem begins with the promising message of peace from the Christmas story, and then depicts the history of the world after Christ's birth as a time of war in which the belief in justice and peace had been retained, however; a peace that promises to become reality for future generations. Commentary in Ger-Eng. Beautiful bibliophile edition, original large folio format, printed on fine silky paper with art paper covers. $46 (more info... ) [item no.9582]
SCHUMANN, Robert, 1810-1856
[Lieder, "Myrthen" op.25, selections; Kerner-Lieder op.35, selections] "Widmung" (Rückert) and "Stille Liebe" (Kerner). Facsimile of the Autograph MS with Schumann's Dedication in The Juilliard Manuscript Collection, New York. With Critical Appreciation by Michael Musgrave.
[Salzburg], 2017. Oblong, 33 x 25 cm, ix, 8, iii pp. Full-color facsimile of the autograph presentation MS of op.25, no.,1 and op.35, no.8. Limited edition, bound in red velvet. $195 (more info... ) [item no.9547]
[Salzburg], 2017. Oblong, 33 x 25 cm, ix, 8, iii pp. Same as above but bound in red linen. $125 (more info... ) [item no.9548]
[Album for the Young, piano, op.68] Album für die Jugend op.68. Faksimile nach dem Autograph aus dem Robert-Schumann-Haus, Zwickau. Herausgegeben und mit einer Einführung von Michael Beiche.
Meisterwerke der Musik im Faksimile, 43. Laaber, 2017. Oblong, 28.5 x 21.5 cm, xxi, 94 pp. Full-color facsimile of the autograph score, together with some entries by his wife Clara, and two pieces in the hand of Ferdinand, Schumann's grandson. The MS is the basis of the first edition and thus has the usual engravers pencil markings. Despite being a fair copy it documents some compositional work, especially regarding the conclusions of certain pieces, and also sheds light on the selections process, as not all pieces get included in the final printed edition. The impetus of composing Album for the Young is clear from a diary entry of Clara written 1 September 1848: "The pieces which children learn in piano lessons are so poor that Robert had the idea of composing and publishing a book (a kind of album) entirely with children's pieces. He has already written a plethora of charming little pieces". Later that year Clara wrote to their friend Carl Reinecke of the pedagogical importance of the work: "they are thus also easy to execute and I believe these pieces will meet the wishes of many amateurs, of precisely those who do not play well enough to perform Robert's grander piano compositions". And in a postscript to this letter Robert writes as a postscript: "I do not know when I ever found myself in such a good mood as when writing these pieces. It truly overwhelmed me". Introduction in Ger-Eng. Hardbound with boards in decorative paper. (subscription price) $173 (more info... ) [item no.9509]
SILVESTRI, Florido, 17th c. [compiler]
Ariette di musica, [a una, e due voci, di eccellentissimi autori. Raccolte dal canonico D. Florido de Silvestris da Barbarano]. Bracciano, Andrea Fei 1646. [Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.].
Faksimile-Edition Rara, 68. Stuttgart, 2016. Oblong, 22 x 11 cm, 153 pp. Line-cut of the Bracciano, 1646 edition. A lovely little book consisting of 10 settings for solo voice and accompaniment (harpsichord or lute), and 6 for for two voices and accompaniment. The arias, each with attribution, is edited by Florido Silestri: Mazzocchi (4), Savioni (2), Boccarini, Cecchelli (2), Luigi Rossi (2), Marciani (2), Silvestri, Carissimi (2), Hardbound, in decorative paper with matching slipcase. $53 [item no.9487]
STADLMAYR, Johann, c.1575-1648
Psalmi integri [a quatuor vocibius concertantibus quatuor aliis accessoriis ad libitum accinendis cum 2, cornet: sive violin.] Wagner/Innsbruck 1641. [Stift Kremsmünster].
Faksimile-Edition Kremsmünster, 38. Stuttgart, 2017. 17 x 22 cm, 11 partbooks, 368 pp. Line-cut of the Innsbruck, 1641 partbooks. Scoring: SATB soli, SATB ripieni, violin, viol (or horn 1), viol (or horn 2). Wrappers, in marbled paper slipcase. $85 [item no.9563]
STRADIVARIUS, Antonio, 1644-1737
Antonius Stradivarius / Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann. [volumes V-VIII].
Cologne, 2016. 32 x 45 cm, 4 vols, 1200 pp, CR-ROM, A chronological catalog of Stradivari stringed instruments, detailing 152 instruments, each entry with photographs in color and details of construction, condition, and ownership. Accompanying electronic resource provides measurements and additional visual aspects. Limited edition of 2000 copies. Linen. (more info... ) [item no.9494]
TELLER, Marcus, 1682-1728
Musica sacra [stylo plane Italico & Cromatico pro compositionis amatoribus]. P. und M. Veith & Joannis Fratrum Her. Augsburg. Druck Wagner Ulm 1733. [Stadtbibliothek, Ulm].
Faksimile-Edition Ulm, 15. Stuttgart, 2017. 21 x 31 cm, 13 partbooks, 512 pp. Line-cut of the 1733 partbook edition. This rare print contains 4 masses & 4 motets scored for concerto/ripieno voices plus strings. Partbooks: canto concert, canto ripieno, alto concert, alto ripieno, tenore concert, tenore ripieno, basso concert, basso ripieno, vln I, vln II, vla, bsn, bc). Wrappers, with slip case in marbled paper. $150 [item no.9555]
VALENTINI, Giovanni, c.1582-1649
Missae quatuor partim octonis [partim oconis, partim duodenis vocibus unà cum basso generali ad placitum]. Venedig, Alessandro Vincenti, 1621. [Stift Kremsmünster].
Faksimile-Edition Kremsmünster, [33]. Stuttgart, 2016. 16 x 23 cm, 13 partbooks, 352 pp. Line-cut of the Venice, 1621 partbook edition. Contents: Missa Stabat Mater dolorosa; Missa Susanna; Missa Diligam te Domine; Missa Sine Nomine. Wrappers, with portfolio covered in marbled paper. $89 [item no.9531]
WEISS, Silvius Leopold, 1686-1750
[Works, lute, selections, Vienna Ms] 9 Pieces from the Vienna Ms (Austrian National Library) A-Wn S.M. 1078. Facsimile Edition.
Lübeck, 2016. Oblong, 30 x 28 cm, 21 pp. Line-cut of 9 pieces from Ms Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Wien Suppl. Mus. 1078: 1) Allemande, 2) Courante, 3) Bourré, 4) Sarabande, 5) Menuet, 6) Gigue, 7) Prélude, 8) Paisane, 9) Mad:la grondeuse, menuet. French tablature with baroque tuning. Wrappers. $20 [item no.9481]
ZUCHINI, Gregorio, c.1540-1615
Promptuarium harmonicum. Venidig, Iacob Vincenti 1616. [Bischöfliche Bibliothek, Regensburg].
Faksimile-Edition Rara, 72. Stuttgart, 2016. 19 x 25 cm, 5 partbooks, 288 pp. Line-cut of the Venice, 1616 edition partbook edition (after the sole surviving copy). 5-voice settings consisting of 2 masses, 12 vespers, 6 motets, & 7 canzoni per sonare with titles "La Barbissona", "La Massa", La Montignana", La Restella", "La Terhaga", "La Giordana", "La Grilla" (apparently nicknames), suitable for strings/winds. Wrappers, with portfolio in decorative paper. $69 [item no.9524]
COMPOSITE & MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES
Altfraunhofener Orgelbuch. Kommentar von Karl-Friedrich Wagner.
Faksimile-Edition Rara, 71. Stuttgart, 2016. Oblong, 34 x 26 cm, 8, 40 pp. Color facsimile of a charming MS collection of organ music (mostly preludes) from the early romantic period. Written in a clear and legible hand, the composer attributions include Georg Hamel, Georg Valentin Röder, Justin Heinrich Knecht, Georg Joseph Vogler & Pater Agäus. Hardbound, with decorative paper boards. $57 [item no.9488]
Ars componendi / Regulae componendj [1718]. [Stift Kremsmünster].
Faksimile-Edition Kremsmünster, 37. Stuttgart, 2017. Oblong, 23 x 19 cm, 87 pp. Color reproduction of 2 fascinating manuscripts on the rules of composition—shelfmark L70; one is dated 1717. Hardbound with decorative marbled boards. $69 [item no.9557]
[Berlin, Staatsbibl. der SPKB, SA 4060] Lautenhandschrift Berlin SA 4060 der Singakademie Berlin. Faksimile in 85% der originalen Grösse.
Lübeck, 2019. 24 x 31 cm, 404 pp. Sharp halftone monochrome, reproduced 2 up. Pieces for baroque lute. French tablature notation, baroque tuning. Note, index and concordances in German. Hardbound. $148 [item no.9590]
[Brussels, Bibl. Royale Albert I, 215-16] A Choirbook for the Seven Sorrows / Een Koorboek voor de Zeven Smarten. Royal Library of Belgium / Koninklije Bibliothek van België MS 215-16. Facsimile. Study / Studie: Emily Thelen.
Leuven Library of Music in Facsimile, 2. Antwerpen, 2019. 32 x 43 cm, 2 vols, 98, 102 pp Full siza facsimile and study of Brussel MS 215-16, one of only two anthologies with masses, motets and office plainchant that was prepared for actual use at sacred services in the Low Countries, in this case for some chapel in Brussels. It is dedicated to the Seven Sorrows of Mary and has two masses specifically for the chapel. This sumptuous parchment choirbook comes from the workshop of Petrus Alamire and features the music De la Rue, Josquin, Pipelare and anonymous composers. The present publication offers a full color reproduction of the MS accompanied by a scholarly commentary in Eng/Fla. Hardbound, with paper boards that reproduce the original binding. $133 (more info... ) [item no.9586]
[Burgos, Monasterio de Cistercienses Calatravas de San Felices] Vita adelelmi (Vida de San Lesmes).
Madrid, 2004. 28 x 37 cm, 158, 236 pp. Deluxe full-color facsimile of a codex containing the Vita adelelmi and the official liturgy and music chants for San Lesmes, patron Saint of Burgos. As Burgos is one of the stops of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, this work nicely dovetails with Codex Calixtinus (transmitting the equivalent rite for Saint James). Commentary by Ángeles García de la Borbolla García de Paredes, Víctor Márquez Paillo, Rafael Sánchez Domingo, Clemente Serna González, & Miguel C. Vivancos Gómez. Limited edition of 230 copies bound in full leather with generous tooling and linen covered slipcase. (first added to OMI's offerings in 2012) (more info... ) [item no.9220]
[Cambrai, Mediathèque Municipale, MSS 125-128] Der Chansonnier von Zeghere van Male.
Faksimile-Edition Rara, 86. Stuttgart, 2018. Oblong, 28 x 20 cm, 4 partbooks, 1224 pp, 40 pp. The Songbook of Zeghere van Male, also known by its call number MS 125-128 in Cambrai's Mediathèque Municipale, consists of four complementary part-books: Superius, Altus, Tenor, & Bass. The chansonnier became part of this public collection after the French Revolution, beforehand it was in the Bibliothèque de Saint-Sépulcre, also in Cambrai.The MS contains 229 compositions, extremely varied, some of them present only in this source. The special aspect of this manuscript is its marriage of music, art and culture: drawings adorn each folio. Executed by quill and with lively colors the drawings describe realistic scenes of daily life, leisurely activities, and include animals and monstrous creatures, obscene depictions and vegetal decorations. With mixed elements inherited from the Middle-Ages, the Antiquity and the vogue of the grotesque, they are a testimony of the prevailing taste in Flemish civil society in the first half of the 16th century. Commentary Ger-Fr-Eng by Fabien Laforge. Hardbound with decorative paper boards and slipcase. $638 (more info... ) [item no.9571]
[Florence, San Lorenzo, Archivio Cap., 2211] The San Lorenzo Palimpsest Florence, Archivio del Capitolo di San Lorenzo Ms. 2211. Introductory Study and Multispectral Images edited by Andreas Janke and John Nádas.
Ars Nova, Nuova Serie, 4. Lucca, 2016. 17 x 24 cm, c.40, 222 pp. New deluxe edition. Like the Squarcialupi codex, this ms (copied 1417-1420) is an anthology of 14th-c. Italian songs, but also includes the most recent works, some of which must have come down to Florence from the council of Constance (1414-1417). Codice 2111, a parchment ms, had been scraped clean in the 16th c. and reused as an account book for the Chapter of San Lorenzo. Fortunately, with the help of UV light its important repertory can be read "beneath" the text of the accounts. Wrappers. $340 (more info... ) [item no.4471]
[Ivrea, Biblioteca Capitolare, MS 115 -lv] The Manuscript Ivrea, Biblioteca Cap. 115. Commentary and Facsimile by Karl Kügle.
Ars Nova, Nuova Seria, 5. Lucca, 2019. 25.5 x 35.5 cm. 90, 138 pp. Full color facsimile of the celebrated "Ivrea Codex", a 14th c. manuscript containing 37 motets, 25 masses and a handful of secular songs (11 rondeaux, 1 virelais & 4 chaces). While its origin is debated (between Avignon or Ivrea), the 1365-70 ms clearly reflects the reception in Italy of mainstream French ars nova music. While no dates or composer attributions are given, concordances with Codex d'Apt or Trésor 16bis place it around 1365-1370. 2 motets have a relationship to Gaston Fébus, Count of Foix, 1331-1391, and other works clearly span the years 1320 to 1370; composers include Philippe de Vitry, Guillaume de Machaut, Magister Heinricus, Bararipton, Depansis, Matheus de Sancto Johanne, Chipre, Orles, Sortes, & Loys. Well worn and apparently written for practical use, one finds interesting variations in format, where single motet parts are usually written across an opening (triplum on verso, motetus on recto) while mass movements and old motets may be written with the pages divided into two by a line down the middle. Shorter works are usually written in the left over spaces left at the bottom of the pages of larger pieces. It's a real treat to have this facsimile join the ranks of Rossi 215, Modena M.5.24, Faenza 117, Bologna Q15, Turin T.III.2 & J.II.9, Lucca Codex and Squarcialupi Codex, all published in the same series. Wrappers. $299 (more info... ) [item no.9601]
Lautentabulatur Italien um 1600. [Trento, Biblioteca Comunale].
Faksimile-Edition Laute, 15. Stuttgart, 2016. 27 x 36 cm, 45 pp. Halftone of Trento Ms. 1947 No.5 [RISM B VII, p.333-334] containing 57 pieces for lute and theorbo in French tablature. Decorative paper boards $38 (more info... ) [item no.9523]
[London, Royal College of Music, Ms. 1070] The Anne Boleyn Music Book. Introduction by Thomas Schmidt and David Skinner with Katja Airaksinen-Monier.
Diamm Facsimiles, 6. Oxford, 2017. 21 x 30 cm. 58, 270 pp. This modestly-sized but beautifully written book contains sacred motets by some of Europe's most famous composers, specifically those associated with the French Royal Court of the early 16th century. An inscription in an early sixteenth-century English hand reads "M[ist]res A Bolleyene Nowe thus" followed by musical motto of three minims and a longa; that she is referenced "mistress" indicates that the inscription was certainly made before she became queen in 1533; "nowe thus" was the motto of her father. Despite considerable interest by musicologists in past decades, the book remains something of a mystery: clearly made in France, but associated in a yet-to-be-determined way with Henry VIII's second wife. For the facsimile production the RCM removed the MS from its 19th-century binding, making it possible to study the layers and compilation. Commentary includes chapters on the historical context of the book, a new analysis of its structure, the significance of the music it contains with some new ascriptions, an analysis of the decoration, and a list of concordances and editions. Hardbound. $124 (more info... ) [item no.9553]
[Louvain, Alamire Foundation] Leuven Chansonnier. General Editors: David J. Burn & Bart Demuyt ; [study by David J. Burn ; Nederlandse vertaling: Ignace Bossuyt].
Leuven Library of Music in Facsimile, 1. Antwerpen, 2017. 8.5 x 12 cm, 2 vols, 190 pp + commentary. What a story! In 2014, a small Brussels auction-house sold a lot containing a statue, an illuminated initial, and a songbook, to a private art-dealer. The songbook was brought to the Alamire Foundation/KU Leuven Musicology Research Group for further examination. The book, it turned out, was a previously unknown late 15th-c. chansonnier, complete and in its original cloth binding. The rediscovery of such a source in unaltered form is extremely rare, it's been almost a century since the last such discovery. The manuscript was acquired through the Léon Courtin—Marcelle Bouché Fund, administered by the Belgian King Baudouin Foundation. The songbook was subsequently loaned long-term to the Alamire Foundation. Like several other similar chansonniers, this codex has been named after the location where it is preserved. The "Leuven Chansonnier" is a unique witness from the 15th century. What makes this manuscript so special? This very small and yet substantial book, penned more than 500 years ago, is in astonishingly good condition. It contains 50 compositions representing the very best of Franco-Flemish polyphony (by composers including Ockeghem, Binchois, and Busnois). It contains 12 previously unknown songs, thus offering a new perspective on the polyphony of the Low Countries. The present publication offers a full color reproduction of the MS accompanied by a scholarly commentary in Eng/Dut. $75 (more info... ) [item no.9570]
Manuscripts of English Thirteenth-Century Polyphony. Facsimile Edition by William J. Summers and Peter M. Lefferts.
Early English Church Music, 57. London, 2016. 30 x 43 cm. 340 pp. The third facsimile collection to be published by Early English Church Music, Volume 57 attests to the quality and depth of the polyphonic traditions during the long reigns of Henry III and his son Edward I, when the music of English high culture achieved a technical autonomy from the common international Anglo-French repertoire of the period. Assembling within the covers of one publication a set of facsimiles of the extant remains of native origin, it comprises images of more than 60 sources of 13th-c. polyphony, including the Reading rota, the conductus-rondellus Flos regalis, and the Worcester fragments, here reunited from three codices. The large page layout adopted enables almost all the MSS to be reproduced at full size for direct comparison of different sources, layouts and dimensions. Buckram. $275 (more info... ) [item no.9516]
[Mechelen, Stadsarchief, Ms s.s] Mechelen Choirbook MS s.s. Facsimile and Commentary. General Editors: David J. Burn & Bart Demuyt.
Leuven Library of Music in Facsimile, 3. Antwerpen, [in prep—2019]. 44 x 66 cm, 2 vols, 220 pp + commentary. Facsimile and study of the so-called Mechels Koorboek. This magnificent parchment choirbook comes from the esteemed workshop of Petrus Alamire and most likely was made on the occasion of the coming of age and coronation of Charles V in 1515-1516. It contains exquisite miniatures by Gerard Horenbout and 6 masses by La Rue and 1 by Pierre de Pipelare, notated in classic choirbook format. The present publication offers a full color reproduction of the MS accompanied by a scholarly commentary in Eng/Dut. To appear in the course of 2019. (more info... ) [item no.9587]
[monodies, ornamented, 1617] Diminuierte Vertonungen von Gedichten Petrarcas und Bembos. Italien 1617. [Stift Kremsmünster].
Faksimile-Edition Kremsmünster, 39. Stuttgart, 2018. Oblong, 29 x 16 cm, 40 pp. Color reproduction of MS L736 Stift Kremsmünster (Austria) containing rare examples of monodies with ornaments fully written out on texts by Petrarca and Bembo. Hardboard with art paper boards. $52 [item no.9572]
Montecassino Archivio dell'Abbazia Cod. 318. Facsimile e commentarii. A cura di Mariano Dell'Omo e Nicola Tangari.
Bibliotheca Mediaevalis, 4. Lucca, 2018. 21 x 30 cm. 258, 320 pp. Color halftone of one of the most important medieval manuscripts of writings about music. MS 318, possibly copied at Montecassino, is an enormous compendium, containing the writings of Guido d'Arezzo, the famous Musica enchiriadis texts and much more. Many items are unique to this MS. There is non-musical matter as well. Contributors to commentary: Mariano Dell'Omo, Francis Newton, Giiulia Orofino, Thomas Forrest Kelly, Angelo Rusconi, Luisa Nardini, Maddalena Sparagna, Nicola Tangari. 2 vols. $199 (more info... ) [item no.9578]
[Opus artis novae, polyphonies] Le codex de Chypre (Torino, Biblioteca Universitaria.J.II.9). Vol. IV: Ballades III Introductory Texts, Poetic Texts and Critical Notes in French and English.
Opus Artis Novae, Polyphonies et Transcription Diplomatique 1300-1500, 3. Bologna, 2016. 24 x 32 cm, 224 pp. New critical edition using diplomatic transcription principles (original clefs, mensural notation). Wrappers. (In process of continuation, standing orders invited). $85 [item no.9528]
Synopsis musicae [or The Musical Inventory. Being a Collection of the choicest and newest Ayres, Jiggs, Borrees, Alemands, Gavots, Entries, Round O's Horn-pipes, Trumpet Tunes and Scotch Tunes, for the Recorder or Flute. To which are added several new Songs and Catches Compos'd by the most able Masters]. London/Thomas Cross 1693. [Library of Congress, Washington, DC].
Faksimile-Edition Rara, [75]. Stuttgart, 2016. Oblong, 25 x 12.5 cm, 64 pp. Line-cut of the London, 1693 edition. 24 instrumental works and 5 with texts. Attributions to James Hart and Anne Morcott. Hardbound with decorative paper boards. $27 [item no.9529]
[Viola da Gamba, selected works] Verschiedene Werke für Viola da Gamba und B.C. [Durham Cathedral, Durham].
Faksimile-Edition Rara., 79 Stuttgart, 2018. Oblong, 28 x 22 cm, 340 pp. Line-cut reproduction of MS A27 from Durham Cathedral, an anthology of works by Marais, Schenk, Snep, Hacquart, Heudeline, Blancourt, Simpson, du Faut, Colombe le fils, Colombe le pere, Doubihon, Fiore. Hardbound with decorative paper boards. $114 [item no.9574]
MODERN EDITIONS
Brahms, Johannes (new critical edition) Sextet in B-flat Major, Op. 18; Sextet in G Major, Op. 36. Editor: Katrin Eich.
Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, II/1. Munich, 2017. 4º, xxxii, 212 pp. New critical edition. Cloth. $268 [item no.6816]
Brahms, Johannes (new critical edition) Arrangements von Werken anderer Komponisten für Klavier zu zwei Händen oder für die linke Hand allein. Editor: Valerie Woodring Goertzen.
Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, IX/2. Munich, 2017. 4º, xlviii, 117 New critical edition. Cloth. $214 [item no.6818]
Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, IIA, 1. Munich, 2017. 4º, xlviii, 117 New critical edition. Cloth. $285 [item no.6824]
Brahms, Johannes (new critical edition) Horn Trio E Flat Major Op.40 and Clarinet Trio A Minor, Op.114. Editor: Katharina Loose-Einfalt.
Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, II/7. Munich, 2016. 4º, xxxvi, 152 pp. New critical edition. Cloth. $242 [item no.9515]
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UK pledges £1.4B to Global Fund, boosting advocates' spirits
By Sophie Edwards // 01 July 2019
The Global Fund
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May at the G-20 Summit in Osaka, Japan. Photo by: REUTERS / Kiyoshi Ota
LONDON — The United Kingdom pledged £1.4 billion ($1.8 billion) to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Friday, with advocates hoping the commitment will encourage other donors to give generously as the fund chases a $14 billion replenishment to support its work over the next three years.
Prime Minister Theresa May made the announcement — a 16% increase on the U.K.'s last contribution in 2016 — at the G-20 summit in Japan. She also urged other international leaders to up their contributions to the fund, which was founded in 2002 to tackle three of the world's deadliest epidemics.
Declining aid budgets and political turmoil, especially in the United States — the fund's biggest donor — has sparked concerns that the multilateral health partnership may not meet its fundraising target when donors meet for its sixth replenishment conference in France in October.
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Advocates say that without continued action, progress toward eradicating the three diseases is at risk. New HIV infection rates have increased among some groups, malaria control efforts have stalled, and multi-drug resistant TB is a growing concern.
The U.K.'s strong and early pledge has boosted advocates' spirits.
"We're absolutely delighted that the U.K. has made a pledge of such magnitude … Despite turbulent political times, the pledge shows the U.K. is committed to ending the world's deadliest diseases," Mike Podmore, director of STOPAIDS, a network of U.K. NGOs working on HIV/AIDS, said in a statement.
Frontline AIDS executive director Christine Stegling also said the U.K.'s global health leadership was crucial at a time of uncertainty.
"We are at a crossroads in the HIV response. We need clear political and financial leadership from donors and implementing countries if we want to ensure we do not lose the gains from the last 20 years," she said.
The U.K. said its funding will help provide medication to more than 3 million people living with HIV, treat more than 2 million people with TB, and provide 90 million mosquito nets to protect families from malaria.
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The pledge includes a £200 million match fund to encourage the private sector to invest in the fight against malaria by offering to double its commitments, the government said in a statement.
Another £100 million has been set aside for interventions to improve health systems, prevent new infections, and tackle antimicrobial resistance, and is subject to a performance agreement between the fund and the U.K. Department for International Development. The U.K. attached similar conditions to its last replenishment.
International development secretary Rory Stewart confirmed the government would be urging other countries to follow its lead.
"We're going to continue to invest in controlling and ultimately ending these diseases, and we will be making sure other countries contribute generously," he said in a statement.
Several others have already revealed increased commitments. Japan upped its funding by 5% to $850 million, Portugal more than tripled its previous pledge to €750,000 ($849,588), Ireland added 50% to reach €45 million, and Luxembourg increased funding by 11% to €9 million.
However, advocates are yet to hear a final number from the U.S. following the Trump administration's proposed cut. The European Commission, historically the fund's sixth largest funder, has also said it cannot give a figure until ongoing budget negotiations have been settled.
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Sophie Edwards
Sophie Edwards is a Reporter for Devex based in London covering global development news including global education, water and sanitation, innovative financing, the environment along with other topics. She has previously worked for NGOs, the World Bank and spent a number of years as a journalist for a regional newspaper in the U.K. She has an MA from the Institute of Development Studies and a BA from Cambridge University.
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