Music from Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA

(London: Souvenir Press, 1996) 0285633090. Translated by Margaret Crosland. 8vo; original charcoal cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (x) + 262, incl. index; plates. Occasional fox spot. Very good condition. "The castrati became a legend that still fascinates us today. Thousands flocked to hear and see these singing hybrids - part man, part woman, part child… Read more about this item

(Pretoria: University of South Africa, 1995) 0869819011. 4to; laminated pictorial boards; pp. (x) + 160, incl. index; photographs. Trace of foxing to top edge. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. A series of biographical sketches of South African opera luminaries. .

(Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1992) 0798129743. 8vo; original red boards, lettered in white on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 317, incl. index; some illustrations. Afrikaans text. Trace of fishmothing to edges of boards; small, faint damp-stain to to edges of pastedowns. Very good condition. "Die wêreld van klassieke musiek word in hierdie omvattende naslaanwerk op… Read more about this item

(Pretoria: HAUM, 1984) 0798614013. 220 x 150 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. (xii) + 139; diagrams. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. 'Die verskyning van die nuwe Afrikaanse "Musiek en Liriek" in die sewentigerjare het soos 'n fris wind, deur woord en melodie, ons eie land en lewe begin beskryf. Dr. Katzenellenbogen het onmiddellik die moontlikheid vir… Read more about this item

(Stellenbosch: C. F. Albertyn, 1971). 8vo; pictorial boards; pp. 135; photographs. Boards somewhat rubbed; page edges a little browned. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. Sketches of the life and output of South African musical composers, from the earliest European settlement on the sub-continent, to Peter Klatzow in the 1970s. .

(Cape Town: A A Balkema, 1966). 8vo; original brown boards; pp. viii + 197 (including index). Slight spotting to fore-edge. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. Comprehensive study of the music history of early Cape Town by the well-known Stellenbosch musician, composer and author, Jan Bouws. .