20th-century Music from Veery Books

Score 9 pp. and part 5 pp. Piano part in stapled yellow wraps with the violin part laid in. This is the first edition., published 1977. Composed in 1974, this is one of an edition 300 copies. Lavista studied with Carlos Chavez in Mexico and at the Schola Cantorum in Paris. He is probably best-known for his opera Aura, based… Read more about this item

9 pp. Quarto, very good. Colección Arión, no. 144. One of 300 printed in July of 1983. For solo piano. Dedicated to Gerhart Meunch. Composed in 1980. ". . . . no de un pájaro, sino de muchas." —Ezra Pound. "9 pp. Quarto, very good. Colección Arión, no. 144. One of 300 printed in July of 1983. For solo piano.… Read more about this item

Score, 9 pp. and part, 5 pp. This is the secunda edicion. First edition was published 1977. Composed in 1974. Se terminó de imprimatur esra partitura el día 19 de febrero de 1988 en el taller de Offset Arturo Sandoval Hernández. . . . Su tiro consta de 300 ejemplares. Le edición estuvo al cuidado de la profesora Isolda cevedo Jiménez."

42 pp. black line print (diazotype; one side) folded to form a score with 42 pages, secured with original paper tape on spine. Titled "Quartetto de Cordas (No 1)," a copy of a fair manuscript of Villa Lobos's first string quartet. Very good with no marking and little if any soiling, with typical tanning of paper and fading of image.… Read more about this item

Parts (14, 14, 13, 14 pp.), 12 x 9 inches, 31 x 23 cm; 9 oz. Quarto. RKO Bldg., Radio City, New York: Leeds Music Corporation, 1950. "To Hans Schiff the friend, the doctor, the musician." The motto of the string quartet is a quotation of Eduard Moerike, "Only through my tears can I see the beloved light… Read more about this item

(16, 16, 16, 16). Folio 14 X 10.5 inches; Wraps fragile, else Very Good or better. Durand & Fils, Editeurs, Paris, 4, Place de la Madeleine, 1911. D & F 7981. Parts Worldcat identifies only a few holdings of the parts. Dedicated "à Paul Dukas." Samazeuilh's arrangement of Debussy's Quartet for piano four hands is at the Morgan Library. Movements:… Read more about this item

Parts, wraps. Very good parts with chips and split spine to wraps. Quarto (12 x 9 inches, 310 x 23 mm; 5 oz; 11, 7, 8, 7 pp.) Leipzig: Verlag von Breitkopf & Hartel, [1889]. First edition thus (originally published in 1855). Volksausgabe Breitkopf & Hartel No. 1160. I: Moderato con moto; II. Allegro molto vivace; III. Molto lento; IV.… Read more about this item

16 pp.; Quarto, 12 x 9 inches, 31 x 23 cm; 3 oz. Wien: Universal-Edition, 1939. "Au Quator Desclin." Score/Partition/Partitur, wraps. Universal-Edition No. 11.108. A tear (2 inches) throughout, else very good.

Wien/Leipzig: Eigenthum des Verlegers auff uhrungs und Arrangements rechte Vorbehalten Adolf Robitschek, in die "Universal-Edition" Aufgenommen, [1901]. Parts, wraps. Good. Quarto (318 x 241mm; 12.5 x 9.5 inches), 11 oz.; (12, 12, 12, 12 pp.) Wraps are chipped and split. Parts very good, mostly supple with some stiffness at edges; unmarked. Usuable for performance. Universal Edition No 390. Plate… Read more about this item

7, 7, 7, 7 pp. Plate S. 4647 Z.Milano: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, 1951. Parti staccate [parts], wraps. Overall very good, tanning at edges of parts. Quarto (12 x 9.5 inches, 310 x 240 mm; 5 oz.); Durata: minuti 15. Fifth String Quartet Dedicated to Elizabeth S. Coolidge. Printed in Italy.

Parts (10, 8, 8, 10 pp.) Wien/New York: Universal Edition A. G., 1922. Universal-Edition Nr. 7081a–d. Dem Lambinon Quartett in Berlin gewidmet. First edition. Ads on front of Vln 1 part and on back wraps. Very good. (12 x 9 inches, 31 x 23 cm; 6 oz.);

Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, 1924. Parts (19, 25, 26, 25 pp. + ads). Plate 31101. 13 x 10.5 inches, 33 x 27 cm; 1 lb., 4 oz. Dem Rosé-Quartett gewidmet. Composed 1922. Lacking outside wraps. Th ere are ads on all the parts. Th e ads on the back of the cello part, "Das Shaff en von E. W. Korngold,"… Read more about this item

[xii], 159 pp. Corrigenda laid in. 1 of 500 copies. Fine, with no markings. Theodorakis sketched this out while in exile on the island of Icaria, in the late 1940s, Rallou Manou created and danced the principal role, with scenery by Spiros Vasiliou. It became quite popular and was performed many times in the 1950s. In 1988 the composer used… Read more about this item

London: Universal Edition, 1967. Wraps. Very Good. Folio. Score. UE 14686. Previous owner's signature, wraps with some soiling, else fine. All participants carry a walking stick or perhaps an umbrella. The performers walk along lanes constructed to form a regular pentagon.

Boston, Mass.: Ione Press, 1970. Wraps. Near Fine. Quarto. Score, 46 pp. One part (Clarinet in A), 16 pp. Previous owner's signature on wraps of score and part, some light bumps and creases to edges, else fine. For flute, clarinet in A, horn in F, oboe, and bassoon. Plate numbers E.C.S. 2072 and E.C.S. 2072 b.

New York: Mills Music, Inc., 1954. Wraps. Very Good. Quarto. 28 pp. (score) and 6 parts. Composed Mexico, D. F., 1942. For six players. I: Indian Drum, Glokenspiel, Small Indian Drum; II: Side Drum I, Xylophone, Indian Drum, Tenor Drum; III: Side Drum II, Suspended Cymbal; IV: Tenor Drum, Chimes, Claves, One Maraca, Suspended Cymbal; V Tympani, Small Gong; VI:… Read more about this item

Paris: Editions Salabert, 1994. Wraps. Very Good. Quarto. 47 pp. Written 1941, copyright 1942, later printing. Quarto, Plate number E.A.S. 14,303. "Commissioned by Paul Sacher for the Basler Kammerorchester (BKO). First performance at Zurich on May the 18th, 1942. by the Collegium Musicum, conducted by Paul Sacher."

Serie E (Ediciones Mexicanas de Musica), no. 31. 44 pp. Folio, full score. Warmly inscribed by the composer on the title page, Oct. 1990. For winds, brass, percussion, and string quintet. Limited to 100 copies printed May 18, 1990. Lavista was born in 1948 in Mexico City. In 1987, Lavista received a Guggenheim to compose the opera "Aura," based on… Read more about this item

Mexico: Ediciones Mexicanas de Musica, 1991. 1st Edition. Wraps. Light wear to extremities, interior fine. Very Good. Quarto. Serie D (Ediciones Mexicanas de Musica), no. 64. Wraps with pocket. [i-iv stapled in: TP, instructions, placement of instruments, catalog]. 11 leaves, 1-11 loose in pocket of wraps. Folio, full score. For bassoon and percussion. One of 150 copies. Printed January 19,… Read more about this item

Mexico: Ediciones Mexicanas de Musica, 1993. Wraps. Very Good. Quarto. 4 parts consisting of one leaf, folded twice [2 vln, vla, vc]. Title page on verso of each leaf. All laid in a folded stiff leaf. "La noche juega con los ruidos copiandolos en su espejos de sonidas." ["The night plays with noises, copying them in its mirrors of sounds."… Read more about this item