Chamber Music from Veery Books

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

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

New York, N.Y.: McGinnis & Marx Music Publishers, POB 229 Planetarium Station. No Binding. Good. Quarto. Piano score and parts (Clarinetto in B, Cornetto di Bassetto in F). Previous owner's stamp. Folded leaves, unbound. Black line copy of a Brietkopf & Härtel edition.

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.

Paris: Editions Durande & Cie. . Wraps. Very Good. Quarto. Very good, quarto. Piano score (52 pp. Preface: 1. Sujet de l'oeuvre et commentaire de chaque mouvement, 2. Petite theorie de mon langage rhythmique, 3. Conseils aux execuatants) and 3 parts (Violin, Clarinet). Plate D.F. 13,091. I. Liturgie de cristal; II. Vocalise, pour l'ange qui annonce la fin… Read more about this item

Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Theodore Presser Company, 1967. Wraps. Very Good. Folio. Four performance scores (4 x 39 pp.). Previous owner's stamp. Used for performance. All parts with some useful and informative annotations. Red paper wraps, stapled. Oblong Folio First edition. Plate number 114-40116.

Boston: Ione Press, 1966. Wraps. Very Good. Quarto. 7 pp. First edition. Previous owner's signature, bumps to corners, else fine. "Parisonatina is like a cadenza; it must be played with great rhythmic freedom." Composed for Aldo Parisot in 1964. Edition bowed and fingered by Parisot. Plate E.C.S No. 2059. Suggested program note: Agitato [Motto sul nome Aldo Parisot:… 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

New York: Dover, 1978 148 pp. Small folio. Some wear to extremities, text block clean and white. Sonatas and partitas for violin alone, no. 1-6, BWV 1001-1006, edited by Alfred Dorffel. Sonatas for violin and clavier, no. 1-6, BWV 1014-1019, edited by Wilhelm Rust. Facsimile of volumes 27 and 9 of the Bach Gesellschaft edition.. Wraps. Very Good. 9'' X… Read more about this item

New York: International, 1950. 13, 11, 10 pp. Parts. Lacking viola part. Previous owner's stamp on all materials, else fine.Edited by Adolphe Frezin of the Paganini Quartet. . Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Society for the Publication of American Music; G. Schirmer Parts, quarto, 12 pp.; 12 pp.; 10 pp.; 9 pp. Four parts, very good in very good wrapper. (S.P.A.M. 53) Published for the Society by G. Schirmer, copyright 1946. The string quartet was written in 1942. The composer of The Wife of Martin Guerre (1956) and The… Read more about this item