Music Reference
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Derek Bailey and The Story Of Free Improvisation
by Ben Watson
Ben Watson is a writer on music and culture. He is the author of numerous books including Frank Zappa: The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play; Art, Class & Cleavage; and Adorno for Revolutionaries.
Lexicon Of Musical Invective Critical Assaults On Composers Since Beethoven's Time
by Nicolas Slonimsky
Great Pianists Of Our Time By Joachim Kaiser By Joachim Kaiser By Joachim Kaiser By Joachim Kaiser By Joachim Kaiser
by Joachim Kaiser
Music Reference Books & Ephemera
Tensions In The Performance Of Music
by Carola Grindea
Kahn & Averill, 1988. Paperback. Very Good. Revised and enlarged edition paperback reprint, 1988, in overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - slight creasing to front cover. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.
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SGD 34.41
Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, And Sexuality
by Susan McClary
University Of Minnesota Press, 1991. Paperback. Very Good. First paperback edition, 1991, in overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - covers slightly rubbed. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; text and musical examples bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.
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SGD 27.51
Sonates pour piano et violon de W. A. Mozart. (Violon))
by N/A
Enoch Feres & Costallat, 1111. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. This book of sheet music is in good condition. Foxing present to the front end paper and occasionally to the page edges. Otherwise a good clean copy.
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SGD 17.23
Teaching Piano: A Comprehensive Guide And Reference Book For The Instructor. 2 Volume Set
by Denes Agay (editor)
New York: Yorktown Music Press, Inc., 1981. Paperback. Very Good. First paperback edition two volume set, 1981, in overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - rubbing to edges. Internally clean. Bindings tight and appear little read; no annotation or inscriptions; text and music bright and clear throughout. Not old library books.
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SGD 34.41
![No.1 Theatre Mogador : The pour deux (Tea for two) [partition] No No Nanette Operette en 3 actes](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/027/296/1562296027.0.b.jpg)
No.1 Theatre Mogador : The pour deux (Tea for two) [partition] No No Nanette Operette en 3 actes
by Otto Harach, Frank Mandel, Vincent Youmans
Editions Francis Salabert, 1926. Pamphlet. Fair. Sheet music / Partition 4 pages. Store stamp. Yellowed. Frayed edges. Still perfectly functional working copy. SEMFA548bis French language version only, monochrome edition.
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SGD 7.39
Double Life - signed copy
by Freestone, John
Book Guild Publishing Ltd, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Excellent copy, signed by John Freestone
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SGD 10.33
Aspects Of English Pipe Scaling
by David C. Wickens
Oxford: Positif Press, 2004. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback edition, 2004, in overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage - covers a touch rubbed. Binding tight and appears almost unopened. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and tables bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.
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SGD 86.15
New Found Voices: Women In Nineteenth Century English Music
by Derek Hyde
Canterbury: Tritone Music Publications, 1991. Paperback. Very Good. New edition paperback, 1991, in overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - covers slightly rubbed and faded to spine and edges. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text, illustrations and musical examples bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.
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SGD 120.65
Tudor Music
by David Wulstan
J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1985. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition hardback, 1985, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket slightly rubbed with light crease to front upper edge (now protected); boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text, illustrations and musical examples bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.
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SGD 30.96
Het Nederlandse Huisorgel In De 17de En 18de Eeuw; Die Niederlandische Hausorgel In 17 Und 18 Jahrhundert; The Dutch Chamber Organ In The 17th And 18th Centuries
by Arend Jan Gierveld
For Vereniging Voor Nederlandse Musziekgeschiedenis by Drukkerij Libertas B.V. , 1977. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Good. First edition hardback in the Muziekhistorische Monografieen series, in Dutch with German and English summaries, 1977, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition in a good dust jacket with minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket rubbed to edges with a couple of small nicks and chips (now protected); boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little...
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SGD 103.40
Drehorgeln
by Helmut Zeraschi
Leipzig: Koehler & Amelung, 1976. 1st. Hardback. Very Good. First German edition hardback, 1976, with no jacket as issued. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - boards just a touch tanned to spine with faint scratch to rear. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.
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SGD 34.41
Handbuch Der Orgelkunde: Die mathematischen und akustischen technischen und kunsterlerischen Grundlagen sowie die Geschichte und Pflege der modernen Orgel
by Winfred Ellerhorst
Einsiedeln, Schweiz: Benzinger & Co., 1936. Hardback. Good. German single volume hardback edition, 1936, with no jacket. In overall fair-to-good used condition with some signs of age, handling and storage - boards marked with tape to rear spine fold. Binding tight and hinges sound. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - ownership signature to front endpaper; toning to page-ends but text, diagrams, large folding plan to rear and illustrations bright and clear throughout. An excellent reading...
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SGD 258.72
Family Enterprise: The Story Of Some North Country Organ Builders
by Laurence Elvin
Lincoln: Laurence Elvin, 1985. 1st. Hardback. Fine/Very Good. First edition hardback, 1985, with unclipped jacket. In overall fine, unread condition in a very good dust jacket, slightly faded to spine and rubbed to edges (now protected). Binding tight and appears almost unopened. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.
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SGD 34.41
Dictionary Of Pipe Organ Stops: Detailed descriptions of more than 600 stops, together with definitions of many other terms connected with the organ, and an examination of the acoustical properties of many types of pipes and the various divisions of the organ.
by Stevens Irwin
New York: G. Shirmer, 1965. Paperback. Good. Revised edition paperback, 1965, in overall good useable condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - covers rubbed and quite faded. Binding overall tight with tape repair to rear hinge. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - ownership signature to reverse of front cover; page-ends slightly soiled but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout.An excellent working copy. Photographs available. Not an old library book.
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SGD 103.40
The Russell Collection and other Easrly Keyboard Instruments in Saint Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh
by Sidney Newman and Peter Williams
Edinburgh University Press, 1968. Paperback. Very Good. First paperback edition, 1968, in overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.
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SGD 17.16
The Organs Of The City Of London: From Restoration To The Present
by Nicholas M. Plumley
Oxford: Positif Press, 1996. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback edition, 1996, in overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - covers slightly faded to spine and rubbed to corners with light crease to rear. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; page-ends slightly thumbed but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.
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SGD 51.66
The Organ Of St. Etienne Abbey In Caen 1885-1985
by Robert Davy
Schwarzach: Christoph Glatter-Gotz, 1985. Hardback. Fine/Very Good. Large English edition hardback translated by Nicholas Allen and Geraint Jones, 1985, with unclipped jacket. In overall fine, unread condition in a very dust jacket, slightly rubbed to edges with short nick to upper front edge (now protected). Binding tight and appears almost unopened. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.
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SGD 137.90
Movies, Rock & Roll, Freud: Essays on Film and Music
by Fuchsman, Ken
ORI Academic Press. Softcover. Good. /none. 2021. Cover only has very minor surface wear, but there is a bit of a dent at the top of the back cover near the spine. Cover corners are bent in a bit, especially at the bottom back, where the pages are also bent a bit. Pages are clean and tight in the binding. Standard shipping for U.S. orders is by media mail. Please note that the USPS does not guarantee the delivery of Media Mail within a specified time. Customers that wish to have their orders within a...
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SGD 20.67
Catalogue Of Copyright Entries Part 3: Musical Compositions. 1919, Volume 14, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7.
by Library Of Congress Copyright Office
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1919. Hardback. Very Good. New Series collected catalogues bound in red buckram boards, 1919, with no jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; toning to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.
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SGD 60.28
American Negro Songs: 230 Folk Songs and Spirituals, Religious and Secular (Dover Books on Music)
by Work, John W
U.S.A.: Dover Publications Inc., 1998 « From joyous gospel to deeply felt blues, this wonderful collection contains vintage songs sung and played through the years by black Americans at work, in church, and for pure entertainment. Included are spirituals, blues, work songs, and a variety of social and dance songs. This important volume was originally compiled in 1940 by Dr. John W. Work, the noted musicologist affiliated with Fisk University and the celebrated Fisk Jubilee Singers. In it, he...
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SGD 16.66
Die Wunderbare Welt Der Orgel
by Marcel Thomann
Hildesheim: Olms Presse, 1998. 1st. Hardback. Fine/Fine. First edition German hardback, 1998, with unclipped jacket. In overall fine, unread condition in a near-fine, slightly rubbed dust jacket. Binding tight and appears almost unopened. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.
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SGD 43.03
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY (Classic Rare & Unseen)
by Chris Rushby
Transatlantic Press, 2010. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. This first edition is in near fine condition with a good unclipped dust jacket. The pages are excellent, bright and clean free from signs of wear.
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SGD 15.51
The Contemporary American Organ: Its Evolution, Design and Construction
by William Harrison Barnes
New York: J. Fischer & Bro., 1956. Hardback. Very Good. Fifth edition hardback reprint, 1956, with no jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - boards a much faded to spine. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - ownership signature to front pastedown dated 24th January 1958; toning to page-ends but text, diagrams and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old...
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SGD 51.66
![Nouveau Bonheur - You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me - Pour Chant Avec Paroles En Francais [partition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/515/330/1511330515.0.b.jpg)
Nouveau Bonheur - You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me - Pour Chant Avec Paroles En Francais [partition]
by FAIN SAMMY / KAHAL IRVING / LARUE JACQUES / Battaille-Henri
Editions Francis Salabert, 1930. Pamphlet. Good. Partition 4 pages, SEMFA 1161bis
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SGD 7.39
Musical Europe: An Illustrated Guide To Musical Life In 18 European Countries
by Marianne Adelmann
Paddington Press Ltd, 1974. Paperback. Very Good. First UK paperback edition, 1974, in overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions - owners name to reverse of front cover dated1980; spotting to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.
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SGD 27.51
