Gravity Limited. First Edition. Hard Cover. Item #1799

Oxford University Press, 1979. Hard cover. fine. Item #1739

Item #1745

New York: Carl Fischer, 1953. Revised Edition. Tall 4to. 10-1/4" x 6-15/16". 49 pp. Blue cloth covered heavy stock boards. Darkened margin around top and fore-edge of cover. Otherwise fine. Item #960

Bulfinch, 2004. photos. First Edition, 2nd printing. Hard Cover. fine. Item #1844

Momentum Books Ltd. soft cover. fine - still in its original shrink-wrap. Item #1847

New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. First Edition. Hard cover. fine / Two small chips at top of back panel, otherwise fine. Item #2233

Toledo, Ohio: Gregorian Istitute of America, Jan 27, 1945. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-15/16". Blue cloth covered boards stamped in gold. 148 pp. including index. Name on free front endpaper. A few stains on the front cover show up worse in the scan than they really are. Overall condition is very good, tight and clean.

"Throughout the textbook we have tried as far as possible to avoid the use of technical language. For example, the term "fall group" is used instead of "thesis" and "rise group" instead of "arsis." Even in treating the nature of a Latin word the term "rise" is sometimes adopted for the accented syllable and "fall" for the grave syllable of a word. The translations of the Greek and Latin names for the neumes are supplied as a teaching aid since the picture conjured up by the English word is more graphic than the foreign term, especially in the teaching of younger students." Item #1623

Philadelphia: J. L. Landis, (1882). With many engraved portraits and other illustrations. Small 4to. Brown pebbled cloth stamped in gold and black. 558 pp. plus Illustrated History of Sunday School Song bound in back with separate pagination which begins with p. 18 (probably previously published and preliminary pp. are omitted) and ends with p. 85. Includes table of contents for that work. Near fine but for some splash marks at top of front cover, barely visible (see photo). Overall tight, clean, unmarked very good plus.

Facts and incidents of the origin, authors, sentiments and singing of hymns, which, with a synopsis, embrace interesting items relating to over eight hundred hymn-writers. Reference material at back of History of Hymns is thorough including Synopsis of Writers, Appendix of Brief Notes referred to in the Synopsis and a table of First Lines of Hymns referred to or illustrated. Item #687

Midwest Traditions Inc., 1994. Photographs Edited by Louis Koch. First Edition. Soft Cover. fine. Item #1841

Warsaw: Interpress Publishers, 1986. Translated by Emma Harris. Many photo illustrations. 4to. 11-1/8" x 8-1/4". Pictorial paper covered boards. 216 pp. Fine.

A beautiful hand lettered presentation inscription in Polish on the half-title page signed by dr. M. Sierocka and dr. A. Borchardt.

"Karol Szymanowski: the greatest after Chopin". This is how he is referred to in his native Poland. And this description covers everything: his exceptional position in the history of music; the fact that like his great predecessor he lifted Polish music from a national backwater into the mainstream of contemporary Europe; the Polishness of his music, which while universalist was also based on the folklore of his native land; and finally, his ability, despite the original and inimitable nature of his music, to follow the splendid inspiration which Chopin represented for him. Item #1506

Warmly inscribed, "to the incomparable Lowell Greer in highest admiration from Phil Farkas" Tall 8vo. 9-5/16 x 6-1/4". Blue cloth covered boards stamped in gold. Fine book / In fine dust jacket.

In Philip Farkas we find one of the most articulate and much published musicians and teachers of our time. His articulate explanations of music and the special challenges of horn playing and documented in 3 books and many articles, only a few of which are reprinted or excerpted in the third chapter of this book. The opening chapter is all Phil's; his recollection, successes, fears, and wit all combine to give a candid and entertaining look at how he feels he grew into what he became. Those who know Phil may recognize some of his stories, from the poker game in a disconnected railroad car to depositing Erich Leinsdorf at a draft induction center with a copy of Emanuel Kant's On Pure Reason and a Homburg hat. He doesn't include the story of the perfect concert in Boston with Reiner, but another contributor does. With Phil there are just too many great tales to expect him to include them all in a short book. Item #956