BEIN Monteverdi +13: From the Albi Rosenthal Collection of Monteverdi and the birth of opera., Cancel sheet pasted down over p. [2]., Engraved throughout., and For theorbo, 2 theorbos (one of them a small theorbo pitched an octave higher), or for voice with theorbo acc.
Publisher:
Castaldi,
Subject (Name):
Rosenthal, Albi,--1914-2004--Ownership
Subject (Topic):
Songs with theorbo, Theorbo music, and Theorbo music (Theorbos (2))--Scores
Printed score for Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony no. 3 (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, undated), with extensive holograph annotations by Mahler, including conductor's markings and alterations to orchestration.
Description:
Stamp on preliminary page: Gustav Mahler, Wien. and Stamp on title page: Emil Berté & Cie., Musikalienhandlung, Wien.
Subject (Name):
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Symphonies, no. 3, op. 55, E♭ major, Beethoven, Ludwig van,--1770-1827.--Symphonies,--no. 3, op. 55,--E♭ major, and Mahler, Gustav,--1860-1911
Manuscript music copied by Burney, possibly for use in his General History of Music. Music includes madrigals by Gioseffo Zarlino, Ruggiero Giovannelli, Alfonso Ferrabosco, and Luca Marenzio; motets by Johannes Lupi, and songs by John Dowland and Henry Lawes. An index written in an unidentified hand is laid in.
Description:
Binding: 19th century marbled boards., Blanks not scanned., Label on cover: A collections [sic] of Italian mss in the handwriting of Dr. Burney, many of which he introduced in his history of music., Label on spine: Madrigals, &c., 1567, &c., Page [1]: stamped signature of Charles Hackett., and Words in Italian, Latin, and English.
Subject (Name):
Burney, Charles, 1726-1814, Dowland, John, 1563?-1626, Ferrabosco, Alfonso, 1543-1588, Giovannelli, Ruggiero, ca. 1560-1625, Lawes, Henry, 1596-1662, Lupi, Johannes, d. 1539, Marenzio, Luca, 1553-1599, and Zarlino, Gioseffo, 1517-1590
Subject (Topic):
Music -- History and criticism -- Early works to 1800, Vocal music -- 16th century, and Vocal music -- 17th century
Title from item., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Unaccompanied melody., and Song in six stanzas, printed below title. The first stanza printed with music, the following five without music in three columns below.
Publisher:
Published 4th October 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Score and part, holograph, with dedication to Adeline Palianti
Description:
Jules Massenet, French composer., Song, with words by Victor Hugo., Staff notation., Vocal text in French., Title from cover., Date of creation supplied by cataloger., and Voice part includes text for all verses.
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Name):
Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912. and Palianti, Adeline.
"The Story Behind the Composing," typescript, photocopy, summary written by Myers in 1986 describing his experiences in composing God's Trombones and early performances, with printed programs, photocopies of correspondence, and other documentation appended; printed score, published by Eastlane Music Corp., [1966?]; and a "Written Analysis," typescript, photocopy, submitted as part of his dissertation, 1965. Also present are three audio cassettes: performances by the Pascack Valley Regional High School Select Choir, at Columbia University, Feb 21, 1964, and by the First Congregational United Church of Christ Choir, Washington, D.C., at Howard University, Jun 19, 1970, both with Myers as baritone soloist; and an undated copy of a 1938 recording of sections from the text read by James Weldon Johnson
Description:
Baritone, composer, and educator. Myers composed a setting of James Weldon Johnson's God's Trombones for solo voices, mixed chorus, solo trombones, and orchestra [i.e. brass ensemble]. The score and an analysis were submitted in 1965 to Columbia University, Teachers College, as a doctoral dissertation.
Subject (Name):
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938. and Myers, Gordon.
From the collection of Carl Van Vechten., Individual parts for orchestra with piano., and Inscribed for Carl Van Vechten by William Christopher Handy, 7-8-1941.
Publisher:
Handy bros. music co., inc.,
Subject (Name):
Handy, W. C.--(William Christopher),--1873-1958--Presentation inscription to C. Van Vechten. and Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964--Presentation inscription from W.C. Handy