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ALESSANDRIA ITALY
Book #2099
La Chitarra Quattro Secoli di Capolavori
The Guitar Four Centuries of Masterpieces
Esposizione di Strumenti dal XVII al XX Secolo
20 Settembre - 19 Ottobre 2008 Palazzo del Monferrato Alessandria. Catalogue. G Accornero / I Epicoco / E Guerci. It is the first time that such wealth of masterpieces has been brought together in one place; a collection of refined instruments by the best makers, but also guitars which once belonged to famous people and musicians: Paganini Giuliani Queen Margaret of Savoy...Technical descriptions and historical references. Italian and English text. Large format
£250.00
AMSTERDAM Holland
Book #1080
Tentoonstelling van fagotten, prenten,boeken en manuscripten uit de collectie van Henk de Wit Exhibition catalogue 9 - 16 May 1992. 55pp, b/w photos & descriptions of 43 bassoons. Dutch text with English translation of instrument descriptions only. £12.00 (Paper)
ARRUGA F L / DI FRONZO L / PREVIDI E / DI STEFANO G P EDITORS
Book #2147
Note di valzer nel mondo viennese / Waltzes from the World of Vienna
Arte e musica nel fortepiano di Heitzmann / Art and music on the Heitzmann fortepiano
2009. Alla ricerca dei suoni perduti . Appendice 2 / In search of lost sounds . Appendix 2
Collezione di strumenti musicali di Fernanda Giulini / Instruments collection of Fernanda Giulini. 115pp, colour and b/w plates. Italian and English text. With CD of 'Walzer a quattro mani da Schubert a Strauss' performed by Federica e Francesca Badalini, Fortepiano J. Heitzmann und Son
£75.00
AUGSBURG GERMANY
Book #2109
Musik in Bayern II.
Austellungskatalog
Exhibition catalogue . Augsburg, Juli bis Oktober 1972. Herausgegeben von F Göthel. 549pp, b/w illustrations, 2 loose folding cards. Front cover creased, some wear two both covers. Contents clean. German text.
£25.00 (Paper)
(Secondhand)
BASEL SWITZERLAND
Book #2140
Klangzauber
Funktionen aussereuropäischer Musikinstrumente
Katalog, sonderausstellung vom 23.Mai bis 17.August 1969 by Urs Ramseyer. 15pp German text, 18pp b/w plates. Very good copy
£10.00 (Paper)
(Secondhand)
BERLIN Germany
Book #1111
Katalog der Streichinstrumente 1975. Catalogue of stringed instruments in Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung, Preussischer Kulturbesitz by I.Otto and O.Adelmann. 336pp, b/w line illustrations. German text £14.00 (Paper)
BERLIN Germany
Book #1112
Katalog der Blechblasinstrumente; Polsterzungeninstrumente 1976. Catalogue of brasswind in Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung Preussischer Kulturbesitz Musikinstrumenten-Museum by D. Krickeberg and W. Rauch. 199pp, 68 b/w illustrations German text. £15.00 (Paper)
BERLIN Germany
Book #1115
Sammlung Alter Musikinstrumente bei der Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik 1922 Catalogue by By Curt Sachs, unpaginated, columns numbered to 384,(=c.192pp), plus 30pp. b/w photographs & 34 text illustrations, . Ex-library copy, covers worn & soiled, some foxing. German text. £475.00
(Secondhand)
BERLIN GERMANY
Book #1874
Neuerwerbungen 1993-1994 10 Jahre Musikinstrumenten-Museum am Kulturform herausgegeben anläßlich der Sonderausstellung vom
14. Dezember 1994 bis zum 28. Februar 1995. 88pp + 35pp colour and b/w illustrations. German text. Small format. Good copy.
£10.00 (Paper)
(Secondhand)
BERLIN GERMANY
Book #1930
Das Musikinstrumenten-Museum des Staatlichen Instituts für Musikforschung
Eine Einführung
1978. 88pp, colour and b/w illustrations, German text. Clean copy.
£10.00 (Paper)
(Secondhand)
BERN Switzerland
Book #1117
Europäische Musikinstrumente im Bernischen Historischen Museum: Die Sammlung als Spiegel bernischer Musikkultur 2001, by B.Bachmann-Geiser. 308pp, fully illustrated with 3 colour and many b/w plates. Detailed descriptions & measurements of all instruments. £45.00
BETHLEHEM (PA) USA
Book #1119
The Square Piano in Rural Pennsylvania 1760-1830 Exhibition Catalogue, Payne Gallery of Moravian College by P. Larson & C. Traupman-Carr, 19 October-26th November 2000. 46pp, colour plates. £20.00 (Paper)
BEVAN C
Book #1121
Musical Instrument Collections in the British Isles 1990. 127pp, 47 b/w photos, details of almost one hundred collections open to the public. £8.50 (Paper)
BOCHUM Germany
Book #1132
Musikinstrumentensammlung Hans und Hede Grumbt, 3. Blechblasinstrumente Catalogue by C. Ahrens & G.Klinke. 96pp, b/w illustrations, details of makers, instruments and marks. German text. £15.00 (Paper)
BOLOGNA Italy
Book #1136
Strumenti musicali europei del Museo Civico Medievale di Bologna 1993. Catalogue by J.H. van der Meer. 307pp, 10pp of colour & more than 100pp of b/w plates. With appendix of Fondi strumentali delle Collezioni Comunale d'Arte, Museo Davia Bargellini and Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale. Italian text. £65.00
BOLOGNA Italy
Book #1137
Strumenti a fiato in legno dalle collezioni private italiane / Woodwind Instruments from Italian Private Collections Catalogue by G. Lazzari, Museo Civico Medievale 19 May - 1 June 2001. 102pp, b/w plates. Italian text with English summary. £18.00 (Paper)
BONN Germany
Book #1138
Monument für Beethoven; zur Geschichte des Beethoven-Denkmals (1845) und der frühen Beethoven- Rezeption in Bonn 1995. Exhibition Catalogue, Stadtmuseums Bonn and Beethoven-Hauses. 318pp, colour & b/w plates. German text. £25.00
BOSTON USA
Book #1958
Musical Instruments MFA Highlights series. 2004. Darcy Kuronen. 168pp, colour and b/w photos. 'MFA Highlights' presents the best of the Museum's collections. £14.00 (Paper)
BOSTON USA
Book #1959
Sounds of the Silk Road Musical Instruments of Asia Mitchell Clark. This book was published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, MFA Boston, July 9, 2005 - January 5, 2006. 168pp, colour and b/w photos. £18.00 (Paper)
BOSTON (MA) USA
Book #1142
Dangerous Curves: The Art of the Guitar Exhibition Catalogue by Darcy Kuronen, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 5 November 2000 - 25 February 2001. 223pp, fully illustrated with colour photographs £45.00
BOSTON (MA) USA
Book #1711
Dangerous Curves: The Art of the Guitar Exhibition Catalogue by Darcy Kuronen, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 5 November 2000 - 25 February 2001. 223pp, fully illustrated with colour photographs £32.00 (Paper)
BRUSSELS Belgium
Book #1155
Instruments Royaux / Koninklijke Instrumenten Exhibition catalogue, Musée Instrumentale 28 August 1991 - 31 May 1992 M. Awouters, J. Tilmans, A. Meurant. 59pp, 2 colour & 7 b/w plates. Dutch & French text. £10.00 (Paper)
(Secondhand)
BRUSSELS BELGIUM
Book #1729
Catalogue des Instruments Sax au Musée Instrumental de Bruxelles, suivi de la liste de 400 instruments Sax conservés dans des collections publiques et privées. 1980. M. Haine / I. De Keyser. 279pp, French text.
Out of print.
£60.00 (Paper)
BRUSSELS BELGIUM
Book #1821
Images de l'Univers Unesco 28 octobre-7 novembre 1974, conceived and realized by the Brussels Museum of Musical Instruments. 95pp + 3pp bibliography, b/w illustrations, French and English text. Bottom right had corner creased, contents clean. Small format. £10.00 (Paper)
(Secondhand)
BRUSSELS BELGIUM
Book #1156
Visitor's Guide: Musical Instrument Museum 2000. Guide containing: Folk Instruments in Belgium / European Folk Instruments / Instruments from outside Europe / Western Art Music / Strings & Keyboards / Musicus Mechanicus. 203pp, colour & b/w illustrations £22.00 (Paper)
BRYANT C
Book #2101
And The Band Played On 1776-1976 1975. 54pp, b/w illustrations. This publication accompanies an exhibition by the Smithonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service as a Bicentennial celebration of the colorful and varied history of American bands. little wear to back cover, good condition £8.00 (Paper)
(Secondhand)
BURGDORF SWITZERLAND
Book #2062
Musikinstrumente der Schweiz 1685-1985 Instruments de musique de Suisse 1685-1985 1985 Ausstellungskatalog. Kornhaus Burgdorf; Schweizerisches Landesmuseum Zürich; Musée gruérien Bulle. 168pp, b/w illustrations in tex. German and French text. Good copy. £20.00 (Paper)
(Secondhand)
BUSSUM HOLLAND
Book #2022
The Carel van Leeuwen Boomkamp Collection of musical instruments A descriptive catalogue by C.van Leeuwen Boomkamp & J.H. van der Meer, 1971. 190pp, b/w plates. Dust jacket and end papers a little soiled, contents clean. £35.00 (Paper)
(Secondhand)
BUTZBACH Germany
Book #1164
Querflöten aus Hessen vom 18. Jahrhundert bis Heute Exhibition Catalogue by P.Spohr, Museum der Stadt, 24 September - 10 November 1996. 28pp, incl. 3pp. of colour plates of 36 flutes and piccolos and 1p of colour plates of 37 makers marks. German text £8.00 (Paper)
COBBE A
Book #2063
Composer Instruments
The Cobbe Collection
2000. A Catalogue of the Cobbe Collection of Keyboard Instruments with Composer Associations.
Technical Data compiled by David Hunt. 69pp, colour and b/w illustrations.
£8.00 (Paper)
CREMONA Italy
Book #1196
Il Museo Stradivariano di Cremona By A.Mosconi & C.Torresani. 1987. 129pp. colour & b/w plates. Catalogue of patterns, drawings & tools. Italian text £25.00 (Paper)
(Secondhand)
DEGGENDORF Germany
Book #1208
Musikinstrumente aus Ostbayern (Niederbayern / Oberpfalz) vom 17-19 Jh. Exhibition Catalogue Stadtmuseum 13 November 1992 - 31. January 1993. 176pp, colour & b/w plates. German text £15.00 (Paper)
DEN HAAG Holland
Book #1209
Catalogus van de muziekinstrumenten Haags Gemeentemuseum deel I: Hoorn en trompetachtige blaasinstrumenten 1970. 85pp. incl. 8pp. b/w illustrations Dutch text £10.00 (Paper)
DEN HAAG Holland
Book #1210
Niederländische Doppelrohrblattinstrumente des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts / Dutch Double Reed Instruments of the 17th and 18th Century 1997. Collection Haags Gemeentemuseum by R.van Acht, J.Bouterse, & P.Dhont. 255pp, detailed descriptions, technical drawings, colour plates of 33 oboes, 2 bassoons and 1 racket. Large format. German and English text. £150.00
DEN HAAG Holland
Book #1212
The Hoogsteder Exhibition of Music and Painting in the Golden Age Exhibition catalogue. 11 May - 10 July 1994. 386pp, 100 colour & 133 b/w plates, line drawings in text. Includes free Photo CD, playable on CD, CD-i, CD Rom & Photo CD. English text. £55.00
(Secondhand)
DEN HAAG Holland
Book #1214
Niederländische Blockflöten des 18. Jahrhunderts: Sammlung Haags Gemeentemuseum / Dutch Recorders of the 18th Century: Collection of the Hague Gemeentemuseum 1991, by R. van Acht, V. van den Ende & H. Schimmel. 163pp, full-size colour photos and exact measured drawings of 17 recorders in the collection. Large format, German and English text £100.00
DEN HAAG HOLLAND
Book #1751
Muziek voor het oog / Music for the eye 2003. This book shows in photographes more than 50 of the best pieces of the music collection of the Gemeentemuseum. The choice includes all sort of musical instruments as well as prints from the 16th to the 19th century. 191pp, colour- and b/w plates. Dutch and English text. £23.00 (Paper)
DEN HAAG HOLLAND
Book #1989
A checklist of Traditional Japanese Musical Instruments 1988 Musical Instrument Collection, Music Department Haags Gemeentemuseum vol. 2 by P Wolff. R van Acht editor. 135pp, fully illustrated b/w plates. Good copy. £20.00 (Paper)
(Secondhand)
DIETENHEIM Germany
Book #1219
Die Zithern der Sammlung Walther Schwienbacher im Südtiroler Landesmuseum für Volkskunde 2000. H. Hermann-Schneider. Catalogue, 119pp. including 14pp. colour plates. German text. Very nicely rebound. £15.00
(Secondhand)
EDINBURGH
Book #1231
Historic Musical Instruments in the Edinburgh University Collection: Viols & Violins 1995 Checklist edited by A.Myers Volume 2 part C fascicle i. 64pp. £5.00 (Paper)
EDINBURGH
Book #1232
Historic Musical Instruments in the Edinburgh University Collection: Horns and Bugles New edition 2006. Checklist edited by A.Myers
Volume 2 part H fascicle vi: French Horns and Cornophones, 76pp. and
Volume 2 part H fascicle vii: Bugles, Cornetts and Ophicleides, 64pp (2 volumes)
£9.00 (Paper)
EDINBURGH
Book #1234
Historic Musical Instruments in the Edinburgh University Collection: Large Mouthpieces for Brass Instruments 2/2004. Checklist edited by A.Myers Volume 2 part H fascicle v. 71pp. 1 graph £6.00 (Paper)
EDINBURGH
Book #1235
Historic Musical Instruments in the Edinburgh University Collection: Small Mouthpieces for Brass Instruments 1996 Checklist edited by A.Myers Volume 2 part H fascicle iv. 89pp. £6.00 (Paper)
EDINBURGH
Book #1236
Historic Musical Instruments in the Edinburgh University Collection: Post-horns, cornets and ballad horns 2/2000 Checklist edited by A.Myers Volume 2 part H fascicle viii. 71pp. £6.00 (Paper)
EDINBURGH
Book #1237
Historic Musical Instruments in the Edinburgh University Collection: Althorns, tenor horns and baritones 2000 Checklist edited by A.Myers Volume 2 part H fascicle ix. 40pp. £6.00 (Paper)
EDINBURGH
Book #1238
Historic Musical Instruments in the Edinburgh University Collection: Euphoniums and tubas 2/2000 Checklist edited by A.Myers Volume 2 part H fascicle x. 51pp. £6.00 (Paper)
EDINBURGH
Book #1239
Historic Musical Instruments in the Edinburgh University Collection: Drums 1995 Checklist edited by A.Myers Volume 2 part J fascicle ii. 44pp. £5.00 (Paper)
EDINBURGH
Book #1240
Historic Musical Instruments in the Edinburgh University Collection: Xylophones, Cymbals and Bells 1999 Checklist edited by A.Myers Volume 2 part J fascicle i. 52pp. £4.00 (Paper)
EDINBURGH
Book #1242
Historic Musical Instruments in the Edinburgh University Collection: Clarinets 2 / 2005. Checklist edited by A.Myers, Volume 2, part F, fascicle i: 139pp. in 2 volumes £8.00 (Paper)
EDINBURGH
Book #1244
Historical Musical Instruments in the Edinburgh University Collection: Oboes 1994 Checklist edited by A.Myers Volume 2 part E fascicle i. 52pp. £5.00 (Paper)
EDINBURGH
Book #1245
Historic Musical Instruments in the Edinburgh University Collections: Transverse Flutes 3/2008, 2 volumes. Checklist edited by A.Myers Volume 2 part D fascicle ii. 148pp. £8.00 (Paper)
EDINBURGH
Book #1246
Historic Musical Instruments in the University Collection: Wind Instruments of Regional Cultures Worlwide 1993 Checklist edited by A.Myers Volume 2 part A fascicle i. 43pp. £5.00 (Paper)
EDINBURGH
Book #1247
Historic Musical Instruments in the University Collection: Stringed Instruments of Regional Cultures Worlwide 1995 Checklist edited by A.Myers Volume 2 part A fascicle ii. 28pp. £5.00 (Paper)
EDINBURGH
Book #1248
Historic Musical Instruments in the University Collection: Percussion Instruments of Regional Cultures Worlwide 1998 Checklist edited by A.Myers Volume 2 part A fascicle iii. 32pp. £3.00 (Paper)
EDINBURGH
Book #1250
Historic Musical Instruments in the Edinburgh University Collections, Vol I: the illustrations 1990. A.Myers. 168pp, including 120p b/w plates. £28.00
EDINBURGH
Book #1251
Historic Musical Instruments in the Edinburgh University Collection: Harps, Dulcimers and Zithers 1995 Checklist edited by A.Myers Volume 2 part B fascicle i. 36pp. £5.00 (Paper)
EDINBURGH
Book #1252
Historical Musical Instruments in the Edinburgh Unversity Collection: ancillery equipment :1995 Checklist edited by A.Myers Volume 2 part K 66pp. £5.00 (Paper)
EDINBURGH
Book #1253
Historical Musical Instruments in the Edinburgh University Collection: Lutes, Citterns and Guitars Checklist edited by A. Myers. 1st edition 1992, reprinted with minor corrections 1995. Volume 2 part B fascicle ii. 44pp. £5.00 (Paper)
EDINBURGH
Book #1254
Historic Musical Instruments in the Edinburgh University Collections: Recorders and Flageolets 2000 Checklist edited by A.Myers Volume 2 part D fascicle i. 40pp. £4.00 (Paper)
EDINBURGH
Book #1255
Historical Musical Instruments in the Edinburgh Unversity Collection: Saxophones 1996 Checklist edited by A.Myers Volume 2 part F fascicle i. 20pp. £5.00 (Paper)
EDINBURGH
Book #1710
Historic Musical Instruments in the Edinburgh University Collection: Bows for Stringed Instruments 2004 Checklist edited by A.Myers. Volume 2 part C fascicle ii 64 pp., including 3 pp. of drawn illustrations £6.00 (Paper)
edinburgh
Book #1720
Historic Musical Instruments in the Edinburgh University Collection, Beaters for Percussion Instruments 2000. Checklist edited by A. Myers
Volume 2 part J fascicle iii. 40pp
£3.00 (Paper)
EDINBURGH
Book #2031
Catalogue of the Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection 2007. Principal author H. Fricke, photography R. Parks, edited by A. Myers. 795pp, fully illustrated, colour photographes. This catalogue documents the achievement of the late Sir Nicholas Shackleton in assembling one of the world's finest collection of musical instruments. This publication gives a detailed description of 880 instruments: 817 clarinets and basset horns, 42 flutes, 6 oboes, 4 bassoons, 3 french horns and 8 other instruments. £50.00
EDINBURGH
Book #2078
Historic Musical Instruments in the Edinburgh University Collection: Trombones New edition, Dec. 2008. Checklist edited by A.Myers Volume 2 part H fascicle xii. 76pp £6.00 (Paper)
EISENACH Germany
Book #1256
Historische Musikinstrumente im Bachhaus Eisenach 1976. 296pp. By Herbert Heyde, colour & b/w plates, line drawings. Dustjacket worn, contents clean. German text. £40.00
(Secondhand)
FLORENCE ITALY
Book #2137
Galleria dell'Accademia
The Conservatorio "Luigi Cherubini" Collection
Bowed Stringed Instruments and Bows
2009. Edited by G Rossi Rognoni. 303pp, colour & b/w plates plus line drawings.
£50.00 (Paper)
FRANKFURT / M Germany
Book #1272
Historisches Museum: Kunsthandwerk im Dienste der Musik: Querflöten aus aller Welt im Wandel der Zeit: Traverse Flutes down the centuries from all over the world: Au fil de temps, Flûtes Traversières du monde entier 1991. Exhibition catalogue by Peter Spohr. 90pp, 30p. of b/w photos including illustrations and descriptions of 101 European and 25 primitive flutes. German, English and French text. £11.00 (Paper)
GÉTREAU F
Book #1280
Aux origines du musée de la Musique: Les collections instrumentales du Conservatoire de Paris; 1793-1993 1996. 798pp. b/w illustrations. Contents include a chronological list of acquisitions & details of restorations carried out. French text. £100.00
GÉTREAU (EDITOR) F
Book #2064
Musique . Images . Instruments
Revue française d'organologie et d'iconographie musicale.
No 9, Les collections d'instruments de musique 2e partie
2007. 287pp, b/w illustrations
£35.00 (Paper)
GHENT Belgium
Book #1022
EEN BLIK OP...UN REGARD SUR...A VISION ON...PIANOS 2002. Exhibition catalogue of the Chris van Maene collection, Ghent 19 April - 8 June 2002. 130pp, colour plates. Flemish, French & English text. £22.00 (Paper)
GHENT BELGIUM
Book #1822
Catalogus van de Muziekinstrumenten, oudheidkundige Musea, Bijlokemuseum, door
Y. Hollebosch-van Reck en I. De Keyser
1978. 47pp + 1 colour and 8 b/w plates. Dutch text.
Paper covers lightly soiled contents clean.
£15.00 (Paper)
(Secondhand)
GIJON Spain
Book #1284
Museo de la Gaita 1992. Catalogue by Garcia-Oliva. 170pp, colour plates. Spanish text £32.00
HAINE M
Book #2037
Musica. Les instruments dans les collections belges; Musical instruments in Belgian collections; Muziekinstrumenten in Belgische verzamelingen 1989. 214pp, colour plates. French, English and Dutch text. Good copy. £30.00
(Secondhand)
HALLE Germany
Book #1299
Katalog zu den Sammlungen des Händel-Hauses in Halle: 1. Teil, Handschriftensammlung 1961. 330pp. 9 b/w illustrations. German text £12.00
HALLE germany
Book #1300
Katalog zu den Sammlungen des Händel-Hauses in Halle: 2.Teil, Bildsammlung Porträts 1962. 288pp. fully illustrated, b/w plates. German text. £12.00
HALLE Germany
Book #1301
Katalog zu den Sammlungen des Händel-Hauses in Halle: 3. Teil, Bildsammlung Städte- und Gebäudedarstellungen 1964. 380pp. b/w illustrations of all the prints & 4 paintings. German text. £12.00
HALLE Germany
Book #1302
Katalog zu den Sammlungen des Händel-Hauses in Halle: 6. Teil, Musikinstrumentensammlung Streich- und Zupfinstrumente 1972. 337pp. b/w illustrations of all instruments plus 1 of bows. German text. £20.00
HALLE Germany
Book #1303
Katalog zu den Sammlungen des Händel-Hauses in Halle: 7.Teil; Blasinstrumente Orgeln Harmoniums 1980. Catalogue by Herbert Heyde. 527pp. fully illustrated with b/w photos, line drawings in text. German text. £25.00
HERNE GERMANY
Book #2110
22. Tage Altermusik in Herne 1997
gestrichen und gezupft
Zistern und Gitarren
1997. Catalogue. 155p, b/w illustrations. good copy. German text.
£15.00 (Paper)
(Secondhand)
HOOVER C A
Book #2102
Harpsichords and Clavichords 2nd printing, 1973. 43pp, b/w illustrations. In this booklet a few of the restored harpsichords and clavichords in the Smithonian Institution, Washington are described. Good condition. £8.00 (Paper)
(Secondhand)
JENKINS J (EDITOR)
Book #1778
International Directory of Musical Instrument Collections Frits Knuf 1977 for the International Council of Museums. Good copy £10.00 (Paper)
(Secondhand)
KREMSMÜNSTER Austria
Book #1369
Die Militärmusik Europas Catalogue of an exhibition in Schloss Kremsegg,
22 May 1999 - 5 November 2000. 39pp, colour & b/w illustrations. German text
£10.00 (Paper)
KUOPIO FINLAND
Book #2098
Soitinrakentaja Anderstin vaskipuhaltimet
Johann Friedrich Anderstin soittimet Kuopion kulttuurihistoriallisessa museossa
The Johann Friedrich Anderst Brass Music Instrument Collection at Kuopio Cultural History Museum
2009. Paul Niemistö, Merja Heiskanen. 56pp, colour plates. Finnish and English text.
£12.00 (Paper)
LEIPZIG Germany
Book #1384
Hörner und Zinken: Musikinstrumenten-Museum Leipzig Katalog Band 5 1982, by Herbert Heyde. 272pp, 24 colour & 56 b/w plates, line drawings. German text. £40.00
LEIPZIG Germany
Book #1385
Trompeten: Posaunen: Tuben: Musikinstrumenten-Museum Leipzig Katalog Band 3 1985, by H.Heyde. 264pp. 48pp. of b/w photos, 39pp. of line drawings and diagrams. German text. Front of dust jacket torn and repaired with cellotape, besides that, clean copy. £38.00
(Secondhand)
LEIPZIG Germany
Book #1386
Orgelinstrumente Harmoniums: Musikinstrumenten-Museum Katalog Band 6 1984. by K.Gernhardt, H.Henkel & W.Schrammek. 144pp. plus 80pp. of colour & b/w plates. German text. £44.00
LEIPZIG Germany
Book #1387
Zithern: Musikinstrumente zwischen Volkskultur und Bürgerlichkeit 1995. Catalogue by A.Michel, Musikinstrumenten-museum der Universität Leipzig. 179pp, b/w plates. German text £25.00 (Paper)
LEIPZIG Germany
Book #1388
Perlen aus der Instrumentensammlung von Paul de Wit in Leipzig / Perles de la collection d'instruments de M. Paul de Wit (Saxe) / Pearls from the Collection of Musical Instruments of Paul de Wit (Saxony). 1892. 14pp. plus 16 chromo- lithographic plates. Text in German, French & English. Boards soiled. £900.00
(Secondhand)
LEIPZIG GERMANY
Book #2143
Musikinstrumente aus dem Musikinstrumenten-Museum der Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig 1970. Einführung und Erläuterungen von Dr W. Schrammek 32 Tafeln von R Langematz. Die Schatzkammer.Band 25. XII + 42pp (32 b/w plates. German text, small format. boards a little scuffed, contents clean. £10.00
(Secondhand)
LONDON
Book #1397
The British Violin: The Catalogue of the 1998 exhibition: 400 Years of Violin & Bow Making in the British Isles 2000. 416pp. Fully illustrated, colour plates with biographies of viol, violin & bow makers working in Britain in the last 400 years. Slipcase. £195.00
LONDON
Book #1398
Royal College of Music Museum of Instruments Catalogue, Part 1, European Wind Instruments 1982. Catalogue by E.A.K. Ridley. 68pp, 84 (of 196 listed) instruments illustrated in b/w £7.00 (Paper)
LONDON
Book #1399
Royal College of Music Museum of Instruments Catalogue, Part II, Keyboard Instruments 2000. Edited by E. Wells, with J. Budgen,
W. Debenham, J. Nex, Ch. Nobbs, L. Whitehead. 143pp, 16pp. colour & many b/w plates
£25.00 (Paper)
LONDON
Book #1402
Musical Instruments in the 1851 Exhibition 1986. Edited by P. & A. Mactaggart. 109pp, line drawings. £15.00 (Paper)
LONDON
Book #1404
Musical Instruments, a list of books and articles in the National Art Library Victoria and Albert Museum 1973, compiled by M. I. Wilson. 56pp. £10.00 (Paper)
(Secondhand)
LONDON
Book #1407
Royal College of Music Museum of Instruments Catalogue, Part Ia, European Wind Instruments: Addenda 1998, by E.A.K. Ridley. 40pp. b/w plates £7.00 (Paper)
LONDON
Book #2054
An Illustrated Catalogue of the Music Loan Exhibition Held under the Patronage of His Majesty The King Her Majesty The Queen and Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales by the Worshipful Company of Musicians at Fishmongers' Hall June and July 1904 London Novello and Company, Limited, 1909. Only Five Hundred Copies of this Catalogue have been printed. 353 + xxiii pp (33 x 25.5 approx, cut), monochrome plates and b/w illustrations. Front and spine wrapper missing. Slight foxing on title page and frontispiece, not affecting the text or image, end paper a little soiled, however this is a very fine copy. £145.00 (Paper)
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LONDON
Book #2088
Royal College of Music Museum of Instruments Catalogue Part III
European Stringed Instruments
2007. 224pp, b/w plates. Catalogue of the bowed and plucked string instruments in the RCM
£35.00 (Paper)
NEW LISTING
LONDON
Book #2156
Musical Instruments
A list of books and articles in the National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum
1976 complied by M I Wilson. 126pp, 7pp of b/w illustrations + b/w frontispiece. damage to spine. contents clean.
£8.00 (Paper)
(Secondhand)
LOS ANGELES USA
Book #1938
Hevehe. Art, Economics and Status in the Papuan Gulf Exhibition Catalogue Museum of Cultural History, UCLA Dec. 8,1982-Febr. 6,1983. Monograph series number 18 by C J Mamiya and E C Sumnik. 35pp, b/w illustrations. Very good copy. £10.00 (Paper)
(Secondhand)
LOS ANGELES (CA) USA
Book #1410
Erich Lachmann Collection of Historical String Instruments 1950. 53pp. b/w plates, folio. Boards soiled, contents clean. £200.00
(Secondhand)
MANCHESTER
Book #2146
Royal Northern College of Music
Collection of Historic Musical Instruments
Catalogue of the Collection
2010. Compiled by William Waterhouse, edited by Anna Wright, photography by Michael Pollard. 307pp, fully illustrated with colour plates.
£50.00
MANTOVA ITALY
Book #1988
Gli strumenti a fiato nell'epoca Mozart 23 settembre-15 novembre 2006. Exhibition catalogue, P. Besutti, R. Meucci, A. Bernardini, A. Grazzi, P. Grazzi, A. Ignesti and G. Varelli. 109pp, colour plates. Italian text. £20.00 (Paper)
MODENA ITALY
Book #1742
Musica a Corte e in Collezione. Dagli strumenti musicali di Casa d'Este alle collezioni storiche. Exhibition catalogue 20th June-7th July 2002 edited by L. Frignani and N. Lanzetta. 64pp, colour plates.
Italian text.
£15.00 (Paper)
MUNICH Germany
Book #1458
Besaitete Tasteninstrumente: Deutsches Museum Kataloge der Sammlungen; Musikinstrumenten Sammlung 1994. Catalogue by H. Henkel. 319pp, more than 140 b/w photos of instruments, key-mechanisms & makers marks. German text £95.00
MUNICH Germany
Book #1459
Europäische Zupf- und Streichinstrumente, Hackbretter und Äolsharfen: Deutsches Museum München Musikinstrumentensammlung Katalog by B.Wackernagel, 1997. 384pp, b/w plates, with details of instruments, measurements etc. plus checklist. German text. £96.00
NEW YORK (NY) USA
Book #1972
Catalogue of the Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments of All Nations. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Hand-book No. 13 1902. Prepared Under the Direction , and Issued With the Authorization, of the Donor. I EUROPE galleries 25 and 26 Central Cases of Galleries 27 and 28. 302pp, b/w plates, 2 folding plates, 1 in photocopy. Half leather rebound with original spine. A little worn, small damage to frontis piece, contents clean. £75.00
(Secondhand)
NURNBERG Germany
Book #1470
Band 25. Quellenkataloge zur Musikgeschichte; Th.J. Eschler Die Sammlung historischer Musik- instrumente des Musikwissenschaftlichen Instituts der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg 1993. 120pp. including 16pp. b/w photos. German text £65.00
NURNBERG GERMANY
Book #1713
Verzeichnis der Europäischen Musikinstrumente im Germanischen Nationalmuseum Nürnberg Band 1 Hörner und Trompeten Membranophone Idiophone,
by J. H. van der Meer
Katalog, 1979. 220pp, 195 b/w plates, slip case.
German text.
£70.00
NURNBERG GERMANY
Book #1723
Verzeichnis der Europäischen Musikinstrumente im Germanischen Nationalmuseum Nürnberg, Band 4,
Klarinetten normaler und höherer Stimmlage mit 2 bis 9 Klappen.
Beschreibender Katalog by F. P. Bär. 2003. 263pp, b/w plates, line drawings & graphs. German text.
£100.00
NURNBERG GERMANY
Book #1747
Verzeichnis der Europäischen Musikinstrumente im Germanischen Nationalmuseum, Band 2, Flöten- und Rohrblattinstrumente bis 1750. 1994. Beschreibender Katalog bearbeitet von
M. Kirnbauer. 219p, + 1 loose folded insert. b/w plates & line drawings. German text.
£85.00
NURNBERG GERMANY
Book #1776
Wegweiser durch die Sammlung Historischer Musik-instrumente Germanisches National Museum. J. H. Van Der Meer.83pp, b/w illustrations, covers a little worn.
German text, small format
£10.00 (Paper)
(Secondhand)
NURNBERG GERMANY
Book #1807
Verzeichnis der Europäischen Musikinstrumente im Germanischen Nationalmuseum, Band 5, Klarinetten normaler und höherer Stimmlage mit 10 und mehr Klappen. 2004. Beschreibender Katalog bearbeitet von Frank P. Bär. 282pp, b/w plates and line drawings. German text. £85.00
NURNBERG GERMANY
Book #2002
Verzeichnis der Europäischen Musikinstrumente im Germanischen Nationalmuseum. Band 6 Liebesklarinetten Bassetthörner Bassklarinetten Metallklarinetten 2006. Beschreibender Katalog bearbeitet von F. Bär. 294pp, fully illustrated, b/w plates, line drawings, graphs, with detailed measurements. German text £100.00
OSAKA JAPAN
Book #1743
Museum of Musical Instruments, Osaka College of Music Catalogue. 1998. 157pp + 8pp index. Aerophones,
Chordophones, Membranophones, Idiorhones. Fully illustrated, small b/w photos, with description and simple measurements in Japanese and English
£25.00 (Paper)
PARIS France
Book #1480
Violins, Vuillaume: un maître luthier français du XIX siècle, 1798-1875 Exhibition Catalogue, Musée de la musique, 23 october 1998 - 31 January 1999. 227pp, colour photos & b/w illustrations. French text. £30.00 (Paper)
PARIS France
Book #1481
Gloire des Princes, Louange des Dieux: Patrimoine musicale de l'Hindoustan du XIVe au XXe siècle Exhibition Catalogue by Philippe Brugière, Musée de la Musique 19 March - 29 June 2003, 239pp, lavishly illustrated with colour & b/w plates. French Text. £35.00 (Paper)
PARIS France
Book #1482
Souffler, c'est jouer: Chabretaires et cornemuses à miroirs en Limousin Exhibition Catalogue, Musée national des Arts et Traditions populaires, 14 april - 30th August 1999. 158pp, colour & b/w photos & line drawings in text. French text. £23.00 (Paper)
PARIS France
Book #1484
Les Violons; Venetian instruments, Paintings and Drawings Exhibition Catalogue, Hôtel de Ville, 21 March - 7 May 1995. 295pp, 137pp. colour & 19pp. b/w photos. English text £45.00 (Paper)
PARIS France
Book #1486
Musée Rétrospectif de la Classe 17; Instruments de Musique, matériel, procédés et produits a l'Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1900 119pp. monochrome plates & b/w illustrations in text. Very good copy, quarter leather binding. French text £225.00
(Secondhand)
PARIS France
Book #1487
Songs of the River: Harps of Central Africa Exhibition Catalogue, Musée de la Musique, 29 May - 29 August 1999, Curators Philippe Bruguière & Gaetano Speranza. 403pp, 162 colour & many b/w plates. Line drawings in text. Free CD. £35.00 (Paper)
PARIS FRANCE
Book #1718
Aux origines de la guitare: la vihuela de mano Les cahiers du musée de la musique 5. ouvrage publié sous la direction de Joël Dugot. 2004. 95pp, colour- & b/w illustrations, line drawings. French text. £33.00 (Paper)
PARIS FRANCE
Book #1982
Les Luths (Occident) catalogue des collections du Musée de la musique (vol.1). Les cahiers du musée de la musique 7. 2006. Ouvrage publié sous la direction scientifique de Joël Dugot. 165pp, fully illustrated with colour plates, detailed measurements, information of makers and provenance. French text £32.00 (Paper)
PARIS FRANCE
Book #1995
Le Musée du Conservatoire National de Musique
Catalogue Descriptif et Raisonné
1884 Nouvelle édition, ornée de figures, (bound by G A Brown & Co, 1 Avery Row, New Bond Street, W) by G. Chouquet. With 3 separate (paper) supplements by L. Pillaut, 1894 (uncut); 1899 (uncut) and 1903. 276pp + 89pp + 42 + 34pp, b/w illustrations. French text. Some wear and repairs on some of the pages in the hard bound part, the paper covers of the 3 supplements more worn and soiled, not affecting the text.
£125.00
(Secondhand)
PARIS FRANCE
Book #2015
Le Musée de Conservatoire National de Musique
1er, 2e, 3e Suppléments au Catalogue de 1884 par L. Pillaut.
1894, 89pp (partly uncut) : 1899, 42pp (partly uncut) : 1903, 34pp. No Illustrations, some music examples in text. Three small format paper supplements, paper covers soiled, damaged and fragile, small paper number (314) stuck on front cover of the first supplement. contents clean. French text.
£35.00 (Paper)
(Secondhand)
PARIS FRANCE
Book #1698
un musée aux rayons X
Dix ans de recherche au service de la musique
Catalogue Musée de la Musique 2001. 288pp., colour- and b/w plates. French text.
£35.00 (Paper)
PHILADELPHIA (PA) USA
Book #1104
A Handbook of the Musical Instrument Collection of the Commercial Museum Philadelphia 1961. 63pp. By J.Barone. Foreword by Leopold Stokowski. (Ethnographic instruments). 1 colour plate tipped in plus b/w plates. Clean copy. £25.00 (Paper)
(Secondhand)
PROVO (UT) USA
Book #1503
Our Tuneful Heritage: American Musical Instruments from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Catalogue by L. Libin, Brigham Young University, 15 November 1994 - 26 August 1995. 90pp, 8p.colour & 32p. b/w photos £14.00 (Paper)
PTUJ Yugoslavia
Book #1504
Glasbila na Ptujskem Gradu; Instrumentarij Salonov ter Mescanskih in Plemiskih Kapel 1994. Catalogue by D. Koter. 113pp, 6 colour plates and numerous b/w illustrations, Yugoslav text £15.00 (Paper)
ROME ITALY
Book #2133
La Galleria Armonica
Catalogo del Museo degli strumenti musicali di Roma
1994 A cura di Luisa Cervelli. 379pp, colour & b/w plates. Italian text.
£50.00
ROSSI ROGNONI G EDITOR
Book #2136
Strumenti Musicali
Guida alla collezioni medicee e lorenesi
Musical Instruments
Guide to the Medici and Lorraine Collections
2001,2009 Galleria dell'Accademia Collezione del Conservatorio "Luigi Cherubini". 117pp, colour illustrations. Italian and English text.
£10.00 (Paper)
SANTA ANA (CA) USA
Book #1527
Beethoven: Musical Treasures from The Age of Revolution & Romance Objects from the collections of America's Shrine to Music Museum, University of South Dakota, Vermillion & The Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies at San Jose State University. Exhibition catatalogue 30 January - 21 March 1999. 44pp. colour illustrations £12.00 (Paper)
STUTTGART Germany
Book #1550
Musikinstrumentensammlung im Fruchtkasten 1993. Catalogue of Württembergisches Landesmuseum. 211pp, 16 colour & 96 b/w photos. German text £20.00 (Paper)
(Secondhand)
TOKYO Japan
Book #1177
Exhibition of Fine French Bows, Tokyo 2001, 'Celebrated French Bow Makers' Exhibition catalogue by Paul Childs with colour plates of 27 bows with introduction in English and Japanese £25.00 (Paper)
VAN DER MEER J H
Book #2006
Alla ricerca dei suoni perduti / In search of lost sounds
Arte e musica negli strumenti della collezione di Fernanda Giulini / Art and music in the instruments collection of Fernanda Giulini
Milano e Briosco / Milan and Briosco
2006. In cooperation with Grant O'Brien:Oscar Mischiati:Dagmar Droyson-Reber:Tiziano Rizzi: Carlo Bertelli:Daniela Di Castro:Andreina Bazzi:Linda Martino. Essays by Carlo Bertelli:Daniela Di Castro:Andreina Bazzi:Renato Meucci:Michael Latcham:Laurence Libin:Pier Fausto Bagatti Valsecchi. 715pp, colour and b/w plates. This fully illustrated catalogue contains historical as well as technical information on keyboard and plucked string instruments and is accompagnied by 2 cds
£100.00
VAN OOSTROM L
Book #2132
100 + 1 Saxen
De Collectie van Leo van Oostrom
2009. 159pp, b/w plates, photography Peter Cox, plus drawings in text. Dutch, French and English text. Just published (December 2009) a new Catalogue of 101 saxophones (from 1854 to 1975) in the Leo van Oostrom Collection, with each saxophone described and illustrated with a full page b&w photo, plus every other page with text,drawings and illustrations from catalogues etc. Book size 20.0cm by 27.0cm
The Chapters:
1. Adolphe Sax
2. Adolphe Edouard Sax
3. Henri Selmer
4. Evette & Schaeffer/Buffet-Crampon
5. Charles Gerard Conn
6. Ferdinand Auguste Buescher
7. Henderson N. White Company
8. The Years 1866-1905
9. Novelties from the Roaring Twenties
10. Saxophone-related Instruments
11. The Years 1920-1950
David Gibson, editor of the Saxophone Journal, says: "Leo van Oostrom is to be congratulated for publishing perhaps the very best book on the history of the saxophone. Photographer Peter Cox's photographs of each saxophone are spectacular"
£30.00 (Paper)
VERMILLION (SD) USA
Book #1575
The Shrine to Music Museum: catalogue of the collections Vol.2. Instruments from Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet. 1982, by Th. E. Cross, B.A. 31pp. b/w photos. £6.00 (Paper)
Vermillion (SD) USA
Book #1700
Beethoven & Berlioz Paris & Vienna
Musical Treasures from the Age of Revolution & Romance 1789 - 1848
Catalogue National Music Museum, September 12 - November 2, 2003.
André P. Larson, Ph. D. / John Koster, A. B.
87pp., colour plates.
£20.00 (Paper)
VICTORIA Canada
Book #1579
Loan Exhibition of Historic Double Reed Instruments 1988, by Ph.Young. University of Victoria. 91pp, 77 double reed instruments illustrated with descriptions including measurements & details of makers £14.00 (Paper)
Vienna austria
Book #1702
Jacob Stainer
"...kayserlicher diener und geigenmacher zu Absom"
Catalogue. Schloß Ambras 4.Juni bis 31.Oktober 2003
Bearbeitet von Rudolf Hopfner, Herausgegeben von
Wilfried Seipel.
215pp., colour- and b/w plates. German text with summaries in English.
£50.00 (Paper)
WESTBROOK J
Book #1967
The Century That Shaped The Guitar
(From the Birth of the Six-String Guitar to the Death of Tarrega) Incorporating 'The Guitar Museum'
2005. 180pp, colour and b/w illustrations, graphs, measurements and constructional features table. This book was published to coinside with an exhibition by the same name.
£25.00 (Paper)
NEW LISTING
WINTERNITZ E
Book #2154
Musicali Strumenti
Estratto dal vol. IX Encilopedia Universale dell'Arte
? Istituto per la Collaborazione Culturale Venezia-Roma. 14pp (nos 770-795)3 colour- and 11 b/w plates, Italian text.
£10.00 (Paper)
(Secondhand)
ZIMMERMAN DR. J.
Book #1749
Von Zinken Flöten und Schalmeien. Katalog einer Sammlung historischer Holzblasinstrumente. Mit einem Geleitwort von Prof. Dr. A. Berner. 1967?
125pp, b/w plates. With bibliographies of makers,
German text. Very good copy.
£60.00 (Paper)
(Secondhand)

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