Plucked Strings"NEW LISTING" is for books added in the past three months |
|
Quick view:
Old & New Books |
Old Music and Methods SORT BY : Date Added | Surname (Default) |
Old & New Books |
| Author | Details | Price |
|---|---|---|
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once belonged to famous people and musicians: Paganini Giuliani Queen Margaret of Savoy...Technical descriptions and historical references.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
|
BAINES A Book #1097 |
European & American Musical Instruments R/1983 of 1966 edition. 174pp. 824 b/w plates of bowed strings, plucked strings, woodwind, brass and percussion. |
£60.00
(Secondhand) |
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) |
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) |
Brögger Kenneth Book #1701 |
Danske guitarer - og deres byggere / Danish Guitars - and their makers 2001. 212pp., fully illustrated, colour & b/w plates, detailed decscription of materials and measurements. Danish & English text. |
£50.00
|
BÜCKEN DR ERNST EDITOR Book #2141 |
Handbuch der Musikwissenschaft. W Heinitz - Instrumentenkunde: R Lachmann - Musik der Aussereuropäischen Völker: C Sachs - Musik der Antike: P Panoff - Altslavische Volks- und Kirchenmusik 1928, 1929, 1930. 159, 33, 32 and 31pp, colour plates tipped in, b/w illustrations and music examples in text . German text. Back board a little soiled, good copy. |
£50.00
(Secondhand) |
CHARNASSÉ H Book #1173 |
Instruments et Musique Instrumentales 1986. 251pp. 24 b/w plates, music examples in text. French text |
£20.00
(Paper) (Secondhand) |
DE RIDDER D S Book #2007 |
La Guitare-The Guitar-La Chitarra Paris 1650-1950 2007 Tome I. 223pp, fully illustrated, beautiful printing with high quality colour plates. Detailed descriptions and measurements. Biographies of the makers. French, English and Italian text. Large format |
£150.00
|
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) |
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 #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 #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) |
GLATTAUER A Book #1945 |
Dictionnaire du répertoire de la harpe 2003. 727pp, no illustrations. The pieces listed are written by composers from all over the world from the middle ages until the present day. French text. |
£35.00
(Paper) |
GLIER & SOHN C G Book #2122 |
C G Glier & Sohn Markneukirchen (Sajonia) fundada en 1830 Lista Especial de Cuerdas de toda clase Cyrano Cuerdas 1932. Spanish version of Glier's trade catalogue of asseccories for bowed- and plucked strings. 32pp, monochrome illustrations. Spanish text. Paper covers soiled, small repaired tear in front cover, contents clean |
£10.00
(Paper) (Secondhand) |
GRATTAN FLOOD W H Book #1290 |
The Story of the Harp 1905. 207pp. 32 figures + frontispiece. Ex library copy, boards and spine a little worn and stained, some foxing, former owners name in ink on half title |
£40.00
(Secondhand) |
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
|
HECK T F Book #1313 |
Mauro Giulliani: Virtuoso Guitarist and Composer 1995. 289pp. b/w illustrations & music examples in text |
£45.00
|
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) |
LABERTE-HUMBERT Frères Book #2125 |
Violons-Violoncelles Contrebasses-Archets Mandolines, Mandoles Guitares-Cordes Trade catalogue c.1900. Laberte-Humbert Frères Luthiers Mirecourt (Vosges) 211pp + XVI, colour & monochrome illustrations. Boards a little scuffed on edges and corners, title page partly detached and a little soiled, contents clean. Nice copy. |
£150.00
(Secondhand) |
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) |
LONDON Book #1402 |
Musical Instruments in the 1851 Exhibition 1986. Edited by P. & A. Mactaggart. 109pp, line drawings. |
£15.00
(Paper) |
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) |
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) |
LUTGENDORFF W L Book #1414 |
Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart 1922. Volume I. 422pp. plus 98pp. b/w plates, 147 b/w ill. in text. Volume 2: 670pp. 83pp. facsimiles of makers marks & labels.German text, good copies. |
£650.00
(Secondhand) |
LUTGENDORFF W L Book #1415 |
Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart R/1975 of 1922 ed.ition. Volume 1: 422pp. plus 98pp. b/w plates, 147 b/w ill. in text. Vol 2: 670pp. 83pp. facs. of makers marks & labels German text. |
£160.00
|
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
|
MEUCCI R (ED) Book #2144 |
Liuteria Musica e Cultura 1996 Studi dedicati a / essays dedicated to J H Van Der Meer 1996. 123pp, b/w illustraions, line drawings and music examples in text. Italian and English text. Good copy |
£25.00
(Paper) (Secondhand) |
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) |
MONTAGU J Book #1450 |
The World of Romantic & Modern Musical Instruments 1981. 136pp. 13 colour & 106 b/w plates. |
£10.00
|
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
|
MÜHLEMANN L Book #1456 |
Die Zither in der Schweiz. Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart 1999. 160pp. colour & b/w plates, music examples |
£35.00
|
OERTEL R Book #2123 |
Musikinstrumente und Zubehör Oebra Qualitätsarbeit Trade catalogue c.1970. 64pp, b/w illustrations. German and English text. (duct flutes, plucked- and bowed strings and accessories). Front cover creased in two places, back cover soiled, contents clean. |
£6.00
(Paper) (Secondhand) |
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 #1064 |
LUTHS et Luthistes en Occident: actes du colloque 13 - 15 mai 1998 Cité de la Musique, Paris. 9 articles in English and 16 in French. 359pp. colour and b/w plates, illustrations and music examples in text |
£40.00
(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) |
PFRETZSCHNER G A Book #2116 |
Katalog über Zupfinstrumente: Mandolinen Guitarren Lauten Banjos Ukuleles Balalaikas Zithern Zubehör G.A. Pfretzschner, Markneukirchen Sachsen c.1925. Trade catalogue. 35pp, b/w illustrations, German text. Good condition. |
£35.00
(Paper) (Secondhand) |
PINNELL / ZAVADIVKER Book #1492 |
The Rioplatense Guitar Volume I: The Early Guitar and its Context in Argentina and Uruguay 1993. 501pp. b/w illustrations, music examples in text |
£25.00
(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) |
RENSCH R Book #1510 |
The Harp: Its History, Technique and repertoire 1969. 246pp. b/w plates, music examples in text. Little damage to dust jacket, contents clean. |
£25.00
(Secondhand) |
SCHUSTER GEBRÜDER Book #2120 |
Gebrüder Schuster Markneukirchen Sachsen Fabrik und Export von Musikinstrumenten und Saiten Gegründet 1854 c.1930 Katalog Nr. 70. Trade Catalogue. 271pp, b/w illustrations. German text. (bowed strings; plucked strings; woodwind; brasswind; percussion; free reed; accessories etc.)Some water staines front board and along top edge back board. Good copy |
£150.00
(Paper) (Secondhand) |
STEWART S S Book #2114 |
S. S. Stewart's Extra Fine Banjos Reprint 1973 of 1896 trade catalogue. 56pp, 4 folding plates, colour- and monochrome illustrations. Also contains illustrations of two mandolins and one guitar. Good condition |
£25.00
(Paper) (Secondhand) |
TYLER / SPARKS Book #1564 |
The Guitar and its Music from the Renaissance to the Classical Era 2002. 322pp. b/w illustrations, music examples in text |
£78.00
|
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
|
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) |
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 WHITEHOUSE B Book #2152 |
The Ramirez Collection History and Romance of the Spanish Guitar 2009. 87pp, colour- and b/w illustrations. with a promotional cd. |
£30.00
(Paper) |
WOODCROFT R Editor Book #1408 |
Patents for Inventions: Abridgements of Specifications relating to Music & Musical Instruments, A.D. 1694-1866 1984 Facsimile of 1871 Edition. 520pp. with abridgements of all 740 English patents issued before 1867. |
£27.00
 Enlarge Photo |
Old Music and Methods |
| Author | Details | Price |
|---|---|---|
BOCHSA N C fils Book #1629 |
Petite MÉTHODE pour LA HARPE Particulièrement à l'usage des jeunes élèves renfermant les regles du doigté des exercices en tous genres et terminée par des leçons d'une difficulté progressive. A Paris. Chez Schonenberger, Boulevard Poissonnière, No. 10 [c.1830] 55pp p10 blank fine frontispiece of harpist PN 146 [modern quarter leather] Light impression, light foxing throughout - otherwise good copy. |
£320.00
(Secondhand)  Large Photo |
Depelsener M Book #1882 |
Methode Raisonnée de Harpe OUVRAGE CLASSIQUE avec laquelle on peut parvenir en peu de tems, a un certain dégré de perfection. Dediée à S.A.R. Monseigneur le Prince Edouard d'Angleterre &c. par M.J.DEPELSENER. Musicien de Son Altesse Royal a Bruxelles Chez L'auteur Md. d'Instruments et chez les Mds. de Musique. c.1835. 79pp. frontispiece of harp with fingers showing playing position. Half leather, rubbed and chipped - contents light to medium foxed throughout. A rare method. |
£425.00
(Secondhand)  Large Photo |
MEISSONNIER J J Book #1654 |
MÉTHODE de Guitare ou Lyre, Divisée en deux Parties. La première, contient la Théorie de l'Instrument, et des Exemples pour en facilites l'application; Précédée des principes de la Musique. La seconde renferme Cent morceaux de divers auteurs, classés progressivement. Par J. MEISONNIER Jne. Deuxième Edition. à Paris chez J.Meissonnier, Editeur et Md. de Musique, Rue Dauphine, No.22. [1823] (1st Edition 1823) 99pp p48 blank with foldout "Tableau Genérale de l'Etendue du Manche de la Guitarre" counting as p6. PN J.M.145. [half leather with vellum corners] spine rubbed with small loss of leather, foredges of title page and Tableau Genérale page frayed, contents lightly foxed throughout. |
£375.00
(Secondhand)  Large Photo |