BACH, Carl Philipp Emanuel, 1714-1788

[Klopstocks Morgengesang, Wq. 239] Klopstocks Morgengesang am Schöpfungsfest. Facsimile Edition with an Introduction by Bertil Van Boer. _☟

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, The Complete Works, VI, Supplement. Los Altos, 2021. 25 x 32 cm, xii, 44 pp. Beautiful halftone facsimile of Leipzig, 1784 edition. Wrappers. $31 [item no.9653]

[Oratorio, Wq. 240] Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahr Jesu. Facsimile Edition of the Autograph Score with an Introduction by Ulrich Leisinger. _☟

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, The Complete Works, IV, Supplement. Los Altos, 2020. 25 x 32 cm, xv, 191 pp. Beautiful halftone facsimile of autograph score composed during the composer’s last years in Hamburg. The original resides in the Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, Berlin. The work was intended for non-liturgical purposes. Wrappers. $62 [item no.9649]

[St. Matthew Passion, H.872] St. Matthew Passion (1769). Facsimile Edition of the Incomplete Autograph Score with an Introduction by Ulrich Leisinger. _☟

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, The Complete Works, IV, Supplement. Los Altos, 2022. 25 x 32 cm, xvi, 60 pp. Beautiful halftone facsimile of autograph score, Bach’s first Passion according to St. Matthew. Scored for SATB choirs, strings, drums, flutes, oboes, horns & bassoons. The original resides in the Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, Berlin. Wrappers. $43 [item no.9666]

[Sonatas, keyboard, H.567-572; Wq.143-148] Trio Sonatas, Wq 143–148. Introduction by Peter Wollny. _☟

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, The Complete Works, II, Supplement. Los Altos, 2022. 25 x 32 cm, 137 pp. Beautiful halftone facsimile of the autograph scores and original parts, including C.P.E. Bach’s early trios for flute, violin, and basso continuo that were mostly written in Leipzig in 1731 and revised in Berlin in 1747. Wrappers. $47 [item no.9697]

BACH, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

[St. Matthew’s Passion, BWV 244] Matthäus-Passion BWV 244. Autograph Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Commentary by / Kommentar von Christoph Wolff, Martina Rebmann. Preface by / Geleitwort von Barbara Schneider-Kemf. _☟

Kassel, 2022. 24 x 35 cm, x, 168, 30 pp. New color facsimile of the autograph score based on newly commissioned photographs. Afterword in Eng-Ger. Limited bibliophile edition with binding brown linen. $404 (more info... ) [item no.9705]

[Concerti, harpsichord, strgs, BWV 1052, -53, -54, -55, -56, -57, -58, -59] Concerti a Cembalo obligato BWV 1052-1059. Autograph Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Commentary by / Kommentar von Christoph Wolff, Martina Rebmann. _☟

Documenta Musicologica, II/57. Kassel, 2021. 24 x 40 cm, viii, 106, 28 pp. Deluxe 4-color facsimile of the autograph (collective) score mus. ms. aut. Bach P. 234. Johann Sebastian Bach composed not only for the nobility and the church, but also for bourgeois musical culture. Among these works are the harpsichord concertos, “music for a Leipzig ‘coffee house”. They are notated in a 1738 manuscript that is a unique and probably the most important document for the instrumental repertoire of the Leipzig “Collegium Musicum”. The concerto movements are arranged in such a way that the harpsichord is given a solo part that exploits the instrument’s “clavieristic” possibilities to the full. These works thus fix a decisive moment in the early history of the piano concerto genre which received significant impulses from Bach and his circle of students. Hardbound, with leather spine and decorative paper boards. 10% discount for early subscribers. $345 (more info... ) [item no.9665]

[WTC I, keyboard, BWV 846-869] The Well-Tempered Clavier. Part I, BWV 846-869. Facsimile of the Autograph Manuscript in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin—Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Commentary by Christoph Wolff and Martina Rebmann. _☟

Kassel, 2022. 20 x 32 cm, xxx, 90 pp. Deluxe 4-color facsimile of the autograph score based on newly commissioned photographs. The preludes and fugues of The Well-Tempered Clavier embrace an entire cosmos of compositional devices and musical characters—the ne plus ultra of ‘unity through diversity’. Here Bach not only presented the sum total of keyboard artistry in his day but foresaw its future evolution. His treatment of the keys marked a turning point in music history. The autograph score, originally a fair copy, contains later revisions and alterations reflecting the composer at work. Bach authority Christoph Wolff provides a commentary to the work’s genesis and the characteristics of Bach’s handwriting. Martina Rebmann (Staatsbibliothek Berlin) describes the subsequent history of the autograph. Afterword in Eng-Ger. Limited bibliophile edition, binding with leather spine, boards in decorative paper and pasted title etikette. A note on the MS and its facsimiles: Previous facsimile editions (1962-1989) exhibit on some pages a "screen" effect, the result of a silk chiffon overlay that curators applied to Bach's MS to prevent crumbling of the paper. Curators discovered that the chiffon was actually damaging the paper more, so in the early 80s the original MS was withdrawn from public view. To finally solve the problem of deterioration—much of it due to the corrosive quality of the ink—curators turned to a method called "paper splitting", where front and reverse side of each leaf is split, and an alkali-buffered paper laid in between; during the process imperfections in the leaves are repaired with the finest cellulose fibers. The leaf is also treated with a chemical to stop the process of corrosion; in the end the damaging silk chiffon could be completely removed. This new facsimile edition presents the MS—for the first time—in its post-restoration state, without silk chiffon, significantly improving the vividness of Bach's handwriting, a true joy for Bach lovers. Linen. $320 (more info... ) [item no.9704]

[WTC I, piano, BWV 846-869, Richault edition, annotated by F. Chopin] Vingt-quatre préludes et fugues (Le clavier bien tempéré, livre I). Annoté par Fréderic Chopin. Commentaire de Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger. _☟

Publications de la Société Française de Musicologie, I/28. Paris, 2/ 2020. Oblong, 28 x 21 cm, lxxii, 111 pp. Color facsimile of the Richault edition (one of the four first editions of the work), with autograph emendations by Fredéric Chopin. In his triple activity as composer, performer, and teacher, Chopin constantly turned to Bach as a supreme point of reference. The Well-Tempered Clavier is said to be the only score he took with him to Majorca in the winter of 1838-39, at the time he was completing his 24 Preludes op.28—in other words, at the heart of his career as a composer. Until now the important role played by the Well-Temperedocument published here for the first time confirms it with living proof of a different kind, a live record, so to speak, of his teaching. This precious score, held in a private collection, emanates directly from Pauline Chazaren, a pupil of Chopin and teacher of Cosima Liszt. The score was probably purchased in Lyons around 1843 prior to Pauline's Parisian sojourn and was d Clavier in Chopin's teaching has been known on the basis of literary sources. The brought or sent to Paris, where it was used in the lessons with Chopin. The score shows no trace of interventions that could be ascribed to Pauline or anyone else. Leafing through the pages of this copy of the Well-Tempered Clavier I, one cannot fail to be struck by the neatness with which the signs and words indicating tempo, metronome marks, phrasing, articulation, dynamics, left-hand octaves, and so on, have been notated. All of Czerny's indications (probably taken from the 1843 Veuve Launer edition), save fingerings, have been copied out by Chopin. The systematic copying stops after Prelude 7, as do the sporadic indications in ink. Commentary in Fr/Eng/Pol. Wrappers. $79 (more info... ) [item no.9613]

BALLARD, Christophe, 1641-1715 [publisher]

Recueil d’airs [serieux et a boire de differents auteurs pour l’anne - 1702]. Paris / Ballard 1702. [Bibliothèque de Toulouse]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 90. Stuttgart, 2020. Oblong, 16 x 13 cm, 22, i pp. Line-cut of the Paris, 1702 edition. For solo voice and basse-continue in staff notation (plucked or other continuo instrument). Humorous settings by De la Tour, Dubuisson, Hubert, Monsieur G..., Du Parc, Dubreuil, Duplessis, & 2 anonymous sources. Hardbound with decorative paper boards. $15 [item no.9623]

BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van, 1770-1827

Bonner Beethoven-Studien, Band 13. Herausgegeben von Joanna Cobb Biermann, Beate Angelika Kraus, Jürgen May und Christine Siegert. _☟

Veröffentlichungen des Beethoven-Hauses, V/13. Bonn, 2022. 8˚, 455 pp. Wrappers. $48 [item no.9711]

[Correspondence, Conversation Books, complete ed.] Beethoven's Conversation Books. Edited and Translated by Theodore Albrecht. Volume 3, Nos. 17 to 31 (May 1822 to May 1823). _☟

Woodbridge, 2020. 15 x 24 cm, 459 pp. By 1818, Beethoven had begun carrying blank booklets with him, for his acquaintances to jot their sides of conversations, while he answered aloud. Often, he himself used the pocket-sized booklets to make shopping lists and other reminders, including occasional early sketches for his compositions. Today, 139 of these booklets survive, covering the years 1818 up to the composer's death in 1827 and including such topics as music, history, politics, art, literature, theater, religion, and education as perceived on a day-to-day basis in post-Napoleonic Europe. Hardbound. The third of a projected 12-volume set. $79 [item no.9642]

[Correspondence, Conversation Books, complete ed.] Beethoven's Conversation Books. Edited and Translated by Theodore Albrecht. Volume 4, Nos. 32 to 43 (May 1823 to September 1823). _☟

Woodbridge, 2022. 15 x 24 cm, 256 pp. By 1818, Beethoven had begun carrying blank booklets with him, for his acquaintances to jot their sides of conversations, while he answered aloud. Often, he himself used the pocket-sized booklets to make shopping lists and other reminders, including occasional early sketches for his compositions. Today, 139 of these booklets survive, covering the years 1818 up to the composer's death in 1827 and including such topics as music, history, politics, art, literature, theater, religion, and education as perceived on a day-to-day basis in post-Napoleonic Europe. Hardbound. The fourth of a projected 12-volume set. $79 [item no.9663]

[Langenbruch, Anna, Beate Angelika Kraus & Christine Siegert] Beethovens Vermächtnis: Mit Beethoven im Exil. Bericht über das internationale Symposium Bonn, 1. bis 3. März 2018 mit einer Edition der gleichnamigen Studie von Paul Bekker. Herausgegeben von Anna Langenbruch, Beate Angelika Kraus und Christine Siegert. _☟

Veröffentlichungen des Beethoven-Hauses, IV/32. Bonn, 2022. 8˚, 474 pp. Hardbound. $82 [item no.9703]

[Reisinger, Elizabeth] Musik machen—fördern—sammeln. Erzherzog Maximilian Franz im Wiener und Bonner Musikleben von Elisabeth Reisinger. _☟

Veröffentlichungen des Beethoven-Hauses, IV/31. Bonn, 2020. 8˚, 264 pp. Hardbound. $89 [item no.9654]

BRÜCKNER, Wolfgang, b.?-1646

Zweyfaches Zehen [ordentlicher Sonn- und Fest-Täglicher Evangelien Gott dem Allerhöchsten zu gebührenden Ehren dann Music liebenen Herzen zuschuldigem Gefallen mit 4.5.6.7. und 8. Stimmen neben dem Basso Continuo beydes Vocaliter und Instrumentaliter zu gebrauchen aufgeseztet. Erfurt / Johann Birckner, Friedrich Melchio Dedekind 1656. [Pfarachiv Mügeln]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 94. Suttgart, 2021. 16 x 20 cm, 8 partbooks, 48 pp. Line-cut of the Erfurt 1656 partbook edition. 20 (2x Zehen) religious settings for 8 voices with bc and strings. Wrappers with slipcase in decorative paper. $112 [item no.9693]

BURTIUS, Nicolaus, c.1450-d.?

Opusculum musicum. Ugo Rugeri / Bologna 1487 [private collection]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Theoretica, 8 Stuttgart, 2021 Oblong, 16 x 22 cm, 133 pp. Full color facsimile of the Bologna, 1487 incunabulum, printed by Ugo de Rugeriis. Contains the earliest example of polyphonic music, complete with staves, printed by woodblock. Defends the system of hexachords as used by Guido d’Arezzo. Preface in It. Hardbound in decorative paper. $52 (more info... ) [item no.9643]

BYRD, William, 1543-1623

[Cantiones sacrae] Cantiones quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur. 1575. With Introduction by Kerry MacCarthy. _☟

Diamm Facsimiles, 7. Oxford, 2023. Oblong, 21 x 16 cm. 6 partbooks, xii, 356 pp. Wrappers. $49 [item no.9735]

[Cantiones sacrae] Liber primus sacrarum cantionum. 1589. With Introduction by Kerry MacCarthy. _☟

Diamm Facsimiles, 8. Oxford, 2023. 16 x 22 cm, 5 partbooks, x, 160 pp. Wrappers. $49 [item no.9736]

[Cantiones sacrae] Liber secundus sacrarum cantionum. 1591. With Introduction by Kerry MacCarthy. _☟

Diamm Facsimiles, 9. Oxford, 2023. 16 x 22 cm. 6 partbooks, xii, 196 pp. Wrappers. $49 [item no.9737]

CANACCI, Antonio, 16th c.

Il primo libro delli madrigali [a cinque voci] Rom / Valerio Dorico, 1564. [Library of Congress, Washington DC]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 100. Stuttgart, 2022. Oblong, 8º, 5 partbooks, 160 pp. Line-cut of the Dorico edition, Rome, 1564 (= RISM A/I C 763) based on the sole surviving source. 33 madrigal settings in partbook format (Canto, Alto, Tenore, Basso, Quinto). Parts hand stitched, in portfolio covered with decorative paper and tie strings. $41 (more info... ) [item no.9695]

CHOPIN, Frédéric, 1810-1849

[Trio, piano, vln, vc, op.8, G major] Trio G-Moll Op.8 / Trio in G Minor, op.8. Wydanie faksymilowe rękopisu ze zbiorów Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina w Warszawie / Facsimile Edition of the Manuscript held in the Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw. _☟

Works by Chopin—Facsimile Edition, [39] A XIII/8. Warsaw, 2021. Oblong, 28 x 22 cm, 2 vols, 32, 57 pp. Fine monochrome facsimile of the untitled unfinished autograph score in the possession of the Frederic Chopin Society in Warsaw. Composed between fall 1828 and spring 1829 the Trio op.8 was part of Chopin’s curriculum with Elsner and is dedicated to Prince Antoni Radziwiłł. Described as genial and graceful the Trio is the composer’s only composition that includes the violin. Although the manuscript here—part fair copy, part composing copy—is the sole surviving source, it was not the basis for the work’s first publication in 1833. The autograph includes some unidentified sketches and a sketch of the Concerto in F Minor. Commentary (Pol-Eng-Ger-Sp-Fr-Jp) by Irena Poniatowska. Bound in blue linen, with matching slipcase. $93 (more info... ) [item no.9688]

J.S. Bach. Vingt-Quatre préludes et fugues (Le clavier bien tempéré, livre I). Annoté par Fréderic Chopin. Commentaire de Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger. _☟

Publications de la Société Française de Musicologie, I/28. Bourg-la-Reine, 2/ 2020. Oblong, 28 x 21 cm, lxxii, 111 pp. Color facsimile of the Richault edition (one of the four first editions of the work), with autograph emendations by Fredéric Chopin. In his triple activity as composer, performer, and teacher, Chopin constantly turned to Bach as a supreme point of reference. The Well-Tempered Clavier is said to be the only score he took with him to Majorca in the winter of 1838-39, at the time he was completing his 24 Preludes op.28—in other words, at the heart of his career as a composer. Until now the important role played by the Well-Tempered Clavier in Chopin's teaching has been known on the basis of literary sources. The document published here for the first time confirms it with living proof of a different kind, a live record, so to speak, of his teaching. This precious score, held in a private collection, emanates directly from Pauline Chazaren, a pupil of Chopin and teacher of Cosima Liszt. The score was probably purchased in Lyons around 1843 prior to Pauline's Parisian sojourn and was brought or sent to Paris, where it was used in the lessons with Chopin. The score shows no trace of interventions that could be ascribed to Pauline or anyone else. Leafing through the pages of this copy of the Well-Tempered Clavier I, one cannot fail to be struck by the neatness with which the signs and words indicating tempo, metronome marks, phrasing, articulation, dynamics, left-hand octaves, and so on, have been notated. All of Czerny's indications (probably taken from the 1843 Veuve Launer edition), save fingerings, have been copied out by Chopin. The systematic copying stops after Prelude 7, as do the sporadic indications in ink. Commentary in Fr/Eng/Pol. Hardbound. $79 (more info... ) [item no.9613]

DEBUSSY, Claude, 1862-1918

La Mer. Facsimile of the Autograph Score. Note by Matthias Auclair. Commentary by Denis Herlin. [Bibliothèque national, Paris]. _☟

Documenta Musicologica, II/58. Kassel, 2024. 32 x 43 cm, 214 pp. Deluxe 4-color facsimile of the autograph full score composed 1903-05. The work had its premiere on October 15, 1905 at the Concerts Lamoureux in Paris under conductor Camille Chevillard, to whom Debussy had assigned the performance. The autograph, essentially a fair copy, served for the engraving of the first edition so it contains entries in a different hand (accidentals, performance instructions, notes for the layout); it also reflect minor compositional changes shown by Debussy himself making corrections, once by pasting over a piece of paper, which is reproduced in the facsimile according to the original (the old and new versions can both be viewed via the fold-out piece of paper). Hardbound, with leather spine and decorative paper boards. 10% discount for early subscribers. $490 (more info... ) [item no.9743]

DONFRID, Johannes, 1585-1650

Promptuarii musici, pars altera. Augustae Trebocorum / Paul Ledertz 1623. [Universitätsbibl. Regensburg; Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart; Proske-Bibliothek Regensburg]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 110. Stuttgart, 2023. Upright & oblong, 22 x 32; 16 x 21 cm, 5 partbooks, 1030 pp. Line-cut of the Strasbourg, 1623 partbook edition, the second of three enormous sacred song collections published by Paul Ledertz under the title Promptuarii musici. RISM lists 16 libraries that possess 1 or more volumes of this rare work, attesting to the contemporary reception of the work. “Par altera” contains 233 settings for 2, 3 & 4 voices plus basso continuo. The composers, mostly Italian but also German, are: Agazzari, Aichinger, Allegri, Anerio, Antonelli, Archangeli, Baccinetti, Badi, Balbi, Banchieri, Belli, Benn, Bernardi, Bollius, Borsaro, Brunelli, Brunetti, Burlini, Capello, Castro, Biondi, Cifra, Cornale, Croce, Corsi, Fabricius, Fattorini, Finetti, Fontana, Grandi, De Grandis, Gussago, Hassler, Klingenstein, Lappi, Lasso, F., Lasso, Rudolph di, Leoni, Loth, Marazzi, Marenzio, Massiccio, Mezzogorri, Montesardo, Mortaro, Nanino, Pfendner, Porta, C., Porta, E., Dal Pozzo, Racholdinger, Scaletta, Spinello, Stadlmayr, Tarditi, Uffererii, Vecchi, Veneri, Vernizzi, Marchesi, Moro, Viadana, Victorinus, Zucchini. Hardbound with decorative paper boards. $330 [item no.9722]

FRIEBERT, Joseph, 18th c.

Missa Pastor[itia in D]. Ms. Passau. [Archiv, Stift Kremsmünster]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 96. Stuttgart, 2020. 25 x 34 cm, 113 pp. Line-cut of the ms, scored for SATB, 2 vln, 2 vla, 2 clarini, tympano & organ. Little is known of this composer stationed in Passau, RISM has cataloged a total of 6 works. Hardbound in decorative paper. $50 [item no.9694]

FÜGER, Caspar, 1521-1592

Christliche Vers und Gesänge [lateinisch und deudsch / von dem groswichtigem / hochnötigem Werck der auffgerichten Concordien, in dieser Lande Kirchen und Schulen. Auff fünff Stimmen componiert]. Dreßden 1580. [Library of Congress, Washington DC]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 105. Stuttgart, 2023. 18 x 22 cm. 44 pp. Line-cut of the Dresden, 1580 edition. Hardbound with decorative paper boards. $26 [item no.9729]

FURCHHEIM, Johann Wilhelm, c.1635-1682

Musikalische Taffel-Bedienung. [mit 5. Instrumenten, als 2. Violinen, 2. Violen, 1. Violon, benebenst dem General-Bass]. Paul August Hamann / Dresden 1674. [Jever, Bibl. des Marien-Gymnasiums]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Kammermusik des Barock, 79. Stuttgart, 2020. 23 x 33 cm, 6 partbooks, 88 pp. Line-cut of the Dresden, 1674 edition. A great set of six lively sonatas by a student of Heinrich Schütz written for the Dresden Court. Wrappers with portfolio in marbled paper. $68 [item no.9618]

GALLIARD, Johann Ernst, c.1680-1749

[Sonatas, bassoon/violoncello, bc] Six Sonatas for the Bassoon or Violoncello with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 107. Stuttgart 2023 22 x 30 cm, 29 pp. Line-cut of the Walsh edition, London, [1733]. Hardbound with handsome art paper boards. $36 [item no.9732]

GANASSI, Sylvestro, 1492-d.?

[Method, viol, part 1] Regola che insegna. Sonat de uiola darcho Tastada... Venedig 1542. [Library of Congress, Washington DC]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Theoretica, 4 Suttgart, 2022. Oblong, 22 x 17 cm, 48 pp. Line-cut of the 1542 edition. Earliest known tutor on playing the viol named after the author’s aristocratic pupil, Roberto Strozzi. Hardbound in art paper. $28 [item no.9691]

HILDEBRAND, Johann, 1614-1684

Krieges-Angst-Seufftzer. [Mit 1. Stimme/sampt bey gefügten Basso Continuo]. Friedrich Lanckisch S. Erben / Leipzig 1645. [Stadtbibliothek Leipzig] _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 108 Stuttgart, 2023. 18 x20 x 24 cm. 36 pp. Line-cut of the Leipzig, 1645 edition. 7 songs for voice and bc, and 6 songs a4 and bc. Hardbound with decorative paper boards. $26 [item no.9730]

JOSQUIN DES PRÉS, c.1440-1521

[Masses, book 1] Liber primus missarum. Ottaviano Petrucci / 29. Mai 1516. [Library of Congress, Washington DC]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 94. Stuttgart, [2021]. Oblong, 8º, 4 partbooks, 126 pp. Line-cut of the Petrucci edition, Venice, 1516 [RISM J668]. An immensely popular set of masses which went through six separate printings. Contents: L’homme armé super voces musicales; La.sol.fa.re.mi.; Gaudeamus; Fortuna desperata; L’homme armé sextitoni. Wrappers with portfolio covered with decorative paper and tie strings. $54 [item no.9644]

KAPSBERGER, Johann Hieronymus, c.1575-c.1640

[motets] Libro primo de motetti passegiati [à una voce]. Rom 1612. [Library of Congress, Washingon, DC]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 103. Stuttgart, 2023 23 x 32 cm. 24 pp. Color reproduction of the Rome, 1612 edition. Hardbound with decorative paper boards. $40 [item no.9720]

KERLL, Johann Caspar von, 1627-1693

Modulatio organica [super magnificat octo ecclesiaticis tonis respondens]. Michael Wening / München 1686. [Proske-Bibliothek Regensburg, AN64]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 88. Stuttgart, 2020. Oblong, 24 x 19 cm, 90; 13 pp. Line-cut of the elegant Munich, 1686 edition; this particular print in the holdings of the Proske-Bibliothek includes additional music—ca. 5 toccatas—in manuscript (approx. 272 bars), added at the end; the unknown copyist has added the inscription “Gugi [or Giegi] Caspar Kerl”. Hardbound, with decorative paper boards. $63 [item no.9624]

KINDERMANN, Johann Erasmus, 1616-1655

Cantiones pathetikai [h.e. Ad memoriam passionis domini nostre Jesus Christi, dei & hominis repraesentandam, ternis 7 quaternis vocibus, etiam cum basso continuo]. Nürnberg / Johannes Friedrich Sartori 1639. [Proske-Bibliothek Regensburg, AR.9]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 85. Stuttgart, 2020. 20 x 33 cm, 4 partbooks, 64 pp. Line-cut of the Nuremberg, 1639 partbook edition (cantus/altus/tenor/bassus-bassus ad organum). Wonderful collection of 23 dance numbers (all texted) for various string and wind instrumental groupings. Wrappers, with portfolio with marbled boards. $43 [item no.9617]

Des Erlösers Christi [und sündigen Menschens heylsames Gespräch]. Nürnberg / Wolfgang Endter [1643]. [Proske-Bibliothek Regensburg, A40b]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 87. Stuttgart, 2020. 21 x 33 cm, 28, i pp. Line-cut of the Nuremberg, 1643 edition. Oratorio setting on the spiritual poetry “Salutary Conversation of the Redeemer Christ and Sinful Man”, consisting of 7-part chorus, soloists and instrumental accompaniment and instrumental “symphonias”. The print is in many ways an unrealized short score with performance queues typical of the period. Hardbound in decorative paper boards. $39 [item no.9620]

Opitianischer Orpheus, das ist musicalischer Ergetzligkeitene, erster Theil mitt 1. und 2. Stimmen ne., von dem General Baß darzu noch 3 Violn in Rittornelli. . . Cantus sive Tenor et Bassus Continuus / Opitianischer Orpheus, das ist Musicalischer Ergetzligkeiten Ander Theil mit einer signden Stimm/sampreinem amorosischen Dialogo, mit zwenen/neben dem Basso Generali, für einen Organ-Theorb ober Lauteniisten accommodirt. . . cantus sive tenor, & Bassus continuus]. Nürnberg / Wolfgang Endter 1642. [Proske-Bibliothek Regensburg, A40a]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 86. Stuttgart, 2020. 21 x 33 cm, 26, 24, i pp. Line-cut of the Nuremberg, 1642 edition. 27 strophic settings for 1-2 voices (mainly for “cantus or tenor”, but some for tenor or baritone alone) and basso continuo. With instrumental rittornelli for violins, viols & theorbo. “Opitianischer Orpheus” = songs based on poetry by Martin Opitz. Hardbound in decorative paper boards. $39 [item no.9619]

KOBRICH, Johann Anton, 1714-1791

XII. Pange lingua. Augsburg / Johann Jacob Lotter 1783. [Private collection]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 87. Stuttgart, 2020. 21 x 34 cm, 80 pp. Line-cut of the Augsburg, 1783 edition. 12 strophic settings on the medieval Latin hymn “Pange lingua”. Set of parts bound together: SATB voices, vln I, vln II, clarino I, clarino II, organ/violoncello bc. Hardbound, in decorative paper boards. $69 [item no.9625]

KOPP, Anton Ernst, 17-18th c.

Der Groß=Wunderhätigen Mutter Gottes Hülff Lob=Gesang. [Gerichtet auff all ihre hohe Fest und auff die Sonntag des ganzten Jahrs]. Passau/ Georg Höller 1659. [Bischöfliche Bibliothek, Passau]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 111. Stuttgart, 2023 10 x 16 cm. 377 pp. Line-cut of the 1659 edition. Hardbound with decorative paper boards. $53 [item no.9723]

KRADENTHALLER [Gradenthaller], Hieronymus, 1637-1700

[Die Sieg-prachtende Liebe und Beherrscherin der ganzen Welt in einer] Sing-Ode. Christoff Fischer / Regenburg 1672. [Proske-Bibliothek Regensburg, AN87]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 89. Stuttgart, 2020. 16 x 21 cm, 4, i pp. Line-cut of the Regensburg, 1672 edition. Aria for canto solo with basso continuo. Stiff paper binding with exposed thread. $8 [item no.9622]

LEONARDA, Isabella, 17th c.

Motetti [a voce sola, parte con isttomenti, e parte senza] opera sesta. Gardano / Venedig 1675. [Library of Congress, Washington DC]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 114. Stuttgart, 2024. 22 x 31 cm. 126 pp. Line-cut of the Gardano, Venice, 1676 score. 12 settings for solo voice and basso continuo, three of which call for violins. Hardbound with decorative paper boards. $62 [item no.9739]

MELLI, Domenico Maria, 16-17th c.

Musiche di Domenico Maria Melio Reggiano. Composte sopra alcuni madrigali di diversi. Per cantare nel chittarone, clavicecembalo, & altri istromenti / Musiche di Domenico Maria Megli, Reggiano. Nelle quali si contengono madrigali, canzonette, arie, & dialoghi, à una & due voci. Per cantare nel chittarone, clavicecembalo, & altri istromenti, sì in soprano, come in tenore, & trasportate, comode per qual parte più piace. Giacomo Vincenti, Venedig 1602. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 88. Stuttgart, 2020. 22 x 32 cm, 20; 30; i pp. Line-cut of the 1602 & 1602 editions, respectively with 18 & 23 monodies for 1-2 voices and basso continuo in staff notation. Hardbound in decorative paper boards. $45 (more info... ) [item no.9621]

MOUTON, Jean, c.1459-1522

[Masses, 4 voices] Missae Ioannis Mouton [Liber primus]. Fossombrone / Ottaviiano Petrucci 1515. [Library of Congress, Washington DC]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 102. Stuttgart, 2022. Oblong, 24 x 16 cm. 4 partbooks, 128 pp. Line-cut of the 1515 Petrucci edition. Five masses in partbook format (Superius, Altus, Tenor, Bassus). Contents: Missa Comme, Missa Alleluya, Missa Alma redemptoris, Missa Itez alia sine nomine, & Missa Regina mearum. Wrappers with portfolio covered with decorative paper and tie strings. $57 [item no.9706]

MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791

[Concerto, piano, orch, no.15, K.450] Klavierkonzert Nr. 15 B-Dur KV 450. Faksimile nach dem Autograph der Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Weimar. Mit einem Kommentar von Hartmut Hein. _☟

Meisterwerke der Musik im Faksimile, 37. Laaber, [in prep—2023]. Oblong, 4°, xxiv, 88 pp. Full-color facsimile of the autograph score. Introduction in Ger-Eng. Hardbound. (subscription price) $205 [item no.9403]

[Concerto, piano, orch, no.16, K.451] Klavierkonzert Nr. 16 D-Dur KV 451. Faksimile nach dem Autograph der Bibliothek der Jagiellonen-Universität Krakau. Mit einem Kommentar von Siegbert Rampe. _☟

Meisterwerke der Musik im Faksimile, 39. Laaber, [in prep—2023]. Oblong, 4°, xxiv, 84 pp. Full-color facsimile of the autograph score. Introduction in Ger-Eng. Hardbound. (subscription price) $191 [item no.9405]

[Concerto, piano, orch, no.27, K.595] Klavierkonzert Nr. 27 B-Dur KV 595. Faksimile nach dem Autograph der Bibliothek der Jagiellonen-Universität Krakau. Mit einem Kommentar von Peter Revers. _☟

Meisterwerke der Musik im Faksimile, 36. Laaber, [in prep—2023]. Oblong, 4°, xxiv, 104 pp. Full-color facsimile of the autograph score. Introduction in Ger-Eng. Hardbound. (subscription price) $229 [item no.9402]

[correspondence, to Constanze Mozart] Eine schöne, prächtige Stadt.—Wolfgang Amadé Mozart. Brief vom 28. September 1790. Faksimile, herausgegeben und kommentierrt von Ulrich Konrad. _☟

Kassel, 2020, 8°, 1 leaf, 24 pp. Full-color facsimile of the autograph letter in The National Library of Israel, sign. Rare Collection Ms. Mus. 50 (1), together with extensive commentary in Ger/Eng. Mozart took on a huge financial burden to travel to Frankfurt to witness the coronation of Leopold on the 5th of October 1790. Around 25,000 people stayed for weeks in the city to see the ceremony and attend various festivities. Mozart no doubt was there to hobnob, whether or not he was successful is not known. The letter to Contanze is very sweet and includes his impressions of Regensburg (”we dined magnificently at midday, had divine table music...”), Nuremberg (”an ugly town”), Würzburg (”a beautiful, magnificent town”), and Aschaffenburg (”the esteemed innkeeper saw fit to take grievous advantage of us”). Konrad’s excellent commentary explores Mozart’s motives and the sheer tenacity. Wrappers. $26 [item no.9629]

PASTERWIZ, Georg {Giorgio), 1730-1803

Werke für Cembalo und Piano [Stift Kremsmünster]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Kremsmünster, 39. Stuttgart, 2020. Oblong, 34 x 24 cm, 36, 2 pp. Line-cut of the autograph score containing 3 delightful compositions: Divertimento per il cembalo; XII Variazioni per il Forte piano; [17] Variazioni per il Clavi Cembalo. Hardbound with marbled boards. $37 [item no.9616]

PEZEL, Johann Christoph, 1639-1694

[Neue Arien] [Schöne lustiger und anmuthige] Neue Arien [über die uberflüfzigen Gedancken von einer Vocal-Stimme begenst ihren Ritonellen, auf zwey Violinen, zwey Viole u. einen Fagot oder Violon, samt de Bc]. [Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Krakow]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Krakau, 24. Stuttgart, 2021. 21 x 31 cm, 84 pp. Line-cut of the Leipzig, 1672 edition. 12 strophic songs in declamatory style with bc accompaniment, with separate parts for vln I, vln II, vla I, vla II, bsn/vc, bsn bound in. Hardbound with marbled paper boards. $51 [item no.9661]

PFENDNER, Heinrich, c. 1590–1630

[motets] Motectorum liber secundus. Würzburg / Johann Volmar 1623. [Bischöfliche Zentralbibliothek Regensburg]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 101. Stuttgart, 2022. 16 x 21 cm. 5 partbooks, 206 pp. Line-cut of the Volmar, 1623 edition. 19 motet settings in partbook format (Cantus, Altus, Tenor, Bassus, Partitura)—the use of the word “partitura” instead of “basso continuo” is an interesting departure. The distribution/scoring of the motets: 1 a2, 2 a3, 3 a4, 1 a5, 1 a6, 11 a8. Wrappers with portfolio covered with decorative paper and tie strings. $65 [item no.9707]

SAINT-SAËNS, Camille, 1835-1921

Un esprit libre. Marie-Gabrielle Soret. _☟

Paris, 2020. 22 x 27 cm, 192 (140 illus). Outstanding and well-researched exhibition catalog issued on the occasion of the centenary of the composer’s death comprised of letters, autograph manuscripts, photographs, maquettes of costume and designs from the rich collection of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Contributors: Marie-Gabrielle Soret: “Saint-Saëns, un esprit Libre -Introduction”; Fabien Guilloux: “De l’enfant prodige à l’artiste accompli”; Catherine Massip: “Soixante-quinze ans de carrière pianistique. Interprétation et répertoire”; Denis Tchorek: “Le premier organiste du monde”; Michael Stegemann: “L’imprévisible: Camille Saint-Saëns et son oeuvre”; Elizabeth Giuliani: “Un pionnier du disque”; Denis Herlin: “De la Société nationale de musique à l’éditiion des oeuvres complètes de Rameau”; Nicolas Dufetel: “Passages culturels. D’Orient en Occident, du passé vers l’avenir”; Stéphanie Leteuré: “Une vie en voyage: Les chemins de la glorie et de la liberté”; Sarah Barbedette: “Du beau sous toutes des formes. Regards du musicien sur la littérature et les beaux-arts”; Mathias Auclair: “Saint-Saëns à l’Opéra”. Hardbound. $44 (more info... ) [item no.9650]

SCHOENBERG, Arnold, 1874-1951

[Concerto, piano, orch, op.42] Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, opus 42. Faksimile nach der autographen Particellreinschrift Arnold Schönberg Center, Wien, Signatur MS 46, 149-173. Herausgegeben von Katharina Bleier und Therese Muxender. Geleitwort von Mitsuko Uchida. Einleitung von Katharina Bleier und Therese Muxeneder. Restaurierungsbericht von Verena Graf. _☟

[Henle Music Facsimiles, 29]. Munich, 2023. 31 x 44 cm, xxvii, 52 pp. Color reproduction of the autograph fair copy completed December of 1942, and first performed by Eduard Steuermann with the NBC Orchestra's Radio City Habitat in New York City under Leopold Stokowski. A work written in America using the 12-tone technique with extra-musical indications (corresponding to the 4 movements) of an autobiographical nature: “Life was so easy”, "Suddenly hatred broke out”, “A grave situation was created”, and “But life goes on”. Commentary in Ger-Eng. Beautiful bibliophile presentation, hardbound with blue paper boards and gold embossed title. $168 (more info... ) [item no.9724]

SCHUMANN, Clara, 1819-1896

[Lieder, selections, op.12 & WoO 17] Vier Gedichte von Rückert. Opus 12 und WoO 17. Faksimile nach dem Autograph aus dem Robert-Schumann-Haus, Zwickau. Mit einem Geleitwort von Manfred Jung. Herausgegeben und mit einer Einführung von Thomas Synofzik. _☟

Meisterwerke der Musik im Faksimile, 42. Laaber, 2020. Oblong, 24 x 16.5 cm, xxi, 24 pp. Full-color facsimile of the autograph. “Four poems by Rückert for my beloved husband on 8th June, 1841, composed by his Clara”, is what Clara wrote on the flyleaf of this charming music book, on the occasion of Robert’s 41th birthday. In some ways is was her response to his gift of songs () present to her on the occasion of the couple’s marriage and a choice of Rückert poems was appropriate, as the poet himself had dedicated thi poetry to his bride 20 years before. Contents: Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen, Liebst Du um Schönheit, Warum willst Du And’re fragen; Die gute Nacht, ir ivh fit dshr. Introduction in Ger-Eng. Hardbound with boards in decorative paper. Special sale price $45, regularly $72 (more info... ) [item no.9609]

STADEN, Johann, 1581-1634

Haußmusic [geistlicher Gesäng. Darunter etliche auff die fürnembsten Fest deß Jahrs: ein theils aber in gemeintäglich von Gottliebenden hertzen nußlich zu gebrauchen]. Nürnberg / Johann Friedrich Sartorius 1623. [Library of Congress, Washington DC]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 114. Stuttgart, 2024. 17 x 23 cm. 4 partbooks, 120 pp. Line-cut of the Sartorius, Nuremberg, 1623 partbook edition. 22 strophic settings for Cantus-Altus-Tenor-Bassus. Wrappers & portfolio covered with decorative paper. $68 [item no.9740]

STADLMAYR, Johann, c.1575-1648

Missae breves [a. IV. cum una pro defunctis, et alia. V. voc: concertatae]. [Stift Kremsmünster]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Kremsmünster, 25. Stuttgart, 2021 16 x 21 cm, 5 partbooks, 172 pp. Line-cut of the Vienna, 1618 partbooks (cantus, altus, tenor, bassus, bassus continuus). Wrappers, in marbled paper portfolio. $59 [item no.9646]

STRAUSS, Richard, 1864-1949

[Alpine Symphony, op.64] Eine Alpensinfonie / Une symphonie alpestre / An Alpine Symphony. Presenté par Matthias Auclair. _☟

De Main de Maître, 3. Turnhout, 2024 29 x 38 cm, 144 pp. Full color facsimile of the autograph manuscript, the tenth and last of Strauss’ tone poems. Conceived by Strauss in several phases between 1899 and 1915 it’s one of the composer’s largest non-operatic scores calling for about 125 players. The work depicts the experience of eleven hours—from daybreak to dawn—spent climbing an Alpine mountain, a mission that obviously reflects Strauss’ passion of nature. Commentary in Fr-Eng. Hardbound, with dust jacket. $289 [item no.9742]

[Variations, piano, TrV 68] Douze variations pour piano en ré majeur _☟

Paris, 2021. Oblong, 35 x 25 cm, viii, 8 pp. Superb full color bibliophile facsimile of the autograph. There is no better reason to present a work of Richard Strauss than through the publication in facsimile of a rare unpublished work: Twelve variations for Piano in D major, composed at the age of fourteen. This manuscript is one of 8 Strauss autographs kept at the Bibliothèque National de France, acquired in 1979 after the dispersal of the rich collection of André Meyer (1884-1974). It’s a marvel to compare this autograph from 1878 with one of the composer’s last—”Im Abendroth” from 1948, a seventy-year span, and see that little has changed in the master’s handwriting, deliberate and joyful. Introduction in Fr by Mathias Auclair and Rosalba Agresta. Wrappers with exposed stitching. $55 (more info... ) [item no.9712]

TETTAMANZI, Fabrizio, c.1650-d.?

Breve metodo per fondatamente. [e con facilità apprendere Il canto fermo. Division in tre libri]. Mailand / Stampe degl’ Agnelli 1706. [private collection]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 95. Stuttgart, 2021. 17 x 22 cm, 154 pp. Line-cut of the Milan, 1706 edition (first published in 1686). Includes a full page Guidonian hand—a nice corpulent baroque example—originally engraved in copper. Coverboards in decorative paper. $50 [item no.9692]

WAGNER, Richard, 1813-1883

Parsifal (WWV 111). Facsimile of the Autograph Score from the National Archive of the Richard-Wagner-Stiftung Bayreuth. With a Commentary by Ulrich Konrad. _☟

Documenta Musicologica, II/56. Kassel, 2020. 29.5 x 41 cm, 340, c.50 pp. Full-color facsimile of the autograph score, the same score Hermann Levi conducted from for the work’s premier on July 26, 1882. Wagner wrote the autograph score almost entirely in violet ink, a color he preferred to use in the final years of his life. Throughout his life, Richard Wagner was proud of his even clear handwriting, always striving to produce manuscripts of a high calligraphic standard. The opera, Wagner’s last work, is about healing and compassion and is in many ways it represents the summation of the composer’s creative career. Commentary in Eng-Ger. Hardbound, with leather spine and decorative paper Full-color facsimile of the autograph score, the very score Hermann Levi conducted from for the work’s premiere on July 26, 1882. Wagner wrote the autograph almost entirely in violet ink, a color he preferred to use in the final years of his life. Throughout his life, Richard Wagner was proud of his even clear handwriting, always striving to produce manuscripts of a high calligraphic standard. The opera, Wagner’s last work, is about healing and compassion and in many ways reflects the summation of the composer’s creative career. The idea was already in the back of his mind in the early 1840s when he first read the medieval epic “Parzival” by Wolfram von Eschenbach; that character became one of the main roles in Tannhäuser (1845). Parsifal’s son is the protagonist of Lohengrin (1848), and in the same ope the ending (“The Narrative of the Grail”) sets forth the Grail story. With Parsifal Wagner can now tell that full story, armed with a rich musical language that he developed from writing of the Ring, Tristan and other operas. Commentary in Eng-Ger. Hardbound, with leather spine and decorative paper boards. 10% discount for early subscribers. $835 (more info... ) [item no.9605]

WEIGEL, Joseph, 1766-1846

[La famille Suisse, arr. string quartet] La famille Suisse [Die Schweizer-Familie arrangée pour deux violons, alto et violoncelle. [private collection]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 110. Stuttgart, 2023. 25 x 30 cm, 4 partbooks, 75 pp. Line-cut of the Simrock, Bonn c.1811 edition. Arrangement of Weigel’s opera “La famille Suisse” for string quartet with text references to the opera numbers. Wrappers with portfolio with decorative paper boards and ties. $79 [item no.9725]

BELLI, Giulio, c.1560-c.1621

Missarum quatuor vocibus liber primus. [Longianensis ecclesiae cathedralis]. Venedig / Angelo Gardano 1599. [Library of Congress, Washington DC]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 109. Stuttgart, 2023. 21 x 24 cm. 4 partbooks, 112 pp. Line-cut of the A. Gardano Venice, 1599 partbook edition. Contents: Missa Tue es pastor ovium, Missa Iste confessor, Missa brevis, Missa pro defunctis. Wrappers with portfolio covered with decorative paper and tie strings. $40 [item no.9731]

COMPOSITE & MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES

[Brussels, Royal Libray, VI 18.613 C] Margaret of Austria’s basse danse Manuscript. Facsimile and Study Edited by Grantley McDonald. _☟

Leuven Library of Music in Facsimile, 6. Antwerpen, 2022. 53.5 x 51 cm,18 x 25 cm, 2 vols, 52; 583 pp. Facsimile and study. Margaret of Austria’s basse danse manuscript, written in gold and silver ink on black parchment, is an exquisite relic of the artistic culture of the Habsburg-Burgundian court around 1500. This study examines the manuscript’s place within the culture of court dance, its place within Margaret’s library, its relationship to a contemporary printed source, the choreography and the music of the dances that it contains, and the challenges facing conservators given the book’s fragile condition. Commentary by Adam Bregman, Adam Knight Gilbert, Grantley McDonald, Dagmar Eichberger, Chriista Hofmannn and Tatiana Gersten. $379 (more info... ) [item no.9728]

[Brussels, Royal Libray, VI 18.613 C] A Canon for Mary of Hungary Facsimile. Facsimile and Study Edited by Eric Jas. _☟

Leuven Library of Music in Facsimile, 5. Antwerpen, 2021. 53.5 x 51 cm, 2 vols, 9; 128 pp. Facsimile and study. In 1548, the chapelmaster of the Brussels Burgundian court, Benedictus Appenzeller composed a four-voice canon that he dedicated to his patron, Mary of Hungary, sister of Emperor Charles V and governess of the Netherlands. This musical setting of the prayer of supplication Sancta Maria succurre miseris (‘Holy Mary, hasten to the aid of the unfortunate’) was printed by Philipp Ulhart in the same year in Augsburg, where an Imperial Diet (1547-48) had taken place shortly before in the governess’s presence. Apart from the customary print on paper, an exclusive and unique print on a linen tablecloth was made for the dedicatee. $276 (more info... ) [item no.9727]

[Burgos, Monasterio de Cistercienses Calatravas de San Felices] Vita adelelmi (Vida de San Lesmes). _☟

Madrid, 2004. 28 x 37 cm, 158, 236 pp. Deluxe full-color facsimile of a codex containing the Vita adelelmi and the official liturgy and music chants for San Lesmes, patron Saint of Burgos. As Burgos is one of the stops of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, this work nicely dovetails with Codex Calixtinus (transmitting the equivalent rite for Saint James). Commentary by Ángeles García de la Borbolla García de Paredes, Víctor Márquez Paillo, Rafael Sánchez Domingo, Clemente Serna González, & Miguel C. Vivancos Gómez. Limited edition of 230 copies bound in full leather with generous tooling and linen covered slipcase. (first added to OMI’s offerings in 2012) (more info... ) [item no.9220]

Fragments of English Polyphonic Music c.1390-1475. A Facsimile Edition Edited by Margaret Bent & Andrew Wathey. _☟

Early English Church Music, 62. London, 2022. 30 x 43 cm. 78, 306 pp. This long-awaited volume contains fragments of English polyphonic music from the 1390s to the 1470s. Like the previous facsimile volume (EECM57) it has a large page format maximizing the number of manuscripts that can be reproduced at full size; color reproduction conveys the syntax of late-medieval notation, particularly the use of red notation; page-turns follow the recto-verso arrangement of the original MSS far as possible; extensive image editing restores a degree of legibility to much-degraded MSS. The MSS reproduced here include the famous Coventry Caput Mass, vestiges of a royal choirbook virtually reassembled by Bent and a systematic investigation by Wathey of the Beverley fragments. Although fragmentary, these 15th-century sources, containing music by Dunstable, Power, Plummer and their contemporaries, attest to the vitality of the English polyphonic tradition as it neared its pre-Reformation zenith. Buckram. $265 (more info... ) [item no.9686]

Irseer-Orgeltabulatur. [Passau State Library]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 95. Stuttgart, 2021. 24 x 36 cm, 226 pp. Color facsimile of a rare and unique organ tablature MS from 1590 containing 83 pieces. According to an inscription in the book it was created for Abbot Carolus Andreae, a Benedictine monk active at the Kloster of Irsee, Ostallgäu, Bavaria (Andreae is credited with initiating the installation of a new organ by the Irsee organ builder Daniel Hayl in 1612). The MS comprises an anthology organ adaptations of vocal music from the last decades of the 16th c., including works by Hans Leo Hassler, Orlando di Lasso, Johannes Eccard, Joachim a Burck, Michael Tonsor, Jakob Regnart, Heinricus de la Court, Philippe le Duc, Sebastian Hasenknopf, and Alexander Utendal. The aim of the intabulations (a notation very similar to German lute tablature) is not clear—they may have been written for study, or rehearsal purposes, or most likely, for possible insertion in a liturgical setting. The MS ends with one piece in “modern” staff notation. Hardbound in decorative paper boards. $125 (more info... ) [item no.9662]

Italienische geistliche Konzerte. [Stifts Kremsmünster, Ms. I.76]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Kremsmünster, 39. Stuttgart, 2021. Oblong, 22 x 18 cm, 162 pp. Fascinating manuscript collection of 24 motet settings in monodic style for 1 and 2 voices and basso continuo. For the most part all of the passaggiate and ornaments are written out, shedding light on contemporary performance practice. Hardbound with marbled boards. $65 [item no.9645]

[Mechelen, Stadsarchief, Ms s.s] Mechelen Choirbook MS s.s. Facsimile and Commentary. General Editors: David J. Burn & Bart Demuyt. _☟

Leuven Library of Music in Facsimile, 3. Antwerpen, 2021. 44 x 66 cm, 2 vols, 220 pp + commentary. Facsimile and study of the so-called Mechels Koorboek. This magnificent parchment choirbook comes from the esteemed workshop of Petrus Alamire and most likely was made on the occasion of the coming of age and coronation of Charles V in 1515-1516. It contains exquisite miniatures by Gerard Horenbout and 6 masses by La Rue and 1 by Pierre de Pipelare, notated in classic choirbook format. The present publication offers a full color reproduction of the MS accompanied by a scholarly commentary in Eng/Dut. Rerettably the publisher has chosen not to make the facsimile volume commercially available, OMI can only provide the study volume. $102 (more info... ) [item no.9587]

[Montserrat, Bibl. del Monasterio, cód. 1] Llibre vermell — The Red Book of Montserrat. [Forward: Eckart Rahn; Introduction: Winsome Evans]. _☟

Berlin, 2022. 14.5 x 21 cm, xiii, 136, [30] pp. Full-color reproduction in reduced format of LLibre vermell (the “Red Book”). For musicians the jewel in this ms are the 10 pieces for 1 to 3 voices, including 3 caça (caccia), 1 ballada a ball redon, 3 dances and 3 cantilenas, all dating from the end of the 14th and early 15th century. Includes a description of the manuscript and purpose of the repertoire, texts of the pieces and English translations. Wrappers. $30 (more info... ) [item no.9715]

Werke für Tasteninstrumente (Anonyme Werke, F.X. Murschhauser). [Stift Kremsmünster]. _☟

Faksimile-Edition Kremsmünster, 42. Stuttgart, 2023 Oblong, 31 x 22 cm, 138 pp. Line-cut of a contemporary manuscript copy. One might call this important anthology the “missing volume” of Alexander Silbiger’s Seventeenth-Century Keyboard Music (Garland Publishing). Hardbound with decorative paper boards. $71 [item no.9721]

MODERN EDITIONS

Donizetti, Gaetano (new critical edition) La fille du régiment. Opéra comique en deux actes di Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges e Jean-Françcois-Alfred Bayard. Edizione critica a cura di Claudio Toscani. Partitura. _☟

Critical Edition of the Works of Gaetano Donizetti, [15]. Milan, 2021. 4º, 2 vols, lii, 599 pp. Cloth. $538 [item no.9655]

Donizetti, Gaetano (new critical edition) Lucia di Lammermoor. Dramma tragico in tre atti di Salvadore Cammarano. Edizione critica a cura di Roger Parker. Partitura. _☟

Critical Edition of the Works of Gaetano Donizetti, [16]. Milan, 2021. 4º, 2 vols, xliv, 648 pp. Cloth. $511 [item no.9685]

Donizetti, Gaetano (new critical edition) Roberto Devereux. Tragedia lirica in tre atti di Salvadore Cammarano. Edizione critica a cura di Julia Lockhart. Partitura. _☟

Critical Edition of the Works of Gaetano Donizetti, [17]. Milan, 2022. 4º, 2 vols, xl, 559 pp. Cloth. $412 [item no.9709]

Early Tudor Organ Music I. Edited by John Caldwell. _☟

Early English Church Music, 65. London, 2024. 30 x 43 cm. 246 pp. EECM65 and EECM66 revisit the repertoire of the ground-breaking volumes 6 and 10 in the series, Early Tudor Organ Music, in the light of 60 years of continuing research and deeper understanding of the surviving corpus. Some 109 works are brought together here, in the order in which they appear in each manuscript: British Library Additional MS 29996 accounting for three-quarters of the content, plus 22 works from other sources. There are settings for the Office (antiphons, hymns, the Te Deum and Magnificat) and Mass ordinary and propers (particularly the Offertory). Buckram. $154 [item no.9733]

Early Tudor Organ Music II. Edited by John Caldwell. _☟

Early English Church Music, 66. London, 2023. 30 x 43 cm. 210 pp. EECM65 and EECM66 revisit the repertoire of the ground-breaking volumes 6 and 10 in the series, Early Tudor Organ Music, in the light of 60 years of continuing research and deeper understanding of the surviving corpus. Some 109 works are brought together here, in the order in which they appear in each manuscript: British Library Additional MS 29996 accounting for three-quarters of the content, plus 22 works from other sources. There are settings for the Office (antiphons, hymns, the Te Deum and Magnificat) and Mass ordinary and propers (particularly the Offertory). Buckram. $130 [item no.9734]

Latin Church Music I: Mass Salve intemerata & Antiphons Contrafactum Se lord and behold Transcribed and edited by David Skinner. _☟

Early English Church Music, 64. London, 2022. 30 x 43 cm. 192 pp. First all-Tallis volume since EECM 12 and EECM 13. Focuses on Latin polyphony that is either demonstrably Henrician or can plausibly be dated to before 1547. Contents: Ave dei patris filia; Ave rosa sine spinis; Gaude gloriosa dei mater; Salve intemerata; Mass Salve intemerata; Se lord and behold. Buckram. $115 [item no.9696]

Vivaldi, Antonio (new edition) Vivaldi. Opera omnia instrumental. [Edited by] Olivier Fourés. _☟

Madrid, 2010 - . New acclaimed critical edition of the complete instrument works of Antonio Vivaldi, score and parts. 405 volumes published to date. Scores only also available. Please inquire. (more info... ) [item no.6809]

Weill, Kurt (collected edition) Happy End. ein Stück mit Musik in drei Akten von Elisabeth Hauptmann. Edited by Stephen Hinton and Elmar Juchem. _☟

The Kurt Weill Edition, I/6. New York, 2020. 30 x 39 cm. 2 vols, 240, 61 pp. Hardbound. $450 (more info... ) [item no.6835]

Weill, Kurt (collected edition) Love Life. Vaudeville in Two Parts. Edited by Joel Galand, _☟

The Kurt Weill Edition, I/21. New York, 2023. 30 x 39 cm. 3 vols, 1015, 254 pp. Hardbound. (Subscribers to the series receive a substantial savings). $990 (more info... ) [item no.9726]

MONOGRAPHS

Finscher, Ludwig (ed.) MGG—Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik befründet von Friedrich Blume. Zweite, neubearbeitete Ausgabe herausgegeben von Ludwig Finscher. Subject Encyclopedia (9 vols); Biographical Encyclopedia (17 vols); Index to Biographical and Subject Sections (2 vol); Supplement to Subject Section (1 vol). _☟

Kassel, 1994-2007. 8º, 29 vols. Buckram. New. This monumental set is now out of print. Special reduced price, $2995, regularly $7015 (more info... ) [item no.6644]

Recercare XXXI/1-2 2019. [Rivista per lo studio e la pratica della musica antica / Journal for the Study and Practice of Early Music]. _☟

Lucca, 2020. 8º, 230 pp. Marco di Pasquale: Silvestro Ganassi: A Documented Biography; Paolo Alberto Rismondo: Antonio Grimani “Musico Galileiano” tra Venezia e Roma; Michael Klapper: An Italian in Paris: Giovanni Bentivoglio (1611–1694) and a Neglected Source for Seventeenth-Century Italian Cantata Poetry; Alessio Ruffatti: “Un libro Dorato Pieno di ariette”: Produzione e circolazione di manoscritti musicali tra Roma, Parigi e Venezia nel primo seicento; Giacomo Silvesti: Un nuovo flauto diritto contralto di Castel a Perugia. Wrappers. $36 [item no.6838]

Recercare XXXII/1-2 2020. [Rivista per lo studio e la pratica della musica antica / Journal for the Study and Practice of Early Music]. _☟

Lucca, 2020. 8º, 246 pp. Elena Abramov-Van Rijk, “To whom did Francesco Landini address his madrigal Deh, dimmi tu?”; Patrizio Barbieri, “Music printing and selling in Rome: new findings on Palestrina, Kerle and Guidotti, 1554–1574”; Franco Pavan, “La musica per chitarrone di Giacomo Antonio Pfender. Nuove acquisizioni”; Maddalena Bonechi, “Parole, immagini e musica nelle pratiche devozionali della compagnia di San Benedetto Bianco a Firenze”; Lucas G. Harris – Robert l. Kendrick, “Of nuns fictitious and real: revisiting Philomela Angelica (1688)”; Valerio Morucci, “L’orbita musicale di Cristina di Svezia e la circolazione di cantanti nella seconda metà del seicento”; Colleen Reardon, “Writing a tenor’s voice: Cesare Grandi and the Siena production of Il Farnaspe (1750)”. Wrappers. $39 [item no.9630]

Recercare XXXIII/1-2 2021. [Rivista per lo studio e la pratica della musica antica / Journal for the Study and Practice of Early Music]. _☟

Lucca, 2021. 8º, 201 pp. Martino Zaltron: “Polso e musica negli scritti di teoria musicale tra la fine del Quattrocento e la metà del Seicento”; Adriano Giardina: “Un catalogue pour improviser: les Ricercari d’intavolatura d’organo de Claudio Merulo”; Nicola Usula: “Dafne in alloro di Benedetto Ferrari: drammaturgia ‘alla veneziana’ per Ferdinando III (Vienna, 1652)”; Inês de Avena Braga – Claudio Ribeiro: “A newly discovered recorder sonata attributed to Vivaldi: considerations on authorship”; Marco Tanzi: “La ‘gentildama’ e liutista bolognese Lucia Garzoni in un ritratto di Lavinia Fontana. Con una ‘Nota Storico-musicale’ di Dinko Fabris ‘Elementi musicali nel Ritratto di Lucia Bonasoni Garzoni’”. Wrappers. $39 [item no.9660]

Recercare XXXIV 2022. [Rivista per lo studio e la pratica della musica antica / Journal for the Study and Practice of Early Music]. _☟

Lucca, 2022. 8º, 200 pp. Wrappers. $39 [item no.9713]