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AGAZZARI, Agostino, 1578-1640

Del sonare sopra’l basso con tutti li stromenti e dell’uso loro nel conserto.

Bibliotheca Musica Bononiensis, II/37. Bologna, 1985. 18 x 25 cm, 12 pp. Line-cut of the Siena, 1607 edition. One of first treatises to adopt figured bass. Deals with chordal and single-line improvisation from a basso continuo and makes an important distinction between “fundamental” and “ornamental” instrumental classes. Wrappers. [item no.2415]


ARNE, Thomas A., 1710-1778

[Comus, masque] The Songs, Duet & Trio in the Masque of Comus. Set for the Violin, German Flute and Harpsichord. [private collection John H. Burkhalter III].

Britannia’s Invitation: A Treasury of 18th Century English Vocal Music, 5. Hebden Bridge, 2007. 21 x 30 cm, 23 pp. Line-cut of the London, n.d. edition. Wrappers. $20 [item no.8920]


The New Songs Sung at Vaux-Hall. [private collection John H. Burkhalter III].

Britannia’s Invitation: A Treasury of 18th Century English Vocal Music, 3. Hebden Bridge, 2007. 21 x 30 cm, 12 pp. Line-cut of the London, n.d. edition. 6 songs for voice and bc (optional guitar accompaniment also provided). Contents: “Phillis to whom”; “Hapless lover’s”; “When lately I offered”; “When Hobbinel”; “Shall I wasting in dispair”. Wrappers. $15 [item no.8918]


BACH, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

[Prelude, lute/cembalo, BWV 998] Prelude, Fugue and Allegro (BWV 998). Guitar Transcription by Michael Lorimer.

Pacific, 1977. 4º, 21, 5 pp. Line-cut, together with practical edition for guitar by Michael Lorimer. Preface in Ger-Fr-Eng-Sp-Ger-Jap. Wrappers. $12 [item no.9139]


[Prelude, lute/cembalo, BWV 998] Prelude-Fuga-Allegro, BWV 998. Mit Faksimile des Autographs.

Musik für Gitarre. Vienna, 1981. 4º, 13, 4 pp. Line-cut, together with practical edition for guitar by Karl Scheit. Preface in Ger-Eng-Fr-It. Wrappers. $15 [item no.83]


[Sonatas & partitas, violin, BWV 1001-1006] Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin BWV 1001-1006. A New Bach Series. Transcribed for Guitar by Walter Dešpalj. Fingering by István Römer.

Heidelberg, 2005. 4°, 123, 21 pp. Line-cut in reduced format (2 up per page) of the autograph ms, together with complete transcription for guitar. Wrappers. $40 [item no.9084]


[Suites, lute, BVW 995, 997 & 1000] Drei Lautenkompositionen in Zeitgenössischer Tabulatur (BWV 995, 997, 1000). Faksimiledruck nach den in der Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig aufbewahrten handschriftlichen Originalen. Mit einer Einführung von Hans-Joachim Schulze.

Leipzig, 1975. 23 x 33 cm, viii, 32 pp. Fine collotype. The copyist of BWV 995 is unknown; BWV 997 and 1000, copied c.1730-1740, are in the hand of Johann Christian Weyrauch. Coverboards in decorative paper. $55 [item no.75]


[Suites, lute, BVW 995, 997 & 1000] Drei Lautenkompositionen in Zeitgenössischer Tabulatur (BWV 995, 997, 1000). Faksimiledruck nach den in der Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig aufbewahrten handschriftlichen Originalen. Mit einer Einführung von Hans-Joachim Schulze.

Leipzig, 2/ 1979. 23 x 33 cm, viii, 32 pp. Fine collotype. The copyist of BWV 995 is unknown; BWV 997 and 1000, copied c.1730-1740, are in the hand of Johann Christian Weyrauch. Coverboards in decorative paper. $45 [item no.1745]


[Suites, lute, BVW 995, 997 & 1000] Stücke für Laute BWV 995, 997, 1000. BWV 997 & 1000 intavoliert von Johann Christian Weyrauch. Reproduktion in 85% der originaler Grösse nach der Handschrift im Besitz der Stadt Leipzig Städtische Bibliotheken Musikbibliothek, Signatur III.11.3/III.11.5/III,11.4).

[Lübeck], 1999. 21 x 30 cm, viii, 26 pp. Line-cut. The copyist of BWV 995 is unknown; BWV 997 and 1000, copied c.1730-1740, are in the hand of Johann Christian Weyrauch. Ring binder. $33 [item no.8117]


[Suite, lute, BWV 995, G minor] Suite pour luth en sol mineur, BWV 995. Introduction Godelieve Spiessens. [Bibl. Royale Albert 1er, Brussels, Ms. Fétis 2910].

Fontes Musicae Bibliothecae Regiae Belgicae, I/I. Brussels, 1981. 25 x 35 cm, 4, 10 pp. Halftone of the autograph. Wrappers. $13 [item no.92]


[Suite, lute, BWV 995, G minor] Suite BWV 995. (“Pièces pour le luth à M. Schouster par J.S. Bach”). Transcrizione e diteggiatura per chitarra (in La minore) di Oscar Ghiglia dall’originale in Sol minore per liuto. [Bibl. Royal Albert Ier, Brussels, Fétis, 2910].

Milan, 1976. 4º, iv, 5, 20 pp. Halftone in reduced format. Wrappers. $20 [item no.93]


[Prelude, lute/cembalo, BWV 995; Lute Suite no. 3, BWV 1011] Lute Suite III (BWV 1011) / Cello Suite V (BWV 995). Guitar Transcription by Michael Lorimer.

Pacific, 1977. 4º, 37, 10 pp. Line-cut, together with practical edition for guitar by Michael Lorimer. Preface in Ger-Fr-Eng-Sp-Ger-Jap. Wrappers. $12 [item no.9138]


[Suite, lute, BWV 995, G minor] Suite a-Moll, BWV 995. Original g-Moll. Faksimile. [Pièces pour la Luth à Monsieur Schouster].

Musik für Gitarre. Vienna, 1979. 4º, 21, 10 pp. Line-cut, together with practical edition for guitar by Karl Scheit. Preface in Ger-Eng-Fr-It. Wrappers. $18 [item no.94]


[Suite, lute, BWV 1006a, E major] Suite E-Dur, BWV 1006a, mit Faksimile des Autographs.

Musik für Gitarre. Vienna, 1976. 4º, 22, 14 pp. Line-cut, together with practical edition for guitar by Karl Scheit. Preface in Ger-Eng-Fr-It. Wrappers. $18 [item no.95]


BARON, Ernst Gottlieb, 1696-1760

Zwölf Menuetten für die Laute, von Herrn Ferdinand Seidel, samt einer Fantasie von Herrn Baron, Königl. Preußischen Lautenisten. Als eine Probe eines neuen Drucks von musicalischen Caracteren für die Laute.

Leipzig, 1969. 32 x 27 cm, 10 facs, iv, 16 pp. Line-cut of the Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf edition (Leipzig, 1757); Breitkopf used here a new printing technique–employing a precision-made highly flexible font–that helped revolutionize 18th-c. music printing. Together with a new practical edition and commentary in Ger by Adalbert Quadt. Quarter linen with coverboards in decorative paper (few copies remaining). $40 (more info... ) [item no.1135]


Music for the Lute. Ernst Gottlieb Baron & Sylvius Weiss. Introduction: Andreas Schlegel. [Koninklijke Bibl., Brussels, ms. II 4087, formerly private library of F.J. Fétis, 2912].

Facsimile Series, III/19. Peer, 1992. 23 x 33 cm, 10, 97 pp. Halftone of a c.1770 ms transmitting music in French lute tablature, for 12- to 13-course lute of the music of Ernst Gottlieb Baron and Sylvius Leopold Weiss. 10 fascicles with folder. $34 [item no.4194]


BEYER, Johann Christian, 18th c.

Herrn Prof. Gellerts Oden, Lieder und Fabeln nebst verschiedenen französischen und italienischen Liedern, für die Laute übersetzt, Leipzig 1760. Faksimile und Übertragung herausgegeben von Rüdiger Gies und Andreas Nachtsheim.

Dausenau, 1993. Oblong, 30 x 25 cm, 2 vols, ii, 48, 36 pp. Line-cut of the Johann Gottlieb Immanuel Breitkopf edition, Leipzig, 1760. 33 songs for Baroque lute and voice. Together with transcription in modern notation. Hardbound. $65 [item no.4726]


BISMANTOVA, Bartolomeo, 17th c.

Compendio musicale, Ferrara 1677. [Biblioteca Municipale di Reggio Emilia].

Archivum Musicum: Strumentalismo Italiano, 1. Florence, 1978. 17 x 24 cm, v, 121 pp. Line-cut of the holograph. Bismantova touches on many issues in his little compendium: notation, counterpoint, thoroughbass, and all sorts of wind, string, and keyboard instruments, including instructions for articulation and ornamentation on wind instruments and advice on violin bowing. Wrappers in decorative paper. $33 [item no.1250]


BITTNER, Jacques, 17th c.

Pièces de lut, 1702. Faksimile nach dem Druck- Exemplar der Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseen Linz, Österreich. Herausgegeben von Michael Treder, Hamburg unter Mitarbeit von Francois-Pierre Goy, Paris.

Lübeck, 2009. 21 x 30 cm, xxxiv, 39, iv. Line-cut of the Linz, 1702 edition (oblong format), reproduced 3 up a page for ease of reading. The present edition contains 10 suites, in total 55 pieces for 11-course baroque lute. Introduction in Ger. Ring binder. $39 [item no.9093]


BLOW, John, 1649-1708

Amphion Anglicus. A Work of Many Compositions, for One, Two, and Three and Four Voices: with Instrumental Musick; and a Thorow-Bass to Each Song: Figur’d for an Organ, Harpsichord, or Theorboe-Lute.

Farnborough, 1965. 19 x 28 cm, 234 pp. Line-cut of the London, 1700 edition. Contains the best of Blow’s vocal music. Cloth. $72 [item no.188]


BONPORTI, Francesco Antonio, 1672-1749

[Trio sonatas, 2 violin, bc, op.4] Sonate da camera. Opera IV. A due violini, violone, cembalo o arcileuto. Venezia 1703.

Archivum Musicum: Strumentalismo Italiano, 87. Florence, 2002. 4º, 3 partbooks, viii, 108 pp. Line-cut of the Venice, 1704 edition. Preface in It by Daniele Valersi. Wrappers. $35 [item no.8233]


BRESCIANELLO, Gisueppe Antonio, 1690-1758

18 Suiten für Gallichone (Mandora). Mit einem Vorwort von Andreas Koch.

Lübeck, 2015. 4°, 150 pp. Line-cut reproduction of Signatur Mus.2364-V-2 from the Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden, a carefully executed copy of 18 suites for “colascione” (a type of lute) in the hand of Peter August (1726-1787). Hardbound. $69 (more info... ) [item no.9461]


BROSSARD, Sébastien de, 1655-1730

Dictionaire de musique, contenant une explication des termes grecs, latins, italiens & françois, les plus usitez dans la musique, seconde édition, 1705. Eingeleitet von Harald Heckmann.

Dictionarium Musicum, 1. Hilversum, 1965. 17 x 24 cm, xviii, 390 pp. Halftone of the second edition, Paris, 1705. Cloth (also available in wrappers). $116 [item no.2112]


BUONANNI, Filippo, 1638-1725

Descrizione degl’istromenti armonici d’ogni genere.

Leipzig, 1975. 20 x 28 cm, 256 pp. Line-cut of the Rome, 1726 edition. Extremely informative treatise on organology with altogether 140 extended descriptions provided in Italian and French. Bilingual indices. Accompanied by 142 superb woodcuts of scenes of musicians with their instruments. Linen. $125 [item no.2703]


CAIX D’HERVELOIS, Louis de, 1670-1760

[Pièces, 2 viols, book 4] IVe livre de pièces a deux violes contenant II suites et III sonates.

Musique pour Viole de Gambe, 6. Paris, 1990. 4º, vii, 41 pp. Line-cut of the author’s edition, Paris, 1740. The bass line could also be played by harpsichord or theorbo. Introduction in Fr/Eng by Jean-Louis Charbonnier. Wrappers. $32 [item no.8389]


CAMERLOHR, Placidus von, 1718-1782

Solo per la gallichone; Partia ex f (Gallichon, 2 violinen, Baß); Trio ex C (2 Gallichon, Violoncello). [Mss, Abtei Metten].

Faksimile-Edition Laute, 12. Stuttgart, 2015. 26 x 33 cm, 96 pp. Full-color reproduction of three works of Camerlohr, one for solo gallichone a type of bass lute, and two chamber works. Handstitched folios in portfolio with decorative paper boards and ties. $55 [item no.9429]


CAZZATI, Maurizio, c.1620-1677

[Correnti & balletti, strings, bc, op.4] Correnti, balletti, galiarde a 3. è 4.

Monumenta Bononiensia, Fototypice Expressa, 12. Bologna, 1971. 16 x 22 cm, 4 partbooks, 118 pp. Line-cut of the Francesco Magni edition, Venice 1659. 31 pieces in partbooks (vln I-II, violone, & spinetta/chitarone) in one vol. Laid paper. Cloth. $46 [item no.1257]


[Trattenimenti per camera, strings, bc, op.22] Trattenimenti per camera [d’arie, correnti, e balletti, a due violini, se piace, con passacaglio, ciaccona, & un capriccio sopra 12 note, Opera XXII].

Monumenta Bononiensia, Fototypice Expressa, 13. Bologna, 1971. 16 x 22 cm, 4 partbooks, 74 pp. Line-cut of the Antonio Pifarri edition, Bologna, 1660. 26 pieces in partbook (vln I-II, spinetta, violine/tiorba), in one vol. Hardbound. $43 [item no.1179]


CERONE, Pietro, c.1560-1625

El melopeo y maestro : (Napoles, J.B. Gargano y L. Nucci, 1613) / Pedro Cerone ; Antonio Ezquerro Esteban, ed.

Monumentos de la Música Española, 74. Madrid, 2007 23 x 32 cm, 2 vols: 1392 pp. Line-cut of the Naples, 1613 edition based on exemplars preserved in the Biblioteca “Jose Maria Lafragua” de la Benmerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla (Puebla de los Angeles, Mexico), and in the Biblioteca Publica del Estadoo “Fray Francisco de Burgoa” de la Universidad Autonoma “Benito Juarez” de Oaxaca (Oaxaca, Mexico). Huge synthesis of musical-theoretical topics divided into 22 books. Deals with plainsong, mensural theory, vocal and instrumental variation, counterpoint, canon & fugue, problems of composition, mensuration and “tonality”. The last book deals with musical enigmas and puzzle canons. Contains numerous references to composers and detailed musical examples, including a careful analysis of Palestrina’s Missa L’homme armé. Hardbound. $295 [item no.9151]


CERRETO, Scipione, c.1551-c.1633

Della prattica musica, vocale, et strumentale. [Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna].

Bibliotheca Musica Bononiensis, II/30. Bologna, 2/ 2003. 16 x 22 cm, v, 344 pp. Line-cut of the Naples, 1601 edition. Preface in It by Giuseppe Vecchi. Cloth. [item no.1634]


DIEUPART, Charles, c.1670-c.1740

[Suites, harpsichord; or, vln/rec, viol/archlute, bc] Six suites pour clavecin. Publiées par Paul Brunold. Avec le fac-similé des parties originales du XVIIIe siècle pour violon ou flûte et basse chiffrée (viole ou archiluth). Révision par Kenneth Gilbert.

Monaco, 1990. 4º, 2 partbooks 32, 64 pp. Newly revised critical edition of the original suites for harpsichord alone (Amsterdam, 1701), and line-cut facsimile of the optional Roger parts for violin or recorder and viol or archlute, mises en concert (Amsterdam, 1711). Wrappers. $69 [item no.5542]


[Suites, vln/rec, viol/archlute, bc] Six suittes de clavessin divisées en ouvertures, allemandes, courantes, sarabandes, gavottes, menuets, rondeaux & gigues. Pour un violon & flûte avec une basse de viole & un archilut.

Münster, 1990. 4º, 2 partbooks: i, 49 pp. Line-cut of the Roger partbooks, (Amsterdam, 1711), for violin or recorder and viol or archlute. Wrappers. $28 [item no.4353]


DURANT, Paul Charles, 17-18th c.

Gesamtausgabe Solo- und Kammermusik-Werke für Laute Paul Charles Durant herausgegeben von Joachim Domning.

Hamburg, 1986. Oblong & upright, 31 x 20 cm, 8 books, iii, c.106 pp. Line-cut. Contains Sonata a-moll, Carillon F-Dur, Duo für Laute & Violine g-moll, Ragazada D-Dur, Concerto C-Dur für obligate Laute, obligates Cembalo, obligates Violoncello und Streichquartett, Concerto F-Dur Laute & Streichquartett. Wrappers. $115 [item no.4742]


ECCLES, John, c.1668-1735

A Collection of Songs. For One, Two and Three Voices Together with Such Symphonys for Violins or Flutes as Were by the Author Design’d for any of Them. And a Thorough-bass to Each Song Figur’d for an Organ. Harpsicord or Theorbo-Lute.

Huntingdon, c.1994. 4º. Line-cut of the London, 1704 edition. Wrappers. $49 [item no.8260]


FALCKENHAGEN, Adam, 1697-1761

[Complete works in facsimile] Gesamtausgabe Band I: Werke für Laute Solo herausgegeben von Joachim Dommning.

Hamburg, 2/ 1985. Oblong, 30 x 21 cm, v, 57 pp. Line-cut. Contains 6 Sonaten für Laute Solo, Erstes Dutzend geistlicher Gesänge, Bayerische Staatsbibl. Ms 5362 (Menuett alternement F-Dur, Menuett D-Dur), Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg MS 25461 (Prelude B-Dur, Tempo di Menuett D-Dur, Partie C-Dur, Partie C-Dur, Partie B-Dur, Larghetto D-Dur). Wrappers. $39 [item no.4736]


[Complete works in facsimile] Gesamtausgabe Band II: Werke für Laute Solo herausgegeben von Joachim Domning.

Hamburg, 1981. 21 x 30 cm, iii, 63 pp. Line-cut. Contains 6 Sonaten à Liuto solo op.2, Staats- & Stadtbibl. Augsburg Ms. 2º Tonkunst Fasz. III (No. 6 Fuga A-Dur, No. 37 duo für 2 Lauten F-Dur, Nr. 51 Preludio nel quale sono contenuti tutti i tuoni musicali). Wrappers. $39 [item no.4737]


[Complete works in facsimile] Gesamtausgabe Band III: Kammermusik für Laute herausgegeben von Joachim Domning.

Hamburg, 1982. 21 x 30 cm, 3 books, iv, 99 pp. Line-cut. Contents: Sei concerti à Liuto, Traverso, Oboe a Violino e Violoncello, opera nuove [op. 4], Concerto F-Dur für Laute und Streichquartett – Augburg Staats- & Stadtbibl., Tonkunst 2º Fasz. III No. 37, Concerto g-moll für Laute und Streichquartett – Brussels, Königl. Bibl. Albert I Ms. II 4086. Wrappers. $58 [item no.4738]


[Complete works in facsimile] Gesamtausgabe Band IV: Nachträge und Dokumente herausgegeben von Joachim Domning.

Hamburg, 1985. 21 x 30 cm, iv, 49, 8 pp. Line-cut. Contains the lute part only from Sei Concerto à Liuto, Traverso, Oboe o Violoncello, op.3, Concerto für Laute, Cembalo und Bass, B-Dur (Musikbibl. der Stadt Leipzig, Ms. III.II.46c, plus additional works not contained in vols. 1-3 of theGesamtausgabe. Indices. Wrappers. $36 [item no.4739]


Sonate di liuto solo; Sei partite a liuto solo.

Geneva, 1983. Upright & oblong, 4º, 2 vols, ii, 65 pp. Line-cut of the Nuremberg, 1740-1742 editions. Wrappers, in 2 vols. $61 [item no.1026]


FALCONIERI, Andrea, 1585-1656

[Canzone, sinfonie, winds, strings, bc, book 1] Il primo libro di canzone, sinfonie, fantasie, capricci, brandi, correnti, gagliarde alemane, volte per violini, e viole, ouero altro stromento à uno, due, et tré con il basso continuo.

Archivum Musicum: Strumentalismo Italiano, 22. Florence, 1980. 24 x 34 cm, 4 partbooks, i, 210 pp. Line-cut of the Naples, 1650 edition in the original partbook format (canto, altro canto, basso, & basso continuo). Contains 29 pieces a3, 14 a2 and 7 a1 in staff notation. Introduction in It by Marcello Castellani. Wrappers and slipcase in decorative paper. $58 [item no.1263]


GAULTIER, Denis, c.1597-1672

Livre de tablature des pièces de luth sur plusieurs diferents modes, avec quelques reigles qu’il faut observer pour le bien toucher. [Library of Congress, Washington, DC].

Performers’ Facsimiles, 279. New York, [2009]. Oblong, 21 x 14 cm, 88 pp. Line-cut of the Paris, c.1680 edition. One of the main sources of the music by “Gaultier de Paris”, in French tablature, together with pieces by “Vieux Gaultier”. Begins with a short set of instructions. Wrappers. $25 [item no.9095]


La rhétorique des dieux. A Facsimile of Berlin, Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Kupferstichkabinett, MS. 78 C 12. Edited by David J. Buch.

Recent Researches in the Music of the Baroque Era, LXII (supplement). Madison, 1990. 23 x 30 cm, 83 pp. Halftone of the manuscript (printed two-up per page), together with table of contents and mode formulae. Wrappers. $35 [item no.8878]


HAGEN, Bernhard Joachim, c.1720-1787

Kammermusik für Laute herausgegeben von Joachim Domning.

Hamburg, 1984. 21 x 30 cm, 3 partbooks, ii, 137 pp. Line-cut. Music for lute, violin I & II, viola & violoncello. Wrappers. $79 [item no.4741]


Werke für Laute herausgegeben von Joachim Domning.

Hamburg, 1983. 21 x 30 cm, ii, 103 pp. Line-cut. Wrappers. $50 [item no.4740]


HUREL, Charles, 17th c.

Tablature de luth et de théorbe, ca.1675. Fac-similé du Ms PML 17524 BDG [now Ms. E.34.B], The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. Préface de François Lesure.

Manuscrits, 6. Geneva, 1996. Oblong, 24 x 17 cm, 8, 56 pp. Line-cut. 34 dances and free compositions arranged in 5 suites and notated in French tablature (theorbo tuning: a e b g d A). Notwithstanding the title, the collection contains no lute repertory. Wrappers. $59 [item no.1057]


JANOVKA, Tomas, 1669-1741

Clavis ad thesaurum magnae artis musicae. . . Prag 1701. [Bibliothèque Royale Albert II, Brussel].

Dictionarium Musicum, 2. Buren, 1973. 15 x 23 cm, 343 pp. Line-cut of the Prag, 1701 edition. Along with Brossard’s Dictionnaire de musique one of the first modern dictionaries of musical terms. Wrappers. $66 [item no.2115]


KELLNER, David, 1640-1748

XVI auserlesene Lauten-Stücke.

Geneva, 1986. 8º, 56 pp. Line-cut of the Brandt edition, Hamburg, 1747. Wrappers. $25 [item no.1066]


LAMBERT, Michel, 1610-1696

[Airs, 2 voices, bc] Les airs, corrigez de nouveau de plusieurs fautes de graveure. [Library of Congress, Washington, DC].

Performers’ Facsimiles, 258. New York, [2008]. Oblong, 25 x 21 cm, 85 pp. Line-cut of the Paris, 1669 edition. Airs for two voices and basso continuo in elegant staff notation. Contents: “Mon ame faisons un effort”; “Permettez qu’à mon dernier jour”; “Inutiles pensers”; “Il est vray son humeur”; “Mais comment avoir”; “O dieux comment se peut faire”; “Tous mes respectz attirent son couroux”; “A quoy me serttant de constance”; “Il faut aymer”; “Superbes ennemis du repos de mon âme”; “Je garde le respect”; “Hon n’aprehendez point”; “Je dirois que vous”; “Jugez si ma peine est extresme”; “Helas ne suis je pas a plaindre”; “Mon coeur qui se rendavous coups”; “Malgre la rigueur de mon sort”; “Pourquoy vous offencer”; “Au lieu d'avoir pitié”; “Quand ie voudrois celer”; “Pourquoy faut-il, belle inhumaine”; “Souffrir vostre rigueur extreme”; “Que me sert-il d'estre fidelle”; “Ah c’est trop de flatter”; “Ce seroit me tromper moy mesme”; “J'ay juré mile fois de ne jamais aymer”; “Hélas ! de mon erreur trop tard je m'apperçois”; “Puisque chacun doit aymer à son tour”; “Si c’est un mal que c’est un mal charmant”; “Jay merois mieux souffrir la morte”; “Quand ie voudrois pour me vanger”; “D'un feu secret je me sens consommer”; “Quand je mourrois pourroit”; “Puisque cett’inratte beauté”; “Mais quoy la cruelle le qu’elle est”; “Loin de vos yeux belle filuie”; “Lassé de vostre iniuste hayne”; “Il est vray Philis ie vous ayme”; “Le plaisir d’aymer est extreme”; ”Puis que labsence a trop peu de pouvoir”; “Quel que rigueur que ie puisse prevoir”; “Philis j’arreste en fin mon humeux”; “Aymons nous aymons nous”. Wrappers. $23 [item no.8968]


Airs de Monseiur Lambert non imprimez, c.1692 . Présentation par Jean Saint-Arroman. [Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, Paris, Ms. 3043; Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Ms. Rés 584].

La Musique Française Classique de 1650 à 1800, 192. Courlay, 2006. 24 x 33 cm, 47, 139 pp. Line-cut of two complementary mss (one of them prepared by the Foucault, c.1692), transmitting the later repertoire of Lambert’s Airs. Ms. 3043 resembles a printed edition and is reproduced in full size, while Ms. Rés. 584 has been reproduced in reduced format. Elegant staff notation. Preface in Fr-Eng-Ger. Wrappers. $89 [item no.8795]


LAUFFENSTEINER, Wolff Jacob, 1676-1754

Partie in B Flat Major for 11-Course Baroque Lute, Entrée, Courente, Bourée, Menuet, Guique, Sarabande. Facsimile of a Manuscript (c.1720) with Introductory Notes and Modern Tablature Edition by Peter Lay and the Owner, Robert Spencer.

The Lute Society Facsimiles, 1. Guildford, 1987. Oblong, 30 x 21 cm, i, 25 pp. Line-cut of a ms believed to be from the library of Graf Harrach of Vienna. Wrappers. $15 [item no.7967]


LE SAGE DE RICHEE, Philipp Franz, 17th c.

Cabinett der Lauten, [in welchem zu finden 12. neue Partien, aus unterschiedenen Tonen und neuesten Manier so anietzo gebrauchlich, welche bestehen in Praeludien, Allemanden, Couranten, Sarabanden, Giquen, Gavotten. . . Denen Liebhabern zu einer Distraction an das Licht gegeben], 1695.

Munich, 1995. Oblong, 30 x 21 cm, 43 pp. Line-cut. 98 pieces engraved in French lute tablature with Baroque tuning arranged in 12 suites. The only known work to survive of this composer and student of Mouton. Wrappers. $33 [item no.7114]


LOCKE, Matthew, 1630-1677

His Little Consort of Three Parts: Containing Pavans, Ayres, Corants and Sarabands, for Viols or Violins. In Two Several Varieties: The First 20 are for Two Trebles and a Basse. The Last 20 for Treble, Tenor & Basse. To be Performed either Alone or with Theorbo’s and Harpsecord. [The Chapter Library, The College, Durham].

Performers’ Facsimiles, 193. New York, [2002]. Oblong, 24 x 19 cm, 3 parts, 36 pp. Line-cut of the London, 1673 partbook edition, in staff notation. Wrappers. $25 [item no.8074]


MACE, Thomas, c.1613-1709

Musick’s Monument. A Facsimile of the 1676 London Edition.

Monuments of Music and Music Literature in Facsimile, II/17. New York, 1966. 22 x 33 cm, 291 pp. Line-cut of the London, 1676 edition. Laid paper, clothbound. [item no.1778]


MAJER, Joseph Friedrich Bernhard Caspar, 1689-1768

Neu-eröffneter theoretisch- und praktischer Music-Saal, das ist: Kurze, doch vollständige Methode, so wohl die Vocal- als Instrumental-Music gründlich zu erlernen.

Dokumentationen, Reprints, 23. Michaelstein, 1990. Oblong, 21 x 15 cm, 125 pp. Halftone of the Nuremberg, 1741 edition (second, vastly reset edition of Museum Musicum). Fascinating treatment of music theory, including 10 woodcuts of instruments and a glossary of musical terms taken from Greek, Latin, Italian and French. Wrappers. $24 [item no.4221]


MARTINI, Giovannni Battista, 1706-1784

Compendio della teoria de’numeri per uso del musico.

Bibliotheca Musica Bononiensis, II/63. Bologna, 1984. 17 x 24 cm, iv, 14 pp. Line-cut of the Bologna, 1769 edition. Basso continuo treatise. Preface in It by Giuseppe Vecchi. Laid paper. Wrappers. [item no.2938]


MEGERLE, Abraham, 1607-1680

Speculum Musico-Mortuale [Das ist: Musicalischer-Todtenspiegel], 1672. [Staatliche Bibliothek, Regenburg].

Faksimile-Edition Theoretica, 3 Suttgart, 2008. 11 x 17cm, 54 pp. Line-cut of the Salzburg, 1672 edition. Megerle was from Innsbruck and was once a choirboy under Stadlmayer, later a treble singer and organist with the court music ensemble at Innsbruck. Speculum Musico-Mortuale contains a few pages of autobiography but its extraordinary content are mainly its 12 engravings showing a human skull in the center, surrounded emblematic symbols and beautiful depictions of musical instruments (almost 50 in all). Hardbound in decorative paper. $29 [item no.9070]


MERSENNE, Marin, 1588-1648

Harmonicorum libri XII. In quibus agitur de sonorum natura, causis, et effectibus: de consonantiis, dissonantiis, rationibus, generibus, modis, cantibus, compositione, orbisque totius harmonicis instrumentis.

Geneva, 1973. 22 x 30 cm, 367 pp. Line-cut of the Paris, 1648 edition. Complements the Harmonie universelle. The copy used for this facsimile includes many manuscript notes and corrections in the author’s hand. Hardbound. [item no.2754]


PIERRE, Constant, 1855-1918

Les facteurs d’instruments de musique. Les luthiers et la facture instrumentale. Précis historique.

Geneva, 1971. 8º, 460 pp. Line-cut of Paris, 1893 edition. Treats French musical instrument makers, covering the period from the 15th to the 19th century. Wrappers. $61 [item no.4262]


PITTONI, Giovanni, 17th c.

[Intabulations, theorbo, op.1-2] Intavolatura di tiorba. Opera prima e seconda, Bologna 1669. [Printed edition & Ms. G.289, Bibl. Estense di Modena].

Archivum Musicum: Strumentalismo Italiano, 29. Florence, 1980. 25 x 34 cm, v, 122 pp. Line-cut. 12 sonatas in tablature. Together with a reproduction of a ms that transmits the violin part for sonatas a 3. Introduction in It by Orlando Cristoforetti. Wrappers in decorative paper. $35 [item no.1116]


PLAYFORD, Henry, 1657-c.1709

[Harmonia Sacra, part 1] Harmonia Sacra: or, Divine Hymns and Dialogues: with a Through-Bass for the Theorbo-Lute, Bass-Viol, Harpsichord, or Organ.

Huntingdon, 1988. 4º, i, 135 pp. Line-cut of the third edition, London, 1714. Wrappers. $39 [item no.7048]


[Harmonia Sacra, part 2] Harmonia Sacra: or, Divine Hymns and Dialogues: with a Through-Bass for the Theorbo-Lute, Bass-Viol, Harpsichord, or Organ.

Huntingdon, 1988. 4º, i, 117 pp. Xerographic reprint of the second edition, London, 1714. Wrappers. $31 [item no.7049]


REUSNER, Esaias, 1636-1679

Erfreuliche Lauten-Lust, darinnen befindlich praludia, paduanen, allemanden, couranten, sarabanden, gigs & gavot.

Musica Repartita, 60. Amsterdam, 1997. Oblong, 32 x 21 cm, 44, iv pp. Halftone of the Leipzig, 1697 edition. Wrappers. $30 [item no.7662]


SEIDEL, Ferdinand, 1705-d.?

Zwölf Menuetten für die Laute, von Herrn Ferdinand Seidel, samt einer Fantasie von Herrn Baron, Königl. Preußischen Lautenisten. Als eine Probe eines neuen Drucks von musicalischen Caracteren für die Laute.

Leipzig, 1969. 32 x 27 cm, 10, iv, 16 pp. Line-cut of the Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf edition (Leipzig, 1757); Breitkopf used here a new printing technique—employing a precision-made highly flexible font—that helped revolutionize 18th-c. music printing. Together with a new practical edition and commentary in Ger by Adalbert Quadt. Quarter linen with coverboards in decorative paper. $40 (more info... ) [item no.1135]


SILVESTRI, Florido, 17th c. [compiler]

Ariette di musica, [a una, e due voci, di eccellentissimi autori. Raccolte dal canonico D. Florido de Silvestris da Barbarano]. Bracciano, Andrea Fei 1646. [Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.].

Faksimile-Edition Rara, 68. Stuttgart, 2016. Oblong, 22 x 11 cm, 153 pp. Line-cut of the Bracciano, 1646 edition. A lovely little book consisting of 10 settings for solo voice and accompaniment (harpsichord or lute), and 6 for for two voices and accompaniment. The arias, each with attribution, is edited by Florido Silestri: Mazzocchi (4), Savioni (2), Boccarini, Cecchelli (2), Luigi Rossi (2), Marciani (2), Silvestri, Carissimi (2), Hardbound, in decorative paper with matching slipcase. $53 [item no.9487]


STRAUBE, Rudolf, 1717-c.1780

[Sonatas, lute] Due sonate a liuto solo.

Geneva, 1986. 4º, 20 pp. Line-cut of the Leipzig, 1746 edition. 2 sonatas by one of Bach’s pupils in Leipzig. Wrappers. $30 [item no.1137]


[Sonatas, lute] Due sonate a liute solo (1746). Complete Facsimile Edition.

Heidelberg, 1980. 4º, 11 pp. Line-cut. Wrappers. $15 [item no.1138]


TELEMANN, Georg Philipp, 1681-1767

[Essercizii musici; sonatas/trio sonatas, vln/fl, bc, TWV 42] Essercizii musici overo dodeci soli e dodeci trii à diversi stromenti. [Library of Congress, Washington, DC].

Performers’ Facsimiles, 140. New York, [1996]. 25 x 31 cm, 3 partbooks, 138 pp. Line-cut of the Hamburg, 1739-1740 edition. Telemann’s “pedagogical” sonatas, 2 for keyboard or lute (TWV 32:3 & 4), 2 for violin (TWV 41:F4 & A6), 2 for flute (TWV 41:D9 & G9), 2 for viola da gamba (TWV 41:a6 & e5), 2 for recorder (TWV 41:d4 & C5), 2 for oboe (TWV 41:B6 & e6), and the 12 trios: olo instrument and bc, and 12 trio sonatas (TWV 42..) for rec.+ob. (c2), vdg.+harps.obl. (G6), vln.+ob. (g5), fl.+harps.obl. (A6), rec.+vln. (a4), fl.+vdg. (h4), rec.+vdg. (F3), rec.+harps. obl. (B4), fl.+vln. (E4), vln.+vdg. (D9), fl.+ob. (d4) and ob.+harps.obl. (Eb3). Wrappers. $50 [item no.1765]


TODINI, Michele, 1636-d.?

Dichiarazione della Galleria Armonica, Roma, 1676. Edizione a curae di Patrizio Barbieri.

Musurgiana: Sources and Materials for the History and Theory of Music, 2. Lucca, 1988. 11 x 16 cm, xxii, 92 pp. Line-cut of the Rome, 1676 edition. Introduction, bibliography and index. Cloth. $21 [item no.2895]


TOMEONI, Pellegrino, 1729-1816?

Regole pratiche per accompagnare il basso continuo.

Bibliotheca Musica Bononiensis, IV/205. Bologna, 1972. 8º, c.40 pp. Line-cut of the 1795 edition. Basso continuo treatise. Laid paper. Wrappers. $24 [item no.3752]


VERACINI, Antonio, 1659-1733

[Sonatas, violin, violoncello/archlute, bc, op.3] Sonate da camera a due, a violino, violoncello o arcileuto, col basso per il cimbalo. Opera terza.

Huntingdon, n.d. Oblong, 4˚, 3 partbooks, 146 pp. Xerographic reprint of the Modena, 1696 edition. Wrappers. $30 [item no.8314]


VISÉE, Robert de, 17th c.

[Suites, melody instrument, bc] Trois suites de pièces pour dessus et basse (violon, flûte à bec ou traversière, hautbois . . . et clavecin, théorbe, viole de gambe . . .). Restitution de Jean-Claude Veilhan.

Archives de la Musique Ancienne. Paris, 1980. Oblong, 4º, 52, with 12 pp. Line-cut of the Paris, 1716 edition, together with a new practical edition. Wrappers. $46 [item no.2268]


VIVALDI, Antonio, 1678-1741

[Concerti, RV 540, 552, 558, & Sinfonia, RV 149] Concerti con molti istromenti. Faksimiledruck nach der Musikhandschrift 2389-0-4 der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek Dresden. Mit einem Nachwort von Karl Heller.

Leipzig, 1978. Oblong, 22 x 17 cm, 163, xi pp. Extremely clear halftone. Concerto RV 540 is scored for viola d’amore and lute, RV 552 for 4 violins, 558 for 2 violins and orchestra. Linen. $95 [item no.1761]


[Concerti, RV 540, 552, 558, & Sinfonia, RV 149] Concerti con molti istromenti. Manoscritto Dresden, Sächische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Landesbibliothek. Concerto in Do maggiore per 2 violini “in tromba marina”, 2 flauti [dritti], 2 mandolini, 2 chalumeaux, 2 tiorbe, violoncello, archi e basso continuo, RV 558; Concerto in La maggiore per violino principale. 3 violini in eco, archi e basso continuo, RV 552; Concerto in Re minore per viola d’amore, liuto, archi e basso continuo, RV 540; Sinfonia in Sol maggiore per archi e basso continuo, RV 149. A cura di Karl Heller.

Archivum Musicum: Vivaldiana, 5. Florence, 2007. Oblong, 30 x 24 cm, 38, 158 pp. Halftone of a copyist MS (being the work of 2 scribes) which offers an interesting glimpse into a multi-work “concert program” rather than a single work. Introduction in It-Ger. Wrappers, in decorative paper. $81 (more info... ) [item no.8994]


WALTHER, Johann Jakob, c.1650-1717

[Scherzi, violin, bc] Scherzi da violino solo con il basso continuo per l’organo ò cimbalo, accompagnabile anche con une viola ò leuto.

Musica Repartita, 58. Amsterdam, 1996. 4º, 49, iii pp. Line-cut of the Mainz, 1687 edition. Wrappers. $28 [item no.7250]


WEIGEL, Johann Christopf, 1661-1726

Musicalisches theatrum . . . auf welchem alle zu dieser edlen Kunst gehörige Instrummenta in anmuthigen Posituren lebhafft gezeiget. Faksimile-Nachdruck herausgegeben von Alfred Berner.

Documenta Musicologica, I/22. Kassel, 1/ 1961. 22 x 36 cm, 36, xii pp. Line-cut of the original copper engravings of musicians with their instruments. This facsimile brings together for the first time four separate groups of surviving single sheets from this publisher. Mattheson’s Das neu-eröffnete Orchestre (specifically the chapter “Von den musicalischen Instrumenten”) evidently served as a guide for its planning. The engravings date from c.1715-1725. Afterword in Ger-Eng-Fr. Coverboards and slipcase in decorative paper. $95 [item no.4622]


Musicalisches theatrum . . . auf welchem alle zu dieser edlen Kunst gehörige Instrummenta in anmuthigen Posituren lebhafft gezeiget. Faksimile-Nachdruck herausgegeben von Alfred Berner.

Documenta Musicologica, I/22. Kassel, 2/ 1964. 22 x 36 cm, 36, xii pp. Line-cut of the original copper engravings of musicians with their instruments. This facsimile brings together for the first time four separate groups of surviving single sheets from this publisher. $77 [item no.2861]


WEISS, Silvius Leopold, 1686-1750

Lautenmusik aus Schloß Rohrau. Werke von Silvius Leopold Weiss und anderen. Zwei Manuskripte für Barocklaute aus der Graf Harrach’schen Familiensammlung. Als Faksimile herausgegeben und kommentiert von Michael Freimuth, Frank Legl und Markus Lutz.

Frankfurt, 2010. Oblong, 4º, xlviii, 268 pp. The world-famous art collection of the Harrach family is preserved in their castle at Rohrau near Vienna. In 2004 the curator of the collection, count Arco-Zinneberg, came across 7 manuscripts (2 of them lute tablatures) preserved together with the art collection. Christoph Angerer and Michael Freimuth were called to evaluate the mss and soon realized the value of the find, particularly of the lute tablatures. The first volume mostly contains works by Sylvius Leopold Weiss, among them 11 suites of several movements that have been previously unknown, 1 complete lute duet in 4 movements, and the suite in A that has so far survived as solo music, but here it is in the form of a trio for violin, lute and bass. The title of the second volume, "Lautenmusik von unbekannten Componisten" (lute music by unknown composers) was obviously caused by the scribe’s ignorance of the music, since already as many as 4 suites could be ascribed to Weiss by concordances. Other suites in the collection are composed in a style that is quite similar to Weiss’ style as well. Quite unexpectedly, the volume also contains 4 pieces for lute in renaissance tuning, notated in Italian tablature. The present volumes, comprising 200 pages, bridge a gap in the group of sources of lute music by Weiss, complementing other Weiss manuscripts in London and Dresden, as they mainly contain pieces of his early creative period. The 2 manuscripts in Rohrau contain a total number of 167 movements for the lute, organized in 26 suite-like sequences. Without doubt, these volumes are of the highest significance both for active lute players and for scholars. $230 (more info... ) [item no.9171]


The Moscow “Weiss” Manuscript. M.I. Glinka State Central Museum of Musical Culture, MS 282/8, formerly at the P.I. Tchaikowsky State Conservatorium, MS 297. Transcribed and Edited by Tim Crawford. Facsimile and Transcription.

Monuments of the Lutenist Art, I. Columbus, 1995. 4º, xxxiii, 74, 130 pp. Halftone of a Weiss manusript copied in the 1760s that nicely supplements the major Weiss sources in London and Dresden. Contains an excellent selection of pieces (some with the occasional use of unusual inflections in minor keys) including many unica. Ring binding. $55 (more info... ) [item no.4625]


Music for the Lute. Ernst Gottlieb Baron & Sylvius Weiss. Introduction: Andreas Schlegel. [Koninklijke Bibl., Brussels, ms. II 4087, formerly private library of F.J. Fétis, 2912].

Facsimile Series, III/19. Peer, 1992. 23 x 33 cm, 10 fasc, 97 pp. Halftone of a c.1770 ms transmitting music in French lute tablature, for 12- to 13-course lute of the music of Ernst Gottlieb Baron and Sylvius Leopold Weiss. 10 fascicles with folder. $34 [item no.4194]


[Works, lute, complete] Sämtliche Werke für Laute. Band 1: Die Handschrift London, British Library Add. 30387. Faksimile der Tabulatur. Teil I. Herausgegeben von Douglas Alton Smith.

Leipzig, n.d. Oblong, 33 x 26 cm, xi, 155 pp. (authorized rpt. of the Leipzig, 1983 edition) Halftone of the ms (fols. 1-78). Contains Sonatas, Nos.1-16. Spiral bound. $144 [item no.9562]


[Works, lute, complete] Sämtliche Werke für Laute. Band 2: Die Handschrift London, British Library Add. 30387. Faksimile der Tabulatur. Teil II. Herausgegeben von Douglas Alton Smith.

Leipzig, 1988. Oblong, 33 x 26 cm, iv, 162, 20 pp. Halftone of the ms (fols. 78v-158). Contains Sonatas, No.17-28, & 32. Index & supplement. Linen. $199 (more info... ) [item no.4816]


[Works, lute, complete] Sämtliche Werke für Laute. Band 3: Die Handschrift London, British Library. Add. 30387. Übertragung. Teil I. Herausgegeben von Douglas Alton Smith.

Leipzig, 1985. Oblong, 33 x 26 cm, ix, 186 pp. Critical edition to above (Sonatas, Nos.1-16). Linen. $182 (more info... ) [item no.4817]


[Works, lute, complete] Sämtliche Werke für Laute. Band 4: Die Handschrift London, British Library. Add. 30387. Übertragung. Teil II. Herausgegeben von Douglas Alton Smith.

Leipzig, 1990. Oblong, 33 x 26 cm, 228 pp. Critical edition (part 2, Sonatas, No.17-28 & 32 plus an appendix of 8 works). Critical apparatus. Linen. $215 (more info... ) [item no.4818]


[Works, lute, complete] Sämtliche Werke für Laute. Band 7: Die Handschrift Dresden, Übertragung. Teil I. Herausgegeben von Tim Crawford / Complete Works for Lute. Volume 7. The Dresden Manuscript, Transcription of the Tablature, Part I. Edited by Tim Crawford.

Das Erbe Deutscher Musik, 13. Kassel, 2007. Oblong, 31 x 24 cm, xii, 234 pp. Critical edition of the first 3 volumes of Dresden, Sächische Landesbibliothek, Mus. 2841-V-1. Linen. $359 (more info... ) [item no.9182]


[Works, lute, complete] Sämtliche Werke für Laute. Band 8: Die Handschrift Dresden, Übertragung der Tabulatur. Teil II. Herausgegeben von Tim Crawford / Complete Works for Lute. Volume 8. The Dresden Manuscript, Transcription of the Tablature, Part II. Edited by Tim Crawford.

Das Erbe Deutscher Musik, 14. Kassel, 2007. Oblong, 31 x 24 cm, 292 pp. Critical edition of the second section (vols. 4-6) of Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Mus. 2841-V-1. Linen. $373 (more info... ) [item no.9183]


[Works, lute, complete] Sämtliche Werke für Laute. Band 9: Werke aus verstreuten Handschriften. Faksimile. Herausgegeben von Tim Crawford und Dieter Kirsch / Works from Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Facsimile. Edited by Tim Crawford and Dieter Kirsch.

Das Erbe Deutscher Musik, 15. Kassel, 2013. Oblong, 31 x 24 cm, viii, 567 pp. Halftone of the miscellaneous manuscripts. Linen. $818 (more info... ) [item no.9279]


[Works, lute, complete] Sämtliche Werke für Laute. Band 10: Werke aus verstreuten Handschriften. Übertragung. Herausgegeben von Tim Crawford und Dieter Kirsch / Works from Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Transcription. Edited by Tim Crawford and Dieter Kirsch.

Das Erbe Deutscher Musik, 16. Kassel, 2012. Oblong, 31 x 24 cm, 2 vols, xiv, 288; viii 316 pp. Critical edition in staff notation of the works from miscellaneous manuscripts. Linen. $878 (more info... ) [item no.9280]


[Works, lute, selections, Vienna Ms] 9 Pieces from the Vienna Ms (Austrian National Library) A-Wn S.M. 1078. Facsimile Edition.

Lübeck, 2016. Oblong, 30 x 28 cm, 21 pp. Line-cut of 9 pieces from Ms Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Wien Suppl. Mus. 1078: 1) Allemande, 2) Courante, 3) Bourré, 4) Sarabande, 5) Menuet, 6) Gigue, 7) Prélude, 8) Paisane, 9) Mad:la grondeuse, menuet. French tablature with baroque tuning. Wrappers. $20 [item no.9481]


COMPOSITE & MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES

Art du faiseur d’instruments de musique et lutherie extrait de l’Encyclopédie méthodique, Arts et métiers mécaniques.

Geneva, 1972. 8º, 240 pp. Line-cut of the Paris, 1785 edition. Historical and technical articles on musical instruments with 38 original plates. Wrappers. $61 [item no.3236]


The Balcarres Lute Book. Edited by Matthew Spring.

Glasgow, 2010. 25.4 x 35.6 cm, 2 vols, 412 pp. Copied out in Scotland at the close of the 17th c., the Balcarres Lute Book is the largest and most important post-1640 British source of lute music. It contains 252 compositions arranged for the eleven-course instrument, among them settings of native Scots airs and of English popular tunes, and French baroque lute music by mid- and later 17th-c. masters. Possibly compiled by or for Margaret Campbell, fourth wife of Colin Lindsay, third Earl of Balcarres, the manuscript has remained in the Lindsay family, being owned currently by Lord Balniel, son and heir to the present Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, who has deposited it in the National Library of Scotland. It is here published for the first time in a pair of volumes comprising a black-and-white facsimile and a transcription, along with an extended introduction, notes on related musical sources, and an informative critical commentary on each individual piece. Softbound, with slipcase. (more info... ) [item no.9211]


[“Barbe” Ms.] Manuscrit Barbe. Pièces de luth de différents auteurs en tablature française. Fac-similé du ms. de la Bibliothèque nationale, Paris, Rés. Vmd. ms. 7. ca. 1690. Introduction de Claude Chauvel.

Manuscrits, 8. Geneva, 1985. Oblong, 4º, 220 pp. Line-cut. Pieces by Boquet, Dubut, Dufaut, the Gallots, the Gautiers, Mézangeau, Mouton, Pinel, and Vincent. Introduction in Fr-Eng. Wrappers. [item no.1075]


Berliner Lautentabulaturen. Zwei Handschriften aus der Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts für Laute und Gitarre. Faksimileausgabe der Handschriften Mus. ms. 40600 (Staatsbibl. zu Berlin) und Mus. ms. 40626 (ehedem Preußische Staatsbibl. Berlin, jetzt Biblioteka Jagiellońska Kraków). Konkordanzen von François-Pierre Goy.

Schriften der Musikhochschule Würzburg, 4. Mainz, 1996. 23 x 30 cm, 19, 120 pp. Line-cut of two complementary 17th c. mss of French provenance, transmitting togther 130 pieces for solo lute or guitar. Composer’s include the Gaultiers, Dufaut, Pinel, Gallot, Dubut, Mesangeau, Dufresneau, & Mercure. Introduction in Ger-Eng. Wrappers. $56 [item no.7317]


[“Béthune” Ms.] Manuscrit Béthune. Tablature d’angélique (luth). (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Rés. 169). Introduction de François Lesure. Index.

Manuscrits, 10. Geneva, 1979. Oblong, 24 x 17 cm, v, 181, i pp. Line-cut of a c.1680 ms that transmits pieces for the “angélique”, a variety of the lute. Compositions by Béthune the Younger, Gumprecht, Strobel, Vignon, etc. Wrappers. $111 [item no.1076]


The Burwell Lute Tutor, with an Introductory Study by Robert Spencer.

Musical Sources, 3. Kilkenny, 1974. 21 x 32 cm, viii, 130 pp. Halftone. Tutor (in ms, c.1672) for the 11- or 13-course baroque lute. Pupil’s copy of a method written by an Englishman (perhaps John Rogers) who appears to have been himself a pupil of E. Gaultier. Includes 12 pieces by Gaultier and others. Wrappers. $89 [item no.4479]


Chamber Music for Lute, Viol and Wind Instruments. Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale, Ms. II 4089. Introduction: Greta Haenen.

Facsimile Series, III/11. Peer, 1991. 4º, 208 pp. Line-cut. Contains lute solos and chamber music for a variety of instruments (transverse flute, viola da gamba, oboe, violin, cello). Composers include Blohm, Lauffensteiner, Pichler, Bleditsch, Johann Michael, Kühnel, and others. Wrappers. [item no.3892]


The Chaplet, being a Collection of Twelve English Songs. [private collection John H. Burkhalter III].

Britannia’s Invitation: A Treasury of 18th Century English Vocal Music, 4. Hebden Bridge, 2007. 21 x 30 cm, 39 pp. Line-cut of the London, n.d. edition. 12 settings for voice and bc. Contents: “The Chaplet”; “A Plague”; “Life is Chequer’d”; “Ye Sons of the Platter”; “Phoebe the Rose”; “In vain the Force”; “Hence thou deceiver”; “The Flea”; “Sweet Annie”; “Jealous Amie”; “Fair Sally”; “Hob was come down”. Wrappers. $26 [item no.8919]


[Divisions, flute/recorder/violin, Greensleeves] Greensleeves to a Ground. Divisions for Flute (Recorder/Violin), with a Ground for Lute (Guitar/Keyboard), with the Violl da Gamba.

Munich, 1983. 4º, iv pp. Line-cut of the 17th-c. edition. Divisions for recorder, flute or violin, with a simple ground for lute, guitar or harpsichord. Wrappers. $9 [item no.3934]


[Dobney, Jayson Kerr] Guitar Heroes: Legendary Craftsmen from Italy to New York. Jayson Kerr Dobney.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Winter 2011. New York, 2011. 50 pp. Illustrated exhibition catalog with 70 color illustrations. Wrappers. $25 (more info... ) [item no.9227]


Gitarrentabular. Italien 17. Jh. [MS AN 63, Bischöfliche Bibliothek Regensberg].

Faksimile-Edition Laute, 14. Stuttgart, 2015. Oblong, 27 x 14 cm, 48 pp. Full-color reproduction a charming MS collection of 20 dance numbers for solo guitar in alfabeto notation. The title page contains the coat of arms of Domenico Romani who also might be the main scribe. The manuscript comes supposedly from the private library of Dominicus Mettenleiter. Decorative paper boards. $36 (more info... ) [item no.9438]


The Goëss Manuscripts. Music Manuscripts in Tablature from Ebenthal Castle, Klagenfurth, Carinthia, Austria. Music for Baroque Lute, Baroque Guitar, Theorbo, Viol. Index.

[Lübeck], 2000. Oblong, 29 x 21 cm, 106 pp. Index, with CD ROM of the entire contents of the Goëss Manuscripts, compiled by Douglas Alton Smith, Tim Crawford, François Pierre Goy, Claude Chauvel, David Ledbetter, & Gordon Dodd. Cloth. $70 [item no.7888]


[Harrach Ms.] Lautenmusik aus Schloß Rohrau. Werke von Silvius Leopold Weiss und anderen. Zwei Manuskripte für Barocklaute aus der Graf Harrach’schen Familiensammlung. Als Faksimile herausgegeben und kommentiert von Michael Freimuth, Frank Legl und Markus Lutz.

Frankfurt, 2010. Oblong, 4º, xlviii, 268 pp. The world-famous art collection of the Harrach family is preserved in their castle at Rohrau near Vienna. In 2004 the curator of the collection, count Arco-Zinneberg, came across 7 manuscripts (2 of them lute tablatures) preserved together with the art collection. Christoph Angerer and Michael Freimuth were called to evaluate the mss and soon realized the value of the find, particularly of the lute tablatures. The first volume mostly contains works by Sylvius Leopold Weiss, among them 11 suites of several movements that have been previously unknown, 1 complete lute duet in 4 movements, and the suite in A that has so far survived as solo music, but here it is in the form of a trio for violin, lute and bass. The title of the second volume, "Lautenmusik von unbekannten Componisten" (lute music by unknown composers) was obviously caused by the scribe’s ignorance of the music, since already as many as 4 suites could be ascribed to Weiss by concordances. Other suites in the collection are composed in a style that is quite similar to Weiss’ style as well. Quite unexpectedly, the volume also contains 4 pieces for lute in renaissance tuning, notated in Italian tablature. The present volumes, comprising 200 pages, bridge a gap in the group of sources of lute music by Weiss, complementing other Weiss manuscripts in London and Dresden, as they mainly contain pieces of his early creative period. The 2 manuscripts in Rohrau contain a total number of 167 movements for the lute, organized in 26 suite-like sequences. Without doubt, these volumes are of the highest significance both for active lute players and for scholars. $230 (more info... ) [item no.9171]


The Kalivoda Manuscript (c. 1715 – 1723). D-Fschneider Ms 33. Music for Baroque Lute and Mandora from Prague. Edited by Matthias O. Schneider [with contributions by Miloslav Študent, Mathias Rösel, Joachim Lüdtke, & Markus Lutz].

Frankfurt, 2015. Oblong, 19 x 10 cm, 132, 52. Full-color facsimile in the original size of Ms 33 from the private library of Matthias Schneider (Frankfurt/Main) with introductory texts and a critical commentary in Ger/Eng. Ms 33, a holograph manuscript by the lutenist Georg Adalbert Kalivoda, was probably written in Prague. It contains 35 pieces for 11-course lute (partly in Partie) and a suite in three movements for 6-course mandora. Much of the early history of this lute book remains unknown. In the 20th c. it passed through the hands of collectors and researchers among them Alfred Cortot, Robert Spencer and probably Paul Nettl, who also owned at least two other lute manuscripts, which are both in American libraries today. Cloth. $67 (more info... ) [item no.9441]


Lautentabulatur Italien um 1600. [Trento, Biblioteca Comunale].

Faksimile-Edition Laute, 15. Stuttgart, 2016. 27 x 36 cm, 45 pp. Halftone of Trento Ms. 1947 No.5 [RISM B VII, p.333-334] containing 57 pieces for lute and theorbo in French tablature. Decorative paper boards $41 (more info... ) [item no.9523]


Lutherie. Encyclopédie sciences et arts liberaux.

Bibliotheca Musica Bononiensis, II/101. Bologna, 1981. 25 x 35 cm, 46, with 34 illus pp. Line-cut of the Livorno, 1774 edition. Beautiful full-page illustrations of instruments. Cloth. [item no.4008]


[Methods, continuo, France, 1600-1800, parts 1-6] Basse Continue-France 1600-1800. Méthodes, études, ouvrages généraux. Six volumes réalisés par Jean Saint-Arroman.

Méthodes et Traités, I. Courlay, 2006. 4º, 6 vols, c.1185 pp. Line-cut, arranged chronologically, of 63 treatises on basso continuo practice by an anonymous writers, Bartolotti, Bovin, Buterne, Carre, Charpentier, Chaumont, Henry d’Anglebert, De la Barre, Delair, Feury, Marais, Nivers, Perrine/Saint-Lambert, F. Campion, T. Campion, Cheron, Clerambault, Couperin, Dandrieu, Delair, Leclair, Rameau, Dornel, Forqueray, Gervais, Goudat, Guillemain, Monnier, Monteclair, Pingre, Rameau, Serre de Rieux, Telemann, Travenol, Alembert, Blanville, Corrette, Dubugrarre/Geminiani, Laporte, Bethisy, Biferi, Clement, Dubreuil, Garnier, Gianotti, Gougelet, Labbet, Le Boeuf/Rameau, Roussier, Simon, Tapray, Bemetzrieder, Froestler, Gournay, Langle, Rodolphe, and Roussier. Wrappers. $423 [item no.8749]


[Methods, continuo, France, 1600-1800, part 1] Basse Continue-France 1600-1800. Méthodes, études, ouvrages généraux. Six volumes réalisés par Jean Saint-Arroman.

Méthodes et Traités, I. Courlay, 2006. 4º, c.240 pp. Line-cut of original articles or treatises on continuo practice from these sources: Fleury: Methode pour apprendre facilement - 1660; Bartolotti: Table pour apprendre facilement - 1669; Carré: Livre de Guitarre contenant plusieurs pièces - 1671; Perrine: Livre de musique pour le Lut - 1680; Anonymous: Petites regles generalles qui peuvent servir de methode - 1680; Nivers: Motets a voix seule - 1689; Henry d’Anglebert: Pièces de clavecin - 1689; Marais: Basse-continuës des pieçes a une et a deux violes - 1689; Anonymous: (traité abrégé d’accompagnement) - c. 1690; Anonymous: Règles pour l’accompagnement - 1690; Delair: Traité d’accompagnement pour le theorbe - 1690; Charpentier: Abrégé des règles de l’accompagnement - c. 1692; Chaumont: Pieçes d’orgue sur les 8 tons - 1695; Buterne: Petites regles pour l’accompagnement - 1700; Boyvin: 2. livre d’orgue - 1700; Anonymous: Traité d’accompagnement du clavecin - c. 1700; La Barre: 1. livre de pièces pour la flûte - 1702; Saint-Lambert: Nouveau traité de l’accompagnement - 1707. Wrappers. $93 [item no.8750]


[Methods, continuo, France, 1600-1800, part 2] Basse Continue-France 1600-1800. Méthodes, études, ouvrages généraux. Six volumes réalisés par Jean Saint-Arroman.

Méthodes et Traités, I. Courlay, 2006. 4º, c.220 pp. Line-cut of original articles or treatises on continuo practice from these sources: Couperin: Règles pour l’accompagnement - s.d.; Campion: Traité d’accompagnement et de composition - 1716; Clerambault: Règles d’accompagnement - 1716; Clerambault: Principes d’accompagnement - 1716; Dandrieu: Principes de l’accompagnement - 1719; Rameau: Traité de l’harmonie - 1722; Delair: Nouveau traité d’accompagnement - 1724; Leclair: 1. livre de sonates - 1723; Rameau: Nouveau système de musique théorique - 1726; Cheron: Sonates en trio - 1727; Campion: Lettre du sieur Campion a un philosophe - 1729; Campion: Addition au traité d’accompagnement - 1730. Wrappers. $85 [item no.8751]


[Methods, continuo, France, 1600-1800, part 3] Basse Continue-France 1600-1800. Méthodes, études, ouvrages généraux. Six volumes réalisés par Jean Saint-Arroman.

Méthodes et Traités, I. Courlay, 2006. 4º, c.230 pp. Line-cut of original articles or treatises on continuo practice from these sources: Pingre: Traité de l’harmonie - s.d.; Rameau: Observations sur la méthode d’accompagnement - 1730; Rameau: Plan abrégé d’une méthode nouvelle - 1730; Monteclair: Réponse du second Musicien au premier - 1729; Rameau: Réplique du premier Musicien à la réponse du second - 1730; Monteclair: Réponse du second Musicien au premier Musicien - 1730; Rameau: Réplique du premier Musicien à l’écrit du second - 1730; Rameau: Dissertation sur les différentes métodes - 1732; Gervais: Line-cut of original articles or treatises on continuo practice from these sources: Méthode pour l’accompagnement - 1733; Campion: 2. recueil d’airs - 1734; Serre de Rieux: Les dons des Enfans de Latone - 1734; Telemann: Nouveaux quatuors en six suites - 1738; Goudat: Principes de L'accompagnement - 1738; Travenol: 1. livre de sonates a violon seul - 1739; Guillemain: Six sonates en quatuors - 1743; Monnier le Cadet: L’art de toucher le clavecin dans son propre caractêre - c.1745; Dornel: le tour du clavier - 1745; Forqueray: Pièces de viole avec la basse continüe - 1747; Anonymous: (Méthode d’accompagnement) - s.d. Wrappers. $88 [item no.8752]


[Methods, continuo, France, 1600-1800, part 4] Basse Continue-France 1600-1800. Méthodes, études, ouvrages généraux. Six volumes réalisés par Jean Saint-Arroman.

Méthodes et Traités, I. Courlay, 2006. 4º, c.230 pp. Line-cut of original articles or treatises on continuo practice from these sources: D'Alembert: Elemens de musique - 1752; Blainville: Essay sur un troisième mode - 1751; Corrette: Le maître de clavecin - 1753; La Porte: Traité théorique et pratique - 1753; Geminiani: L’art de bien accompagner - 1754; Dubugrarre: Méthode plus courte et plus facile - 1754. Wrappers. $88 [item no.8753]


[Methods, continuo, France, 1600-1800, part 5] Basse Continue-France 1600-1800. Méthodes, études, ouvrages généraux. Six volumes réalisés par Jean Saint-Arroman.

Méthodes et Traités, I. Courlay, 2006. 4º, c.210 pp. Line-cut of original articles or treatises on continuo practice from these sources: Tapray: Abrège de l’accompagnement - 1755; Labbet & Leris: Sentiment d’un Harmoniphile - 1756; Clement: Essai sur l’accompagnement - 1758; Gianotti: Le guide du compositeur - 1759; Rameau: Code de musique pratique - 1760; Bethisy: Exposition de la théorie et de la pratique - 1764; Roussier: Traité des accords et de leur succession - 1764; Le Bœuf: Traité d’harmonie et règles d’accompagnement - 1766; Garnier: Nouvelle méthode pour l’accompagnement - 1767; Dubreuil: Manuel harmonique - 1767; Biferi: Traité de musique abrégé, divisé en trois parties - 1770; Simon: Théorie pratique d’accompagnement - s.d.; Gougelet: Méthode ou abrégé des règles - 1771. Wrappers. $80 [item no.8754]


[Methods, continuo, France, 1600-1800, part 6] Basse Continue-France 1600-1800. Méthodes, études, ouvrages généraux. Six volumes réalisés par Jean Saint-Arroman.

Méthodes et Traités, I. Courlay, 2006. 4º, c.255 pp. Line-cut of original articles or treatises on continuo practice from these sources: Roussier: L’harmonie pratique - 1775; Corrette: Prototipes contenant des leçons d’accompagnement - 1775; Anonymous: Abrégé des règles de composition - 1777; Bemetzrieder: Nouvelles leçons de clavecin ou instructions générales - 1782; Rodolphe: Théorie d’accompagnement - c.1785; Gournay: Lettre à M. l’abbé Roussier - 1785; Langle: Traité de la basse sous le chant - 1797; Froestler: Traité d’harmonie et de modulation - 1800; Anonymous: Principes de l’accompagnement - s.d.; Anonymous: Règles d’accompagnement - s.d. Wrappers. $98 [item no.8755]


[Methods, lute, France, 1500-1800, part 1] Luth. Méthodes - Dictionnaries et encyclopédies - Ouvrages généraux. [Deux volumes réalisés par Joël Dugot]. Volume 1: Bonaventure des Périers, Fine (1-2), Le Roy (1-2), Phalèse.

Méthodes et Traités, I. Courlay, 2004. 4º, 192 pp. Line-cut of 6 essays or treatises on the lute, organized chronologically from Bonaventure des Périers to Phalèse. Wrappers. $71 [item no.8465]


[Methods, lute, France, 1500-1800, part 2] Luth. Méthodes - Dictionnaries et encyclopédies - Ouvrages généraux. [Deux volumes réalisés par Joël Dugot]. Volume 2: Bésard (1-2-3), Encyclopédie méthodique, Garsault, Gaultier (D.), Gaultier (D. et E.), Laborde, Mersenne, Mouton, Perinne (1-2-3), Trichet, Vallet.

Méthodes et Traités, I. Courlay, 2004. 4º, 200 pp. Line-cut of 15 essays or treatises on the lute, organized chronologically from Bésard to Vallet. Wrappers. $75 [item no.8466]


[“Milleran” Ms.] The Milleran Lute Book.

Lübeck, 2014. 18 x 18 cm, 120 pp. Full-color facsimile of a ms copied c.1655, considered to be the finest from the French lute school. Compiled by René Milleran, grammarian and interpreter to Louis XIV, and former student of Ch. Mouton. Pieces by Bocquet, Gallot, Gaultier & Mouton. 11-course baroque lute. Reproduced 2 up per page with black background. Hardbound. $158 (more info... ) [item no.9395]


The Hender Robarts Lute Book. c.1654-68. [Ms. Lanhydrock House, Cornwall].

Musical Sources, 11. Aberystwyth, 1978. 22 x 33 cm, xx, 79 pp. Halftone of a ms discovered in 1973 at Lanhydrock, the Roberts family home in Cornwall. Solos for 11- to 13-course lute written out by Hender Robarts. The 65 pieces include 20 by E. Gaultier, 1 by Pinel and 3 by D. Gaultier. Wrappers. $56 [item no.4454]


[Rosani lute book] Sogenanntes Rosani Lautenbuch. Partiten und Konzerte für Barocklaute von Falkenhagen, Kropffgans, Hasse, Blohm u.a. Reproduktion in 90% der originalen Grösse nach dem Exemplar im Besitz der Stadt Leipzig Städtische Bibliotheken Musikbibliothek (Signatur III,11.64).

Lübeck, 2001. 21 x 30 cm, iii, 69 pp. Line-cut of a contemporary ms copy, in French tablature with beautiful calligraphy. Ring binder. $41 [item no.7886]


[”Rostock Lute Mss”, III] Die Lautenhandschriften der Universitätsbibliothek Rostock. Rostock III, Ms Mus Saec XVII-18-53,1 A.

Lübeck, 2015. 21 x 30 cm, 91 pp. 79 anonymous pieces and dances for 11-course lute, French tablature-baroque tuning. Softbound. $37 [item no.9466]


[”Rostock Lute Mss”, IV] Die Lautenhandschriften der Universitätsbibliothek Rostock. Rostock IV, Ms Mus Saec XVII-18-53,1 B.

Lübeck, 2015. 21 x 30 cm, 59 pp. 43 mostly anonymous pieces and dances for 11-course lute, French tablature-baroque tuning. Softbound. $37 [item no.9467]


Textes sur les instruments de musique au XVIIIe siècle.

Geneva, 1972. 8º, 242 pp. Line-cut of the Paris, 1756-1782 editions. Large number of little-known documents concerning musical instruments. Authors of booklets include P.-J. Roussier, M. de Laborde, Trouflaut, C. Moucherel, G. de Cryseul, & J.-B. Domenjoud. Hardbound. $71 [item no.3338]


[Thesaurus Musicus, book 1] Thesaurus Musicus: Being, a Collection of the Newest Songs Performed at Their Majesties Theatres. . . With a Thorow-Bass to Each Song, for the Harpsicord, Theorbo, or Bass-Viol. To Which is Annexed, a Collection of Aires, Composed for Two Flutes by Several Masters. The First Book. [Library of Congress, Washington, DC].

Performers’ Facsimiles, 145. New York, [1995]. 23 x 37 cm, ii, 41 pp. Line-cut of the London, 1693 edition. Pieces by Akeroyde, Barrett, Bannister, Courteville, Finger, Keen, King, Purcell, Staggins & Tollet. Wrappers. $20 [item no.7128]


[Thesaurus Musicus, book 2] Thesaurus Musicus: Being, a Collection of the Newest Songs Performed at Their Majesties Theatres. . . With a Thorow-Bass to Each Song, for the Harpsicord, Theorbo, or Bass-Viol. To Which is Annexed, a Collection of Airs, Composed for Two Flutes by Several Masters. The Second Book. [Library of Congress, Washington, DC].

Performers’ Facsimiles, 146. New York, [1995]. 23 x 37 cm, 43 pp. Line-cut of the London, 1694 edition. Pieces by Bannister, Bowman, Courteville, J. & S. Eccles, Finger, Hall, King, Pack, Paisible, Purcell, and others. Wrappers. $20 [item no.7193]


[Thesaurus Musicus, book 3] Thesaurus Musicus: Being, a Collection of the Newest Songs Performed at Their Majesties Theatres. . . With a Thorow-Bass to Each Song, for the Harpsicord, Theorbo, or Bass-Viol. To Which is Annexed, a Collection of Airs, Composed for Two Flutes by Several Masters. The Third Book. [Library of Congress, Washington, DC].

Performers’ Facsimiles, 147. New York, [1995]. 23 x 37 cm, 44 pp. Line-cut of the London, 1694 edition. Pieces by Courteville, D’Urfrey, Eccles, Finger, King, Pack, Pigott, Purcell, Turner, & anonymous composers. Wrappers. $20 [item no.7194]


[Thesaurus Musicus, book 4] Thesaurus Musicus: Being, a Collection of the Newest Songs Performed at Their Majesties Theatres. . . With a Thorow-Bass to Each Song, for the Harpsicord, Theorbo, or Bass-Viol. To Which is Annexed, a Collection of Airs, Composed for Two Flutes by Several Masters. The Fourth Book. [Library of Congress, Washington, DC].

Performers’ Facsimiles, 148. New York, [1995]. 23 x 37 cm, 36 pp. Line-cut of the London, [1695] edition. Songs by Courteville, Eccles, Finger, R. King, Pack, Pigott, Purcell, Turner and others. Wrappers. $20 [item no.7195]


[Thesaurus Musicus, book 5] Thesaurus Musicus: Being, a Collection of the Newest Songs Performed at Their Majesties Theatres. . . With a Thorow-Bass to Each Song, for the Harpsicord, Theorbo, or Bass-Viol. To Which is Annexed, a Collection of Airs, Composed for Two Flutes by Several Masters. The Fifth Book. [Library of Congress, Washington, DC].

Performers’ Facsimiles, 149. New York, [1995]. 23 x 37 cm, 38 pp. Line-cut of the London, [1695] edition. Songs by Bannister, Eccles, Finger, Franck, King, Paisible, D. & H. Purcell, R.W., & Williams. Wrappers. $20 [item no.7196]


[“Vaudry de Saizenay” Ms.] Manuscrit Vaudry de Saizenay. Tablature de luth et de théorbe de divers auteurs. 1699. (Bibliothèque municipale, Besançon, 279.152 et 279.153. Introduction de Claude Chauvel.

Manuscrits, 14. Geneva, 1980. Oblong, 31 x 23 cm, 581 pp. Line-cut of a ms named after its copyist, a pupil of Jacquessor and R. de Visée. Works by Dubut, Gallot, Gautier, Hémond, Pinel, Visée, etc. (out of print - included only for bibliographic reference) [item no.1078]


MODERN EDITIONS

Cadenze e passaggi diversi intavolati per tiorba dal manoscritto estense G 239 (sec. XVII) a cura di Tiziano Bagnnati.

Società Italiana del Liuto, 1. Bologna, 1995. 4º, x, 33 pp. Critical edition of an important ms that demonstrates ornamentation and cadential formulae for the tiorba. Wrappers. $30 [item no.6487]


[Chilesotti, Oscar] Danze del secolo XVI trascritte in notazione moderna [a cura di] Oscar Chilesotti.

Bibliotheca Musica Bononiensis, IV/22. Bologna, 2/ 1979. 8º, 66 pp. (Rpt. of Ricordi, c.1890 edition). Modern edition of 45 of the most popular dance numbers from the 16th c., including works from Caroso’s Nobiltà di dame and Negri’s Le gratie d’amore. Cloth. [item no.5368]


[Chilesotti, Oscar] Lautenspieler des XVI. Jahrhunderts. [Liutisti del cinquecento.] Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis des Ursprungs der modernen Tonkunst von Oscar Chilesotti.

Bibliotheca Musica Bononiensis, IV/31. Bologna, 2/ 1976. Oblong, 25 x 17 cm, xvii, 248 pp. (Rpt. of 1891 edition). Modern edition of 137 pieces for lute by Newsidler, Matelart, Gorzanis, Da Milano, Galilei, Barbetta, Fallamero, Terzi, Molinaro, Besard, and many others. Preface in Ital-Ger. Laid paper. Cloth. $98 [item no.5377]


[Chilesotti, Oscar] Musica del passato (da intavolature antiche).

Bibliotheca Musica Bononiensis, IV/29. Bologna, 1968. 17 x 25 cm, 28 pp. (Rpt. of Ricordi, c.1890 edition). Modern edition for keyboard of 14 lute intabulations from the 16th c., including works by Newsidler, Da Milano, Rossetto, Corbetta, Visée, Roncalli and Weiss. Hardbound. $21 [item no.5375]


Dieupart, Charles. Six suites pour clavecin. Publiées par Paul Brunold. Avec le fac-similé des parties originales du XVIIIe siècle pour violon ou flûte et basse chiffrée (viole ou archiluth). Révision par Kenneth Gilbert.

Monaco, 1990. 4º, 64, 2 partbooks: 32 pp. Newly revised critical edition of the original suites for harpsichord alone (Amsterdam, 1701), and line-cut facsimile of the optional Roger parts for violin or recorder and viol or archlute, mises en concert (Amsterdam, 1711). Wrappers. $69 [item no.5542]


50 Renaissance & Baroque Standards – English Version. With Variants, Examples & Advice for Playing & Improvising on Any Instrument.

Courlay, 2007. 21 x 30 cm, 144 pp. Here, brought together for the first time, are 50 renaissance and baroque ostinato basses, songs and dances upon which composers wrote variations over the course of decades or even centuries. These pieces circulated from country to country, from one publication or manuscript to another, and also served as a basis for improvisation by performing musicians of the time. Wrappers. $28 [item no.8893]


50 Standards, Renaissance & Baroque. Avec variantes examples & conseils pour jouer & improviser sur tout instruments.

Courlay, 2007. 21 x 30 cm, 144 pp. Same as above, but French version. $30 [item no.8899]


Frescobaldi, Girolamo. Partite di Girolamo Frescobaldi trascrizione in notazione moderna di Oscar Chilesotti.

Bibliotheca Musica Bononiensis, IV/27. Bologna, 1969. 8º, 45 pp. (Rpt. of Ricordi, c.1890 edition). Modern edition for keyboard of Frescobaldi’s Partite sopra l’aria della romanesca, Partite sopra la monicha, Partite sopra Ruggiero, and Partita sopra la follia. Hardbound. [item no.5373]


Gaultier, D. La rhétorique des dieux. Edited by David J. Buch

Recent Researches in the Music of the Baroque Era, LXII. Madison, 1990 23 x 30, xxi, 92 pp. Critical edition in modern score notation. Wrappers. $48 [item no.6658]


Lambert, Michel. Airs from Airs de différents autheurs. Edited by Robert A. Green.

Recent Researches in the Music of the Baroque, 139. Madison, 2005. 4º, xlvii, 151 pp. New critical edition in modern score notation of 121 airs, primarily from the anthology published by Ballard between 1658 and 1694. Wrappers. $95 [item no.6600]


Marcello, Benedetto. Arianna. [Intreccio scenico-musicale a cinque voci, 1727] a cura di Oscar Chilesotti.

Bibliotheca Musica Bononiensis, IV/25. Bologna, 1969. 18 x 25 cm, xv, 201 pp. (Rpt. of Ricordi, 1885 edition). Modern piano-vocal edition. Cloth. [item no.5371]


MONOGRAPHS

Bruni, Antonio Bartolomeo. Un inventaire sous la Terreur. Etat des instruments de musique relevé chez les émigrés et condamnés. Introduction, notices biographiques et notes par J. Gallay.

Geneva, 1984. 8º, 280 pp. Line-cut of the Paris, 1890 edition. Inventories harpsichords, fortepianos, violins, violas, flutes, guitars, harps, etc. seized from the homes of emigrants in an official report in 1794. Includes names of makers and sometimes the date of the instruments. Wrappers. $76 [item no.4247]


De clavicordio VII. The Clavichord and the Lute. Proceedings of the VII International Clavichord Symposium, Magnano, 7 - 10 September 2005. Edited by Bernard Brauchli, Alberto Galazzo, Judith Wardman.

Piemonte, 2006. 8º, 277 pp. Articles on all aspects of the clavichord by leading scholars, builders and performers; authors in this issue include: P. Bavington, L. Bemmann, B. Brauchli, G. Crowell, Chr. D’Alessandro, M. Erdman, E. Helenius, U. Henning, J. Heringman, Chr. Hogwood, A. Huber, D. Ledbetter, L. Libin, G. O'Brien, P. Padilla/J. L. Garcia, P. Simmonds, I. Wjuniski. Wrappers. $89 (more info... ) [item no.6617]


De Clavicordio X. Proceedings of the X International Clavichord Symposium Magnano, 6–10 September 2011 Edited by B. Brauchli, A. Galazzo, J. Wardman.

Piemonte, 2010. 8º, 284 pp. Articles on all aspects of the clavichord by leading scholars, builders and performers. This issue includes an article on the Swedish lute. Wrappers. $79 (more info... ) [item no.6946]


Grijp, Louis & Willem Mook. Proceedings of the International Lute Symposium, Utrecht 1986. Edited by Louis Grijp and Willem Mook.

Utrecht, 1988. 8º, 168 pp. Includes contributions by H.M. Brown, A.J. Ness, L. Nordstrom, L.P. Grijp, P. O’Dette, R. Spencer, R. Nurse, J. Dugot, M. Lowe, W. Mook, Anne & Anthony Bailes. Wrappers. $44 [item no.5676]


Gstrein, Rainer. Die Sarabande. Tanzgattung und musikalischer Topos.

Bibliotheca Musicologica Universität Innsbruck, 2. Lucca, 1997. 8º, 234 pp. Wrappers. $42 [item no.6234]


Guizzi, Febo. Gli strumenti della musica popolare in Italia.

Alia Musica, 8. Lucca, 2002. 8º, lviii, 502 pp. Invaluable survey of popular instruments in use in Italy, ranging from percussion, wind and plucked instruments to various noise makers. Numerous drawings and plates. Wrappers. $72 [item no.6431]


La lutherie lorraine et français depuis ses origines jusqa’à nos jours, d’après les archives locales.

Vie Musicale dans les Provinces Françaises, 5. Geneva, 1985. 17 x 24 cm, 387 pp. (Rpt. of Paris, 1912 edition). Largely original work based on research in the Mirecourt and Nancya archives. Illustrations of instruments, violin labels, maker’s marks, portraits, etc. Wrappers. $126 [item no.4257]


Mason, Kevin. The Chitarrone and Its Repertoire in Early Seventeenth-Century Italy.

Aberystwyth, 1989. 8º, 189 pp. Hardbound. [item no.5597]


Piccolellis, Giovanni de. Liutai antichi e moderni. Note critico-biografiche.

Bibliotheca Musica Bononiensis, III/22. Bologna, 3/ 1985. 18 x 25 cm, 239 pp with 24 illus. (Rpt. of Florence, 1885-86 edition). Cloth. $53 [item no.5142]


Regazzi, Roberto. The Complete Luthiers Library. A Useful International Critical Bibliography for the Maker and Connoisseur of Stringed and Plucked Instruments Collected and Compiled by Roberto Regazzi. With a Foreword by Charles Beare. Revision of the English Text by Jane Helen Johnson.

Bologna, 1990 8˚, xviii, 556 pp Limited edition of 600 copies. $225 [item no.6507]


Savart, Félix. Mémoire sur la construction des instruments à cordes et à archet. Lu à l’Académie des Sciences, le 31 mai 1819. Suivi du rapport qui en a été fait aux deux Académies des Sciences et des Beaux-Arts, par MM Haüy, Charles, de Prony, Cherubini, Catel, Berton, Le Sueur, Biot rapporteur.

Geneva, 1972. 8º, 128 pp. Line-cut of the Paris, 1819 edition. Wrappers. $40 [item no.3327]