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The combined catalogs of: Boethius/Severinus Press • Scolar Press (including works of The Lute Society) n.b. Titles without prices are out of print
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Wednesday, 2 August 2023
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ALISON, Richard, b.?-c.1609 The Psalmes of David in Meter 1599. Edited by Ian Harwood. [British Library, K.7.f.10]. English Lute Songs, 1597-1632: A Collection of Facsimile Reprints, 1. London, 2/ 1980. 26 x 37 cm, iii, 152 pp. Line-cut. A much admired collection of pieces a4, mainly for voice and lute, but with alternative methods of performance possible. Notated in French lute tablature, cittern tablature and mensural notation and printed in table book format. Wrappers. $82 [item no.2987]
ATTEY, John, b.?-c.1640 [Ayres, a4, voices/voice + lute, book 1] The First Book of Ayres 1622. Edited by David Greer. [British Library, K.7.f.10]. English Lute Songs, 1597-1632: A Collection of Facsimile Reprints, 2. London, 2/ 1980. 26 x 37 cm, iii, 31 pp. Halftone. 14 songs in four parts which may be sung as solos with lute accompaniment (in Italian tablature) or as partsongs by four voices. Wrappers. $37 [item no.2988]
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| BARTLET, John, 16-17th c. A Book of Ayres 1606. Edited by David Greer. [British Library, K.7.f.10]. English Lute Songs, 1597-1632: A Collection of Facsimile Reprints, 3. London, 2/ 1980. 26 x 37 cm, iii, 48 pp. Halftone. 14 songs, in staff notation with lute accompaniment in French tablature, of which the most notable are “Go wailing verse”, and “I heard of late that love was fallen asleep”. Wrappers. $42 [item no.2989]
BATHE, William, 1564-1614 A Briefe Introduction to the Skill of Song, c.1587. Introduced by Bernarr Rainbow. Classic Texts in Music Education, 3. Kilkenny, 1982. 13 x 19 cm, xviii, 49 pp. Line-cut of the c.1587 revised edition of the now lost 1584 work considered to be the first musical text book to appear in the English language. Bathe abandons the Gamut in favor of his own seven-note sol-fa system. Hardbound. [item no.2718]
BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 [Quartet, strings, op.59, no.1, F major] String Quartet Opus 59 No.1 (First “Razumovsky” Quartet, in F Major). Introduction by Alan Tyson. [Ms. Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin].
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Music Manuscripts in Facsimile, 1. London, 1980. Oblong, 35 x 26 cm, vi, 93 pp. Beautiful 4-color halftone. Hardbound with linen spine. [item no.145]