Guide Musical, Signed (5 results)

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good(+). xiv + 547 pages. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. Oxford: Blackwell Reference, (1990). Near fine in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Inscribed by the author on the dedication page.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Mercadoocasio, Harvey (illustrator). Inscribed "For Lenard, I hope this is useful for Sunasia. Robert Cutietta." Endpapers slight stain, dj creased inside fold. A complete roadmap is presented for developing a child's musical abilities, from birth through high school. 27 line illustrations. Inscribed and Signed By Author.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Inscribed by author. Inscribed by Author.

First Edition ~1st Printing Hardcover SIGNED and inscribed on half-title page by author, near fine in vg jacket, in fresh mylar cover; a few small tears to jacket edges else a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket.

Frederick Nicholls music teacher, composer and poet was active especially between the two wars, was noted for his songs to quality lyrics, like Tears, Idle Tears, Elaine's Song, As Through the Land, Thy Voice is Heard, Blow, Bugle Blow, Eldorado and especially popular, the five songs from A Child's Garden of Verses; but he published instrumental miniatures as well like the Two Short Pieces (Meadow Dance and Dancing Midges) of 1938 for piano solo. This extensive collection of hand written music manuscripts and books, including a one volume preparation for a book about WW1. Also, signed, amicable copyright fee correspondence from various poets. In one set of two SIGNED letters from Harold E. Goad dated May 1922, the poet goes into detail about how he wants to change certain lines of his 'Spring's Sacrifice' poem as it had been published in 'The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse' in its 'not quite finished form'. He then goes on to write which alterations he wishes to be made and asks Frederick Nicholls to make these changes as used in his musical version. His request didn't quite make it to Oxford -the poem still being displayed in its 'initial' form. SIGNED letter from poet Elsa Barker and Duffield & Company [her publishers] giving permission to Fred to set music to her sonnet 'The Mystic Rose'. Schumann: The Mayfair Biographies Series Signed by Frederick Nicholls plus hand written notes and observations. SIGNED card from Eva Gore-Booth giving permission to Fred to set to music her work 'The Waves of Breffny'. Other cards and publisher's correspondence from John Lane, Chapman and Hall, Walter Scott Publishing. Ten 9'' x 7'' exercise books: Orange Blossom 110 pp; A Voice in the Night 36 pp; The Human Revolt and Kindred Essays 120 pp [damp stain along the bottom edge]; Harmony approximately 60 pp; The Art of Counter Melody 93 pp; Imaginative Technique in Musical Composition 182 pp; A Book of Favourite Quotations (1917 - 1945) 80 pp; A Guide to Harmonisation (Part 2) pp 73 141Thistledown 100 pp; A Record of the Lessons (Pianoforte and Musical Appreciation) 200 pp. Member of the P.B.F.A. MUSIC [Classical].