B0733. (TCHAIKOWSKY) Richard D. Sylvester. Tchaikovsky’s Complete Songs . Indiana University Press, 2002. 349pp. Indices; Bibliography; Singers and recordings; Photo; DJ. Title-page inscribed & autographed by the author. - 9780253340412

B0736. (de LUCIA) MICHAEL E. HENSTOCK. Fernando de Lucia, Son of Naples. Portland, OR, Amadeus, 1990. 526pp. Index; Chronology; Definitive Henstock Discography; 32 pages of Photos; DJ. (Now out-of-print) Excellent, very sl. used copy.

B0731. (NASH) Eleanor Allen. Heddle Nash, Singing Against the Tide. UK, Jubilee House Press, 2010. 264pp.; Index; Bibliography; Numerous Photos. (Pictorial thick paper covers) - 9780956599605

B0730. (DAME EVA TURNER) Linda Esther Gray. Dame Eva Turner, ‘A Life on the High Cs’. Accompanied by CD of recordings by Turner, Schumann, Schöne, Leider, Widdop, Kipnis, Muzio, Stignani, Schipa, Gigli, Pertile, Lauri-Volpi & Martinelli – recorded 1927-46. Transfers by Norman White. England, Green Oak Publishing, 2011. 400pp. Index; Chronology; Numerous Photos; DJ. - 9780955550522

B0065. Seventy Years of Issues – Historical Vocal 78rpm Pressings from Original Masters, 1931 – 2001 [includes IRCC, HRS, AF, AGS, ABH, HMV Archive, Victor Heritage, Rubini (Phonotypes), Deutsche Grammofon, Odeon, Symposium (Phonotypes) & Historic Masters], Tom Peel & John Stratton, Eds. Toronto, Dundurn Press, 2001. 128pp., plus 16 additional pages of Color Photos; Index; DJ. Invalulable reference source. - 9781550023527

B0285. Nordic Voices. Richard T. Soper. Nordic Voices, The Legacy of Great Scandinavian Singers. Manchester Center, VT, Shires Press, 2010. 354pp. Bibliography; Photos; Numerous Biographies, also featuring exact dates of first performances of the singers’ roles (in Scandinavia as well as all other major houses in the world!); Lists of Performances & Principal Roles; Chapters on famous non-Scandinavian singers whose careers were launched in Scandinavia; Exhaustively researched, Elaborate & Handsome Edition. (Pictorial thick paper covers) - 9781605710754

B0018. Belgian Opera Houses and Singers. Richard T. Soper. Belgian Opera Houses and Singers. Spartanburg, SC, The Reprint Company, 1999. 526pp. Index; Bibliography; Numerous Photos; Illus.; Numerous Biographies, also featuring exact dates of first performances of the singers’ roles (in Belgium as well as all other major houses in the world!); Lists of Performances & Principal Roles; Chapters on famous non-Belgian singers whose careers were launched in Belgium; Exhaustively researched, Elaborate & Handsome Edition; DJ. Final copies, now reduced!

B0143. The Record Collector Index, Volumes 1 – 52 (1946 – 2007). Michael E. Henstock, Ed. Cambridge University Press, The Record Collector, 2008. 194pp. Numerous categories include Main alphabetical listing of performers, Numerous Vocal Discographies, Society issues, Opera discographies, Record reviews, Obituaries, etc., etc. Invaluable reference source. Hard-bound, with a stitched spine and covered in a plush red buckram, the title is embossed in gold foil on the front cover and on the spine. Extremely limited edition, final remaining copies!

B0147. Fonotipia Recordings, A Centenial Survey. Michael E. Henstock, Ed. Cambridge University Press, 2004. 707pp, with an additional 37pp. of invaluable preface. Numerous categories include Listing by matrix number, Index by artist, Index by issue number, Index of matrices with no traceable issue number; Bibliography; Glossary. Invaluable reference source. Hard-bound, with a stitched spine; DJ. Edition Limited to 200 Copies. Now out-of-print; Final copy!

B0117. The Victor Red Seal Discography, Vol. II - (Double-Sided Series, to 1930), by John R. Bolig. Denver, CO, Mainspring Press, 2006. 604pp. Indices; Bibliography; Exhaustive Discography. Includes issues from imported masters that do not appear in previous Victor discographies. Data include ‘master’ and ‘take’ numbers; recording dates; release dates and duration in catalogues; credited and uncredited accompanists; export, club, and cancelled issues; dubbings and reissues in 78 format; and other fine discographic detail (e.g. foreign issue numbers, private issue numbers, etc.). Conveniently arranged by catalogue number, with artist and title indices, and records released as Sets in Album. - 9780977273553

B0080. The Victor Red Seal Discography, Vol. I - (Single-Sided Series, 1903-25), by John R. Bolig. Denver, CO, Mainspring Press, 2004. 448pp. Indices; Bibliography; Exhaustive Discography; Photos of labels & artists. Includes issues from imported masters that do not appear in previous Victor discographies. Data include ‘master’ and ‘take’ numbers; recording dates; release dates and duration in catalogues; credited and uncredited accompanists; export, club, and cancelled issues; couplings, dubbings, and reissues in 78 format; and other fine discographic detail (e.g. double-sided issue numbers, foreign issue numbers, private issue numbers, etc.). Conveniently arranged by catalogue number, with artist, title, and coupling indices. - 0-9671819-8-4

B0105. The Victor Green, Blue and Purple Labels Discography - (1909-1927), by John R. Bolig. Denver, CO, Mainspring Press, 2006. 268pp. Indices; Bibliography; Exhaustive Discography; Photos of labels & artists. Data for all green-label, blue-label and purple-label records, including cancelled issues, export releases, and pressings from imported masters. Complete discographic detail from the Victor and Gramophone Company files and catalogs, carefully checked against the original records. Recording dates and locations; release dates and duration in catalog; master and ‘take’ numbers; corresponding couplings, reissues, and foreign releases; accompanists and conductors, and more. Organization by catalog number, with an introductory history, plus artist and title indices. - 9780977273522

B0284. The Victor Black Label Discography, Vol. III: 20000 – 21000, (1926-29), by John R. Bolig. Denver, CO, Mainspring Press, 2010. 391pp. Full discographic details from the original Victor Talking Machine Company and Gramophone Company files, and the original catalogs and discs; Recording dates and locations, including details of imported matrices; Matrix and take numbers; Catalog numbers for all corresponding U.S. and foreign 78 issues; Details of alternate versions and cancelled numbers; Accompanists, conductors, pseudonyms, and group personnel as listed in the original files; Artist and title indices; Historical introduction with numerous illustrations & photos.

B0130. The Victor Black Label Discography, Vol. II:  18000 – 19000, (1908-26), by John R. Bolig.  Denver, CO,  Mainspring Press, 2008.  436pp.  Full discographic details from the original Victor Talking Machine Company and Gramophone Company files, and the original catalogs and discs;  Recording dates and locations, including details of imported matrices;  Matrix and take numbers;  Catalog numbers for all corresponding U.S. and foreign 78 issues;  Details of alternate versions and cancelled numbers;  Accompanists, conductors, pseudonyms, and group personnel as listed in the original files;  Artist and title indices;  Historical introduction with 24 illustrations. - 978-0-9772735-9-1

B0129. The Victor Black Label Discography, Vol. I:  16000 – 17000, (1903-16), by John R. Bolig.  Denver, CO,  Mainspring Press, 2007.  472pp.  Full discographic details from the original Victor Talking Machine Company and Gramophone Company files, correlated with the original records, catalogs, and supplements;  Recording dates and locations, and details of dubbed (S/8) and imported matrices;  Matrix and take numbers;  Catalog numbers for all corresponding U.S. and foreign issues in 78 format;  Details of alternate issues, canceled numbers, and couplings from single-sided releases;  Accompanists, conductors, pseudonyms, and group personnel exactly as listed in the original files;  Artist and title indices;  Historical introduction with 24 illustrations. - 978-0-9772735-7-7

B0179. Edison Blue Amberol Cylinders - U.S., Special, and Foreign Issues (1912 – 1929), by Allan Sutton. Denver, CO, Mainspring Press, 2009. 416pp. Features include listings for all American Concert and Grand Opera, Blue and Royal Purple Amberols. This new deluxe hardcover edition is a fully revised and greatly expanded edition of the ARSC Award-winning 'Edison Blue Amberol Records'. New features include listings of the complete foreign-series releases; an expanded listing of private and special-use issues; and a substantial amount of newly added information from the original Edison files and Edison National Historic Site inventory data. - 978-0-9825595-0-5

B0082. Columbia Record - Recording and Release Dates, 1896 – 1934, by Allan Sutton. Denver, CO, Mainspring Press, 2004. 87pp. Based on Columbia’s matrix files, catalogues, and bulletins, these highly detailed charts allow accurate month-by-month dating of all commercial domestic Columbia discs and cylinders recorded from 1896 until the company’s acquisition in 1934. (softbound) Newly Published. - 967181976

B0288. The Vocalion Discography, 14000 Series, by Allan Sutton. Denver, CO, Mainspring Press, 2010. Covering Vocalion's complete 14000 series of 1920–1925 — a diverse catalog that included many jazz, blues, country, and ethnic releases in addition to the popular songs and dance-band numbers of the day. Details include composer and show credits; accompanists and band vocalists; artist aliases; medley contents; matrix numbers; official release dates; recording locations; an examination of verifiable vs. speculative recording dates, with a listing of speculative dates that have appeared in other works; and data on the numerous corresponding 78-rpm U.S. and foreign releases. This fully searchable CD also includes an illustrated introduction covering the history of the Vocalion label through its takeover by Brunswick-Balke-Collender in 1925. This Windows CD-ROM will run on all Windows PCs, as well as Mac OS-X computers, or on other Macs equipped with CD drives capable of reading PC-formatted discs. Auto-start is disabled for Mac; the file can be opened directly from the desktop or directory.

B0276. A Phonograph in Every Home - The Evolution of the American Recording Industry, 1900-19, by Allan Sutton. Denver, CO, Mainspring Press, 2010. 327pp. Index; Profusely illus.; Numerous Photos (softbound)

B0137. Recording the ‘Twenties – The Evolution of the American Recording Industry, 1920-29, by Allan Sutton. Denver, CO, Mainspring Press, 2008. 346pp. Indices; A Directory of 1920s Record Manufacturers; illus; Photos (softbound) - 9780977273546

B0123 The American STAGE PERFORMERS Discography, Vol. I (1891 – 1932), Actors, Vaudevillians, and Musical Comedy Stars, by Allan Sutton. Denver, CO, Mainspring Press, 2007. 430pp. Detailed bio-discographies of more than 460 stars, from legitimate theater to vaudeville and burlesque. Covers over 10,000 cylinders, 78s, radio transcriptions, and synchronized soundtrack discs. Indices.

B0134. The Plaza-Arc Discography, Vol. I  (1922 – 1931), U.S. Issues, Mxs. 5001-11082, by Billie W. Thomas & Allan Sutton.  Denver, CO,  Mainspring Press, 2006.  600pp.  Discographic data for Plaza–ARC matrices 5001–11082 (recorded 1922 through 1931), including renumbered outside matrices and control-number-only issues;  Details of more than 22,000 U.S. issues, including non-Plaza/ARC pressings from Plaza/ARC masters. (Foreign issues will be covered in a later volume.);  Convenient new format, with each issue detailed on its own line;  Recording dates and locations, remake sessions, release dates, take numbers, accompanists and band vocalists, artist aliases, control and outside master numbers, composer credits, and other fine detail;  Extensive annotation of discrepancies and errors found in previously published works;  Illustrated introductory history of the labels and companies;  Artist, title, accompanist & vocalist, control number, and outside mx. number indexes.

B0108. Discography of Judaica Recordings, An annotated 78rpm discography of all sound documents relating to Jewish life in Germany, or in German language, or recorded in Germany, covering Jewish life, humour, music and religion, Zionism, anti-Semitism, and the Holocaust.  Rainer E. Lotz.   Contents incl. Jacques Aalbach; Edgar Alexander; Israel Alter; Arnold Altschul; Max Amann; Victor Ansilewitsch; Gheorghé Antonescu; M. Apeloig; Franz Arnold; Felix Asch; Awchimenko; Baca; Oberkantor Baer; Hellmut Baerwald; Israel Bakon; Barnabas Bakos; Alexander Barjansky; Paul Baschonikow; Josef Basser; Jakob Bauer; Josef Bauer; Erhard Bauschke; Schabsi Belitzki; A. Belsacki; Kurt & Sally Bendix; Armin Berg; Häftlinge Bergen-Belsen; Julius Berger; Simon Berkowitz; Meyer Berlin; Synagogen-Quartett Berliner; Bernier; Lew Bernstein; Boas Bischofswerder; Rudolf Bockelmann; Ernst Wilhelm Bohle; Michael Bohnen; Josef Borin; Josef Bornstein; Jiriss Boruch; Hans Bottermund; Philip Bouhler; Georges Boulanger; Abraham Braun; Rudolf Breitscheid; Max Brod; Julius Brodnitz; Brosins; Ewald Brückner; Budenko; Josef Bürckel; Karl Cerff; Selmar Cerini; Zwi.Perez Chajes; Charlie 6 his Orchestra; Chor der Hitler-Jugend; Chor der Lützow-Synagoge Berlin; Chor der Neuen Synagoge Berlin; Chor der Synagoge Rykestrasse Berlin; Chor der Synagoge Lindenstrasse Berlin; Chor des Kaiserin Elisabethtempels Wien; George Cuza; Béla Dajos; Gunter d’Alquen; Walther Darré; Dolfi Dauber; Magnus Davidsohn; Emil Delley; Albert Derichsweiler; Erich Deutsch-Haupt; Otto Dietrich; Wolfgang Diewerge; Israel Dimant; Otto Dobrindt; Horst Dreßler-Andreß; Emil Dworzan; Kurt Eggers; Max Ehrlich; August Eigruber; Schmuel Einoch; Heinrich Eisenbach; Gärch Eisenstark; Franz Engel; Hermann Esser; Bernard Ette; Israel Feller; Emanuel Feuermann; Scholom Finn; Hermann Fleischmann; Morduch Fleitmann; Carl Flesch; Arnold Földesy; Hans Frank; Walter Frank; Bernhard Fränkel; Hans Fritsche; Don Fuchs; Johannes Fuhsel; Ferenc Futurista; Max Geiger; Gemischter Chor; Heinrich George; Paul Gerschel; Isaak Gerschmann; Dora Gerson; Janek Gid; Heinrich Glasmeier; Paul Godwin; Joseph Goebbels; Joseph Goland; Sarah Goldstein; Liepe Meyer Goldwasser; Leo Gollanin; Ferris Gondosch; Fabian Gonski; Moris Gordon; Patrick Gordon Walker; Hermann Göring; Wini Grabitz; Arthur Greiser; Josef Grohé; Oberkantor Grosz; Heinrich Grünfeld; Charlotte Grunow; Arnold Grusmann; Carl Guttentag; Leopold Gutterer; Béla Guttmann; Julius Guttmann; Max Hansen; Harmonie-Orchester; Schlomo Hartenberg; Abraham Harzfeld; Annemarie Hase; Leonhard Haskel; Alfred Hauck; Herrmanns; Anton Herrnfeld; Rudolf Hess; Reinhardt Heydrich; Heinrich Himmler; Adolf Hitler; Ludwig Holländer; Gerhard Hüsch; Instrumental-Trio; Iwan Iwanoff; Wladimir Jabotinsky; Lin Jaldati; Lessef Jidowski; Hanns John; Hans Johst; Jokatschew; Gruppe Jüdische; August Junkermann; Jürgensen; Eller Kagan; Lilla Kalman; Hans Kandl; Kaneff; Morris Katzin; Josef Kaufmann; Karl Kaufmann; Channa Kipnis; Elias Klein; Samuel Klibansky; Marion Koegel; Leo Kopf; Ignatz Körner; Moses Kostylewski; Alajos Kovacs; Simon Kowaljow; Rudolf Kratina; Josephine Kraus; Salomo Kreutstein; Kriegsgefangene; Franz Krüger-Nystedt; Karl Kubala; Hans Kummerfeldt; Salomon Kupfer; Max Kuttner; Sawel Kwartin; René Lambrichts; Anita Lasker; Pinkas Lawender; Friedrich Lechner; Johann Lehrs; Hermann Leopoldi; Hans Lesser; R. Levinsohn-Kaplan; Manfred Lewandowsky; Wolf Lewi-Leoni; J. Lewinsky; Robert Ley; Joseph Lichtenstein; Ola Lilith; Paula Lindberg; Willi Linde; Gerson Linhardt; Opernsänger Lipiner; Berl Locker; Juan Luria; Viktor Lutze; Thomas Mann; Jakow Abraham Mansdorf; Greta Markstein; Matyas Matyas; Abraham Melamet; Alter Melitzer; Israel Melitzer; Felix Robert Mendelsohn; Richard Merker; Berta Michailowa; Engelbert Milde; Costas Milona; Ludwig Misch; Joseph Modl; Paul Morgan; Esther & Jacob Moschkowitz; Hans Moser; Tino Muff; Anita Müller; Werner Naumann; Carl Nebe; Karl Neumann; Nizenko; Irene Noiret; Odeon-Tanz-Orchester; Paul O’Montis; Owtscharoff; Ali Pascin; Dr. Paul; Harry Payer; Moritz Perlmann; Sigmund Petruschka; Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv; Wien Phonogramm-Archiv; Gregor Piatigorski; Alberto Meir Pinkas; Salomo Pinkasovicz; Robert Pollak von Rudin; Willy Prager; Puce; Quartett der Synagoge Hannover ; Vidkum Quisling; H. Rabinowicz; Fritz Reinhardt; Hermann Reischle; Otto Reutter; Joachim von Ribbentrop; Charles Richardson; Arnon Rojanski; Soma Rona; Max Rosen; Willy Rosen; Alfred Rosenberg; E. Rosenberg; Josef Rosenblatt; Leo Rosenblüth; Joseph Rosenstock; Janot Susja Roskin; Pinchas Rotenberg; Mordechai Roth; Jacques Rotter; Anna Royak; Salmon Rubaschow; Grigorij Rubin; Arthur Ruppin; Russisch-Jüdisches Orchester; Bernhard Rust; SA-Chor Sturm 33; Maxim Sakaschansky; Rudolf Sandner; Fritz Sauckel; Efim Schachmeister; Karl Scharping; Hermann Schey; Valentin Schindler; August Schirmer; Peter Schischkoff; Oscar Schmerz; Fritz Schmidt; Joseph Schmidt; Berthold Schmiedt; S. Schmuckler; Gustav Schönwald; Mayer Schorr; Akiba Schreiber; Michael Schugalte; Joseph Schwarz; Josef Schwarzmer-Lengyel; Werner Seelig-Bass; David Seidermann; Mosche Seidermann; Josma Selim; Arthur Seyß-Inquart; Alexander Sirota; Leo Slezak; Frantisek Smolik; Nahum Sokolow; Max Solay; Harry Solloway; Juan Spiwak; Tossy Spiwakowsky; Benjamin Spott; Jakob Sprenger; Ewel Stegmann; Leo Stein; Adolf Steiner; Géza Steinhardt; Salomon Stramer; Gregor Strasser; Willi Strehl; Julius Streicher; Oskar Davydovich Strock; Berta Swertlin; Synagogen-Chor; Felix Sztal; Tatarisch-Russisch-Ukrainischer Chor; Rudolf Thiele; Guido Thielscher; Otto Thierack; Tichoff; Ernst Tobias; Vladimir Toms; Sigismund Torday; Lanner-Ensemble. Trocadero; Berta Türk; Toni Türk; Tytarenko; Robert van Genechten; Synagogen-Chor Vereinigter; Jan Visser; Fritz Wächtler; Adolf Wagner; Gerhard Wagner; Richard Waldemar; Alfred Walters; Marek Weber; Hermann Weinberg; Moritz Weinberg; Pepi Weinberg; Salcia Weinberg; Wilhelm Weinberg; Wolf Weintraub; Aron Weiss; Ferdl Weiss; Andreas Weissgerber; Adolf Weitz; Herz Wercberger; Wiener jüdische Sängerknaben; Wolf Wilder; Nathan Wilkomirski; Chemia Winawer; Aron Wirkil; Lazar Wischniok; Petrescu Woiku; Gebrüder Wolf; William Wolf; Abraham Ziegel; Hans Severus Ziegler; Arein Zipin; Meta Zlotnicka-Perleberg; Frida Zwiebel-Goldstein. Bonn, Birgit Lotz Verlag, 2006. 592pp. Hardbound. (in German). Artist index; Brief biographies; Monumental Volume. Edition Limited to 150 copies! - 9783981024821

B0087. Discographie der Deutschen Gesangaufnahmen, Rainer E. Lotz, Axel Weggen, Oliver Wurl & Christian Zwarg, Eds., Volume 4, incl. Discographies of Lina Abarbanell, Martin Abendroth, Reinhold Batz, Stefan Belina-Slupiewski, Jacques Bilk, Hermine Bosetti, Carl Braun, Franz Burkraf [Frantíšek Purkrábek], Dela Dell, Emil Delley, Erna Denera, Marie Dietrich, Arturo di Giorgio, Emil Dobos [Emil Delley], Jaro Dworsky, Elise Elizza, Marie von Ernst, Marie Escher , Hedwig Fichtmüller, Alfred Firus, Karl Friedrich, Egon Fuchs, Eugen Fuchs, Fritz Gabsch, Carlotta Gambiati [Marie Dietrich], Blanca Geiger, Fernando Gerini [Karl Jörn], Alexandra Andrejewna Gwodetzkaya, Hans Hasten [Hans Horsten], Alexander Haydter, Thea Herberger-Hosch, Martin Heyde-Scarlotti, Margarethe Heyne-Franke, Max Hirzel, Theodor Hofer, Carl Holy, Hermann Horner, Hans Horsten, Maria Ivogün, Rudolf Jäger, Else Jörn, Karl Jörn, Helene Jung, Josef Kalenberg, Elisabeth Kandt, Alfred Kase, Hermine Kittel, Margarete König, Paul Kötter, Jessyca Köttrick, Cida Lau, Tiana Lemnitz, Robert Leonhardt, Hubert Leuer, Julius Lieban, Helene Lieban-Globig, Elise Limlay [Elise Elizza], Thea Linhard-Böhm, Otto Marak, Jan Mergelkamp, Mattia Morro, Klara Musil, Carl Norbert, Karl Ottemar, Tino Pattiera, Alfred Paulus, Kipras Petrauskas, Franz Petter, Sigismund Pilinski, Frantíšek Purkrábek, Petár Raitscheff, Fausto Ricci, Enrico Rigattieri, Carl Rittmann, Gertrud Runge, Sabbi Favretto Sabbeff, Salvatore Salvati, Ida von Scheele-Müller, Richard Schubert, Johannes Sembach, Johannes Semfke [Johannes Sembach], Philla Siegmann-Wolff, Kurt Sommer, Walter Soomer, Herbert Stock, Björn Talén, Heinrich Tiemer, Anton Maria Topitz, Fanchette Verhunk, Charlotte Viereck-Kimpel, Adolf Wallnöfer, Minna Weidele, Friedrich Weidemann, Fritz Weidemann, Philla Wolff [Philla Siegmann-Wolff], Benno Ziegler, Karl Ziegler. (Addenda & Corrigenda). Bonn, Birgit Lotz Verlag, 2005. 596pp. Hardbound. (in German). - 978-3981024807

B0085. Discographie der Deutschen Gesangaufnahmen, Rainer E. Lotz, Axel Weggen & Oliver Wurl, Eds., Volume 2 incl. Discographies of Max Altglass, Aune Antti, Desider Arányi, Carl Armster, Hans Bahling, Otto Briesemeister, Friedrich Brodersen, Hedwig von Debitzka, Riza Eibenschütz, Elise Feinhals, Fritz Feinhals, Frieda Felser, Mara Friedfeldt, Harry de Garmo, Nicola Geisse-Winkel, Else Gentner-Fischer, Marie Götze, Adolf Gröbke, Walter Günther Braun, Lisa Heinefetter, Alexander Heinemann, Agnes Hermann, Emilie Herzog, Sophie Heymann, Iwan Iwanzoff, Maria Jávor, Barbara Kemp, Walter Kirchhoff, Alexander Kirchner, Melanie Kurt, Otto Lähnemann, Max Lipmann, Max Lohfing, Ludwig Mantler, Ottilie Metzger, Costa Milona, Adolf Mühlmann, Peter Müller, Jean Nadolovitch, Minnie Nast, Marga Neisch, Karl Åagard Oestvig, Eva Plaschke-von der Osten, Friedrich Plaschke, Leon Rains, Karl Renner, Aurelie Révy, Cäcilie Rüsche-Endorf, Hans Schlitzer, Erik Schmedes, Margarete Siems, Leo Slezak, Paul Trede, Hermann Winkelmann. (Addenda & Corrigenda). Bonn, Birgit Lotz Verlag, 1998. 282pp. Hardbound. (in German) Final Remaining Copy, now out-of-print! NB: Volumes I & III also are out-of-print! - 9783980580809

B0221. French Horn Discography. Michael Hernon, ed. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1986. 291pp. Indices. Final copy!

B0286. (PANERAI) Elio Trovato. Rolando Panerai – Simpatia e comunicativa. Parma, Azzali, 2009. 570pp.; Indices; Numerous Photos; Discography; Exhaustive Chronology; Italian text; DJ. - 9788888252476

B0283. (LUIGI LABLACHE) Clarissa Lablache Cheer. The Great Lablache – Nineteenth Century Operatic Superstar, His Life and His Times. Lexington, KY, Exlibris, 2009. 701pp.; Index; Bibliography; Illus.; Exhaustive Chronology. (Pictorial thick paper covers) - 9781441502148

B0275. (BUSCH) Tully Potter. Adolf Busch, The Life of an Honest Musician. London, Toccata Press, 2010. 1423pp., in Two Volumes & Two CDs of recordings, 1922-80, partially Live Performances in transfers by Roger Beardsley, Bryan Crimp & Seth Winner; Indices; Bibliography; Exhaustive Discography; Busch the Composer: Commentaries and Worklist; Numerous Photos; DJ. - 9780907689508

B0274. (LEONARD ROSE) Steven Honigberg. Leonard Rose: America’s Golden Age and its First Cellist. Silver Spring, MD, Beckham House, 2010. 512pp. Index; Photos. (Pictorial thick paper covers)

B0708. (THERESE MALTEN) Michael Letchford. Therese Malten, Wagner’s Devoted Kundry. U.K., Goar Lodge, Privately Printed by the Author, 2010. 143pp. Index; Numerous Photos; Illus. (Pictorial thick paper covers). - 9780956479600

B0291. (SAMUEL RAMEY) Jane Scovell. Samuel Ramey, American Bass. Accompanied by Ramey CD. Fort Worth, TX, Baskerville, 2009. 278pp. Index; Chronology; Discography; Numerous Photos; DJ. - 9781880909768

B0021. From Johnson’s Kids to Lemonade Opera – The American Classical Singer Comes of Age. Victoria Entier Villamil.  Boston, Northeastern University Press, 2004. 336pp. Index; Bibliography; Photos; DJ. - 9781555536350

B0019. Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met.   Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts, 1931-50. Paul Jackson. Portland, OR, Amadeus, 1992. 569pp. Index; Bibliography; Numerous Photos; DJ. - 9780931340482

B0262. (METROPOLITAN OPERA) William H. Seltsam. Metropolitan Opera Annals, A Chronicle of Artists and Performances. New York, Wilson, 1947. 751pp. Index; Photos; Reviews of numerous critics from the Company's inception, 1883, to 1947.

B0263. (METROPOLITAN OPERA) William H. Seltsam. Metropolitan Opera Annals, First Supplement, 1947-57. New York, Wilson, 1957. 115pp. Index; Photos; Reviews of numerous critics, 1947-57.

B0264. (METROPOLITAN OPERA) William H. Seltsam. Metropolitan Opera Annals, Second Supplement, 1957-66. New York, Wilson, 1968. 126pp. Index; Photos; Reviews of numerous critics, 1957-66.

B0265. (METROPOLITAN OPERA) Mary Ellis Peltz & Gerald Fitzgerald. Metropolitan Opera Annals, Third Supplement, 1966-76. New York, Metropolitan Opera Guild, 1978. 208pp. DJ.

B0266. (METROPOLITAN OPERA) Mary Ellis Peltz. Behind the Gold Curtain. New York, Farrar-Straus, 1950. 96pp. Numerous Photos; DJ.

B0267. (METROPOLITAN OPERA) Mary Ellis Peltz. Metropolitan Opera Milestones. Metropolitan Opera Guild, 1944. 74pp. Photos.

B0268. (METROPOLITAN OPERA) Robert Tuggle. The Golden Age of Opera. New York, Holt-Rinehart-Winston, 1983. 246pp. Index; Profusely illustrated with numerous photos by Herman Mishkin, official photographer of the Metropolitan Opera, 1910-32; DJ.

B0269. (METROPOLITAN OPERA) Robert Jacobson. Magnificence Onstage at the Met. New York, Metropolitan Opera Guild, 1985. 256pp. Index; Numerous photos; DJ.

B0270. (METROPOLITAN OPERA) Mary Ellis Peltz. The Magic of the Opera, A Picture Memoir of the Metropolitan. New York, Praeger, 1960. 172pp. Index; Numerous Photos, many full-page; DJ.

B0271. (METROPOLITAN OPERA) Judith S. Clancy. Last Look at the Old Met. San Francisco, Synergistic Press, 1969. 50pp. Profusely Illus.; Photos.

B0272. (METROPOLITAN OPERA) Opera Cavalcade, The Story of the Metropolitan. New York, Metropolitan Opera Guild, 1938. 68pp. Numerous sepia Photos; DJ.

B0273. (METROPOLITAN OPERA) Paul E. Eisler. The Metropolitan Opera, the First Twenty-Five Years, 1883-1908. Croton-on-Hudson, NY, North River Press, 1984. 331pp. Index; Bibliography; Photos; DJ.

B0259. (TERESA CARREÑO) Teresa Carreño, “by the grace of God”. Marta Milinowski. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1940. 410pp. Index; Bibliography; Chronology; Photos. 1st Edition; hardcover, no dust jacket; red cloth over boards with gilt lettering to spine; boards are bumped on corners, rubbing to edges and spine, fraying at lower edges of boards; transfer marks on title page from illustration; Excellent, Ex-Lib copy has been professionally re-bound with original spine appliqued, and has embossed library stamp on title page & p.403 only. Exceedingly rare!

B0235. Twenty-Five Years of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1900-25. Frances Anne Wister. Philadelphia Orchestra Women’s Committees, 1925. 253pp. Photos.

B0236. Those Fabulous Philadelphians – The Life and Times of a Great Orchestra. Herbert Kupferberg. New York, Scribner’s, 1969. 257pp. Index; LP Discography; First Performances; Orchestra Members; Photos; DJ.

B0237. Within These Walls – A History of the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. John Francis Marion. Philadelphia, The Academy of Music, 1984. 328pp. Index; Bibliography; Photos; Illus.; DJ.

B0249. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Its Organization, Growth and Development, 1891 - 1924. Philo Adams Otis. Chicago, Summy, 1924. 466pp. Index; Personnel; Chronology; Photos. Excellent, ex-lib copy.

B0239. The Boston Symphony Orchestra – An Historical Sketch. M. A. DeWolfe Howe. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1914. 280pp. Index; Appendix; Photos.

B0240. Boston Symphony Orchestra – Charcoal Drawings of its Members, with Biographical Sketches. Gerome Brush. Boston, Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1936. 219pp. Profusely illus. Softbound.

B0211. (NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC;) Howard Shanet. Philharmonic, A History of New York's Orchestra. Garden City, Doubleday, 1975. 788pp. Index; Bibliography; Photos; Appendices incl. Complete Annals of Repertoire, Conductors & Soloists, 1942-71; DJ. An indispensable, invaluable reference source, most elusive. Final copy!

B0230. The World of Carnegie Hall. Richard Schickel. New York, Messner, 1960. 438pp. Index; Photos; DJ.

B0232. The Philharmonic Society of New York and it’s Seventy-Fifth Anniversary – A Retrospect. James Gibbons Huneker. Privately Printed, 1917. 130pp. Chronology & Repertoire, 1892 – 1917; Photos.

B0233. The Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York – it’s First Hundred Years. John Erskine. New York, Macmillan, 1943. 168pp. Chronology & Repertoire, 1917 – 1942; Photos.

B0234. Review of the New York Musical Season – 1886–87. H. E. Krehbiel. New York, Novello, 1887. 230pp. Index; Chronology & Repertoire. Excellent copy has very few lt. pencil marks & weakened & mended spine.

B0244. Opera in Chicago, A Social and Cultural History, 1850 - 1965. Ronald Davis. New York, Appleton-Century, 1966. 393pp. Index; Performance Casts, 1910-65; Photos; DJ.

B0243. Lyric Opera of Chicago. Claudia Cassidy. [Foreword by Saul Bellow; Recollections by Carol Fox]. Chicago, Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1979. 233pp. Elaborate Quarto Edition, featuring countless photos, many in color; Index; Lists of Casts, 1954-79; DJ. Exceedingly Elusive!

B0248. Forty Years of Opera in Chicago. Edward Moore. New York, Liveright, 1930. 430pp. Photos; Chronology, 3 Nov., 1910 – 26 March, 1929 (incl. tours).

B0245. The Boston Opera Company, The Story of a Unique Institutuion. Quaintance Eaton. New York, Appleton-Century, 1965. 338pp. Index; Lists of Casts for Boston, plus tours of USA and Paris, 1909-14; Photos; DJ.

B0246. The San Francisco Opera, 1922 - 1978. Arthur J. Bloomfield. Sausalito, CA, 1978. 552pp. Indices; Exhaustive Annals & Repertoire of San Francisco Casts, 1923-78; Photos; Softbound. Very slight waterstains.

B0250. Monte Carlo Opera, 1879 – 1909. T. J. Walsh. Ireland, Gill & Macmillan, 1975. 321pp. Index; Chronology; Photos; DJ.

B0253. The Vienna Opera. Marcel Prawy. Wien, Fritz Molden, 1969. 224pp. Index; Profusely Illus. & Numerous Photos, some in color; DJ. (English Text).

B0254. Régine Crespin. La Vie et L’Amour d’une Femme (Autobiography). Paris, Fayard, 1982. 317pp. Chronology 1946-82; Discography; Photos (French text) (softbound). Excellent, sl. used copy has very minor waterstains on covers only. 9782213011622

B0258. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau – A Biography. Hans A. Neunzig. Portland, OR, Amadeus Press, 1998. 312pp. Index; Chronology; CD Discography; Photos; DJ. - 9781574670356

B0256. Con Brio – Four Russians called The Budapest String Quartet. Nat Brandt. New York, Oxford University Press, 1993. 272pp. Index; Bibliography; LP Discography; Photos; DJ. - 970195081077

B0255. Cyril Scott. Bone of Contention – Life Story and Confessions (Autobiography). New York, Arco, 1969. 242pp. Index; Photos; DJ. Excellent, sl. used copy has neatly mended DJ.

B0214. HENRI TEMIANKA. Facing the music, an irreverent close-up of the Real Concert World. New York, McKay, 1973. 272pp. Index; Photos; DJ. Final copy!

B0241. Who Killed Classical Music? – Maestros, Managers, and Corporate Politics. Norman Lebrecht. Secaucus, NJ, Carol Publishing Group, 1997. 455pp. Index; Bibliography; Coroner’s Report; Photos; DJ. - 9781559724159

B0216. Maestros of the Pen, A History of Classical Music Criticism in America. Mark N. Grant. Boston, Northeastern University Press, 1998. 374pp. Index; Bibliography; Photos; DJ. - 9781555533632

B0225. HAROLD BAUER. His Book [Autobiography]. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1969 (reprint of the 1948 Norton Edition). 306pp. Index; Photos. Final copy!

B0226. AKSEL SCHIØTZ. The Singer and His Art. New York, Harper & Row, 1970. 214pp. Index; Bibliography; Selected Discography; Illus.; DJ. Final copy!

B0212. (CASALS) H. L. Kirk. Pablo Casals, A Biography. New York, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1974. 692pp. Index; Bibliography; List of Compositions; Exhaustive 78 & LP Discography; Photos; DJ. An indispensable, invaluable reference source, most elusive. Final copy!

B0220. ALAN BLYTH. Song on Record, Vol. II. Cambridge University Press, 1988. 286pp. Index; DJ. Final copy! - 9780521331555

B0219. ALAN BLYTH. Song on Record – Lieder, Vol. I. Cambridge University Press, 1986. 357pp. Index; DJ. Final copy! - 9780521268448

B0218. ALAN BLYTH. Opera on Record, Vol. III. Dover, NH, Longwood Press, 1984. 375pp. Index; DJ. Final copy!

B0217. ALAN BLYTH. Opera on Record, Vol.II. New York, Beaufort Books, 1983. 399pp. Index; DJ. Final copy!

B0197. KUTSCH & RIEMENS. A Concise Biographical Dictionary of Singers [English Language Edition]. Philadelphia, Chilton, 1969. 487pp. Excellent, sl. used copy. Final copy!

B0203. KUTSCH & RIEMENS. Unvergängliche Stimmen - Sängerlexikon (Biographical Dictionary of Singers) [German Language Edition]. Bern, Fancke, 1982. 782pp. DJ. Excellent, sl. used copy. Final copy!

B0210. ADOLPHE NOURRIT. The Great Tenor Tragedy - The Last Days of Adolphe Nourrit, as told (mostly) by Himself. Portland, OR, Amadeus, 1995. 179pp. Index; Illus.; DJ. Final copy! - 9780931340895

B0209. (MALIBRAN) Howard Bushnell. Maria Malibran, A Biography of the Singer. Pennsylvania State University, 1979. 266pp. Index; Bibliography; Repertoire; Chronology; Illus.; DJ. Final copy!

B0208. LOTTE LEHMANN. My Many Lives. New York, Boosey & Hawkes, 1948. 262pp. Photos. Lehmann's reminiscences of the rôles of Elsa, Elisabeth, Eva, Sieglinde, Leonore, Manon Lescaut, Marguerite, Tatjana & The Marschallin. Final copy!

B0207. (LOTTE LEHMANN) Alan Jefferson. Lotte Lehmann, 1888-1976. London, Julia MacRae Books, 1988. 333pp. Index; Bibliography; Exhaustive 77 page Floris Juynboll Discography; Photos; DJ. Final copy!

B0205. LOTTE LEHMANN. Five Operas and Richard Strauss. New York, Macmillan, 1964. 209pp. Index; Photos; Illus; DJ. In-depth analyses of ARIADNE, FRAU ÖHNE SCHATTEN, INTERMEZZO, ARABELLA & ROSENKAVALIER, based on her performing experience in these works. Final copy!

B0204. LOTTE LEHMANN. Midway in my Song [Autobiography]. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1938. 250pp. Index; Photos.

B0202. HERMAN KLEIN & The Gramophone, William R. Moran, Ed. Portland, OR, Amadeus, 1990. 618pp. Photos; DJ. Final copy! - 0-931340-18-7

B0199. (ALFANO), Konrad Dryden. Franco Alfano, Transcending Turandot [w.Foreword by Magda Olivero]. Lanham, MD, Scarecrow Press, 2010. 203pp. Index; Bibliography; Photos. - 9780810869707

B0195. LANFRANCO RASPONI. The Last Prima Donnas. New York, Knopf, 1982. 633pp. Index; Photos; DJ. Duly fascinating incisive interviews with many operatic artists, incl. Rethy, Lubin, Flagstad, dalla Rizza, dal Monte, Carosio, Pagliughi, Galli-Curci, Mazzoleni, Cigna, Milanov, Caniglia, Tebaldi, Laurenti, Bori, Oltrabella, Bellincioni, Corradetti, Pons, Sayao, Pederzini, Carteri, Callas, Cerquetti, Roman, Eva Turner, Kirsten, Moore, Mödl, Swarthout, Streich, Jurinac, Seefried, Lotte Lehmann, etc; great reference source. Final copy!

B0193. (MARIA CALLAS) Renzo & Roberto Allegri. Callas by Callas - The Secret Writings of 'la Maria'. New York, Universe, 1997. 166pp. Numerous Photos; DJ. Elaborate Quarto Edition. Final copy!

B0187. FEODOR CHALIAPIN. Chaliapin, an Autobiography as told to Maxim Gorky. London, Columbus, 1988. 320pp. Index; Bibliography; Chronology; Repertoire; Photos (softbound) Final copy! - 9780862873967

B0184. (VLADIMIR HOROWITZ) Harold C. Schonberg. Horowitz, His Life and Music. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1992. 427pp. Index; Exhaustive Discography; Photos; DJ. Final copy! - 9780671725686

B0183. (VLADIMIR HOROWITZ) David Dubal. Evenings with Horowitz, A Personal Portrait. London, Robson, 1992. 321pp. Index; CD Discography; Photos; DJ. Final copy! - 9780860517979

B0146. (MELBA) Ann Blainey. Marvelous Melba – The Extraordinary Life of a Great Diva. Chicago, Ivan R. Dee, 2009. 390pp. Index; Bibliography; Photos; DJ. - 9781566638098

B0145. (MATTIA BATTISTINI) Jacques Chuilon. King of Baritones and Baritone of Kings. Latham, MD, Scarecrow Press, 2009. 405pp. Index; Discography; Chronology; Photos. Includes CD: Songs by Gounod, Tosti & Alvarez; Arias from Don Giovanni, Tannhäuser, Ernani, Ballo, Pagliacci, Werther, Tosca, Hamlet, Maria di Rohan, Quo vadis?, La Favorita & Don Carlos. - 9780810861442

B0144. (LINA CAVALIERI) Paul Fryer & Olga Usova. Lina Cavalieri, The Life of Opera's Greatest Beauty, 1874 - 1944. Jefferson, NC, McFarland, 2004. 200pp. Index; Bibliography; Discography; Filmography; Exhaustive Chronology, 1901-20; Photos. (Pictorial thick paper covers). - 9780786416851

B0142. (IGNAZ FRIEDMAN) Allan Evans. Ignaz Friedman, Romantic Master Pianist. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 2009. 398pp. Index; Bibliography; Exhaustive Discography; Ignace Tiegerman Discography; Photos; Illus.; DJ. - 9780253353108

B0139. (SCHWARZKOPF) Kirsten Liese. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf – From Flower Maiden to Marschallin. Milwaukee, WI, Amadeus, 2009. 169pp. Index; Selected Discography; Numerous Photos; DJ. - 9781574671759

B0140. SHERRILL MILNES: American Aria - Encore. New York, Amadeus, 2007. 370pp. Index; Exhaustive Chronology; Photos. (Pictorial thick paper covers) - 9781574671605

B0136. (BEECHAM) John Lucas. Thomas Beecham, An Obsession with Music. Woodbridge, UK, Boydell Press, 2008. 388pp. Index; Bibliography; Photos; DJ. Accompanied by EMI CD of Beecham rehearsing the Royal Phil. - 9781843834021

B0135. (TREIGLE) Brian Morgan. Strange child of chaos: Norman Treigle. New York, iUniverse, 2006. 287pp. Chronology; Discography; Videography; List of Repertoire; Photo. Softbound. 1 Book - 0595388981

B0133. Paramount's Rise and Fall, by Alex van der Tuuk.  Denver, CO,  Mainspring Press, 2003.  264pp;  120 Illus.;  DJ.  Jazz, blues & vaudeville as recorded by Grafton, Paramount, Black Swan, Puritan, etc., c.1917-32. - 0-9671819-4-1

B0181. (RODZINSKI) Halina Rodzinski. Our Two Lives. New York, Scribner's, 1976. 403pp. Index; Discography; Photos; DJ. Most interesting biography of the volatile, highly controversial NYPO Musical Director, 1943 - Feb., 1947. Final copy!

B0182. (von KARAJAN) Roger Vaughan. Herbert von Karajan, a biographical portrait. New York, Norton, 1986. 274pp. Index; Bibliography; DJ. Final copy!

B0131. The Edison Discography – 1926-29, by Raymond R. Wile.  Denver, CO,  Mainspring Press, 2008.  472pp.  Discographic details from the original company files at the Edison Nation Historic Site, supplemented by inspection of the original discs and catalogs — recording locations and dates, matrix numbers and takes, artist aliases, accompanists and conductors, composer credits, and more;  Coverage of Diamond Discs, Needle-Type (lateral) discs, Sample Records, Long-Playing 24- and 40-Minute Records, and dubbed Blue Amberol cylinders;  Details of Edison radio transcriptions, experimental recordings, special-use recordings, and cancelled releases;  Day-by-day account of studio activities, including auditions and equipment tests;  Illustrated historical introduction, including the first fully detailed account of the company's shut-down operations in 1929;  Title, artist, accompanist, and vocal-chorus indexes, and Blue Amberol cross-reference. - 978-0-9772735-8-4

B0127. (TAMAGNO)  Ugo Piovano.  Otello fu, La vera vita di Francesco Tamagno il tenore-cannone.  Milano, Rugginenti, 2005.  687pp.;  Index;  Bibliography;  Photos;  Illus.;  Discography;  Exhaustive Chronology.  (Italian Text) (Pictorial thick paper covers) - 9788876655241

B0126. (FRANCO CORELLI) René Seghers.   Franco Corelli – Prince of Tenors. New York, Amadeus, 2008. 526pp. Index; Bibliography; Exhaustive Chronology; Photos; DJ. - 884088162023

B0125. (MARIO LANZA) Armando Cesari. Mario Lanza, An American Tragedy. Accompanied by Lanza CD. Fort Worth, TX, Baskerville, 2004. 364pp. Index; Bibliography; Filmography; Exhaustive Bill Park Discography; Numerous Photos; DJ. - 9781880909669

B0124. (LEONCAVALLO) Konrad Dryden. Leoncavallo, Life and Works. Lanham, MD, Scarecrow Press, 2007. 349pp. Index; Bibliography; Photos. (Pictorial thick paper covers) - 9780810858732

B0120. (GIOVANNI MARTINELLI) Paolo Padoan & Maurizio Tiberi. Giovanni Martinelli, un leone al Metropolitan – A Biography. Roma, TIMA Club, 2007. 495pp. Index; Exhaustive Chronology;  Discography;  Repertoire; over 300 Photos, many never before in print; Illustrated with concert & opera program reproductions, newspaper articles & reviews, plus Vitaphone, Victor & Lucky Strike advertisements. Accompanied by 2 Martinelli CDs incl. rare & Unpublished recordings (among which are a Met Opera Guild performance (w.Cloe Elmo & Virgilio Lazzari) of 18 March, 1949, plus other private recordings [featuring Martinelli’s final stage appearance as Altoum in Turandot, 31 Jan., 1967, Seattle]), plus Interview with Martinelli. (Italian Text) (Pictorial thick paper covers)

B0119. (SHOSTAKOVICH) David Hurwitz.  Shostakovich Symphonies and Concertos: An Owner’s Manual. Pompton Plains, NJ, Amadeus, 2006. 222pp. Chronology of Works; Bibliography. (Pictorial thick paper covers) Accompanied by Bis CD of Ahronovich Cond. Stockholm Phil.: Symphony #5. - 9781574671315

B0115. Start-Up at the New Met, The Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts, 1966 - 1976.  Paul Jackson.  Pompton Plains, NJ, Amadeus, 2006. 640pp. Index; Bibliography; Numerous Photos; DJ. - 9781574671476

B0118. BIRGIT NILSSON. La Nilsson – My Life In Opera (Translated by Doris Jung Popper). Lebanon, NH, University Press of New England, (Northeastern University Press), 2007. 308pp. Index; Discography; Photos; DJ. - 9780977273553

B0112. (CHRISTOFF) Atanas Bozhkoff. Boris Christoff, An Authorized Biography. London, Robson, 1991. 183pp. Exhaustive Discography by Alan Blyth; Photos; DJ. - 9780860517313

B0111. (SERKIN) Stephen Lehmann & Marion Faber. Rudolf Serkin, A Life. Oxford University Press, 2003. 344pp. Index; Bibliography; Exhaustive Discography; Photos; DJ. Final copy! - 9780195130461

B0110. (RISË STEVENS) John Pennino. Risë Stevens: A Life in Music, Accompanied by Stevens CD. Fort Worth, TX, Baskerville, 2006. 416pp. Bibliography; Videography; Exhaustive Discography, 1935-64; Exhaustive Chronology, 1923-67; Photos; DJ. - 9781880909751

B0107. HANS HOTTER. Hans Hotter Memoirs (Translated & Edited by Donald Arthur). Lebanon, NH, University Press of New England, (Northeastern University Press), 2006. 287pp. Index; Discography; Photos; DJ. - 9781555536619

B0106. (JOHN CHARLES THOMAS) Michael J. Maher. John Charles Thomas, Beloved Baritone of American Opera and Popular Music. Jefferson, NC, McFarland & Co., 2006. 224pp. Index; Exhaustive Discography by Charles A. Morgan; Photos; Operatic Chronology at La Monnaie, Brussels, 1925-30; Operatic Chronology in the United States; Radio Chronology; Photos. (softbound) - 9780786426683

B0104. LEWIS & SUSAN FOREMAN. London - A Musical Gazetteer. New Haven, Yale University Press, 2005. 371pp. Index; Bibliography; Photos; Illus. (Pictorial thick paper covers) - 97803001040228

B0102. (RABIN) Anthony Feinstein. Michael Rabin, America’s Virtuoso Violinist. Pompton Plains, NJ, Amadeus, 2005. 248pp. Index; Bibliography; Photos; DJ. - 9781574671094

B0094. (MELCHIOR) Shirlee Emmons. Tristanissimo; The Authorized Biography of Heroic Tenor Lauritz Melchior [Foreword by Birgit Nilsson]. New York, Schirmer, 1990. 462pp. Index; Bibliography; Superb Hansen Discography; List of Melchior's Roles; Photos; DJ. - 28730607

B0091. (LAURITZ MELCHIOR). Ib Melchior. Lauritz Melchior: The Golden Years of Bayreuth, with Text and Photographs from the Scrapbooks of Lauritz Melchior. Accompanied by Melchior CD-ROM. Fort Worth, TX, Baskerville, 2003. 285pp. Index; Repertoire; Photos; Illus.; DJ. - 9781880909621

B0090. (GEORGE LONDON). Nora London. George London: Of Gods and Demons. Accompanied by George London CD. Fort Worth, TX, Baskerville, 2005. 163pp. Index; Thorough & comprehensive Chronology; Exhaustive Discography by Robert Baxter; Photos; DJ. - 9781880909744

B0191. (JOAN SUTHERLAND) Quaintance Eaton. Sutherland and Bonynge, an Intimate Biography. New York, Dodd-Mead, 1987. 331pp. Index; Photos; DJ. Final copy!

B0281. The Joan Sutherland Album, Compiled by Joan Sutherland with Richard Bonynge. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1986. 191pp. DJ. Elaborate Pictorial Essay. Final copy!

B0282. (JOAN SUTHERLAND) Edward Greenfield. Joan Sutherland. New York, Drake Publishers, 1973. 64pp. Discography; List of Operatic Débuts; Photos; DJ. Final copy!

B0089. MARILYN HORNE & JANE SCOVELL. Marilyn Horne: The Song Continues. Accompanied by Horne CD. Fort Worth, TX, Baskerville, 2004. 295pp. Index; Discography; Photos; DJ. - 9781880909713

B0084. WILLIAM HOWLAND KENNEY. Recorded Music in American Life – The phonograph and popular memory, 1890 – 1945. New York, Oxford University Press, 1999. 258pp. Index; Bibliography; Photos. (Pictorial thick paper covers) - 9780195171778

B0093. ISABELLE EMERSON. Five Centuries of Women Singers, incl. chapters on Marian Anderson, Jane Bathori, Nellie Melba, Lillian Nordica, Viardot, Pasta, Lind, Storace, Strozzi, Schröder-Devrient, Caccini, etc. Westport, CT, Praeger, 2005. 331pp. Index; Bibliography. - 9780313308109

B0079. (SIBYL SANDERSON) Jack Winsor Hansen. The Sibyl Sanderson Story - Requiem for a Diva. Pompton Plains, NJ, Amadeus, 2005. 517pp. Index; Bibliography; Previously unpublished correspondence, diaries, memoirs, extensive interviews with the people who knew both Sanderson and Massenet, incl. Sanderson's stepdaughter Mary Garden; Photos; DJ. - 073999843774

B0077. (Mascagni) Alan Mallach. Pietro Mascagni and his Operas. Boston, Northeastern University Press, 2002. 378pp. Index; Bibliography; Selective Discography; Illus.; Photos; DJ. - 9781555535247

B0076. (Puccini) Michele Girardi. Puccini: His International Art [translated by Laura Basini]. University of Chicago Press, 2000. 546pp. Index; Bibliography; Catalogue of Works; Illus.; DJ. - 9780226297576

B0074. The Zarzuela Companion. Christopher Webber (w.Foreword by Plácido Domingo). Lanham, MD, Scarecrow Press, 2002. 341pp. Index; Bibliography; Selective Discography; Illus.; DJ. Final copy! - 9780810844476

B0072. (EMI) Peter Martland. Since Records Began - EMI: The First Hundred Years. Portland, OR, Amadeus, 1997. 359pp. Index; Numerous Photos, many in color; DJ. Elaborately illustrated Quarto Edition. Final copy. - 9781574670332

B0059. J. B. STEANE: Singers of the Century, Vol. III. Portland, OR, Amadeus, 2000. 275pp. Index; Dates, Books & Records; Photos; DJ. Chapters incl. Alda, Hempel, Nezhdanhova, Schöne, Steber, Teyte, Söderström, Seefried, Leider, Jurinac, Melchior, Urlus, Muzio, Bori, Caballé, Milanov, del Monaco, Warren, Fleta, Amato, Stracciari, Gigli, Kozlovsky, Kipnis, Gedda, Souzay, Plançon, Martinelli, Caruso, etc. - 9781574670578

B0058. (MARLENE DIETRICH) Alexander Lieberman.  Marlene - An Intimate Photographic Memoir. New York, Random House, 1992. 120pp. Accompanied by Dietrich CD, all Live Performances (primarily from opening night, 1954, Café de Paris, London, (w.spoken introduction by Noel Coward), incl. 'The Boys in the Back Room', 'The Laziest Gal in Town', 'Lola', 'I wish you Love', 'Jonny', 'Lili Marlene', 'Go 'way from my Window', 'La Vie en Rose', 'Honeysuckle Rose' & 'Falling in Love Again'. Elaborate Quarto Edition. Factory-sealed. Long out-of-print! - 9780679420866

B0053. Michael Scott. The Record of Singing. Boston, Northeastern, 1993, [Reprint of the 1977 & 1979 Duckworth Editions]. 505pp, in Two Volumes. Indices; Numerous Photos. (Pictorial thick paper covers) - 9781555531638

B0050. (Lawrence Tibbett) Andrew Farkas, Ed. Lawrence Tibbett - Singing Actor. Portland, OR, Amadeus, 1989. 160pp. Index; Filmography; Definitive Moran Discography; DJ. - 9780931340178

B0048. (Leonard Warren) Mary Jane Phillips-Matz. Leonard Warren, American Baritone. Portland, OR, Amadeus, 2000. 471pp. Index; Bibliography; Exhaustive Crawford Discography; Exhaustive Chronology; Photos; DJ. - 9781574670530

B0045. Caruso Records – A History and Discography. John R. Bolig. Denver, CO, Mainspring Press, 2002. 206pp. Indices; Bibliography; Exhaustive Discography; 32 elaborate color photos of various labels; DJ. This hardbound edition is now out-of-print, due to be republished in softbound - 0-9671819-3-3

B0042. (Jussi Björling) Anna-Lisa Björling & Andrew Farkas. Jussi. Portland, OR, Amadeus, 1996. 456pp. Index; Bibliography; Exhaustive Chronology, 1930-60, by Harald Henrysson; 150 Photos; DJ. - 9781574670103

B0041. Nicolai Gedda. My Life and Art [Autobiography]. Portland, OR, Amadeus, 1999. 242pp. Index; Exhaustive Chronology; Discography; Numerous Photos; DJ. - 9781574670486

B0040. (Vickers) Jeannie Williams. Jon Vickers: A Hero’s Life. Boston, Northeastern University Press, 1999. 407pp. Index; Bibliography; Exhaustive Chronology, 1951-98; Photos; DJ. - 9781555534080

B0039 ASTRID VARNAY.  Fifty-Five Years in Five Acts – My Life in Opera [Autobiography].  Boston, Northeastern University Press, 2000.   363pp.  Index;  Discography;  Photos;  DJ. - 9781555534554

B0037. Frieda Hempel. My Golden Age of Singing [Autobiography]. Portland, OR, Amadeus, 1998. 450pp. Index; Bibliography; Definitive Moran Discography; List of Operatic Repertoire; Photos; DJ. - 9781574670363

B0036. (Lily Pons) James A. Drake & Kristin Beall Ludecke, Eds. Lily Pons – A Centennial Portrait. Portland, OR, Amadeus, 1999. 250pp. Index; Bibliography; Exhaustive Bill Park Discography; 130 additional pages of Photos, many rare & unknown; DJ. - 9781574670479

B0034. BLANCHE ARRAL. The Extraordinary Operatic Adventures of Blanche Arral. Translated by Ira Glackens; Willliam R. Moran, Ed. Portland, OR, Amadeus, 2002. 352pp.  Index;  Chronology;  Definitive Moran Discography;  Photos;  Illus;  DJ. - 9781574670776

B0033. (PATTI)  John Frederick Cone.  Adelina Patti:  Queen of Hearts.  Portland, OR, Amadeus, 1993.  524pp.  Numerous Photos;  Chronology;  Definitive Moran Discography;  DJ. - 9780931340604

B0032. (Mary Lewis) Alice Fitch Zeman. Mary Lewis, The Golden Haired Beauty with the Golden Voice. Little Rock, AR, Rose Publishing, 2001. 246pp. Index; Bibliography; 1924-28 Definitive Moran Discography; Quinn on 1937 NBC Thesaurus Series for broadcast (recently discovered); Photos; DJ. - 9780914546993

B0031. (TETRAZZINI) Charles Neilson Gattey. Luisa Tetrazzini, The Florentine Nightingale. Portland, OR, Amadeus, 1995. 379pp. Index; Bibliography; Definitive Gattey Discography; Exhaustive Chronology; Photos; DJ. Long out-of-print, Final copy! - 9780931340871

B0030. (CARUSO) Michael Scott.  The Great Caruso.  New York, Knopf, 1988.  322pp.  Index;  Bibliography;  Chronology;  Bolig Discography;  Photos;  DJ. - 9780394536811

B0029. (Mary Garden) Michael Turnbull. Mary Garden. Portland, OR, Amadeus, 1996. 234pp. Index; Bibliography; Definitive Jim McPherson & Moran Discography; Photos; Chronology; DJ. - 9781574670172

B0730. (DAME EVA TURNER) Linda Esther Gray. Dame Eva Turner, ‘A Life on the High Cs’. Accompanied by CD of recordings by Turner, Schumann, Schöne, Leider, Widdop, Kipnis, Muzio, Stignani, Schipa, Gigli, Pertile, Lauri-Volpi & Martinelli – recorded 1927-46. Transfers by Norman White. England, Green Oak Publishing, 2011. 400pp. Index; Chronology; Numerous Photos; DJ. - 9780955550522

B0028. (Florence Austral) James Moffat. Florence Austral.  Sydney, Australia, Currency Press, 1995. 278pp. Index; Discography; Bibliograpy; Photos; Illus. - 9780868194226

B0026. (Eleanor Steber) Judith Buffington. He Loves Me When I Sing; Remembering Eleanor Steber. Eastham, MA, Privately Published (Cottrell Publishing), 1993. 148pp. Voice of Firestone Video Releases; Exhaustive CD Discography; List of all Metropolitan Opera Performances, 1940-66; Chronology; Essays by Steber, Simionato, Resnik, Munsel & Guarrera; Photos; DJ.

B0025. Eleanor Steber, An Autobiography, with Marcia Sloat. Ridgewood, NJ, Wordsworth, 1992. 268pp. 16 pages of Photos; List of Roles; Discography; DJ. - 9780963417404

B0024. Eileen Farrell & Brian Kellow. Can’t Help Singing: The Life of Eileen Farrell. Boston, Northeastern University Press, 1999. 255pp. Index; Selected Discography; Photos; DJ. - 9781555534066

B0022. (ROSA PONSELLE) James A. Drake.  Rosa Ponselle, A Centenary Biography.  Portland, OR, Amadeus, 1997. 494pp. Index; Bibliography; Exhaustive Chronology; Discography by Bill Park; Numerous Photos, many rare & unknown; DJ. - 9781574670196

B0035. (ROSA PONSELLE) Mary Jane Phillips-Matz.  Rosa Ponselle:  American Diva.  Boston, Northeastern University Press, 1997.  320pp.  Index;  Bibliography;  Exhaustive Chronology;  Photos;  DJ. - 9781555533175

B0020. (MASSENET) Demar Irvine. Massenet - A Chronicle of His Life and Times. Portland, OR, Amadeus, 1994. 398pp. Index; Bibliography; Chronology; List of Works; Photos; DJ. The Hardbound Edition is now out-of-print, Final copy! - 9780931340635

B0017. (PIERRE MONTEUX) John Canarina. Pierre Monteux, Maître. Pompton Plains, NJ, Amadeus, 2003. 353pp. Index; Bibliography; Discography; Photos; Illus.; DJ. - 9781574670820

B0013. (REINER) Philip Hart. Fritz Reiner: A Biography. Evanston, IL, Northwestern University Press, 1994. 330pp. Index; Bibliography; Discography; Reiner's Repertoire; Photos. Hardbound Edition long out-of-print! Excellent, very slightly used copy has minor water damage. Final Copy! - 9781574670646

B0011. (MITROPOULOS)  William R. Trotter.  Priest of Music - The Life of Dimitri Mitropoulos.  Portland, OR, Amadeus, 1995.  495pp.  Indices;  Bibliography;  Discography;  Photos;  DJ. - 9780931340819

B0007. (Jascha Heifetz) Ayke Agus. Heifetz as I knew him. Portland, OR, Amadeus, 2001. 260pp. Index; Bibliography; Photos; (softbound). - 9781574671216

B0006. (EFREM ZIMBALIST) Roy Malan.  Efrem Zimbalist, A Life. Milwaukee, WI, Amadeus, 2004. 372pp. Index; Bibliography; Discography; Numerous Photos; DJ. - 9781574670912

B0005. (Alma Rosé) Richard Newman & Karen Kirtley. Alma Rosé – From Vienna to Auschwitz. Pompton Plains, NJ, Amadeus, 2003. 407pp. Index; Personnel of the Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz-Birkenau; Bibliography; Photos. Softbound. - 9781574670851

B0002. MIECZYSLAW HORSZOWSKI. Miecio: Rememberances of Mieczyslaw Horszowski.  Genova, Erga Edizioni, 2002. 647pp. Index; Bibliography; Exhaustive Chronology; Biographical Glossary; Illus.; Photos; Discography; List of Repertoire (English Text). (Pictorial thick paper covers) Accompanied by Horszowski CD ([Austria] Dynamic CDT 5037) of Unpublished Performances: Prelude & Fugue in a (Bach); 4 Mazurkas; Impromptu #1 in A-flat, Live Performance, 2 Dec., 1977, Curtis Institute; Nocturne in F#, Live Performance, 6 Aug., 1983, Firenze (all Chopin); w.Alexander Schneider Cond. Casals Festival Orch.: Concerto #4 in G (Beethoven), Live Performance, 29 April, 1958, Puerto Rico;  Kyoko Saito (Soprano): Jane, Live Performance, 12 Oct., 1997;  Jon Humphrey (Tenor):   Sérénade, Live Performance, 24 July, 1996 (both Horszowski). - 9788881632725

B0180. (TUCKER) James A. Drake. Richard Tucker – A Biography. New York, Dutton, 1984. 304pp. Index; Discography; Photos; DJ. Final copy!

B0148. Vertical-cut Cylinders and Discs (Girard & Barnes), A Catalogue of all Hill-&-Dale recordings of serious worth made and issued between c.1897-1932. Victor Girard & Harold M. Barnes, Eds. London, British Institute of Recorded Sound, 1971. 196pp. Long out–of–print, final copy!

B0149. RENATA SCOTTO. Scotto, More than a Diva [Autobiography]. Garden City, Doubleday, 1984. 245pp. Index; Discography; Photos; DJ.

B0278. NATHAN MILSTEIN & Solomon Volkov. From Russia to the West, Musical Memoirs and Reminiscences. London, Barrie & Jenkins, 1990. 282pp. Index; Photos; DJ. Long out–of–print, final copy! - 9780712645492

B0156. Marian Anderson, An Annotated Bibliography and Discography. Janet L. Sims. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1981. 243pp. Index; Awards and Honors; LP discography; Career activities; Personal data; Illus.

B0152. (CALLAS) Jürgen Kesting. Maria Callas. Boston, Northeastern University Press, 1993. 416pp. Index; Bibliography; Discography; Photos; DJ. - 9781555531799

B0153. Callas at Juilliard - The Master Classes. John Ardoin. New York, Knopf, 1987. 300pp. Illus.; DJ. - 9780394563671

B0160. GRACE MOORE. You're only human once [Autobiography]. Garden City, Doubleday, 1944. 275pp.

B0171. ERICH LEINSDORF. Cadenza, A Musical Career (Autobiography). Boston, Houghton-Mifflin, 1976. 321pp. Index; Photos; DJ. Truly a delicious book of Music-World invective, understandably short-lived! - 6-89883

B0175. (ENRICO CARUSO) Howard S. Greenfeld. Caruso, An Illustrated Life. North Pomfret, VT, Trafalgar Square Publishing, 1991. 192pp. Index; Bibliography; Chronology; Profusely Illustrated w.Numerous Photos, many unusual; DJ.

B0165. (RAMPAL;) JEAN-PIERRE RAMPAL. Music, my love (Autobiography). New York, Random House, 1989. 193pp. Photos; DJ. - 9780394565781

B0174. (HANS HOTTER) Penelope Turing. Hans Hotter, Man and Artist. New York, Riverrun Press, 1983. 280pp. Index; Discography; List of Operatic Repertoire; Chronology; Photos; DJ.

B0169. (LEONARD BERNSTEIN) Joan Peyser. Bernstein: A Biography. New York, William Morrow, 1987. 481pp. Index; Photos; DJ.

B0168. (BERNSTEIN;) Meryle Secrest. Leonard Bernstein - A Life. New York, Knopf, 1994. 470pp. Index; Photos; DJ. - 9780679407317

B0167. PAUL TORTELIER. Paul Tortelier, A self-portrait in conversation with David Blum. London, Heinemann, 1984. 270pp. Index; Discography; Photos; Illus.; DJ. - 9780434788606

B0158. (MELBA) Therese Radic. Melba, the Voice of Australia. Melbourne, MMB Music, 1986. 214pp. Index; Bibliography; Discography; Chronology; Photos; DJ.

B0198. (NELLIE MELBA). Nellie Melba: A Contemporary Review. William R. Moran, Ed. Westport, CT, Greenwood, 1985. 513pp. Index, Bibliography, Discography, Photos; Incl. essays by Bernard Shaw, Richard Aldrich, John F. Cone, Henry T. Finck, Landon Ronald, William Armstrong, John Lemmon‚, Henry Russell, W. J. Henderson, Olin Downes, Herman Kelin, Ivor Newton, definitive discography by William R. Moran, and more. Long out–of–print, final copy!

B0161. (JACQUELINE du PRÉ) CAROL EASTON. Jacqueline du Pré, A Life. New York, Summit Books, 1989. 224pp. Index; Photos; DJ. - 9780671695910

B0159. BEVERLY SILLS. Bubbles, A Self-Portrait. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1976. 240pp. Index; Numerous Photos; DJ. This is the very first printing, quickly withdrawn, whose first sentence reads: "When I was only three, and still Belle Miriam Silverman, I sang my first aria in pubic".

B0157. ANNA RUSSELL. I'm not making this up, you know [Autobiography]. New York, Continuum, 1985. 246pp. Photos; DJ.

B0172. ALBERT SPALDING. Ton Albert qui t'adore - The courtship letters of Albert Spalding to Mary V. Pyle [1919], (Edited by Suzanne Spalding Winston). Privately printed (Edition of 1000 copies) at Canaan, NH, Phoenix Publishing, 1988. 109pp. Photos; DJ.

B0155. BEVERLY, An Autobiography. Beverly Sills & Lawrence Linderman. New York, Bantam Books, 1987. 356pp. Index; Photos; DJ. (Factory Sealed) - 9780553051735

B0151. Jacqueline du Pré - Her Life, Her Music, Her Legend. Elizabeth Wilson. New York, Arcade, 1999. 466pp. Index; Bibliography; Photos; DJ. - 9781559704908

B0150. ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF. On and off the Record, A Memoir of Walter Legge, (Autobiography) [Introduction by von Karajan]. New York, Scribners, 1982. 292pp. Index; Discography; Photos; DJ. Legge's incisive reviews of performers incl. Beecham, Bos, Callas, dal Monte, de los Angeles, Fischer-Dieskau, Flagstad, Furtwängler, Gerhardt, Ginster, Guilbert, Ivogün, Jeritza, von Karajan, Kipnis, Lehmann, Olczewska, Ponselle, Schumann, Schwarzkopf, Toscanini, Walter, etc.

B0138. (METROPOLITAN OPERA) Paul Jackson. Sign-off for the Old Met, The Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts, 1950 - 1966. Portland, OR, Amadeus, 1997. 644pp. Index; Bibliography; Numerous Photos; DJ. Long out-of-print, this is an excellent, very slightly used copy. - 9781574670301

B0100. (SCHWARZKOPF) Alan Jefferson. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Boston, Northeastern University Press, 1996. 285pp. Index; Bibliography; Exhaustive Chronology, 1935-79; Photos; DJ. - 9781555532727

B0023. (RAISA) Charles Mintzer. Rosa Raisa, A Biography of a Diva with Selections from Her Memoirs. Boston, Northeastern University Press, 2001. 342pp. Index; Discography; Exhaustive Chronology, 1911-43; Concert Repertoire; Photos; DJ. Long out–of–print, final copy! 9781555535049

B0001. (SCHWARZKOPF) Alan Sanders & J. B. Steane. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - A Career on Record. Portland, OR, Amadeus, 1995. 184pp. Indices; Exhaustive Sanders Discography; Photos; DJ. Long out–of–print, final copy! - 9780931340994

B0259. (TERESA CARREÑO) Teresa Carreño, “by the grace of God”. Marta Milinowski. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1940. 410pp. Index; Bibliography; Chronology; Photos. 1st Edition; hardcover, no dust jacket; red cloth over boards with gilt lettering to spine; boards are bumped on corners, rubbing to edges and spine, fraying at lower edges of boards; transfer marks on title page from illustration; Excellent, Ex-Lib copy has been professionally re-bound with original spine appliqued, and has embossed library stamp on title page & p.403 only. Exceedingly rare!