Machlis, Joseph. Introduction to Contemporary Music. New York: Norton, 1961. First printing. 714pp, 1st edition/1st printing, ex-lib but with none of the usual markings (only library card/pocket on back inside cover), bookplate and name inscribed on ffe and inside front cover, dj has sunned spine, tear in upper right of front, some wrinkling and tears, book is blue cloth cover with gilt spine lettering, text is clean, no markings, binding and text-block tight and fine. Ex-Library in fair dust-jacket. Hardcover. A comprehensive guide to gaining a better understanding of the complexities of contemporary and c20th music; the author employs a combined biographical/historical/technical approach; details the changes in melody, harmony, rhythm, orchestration, texture, tonality, etc, that characterize modern music, studies the schools and trends, from post-romanticism to experimentalist and electronic music; references include Mahler, Sibelius, Scriabin, Debussy, Stravinsky, Bartok, Hindemith, Satie, Busoni, Messiaen, Schoenberg, Webern, Berg, Stockhausen, Boulez, etc, very informative guide to modern music. Previous owner was G.W. Lotzenhiser, a composer of band music for high school orchestras. (#145) $11.00

Pratt, Waldo Selden. The History of Music. New York: Schirmer, 1907. First edition. 683pp 110 Black-and-white illustrations, 19 portraits; three maps. Index of persons; index to subjects and places. Front cover has gilt harp illustration. Has previous owner’s name on endpaper. Light foxing on inside of covers. Book is tight, clean, unmarked. Near Fine. Hardcover. (#186)  $30.00

Apel, Willi. The Notation of Polyphonic Music 900-1600. Cambridge: The Mediaeval Academy of America, 1945. Third edition. 443pp +64pp of musical examples, dark green cloth w/gilt spine lettering. Bookplate of owner on inside cover, autograph first owner Montague Cantor (musicologist)  dated 28 November 1947 on ffep. Foxing on endpapers, contains 88 facsimiles of notation w/several in red and black. Covers and text block are tight, clean and bright. Near Fine. Hardcover. (#187)  $49.00

Read, Gardner. Style and Orchestration New York: Schirmer, 1979. First printing. ISBN: 9780028721101. 304pp, burgundy cloth with silver lettering on spine. Dj in mylar cover, closed tears at top of spine and bottom front, small piece missing at bottom of spine, otherwise complete. As New in very good dust-jacket. Hardcover. Rare book covers history and critique of orchestral style focused on how composers have used specific technical and artistic elements of the orchestra to create their own personal style within their musical era. Foreword by Nicolas Slonimsky (#502) $46.00