A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE SKILL OF MUSICK. In Two Books. The First contains the Grounds and Rules of Musick. The Second, Instructions for the Viol and also for the Treble-Violin. By John Playford. To which is added a Third Book, entitled, The Art of Descant, or Composing Musick in Parts. By Dr. Thomas Campion. With Annotations thereon by Mr. Chr. Simpson.

London: Printed by William Godbid for John Playford, at his Shop in the Inner Temple, 1660. THIRD EDITION, Enlarged.

[8], 136 pages. Illustrated throughout with type-set music and musical examples, plus an engraved illustration of a viol and a treble violin, and some woodcut diagrams. TEXTUALLY COMPLETE from the title-page to the last page of text, but lacking the frontispiece and possibly a page of ads at the rear. One of the most complete copies I have seen.

Later binding, 19th century hardcovers, cloth covered boards with leather spine and corners, spine titled and lined in gilt, 3.75x6 inches (9.5x15 cm).

Condition:

The title page and last page of text have some soiling and offsetting otherwise the pages are just lightly age toned, all are clear and fully legible; the frontispiece is lacking, the title page is missing a small piece of its upper and lower corners not affecting text, there are two early brief ownership inscriptions at the top of the title page ("Miss (? ?) / from her dear Father, 1846", and "(? ?) Little 1858"), a couple pages have a small closed edge tear, the upper corner of many pages have a light crease resulting from being dog-eared at some point; overall the pages are tight, bright, clean and clear. A nice copy of this over 360 year-old work.

The later covers are worn and scraped at the spine, spine folds, and leather corners, but are still solid and doing a good job of protecting the rare book bound within.

VERY RARE 1660 THIRD EDITION, TEXTUALLY COMPLETE.

*************************************** Sotheby's auctioned a FOURTH EDITION (1664) of this book at its "Rare Music Manuscripts, Printed Music and Books" auction that took place in London on 14 September 2021. (NOTE Like our copy, Sotheby's copy is lacking the frontispiece. However, unlike our copy SOTHEBY'S COPY IS EX-LIBRARY with library marks, stamps, and shelf numbers; is LACKING the LAST PAGE OF TEXT of Book Two (i.e. is textually incomplete); has WORMING; has some repaired pages; and is a LATER EDITION.) Below is Sotheby's full description of its copy, which I think gives a sense of the rarity of early editions of this book:

"J. Playford. A Brief Introduction to the Skill of Musick. In Two Books...The Fourth Edition much Enlarged, 1664

Estimate: 1,500 - 2,000 GBP (approximately $1,950 - $2,600 USD)

9 leaves, 109, [3], 45, [1] pages, 8vo (16.1 x 10.5cm), two engraved tables, one engraved plate of music ("An Ayre after the Italian Manner"), two engraved illustrations (of a viol and a treble violin, the latter with contemporary manuscript annotations), some type-set music and musical examples, some woodcut diagrams and musical examples (including in tablature), advertisement on final page, a few modern pencil annotations, bookplate of Henry Parr to front pastedown, Dolmetsch Library stamp and pencil shelfmark ("II B 39") to verso of title-pages, ownership stamp of William Bicknell to first title, conservator's label to endpaper (dated 5 November 2002), black morocco label gilt to foot of spine with Dolmetsch Library shelfmark, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, lacking frontispiece portrait and last leaf of second part, worming, some repaired, light browning

RARE. We have no record of this edition at auction during the last fifty years. ESTC records only 7 copies in the British Isles and 4 in North America.

Playford's Brief Introduction to the Skill of Musick was one of the most influential English manuals of musical instruction ever published. ***************************************

Der Choral-Gesang zur Zeit der Reformation, oder Versuch, die Frage zu beantworten: Woher kommt es dass in den Choral-Melodien der Alten etwas ist, was heut zu Tage nichte mehr erreicht wird? Von P. Mortimer (Peter Mortimer). (Choral Singing at the Time of the Reformation, or an Attempt to Answer The Question: How is it that in the Choral Melodies of the Ancients there is Something that is Not Achieved Today? By Peter Mortimer) BERLIN : Bei Georg Reimer, 1821. First Edition. In two sections. Part 1 contains critical musicology text, Part 2 contains scores of 163 chorals. Plain blue paper wrappers (original printed wrappers lacking), perfect bound text, textually complete, 4to. 8 1/8 x 9 5/8 inches (21x24.5 cm), deckled front and bottom page edges. Pagination: [1 leaf] title page, blank verso; vi (bound of sequence); 153 pages (text), 112 pages (musical scores). Engraved portrait of Luther by L. Meyer after Cranach, on title page. GOOD condition: foxing and age toning / browning throughout but text and scores remain bright and clear; page edges are somewhat wavy and darkened from age; latter pages have some edge wear and corner creases; general signs of handling; most pages are uncut. A complete, presentable copy of this important, scholarly work on Reformation Chorale Music. Though functional in its perfect bound blue wrappers, the book would look incredible stitch bound in leather covers! Are you up for the task? PETER MORTIMER, b. 1750 d. 1828, was an English born Moravian organist, composer, conductor, and musicologist, who spent most of his life in Germany, in the Moravian settlements of eastern Saxony. In this work on the early church modes, or Gregorian modes, he explored the reasons for their superiority over the modern modes in the realm of choral music. Mortimer established that three modes governed Reformation chorale music, the hypodorian, hypophrygian (hypoionische), and hypomixolydian modes, and that the music had to be understood harmonically in that context. Considering the paucity of examples available to him at that time, Mortimer's musicological analysis was exceptionally astute, being fundamentally sound. (Eitner VII, 74-75; Kümmerle, Encyklopädie der evangelischen Kirchenmusik (1890) II:307-8).

DER MUSIKFEIND : EIN NACHTSTÜCK (The Enemy of Music: A Night Piece), by Gustav Nicolai.

A novel about a fictional young musical genius who is poisoned by a jealous colleague. It is a dark and moody tale, loosely based on the idea that Mozart was poisoned by fellow composer, Antonio Salieri.

Published by Otto Wigand, Leipzig (Germany), second edition, 1838.

Half leather (leather spine and corners) and marbled paper covered boards, 4.5x7 inches (11x17 cm), 294 pages. TEXT in GERMAN FRAKTUR (i.e. hard to read!)

GOOD condition: The covers are rubbed along the edges, corners, spine ends and spine folds, but are still sturdy and attractive; internally, there is a previous owner's name on the front free endpaper and bookplate on the front pastedown, light foxing and age spots to the pages, otherwise the pages are tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A solid, presentable copy of this unusual novel.

RARE in its true 1838 printing.

About the author GUSTAV NICOLAI:

******Gustav Alexander Wilhelm Nicolai, b.1795 d.1868, was a German writer and composer. His friends included the composers Adolf Bernhard Marx, Gaspare Spontini and Carl Loewe, for whom he wrote the oratorio libretto Die Zerstörung von Jerusalem, set to music by Loewe in 1833. Frederick William III of Prussia rewarded Nicolai with a golden box for the same libretto. The king was one of his main supporters, giving him the Gold Medal for Art and Science. Nicolai became widely known for his writing, especially his travelogue on Italy. Nicolai corresponded with Robert Schumann and wrote several books including Der Musikfeind: Ein Nachtstück.******

FIVE ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENTS and PROGRAMS of the FIRST THREE SEASONS of the SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY (aka SAN FRANCISCO ORCHESTRA, SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA). (1) 1911 ANNOUNCEMENT for the FIRST SEASON (season 1911-1912) of THE SAN FRANCISCO ORCHESTRA. Pamphlet, side stapled, 5.5x8.5 inches, eight pages including covers. From the inside front cover:

"The Musical Association of San Francisco... establishing a permanent orchestral body along the lines of those maintained in the larger cities of Europe... For the first season, the concerts will be given in the afternoons as the formation of the Association was so late that it was impossible to secure sufficient musicians for evening concerts, but plans are being laid for both afternoon and evening concerts next season... All the objects and ambitions of the Association cannot be attained the first season, but an earnest start will be made, with the view to having an orchestra equal to any in the country and achieving the highest results both from an artistic and educational standpoint, within a few years...The announcement of the first series of Symphony concerts is herewith submitted for your kind consideration..." (2) 1912 FIRST SEASON, Fourth Concert, PROGRAM, performed on February 2, 1912. Booklet, side stapled, 6x9 inches, 20 pages including covers. (3) 1912 SECOND SEASON, Fourth Concert, PROGRAM, performed on November 29, 1912. Booklet, side stapled, 6x9 inches, 28 pages including covers. This symphony featured TINA LERNER, PIANIST playing Beethoven and Tschaikowsky. From Wikipedia: "An audience that represented the wealth and culture of San Francisco went into ecstasies of delight over her remarkable playing of the Tchaikovsky Concerto at the recently formed San Francisco Symphony, according to the San Francisco Orchestra's manager, Frank W. Healy." (You can read more about her on Wikipedia.) (4) 1913-1914 ANNOUNCEMENT of the THIRD SEASON of the THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Pamphlet, side stapled, 5.5x8.5 inches, eight pages including covers. (5) 1913 THIRD SEASON, Second Concert, PROGRAM, performed on November 24, 1913. Booklet, side stapled, 6x9 inches, 28 pages including covers. The concert featured the Operatic Soloist ERNESTINE SCHUMANN-HEINK. CONDITION: The Announcements and Programs are in FAIR to GOOD MINUS condition, they are lightly toned, a few have been folded, there is edge wear, some small closed tears, and other signs of handling; overall they are complete, bright, clean and clear. A nice group of RARE, ORIGINAL Announcements and Programs from the BEGINNING of the Great SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY. From the San Francisco Symphony website: ******In the wake of the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire, San Francisco's civic leaders set about creating a permanent orchestra in the music loving city.

In December 1911, the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) gave its FIRST CONCERTS, rekindling the city's cultural life. It delighted audiences with a kaleidoscopic mix of classics and new music.******

LA MÚSICA POPULAR y los MÚSICOS CÉLEBRES de la AMÉRICA LATINA, por A. L. CORTIJO. (POPULAR MUSIC and CELEBRATED MUSIC of LATIN AMERICA, by A. L. CORTIJO.) Published by Casa Editorial Maucci, BARCELONA, Spain, undated but circa 1920. SIGNED (Initialed) and DATED 1930 by JOAQUIN NIN on the title page. Softcovers,

5.5x8.5", 446 pages. Illustrated with drawings and musical snippets. CONDITION: LACKING FRONT COVER AND PRELIMS (first page is the title page); spine covering mostly chipped off, rear cover present but very worn; the first few signatures are disbound and loose, and the rest of the binding is very shaky with some signatures loose and many almost loose; some dark dime size stains here and there throughout (mostly in the blank front or bottom margin); some margin marks; the first few pages have edge wear; nonetheless a textually complete copy of this important book, SIGNED (Initialed) by one of the great Composers and Arrangers of Spanish Music, Joaquin Nin. About JOAQUIN NIN (from Wikipedia): ******Joaquín Nin y Castellanos (September 29, 1879, Havana - October 24, 1949, Havana) was a Cuban pianist and composer. Nin studied piano with Moritz Moszkowski and composition at the Schola Cantorum (where he taught from 1906 to 1908). He toured as a pianist and was known as a COMPOSER and ARRANGER of POPULAR SPANISH FOLK MUSIC. Nin was a member of the Spanish Academy and the French Legion of Honor. He was the father of Thorvald Nin, composer Joaquín Nin-Culmell, and writer Anaïs Nin with singer Rosa Culmell. In her diaries and fiction, his psychoanalytically oriented writer daughter Anaïs Nin often attempts to explain her own personality and problems by recalling how her father treated her as a child. She was also close to him off and on as an adult. Her "unexpurgated" diary volume Incest: From a Journal of Love describes an adult incestuous relationship with him. He also appears in her fiction. She describes him as an egotistical Don Juan, and she imitated him at times by being a "Doña Juana".******

THE GIFT TO BE SIMPLE: SONGS, DANCES AND RITUALS OF THE AMERICAN SHAKERS, by Edward Deming Andrews.

Published by J. J. Augustin Publisher, New York, 1940. First edition, first printing, with the date 1940 on the copyright page with no indication of later printings.

Hardcover Book in Dustjacket, 6.5x9 inches, 170 pages.

Condition: VERY GOOD book, a few pea size spots to the top page edges (page edges of the closed book), otherwise just lightly used and still tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked; in a GOOD dustjacket that is toned (as normal), sunned at the spine, has light soiling, some edge and spine end wear, and small tears and chips; still this fragile dj remains solid, is doing its job well, and retains its 5.50 price at the top of the front flap.

The 1940 First Edition Hardcover in Dustjacket published by Augustin is hard to find and quite lovely. Beware the numerous print on demand copies that sometimes are presented like original editions. Please read listings fully and carefully.

1973 DIE FLEDERMAUS S.F. OPERA PROGRAM - SIGNED by JOAN SUTHERLAND, JUDITH BLEGEN, HUGUETTE TOURANGEAU and 2 others whose signatures I can't make out. All are signed to "DON", who I believe was a director of the San Francisco Opera House at the time. Framed in a Wooden Frame with Poured Resin Decorations - a nice 1970s frame. The visible window of the frame is 7.5x9.5", the full frame dimensions are 13.5x15.5". Condition: I have NOT removed the program from the frame - therefore I don't know if this is 1 page of the program, the entire program, it's exact dimensions, etc. What I can see through the glass shows a bright, clean, clear program page with bold signatures. The framing blocks a few words and the ends or beginnings of a few signatures. The frame itself has some chips to the decorations, scrapes and peeling to areas of the paint, some small nicks and scratches, but remains solid and quite lovely.

OPERA CAVALCADE - STORY OF THE METROPOLITAN. Published by The Metropolitan Opera Guild, New York, 1938.

Doubling as an AUTOGRAPH ALBUM, the book contains SIGNATURES of 55 OPERA SINGERS collected by a fan over the OPERATIC SEASONS 1943-1948. The signatures are on opera program covers, cut pages, and clipped sheets, that have been glued on (most at the corners) to the pages and inside covers of the book. The signatures are in ink and pencil.

On the title page the previous owner lists some of the operas he/she attended, and the dates they were performed.

On page 63 there is a list of all the members of the "current" Metropolitan Opera Company (i.e. 1938 when this book was published). There are check marks by twenty-one of the names. Those names make up part of the 55 signatures collected in this album/book.

Signatures include: Karin Branzell, Thelma Votipka, Edward Johnson, Bidu Sayão, Nicola Moscona, Patrice Munsel, Ezio Pinza, Rose Bampton, Frances Greer, Richard Tucker, Zinka Milanov, Lily Pons, Astrid Varnay, Florence Quartararo, and many, many more.

The book - Opera Cavalcade: The Story of the Metropolitan, is a history of the Metropolitan Opera. It is filled with b&w photographs of stage productions and singers, and includes a nice frontispiece photograph of Edward Johnson by Steichen.

Condition: The book is in GOOD MINUS condition, worn through at the edges and corners, with rubs, scrapes and scratches to the boards; but is solid and has a cover image that is bright and attractive. The inner pages have some age toning and foxing, and two pages have offsetting likely from a newspaper page laid in at some point; otherwise the inner pages are tight, bright, clean and clear. The signatures are mostly sharp and clear though some of the pencil signatures are fading, but even those are easily legible with only one that has faded into near illegibility, at least according to my aging eyes.

A wonderful look at the world of Opera as it was in the mid 1940s, filled with signatures of those who were part of that world.

A unique treasure for the lover of opera in your life or soul.

THE SECOND HURRICANE: A Play Opera in Two Acts - For High School Performance. MUSIC by AARON COPLAND. Libretto by Edwin Denby. This was Aaron Copland's FIRST OPERA.

SIGNED, INSCRIBED and DATED by AARON COPLAND on the title page:

"For Martin Riskin / Aaron Copland / '72".

Martin Riskin, individually and through his charitable foundation, was a major supporter of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, and classical music throughout New York City. A search for "Martin Riskin" together with "New York Philharmonic" will provide a good sampling of Martin Riskin's involvement with classical music and musicians.

Published by Boosey & Hawkes, undated but likely circa 1970, a later printing. (First published by Birchard & Company in 1937, the rights to this work were transferred from Blanchard to Boosey & Hawkes in 1957. Any copies showing Boosey & Hawkes as the publisher were published post 1957.)

Musical score, softcovers, 7x10.25 inches, 112 page score plus 8 introductory pages, including a facsimile of a program for the original 1937 production which was titled: "The Second Hurricane: A Play Opera for High School Children". (I like how "Children" was changed to "Performers" in later editions.) There is a long tradition of great composers writing operas to be performed by young performers.

VERY GOOD condition, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A lovely copy.

RARE with the SIGNATURE and INSCRIPTION of AARON COPLAND from 1972, and the Association to the notable NY Philharmonic supporter Martin Riskin.

BOGEY BEASTS. By Sidney H. Sime. Music by Josef Holbrooke.

A collection of Sime's imaginary and fantastic creatures, each accompanied by a short song written by the well known but controversial composer Josef Holbrooke. Holbrooke wrote numerous symphonies and orchestral works based on the macabre writings of Edgar Allan Poe. A perfect accompaniment for this book filled with eccentric beasts.

Published by Purple Mouth Press in a LIMITED EDITION of only 500 copies. A facsimile of the 1923 edition published in London by Goodwin & Tabb.

Illustrated wrappers, 8.5x11 inches, 62 pages. Illustrated throughout with Sime's beasts and odd creatures.

FINE condition, looks and feels unused.

SIDNEY HERBERT SIME (S.H. Sime), b.1865 d.1941, was an English artist in the late Victorian and succeeding periods, mostly remembered for his fantastic and satirical artwork, especially his story illustrations for Irish author Lord Dunsany. - Wikipedia

JOSEPH CHARLES HOLBROOKE, b.1878 d.1958, was an English composer, conductor, and pianist...Holbrooke was fascinated by the writings of Edgar Allan Poe which deal with the supernatural and the macabre, eventually producing over thirty compositions which he referred to as his Poeana. These included orchestral works (The Raven, Ulalume, The Sleeper, Amontillado, and The Pit and the Pendulum), a double concerto for clarinet and bassoon (Tamerlane), choral works (a choral symphony Homage to E.A. Poe, and a poem for chorus and orchestra The Bells), a ballet (The Masque of the Red Death), a multitude of chamber works (such as the Clarinet Quintet Ligeia, the Trio Fairyland, and the Nonet Irene) and several piano pieces. - Wikipedia

COUNT IGNAZIO ALESSANDRO COZIO DI SALABUE - OBSERVATIONS on the CONSTRUCTION of STRINGED INSTRUMENTS and THEIR ADJUSTMENT: 1804, 1805, 1809, 1810, 1816.

Compiled, Translated, Edited and Annotated by Andrew Dipper and David Woodrow from Salabue's original books and manuscripts. Produced as part of the series: Technical Studies in the Arts of Musical Instrument Making

Published by Taynton Press, Taynton, England, 1987. Produced as part of the series: Technical Studies in the Arts of Musical Instrument Making. ISBN 10: 1870952006 ISBN 13: 9781870952002.

FIRST and LIMITED EDITION of only 995 copies, this being hand numbered copy 890.

Hardcover book in dustjacket, black cloth covered boards, gilt embossed titling on the front cover and spine, 8.5x12 inches, 85 pages.

Condition: VERY GOOD book, lightly used with a couple small indentations on the covers, in a VERY GOOD dustjacket that has light creases from handling and use, still bright and clean. A solid, very presentable copy.

About COUNT IGNAZIO ALESSANDRO COZIO DI SALABUE (from Wikipedia):

******Count Ignazio Alessandro Cozio di Salabue, b.1755 d.1840, was an Italian Count known as the first great connoisseur and collector of violins. Among the most important instruments in Cozio's collection were ten violins of Antonio Stradivari, which he acquired from the maker's son Paolo in 1773-1774; however, many more instruments by Stradivari and numerous other renowned violin makers were in his collection or passed through his hands over the years. Cozio's meticulous notes on nearly every instrument that passed through his hands contributed enormously to the body of knowledge surrounding Italian violin making.******

DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL. Written by DANGER MOUSE and SPARKLEHORSE (aka MARK LINKOUS), with Photography by DAVID LYNCH.

HAND SIGNED on the front free endpaper by: DANGER MOUSE, SPARKLEHORSE / MARK LINKOUS, and DAVID LYNCH.

LIMITED, NUMBERED, FIRST EDITION, this being hand numbered copy 4137 of 5000. Though not called for, this copy is SIGNED by all the contributors. It is one of the only such copies I have seen.

Published by powerHouse Books, New York, 2009. ISBN 10: 1576875245 ISBN 13: 9781576875247.

Hardcover Book, illustrated covers, no dustjacket as issued, 9x12 inches (23x30 cm) oblong, 104 unnumbered pages. Illustrated throughout with color photographs by David Lynch. INCLUDES a CD mounted in the rear cover.

NEAR FINE condition, light rubbing to the covers, otherwise tight, bright, clean and clear. The signatures are bold and bright. The CD is fine.

This SIGNED COPY is RARE, especially so with the signature of Mark Linkous / Sparklehorse.

SPARKLEHORSE aka MARK LINKOUS, b.1962 d. 2010, was a guitarist, singer, songwriter, from Richmond, Virginia. He released four acclaimed albums and collaborated with Tom Waits, the Flaming Lips, Thom Yorke of Radiohead, and many others. MARK LINKOUS COMMITTED SUICIDE in 2010 in Knoxville Tennessee, not long after this book was released.

DANGER MOUSE is an eleven time Grammy Award nominated; two time Grammy Award winning artist and producer. In a short time, he has created a diverse body of work, including albums with Beck, the Black Keys, Gorillaz, and his own hugely successful band Gnarls Barkley. He was recently named one of Esquire's 75 most influential people of the 21st Century.

David Lynch is a renowned filmmaker.

The Autobiography of DONOVAN - THE HURDY GURDY MAN, by Donovan Leitch.

HAND SIGNED by DONOVAN. His Bold, Full Page SIGNATURE is on the front free endpaper.

Published by Century, London, 2005. First Edition, First Printing, with the full number line starting at 1.

Hardcover Book in Dustjacket, 6x9.5 inches, 328 pages. ILLUSTRATED with 16 pages of photographs in b&w and color.

Condition: VERY GOOD book, a bit of slight pushing at the bottom of the spine, light page toning as normal with this book, otherwise sharp, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. In a VERY GOOD dustjacket that has some light edge and spine end creasing. The dj retains its original £17.99 price at the bottom of the front flap.

The full page signature of DONOVAN is just so, how to describe it, MELLOW.

Separately bound PAPER of LEONARD STEIN delivered at the 1974 VIENNA CONGRESS of the INTERNATIONAL SCHÖNBERG SOCIETY. His paper is titled FROM INCEPTION TO REALIZATION IN THE SKETCHES OF SCHOENBERG. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by LEONARD STEIN on the cover page: "to Milton and Judy / My paper for the Schoenberg Congress / 4 years late / Best wishes, as always / Leonard". Booklet, stapled pages, cover page plus 16 pages numbered 213 to 228. Title page in German, Leonard Stein paper in English, verso of the last page is the first page of another paper and is in German. Front cover of this separately bound publication of Leonard Stein's paper reads (with English translations in parentheses): Bericht über den Kongress der Internationalen Schönberg Gesellschaft, Wien, 4 bis 9 Juni, 1974. (Report on the Congress of the International Schoenberg Society, Vienna, July 4 through 9, 1974.) Im Auftrag der Gesellschaft herausgegeben von Rudolf Stephan (Commissioned by Rudolf Stephan). Sonderdruck aus den Publikationen der Internationalen Schönberg Gesellschaft, Band 1. Nicht einzeln im Buchhandel erhältlich. (Special edition from the publications of the International Schoenberg Society, Volume 1. Not available individually in bookstores.) Published by Verlag Elisabeth Lafite, Wien, [1978]. GOOD condition, 5a food covered finger smudge to the front cover over the inscription (the inscription remains bright and clear), otherwise the pages are just lightly used and still tight, bright and clean. Leonard Stein made a hand correction to a single word of text on the first page. About LEONARD STEIN (from Wikipedia): ******Leonard David Stein, b. 1916 d. 2004, was a musicologist, pianist, conductor, university teacher, and influential in promoting contemporary music on the American West Coast. He was for years Arnold Schoenberg's assistant, music director of the Schoenberg Institute at USC, and among the foremost authorities on Schoenberg's music. He was also an influential teacher in the lives of many younger composers, such as the noted minimalist La Monte Young.******

Original "Let's Get It On" Concert Program Starring Marvin Gaye. Friday, January 4, 1974, Oakland Coliseum.

Souvenir Program, printed by Abbey Press, Inc, Oakland, California, 1974. First and only edition, softcover, 11" x 8.5", side staple bound, 16 pages (including covers), illustrated thought with black & white and and sepia toned photographs of Marvin Gaye and other performers including Ashford and Simpson, Johnny Talbot, The Del Tones, the two M.C's Wally Cox and local television news anchor Belva Davis, Valerie Campbell after party VIP Model, and producer Melvin Reid. The text includes a biography of Marvin Gaye, an interview with Ashford and Simpson by noted Black music writer Vernon Gibbs, a Proclamation by the City of Berkeley recognizing Gaye as a "Gentleman of the Arts," and a Proclamation from the City of Oakland designating January 4, 1974 as "Marvin Gaye Day." GOOD CONDITION: Complete as issued, the program has some light creases and bends from handling and use, the staples have a little rust but are holding well, the front cover has some areas of light abrasion and red pen upper margin notations, otherwise very bright and clean and without any tears or fading, it appears to have been stored away since the concert. I have yet to see another example. A scarce and highly collectable piece of Motown and Oakland memorabilia.

After over four years without touring and the success of his 1971 album What's Going On and his best selling record ever 1973's Let's Get It On, Marvin Gaye's fans and Motown were clamoring for a big concert tour. Rumor had it Marvin promised an Oakland concert to Wally Cox, his friend, soul singer, producer and Oakland native. But as the concert date got closer, Marvin balked. Cox and his partner, Mel Reid (owner of Reid's Records in Berkeley, one of the first Black owned record shops in California) who was a fixture in the local gospel music community, had already advertised the show. They told Marvin that he owed it to the Black community to do the Oakland concert and he did. The January 4, 1974 Oakland Coliseum performance was a major success and the live album he recorded of this concert, Marvin Gaye Live! went Top 10.

GODLIKE, by RICHARD HELL. His second novel.

SIGNED by RICHARD HELL on the title page.

Published by Akashic Books, 2005. First edition, first printing, with "First Printing" stated on the copyright page (published concurrently with a hardcover edition limited to only 40 copies). ISBN: 1888451777.

Softcovers, trade paperback, 141 pages.

FINE condition, tight, bright, clean and clear. Looks and feels unread.

About RICHARD HELL (from Wikipedia):

******Richard Lester Meyers, b.1949, better known by his stage name RICHARD HELL, is an American singer, songwriter, bass guitarist and writer.

Hell was in several important, early punk bands, including Neon Boys, Television and The Heartbreakers, after which he formed Richard Hell & the Voidoids. Their 1977 album Blank Generation influenced many other punk bands. Its title track was named "One of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock" by music writers in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame listing and is ranked as one of the all-time Top 10 punk songs by a 2006 poll of original British punk figures, as reported in the Rough Guide to Punk.

Since the late 1980s, Hell has devoted himself primarily to writing, publishing two novels and several other books.******

From the back cover:

"Vile, scabrous, unforgivable, and deserving of the widest possible audience" - William Gibson

"Set largely in the early 70s, but structured as a middle-aged poet's 1997 notebooks and drafts for a memoir-novel. The book recounts the story of a young man's affair with a remarkable teenage poet. GODLIKE is a novel of compelling originality and transcendent beauty."