James Cooke Editor (185 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Vol.67 no.7. Articles include: "How to Copyright Music; Building Musicianship; The Summer Symphony; Musical Leipzig of Yesterday; The Charms of Operetta; Phases of the Creative Instinct; What Hymns Shall We Play?; The United State Air Force Band; They Called Him 'Skid Row Tchaikovsky.'" Includes 20 pages of music: Crimson Carnations, Polonaise (Chopin), Theme from Piano Concerto in B-Flat Minor (Tschaikowsky), Salute to the Colors March, Sweet Hour of Prayer, Sarabande (Bach). Also includes music pages from July 1946 The Etude: The Enchanted Mirror, Recessional (De Koven), Andante (Beethoven), Happy-Go-Lucky, and Come Thou Almighty King. Cover illustration is of a young girl playing harp. Spine edge is very worn and chipped; pages are age-toned.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Vol. 64 no.6. Articles include: "Does Music Develop Character?; Preparation for Potsdam, by Eugene List; The Dramatic Last Hours of Mozart; The Amazing American Tour of Jenny Lind; Battistini the Incomparable Master of Bel Canto, Concerning the Contralto, Drums and Cymbals." Includes 19 pages of sheet music: Springtime in Vienna, Polka (Smetana), Novelette (Schumann), Spring Breezes, Meditation (Hoffmann), Prelude in E minor (De Koven), White Orchids, Purple Dusk, Lily Pads. Cover illustration is of a Great Day at Potsdam, outdoor concert by Eugene List. Unmarked, complete, but some smudging on edges of last pages. Embossed paper covers.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Vol. 61 no. 10. Articles include: "Boccherini of the Minuet; Eighty Years of Musical Triumph, by Moriz Rosenthal; Profitable Vocal Study, by Lily Pons; Mr. Jefferson --Musician; Since Singing is So Good a Thing (Sir William Byrd); The Baroque Style in American Organ Building; Fiddles and Fiddlers; Healing Children with Music; ." Includes 22 pages of sheet music: Roses at Twilight, Thousand and One Nights, Merry Revelers, El Torero (The Bull Fighter), Star Sapphires, Lord Speak to Me, Youth of America March. Cover illustration is a Bust of Theodore Presser (Sixtieth Anniversary of The Etude). Unmarked, complete, but some smudging on edges of last pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Pages have some corner creases. The cover looks like a sticker was removed and there are creases. Pictured on front is Uncle Sam holding a $100 war savings bond.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair/Good. Covers and pages clean, no marks or writings, binding sound. 5" tear along lower spine, wear to corners and mild soiling to covers. Smoke free and not X-library, shipped in box.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 71pp. Illustrated stapled wraps. Light wear, light soil to cover, contents mildly toned. A variety of articles on music theory, instruction, composers in addition to a number of music compositions.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 79pp. Illustrated stapled wraps. Light wear to cover, contents mostly clean. A variety of articles on music theory, instruction, composers and numerous period ads.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Cover is worn on edges and soiled but text is clean and complete. Saint-Saens on cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Cover is worn on edges and soiled but text is clean and complete. Liszt and Wagner on cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Cover is worn on edges and soiled but text is clean. Tape along spine. John Philip Sousa and Camille Saint-Saens on cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Cover is worn on edges and soiled but text is clean. Tape along spine. Frederic Chopin on cover.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Spine Torn And Only Held In At Staples. Small Chunk Missing Top Edge. Has Label Partially Torn Off In Right Upper Corner. Light Edge Wear At Corners.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Pages are excellent cover shows wear.

Stapled Wraps. Condition: Very Good Minus. Vol. 47, No. 1. "A Monthly Journal for the Musician, the Music Student and All Music Lovers." This publication was founded in 1883 and flourished until 1957. CONTENTS: Musical Education in the Home (Ross); The Supremacy of Personality; Venice - the City of Dreams; Phrasing - A Key to Technical Problems (Chiapusso); What is a Prelude? (Chiapusso); Why an Investment in Music Lessons Always Pays (Ruckmick); Turning Failure into Fortune (Spencer); An Appreciation of Schubert (Mencken); The Cornet and Trumpet in Band and Orchestra (Grabel); Music for [Special Needs] Children of the Public Schools (van de Wall); The Teachers' Round Table (Better Use of Pedal, etc.); The Singer's Etude - Improving the Head Tone (Rimmer); The Organist's Etude - (Weller); The Violinist's Etude (Braine); Junior Etude. 76 pages. CONDITION: A solidly-bound Very Good Minus copy with noticeable shelf-wear to the cover edges and corners, plus a split at the spine-edge bottom - now discreetly repaired/reinforced with near-invisible library archival tape. The interior pages, however, are clean, negligibly age-faded, and unmarked. This rather scarce issue is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Large paperback, "The definitive edition of the historic essays - fully annotated and reproduced from the original newspaper texts," no significant flaws to this clean, tight, unmarked copy; ; 672 pages.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Cover: Giuseppe Verde.

Soft Cover - Staple-Bound. Condition: Good. Wraps have light aging and rubbed edges. Pages are clean with no markings. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Soft Cover - Staple-Bound. Condition: Good. Wraps have light aging and rubbed edges. Pages are clean with no markings. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Soft Cover - Staple-Bound. Condition: Good. Wraps have light aging and rubbed edges. Pages are clean with no markings. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Soft Cover - Staple-Bound. Condition: Good. Wraps have light aging and rubbed edges. Pages are clean with no markings. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Wraps have light aging and rubbed edges. Pages are clean with no markings. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Volume 56, #8, August 1938. (music, magazine, sheet music) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Volume 60, #8, August 1942. (music, magazine, sheet music) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Volume 59, #6, June 1941. (music, magazine, sheet music) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Volume 61, #9, September 1943. (music, magazine, sheet music) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Volume 61, #10, October 1943. (music, magazine, sheet music) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Photos (illustrator). The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Cover: Johann Sebastian Bach.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Cover: Paderewski Plays the Minuet.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Cover: Haydn. The Heavens Are Telling the Glory of God.