Words Edith Sitwell (4 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. David Piper (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Edition printing unknown but it has the original David Piper illustrated cover in orange and red Quarto hardback but this appears to be rebbinding of original paperback vocal score probably by a private (college) library as there are faint signs of removed labels at the front and back 24 pages with 10 extra leaves to provide some bulk for the binding.

Large 8vo. pp [iv], 11. Original publisher's grey illustrated wraps with black and white lettering at the front cover. About fine.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Quarto. Two nested bifolia making eight pages. A dampstain along the bottom of the front cover affecting throughout, soiling to the exterior, and light bumping to the corners, still a very good and complete copy. For voice and piano. Plate number, 76630 -3. Features short samples of five songs, "The Legend of the Robin Redbreast," "Let God Arise," "Rapture," "You Are the Tide," and "My Lover is a Fisherman." *OCLC* locates only a single holding and it appears to be equally scarce in the trade.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Original holograph score. Folio. Four nested bifolia making 16 pages. Foxing and light edgewear throughout, and the two outermost bifoliums are separating a bit at the top and bottom of the folds, still very good. Vocal score for solo soprano, women's chorus and orchestra. Hand written by the composer and Signed by her above the score. Alice Hunt Sokoloff was the daughter of famed Columbia University neurologist, Dr. James Ramsay Hunt, and a scholar in her own right, entering Radcliffe at just 16 and going on to publish three biographies. One of her biographies focuses on Ernest Hemmingway's first wife, Hadley Mowrer, with whom Sokoloff had formed a close friendship. She studied composition under Rubin Goldmark, Constantin Shvedoff, and Alexander Siloti, composing a symphony and three string quartets, along with various shorter pieces and solo pieces, some of which were reportedly performed at Carnegie Hall. This piece, set to words by the English poet, Edith Sitwell, appears to have never been published. Rare and possibly one of a kind.