PRINTED MATERIAL MUSICAL BIOGRAPHIES/AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 4507. A Bio-Bibliography of Composer WARREN BENSON. By Alan D. Wagner. Illustrated. 415 pp. Meller Press, 2005. I studied composition with Mr. Benson and mainly remember his general remarks, mostly on the clever but snide side. After seeing a concert with Poulenc and soprano Denise Duval, I reported as to how wonderful it was and asked if he had been there. “I don’t need Poulenc’s music and he doesn’t need my money” was his response. In the early 1960s Ithaca College (where he taught at the time and where I was a student) was building a new campus. I asked him what he thought of the architectural style. “Neo-motel”, he responded. As new. $20.00. 4534. Oklahoma Tenor – Musical Memories of GIUSEPPE BENTONELLI. By Joseph Benton. Foreword by Eva Turner. Univ. Oklahoma Press, 1973. Paperback. 150 pp. Illustrated. As New. $10.00. 4509. LEONARD BERNSTEIN [conductor, composer]. Biography. By David Ewen. W.C. Allen, 1967. DJ. Illustrated. 175 pp. Excellent. $5.00. 4511. JOHN ALDEN CARPENTER [composer]. A Bio-Bibli- ography. Compiled by Joan O’Connor. Greenwood Press, 1994. 248 pp. As new. $15.00. 4549. ENRICO CARUSO AND THE ART OF SINGING. By Salvaore Fucito (Caruso’s coach and accompanist, 1916-1921) and Barnet J. Beyer. Stokes, 1922. 219 pp. Text, in excellent condition, includes Caruso’s vocal exercises and his practical advice to students and teachers of singing, as well as an extensive biographical section. Ex-library copy. Lt. cover wear, markings on title page (and removed card pockets). Pages excellent. $7.00. Item #4559 4553. [ENRICO] CARUSO’S METHOD OF VOICE PRODUCTION. By Dr. P. Mario Marafioti. Preface by Victor Maurel. Appleton, 1927. 300 pp. Includes notated exercises. Excellent. $15.00. 4551. [ENRICO] CARUSO ON RECORDS. By Aida Favia-Artsay. Historic Record, 1965. 218 pp. DJ. Includes stroboscope and tipped-in author’s signature. As new. $50.00. 4519. ENRICO CARUSO – His Recorded Legacy. By John Freestone & H. J. Drummond. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1960. 130 pp. Discussions of all of Caruso’s records. DJ. Scarce. Lt. DJ rubs, otherwise as new. $25.00. 4555. ENRICO CARUSO – UNA VITA UNA LEGGENDA. Pietro Gargano. Mondadori, 1997. 159 pp. DJ. Illustrated. In Italian. As new. $15.00. 4559. ENRICO CARUSO – CRÓNICAS RIOPLATENSES. By Pedro E. Rivero. Dunken, Buenos Aires, 1997. 108 pp. Illustrated. In Spanish. As new. $12.00. 4524. [FEODOR] CHALIAPIN. A Critical Biography. By Victor Borovsky. DJ. Knopf, 1988. Discography by Alan Kelly. 629 pp. Illustrated. As new. $12.00. 4556. IRIS ADAMI CORRADETTI [s]. By Paolo Padoan. Bongiovanni, undated (early 1980s?). 103 pp. Paper covers with DJ. In Italian. Title page inscribed and signed by Iris’s two half-sisters: Adriana Corradetti and Fiora Corradetti Contino. As new. $25.00. 4522. [GAETANO] DONIZETTI and his Operas. By William Ashbrook. 743 pp. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1982. 743 pp. DJ. Excellent. $15.00. 4516. [AMELITA] GALLI-CURCI’S Life of Song. Monitor, 1978. DJ (tiny tear). Photos, Discography. 280 pp. Excellent+. $15.00. 4544. Memories of Opera. By GIULIO GATTI-CASAZZA [Met Gen. Manager]. Scribners, 1941. 326 pp. Writing inside cover. Browning inside covers, otherwise very good. $10.00. 4514. Reminiscences of DE WOLF HOPPER [actor]. With Wesley Winans Stout. Illustrated. Garden City Pub., 1927. 238 pp. Very good. $12.00. 4513. LEOŠ JANÁEK [composer]. A Biography by Jaroslav Vogel, Revised by Karel Janovický. Norton, 1981. 439 pp. Illustrated. DJ. As new. $12.00. 4508. GEORGE JELLINEK [opera commentator]. My Road to Radio and The Vocal Scene. Paper covers. McFarland, 2007. 243 pp. Illustrated. As new. $10.00. 4518. LOTTE LEHMANN [s]– A Centenary Biography. By Alan Jefferson. Julia MacRae, 1988. DJ. Discography. 333 pp. As new. $12.00.

297 PRINTED MATERIAL MUSICAL BIOGRAPHIES/AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 4506. Dearest John - The Story of JOHN LEMMONÉ [flute virtuoso] and NELLIE MELBA [soprano]. Bowerbird Press, 1997. 52 pp. Includes letters from Melba to Lemmoné / EDWARD SIMSON [clarinetist]. Paper covers. Circa. 200 pp. Odd combining of biographies, both by Donald Westlake. Volume I of “Eminent Musicians of Australia” series. Some marks. Very good. $15.00. 4520. JENNIE LIND [s] – Her Tour Through America and Cuba. Stringer & Townsend. 1851. 226 pp. Some light spotting but no other problems. Good. $15.00. 4505. “Oggie” - The Memoirs of OLGA LYNN [soprano]. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1955. 160 pp. Illustrated. Recollections of Melba, de Reszke and others. Inscr. and signed “Oggie”, 1955. Very good. $15.00. 4526. Hollywood Diva – A biography of JEANETTE MACDONALD by Edward Baron Turk. Univ. of Cal. Press, 2000. 467 pp. Illustrated. As new (actually new). $12.00. 4546. GALLIANO MASINI [t]. Biography by Mauro Calvetti. Il Edizione, 1980. 122 pp. Illustrated. Soft cover. In Italian. Slight cover wear, otherwise as new. $15.00. Ital. Columbia Cat., #4562, pg. 296 4517. [NELLIE] MELBA [s]. A biography by John Hetherington. Faber and Faber, 1967. . Illustrated. Highly recommended biography. Writing inside cover. DJ (slight soiling). Book otherwise as new. $12.00. 4533. LAURITZ MELCHIOR – The Golden Years of Bayreuth. By Ib Melchior with text and photographs from the scrapbooks of Lauritz Melchior. Baskerville, 2003. 273 pp. Profusely illustrated. DJ. The CD originally included is missing. Otherwise excellent +. $15.00. 4523. [ROSA] PONSELLE. A Singer’s Life. By. Rosa Ponselle & James A. Drake. 328 pp. Doubleday, 1982. 328 pp. DJ. Discography. Excellent. $12.00. 4543. ROSA PONSELLE – A Centenary Biography. By James A. Drake. Amadeus, 1997. 494 pp. DJ. The definitive Ponselle volume. Many photographs, chronology of performances, discography. Signed and dedicated to (the late) Kurt Binar by the author. Looks absolutely mint. $15.00. 4530. The Autobiography of WILL ROGERS. Selected and edited by Donald Day. Hough- ton Mifflin, 1949. 410 pp. Signed by Day and Will Rogers Jr. Excellent. $15.00. 4515. TITO SCHIPA [t]. A biography by Tito Schipa, Jr. Baskerville, 1996. 360 pp. Illustrated. Discography. DJ. Includes a CD. As new. $15.00. 4557. FRANCESCO TAMAGNO [t]. “Otello fu…”, LA VITA DEL GRANDE TENORE. By Mario Ruberi. Torino, 1990. 147 pp. Many illustrations. Hardboard covers with DJ. In Italian. As new. $15.00. 4512. ELINOR REMICK WARREN [pianist/composer]. A Bio-Bibliography. By Virginia Bortin. Greenwood, 1993. 285 pp. Includes a lengthy interview. As new. $15.00. 4521. THE [GIUSEPPE] VERDI – [ARRIGO] BOÏTO CORRESPONDENCE. English language edition by William Weaver. 321 pp. DJ. Illustrated. As new. $15.00. 4547. GIOVANNI ZENATELLO [t]. Biography by Nina Zenatello Consolaro. Verona, 1976. Soft cover with DJ. Illustrated. 157 pp. In Italian. Slightest DJ rubs, otherwise as new. $15.00. REFERENCE and BOOKS ON GROUPS OF ARTISTS 4554. L’ARTE DEL CANTO IN ROMAGNA. By Fernando Battaglia. Bongiovanni, 1979. Paper covers. 260 pp. Biographies and photos of 20th century (and some earlier) Roman singers. Very useful information. In Italian. As new. $15.00. 4541. THE AMERICAN OPERA SINGER – The Lives and Adventures of America’s Great Singers in Opera and Concert from 1895 to the Present. By Peter G. Davis. Doubleday, 1997. 625 pp. A both enjoyable and useful volume. One slightest stain, otherwise as new. $12.00. 4528. THE COMPLETE ENTERTAINMENT DISCOGRAPHY from the mid-1890s to 1942 by Brian Rust with Allen G. Debus. Arlington House, 1973. 675 pp. DJ. Bio- graphical sketches, dates, and discographies of hundreds of popular artists from the period covered. Invaluable. DJ (some tears), otherwise excellent +. $15.00. 298 PRINTED MATERIAL REFERENCE and BOOKS ON GROUPS OF ARTISTS 4529. PIERRE KEY’S MUSIC YEAR BOOK, 1926-27. Pierre Key, 1926. 519 pp. Details on the season’s music events throughout the U.S. Full-page biographies (advertising) of a number of artists, both prominent and obscure. Useful reference work. Excellent. $15.00. 4558. THE LAST PRIMA DONNAS. By Lanfranco Rasponi. Limelight, 1985. Paper covered edition. 633 pp. Interviews with many leading sopranos of the 20th century. Much of the material offers interesting insights into the personalities and foibles of these favorites of ours. Excellent. $12.00. 4545. OPERA STARS. Undated 16 page Soviet Russia pamphlet, probably around 1960. Brief sketches and photos (street attire and roles) of many of the prominent singers active in Russia (U.S.S.R.) at the time. As new. $15.00. 4503. PRIMA DONNAS AND SOUBRETTES by Louis C. Strang. 270 pp. LC. Page, 1900. Bios and photos of a number of leading artists, including Christie Macdonald, Alice Nielsen, Marie Dressler, etc. Writing on inside cover. Gen. 2. $12.00. 4531. VOCAL MASTERY. Talks with Master Singers and Teachers. By Harriette Brower. Stokes, 1920. 292 pp. Illustrated. Interviews with various artists on singing and their thoughts on various musical issues. Includes Caruso, Farrar, Tetrazzini, Maurel, Lilli Lehmann, De Luca, Braslau, Muzio and a number of others. Minor cover wear. Light cover wear. Generally very good. $15.00. 4542. VOICES, SINGERS & CRITICS. By John Steane. Amadeus, 1992. 294 pp. Illus- trated. DJ. “John Steane’s subject, in all three sections of this book, is the art of singing. In the first part he takes the material, the voices themselves, in the second he considers the work and achievement of ten individual singers; and in the third he listens through the ears of an earlier generation of critics, finding much to learn.” As new. $15.00. OPERA HOUSE/COMPANY RELATED BOOKS 4539. BAYREUTH – THE EARLY YEARS – An account of the Wagner Festival, 1876- 1914, as seen by celebrated visitors & participants. Ed. by Robert Hartford. Cambridge, 1980. DJ. Illustrated. As new. $15.00. 4504. OFFIZIELLER BAYREUTHER FESTSPIELFÜHRER, 1937. Official souvenir book of the 1937 Bayreuth Festival. Heavy paper binding (original). Circa. 400 pages. Photos of all performers, various foldouts, articles, advertisements. One loose group of pages. Photo/bio page of Enid Szantho signed by her and dated 1968. One piece torn from Bayreuth State map, otherwise excellent. $35.00. 4548. IL POLITEAMA GENOVESE. Cronistoria (chronology) dall’anno 1870 all’anno 1895. By Ambrogio Broccia. Genova, Montorfano, 1895. 279 pp. Excellent leather binding. As new. $20.00. 4525. AMONG THE COVENT GARDEN STARS by Josephine O’Donnell. Stanley Paul Ltd., 1936. Illustrated. 295 pp. Behind the stage doings among the Covent Garden artists during the 1920s and earlier ‘30s. Couple of loose plates. Lt. wear. Very good. $12.00. 4560. SATURDAY AFTERNOONS AT THE OLD MET – The Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts, 1931-1950. By Paul Jackson. Amadeus, 1994 (corrected reprint). 569 pp. Illustrated. Commentary on all the Met broadcasts from 1931-1950 from extant broadcast transcriptions. Enjoyable reading and valuable reference volume. As new. $15.00. 4532. SECOND EMPIRE OPERA – The Théâtre-Lyrique, Paris, 1851-1870. By T. J. Walsh. Calder, 1981. 384 pp. DJ. Slightest cover folds, otherwise as new. $10.00. RECORDING RELATED BOOKS 4537. EDISON BLUE AMBEROL RECORDINGS, 1915-1929. Compiled and edited by Ronald Dethlefson. Mulholland, 1999. 504 pp. Reproductions of supplements, photos and articles. A necessary book for the cylinder collector. As new. $15.00. 4510. SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT by Colin Symes. Wesleyan Univ. Press, 2004. 311 pp. Illustrated. DJ. “A material history of classical recordings.” “A cultural history of the record.” As new. $12.00. 4535. THE FABULOUS PHONOGRAPH – The Story of the Gramophone from Tinfoil to High Fidelity. By Robert Gelatt. Cassell, 1956. 250 pp. DJ (slight wear). Excellent. $12.00. 4540. THE GRAND TRADITION – Seventy years of singing on record, 1900 to 1970. By J. B. Steane. Duckworth, 1974. 628 pp. DJ. Illustrated. Excellent. $15.00.

299 PRINTED MATERIAL / LPs RECORDING RELATED BOOKS 4536. PSEUDONYMS ON AMERICAN RECORDS, 1892-1942. A Guide to False Names and Label Errors. Compiled and Annotated by Allan Sutton. 2nd Revised & Expanded Edition. Mainspring Press, 2005. 412 pp. As new. $15.00. 4538. THE NEW CATALOGUE OF HISTORICAL RECORDS, 1898-1908/09 by Roberto Bauer. Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd., 1947. 494 pp. Book as new. DJ very light wear. Writing (by original owner) on front page. $20.00. 4550. VERTICAL-CUT CYLINDERS AND DISCS by Victor Girard and Harold M. Barnes. BIRS, 1964. 196 pp. An invaluable reference book for collectors. Small binding tear, otherwise excellent. $15.00. 4552. THE VICTOR RED SEAL DISCOGRAPHY, Volume 1. By John R. Bolig. Mainspring, 2004. 417 pp. Listing of all Red Seal Victor single-sided issued with all details (matrices, takes, dates, etc.). Another volume that all collectors should own. As new. $15.00. 4562. THE ENCYCLOPEDIC DISCOGRAPHY OF VICTOR RECORDINGS. Compiled by Ed Fagan and William R. Moran. First Volume, through April, 1903. Greenwood, 1983. 392 pp. As new. $20.00. LPs All in excellent to as new condition. No problems. 4564. GEORGES ENESCO [violinist]. THE COMPLETE SONATAS AND PARTITAS FOR UNACCOMPANIED VIOLIN (J. S. Bach). Three LP Box Japanese Columbia set DXM 128-130. With booklet and clippings. $75.00. 4565. LEONTYNE PRICE [s]. HERMIT SONGS / ELEANOR STEBER [s]. KNOXVILLE: SUMMER OF 1915 (both Samuel Barber). Side one piano acc. by the composer. Side two with William Strikland dir. Dumbarton Oaks Orchestra. Columbia Odyssey 32 16 0230. Cover boldly signed by both Steber and Price. $35.00. 4566. MONTSERRAT CABALLÉ [s]. LIVE OPERATIC RECITAL, 1978. Three sides with orch. dir. James Conlin and one with piano. Stereo HRE 254-2. Boxed 2-LP set. Cover signed by both Caballé and Conlin. $20.00. 4567. MONTSERRAT CABALLÉ [s]. GREAT OPERATIC HEROINES. With Barcelona Symp. dir. Carlo Felice Cillario. RCA Stereo LSC-3209. Factory sealed. $7.00. 4568. MONTSERRAT CABALLÉ [s], FEDERICO MOMPOU [piano]. SONGS OF FREDERIC MOMPOU. Vergara Stereo 701-STL. $7.00. 4569. CHLOE OWEN [s], DAVID GIBSON [p]. A PROGRAM OF CONTEMPORARY SONG CYCLES (Milhaud, Sutermeister, Surinach). Plus encores: aria from La Rondine (Puccini), Fêtes Galantes (Poulenc), Songs My Mother Taught Me (Dvoák). Private issue recording made during Jordan Hall concert, Boston, 1968. Wonderful artist. Plain jacket. Few lt. harmless mks. $12.00. 4570. ROSE BAMPTON [s] and CURTIS STRING QUARTET. TRE CANZONI (Pizzetti) / CURTIS QUARTET. STRING QUINTET IN G (Brahms). Recording 1962 during Tamament (PA) Chamber Music Festival. Private issue. Plain jacket. $30.00. 4571. JESSYE NORMAN [s]. WITH A SONG IN MY HEART. With Boston Pops dir. John Williams. Music of Porter, Rodgers, Arlen, Kern, Gershwin. Philips Stereo 412 625-1. Cover signed by Norman. $10.00. 4572. GIACOMO LAURI-VOLPI [t]. ARIAS. From William Tell, Poliuto, Il Trovatore, Huguenots, etc. Cetra LPC 55067. $7.00. 4573. HERMANN PREY [b], LEONARD HOKANSON [piano]. LIEDER VON CARL MARIA VON WEBER. EMI Stereo 065-30-782. Cover signed by both Prey and Hokanson. $10.00. 4574. GALINA VISHNEVSKAYA [s], MISTISLAV ROSTROPOVITCH [piano]. RUSSIAN SONGS (Tchaikowsky, Moussorgsky, Shostakovitch). Boxed 3-LP Stereo EMI Set SLS 5055. Cover signed by both Vishnevskaya and Rostropovitch. $12.00. 4575. GEORGE LONDON [bs-b], LILI CHOOKASIAN [c], ERICH LEINSDORF dir. Boston Symphony. THE DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF BRINDISI (Menotti) / GUERRE- LIEDER: Song of the Wood Dove (Schönberg). RCA Stereo LSC-2785. $8.00. 4576. RENATA SCOTTO [s], RENATO BRUSON [b], JOHN PRITCHARD dir. Philharmonia Orch. IL SEGRETO DI SUSANNA (Wolf-Ferrari). Boxed CBS Digital 1-LP set 36733. Cover signed by Scotto, Bruson and Pritchard. $8.00. 4577. LICIA ALBANESE [s]. SONGS OF VERDI / ITALIAN FOLK SONGS. RCA Victor Stereo LSC-27 RCA Italiana Orch. dir. René Leibowitz. Scarce item and a fine souvenir of Albanese, who died this year (2013) at the age of 105. $7.00. 300