‎Bedford Neal‎
‎Vienna‎

‎Antique Vienna Bronzes‎

‎, Schiffer, 2009 Binding: Hard Cover, with dusjacket, Size: 8 1/2" x 11",Illustrations: 657 colour photos ,Pages: 256 . ISBN 9780764328497.‎

‎Small bronze figures, made in Vienna, Austria, beginning around 1850, are well known for their great detail and expressiveness. They were produced in small factories and private artist studios in the forms of animals and humans, and were exported to sell in New York, London, and Paris. Depicted here in over 650 brilliant colour photos are cast bronze birds, camels, cats, dogs, horses, bears, bulls, reptiles, and rodents as well as humans figures from around the globe and many professions. Figures integrated into lamps are also displayed. The informative text highlights major artists and firms that produced Vienna bronze figures, and values are included in the captions. Antique and figurine collectors will find much pertinent information in this new study. ‎

‎ERSTE WIENER SCHACHCONGRESS VIENNA CHESS TOURNAMENT 1ST EDITION RARE 1874. In En‎

‎ERSTE WIENER SCHACHCONGRESS VIENNA CHESS TOURNAMENT 1ST EDITION RARE 1874. In English (ask us if in doubt)/ERSTE WIENER SCHACHCONGRESS VIENNA CHESS TOURNAMENT 1ST EDITION RARE 1874. ERSTE WIENER SCHACHCONGRESS VIENNA CHESS TOURNAMENT 1ST EDITION RARE 1874. In English (ask us if in doubt)/ERSTE WIENER SCHACHCONGRESS VIENNA CHESS TOURNAMENT 1ST EDITION RARE 1874. SKUalb4b703e3c0e78a393.‎

‎VIENNA 1900. VIENNA, SCOTLAND AND THE EUROPEAN AVANT-GARDE,‎

‎Edinburgh, National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, 1983 Softcover, illustrated cardboard wrappers, 200 x 200mm., 80pp., profoundly illustrated in colour and b/w. . ISBN 0114923337.‎

‎Offers a glimpse of the cultural ferment, and explores the changes taking place, in Vienna at the turn of the century. Book is in good condition.‎

‎Gustav Mahler, The Arduous Road to Vienna (1860-1897) Completed, Revised and Edited by Sybille Werner‎

‎, Brepols 2020, 2020 Hardcover, xvii + 809 pages., 58 b/w ills, English, 210 x 260 mm,. fine! ISBN 9782503588148.‎

‎The volume traces the life and career of Mahler from his birth to his appointment to the Vienna Hofoper. This long awaited revised volume I completes Henry-Louis de La Grange's four-volume English language biography of the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler (1860?1911), which is widely considered to be the definitive work on the subject. The present instalment, covering the years 1860 to 1897, traces the life and career of Mahler from his birth in a small village in Bohemia to his appointment to the Vienna Hofoper, then the most prestigious opera house in the world. It describes his family background, his student days at the Vienna Conservatory, his private life, and his burgeoning career as both conductor and composer. Starting at a small summer theatre in Bad Hall, his first engagements took him to Laibach (Ljubljana), Olm tz (Olomouc), Kassel, Prague, and Leipzig, before he was appointed to principal posts at the important opera houses of Budapest (1888) and Hamburg (1891). By now Mahler had also begun to establish himself as a composer. Some of his major works ? starting with Das Klagende Lied (1881) ? the early Wunderhorn songs, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen , and the first three symphonies date from this period of his life. While regularly rejected by contemporary critics, today they are favourites of the concert repertoire. Widely recognised as Gustav Mahler's pre-eminent biographer, Henry-Louis de La Grange (1924?2017) ? author of the 4-volume, 5,000-page definitive study of the composer's life and work ? was awarded a professorship by the government of Austria and an honorary Doctorate from the Juilliard School of Music. He lectured extensively, organised concerts, exhibitions, and music festivals, and contributed to film documentaries and radio features. Together with Maurice Fleuret he founded the M diath que Musicale Mahler in Paris. German musicologist and conductor Sybille Werner started working with Henry-Louis de La Grange in 2003. She has repeatedly lectured and published on the performance history of Mahler's works, and in 2018 received the Mahler Award of the Sociedad Mahler Mexico. Her conducting activities have taken her beyond New York, her former residence, and the USA to Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Poland, and the UK. Currently she is based in Toblach and associated with the Gustav Mahler Music Weeks.‎

‎Fired by Passion: Vienna Baroque Porcelain of Claudius Innocentius du Paquier. 3 vols‎

‎Chilton, Meredith (ed): Fired by Passion: Vienna Baroque Porcelain of Claudius Innocentius du Paquier. 3 vols. Exhibition: New York, Metropolitan Museum, 2009. 1368pp with over 2000 colour illustrations. Cloth + CD-Rom. 33x24.5cms. Three-volume monograph dedicated to Du Paquier, the Viennese porcelain factory established in 1718. Volume I looks at the background of the factory and its backdrop of 18th century Vienna and relationship to Meissen; Volume II looks at the use of these objects at court ceremonies; Volume III contains a detailed catalogue of 500 objects, including an inventory of the Dubsky Room, the only room still devoted to Du Paquier porcelain.‎

‎Three-volume monograph dedicated to Du Paquier, the Viennese porcelain factory established in 1718. Volume I looks at the background of the factory and its backdrop of 18th century Vienna and relationship to Meissen; Volume II looks at the use of these objects at court ceremonies; Volume III contains a detailed catalogue of 500 objects, including an inventory of the Dubsky Room, the only room still devoted to Du Paquier porcelain. Text in English‎