THE HOME MUSICAL LIBRARY. THE HOME MUSICAL LIBRARY is intended to be a "condensation" of al. the popular sheet music of the day. Each book (which is quite independent of the others), contains the best Songs, or Duets, or Piano or Organ pieces published within a year or two of its date of issue. The following volumes have only Instrumental Music. Each has from 200 to 250 pages, full sheet music size, and is sold for $2.50 in Boards; $3.00 in Cloth; in fine Gilt, $1.00. Fountain of Gems. Organ at Home. For Reed Organs. The following Books are varied in style, but are all good collections. Brilliant Gems. Fairy Fingers. (Easy.) Golden Chimes. (Kinkel.) Magic Circle. (Small hands.) Musical Recreations. 2.50 2.50 Boards, $1.50; Cloth, $2.00; Gilt, $2.50 1.75 66 2.25 1.75 66 2.25 66 1.75 66 2.25 66 1.75 66 2.25 Operatic Leaves. (KUMMER.) Cloth, $6.00. New York: COLLECTIONS OF THE PIANOFORTE WORKS Bach's 48 Fugues, or Well-tempered Clavichord. $5.00. Lebert & Von Bulow Edition. Cloth, embossed. 2 Vols. Each, $6 Chopin's Waltzes. Cloth, $3.50. Haydn's Sonatas. Cloth, $3.00. Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words. Cloth, $3.00, Gilt, $4.00. Russell's Engraved Edition. Cloth, $4.00; Gilt, $5.00. Fingered by Jarvis. Cloth, $1.00. Mozart's Sonatas. Cloth, $5.00; Gilt, $6.00. Mozart's 18 Sonatas. Octavo edition. Gilt, $3.50. Piano Euition of the Operas. Don Giovanni, Freyschutz, Ernani, Faust, Lucretia, Lucia, Somnambula and Norma. Each, $1.25. Of Trovatore, $1.00. Schumann's Album. Cloth, $2.00; Paper, $1.50. Russell's Engraved Edition. $3.00. Thalberg's Art du Chant. $5.00. Weber's Complete Piano Works. Gilt, $4.00. The above books include within their covers most of the really valuable Any book published by Ditson & Co. will be mailed, post-free, for the Published by OLIVER DITSON & CO., Bosten. C. II. DITSON & CO. MUSIC MUSIC BOOKS FOR REED ORGANS, In two lists, of which this is No. 1. The other contains descriptions of nearly twenty good Works. A MOST SUCCESSFUL INSTRUCTION-BOOK FOR CABINET ORGANS AND MELODEONS. CLARKE'S NEW METHOD FOR REED ORGANS By WILLIAM H. CLARKE. PRICE $2.50. Containing most Simple, Thorough, and Progressive Exercises, Recreations, Beautiful Selections, and Voluntaries, of every grade of difficulty. The selection of the themes of the Recreations are from the highest authority, being adapted from BATTISTE, BATTMAN, Beethoven, Bellini "Beginning with first principles, it gradually carries forward the learner by lessons simple and yet progressive in character, until the knowledge gained is sufficient to overcome, with the ordinary practice required, every difficulty that may be presented. The author is a gentleman of rare musical attainments, and has introduced to the public in this work a large amount of valuable aid and assistance, such as cannot fail, if rightly used, of making not only a good performer, but an expert player."—Boston Journal. CLARKE'S REED ORGAN COMPANION. BY W. H. CLARKE. The "Companion" contains a nice collection of music, and also an "instructive" division, which will increase its value to students. Price $2.00. CLARKE'S DOLLAR INSTRUCTOR FOR REED ORGANS. BY W. H. CLARKE. There is quite a collection of easy pieces which are very musical and pleasing; and the book, without the instructive course, is worth the dollar which THE it costs. ORGAN AT HOME. A fine book, intended, not for church, but for home use, and has about two hundred well-selected pieces of music,-cheerful, bright, and of varied style, such as are likely to please player and hearer. Pages sheet-music size. $2.50 in boards; $3.00 | in cloth; gilt, $4.00. NEW YORK: CLARKE'S SHORT VOLUNTARIES. BY W. H. CLARKE. Short and very tasteful voluntaries, which may be used as they BELLAK'S METHOD FOR ORGAN. " This has a "partial ” or “easy course, in which Bellak's well-known talent has been exercised, resulting in the selection of the easiest and prettiest arrangement of the music required for practice. Price, in boards, $1.00; in paper, 75 cents. MELODEON WITHOUT A MASTER. A simple and pretty book for beginners, with very pleasing music. Price 75 cents. Published by OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston. 0. H. DITSON & CO. |