Beschreibung:

Herrmann (Bernard, 1911-1975). Composer of film music, most notably for the Alfred Hitchcock film ‘Psycho’. A small archive of material signed by Herrmann together with an unsigned score, comprising: a copy of Roloff Beny’s book A Time of Gods, 1st edition, Viking Press. 1962. signed and inscribed by Bernard Herrmann to Ursula Vaughan Williams with an Autograph Musical Quotation (opening 4 bars of his cantata Moby Dick), ‘Merry Christmas / to Ursula / “a real voyager” / from Bernard and Norma / Dec 25 / [19]74’, inscribed on the same page by Ursula Vaughan Williams, ‘Bernard and Norma Herrmann’, original cloth in dust jacket, some wear; together with: Jean Phillipe Rameau’s Pieces de Clavecin, Barenreiter 1940, signed ‘Bernard Herrmann’ in red ink on the title page, with a further 15 pages annotated by Herrmann either with text (c. 45 words) or musical additions (4 pages with various notes and phrasing added), [from Herrmann’s personal library which was sold by his wife Norma], plus a series of four LP Proof Pressings signed or inscribed by Herrmann as either conductor or composer: Lyrita recording of Cyril Scott’s Piano Concerto no 1; Lyrita recording of Cyril Scott’s Piano Concerto no 2; Bernard Herrmann - Music by Erik Satie and Darius Milhaud; The Unicorn recording Bernard Herrmann's Piano Quintet, the first two signed and inscribed on the inner sleeve, the third inscribed on the inner sleeve and the last inscribed on the upper cover; plus a rare copy of the Vocal score (unsigned) of Herrmann’s opera Wuthering Heights, original printed wrappers, split on joints and partially detached, folio (Quantity: 7)