Music boxes, their lore and lure; a book that tells their story--how they began in bell towers and moved into clocks and watches and snuff boxes--their whole bright history and their present renaissance / by Helen Hoke and John Hoke. Illustrated by Nancy Martin. Designed by Mimi Reiter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoke, Helen, 1903-1990.

Contributor:

Hoke, John, 1925-2011.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music box.

Music box music.

Genre:

Endpapers (Binding)

Physical Description:

94 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 27 x 27 cm + 1 audio disc (analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 10 in.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Hawthorn Books, [1957]

Contents:

Sound disc: side A. Music boxes. Ben Hur chariot race (15 1/2"-disc Regina) ; March brilliance (Mandolin tremolo with zither) ; El Paso mazurka (Ideal Soprano) ; Selections from Rigoletto (Heller Swiss Box with bird whistles) ; Carnival of Venice (15 1/2"-disc Regina) ; Brightly dawns our wedding day (Sublime Harmonie Piccolo) ; Swanee River (27"-disc Regina) ; Brahms' lullaby ; and, Rock-a-bye baby (Modern Swiss Box) ; La paloma (Three-disc Symphonion) ; The tide (Hidden bell and drum Swiss box) ; Mandolinata (Ideal Soprano) ; Nest of finches (15 1/2"-disc Regina) ; Hydropathen waltz (27"-disc Regina)

side B. Not quite music boxes. Londonderry air (Carillon) ; Over the waves (Barrel organ) ; Valse bleue (Calliope) ; Waltz medley (Player piano) ; Artist's life (Carousel).

Notes:

Illustrated lining-papers.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.

OCLC:

987244