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Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht : a Christmas song by Franz X. Gruber and Josef Mohr / [compiled by Mary and Melbert B. Cary, Jr.]
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Woolly Whale 11
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gruber, Franz Xaver, 1787-1863, author, composer.
- Mohr, Joseph, 1792-1848, author.
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Gruber, Franz Xaver, 1787-1863. Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht.
- Gruber, Franz Xaver.
- Gift books--Specimens.
- Gift books.
- Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Gruber, Franz Xaver).
- Private press books.
- Genre:
- Specimens.
- Private press books (Publishing) -- Press of the Woolly Whale.
- Bookplates (Provenance)
- Private press books (Printing)
- Smithsonian (Paper).
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Goudy Text.
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Goudy Mediaeval.
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [8], 11-27, [3] pages : illustrations, portrait, music, facsimiles ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : [Press of the Woolly Whale], [1933]
- Notes:
- "Copyright, 1933, by Melbert B. Cary, Jr."--Verso of title-page.
- Title-page printed in red and black with specially drawn foliate initial.
- "With exception of the title page, which is composed in Goudy Text with an initial specially drawn by Mr. Goudy, the type used is Goudy Mediaeval, hand set by George W. Van Vechten, Jr., and printed on Smithsonian paper by the Press of the Woolly Whale, New York, for Christmas, 1933"--Colophon.
- Includes reproduction and translation of original German-language manuscripts relating to the song, by Franz Gruber, and facsimile of the manuscript score, together with a "Historical note" by Melbert .B. Cary, Jr., and "The music today" by Mary Flagler Cary.
- Music with lyrics in English: page 24; "German verses": page 26-27.
- Local Notes:
- Bound in paper-covered boards with natural ivory-colored long fiber inclusions (Pitaya pulp?) and green leather spine with gold lettering.
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.
- OCLC:
- 248167
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