Holiday 2023 Catalogue

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21. Puccini, Giacomo. (1858–1924).
Signed Photograph

Excellent bust portrait postcard photograph of the Italian composer, signed in fountain pen ink in the blank lower margin, “Giacomo Puccini.” Addressed on the verso to Ms Emilia Fabini, sister of the important Uruguayan composer Eduardo Fabini (1882 - 1950).  3.5 x 5.5 inch (9 x 14 cm).  In very fine condition.
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Opera

22. Rachmaninoff, Sergei. (1873–1943).
Signed Photograph

Signed Rembrandt Studio photograph of the great composer and pianist, shown in a pensive pose with chin resting on his hand, signed and inscribed in 1937 to Harry Friedgut (1901-1975), managing director of the New York City Center of Music and Drama. Approximately half-inch loss to upper right edge, well away from inscription and otherwise fine. 7 x 9 inch (17.7 x 22.9 cm).

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23. [Ravel, Maurice. (1875–1937)] Perlemuter, Vlado. (1904–2002) & Jourdan-Morhange, Hélène. (1888–1961).
Ravel d'après Ravel - Signed by Jourdan-Morhange

Lausanne, Switzerland: Éditions du Cervin. 1953. First. Collection of ten transcribed conversations between the Lithuanian-born French pianist and the French violinist about Ravel's piano music.  Octavo.  Original wrappers.  80 pp.  Half title inscribed, "En souvenir d'Hélène Jourdan-Morhange"; Perlemuter did not sign.  Uncut copy with pages unopened.  Wrappers wrapped in onionskin paper.  8.75 x 6 inches (22 x 15.3 cm).  Browned and very brittle; front endpaper partly detached and slightly torn to head; else in very good condition. Read More...

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France
Book

24. Rodgers, Richard. (1902-1979) [Ewen, David. (1907–1985)].
Richard Rodgers. The Life of an American Musical Genius - SIGNED BY RODGERS

New York: Henry Holt and Co,. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover, boldly signed "To Paul / Sincerely / Richard Rodgers" to the title page by the the important American composer and lyricist of more than 900 songs and 40 Broadway musicals including (with Lorenz Hart) Pal Joey, Jumbo and Babes in Arms. With Oscar Hammerstein, he would contribute to such classics as South Pacific, The King and I and Oklahoma!.  8vo. 364pp + index, illustrated. Small tears and losses to dj, else fine.  Read More...

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25. [Russian Music] [Rachmaninoff, Sergei. (1873–1943)] [Rimsky-Korsakow, Nikolai. (1844-1908)] [Glazounov, Alexander. (1865-1936)] [Diaghilev, Sergei. (1872–1929)] [Sutherland, Joan. (1926–2010)].
"Cinq Concerts Historiques Russes, 1907" - Deluxe Concert Program from the Sutherland-Bonynge Collection

Paris: Moreau [Éditeurs] - G. de Malherbe [Imprimeur]. 1907. Rare deluxe original program from the historic 1907 performance series at the Théâtre de l'Opéra in Paris, "Cinq Concerts Historiques Russes," at the Opéra de Paris on 16, 19, 23, 26, and 30 May 1907, at which Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Alexander Glazunov conducted and/or played some of their works. The striking cover was designed by Russian artist Evgenii Lansere [Eugene Lanceray], and there are numerous illustrations throughout by Ilya Repin, Léon Bakst, Valentin Serov, Eugeniusz Zak, Konstantin Korovin, and Viktor Vasnetsov, including stage settings and portraits of the composers.  96 pp.  8.5 x 10.75 inches (22 x 27.5 cm.). Glossy program pages with light toning in a few areas, generally fine condition, outer heavy paper wrappers with a few marks and small creases, overall fine. With the collection sticker of Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge to the inner front cover, this copy formerly owned by La Stupenda herself! Read More...
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Classical Music

26. Saint-Saëns, Camille. (1835–1921) [Attributed to].
"Saint-Valery-en-Caux - Spring" - Oil Painting

Charming oil painting of a white cherry tree in bloom in the Normandy countryside, apparently painted and signed by the French composer.  While the composer is known to have made artworks of various kinds, we have never previously offered a painting by him and indeed, we find the signature in paint is unlike his usual penmanship. This is not so unusual, and a number of other works in this same style have appeared over the years at French auction houses, all likewise attributed to the composer of this name. That said, please note that the work is sold as "attributed to." In very fine condition.  11 x 9 inches, framed to 13 x 11 (33 x 27.9 cm.). Read More...

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Art

27. Schumann, Robert. (1810–1856) & Schubert, Franz. (1797–1828) & Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix. (1809–1847) & Gade, Niels. (1817–1890) & Schulhoff, Julius. (1825–1898).
Sammelband of Works for Piano 4 Hands, including First Editions

Sammelband containing 8 pieces of printed music for piano 4 hands, including first editions of works by Schumann, Gade and Schulhoff and early editions by Schubert and Mendelssohn.  Of particular rarity and interest is the first edition arrangement of the Piano Quintet of Robert Schumann by his wife, the virtuoso pianist and composer Clara Schumann. In a letter to publisher Hermann Härtel (October 25, 2857), she writes: "I had mentioned to you once before that I wanted to simplify the arrangement of my husband's quintet. I have done so now and it cost me no little effort to do it without doing any harm to the composition. Happily, I believe that I have succeeded - I have played it myself with several people and nobody found it difficult. Would you like to have a look at it now or have some competent players play it for you, or would you rather wait until I myself come and then play it for you with somebody?" (Steegman, 173). Upright folio, bound volume measuring 13 x 10 inches (33 x 27 cm). "Vierhändig / 3." to front board. Black paper boards over dark green cloth, binding heavily scratched and worn, with frayed ends and split to front board seam. Handwritten Contents sheet bound in, 1-150 hand-numbered along top edge of all included works, bound in the following order. Scattered foxing throughout, some staining particularly to the upper right corner and outer edge of the first two and last 3 works, generally very good throughout.  Read More...

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28. Shostakovich, Dimitri. (1906–1975).
Time Magazine featuring "Fireman Shostakovich"

Time. The Weekly Newsmagazine. Volume XL. Number 3. July 20, 1942, featuring the famous illustration on the cover by Boris Artzybasheff.  80 pp. In fine condition.  Read More...
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Ephemera
Program, unsigned

29. Sibelius, Jean. (1865-1957) .
Portrait Photograph

Vintage bust portrait photograph of the great Finnish composer, printed and dated 1965, with CBS news clipping to verso. 7 x 9 inches (18 x 22.6 cm) and in fine condition.

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30. Sibelius, Jean. (1865-1957) .
"Sibelius Receives Food from America" - Original 1946 Photograph

A very unusual original 8 x 10 inch photograph of the great Finnish composer.  Verso news clipping titled "Sibelius Receives Food from America," describes the delivery by "Finland of Care," of four forty-nine pound packages containing food sent from America: "The Sibeliuses, like everybody else in Finland, were very much interested in the subject of food and related how severely the shortage had affected them." Light rippling, otherwise very good.
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31. [Spain] Thomas, Karl. (?-?) [Arranger].
España-Marsch [for Piano]

Upright folio. One unpaginated bifolium. Basel: Max Pohl-Wohnlich Musikalienhandlung, n.d. No. PN. Graphically striking decorative title in red and white, with writing in black. Music to fol. 1v and 2r; fol. 2v blank. Piano piece, probably intended for children; more pieces for children, likewise obscure, advertised to foot of fol. 2r. Somewhat frayed and foxed, small surface loss to upper left corner. The publishing house of Max Pohl-Wohnlich existed in the early twentieth century.

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32. Stravinsky, Igor. (1882–1971) [Fenn, Gene. (1911 - 2001).
Original Photograph with Orpheus Score

Exceptional large format original Gene Fenn sepia photograph of the composer, who is shown inspecting the printed score of his ballet Orpheus (Boosey & Hawkes, 1947).  14 x 11 inches (35.3 x 27.9 cm).  Wear and small losses along the right edge and lower right corner, a couple of light surface cracks, otherwise in fine condition. The photographer's imprint in the negative just barely visible lower right (cropped, as printed).  Read More...

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33. [Stravinsky, Igor. (1882–1971)].
Wooden Tea Table from the Stravinsky Collection

Wooden tea table owned by the Stravinsky family, ca. late 18th/early19th c., likely acquired in California ca. 1940, where it was very much a part of daily life.  Stravinsky and his wife Vera used this table for their afternoon tea and patience games, as well as evening drinks.  Smoking accompanied all of these activities, and the cigarette burns scattered across the surface of the table were deliberately preserved when the table was refinished in 2009.  40 inches in diameter plus two nesting extension leaves. Together with a digital image of the composer shown working at the table and a signed letter of provenance. Read More...


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Furniture

34. Varèse, Edgard. (1883–1965).
"Offrandes" - Inscribed Full Score to a Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Engineer

New York: Ricordi. 1960 (date of "New Copyright'). Offrandes for soprano and chamber orchestra. Full score. 8vo. 10.5 x 7 inches (26.7 x 17.5 cm). 31 pp. [PN] NY 2074. Inscribed by the composer on the title to Peter Smith, then an engineering student working at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, who had assisted Varèse with some of his early pioneering efforts in electronic music: "au Herr Prof. Peter Smith cordial souvenir Edgard Varèse."  In original gray wrappers, slightly worn and with small stains. Miniscule pinprick through head of upper wrapper and first pages, else in very fine condition throughout. Read More...

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35. [Holiday Greetings] Astaire, Fred. (1899–1987).
Signed Photograph with "Sincere good smiles for the Holiday Season"

Signed Ernest Bachrach photograph, inscribed and signed to the popular Argentine Mundo Argentino magazine, "To King[?] of Mundo Argentino  / Sincere good smiles for the Holiday Season / Fred Astaire." Part of the signature and inscription have been traced over in white, so that the inscription contrast could be shown when reproduced in the magazine (a tiny portion of the publication is affixed to the verso). Scattered marks and creases, margins trimmed, else fine. 7.5 x 9.5 inches (19.5 x 24 cm).

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Dance

36. [Holiday Greetings] Bekker, Paul. (1882–1937) & Pollak, Egon. (1879–1933) [Perle, George. (1915–2009)].
[Music criticism] Kritische Zeitbilder - INSCRIBED WITH CHRISTMAS WISHES

Collection of essays (in German) by the eminent German critic, exiled from 1933. Berlin and Leipzig: Schuster & Loeffler, 1921. 336 pp. With inscription by Egon Pollak, "Dem Kritischsten aller Kritiker zur Erinnerung an das kritische Jahr 1923! Fröhliche Weihnachten wünscht Egon Pollak." (To the most critical of all critics in remembrance of the critical year 1923! Egon Pollak wishes Merry Christmas.) Original boards and cloth spine. 8 x 5.5 inches (20.3 x 13.5 cm). Browned and very brittle. Upper board worn; spine chipped. Otherwise in good condition. From the collection of American composer George Perle. Read More...

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37. [Holiday Greetings] [Chausson, Ernest. (1855–1899)] Fauré, Gabriel. (1845-1924). .
Noël, Op 43 No 1 [Title page] - THE COPY OF CHAUSSON

Paris: J. Hamelle. [1886]. Noël pour Ténor ou Soprano avec accompagnement de Piano (et d'Harmonium ad libitum)...Op. 43 No. 1. Upright folio. Lithographic title page (only) of the song publication 1 p.  With his ownership signature in pencil upper right and the name stamp upper left of the remarkable composer Ernest Chausson, student of Massenet and Franck, who died tragically young. Toning, else fine. Though sadly lacking the musical score itself, an interesting association nevertheless.  Read More...

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38. [Holiday Greetings] [Conductors] Weissmann, Adolf. (1873–1929) & Pollak, Egon. (1879–1933).
Der Dirigent im XX. Jahrhundert - INSCRIBED WITH CHRISTMAS WISHES

A survey (in German) of conductors of the present, preceded by a history of conducting, by the eminent Berlin-based critic. The title translates into English as "The conductor in the twentieth century." Berlin: Propyläen, 1925. 198 pp. Numerous illustrations. With inscription to front endpaper by Egon Pollak, "Zur Erinnerung an einen 'Vergessenen', der aber dadurch nicht an Wert verlieren soll! Egon Pollak, Hamburg, Weihnachten 1925." (As a reminder of a 'forgotten' one whose value, however, should not diminish because of that. Egon Pollak, Hamburg, Christmas 1925). Original full cloth boards. 8.5 x 6 inches (21.9 x 15.1 cm). Stains to foot of pp. 61–66 and 135–36. Otherwise in very good condition. From the collection of American composer George Perle. Read More...

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39. [Holiday Greetings] Crumb, George. (1929–2022).
A Little Suite for Christmas, A.D. 1979 (after Giotto's Nativity frescoes in the Arena Chapel at Padua)

New York – London – Frankfurt: C. F. Peters. 1980. Composition for prepared piano by the American composer. Oblong folio, in maroon boards, with original wrappers bound in.  Lithographed.  No. 66833 (no actual PNs).  Title, [2] "Performance notes" in English, [3] contents and "Program note" in English, [4–5] same as [2–3] in German translation, 6–15 pp.  12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.6 cm).  Withdrawn copy from Harvard University's Lamont Library, borrowed apparently only once (in 2008). In excellent condition. Read More...

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40. [Holiday Greetings] Klemperer, Otto. (1885–1973).
" Best wishes for Christmas and New Year!" - Typed Letter Signed

TLS by the German-born conductor to Adam Parsons.  London, December 22, 1962.  In English.  1 p.  Stationery of Hyde Park Hotel, Knightsbridge, London.  In full: "Dear Adam Parsons, take my utmost thanks for my old recording, which you have sent to me.  As soon as I have some time I will listen to it.  / Take my best wishes for Christmas and New Year!  Sincerely yours, Klemperer."  7 x 5.75 inches (18 x 14.5 cm).  Horizontal fold, in a slender and toned older mat, easily removed and  in very good condition overall. Read More...

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