Signed program from the beloved pianist, who performed in a solo recital at Carnegie Hall on November 16, 1975. The program included works by Schumann, Rachmaninoff, Liszt, and Chopin. Horowitz has signed in red marker over the program listing. 17 pp. Fine. 8.25 x 11 inches (21 x 27.7 cm).
Signed LP from the renowned American violinist who premiered the violin concertos of Alban Berg and Arnold Schoenberg. He has signed his recording of the two concertos with Artur Rodzinski and the Cleveland Orchestra: "To Ira Licht / Souvenir of Jan 17, 1974 / Rochester, NY / Louis Krasner." Typed name and address of the collector to the right of the inscription. Columbia Records ML 4857. Sleeve with illustration of Paul Klee's "Ausgang der Narren." Some toning and edge wear; overall fine and still in protective shrink wrap, though open at one side. 12.25 inches (31 cm) square. Read More...
Original 1943 photograph of the violinist and conductor rehearsing together, Menuhin looking on from the soloist's position as Enesco gives a note at the podium. Stamped on the verso by the photographer, Eric Schaal. Matte sepia print, in fine condition save some slight buckling. 10 x 8 inches (25.2 x 20.2 cm). Read More...
An amusing original "Blondie" comic strip from cartoonist Chic Young, mentioning Yehudi Menuhin. Telling Dagwood not to contradict her because "I majored in logic at school. When you contradict me, you're contradicting Socrates, Aristotle, Plato and Yehudi Menuhin," Blondie is indignant when Dagwood protests: "Yehudi Menuhin is a violinist." Created by Chic Young and his staff in December 1966 and signed “Chic Young” in the third panel. Drawn in ink with crosshatching to Blondie's skirt and an applied benday pattern (somewhat toned) to the armchair in the third and fourth panels. The header, by-line and copyright statements are pasted on, ready for reproduction and printing. Framed to 19 x 7 inches (48 x 18 cm). Some wear to frame; overall very good.
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Neveu, Ginette. (1919–1949). Two Press Photographs with her Brother and Marcel Cerdan
Two vintage press photographs of the brilliant French violinist, pictured here with her brother, pianist Jean-Paul Neveu, as she shows her Stradivarius violin to French boxing champion Marcel Cerdan. The photographs were taken just before all three boarded their flight from Paris on October 28, 1949, which would crash, killing all 48 people on board. Press captions and stamps to verso; crop marks to the photographs. Overall very good. 10 x 8 inches (25.5 x 20.3 cm). Read More...
Large photogravure portrait of the important Polish pianist and statesman, boldly signed at the foot by Paderewski and by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, the artist of the painting on which the photogravure is based. Signed additionally in the plate by Alma-Tadema at the upper right with opus number CCCXI (311.) Copyrighted 1893 at the upper left, and published by the Berlin Photographic Company, London and New York. 15.5 x 13 inches, framed to 23 x 20.5 inches. With extensive surface creasing not affecting the signatures and otherwise fine. Read More...
Group of signed program pages from five important pianists. The group includes signatures from John Browning, Alicia de Larrocha, and André Watts (all with the New York Philharmonic in November 1975); and Gary Graffman (with the New York Philharmonic in January 1976); and Alexis Weissenberg (with the Minnesota Orchestra in December 1975). Each on a single page taken from a longer program; overall very good. 5.5 x 8.75 inches (14.3 x 22.5 cm) and 8.25 x 11 inches (21 x 28 cm).
Large signed photograph of the important pianist, who is shown as a younger man with his hands in his pockets, and has signed below on the mount. One ink scribble below the signature; overall in very fine condition. Photograph 6.5 x 8.5 inches; overall size 11 x 14 inches (28 x 35.5 cm).
Signed program from the important violist, who performed with pianist Gui Mombaerts in a concert presented by the Community Concert Association of an unnamed American city ca. 1944–1945. Both Primrose and Mombaerts have signed on the last page of the program. The program included Brahms' Sonata no. 2, as well as short pieces by Alan Shulman, Arthur Benjamin, Schubert and Paganini. 4 pp., n.d. Fine. 6.26 x 9.5 inches (15.9 x 24 cm).
Signed bifold flyer from "Hungary's Greatest Violinist," who is shown on a promotional flyer for Arthur Judson Concert Management and has signed over the photograph: "For Mr. Nelson / Joseph Szigeti / 1935." 4 pp. 6 x 9.5 inches (15.3 x 23.9 cm). Creases, else fine.
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[Violin] Harvey, Brian W.. The Violin Family and its Makers in the British Isles: An Illustrated History and Directory
Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1995. xv, (1), 432 pp., 4 color plates, 110 monochrome plates, illus. Original cloth with dust jacket. Large 8vo (7.75 x 10 inches.) This noted work of research is rightly regarded as the current standard work on British violin making.
Signed Elliott & Fry postcard photograph of the Russian violinist, dated 1917. Toning and some light soiling; overall very good. 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm).
Zacharewitsch was a student of Sevcik who in 1893 débuted at Odessa in the Tchaikovsky concerto, conducted by the composer. He went on to settle in England in 1909, performed extensively, and published a treatise on violin playing in 1934.
An amusing autograph musical sketch of an original song in jazz style, written and signed by the important conductor and dated "At the Mannes's / Xmas 1925." The brief song has the lyrics: "When jazz came to Eden / Charleston steps to Eve came slow / Till Mister Snake came wriggling by / A match of jazz on sax he'd blow / and Eve's feet hit the sky." Damrosch adds below: "A skeleton jazz which won the gold medal because the others were even worse!" Written in pencil on manuscript paper. Some toning and light soiling; attached to a same-size cardboard backing, with rather heavy wear to the mat and edges, but overall very good. Sight size 11.5 x 8 inches, matted to 14 x 11 inches. Read More...
Paris: Albin Michel. 1953. 12mo. 138 pp. Boldly signed in blue ink by the influential conductor on the half-title. A signed copy of the French translation of Gespräche Über Musik ("Concerning Music"), in very fine condition.
Signed photograph of the Soviet and Russian conductor known as a friend of Shostakovich and the conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic, who defected from the Soviet Union in 1978. He is shown examining a score and has penned at the foot (translated from the Russian): "A souvenir to Mr. Erler with best wishes, February 1959. K. Kondrashin." Very fine. 3.5 x 6 inches (9 x 15.6 cm). Scarce!
Autograph signature from the legendary Boston Symphony conductor, signed on an index card, together with two photographs of Koussevitzky broadcasting at an NBC microphone, ca. 1930's. Signature 5 x 3 inches (12.7 x 7.6 cm), photographs 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.5 cm). Small edge tear to one of the photographs; overall fine.
Signed photograph of the important Greek conductor, who is shown leaning on his left hand and has signed and inscribed at the upper left: "To Raymond Lewental in remembrance of our collaboration very appreciatively. Dimitri Mitropoulos, 1948." Stamped on the verso by the photographer, Susan Hoeller. Some light toning and wear; overall fine. 8 x 10 inches (20.1 x 25.3 cm). Read More...
Signed photograph of the important conductor, who is shown at the summit of a mountain, wearing mountaineering clothes and a coil of rope. He has signed and inscribed at the upper left (translated from the Italian) to his assistant Trudy Goth: "To Trudy / a memory of happy times! / Dimitri." One pinhole, small corner crease and edge wear; overall very good. 6.75 x 9.5 inches (17.3 x 24 cm). Read More...
Signed postcard photograph of the important conductor, who is shown in action and has signed at the left edge. Some light edge wear but otherwise fine. 5.25 x 3.5 inches (13.2 x 8.7 cm).
Used and signed conductor's baton from the Hungarian-born orchestral and operatic conductor, together with a souvenir program from a concert honoring his 75th birthday in Chicago on October 9, 1987. The baton shows light staining from use on the cork handle, and the tip of the baton is slightly chipped. The program (32 pp.) contains a facsimile signature on the title page, facsimile letters from Ronald Reagan and others, sending congratulations on Solti's birthday, as well as photographs from throughout Solti's career, and messages from other musicians. Fine. 9 x 12 inches (23 x 30.5 cm). Read More...