An extraordinary document, a signed letter from the professors of the Conservatoire Impérial de Musique endorsing the keyboard method of the important French organist and composer who played a central role in the development of the French symphonic organ style. 1 page, 33 x 21 cm.. Ca. 1855, describing the method in detail, and signed in full below by many leading composers and musicians of the period, including Giacomo Meyerbeer, Adolphe Adam, Ambroise Thomas, Delphine Alart, Esprit Auber, Michele Carafa, Fromental Halévy, Henri Herz, F. Le Couppey, Antoine Marmontel, L. Massart, Henri Reber etc. Usual folds, in very fine condition. Sold together with a letter on black-bordered mourning stationary from Mme. Lefébure-Wély to the French music publisher Heugel, dated March 1870, approximately 3 months after the death of Louis James.
Postcard portrait of the conductor, boldly signed and inscribed in pencil, and with a 4-line note on the verso, signed additionally with his initials. In very fine condition.
Unusual typed and signed tribute from the great violinist about the conductor, with whom he made some of his finest recordings. Single page, typed and signed "Yehudi Menuhin" and dated 20th April, 1972. Read More...
Hambourg: Jean Aug. Bohme. [ca. 1820]. First edition. Composé et dedié a Sa Majesti Le Roi de Wurtemberg Par W Gabrielsky musicien de la chapelle de sa majesté le roi de Prusse. Parts 1,2,3 (complete); 11, 10, 9 pp. Self-printed wrappers, engraved throughout, no plate number. With wrapper spines reinforced with paper, ownership stamp on each title page and discreet library stamp on title verso, otherwise fine throughout. Rare, no copies listed by Worldcat. Read More...
Boldly signed postcard photograph from the German pianist, specialist in Debussy. 8.5 x 13.5 cm. Somewhat creased, mounting traces on verso, else fine.
A desirable signed real photo postcard of the honey-voiced tenor at his most dapper, dated 1935. Photograph by G. Grazioli of Firenze. Boldly signed and inscribed in black ink and in crisp, very fine condition. Read More...
Original cabinet card photograph by Golder & Robinson of an unidentified musician performing on the glass harmonica. 10.5 x 16.5 cm, in very fine condition.
The glass armonica, bowl organ, hydrocrystalophone, or simply the armonica (derived from "harmonia," the Greek word for harmony), is a type of musical instrument that uses a series of glass bowls or goblets graduated in size to produce musical tones by means of friction (instruments of this type are known as friction idiophones).
New York: William Hall & Co. . 1856. First edition. Dedicated to General Don Jose Paez, ex-President of Venezuela, for whom Gottschalk later wrote La Bataille de Carabovo. Doyle -89.
Folio, 13 pp. Lithograph illustration on the front cover, dampstained throughout, with a few repaired tears to margins.
Original portrait photograph of the important American composer and virtuoso pianist, shown in a fur hat, coat and gloves. With the imprint of the photographer Fred P. Mobsby of Springfield, Illinois on the verso. 6.5 x 10.5 cm and in fine condition.
Original portrait photograph of the important American composer and virtuoso pianist, boldly signed and inscribed on the verso to the important American contralto singer, Adelaide Phillips: "To my very talented and much esteemed friend Miss A. Philipps - Louis M. Gottschalk / 25 April 1865." With the imprint of the photographer Dunshee of Prvidence, R.I. on the verso. 6.5 x 10.5 cm and in fine condition. Read More...
Striking 1944 doubleweight photograph by Cris Alexander of Graham in "Appalachian Spring." 10 x 12 inches, scattered handling marks, small area of white in-painting and small nick at lower right corner, otherwise fine. Signed and titled by the photographer and dated on the verso. Read More...
Striking 1945 doubleweight photograph by Arnold Eagle of Graham in "Mirror Before Me," the original name of her pivotal work, "Herodiade." 8 x 10 inches, slightly creased along the bottom edge, otherwise fine. Stamped by the photographer and dated on the verso. Read More...
New York: Knopf. 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Cloth, 182 pp, with numerous photographic illustrations throughout. Boldly signed in black ink by Martha Graham on the title page, opposite her photograph. In fine condition, in a fine jacket.
Signed, titled, and dated by the photographer in ink in the lower margin; her signature, title, creation and print dates (1940; c. 1980) on the reverse. In pristine condition. 15.75 x 19.75 inches. Read More...
Postcard photograph of the Russian pianist, a prodigy who studied with Leschetizky and after moving to England, went on to have one of the major careers in turn-of-the-century Europe. Boldly signed, some mounting traces on verso, otherwise in fine condition.
Typed letter on personal stationary of the American composer particularly noted for incorporating elements of the music of non-Western cultures into his work. 1 page, dated June 24, 1985. Addressed to Bruce MacCombie at G. Schirmer music publishers, regarding the reversion back to him of the rights to his "Suite for Violin, Piano, and Small Orchestra." Boldly signed in his customary red ink and in fine condition.
Unusual original 1938 photograph of the violinist and his children and some enormous dogs. Heifetz is smiling broadly and poking the dogs with a stick. In good condition, with various areas of in-painting, as reproduced in The Baltimore Sun and from its archives. 7.53 x 9.64 inches.
Signed photograph from the great violinist. Boldly inscribed in white ink by Heifetz to Remo Bolognini "with all good wishes" and dated New York, 19345. An original Fayer photograph, mounted to hard backing with integral matting, overall 23 x 29 cm. Areas of glue show-through on image, small tear to lower right corner, light silvering. With defects, but still a striking image with a remarkable dedication. Read More...