Original portrait of the great German pianist and composer, wife of Robert Schumann and famous muse of Johannes Brahms. By Elliott and Fry, London and in very fine condition. 11 x 17 cm.
Leipzig: Bartholf Senff. [ca. 1860]. Upright folio. 23 pages. Title and music lithographed. [PN] 12. Priced at "3 M. 50.", nineteenth-century half morocco, black paper boards, gilt-stamped owner's name on front board. A handwritten poem in period lavender ink beginning "komm mit mir zum wald" and signed by an unknown author is loosely laid into the score. Read More...
Signed photograph of the hugely influential Bohemian violinist and pedagogue who signs and inscribes to "his former pupil Prof. Ernst Moravec" in 1932. 7.3 x 10.4 inches. Fine. Read More...
Autograph letter. One page, on letterhead of the Engematthof Zurich Hotel, in full: "Hi Babe, Doing lots of Ray-dio / no one heavy as you. Being a facist jewell..miss you. Love to Carol - Allen and I had such a great time- he still talks about the ribs. Love xxx Patti," and adding an amusing sketch of a spraying penis. The paper somewhat toned and writing a bit faded, overall very good and framed to 11"h x 7 1/2"w. Read More...
187. Smith, Patti. (b. 1946). Vintage Italian Prayer Card - "Movimento Per La Santificazione Di Patti Smith."
Late 1970's or early 1980's Italian prayer card with an image of Smith decked out as a Saint, with an amusing "preghiera" on the verso as with those cards made and distributed by the Vatican. This one apparently obtained at one of Smith's first Italian performances, in Bologna. 10.2 x 16.3 cm.
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Signed and inscribed postcard photograph of the legendary Golden Age Russian tenor. Slight silvering around the edges, otherwise very fine. With a letter in Russian on the verso in an unknown hand. Read More...
Signed 8 x 10 inch Bruno of Hollywood portrait photograph from the American soprano, a popular star at the Metropolitan who also sang the world premiere in 1948 of Samuel Barber's Knoxville, Summer of 1915, a work which she commissioned. Boldly signed and inscribed in black ink " To Doris Eberhart / Ever yours in music, friendship / Eleanor Steber." Fine.
Boldly signed postcard photograph of the great soprano in perhaps her greatest role, as Leonore in Beethoven's "Fidelio." This photograph is from the 1927 Beethoven Centenary production conducted by Richard Strauss and is sold together with a vintage Ellinger photograph of Lehmann and Strauss together during the preparation of this production. Both very fine.
Mainz: B. Schott's Sohne. 1937. First edition. 45 pp. Upright small folio [31 cm]. PN BSS 34890. "Les mouvements scéniques réalisés par l'auteur en collaboration avec M. Malaïeff." The cover with a design by Théodore Strawinsky. First edition of the arrangement for piano. de Lerma p. 16. Ex-library, score and original front wrapper in crimson library binding, usual stamps and plates etc, some markings in pencil, else fine. Read More...
Important autograph letter from the composer to the violinist for whom he wrote his Violin Concerto (1931) and the Duo Concertante (1932). 4 pp. on oblong cards (14 x 9 cm), Voreppe, 6/10/31. Signed "I Stravinsky" at the conclusion and again on the holograph envelope. From the collection of Dushkin's grandaughter. Read More...
Interesting and spirited autograph letter from the composer to the violinist with whom he frequently performed and for whom he wrote his Violin Concerto (1931) and the Duo Concertante (1932). 16 July, 1943. 1 p. on Stravinsky's personal stationery, signed in ink with his initials and with an insertion and four lines in holograph script. Together with the original envelope. From the collection of Dushkin's grandaughter. Read More...
Photolithograph caricature of the composer, with pencil retouching by hand and signed in pencil by the artist, Aline Fruhauf. 8.75 x 6 inches, matted to slightly larger. The paper toned and laid down onto board, the matt also apparently affixed to the larger sheet. Read More...
A desirable undedicated signed photograph of the most famous dramatic tenor of the golden age, dated "Genova, 18-4-[1]903." Best known as the creator of Verdi's "Otello" (1887), he was also the first Gabriele Adorno in the revised 1881 "Simon Boccanegra," and creator of major roles in operas by Ponchielli and Gomes. In an 1892 letter to the great tenor, Puccini writes: "I can always hear the sound of your divine voice in my ear and think of the extraordinary, the inspired interpreter who will sing my music." The present photograph was signed while Tamagno was performing in a revival of "Otello" at La Scala. 9 X 14 cm. Uninscribed, an ideal example in very fine condition.
Striking original 8 x 10 inch doubleweight photograph of the popular and powerful American tenor, singing his heart out! Boldly by Tucker in blue ink and in very fine condition.
An interesting letter from the daughter of Franz Liszt who was later the wife of Richard Wagner and, after his death, the director of the Bayreuth Festival for 31 years. 2 pages, 8vo. Dated 28 March, 1895. Addressed to "Herr Kappelmeister Karl Pohlig" in Hamburg, mentioning Siegfried and discussing Felix Mottl, Willi Birrenkoven and others for future performances. With envelope addressed to Pohlig. The letter written and signed on behalf of her mother by Eva Chamberlain Wagner. Tranlsated in full: Read More...
200. Wagner, Richard. (1813–1883). Der Fliegende Holländer. Romantische Oper in 3 Aufzügen. Vollständiger Clavierauszug. [Mary Burrell's extra-illustrated Copy with Original Early Performance Programs and Clippings]
Berlin: C. F. Messer. [ca. 1874]. Title; 2 - 237 pp. [PN] 275. Lithographic reprint of the first edition, with "Richard Wagner's Werke. Band II" on the front board. Contemporary red textured cloth with decorative titling in gilt to upper boards. In very good condition. Read More...
Her Majesty’s Theatre. Haymarket ... Season 1882. Richard Wagner‘s Der Ring des Nibelungen. A Festival Play for four Nights. Director, Mr. Angelo Neumann, who has been entrusted by Herr Richard Wagner with the sole right of its Performance, and under whose management the brilliant renderings of this unique work were lately given in Berlin and other German Cities with extraordinary success ... First Cycle: May 5, 6, 8, 9 ... [London:] Mallett, Printer ... [1882]. Playbill, 21 x 25.5 cm. Read More...
202. Wagner, Richard. (1813–1883). Der Ring des Nibelungen - Mary Burrell's extra-illustrated Copies with Original Early Performance Programs and Clippings
Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne. Collection of first edition (later issues) from the collection of noted early Wagner scholar Mary Burrell, who published "Richard Wagner his life and work" in the year of her death, 1898. Her celebrated collection was dispersed by Christies in New York in 1978 but the present scores were not offered in the catalogue. Her copies of Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung, each with interesting early posters and other material and some annotations. As follows: Read More...