Autograph manuscript, 3 pp, signed "Leonard Bernstein" at the head of the first and third pages, with the date Feb. 4, 1935. Lined paper, hole punches along left edge and corrections in an uknown hand. A remarkable short essay from the 16-year old composer and conductor, regarding Jakob Water's 1915 novel "The Goose Man." The esay begins "It is one thing for a writer to conceive of his plot arising naturally from human subjects; it is quite another thing to force motive for the plot. Let us take two authors as subject matter; shall we say, Hardy and Wasserman? Two different types are hard to find, estranged as they are in tongue, habit, environment. It is reasonable to expect that in either author's book the motives and action must coincide. Yet we can sense a difference..." Read More...
Large original 1961 photograph of a pensive Bernstein, inscribed in marker "In warm appreciation to Jack / Lenny 1961." 13 x 10 inches. Central vertical crease, some chipping at edges, else fine. Read More...
Original artwork in watercolors and ink, signed center "Benito." 39 x 29 cm. A preliminary or related design for the pochoir published in the Gazette du Bon Ton, March, 1920. A client wearing a hat stands at the bar and is attended by a black bartender, "LE BOEUF SUR LE TOIT" is inscribed at the left in various alternating bright colors. Tipped at corners to another sheet, archivally matted and framed under UV-Plexi. Fine. Read More...
Firenze: Pietro Cecconcelli. 1620. First edition. Small 4to. (160 x 215 mm). 1f. (pictorial title including the arms of the Medici), 1f. (dedication to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo II), 2ff. ("Lettera del Sor. Giovambatista Strozzi all'Autore"), [v] (letters to Ottavio Rinuccini, Andrea Salvadori, Niccolo Strozzi, and Gabriello Chiabrera), [i] (cast list), [ii] (set design), pp. 3-31, [ii] (set design), 41-63, [ii] (set design), 65 - 94, [ii] (set design), 95 - 138, [ii] (set design), 139 - 162, 1f. (recto errata, verso colophon). With occasional decorative initials and woodcut head- and tailpieces and including 6 etchings by Jacques Callot (cf. Meaume) comprising the illustrated title-page, and 5 double-page plates representing the stage settings by Jacques Callot after the designs of Giulio Parigi. With the usual pp. 33-40 misnumberedd 41-48 and p. 89 misnumbered 98. Trimmed margins, but overall a very bright and fresh copy of this early 17th Century "Turkish" opera. Berlin Katalog 4112; Brunet I, 1089;Cicognara 1086 ('bellissime figure, prove freschissime); Gamba 1810 ('Tra le molte edizioni di questa tragedia e' la presente molto ricercata per la vaghezza delle figure'); Lieure 363-368; Sartori 22249. Allacci 729-730. Schaal 861. Wotquenne p. 132. Read More...
Autograph letter from the influential French composer, conductor and pedagogue, signed «Nadia Boulanger.» Paris [n.d.], to Robert Lyon; 1 page. Oblong 4to, printed stationery with her address 36, rue Ballu. A few small tears to the edges, else fine. Read More...
Original ca. 1870 CDV photograph of the great composer. Stamped at the base and verso by the photographer, Adele of Wien. 6.5 x 10.5 cm. A few stray ink marks, otherwise good condition. Rare from this period.
1865 CDV photograph of the great composer with Stamped at the base and verso by the photographer, J & L. Allgeyer of Carlsruhe. 6.5 x 10 cm. A few stray marks, overall in very fine condition. Read More...
AMQS of 5 bars titled "The Little Sweep" and boldly signed by the English composer. On trimmed manuscript paper, 8 x 23 cm, and in very fine condition. Read More...
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29. Burney, Charles. (1726-1814). A General History of Music. From the Earliest Ages to the Present Period. To Which is Prefixed, A Dissertation on the Music of the Ancients. - INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPIES TO BURNEY'S ITALIAN AND FRENCH TRANSLATOR, C.D. EBELING
London: Printed for the Author: And sold by T. Becket; J. Robson; and G. Robinson.. 1776, 1782, 1789, 1789.. First edition. Four large quarto volumes (10 7/8 x 8 5/8 inches; 275 x 220 mm). xx, [12], 522, [1, blank]; [4], 597, [1, blank], [1, errata]; xi, [1, blank], 622, [11, index] [1, errata]; [4], 685, [1, blank], [2, publisher's ads], [12, index], [1, errata], [1, blank] pp. Twelve engraved plates, including the four frontispieces. Engraved frontispieces in Volumes I-III by F. Bartolozzi after G.B. Cipriani and E.F. Burney, engraved frontispiece portrait in Volume IV by F. Bartolozzi after Sir Joshua Reynolds (dated 1784), and nine additional plates one of which is folding. Engraved musical illustrations throughout text. The dedicatory epistle to the queen is said by Grove to have been written for Burney by his friend, Samuel Johnson. Contemporary full calf, rebacked to style. Volumes 1 and 2 inscribed "For Professor Ebeling from the Author." An extraordinary inscribed presentation set of the first history of music in the English language. Hirsch I Anhang 16; RISM BVI p. 190. Read More...
Autograph musical manuscript. Title; 4 pp. Song for voice and piano, a setting of a poem by Phileas Lebesgue, "La Harpe de Merlin chante a travers la lande." Marked "Mouvement de marche" and "Avec elan et fierte," in A Major, 2/4 time, 51 measures (plus 4 more « pour finir »), followed by musical passages identified as couplets number 2 to 5, the voice line only, each approx. 33 additional measures. Read More...
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AMQS from the great Spanish composer, conductor, and cellist, one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, also well known as a humanitarian.
In pencil, the cellist has signed "Pablo Casals" and has written the four open string notes of the cello on the blank side of a printed visiting card measuring 9.5 x 4 cm. The other side with the printed name "Gardony Istvan," some annotations in ink and an unfortunate 'authentication' sticker, none affecting the autograph side.
Original portrait by Nadar of the Eminent French author, born Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, better known by the masculine pen name she adopted early in her career. An early feminist, she also earned a footnote in musical history as the longtime romantic companion of pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin. A few nicks to the mount and a few light spots to the image, otherwise very good. 6.5 x 10.5 cm.
Large original watercolour and gouache painting over a pochoir and graphite outline on brown paper, depicting Mikhail Fokine and Vera Fokina in the Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes "Carnaval" set to music of R. Schumann and with costumes by Leon Bakst. Signed and dated in graphite [M. Bobyshov 1916.] (lower left in the image), stamped with a library stamp [Library of the Sadovsky club of the Transport Workers Union Konyushennaya Square, 2] [Saint Petersburg] (lower margin), stamped [Checked 1936] (left margin), inscribed in Cyrillic [Checked 1943] (lower margin), inscribed [year 45] and '46' (?) (lower margin). Image size 52 x 32 cm., sumptuously framed under UV-plexi in a hand-gilted and handcarved frame. Some small stains on paper, overall fine. Read More...
Signed doubleweight original silver print photograph of the legendary ballerina, Nijinsky's dance partner at the Ballets Russes. A striking image in profile, holding a fan, in costume for Mariuccia in Massine’s ballet Les Femmes de bonne humeur designed by Leon Bakst, signed with her name alone "Tamara Karsavina" in blue ink. The verso is blank, but this image was taken by Foulsham & Banfield in London in 1919. 20 x 14.5 cm. Signature to a dark area of the image, small chips to upper right edge, otherwise fine.
Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 1936. Stamped "Brassai. 81, Rue Du Faub St. Jacques Paris XIV..." 7 x 8.5 inches [17.5 x 21.5 cm]. In fine condition. Read More...
An interesting and highly amusing collection of ten autograph philosophical maxims in English, each signed "Loie Fuller," by the "Serpentine" modern dance and theatrical lighting pioneer who was the embodiment of the Art Nouveau movement and was portrayed by Toulouse-Lautrec, Chéret, Rodin, etc. All in fine condition, as follows: Read More...
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Rare signed original Bendel of Moscow photograph of the Bolshoi prima ballerina, signed and inscribed to Florence Farmborough. In crisp, fine condition. 6.75 x 10.4 inches [17 x 26.5 cm]. Read More...
Paris: Chez Paul Masgana. 1844. First edition. 7" x 5". 68, [4], [4 ads] pp. 20th century 1/4 cloth with original paper wrappers bound in. Moderate foxing in places throughout and one small stain obscuring a few letters of text, else a very good copy of the First Edition of this scarce and charmingly illustrated tribute to the Polka dancers of Paris. Read More...
Paris: Telly et Halet [by the authors]. 1921. First Edition. Graphically interesting sheet music featuring an illustration of a crooning banjo player, as well as the names of some of the song's interpreters. 7 x 10.5 inches. 4 pp. Small tears to the right edge, else a fine and bright copy.
The striking illustration is by Gaston Girbal, the French illustrator and painter known for his posters for the Folies Bergère, Édith Piaf, Josephine Baker, Genevieve Guitry, Casino de Paris and for his over 70 sheet music covers from 1920 to 1940.
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