17-measure AMQS "Tempo di Valz (molto Lento)" for Piano, inscribed "Omaggio alla Sigra. Contessa Anna Malvezzi / G. Tadolini / Parigi / 8 Decembre / 1842." 27 x 18 cm. Very fine. From the album of Anna Maria Malvezzi. Read More...
Paris: Chez Aubert, galerie Véro-Dodat.
. [ca. 1840]. Portrait lithograph of the great Italian baritone, creator of numerous Bellini and Donizetti roles. Published Chez Aubert gal. Vero-Dodat and printed by Imp d'Aubert & C., as extracted from "Galerie de la presse, de la littérature et des beaux-arts." A little toned around the edges, otherwise in fine condition. 20.5 x 27 cm (the full sheet). Read More...
An impressive detailed AMQS from the great Italian baritone Antonio Tamburini, creator of numerous Bellini and Donizetti roles. Five measures penned on hand-ruled paper, identified at the beginning as a "Largo" passage from Lucia di Lammermoor ("Nella Lucia, Donizetti"), Enrico's climactic words from Act II "Ah e' mio sangue l'ho tradita / ella sta fra morte e vita" ["Ah! She is my own blood! I have betrayed her! She is poised between life and death!"], signed at the conclusion "Alla Contessa Anna Malvezzi / Antonio Tamburini / Lucca 14 Settembre 1842." With a printed illustratration of a lidded antique vase affixed lower left, inscribed (presumably by Malvezzi) "Vase offert a Tamburini." The verso with an eight-measure AMQS in the hand of the important Italian composer Giovanni Pacini, inscribed with a long inscription referencing "the celebrated artist singer Signor Antonio Tamburini" and gifting the page to the "Noblewoman" "Signora Contessa Malvezzi / Lucca 155 Sett. 1842." 27 x 18 cm. Very fine. From the album of Anna Maria Malvezzi. Read More...
205. Tartini, Giuseppe. (1692 - 1770). L'Art de L'Archet contenant 50 variations pour le violon avec accompagnement de Basse Adlibitum.
Paris: chez Benoit. [Ca. 1855]. Disbound folio, self-printed wrappers. 19 pp. Engraved. [PN] 30. RISM A/I TT 286a. Scattered foxing, left edge a little rough, overall very good.
An attractive edition of these variations on a Gavotte by Corelli, by the Italian Baroque composer and violinist, the first known person to own a violin made by Antonio Stradivari.
Autographed letter signed ("S. Thalberg"), two 1/2 pages, on a bifolium [8 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches], Troyes, May 29, 1845, in French. The Swiss composer and famed pianist writes to an unknown recipient regarding an upcoming concert at Colmar on June 8 and Mulhouse on June 9th, for which he provides a program for the solo pieces, including the Grand Caprice on themes from Bellini's La Sonnambula, Fantasie on themes from Rossini's Moisé, and the Grande Fantasie from Muette de Portici, by Auber. He also requests to have his piano sent for these performances. Translated in full: Read More...
Scarce original full length photograph of one of the most distinguished and celebrated virtuoso pianists of the 19th century. An anonymously issued imprint, without any photographer attribution. 6 x 10 cm and in very fine condition.
Signed two-portrait halftone montage removed from a program, the photographs by Alban, 18 x 26 cm overall, signed and inscribed by both musicians in 1930. Their recordings together are beyond compare! Mounting remnants on verso upper edge, else fine.
Paris: Vve Chatot [Niort : Marteau-Faucher]. [Ca. 1894]. First Edition. 8vo. 48 pp. Lithographed. Illustrated wrappers. Identified as copy #78, signed and inscribed on the ffe. by librettist Henri Clouzot and Auguste Tolbecque. Wrappers separating from the block, light staining, overall fine. Read More...
New York: Ricordi. 1956. Study Score. Printed wrapper, title page, instrumentation and percussion diagram, pp. 1-47. [PN] N.Y. 2204. 7 x 10.5 inches. Signed on cover in blue ink "Varese." In fine condition. Read More...
211. Verdi, Giuseppe. (1813-1901). Autograph Letter to Reyer thanking him for his review of the Paris premiere of Otello
Autograph Letter Signed ("G. Verdi") in Italian, 2 pp, 8vo, Paris, October 20, 1894, to the important French composer and critic, Ernest Reyer, regarding the Paris premiere of Otello on October 12, 1894, creasing fold, some spots, light discoloration on edges of first page. Read More...
Original carte-de-visite photograph by Disderi of Paris, ca. 1850. Verdi is shown seated at his desk, looking off to the side. With the photographer's imprint at bottom and on verso, a few scattered light marks, overall fine. 6.5 x 10.5 cm.
Engraved invitation by C. Cochin the Younger, 153 x 192mm., to a "Bal Paré" [grand ball] on the occasion of the Daupin's marriage 9 February 1747, the wording within an elaborate cartouche incorporating cherubs, musical instruments, garlands of flowers, a coat-of-arms, and a rising sun. In fine condition, with wide margins, a couple of small holes and stains well away from the plate edges. Approx 23 x 18 cm. Reference: Collection Michel Hennin. Estampes relatives à l'Histoire de France, 8573. Read More...
Paris: Librairie Fischbacher. 1913. First edition. vi, 469 pp., fold-out chronology chart of violinists, fold-out of Tartini work, numerous illustrations, musical examples. 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches, original printed wrappers over cloth. Block separated inside from the upper wrapper, else fine and solid. Inscribed by the author on the titlepage his lawyer: " Très cordial et reconnaissant souvenir au brilliant avocat Pierre A. Georges / Paris 7 Juillet 1941. Alberto Bachmann." Sold together with an original postcard photograph of Bachmann, and two early clippings about him and his work. Read More...
New York: Firth & Hall. 1843. Upright folio. 7 pp. Publisher's illustrated wrappers, Lith. of Endicott, New York. Rubbing, wear, staining, and toning to extremities. Staining and tattering to spine with some loss. Very good. Read More...
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Large and striking original imperial-sized cabinet portrait photograph of the great composer, issued posthumously by Franz Hanfstaengl Kunstverlag, 1891. Edges nicked, with a significant loss and cracks to the lower left corner. 8 x 11.75 inches [20 x 31.5 cm].
Signed sepia postcard photograph of the great conductor in action. Boldly signed with his name alone in the lower margin. Fine. 5 x 7 inches [12.5 x 17.5 cm].
Pair of signed index cards from the English composer and lyricist collaborators, responsible for, among others, the 1976 rock opera/musical/film "Evita" whose hit "Don't Cry for me Argentina" is here included in sheet music form. Authentic signatures of Lloyd Webber are suprisingly uncommon.
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Vienna: Universal Edition. 1938. First Edition. Piano-vocal score by Ludwig Zenk. Upright folio. [PN]11004, 14 pp. A few stray marks to wrappers, otherwise fine. Signed and inscribed one month before the prmiere by the composer on the title page to his important friend and associate D. J. Bach, May, 1938. An important association copy. Read More...
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