Signed halftone Vajda M. Pal photograph of the Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor. Below his 1926 portrait, Dohnányi has signed boldly in pencil. Light foxing and one corner crease; overall in very good condition. 4 x 6.5 inches (9.9 x 16.5 cm).
An uncomoon autograph musical quotation from the French composer known for his operas and chamber music. On a postcard showing a pagoda in Mandalay, Burma, Dupont has penned three measures from the prelude to his opera La Cabréra, which won him the Sonzogno Prize in Italy in 1905. He has signed boldly across the image and dated Paris, October 1905. On the verso, the postcard is addressed to the Argentinian collector Ramona Imaz Otaño, with original French stamp and postmark. Slight wear to the edges; overall in fine condition. 5.5 x 3.5 inches (13.7 x 8.8 cm).
Large and detailed early manuscript sketchleaf from the Romanian violinist and composer, whom Pablo Casals considered "one of the greatest geniuses of modern music." Dated December 28, 1897, when Enesco was only sixteen, the leaf shows evidence of several works in progress: after writing the title, parts, key and time signatures for the first movement of his piano concerto in D minor (which was never finished), the young composer has turned the sheet and used the lines in the other direction to sketch a work for choir and orchestra, probably his 1898 cantata "L'Aurore." The last forty-three measures of a movement in 9/8 time are written, with indications for choir, horns, and trombone, and further notes such as "immense buzzing in the orchestra," as well as a French text which deals with pastoral themes. The movement ends with a fermata and double bar. After this, Enesco has signed and written in French, "Composed entirely in the evening of December 28, 1897, from half past nine to half past twelve." The young Romanian was studying in Paris at the time; in February 1898 he would present his first mature work, the Poema Română.Read More...
Original postcard photograph by Jacob B. Marx of the eminent Romanian-born violinist and composer together with an unidentified cellist, addressed on the verso to violinist Herman Wasserman at the Cincinnati Symphony ("Second Fiddles") and postmarked March 31, 1940. This is not a published image, and has evidently been prepared by the photographer himself who has neatly drawn a border on the image side, as well as the section markers and note on the verso. Most unusual.
AMQS from the eminent Romanian-born violinist and composer, on a large off-white sheet. Two measures from his Symphony in E-flat, signed “Georges Enesco, 1937.” Lightly toned around the edges, else fine. 17 x 24 cm.
The composer's Symphony No. 1 was premiered on Sunday, 21 January 1906 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, on the fourteenth concert of the 1905–06 series of the Concerts Colonne, conducted by Édouard Colonne.
28. [Gramophone]. "The Artist's Choice" - Original Photograph
Interesting original photograph from ca. 1920, showing two men and a child riding on a parade float loaded with gramophones and decorated with pictures of musical stars. The float, advertising Boxley's Piano Store in Kimball and Columbia, bears pictures of Eugene Ysaye, Geraldine Farrar, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, and other performers. Matte sepia print with some small scratches, silvering and creases to the surface, overall in very good condition. 9.5 x 7.5 inches (24.1 x 19.1 cm).
Original 1950 concert program signed by the important British oboist, known for his rich and nuanced playing and the dedicatee of works by Britten, Vaughan Williams, Elgar and others. The concert took place at Carlisle & County High School on March 18, 1950, with baritone Albert Bettany and pianist Nancy Harris. 1 page, glued down to a slightly larger sheet. 5 x 7.5 inches.
30. Gubaidulina, Sofia. (b.1931). "In Tempus Praesens" [Concert for Violin and Orchestra] - Autograph Musical Quotation
Very rare AMQS from the Russian composer and leading proponent of contemporary music in her country, an extensive quotation in black ink of the opening 16 measures from her second violin concerto, "In tempus praesens." Signed and inscribed at the head in German, adding also her signature in Cyrillic. 21 x 29.5 cm. Neat horizontal creases, else fine. Read More...
32. Haydn, Joseph. (1732–1809). The Creation. An Oratorio...Adapted for Voices and Piano Forte by Muzio Clementi
London: Clementi, Bangor, Hyde, Collard and Davis. [ca. 1800]. Upright folio (34 cm). 201 pp. Engraved throughout. No PN. A good wide-margined copy, bound in simple brown paper boards, spine covering mostly perished, endpages loose. Read More...
Interesting AMQS of a short fugue penned by the influential German conductor and composer, mounted together with a reproduction photograph. The fugue, "Sopra un soggetto di fuga da Rossini" for three voices, begins with the whimsical chromatic subject in the bass and a countersubject above, continues through a complete statement of the subject in a third voice, and then comes to a sudden (but harmonically logical) conclusion after twelve measures - clearly demonstrating Hiller's tremendous compositional skill, while paying hommage to a composer with whom he was closely associated. He has signed below and dated Colonia [Cologne], June 3, 1858. Mounted together with the AMQS is a small reproduction photograph portrait of the composer. Heavy toning and some creases and spots of damage, but very legible and overall in very good condition. AMQS 7 x 6 inches (18.1 x 15.5 cm); photograph 2.75 x 4 inches (6.7 x 10 cm); total size 8.25 x 11.75 inches (20.9 x 29.6 cm). Read More...
New York: Geib & Co. No. 23 Maiden . [n.d., late 1814 or early 1815]. 4to (12 ½ x 9 5/8 in.) printed from two engraved plates on pages [2] and 3 of a bifolium, removed from a bound volume of contemporary sheet music with pagination inscribed neatly in ink to the upper corners, modest toning, overall a very fine copy. Read More...
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AMQS from the important French harpist and composer, foster-brother of Napoleon III, author of many operettas and works for harp, and professor at the Paris Conservatoire. He has penned a short complete piece of ten measures on two staves (likely for harp), identified as "Air russe," with the indication "Andante con grande esp.," and signed and inscribed at the head: "T. Labarre à son ami Mangin." On an album leaf with manuscript lines on recto and verso; clefs have been drawn on the verso as if to begin another piece. Left edge rough; light toning; overall in very fine condition. 10.25 x 7.5 inches (25.9 x 19.3 cm). No place, no date [ca. 1830-40s]. Read More...
AMQS from the important French harpist and composer, foster-brother of Napoleon III, author of many operettas and works for harp, and professor at the Paris Conservatoire. He has penned a short piece of eight measures on two staves (likely for harp), identified as "Nocturne Espagnol," and boldly signed and inscribed at the foot: "T. Labarre à Madame Mangin." On an album leaf with manuscript lines on recto and verso. Right edge rough; light toning; overall in very fine condition. 10.25 x 7.5 inches (25.9 x 19.3 cm).No place, no date [ca. 1830-40s]. Read More...
Engraved half-length portrait of the French Baroque composer and organist who was in the service of King Louis XIV and was one of the most important composers of grands motets, shown leaning on his right hand with manuscript paper and a pen in front of him. Engraved by Mathey after Santerre, with the caption: "Mich.l Richard de Lalande / Sur-intend.l de la Musique du Roi / Né à Paris, le 15 Décembre 1657. Mort le 18 Janvier 1726." Engraved in 1777 for the publication "L'Europe illustre, contenant l'Histoire Abrégee. Des Souverains, des Princes, des Prélats, des Ministres, des grands Capitaines, des Magistrats, des Savans, des Artistes, & des Dames célebres en Europe" by M. Dreux du Radier, vol. 6. Light toning and wrinkling. Image size 13.5 x 9.5 cm; total size 24.2 x 15.5 cm.
Early albumen photograph of the great pianist and composer, on the photographer's mount bearing a printed facsimile signature. Liszt appears in a reflective pose leaning on a pillar, as photographed by L. Frisch & co. of Weimar. Light foxing and mounting remnants on verso; overall in fine condition. 2.25 x 4.5 inches (6 x 11.6 cm).
An interesting early autograph letter from the German composer and conductor to colleague Oskar Eichberg, dealing with plans for a meeting of a musical organization in which they were both members and mentioning a great Liszt celebration in Leipzig, which he suggests Eichberg and the other members should attend. Indicating that Eichberg had a connection to Liszt (having given his oratorio Die Legende der Heiligen Elisabeth its Berlin premiere the previous year), he mentions that "If Liszt is interested, his interest and seal of approval would be very much appreciated." Full translation below. Penned densely on a postcard, postmarked Leipzig, 1875. One vertical crease, mounting remnants, light overall toning; otherwise in fine condition. 5.5 x 3.5 inches (13.9 x 9 cm). Read More...
Contemporary manuscript vocal score in a scribal hand, signed with a paraph and what appears to be the name "Ferlet" and dated 1694 at the head of the first page. 188 pp, 30 x 11.5 cm., brown leather binding with decorative gilt stamping and four raised bands, title plate to spine reading "Recueil D'Operas / TO[ME] II," including a miscellany of overtures and dance music from Lully operas and ballets, generally for voice with text or for a treble instrument, from Phaeton, Bellerophon, Proserpine, Le Temple de la Paix, Amadis, Thetis et Pelée, and Achille et Polixene. Binding worn along the spine, otherwise in fine condition throughout. Read More...
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Original photograph of the American composer who at the turn of the 20th century was American’s best-known both at home and abroad, signed and inscribed 11 years after his death by his widow, Marian MacDowell. At the lower left corner of the photograph, she has penned a greeting to Miss Marion Bauer and dated August 25, 1919 in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Sepia-toned photograph with the left edge rough and one small scratch at the upper right; otherwise in fine condition. 5 x 7 inches (12.5 x 17.7 cm). Read More...