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...
Unusual and striking vintage photograph showing a seated nude half covered by a broken eggshell. In fine condition. 12.8 x 17.8 cm. Undated, possibly an earlier image printed ca. 1960.
44. Paganini, Nicolò. (1782–1840). Grand Quatuor Pour Deux Violons, Alto et Basso [Quartet No. 7 in E major for violin, viola, cello and guitar, M.S. 34] - 1832 Copyist Manuscript with Interesting Provenance
Autograph manuscript copy of the complete parts for Paganini's Quartet No. 7 in E major for violin, viola, cello and guitar, M.S. 34, here transcribed for standard String Quartet (violin, violin, viola, cello). 8.5" x 13". 54 pages including front cover and individual cover pages. Outer wrapper spine reinforced with early paper tape over original threaded binding, scattered staining, overall very good. Read More...
Rare signed photograph of one of the most revered actors of his generation, remembered for his wild antics and lifestyle and for his roles in Papillon, Bullitt, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Sand Pebbles, The Cincinnati Kid, The Great Escape, and The Magnificent Seven. Vintage closeup headshot photo of McQueen in Bullitt, arguably his most beloved film. Slight fading to lower edge of the inscription, photograph irregularly trimmed at the edges to 7.7 x 9.5 inches [19.5 x 24.5 cm], affecting the top of the "Q" in the signature, otherwise fine. An uncommon example from a Hollywood legend quite elusive in signed photos!
Richly printed black and white matte photograph of Gary Cooper in a scene from the 1939 Paramount film Beau Geste, boldly signed and inscribed in black ink. Very fine. 8 x 10 inches. Read More...
Exceptional signed photograph of the black band leader who died at 45 in 1947 when he suddenly collapsed; rumors persist that he was poisoned by a racist restaurant owner who was very reluctant to feed his band. A rare vintage glossy 8 x 10 photograph of Lunceford, signed in fountain "Best Wishes from Jimmy Lunceford / 10/24/35" and by members of the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra including Russell Bowles, Paul Webster, Elmer Crumbley, Edie Tompkins, Jimmy Crawford, Joe Thomas, Moses Allen, Billie Smith, Ted Bucknar, Gerald WIlson, Earl Carruthers, Jimmie Young, Dan Grissam, Eddie Durham and Al Norris.
Sepia postcard photograph by A. Dupont of the great tenor as the Duke, boldly signed in brown ink by the great tenor. 10 x 16 cm, lower left margin slightly trimmed, laid down to rigid backing, small tear slightly affecting first letter, otherwise fine.
Beautiful large original photograph of the important American composer ca. 1960's, shown looking downwards against a blank background. Some creases; overall in very good condition. The photographer is unidentified. 16.5 x 12 inches (42 x 30.3 cm). Read More...
A sensitive original ink drawing of the important American composer as a young man, signed and dated in pencil by the artist: "Milena / 1943." Tape remnants and foxing from a previous framing; overall in very good condition. 11 x 12.5 inches (28 x 31.8 cm). Read More...
Signed 1974 Washington Performing Arts Society program from the beloved and legendary pianist, signed in blue ink with his name beneath his photograph on the rear cover. Areas of toning around the edges and especially on the inside pages, else fine. The concert included works by Chopin, Schumann and Clementi.
Autograph note from the important English composer and member of the women's suffrage movement, authorizing the bearer to go backstage after a concert. "Please show bearer after the concert to the artistes Ladies room off the Conductors room & let them take away the box in which are my robes and my baton. Ethel Smyth." Undated. With paper tape over the edges where it has been affixed to another sheet, else fine.
Original festival brochure from the 1988 Stockhausen festival in Cologne, boldly signed in red on the cover by the important twentieth-century composer. The festival commemorated Stockhausen's sixtieth birthday and involved a week of concerts and lectures. 6 pp. (one sheet triple-folded). 4 x 8.25 inches. Read More...
9. [Beethoven, Ludwig van. (1770–1827)]. Théâtre Allemand. Salle du Théâtre Royal italien. Fidelio, opera en 2 actes, musique de Beethoven. - ORIGINAL 1829 PROGRAM FROM THE FIRST FIDELIO PERFORMANCE IN FRANCE
Paris: Imprimerie de Marchand Du Breuil. [1829]. First. Original program from the French premiere of Fidelio on May 30, 1829, performed for three days at the Théâtre Italien, renamed the "Théâtre Allemand" for the occasion. The performance was part of a touring season of German music drama in its original language conducted by Josef August Röckel (1783 - 1870), the German tenor who had sung the role of Florestan at the premiere of the second version of Fidelio in 1806, the principal roles performed by a German cast including Haitzinger, Fischer, Frtize, Riese, Wieser, and Genee. Small 8vo. 20 pp, undated, title and cast list on the front, pages 2-20 including descriptive texts for each scene and lyrics in French translation. Loose as issued, bound with string, edges wrinkled, toned, a few small areas of paper loss, overall a very good copy, and an extremely rare survival. Worldcat records only the copy at the BnF. Read More...
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.
Autograph album compiled 1935 - 1937 by the young opera singer, Aida Marusi in New York City, including individual pages signed in ink by Arturo Toscanini, John Barbirolli, John Corigliano, Ettore Panizza, Edith Mason & Rosa Raisa (same page), Giorgio Polacco & Rosa Ponselle & Giacomo Rimini (same page), Arturo Buzzi-Peccia, Giovanni Imparato and a few other unidentified figures. Hardcover, green leather with elaborate gilt detailing, 7 x 9.5 inches, spine perished, else fine.
Original portrait photograph by Napoleon Sarony, large format albumen cabinet card, SIGNED BY WILDE (“Oscar Wilde June ’82 New York”), quarter length, turned to the left and half looking back towards but not at the camera, wearing his astrakhan coat. 7 1⁄4” x 12 3⁄4”, archivally matted and set in a fine hand-carved original Aesthetic Movement frame under UV plexi. The image has had some cleaning and restoration work to the surface, the edges and the bottom corners. There is a surface crack through the “e” of June and light damage to the surface just above the “c” in Oscar. Wilde is very scarce in signed photographs, and ones of this size are particularly rare. Reference: Merlin Holland, The Wilde Album, 1997 (number 22 in Holland's sequence); Richard Ellman, Oscar Wilde, 1987. Read More...
13. Brahms, Johannes. (1833–1897). Signed Cabinet Photograph - dated during "a quite wonderful intermezzo of the loveliest of snow landscapes in the middle of summer"
Cabinet photograph, signed by the German romantic composer and pianist. Sepia-tone, a three-quarters portrait of the famous composer shown seated on a rustic wooden bench in this 1894 photograph by Rudolf Krziwanek, signed in the upper blank area of the image in dark brown ink, "Johannes Brahms / 25/5 95." 10.5 x 15 cm [4.2 x 5.8 inches]. The lower mount trimmed, archivally matted and set under UV plexiglass in a period red crushed velvet frame. Overall in fine condition. Read More...
Striking original poster from a 1950's performance of Louis Armstrong and his All Stars at the Waterford, CT Speed Bowl. Armstrong, pictured blowing his trumpet, appeared "in person" with his all-star band of Billy Kyle, Danny Barcelona, Trummy Young, Mort Herbert, and Barney Bigard, each of whom is shown in a diamond in the lower half of the poster, on August 23rd of an unnamed year. 14 x 22 inches. A few nicks and indentations at the edges, upper right corner bent, else fine.
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Kassel: Bärenreiter. 2000. Leitlinien: Gedänkengänge eines Komponisten ("Guidelines: Thought Processes of a Composer"), signed and inscribed on the title page by its author, the important 20th-century composer and conductor. The book, originally published in French as Jalons (pour une décennie), compiles lectures by Boulez at the Collège de France in the 1970's and 1980's, and lays bare Boulez's strong opinions on twentieth-century music. 8vo. 450 pp. Hardcover in dustjacket, small indentation to lower rear board and jacket, else fine.
Original Schaeffer photograph of the great baritone sax player, arranger, and composer early on in his career, boldly signed and inscribed to Willy Faes, Belgian jazz producer.: "To Willie / Many thanks for two fine concerts. / Gerry Mulligan / Brussells / Mar. 25, '56." 20.5 x 25 cm. Toned and stained around the edges, else fine. Read More...