Cage, 1983, edition of 125, printed by Styria Studio, New York. Signed, numbered, and dated "RAUSCHENBERG 93/125 83" within the image l.l., printer's dry stamp l.r. Color screenprint with collage on paper, image/sheet size 41 3/4 x 29 3/4 in. (105.9 x 75.5 cm), framed. Deckled edges, floated within the mat, pale foxing or staining to fabric elements. Read More...
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Uncommon autograph musical quotation from the Italian opera composer, who has penned a detailed musical quotation for piano and voice with the text "Gia la notte s'avvicina..." and dated Paris, January 11, 1855. While we have not been able to identify the work from which the quotation is taken, the text is an excerpt from Metastasio's Cantate, also set by Beethoven and Rossini. In very fine condition. 9.75 x 6.75 inches (25 x 17 cm). Read More...
Original cabinet card photograph of the French composer and pianist, who is shown leaning on her elbow while seated at the piano. Photographed by H. S. Mendelssohn of London. 6.6 x 10.8 cm. Some notations on the verso, else fine.
Original photograph of the Mexican composer, conductor, and educator. He is shown in an attractive studio portrait, looking to the left. One slight edge dent; overall in very fine condition. 8 x 10 inches (20.1 x 25.3 cm). Read More...
An interesting page of autograph signatures, collected at the Coolidge Festival of Music in Budapest on October 16–17, 1931. The signatures include patron Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, U.S. minister to Hungary Nicholas Roosevelt, Austrian-born American violinist Hugo Kortschak, Hungarian composer Erno Dohnányi, pianist Emma Lübbecke-Job, the members of the Roth Quartet (Feri Roth, Jeno Antal, Ferenc Molnar, and Albert van Doorn), and several others. Toning; overall in fine condition. 8 x 12 inches (21 x 31 cm). Read More...
Autograph signature from the Italian-American composer, penned at the foot of a facsimile of the first page of his Symphony no. 3. In fine condition. 7 x 10.5 inches (17.5 x 26.5 cm).
Born into a poor immigrant Italian family as Giuseppe Guttoveggio, Paul Creston's music exemplifies the traits common in American Music of the first half of the twentieth century: it is distinctly tuneful, tonal in the modern American idiom and has a strong rhythmic sense.
Autograph signatures from the great Ukrainian soprano Nina Koshetz and the important English composer Frederick Delius, penned together on a small album leaf. Delius has dated February 1, 1919; Koshetz has dated June 2, 1923 in Vasari, Montevideo [Uruguay]. Left edge rough; some light toning; overall in fine condition. 8 x 6.5 inches (20.2 x 16.4 cm). Read More...
Autograph musical quotation from the Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer whose output spanned half a century. He has penned three measures from his Piano Sonata no. 3 on a trimmed sheet of manuscript paper, and has boldly signed at the foot and dated May 22, 1971. One folding crease; overall very fine. 7.75 x 7.25 inches (19.5 x 18.3 cm).
Original engraved portrait of the important early Classical opera composer, shown in profile against a black oval background. Engraved by Augustin de Saint-Aubin and published in 1790. Light foxing and wear to the right edge; overall in fine condition. 8.25 x 10.5 inches (20.8 x 26.7 cm).
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An original photograph from a scene in Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride, staged at the Parisian Théâtre de la Renaissance on December, 1899. Pictured in costume are Gabriel Soulacroix as Oreste, Emile Cossira as Pylade, and Louis Ballard as Thoas, dressed in elaborate Grecian robes. In very fine condition, mounted on a heavy board in very good condition with some wear to the edges, the photographer's name mostly cut away. 8.5 x 11.25 inches (22 x 28.8 cm). Read More...
Signed candid photograph of the prolific German composer, violist, conductor and teacher, shown smiling in rehearsal at the podium. He has signed at the lower left. In fine condition; tipped to (and easily removable from) mount which has some slight foxing. 4.75 x 6.75 inches (12.1 x 17.4 cm), mounted to 6 x 8 inches (15 x 20.2 cm).
Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne. [1932]. First Study Edition. Study score for the important twentieth-century composer's theme and variations for orchestra, composed in 1932 aboard the S. S. Ausonia. Gramophone calls the work "a bridge between Hindemith’s raucous 1920s manner and the graver, mature style of Mathis der Maler." [PN] B.S.S. 33468. 68 pp. Some damage to the spine at top and bottom, light overall toning and wear, but otherwise in very good condition. 6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm).
Autograph musical manuscript of one scene from the important French composer's opera Fervaal, signed and inscribed by the composer on the title page to a Mme. [Maurice] Sulzbach and dated 1893. Titled "Fervaal / Acte I - Scene II / Role de Guilhen," the manuscript is a vocal score of the soprano role of Guilhen only, with cues for the piano reduction of the orchestral score and for the part of Fervaal. Very neatly penned in black ink. 15 pp. on 10 ff., folio, bound with a red string. Light toning and external wear; overall very fine. 10.5 x 13.75 inches (27 x 35 cm). A rare manuscript from the great French musician - organist, timpanist, chorus master, conductor, author and teacher! Read More...
Autograph musical manuscript of the important French composer's work for choir and orchestra, L'Art et le Peuple. N.d. [ 1918]. Very neatly penned manuscript score in black and blue ink, scored for SATB choir, soprano, alto, and baritone soloists, and full orchestra. 25 staves per system, penned over 13 pp. Rehearsal numbers added in blue pencil. Light toning, slight corner crease to the back page, not affecting the music; overall very fine. 10.5 x 13.75 inches (27 x 35 cm). A rare manuscript from the great French musician - organist, timpanist, chorus master, conductor, author and teacher! Read More...
Uncommon ensemble from the important and prolific French composer. A student of Saint-Saens, he was an influential organist and was teacher of Ravel, Enesco, Schmitt, Boulanger and others. Read More...
Vintage original photograph by Will Potter of Nadia Boulanger speaking at the funeral of the important and prolific French composer. 6.5 x 4.75 inches. Fine.
Paris: J. Hamelle. 1901. First edition. Partition d'Orchestre. Upright folio, 128 pp. [PN] J. 4650 H.. Original grey wrappers printed in black and blue, with the ownership signature upper right of composer and conductor (and student of Franck), Francis Casadesus (1870 - 1954). Nicely bound in crimson cloth and marbled boards, markings in blue and graphite pencil, two pages with repaired tears, otherwise very good throughout. Fuld, p. 459.
A rare first edition of one of the most beloved works in the choral (and organ) repertory.
Signed Moffett of Chicago photograph of the eminent French composer, conductor, pianist and critic. He is shown seated and has boldly signed and inscribed to tenor Lawrence Strauss (translated from the French): "To Mr. Lawrence Strauss, who sings French music with such skill and talent. Cordially, Gabriel Grovlez. New York, February 1922." Signed at the lower left in red by the photographer. Large loss to the upper left corner; overall very good. 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm).
A detailed AMQS from the American composer and music teacher, recipient of the 1927 Pulitzer Prize, penned at the foot of a signed photograph. Finney is shown at work on a large score, smoking a pipe with a ruler and several sharpened pencils to hand; he has signed in black ink at the foot of the image. He has penned eight measures from his Violin Concerto no. 2 (1973). A list of his compositions is printed on the verso. Some light corner wear; overall fine. 8.5 x 11 inches (21.6 x 28 cm). Read More...
A lengthy autograph musical quotation from the German-American composer, pianist, and conductor, who has penned five measures from his Brass Quintet in open score, and added at the head: "Happy 100th birthday!" He identifies the piece and signs at the foot. In green marker on translucent manuscript paper, trimmed at the foot. 9.5 x 6.5 inches (24.1 x 16.2 cm). Together with an original photograph of the composer, 4.75 x 7 inches (12 x 18 cm). Fine.