17184. Brahms, Johannes. (1833–1897). "Sind es Schmerzen, sind es Freuden" from "Die schöne Magelone" - Autograph Musical Quotation
Autograph musical quotation in the hand of the great composer, who has penned the opening three measures of his lied "Sind es Schmerzen, sind es Freuden" from "Die schöne Magelone", inscribed and signed "Johannes Brahms." From the album of Bertha Von Suttner (1843-1914), winner of the 1905 Nobel Peace Prize. In fine condition. 2.25 x 3.5 inches (9.3 x 5.6 cm). Read More...
A printed black-bordered document announcing the death of Johannes Brahms on April 3, 1897. Published by the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna, of which Brahms was the honorary president, the document gives notice of his funeral, to be held on April 6, 1897. 11.5 x 9 inches (29 x 23 cm). Read More...
Hamburg: S. Berendso. Original map of Hamburg, owned by the important composer and titled in his hand on the outer slipcase label "Plan von Hamburg" and with the printed title "Grundriss von Hamburg / nach dem unglücklichen Brande von 5ten May bis den 9ten 1842" ("Plan of Hamburg / after the unhappy fire of May 5th to 9th, 1842"). The map shows Brahms' birthplace, with a fold-out flap, outlined in red ink, bringing attention to the affected central area before and after the fire. Folding creases, light toning and edge wear, overall very good. 19.5 x 14.75 inches (49.5 x 37.6 cm), 4 x 5 inches (10.5 x 13 cm) folded and in slipcase. Read More...
A printed black-bordered document announcing the death of Johannes Brahms on April 3, 1897. Published by the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna, of which Brahms was the honorary president, the document gives notice of his funeral, to be held on April 6, 1897. Read More...
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. [1860]. First Edition. First edition of the full score, 217 pages, 8vo (c.25.4 x 16.3cm), priced at 5 Thlr. 15 Ngr., lithographed title and music, plate number 5361. Blue printed wrappers a little wrinkled and with some small tears around the edges, first few leaves with chipping along the outer edge, overall very good. Kurt Hofmann, Die Erstdrucke der Werke von Johannes Brahms (Tutzing, 1975), pp.24-25. Read More...
A rare document in the history of classical music: the surviving 1811 program of the Napoleon Festival in Erfurt, formerly owned and treasured by Johannes Brahms, and presented by the composer to his friend Edward Speyer on October 3, 1895. The program bears Brahms' inscription and signature in ink along the full height of the left margin: "Herrn Edward Speyer zur frdl. Erinnerung an Meiningen 1895 (auch ein Musik- und ein Napoleon-fest! | Johannes Brahms." (To Mr. Edward Speyer, in friendly remembrance of Meiningen 1895—itself a music and Napoleon festival! Johannes Brahms.) The program gives the full concert program on page one, followed by three pages providing the details of the performers, including directors, instrumental soloists and orchestra players, soloist singers and chorus members. Paper, watermark "B", 4 pages, single bifolium, 8.75 x 14.25 inches (22.5 x 36.5 cm) folded. Foxed and stains, creasing with small tears at edges, but autograph very bright and clear and otherwise in fine condition. We have not traced any other examples of this program appearing in the trade or in any library holdings. The present copy, enhanced by the extraordinary inscription, is a great rarity indeed. Read More...
Concert program from the March 7, 1897 performance of the Vienna Philharmonic, notable as the last time Brahms heard his own music in public. The orchestra, under Hans Richter, performed Brahms' Symphony no. 4, Dvorak's Cello Concerto with cello Hugo Becker, and Haydn's Symphony no. 5. Single-sheet program with some light toning, but overall fine. 5.75 x 9.25 inches (14.9 x 23.4 cm). Read More...
Bronze portrait medal of the composer by Austrian medalist Arnold Hartig (1878–1972). Brahms is shown in a straight-on relief portrait with his name and dates around the edge. Verso blank. 3 inches (76 mm). Niggl 392a. Fine.
From the collection of musical medals formed by Paul Niggl and which served as the basis for his book Musiker Medaillen (Darmstadt, 1965). The collection remained intact after Niggl's death, was offered for sale as a single lot by Spink & Son in 1998.
Early signed Wilensky of Buenos Aires photograph of the Russian pianist who studied with Leschetizky and Busoni and who was famed in particular for his Chopin cycles. Signed and inscribed and dated Buenos Aires, 1936. 8.5 x 11.5 cm and in very fine condition.
Signed photograph of the Russian pianist who studied with Leschetizky and Busoni and who was famed in particular for his Chopin cycles. He has inscribed and signed "Sacha" at the lower right, dating November 1950. Toning; mounting remnants to verso; heavily buckled (could be flattened). Overall very good. 8 x 10 inches (20 x 23.7 cm).
Very rare signed original playbill from Brando's Broadway debut in "I Remember Mama." 56 pp. Boldly signed "Marlon Brando" later in life in bold black ink on the first cast list page (on which he is not listed!). Light staining along upper edges not affecting the signed page, slight surface loss on back cover, else fine. Read More...
Original 1957 press photograph of the influential American actor and director amid a swarm of journalists and photographers in a Paris hotel room. Brando had arrived in Paris to film The Young Lions ("Le Bal des Maudits"), which was released in 1958. Some creases and large lower margin; overall in fine condition. 7 x 9 inches; 18 x 24 cm.
Unusual original photograph of composer Frank Loesser rehearsing "Luck Be a Lady" with Marlon Brando, star of the upcoming MGM motion picture adaptation of Loesser's hit musical Guys and Dolls. A press caption mounted to verso reads, in part, "Marlon Brando, who makes his singing debut in Samuel Goldwyn's Guys and Dolls, an MGM release, rehearses his 'Luck Be a Lady' with Composer Frank Loesser obliging at the piano." "Central Press Association Dec. 12 1955 Reference Dept."stamp to verso. In fine condition. 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm.). Read More...
New York: Simon and Schuster. 1942. Presentation copy of Tolstoy's War and Peace prepared for and gifted to Marlon Brando by the producer Michael Todd, director Fred Zinnemann, and playwright Robert E. Sherwood, almost certainly as an overture to offering him a role in their never-made film adaptation of the novel. Brown imitation leather covers gilt-stamped "To / Marlon Brando / ...with our Compliments. / Robert E. Sherwood / Fred Zinnemann / Michael Todd." Sherwood has typed an inscription to a bound-in extra front end paper, "I started reading this book in 1923 and finished it in 1943, when another would-be world conqueror was bogged down and beaten in the Russian winter. There is material here for hundreds of motion pictures; the problem confronting Mike Todd, Fred Zinnemann and me is to determine which is the best and the most faithful to the immortal spirit of Tolstoi. / Robert E. Sherwood." This is the "Inner Sanctum Edition," translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude, with a Foreword by Clifton Fadiman. Published at a time when Moscow and all Russia were threatened by German invaders, this edition provides rich documentation of Napoleon’s 1812 invasion, treating the novel as history rather than literature. Hardcover; lxii, 1361, [9] pages, maps, together with a a reader guide's in rear inner cover paper pocket. Light wear to spine, rear board partially split from spine; overall in fine condition. Read More...
Three-page proof set from the 1952 publication of the artist's aphorisms "Le Jour et la Nuit : Cahiers de Georges Braque, 1917-1952," identified here as "Cahiers," stamped on the first page "11 AVR 1951," with the artist adding his name in brown ink for the publication under the title "de / G. Braque." Paper toned, else fine. 16.5 x 25 cm.
Braque's aphorisms on art, said to have been originally jottings on the margins of drawings, were first collected and published in 1917.
Signed large format Mishkin of New York photograph of the American contralto, who has inscribed to Charles Drumheller, tenor and longtime rehearsal pianist at the Metropolitan and Chicago Lyric Opera with a quotation from the Henrik Ibsen play "Brand," "To Charlie Drumheller! / 'Man's work is what he's fashion'd for, / And Paradise, for him, lies there' / 'Brand—Ibsen' / with all possible good-wishes. / Sincerely Sophie Braslau" in black ink. Significant toning and losses to edges, particularly to the lower corners, though the image and signature remain unaffected, else in good condition. 11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm.). Read More...
17725. [Brass Band]. Family Band - Vintage Photograph
Early-twentieth-century American photograph of a family brass band, labeled on the verso as the "Schein Band" and with some of the members identified as "1. Grandma 2. Everett 3. Vera 4. Leo 6. Art 8. Grandpa." Rather faded; small corner loss; mounting remnants to the verso. Overall very good. 5.25 x 3.25 inches (13.5 x 8.5 cm).
Silver gelatin photograph, ca. 1936. Stamped "Brassai. 81, Rue Du Faub St. Jacques Paris XIV..." 7 x 8.5 inches [17.5 x 21.5 cm]. Scattered light scratches to the surface, small nicks around the edges, otherwise in very good condition. Read More...
An important collection of early sketchbooks and original drawings from the influential Hungarian-born French photographer, sculptor, writer, and filmmaker. The three sketchbooks, one dated 1915, and one with drawings dated 1916, contain a total of 104 pages of pencil, ink, charcoal and watercolor drawings including portraits, animal and figure studies, architectural drawings and geometrical shapes. Some works are captioned in Hungarian. An interesting and important record of the artist's very early work, accomplished as a young man during World War I in Transylvania. Read More...
Etching on wove paper. Signed, numbered 24/60, and dated in pencil along lower edge. 21-3/4 x 16-3/4 inches (55.2 x 42.5 cm) (sight); Framed Dimensions 27.5 x 21.75 Inches. Mild to moderate light and time staining to the sheet. Matted and framed in a fine brass frame under glass, unexamined out of frame. Provenance: Property from the G.E. Corporate Art Collection. Read More...