Stunning early postcard photograph, boldly signed in white ink by the great African American contralto. Inscribed Montevideo, 1937 on the verso. A little surface scraping at the upper edge, else fine. Read More...
Guest book for the famed Liberty Music Shop of New York, containing approximately 200 autographs and inscriptions, signed by distinguished visitors, a virtual who's who of the cultural life of 1950s New York. Written approximately 15 to a page on the first 14 pages, some with date or place or comments, concluding with a large bold signature by Marian Anderson, written diagonally across the blank page. Oblong 8vo, leatherette. New York, [1956-57]. The signers include Ernest Hemingway, Samuel Barber, Martha Graham, Anna Magnani, Hubert de Givenchy, Anthony Perkins, Fred Astaire, Hoagy Carmichael, Sarah Vaughan, Sammy Davis Jr., Bill Hayes (with an AMQS), Alan Jay Lerner (2x), Yul Brynner, Ogden Nash, Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontaine, Andres Segovia, Margaret Hamilton, Tony Bennett, Myrna Loy, Edna Ferber, Zino Francescatti, Byron Janis, Farley Grainger, Rex Harrison, Broderick Crawford, Edward G. Robinson, George Szell, Jessica Tandy, Basil Rathbone, Claudette Colbert, Hazel Scott, Raymond Massey, Michel Auclair, Alexander Smallens, Kate Smith, James Mason, Ray Bolger, Benny Goodman, Noël Coward, Joan Blondell, Arnold Stang, Constance Talmadge, Garson Kanin, Mischa Elman, Erica Morini, Connee Boswell, Mario del Monaco, Robert Helptmann, Andor Foldes, Marta Eggerth, Vincent Price, Lillian Gish, Paulette Goddard, J. William Fulbright and dozens more. Read More...
Leipzig: Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopp. 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787. Four parts in 1 vol. 4to, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked, spine in later gilt-stamped brown morocco. With 4 title pages, 218 pp. Some pages lightly browned, occasional foxing and light mildew stains. Overall a fine and crisp copy. Read More...
4. Bach, J.S. (1685-1750) [Becker, Carl Ferdinand (ed.)]. Choräle mit bezifferten Bass von Johann Sebastian Bach herausgegeben von C. F. Becker. Organist an der St. Petri Kirche zu Leipzig. [als Anhang zu dessen Choralgesängen] [BWV 439-507]
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. [1832]. Title[1]; 2 (blank); dedication [3]; 4 (blank); forward [5]; index [6]; 7-39 pp. [PN] 5096. Green printed wrappers, chipped around the edges, reinforced with paper tape alog the spine, edges a little rough, slightly browned, generally very good. Worldcat records 11 copies worldwide, with only 1 in the United States. Read More...
Leipzig: Deutscher Verlag Fur Musik. 1962. Upright slender volume, 8 x 12.5 inches. Title; Introductory comments in German by Hans Pischner & Karl-Heinz Kohler [1-7 pp]; Facsimile score [46 pp]. Quarter cream cloth over green striped paper boards, title plate to front. Edges rubbed, spine somewhat chipped. Read More...
An extraordinary signed vintage sepia Condé Nast photograph of the legendary entertainer shown in a head and shoulders pose with her famous shellacked curled hair, boldly signed in thick ink, inscribed and dated Paris, 1931. 8.5 x 11 inches, nicely framed to slightly larger. Read More...
Elusive signed photograph of the renowned Russian-born American virtuoso pianist, celebrated for his legendary speed and finger dexterity. On 2 April 1951, Barere suffered a cerebral hemorrhage during a performance of Grieg's Piano Concerto at Carnegie Hall, with Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra. Barere subsequently collapsed and died backstage shortly thereafter. Read More...
Budapest: Rózsavölgyi & Co.. 1912. Upright folio. 58 pp. [PN] R. & Co. 7045. Old price and ownership signature of organist and baritone Paul Ray written on the front cover and a biography of him affixed to half title, else fine.
Original pen and ink bust portrait boldly signed in black ink by the Hungarian composer in the lower blank margin and by the artist "Beacon" in pencil, upper right. 3.5 x 4.6 inches. In fine condition with some light scattered foxing and minor discoloration. An unusual example.
Vienna: Universal. 1932. First edition. 124 p. 8vo. With a lengthy inscription to Peter Weis, dated June 30, 1957 from the influential French composer, conductor and pedagogue. Fine.
BB 101; SZ 95; MGG/2 Bd. 2, Sp. 362. First edition of the study score, inscribed "à mon cher Peter Weis en souvenir de ces soirées durant lesquelles sa présence m’a été une
joie musicale et personnelle. Bien affectueusement Nadia Boulanger – 30 juin, 1957."
Wien: Universal Edition. 1923. Deux Sonates pour Violon et Piano. IIe (en 2 mouvements), composes pour Mlle. Jelly d’Arányi par Béla Bartók. Score: 35 pp., folio. Publisher’s front wrapper, backstrip reinforced with tape, slight abrasion to front cover. Inscribed and signed, in blue ink, by the composer at the head of the title-page “À M. Paul Collaer, avec remerciement et en souvenir, Béla Bartók, le 30. Jan. 1938." Inscribed and signed also by the work's dedicatee on the first page of the musical score, in lavender pencil: “A Monsieur Collaer / au merveilleux collegue avec qui j'ai tant amaié jouer / Jelly d'Aranyi” and with “Pro Arte, 22 déc [19]29." In fine condition, well thumbed, pencil markings on a number of pages most of which pertain to the piano part and are in Collaer's hand but several of which are clearly in the hand of d'Aranyi herself, in purple pencil, and concern the violin part. Read More...
Vintage 1941 10 x 8 inch photograph of the Hungarian musicians, with a newspaper clipping on the verso: "Fritz Reiner, in his less familiar role as a photographer, made this dual portrait of himself and Bartok at the Reiner home in Westport, Conn., about 1941." Corners creased, later stamps on verso and with some markings around the image borders for later press publication.
New York: Broadway Music Corporation. Rare sheet music for “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” 10.5 x 13.5, signed and inscribed in blue ink on the cover by the American performer and songwriter best known for co-writing such standards as the baseball anthem, “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” and “Shine On, Harvest Moon.” Four small pin holes in the corners, otherwise fine. Read More...
Signed postcard photograph of the "King of the Baritones," generally considered to be one of the great figures in 20th century vocal history. A pristine sepia photograph in costume as Posa in Verdi's "Don Carlo," one of his most celebrated roles. Boldly signed "Battistini 1925." 8.5 x 13.5 cm.
Signed printed profile portrait of the wonderful English musician, who began as a successful violinist and later had a major career as a pianist. A student of Paderewski, he premiered Debussy's "Children's Corner" and after settling in the US, founded the Beethoven Association and taught for many years at the Manhattan School of Music. Boldly signed and dated New York, 1927. Mounting traces on verso, in very fine condition. 10 x 13.5 cm.
Vintage 8 x 10 inch original photograph of the Israeli statesman telling the great American conductor/composer not to smoke. Taken by Jack Gottlieb in Tel Aviv, Israel in December, 1963, an original photograph from Gottlieb's collection, the actual print which was reproduced in his 2010 book "Working with Bernstein." With a few surface cracks, mounted to a rigid backing and with a typed caption from Gottlieb affixed beneath. Read More...
Early scrapbook assembled by Helen Coates, one of Bernstein's earliest piano teachers and later, his secretary. Consisting of 32 pages and inserts, the program and newspaper clippings mostly concern the piano performance career of Coates, but the final the pages of the book include 3 programs from some of Bernstein's earliest public appearances. The first is dated May 14, 1934, a performance of the Boston Public School Symphony Orchestra featuring Bernstein performing one movement of the Grieg Concerto. Second, there follows another BPS SO program dated June 12, 1935, including a performance by Bernstein of the Joseph Wagner Concerto in G minor (first performance in Boston). Finally, a typed program form a Brookline recital of the "Pupils of Heinrich Gebhard," dated May 24, 1936. Bernstein performed works by Bach, Debussy and Liszt. Each program mounted to an album page, the album pages throughout are yellowed and brittle, generally the programs are fine.
18. Bizet, Georges. (1838-1875). Carmen. Opéra Comique en 4 actes. Tiré de la nouvelle de Prosper Merimée. Poème de H. Meilhac et L. Halévy. HAND PAINTED SET DESIGNS FROM THE PREMIERE
Paris: Choudens Père et Fils. [1875]. Four elaborately hand painted lithographs illustrating the original scenic designs for the 1875 first production of Bizet's "Carmen." Each measuring 25.8 x 18.8 cm, mounted to larger sheets and contained in the original publisher's wrappers featuring an ornate cover design, 34.5 x 27 cm. A printed ticket affixed to the upper front wrapper reads "N.B. Aussitot apres la premier representation nous renvoyer par poste franco ce Modele des Decors CHOUDENS Pere et Fils 30, Boulevard Ces Capucines." Read More...
19. Bizet, Georges. (1838-1875). "Don Juan de Mozart ... Transcrite pour Piano Solo par Georges Bizet" - Signed Presentation Copy
Paris: Heugel & Cie. [1866]. The printed first edition score of Bizet's piano reduction of Mozart's "Don Giovanni," inscribed on the half title " À Mademoiselle Christine de Noné / Hommage du transcripteur / Georges Bizet." In fine condition, the initials "C.N." in gilt on the front board. Edges a little rubbed, inner front hinge cracked but binding completely solid otherwise, contained in a custom red leather and cloth box, stamped in gilt at spine. Read More...
A rare signed candid photograph of the great Swedish tenor and his wife, soprano and actress Anna Lisa. A unique image of the two singers, boldly signed in blue ink by both. 8.8 x 14.9 cm and in very fine condition.