Boldly penned autograph signature dated 25.11.25 from the great German conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus and others. Abendroth was "trapped" in East Germany after the war and signed items by him are scarce.
2. Ackermann, Johann Carl Heinrich. (1765-1810). Über die Vorzüge der Musik. Eine Rede im Concert zum Besten der Armen zu Zeiz [sic] den 22 October 1792. gehalten von D. Johann Carl Henrich Ackermann.
Leipzig: In Commission bey Adam Friedrich Boehme. [1792]. First Edition. Small octavo (8 x 4.5 inches; 204 x 114mm.). vi, 7-27, [5, blank] pages (A-B8). Contemporary green paper-covered blue paper wrappers. Wrappers curled a little at the edges, with a few tiny chips. Paper slightly browned; some foxing, heavier in places in the lower margin; few scattered rust spots. A very good copy of this delicate pamphlet. Small bookseller's ticket of music antiquarian Hermann Baron on front pastedown: "H. Baron / Music and Books, / 136 Chatsworth Road, / London, N. W. 2., England." Read More...
3. [American Music]. Two Autograph Musical Manuscripts, Massachusetts, ca. 1830
Two oblong-format musical manuscripts, with an inscription mentioning Abel Piper (1746-1836) of Phillipston, Massachusetts, Lieutenant in the Massachusetts Militia who served in the campaign of 1776 in the Company of Captain Robert Longley, Asa Whitcomb's Regiment, for the town of Bolton. The music is of a military flavor, consisting mainly of marches, but also including many dances and hornpipes, lessons, and some scribbled lyrics, all music relating to the clarinet; the larger book in sheepskin over scabbard, the other smaller and bound in rude soft leather covers, both with many loose pages, chipping, smudging, and other signs of intense wear and use. Read More...
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Signed halftone program photograph of the beloved English Conductor whose recorded legacy spans the pre-electric year of 1911 to the month of his death! 12 x 19 cm, signed in the lower blank margin and mounted to an album page measuring slightly larger. Together with a similar signed image of Lady Barbirolli.
Autograph letter. 4 pp. January 22, 1930. From the pianist and composer and pianist (and aviation instructor for the U.S. Armed Forces!), addressed to "My dear Miss Vermont." He details his recent employments, including as head of the piano department at the College of Music of Cincinnati, but notes that "unfortunately the climate was too hard for me there, and this forced me to leave this splendid position." He is seeking employment for the following year in California after he completes a concert tour in Europe. A little musty, but overall in fine condition and sold together with two different single-sheet NY Town Hall recital programs, each with an inset photograph of Barsukov.
6. Bartók, Béla. (1881–1945). Signed Photograph to the Principal Cellist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Black-and-white 8 x 10 inch portrait of the composer by Hungarian-born, American photographer Nickolas Muray (1892-1965). Inscribed in upper right corner, "To Mr Jean Bedetti. Many thanks for your excellent playing". Bedetti was the principal cellist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra during a concerto for Piano & Orchestra, 17 & 18 February 1928. Bartok played the piano, Serge Koussevitzky conducted the concert. Photographer's stamp on verso, a few small nicks and tears to margins, overall very good. Signed photographs of Bartok, especially large ones such as this, are uncommon.
Berlin and Leipzig: W. de Gruyter and Co. 1931. Sonderabdruck aus den Ungarischen Jahrbüchern Band XI, Heft 3. Ungarische Bibliothek. Für das Ungarische Institut an der Universität Berlin herausgegeben von Julius Farkas. 8vo pamphlet. 25 cm. 17, [1] pp. Inscribed in ink on the title "Prof. Dr. Guido Adler / hochachtungsvoll [yours respectfully] / Béla Bartók." In fine condition. Read More...
An impressive detailed AMQS from the influential Italian violinist and composer. Eight measures penned on hand-ruled paper, identified at the beginning as "Moderato" with lines for violin, viola and violoncello, signed at the conclusion "All Gentile Sigra. Contessa Malvezzi / Ferrara 20 Luglio 1847 / A. Bazzini." 27 x 18 cm. Very fine. From the album of Anna Maria Malvezzi. Read More...
Original 1926 photograph of the dynamic and celebrated British conductor at age 47. Press clipping on verso records that Beecham, "disgusted with musical conditions in England," is making plans with his wife "to leave England and to take with them as many English musicians as possible." A press photograph with in-painting for publication around the head, small tears to lower edge, else fine. 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Mayence: Schott. [ca. 1817]. Upright folio. 55 pp. Engraved [PN] 70. Title with early ownership signature upper right (Gerdon Metz?). Small old repair to margin of final leaf, else fine. An uncommon early edition, in fine condition. Kinsky/Halm p. 8.
Very fine AMQS from the great Swiss pianist, the first to record The Well-Tempered Klavier. A probing interpreter, he wrote that "our aim should not be pure soil and sterile air in which nothing will grow." Fischer has here penned three measures, the opening of the 1st movement of the 3rd Beethoven Piano Concerto. In fine condition. 10 x 6 cm on a blank visiting card.
An interesting autograph letter written in the third person, from the great Hungarian violinist, dedicatee of the Brahms Concerto and many other works. 1 page, in English, undated [ca. 1864-5]. Addressed to Miss Clinton. In full: "Mr. Joachim presents his compliments to Miss Clinton and begs to say that it is a great pleasure for him to be of any use to the daughter of the accomplished musician the late lamented Mr. Clinton. The Sonata he proposed is the one in D: ded: to Salieri / [AMQS of the opening three measures of the Beethoven Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 12, No. 1] / 33 Lemster Square / Bayswater." Mounting remnants to verso of attached blank second page, otherwise in fine condition. Read More...
Very fine AMQS from the great German pianist-organist. Kempff has here penned three measures from the 5th Beethoven Piano Concerto on an off-white album page. In fine condition. 10 x 7.5 cm.
Vienna: Anton Strauss. 1824. Bound collection of the issues numbered 40 - 78, dated April 1 - June 29, 1824. 339 pp, paginated continuously beginning on page 337, with a complete table of contents. Page 579-580 (3. Juni 1824), features the report on "Zweyte musikalische Akademie des Herrn Ludwig van Beethoven" which includes details regarding the second ever performance of the Ninth Symphony. Read More...
Portfolio with name and title in gilt to front board, no publisher or date [ca. 1920], tri-fold flaps inside containing four photographs, 11.5 x 17.5 cm, depicting Beethoven-focused artworks by Hans Schliessmann, each mounted to larger rigid pages measuring 25 x 32 cm. The portfolio flaps inscribed by W. Lowitz and dated April, 1927, evidently marking the Beethoven centenary. Mounts toned, portfolio worn and stained. Rare. No copies located in Worldcat or in the trade. Never having seen this volume or found any record of its publication, we cannot state with complete confidence that it is complete as issued, though there would only be space for another print or two if ever there were more than the four now present. The images are wonderful. One clearly depicts Felix Weingartner as he conducts the Eroica from atop a high note which springs from the composer's fertile scalp!
17. Beethoven, Ludwig van. (1770–1827). Partitions des 6 premiers Quatuors (Oeuvre 18.), pour deux Violons, Alto et Violoncelle ... No.5 [only]
Paris: A Offenbach s/M, chez Jean André. [1829]. First Edition in score. 8vo. 27pp. Lithographed. [PN] 5266. Disbound, gatherings separating including barely attached rear blue wrapper only, tape remnants and stains to corners. Kinsky p.44; Hirsch III.94; Hoboken Vol.2 no 110.
Composed between 1798 and 1800 and modeled directly on Mozart's quartet in the same key (K. 464), the individual parts for Beethoven's String Quartet No. 5 in A major were published in 1801 as opus 18, no. 5. The quartet did not appear in score form until the present publication.
Single sheet black-bordered invitation to Beethoven's funeral, the text composed by Beethoven's life-long friend Stephan von Breuning. Vienna, March 29, 1827. Printed on heavy paper, cut by hand, measuring 19.2 x 13.1 cm. "...Man versammelt sich in der Wohnung des Verstorbenen im Schwarzspanier-Hause Nr. 200, am Glacis vor dem Schottenthore. / Der Zug begibt sich von da nach der Dreyfaltigkeits-Kirche / bey den P. P. Minoriten in der Alsergasse. Die musikalische Welt erlitt den unersetzlichen Verlust des berühmten Tondichters am 26. März 1827 Abends gegen 6 Uhr. / Beethoven starb an den Folgen der Wassersucht, im 56. Jahre seines Alters, nach empfangenen heil. Sacramenten ...“ Read More...
Pastel on paper, signed in chalk 'S. Garf' (lower left in the image), matted under passe-partout (unframed), image size 15.3 x 19 inches (38.8 x 48.2 cm.). Read More...
20. Berlioz, Hector. (1803-1869). Benvenuto Cellini. Opera semi-seria en trois actes. Paroles de M. M. Le?on de Wailly et Auguste Barbier. Traduction allemande de M. P. Cornelius.... Oeuvre [23]. FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO ERNEST REYER
Brunswick: Chez Henry Litolff. [1856]. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. piano-vocal score, 28 x 17 cm. Title, verso blank. Dedication to Maria Pavlovna, Grande Duchesse de Sax-Weimar, verso blank. Blank, [1]. Music, pp. 2-376. Title and dedication printed in gold on smooth paper, the music engraved throughout. [PN] 1232. Inscribed in black ink on the reverse of the dedication page "A mon ami Reyer / H. Berlioz." Hopkinson 67D. Holoman, p. 178. This copy from the collection of André Meyer, with a note of a provenance from one of his children penned on a rear endpage. A closely trimmed copy, with resultant loss to the title page foot of the foreign distributors, but without any other losses throughout. In a fine half calf modern binding. Read More...