Fall 2015 Catalogue

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73. [Jazz & Song] Botrel, Jean-Baptiste-Théodore-Marie . (1868 - 1925).
Signed Photograph

Unusual signed photograph of the celebrated French singer-songwriter, poet and playwright. An attractive image of Botrel with a woman, both in traditional Breton costume. He has boldly signed and inscribed "J'aime! Je chante! Je crois!" Very fine.

He is best known for his popular songs about his native Brittany, of which the most famous is La Paimpolaise. During World War I he became France's official "Bard of the Armies".
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131. [Music Iconography].
Jumbo Cabinet Photographs: "Representatives of Music & Singing 1889."

Highly unusual pair of 11 x 14 jumbo cabinet photos with 76 vignetted photos of great musicians and singers including: Anton Rubinstein, Joseph Hoffmann, Strauss, Von Bulow, Grove, Santley, Foli, Richter, Halle, Piatti, Joachim, Arthur Sullivan, Gounod, Lucca, Gerster, Trebelli, Hauk, Valleria, Albani, Patti, Roze, Sembrich, Clara Schumann, Nilsson, Nordica , etc, etc. Slight edge wear, but overall fine.
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Opera

186. Schumann, Robert. (1810–1856).
Autograph Signature & Original CDV Photograph

Autograph signature at the conclusion of a partial ALS from the highly important German composer and pianist whose distinctively lyrical musical language, especially evident in his keyboard works and art songs, made him one of the central figures of the German Romantic tradition. Read More...
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Classical Music

97. Seeger, Pete. (1919 - 2014).
Collection of Letters & Photographs, 1975 - 2000

An interesting collection of materials from the American folk singer, an iconic figure in the mid-20th century American folk music revival. The small archive includes correspondence from Seeger to his friend Bruce Cornish (1925 - 2014), an amateur musician who worked for the Kansas City Water Department, and includes four one-page ALSs, six brief ALSs on postcards, and three TLSs, dated from 1975 to 2000, all signed “Pete,” with him adding a small banjo sketch to four; Seeger has also affixed leaves to two of the letters. One letter, in part: “Several members of my family are interested in the violins, and if it is not too late, I’d like to send you the money to mail them here.” Another, in part: “I never expected to be quite so involved in trying to defend & restore a river, but it’s fun. Involves sailing & swimming and food and music, as well as science (see enclosed).” The collection also includes an ALS by his wife, filmmaker Toshi Seeger, a color reproduction of an illustrated song, and four unsigned photos: one of Pete Seeger, two of his mother Constance Seeger, and one of Constance and W.R. Young. In overall fine condition, with blocks of toning to the earliest letter.
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13. Bernstein, Leonard. (1918–1990).
Signed Letter regarding the books most influential to him

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 7.25, New York Philharmonic letterhead, February 17, 1966. Letter to Evelyn Byrne, in full: “Your students’ question is difficult to answer, mainly because different books influence one at different stages of one’s develpoment. Roughly, though, I could name the following: In my ‘teens, the big influence was Jean-Christophe of Rolland (about a German musician). In my twenties, undoubtedly The Magic Mountain of Thomas Mann and Ulysses of James Joyce. In my thirties, Human Destiny by Lecomte de Nouy. And now, in my forties, without any second thoughts, the Nabokov novels, Lolita and Pale Fire.” In fine condition, with trivial creasing to right side and trimmed bottom edge. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope.
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211. [Violinist] Kreisler, Fritz. (1875–1962).
Signed Photograph

Vintage sepia postcard photograph of the beloved American violinist and composer of Austrian birth who was one of the most important musicians of the last century. Bust portrait, signed with his name alone, in fine condition. 11 x 16 cm.
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61. [Handel, George Frederic. (1685-1759)].
Two Manuscript Land Assessment Books for the Brook St. Ward, London 1746 and 1747

Two land assessments from the middle years of Handel's long residence at 25 Brook Street in London, where the composer lived and worked from 1723 to the end of his life. Contemporaneous documents mentioning Handel are of the greatest rarity and these extraordinary documents provide considerable insight into the people who lived around the composer in the year (1746) that he wrote Judas Maccabeus and the Occasional Oratorio, and in the year (1747) that he wrote his oratorio 'Joshua' containing the original version of his famous chorus 'See the Conquering Hero Comes' written in celebration of the return of the Duke of Cumberland after the Battle of Culloden, and which Handel later incorporated into Judas Maccabeus. Both documents in very fine condition with expected light wear, details as follows: Read More...
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56. Gershwin, George. (1898–1937).
Signed Letter regarding his English Taxes

TLS, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, personal letterhead, 11 June 1931, to Mr. Wattenberg. Claiming that he has "no source of income from England where the tax is not already taken off." A few small tears to margins without loss, diagonal tear with loss to lower right margin, folding creases with small fold split just under the signature.
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Song

156. [Pianist] Casadesus, Robert. (1899-1972).
Autograph Musical Quotation, Mozart K. 488

AMQS from the marvelous French pianist whose recordings of the Mozart concertos with Szell are models of elegance and transparency. Three measures from the piano concerto K. 488, signed and inscribed and dated 1941 on the verso of his printed visiting card. 3.4 x 2.5 inches. A little toned, else fine.
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38. Damrosch, Leopold. (1832 - 1885).
Autograph Musical Quotation

A detailed and lengthy AMQS from the German American violinist, orchestral conductor and composer. Fourteen measures scored for piano and marked "Langsam," signed and inscribed and dated Weimar, 23/5/[18]58. 11.8 x 9.4 inches. Toned, overall fine. Read More...
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65. Heller, Stephen. (1833 - 1888).
"Prelude op. 81" - Autograph Musical Quotation

Rare AMQS from one of the 24 Op. 81 Preludes by the important Hungarian pianist and composer. Eight measures scored for piano and marked "Allegretto," signed and inscribed and dated Paris, December 1883. 4.1 x 3.4 inches. In fine condition. Read More...
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117. Rolland, Romain. (1866 - 1944) [Adler, Guido. (1855 - 1941)].
Musiciens d'Autrefois [Musicians of the Past] - INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY TO GUIDO ADLER

Paris: Libraire Hachette. 1924. Ninth Edition. 8vo. 306 pp. Inscribed in ink on the half title "A Mr. le Prof. D. Guido Adler / en confraternel hommage / et cordial souvenir / Romain Rolland / Villeneuve, 8 Nov.bre 1926." Original wrappers bound in to half green cloth, pale green boards somewhat stained and sunned, a couple small tears to page margins, wrapper and half title stained and reinforced with paper along the gutter, several library stamps and stickers (see description below) otherwise in very good condition. Read More...
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Literature

199. Vaughan Williams, Ralph. (1872 - 1958).
Two Original Photographs

Two original approx. 8 x 10 inch photographs of the influential English composer of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film scores who was also an important collector of English folk music and song. In the first, the composer is seen hunched over and reviewing a score in front of a stage, the conductor Malcolm Sargent seen to his left. The second image shows Vaughan William and Sargent seen from behind as they sit together reviewing an opened score. Both in fine condition, stamped on the verso by the photogapher Terry Rand.
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70. [History & Culture] Shackleton, Ernest. (1874–1922).
Autograph Signature

Rare autograph signature of the junior officer in Scott’s National Antarctic Expedition of 1901–02, who nearly reached the South Pole during an expedition of his own in 1909, in the process becoming a national hero. In 1915, during another expedition, his ship, Endurance, was crushed in the polar ice, and he and five others made a perilous journey of 1300 miles to bring relief for the crew. Knighted in 1909, Shackleton died at South Georgia during a fourth expedition in 1922. Album page measuring 10.5 x 13 cm, signed with his name alone "Ernest H. Shackleton" and in fine condition.
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History & Historiography

171. [Pianist] Uninsky, Alexander. (1910 - 1972).
Autograph Musical Quotation

Three-bar AMQS of a passage by Liszt, penned by the elegant Russian-American pianist, Dated 1951 and measuring 7.1 x 4.1 inches. Mounted to an album page, vertical crease, else fine.
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175. Porter, Cole. (1891–1964).
Signed Photograph

Signed photograph of the great songwriter, the famous portrait taken in NY by Hal Phyfe in the early 1940s. This one signed "Cole Porter" in blue ink along the right side. 4.5 x 5.5 inches. Fine.
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154. [Pianist] Arrau, Claudio. (1903–1991).
Signed Photograph

Vintage 8 x 10 inch promotional photograph of the great Chilean-born pianist, signed boldly in blue ink.
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91. [Jazz & Song] Levant, Oscar. (1904 - 1972) & Jolson, Al. (1886-1950).
Original Candid Photograph

Original and unusual small format 1947 photograph of Levant at the keyboard with Jolson standing and singing during a radio performance. 7 x 7 cm. Fine.
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Jazz

62. Hanson, Howard. (1896-1981).
Signed Photograph

Original signed 8 x 10 inch doubleweight Pach Bros photograph of the American composer, winner of the Rome, Pulitzer, and Peabody Awards among many others and who was director of the Eastman School from 1924-1964. Though his compositions are generally described as neo-Romantic, he experimented with various more abstract approaches, including 12-tone composition. Stamped lower left by the photographer l.l., signed "with kindest regards, Howard Hanson" in black ink. Tiny tear l.r., light creases along upper and lower edges, overall very good.
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46. [Dance] Pavlova, Anna. (1881-1931).
Signed Photograph in "Syrian Dance"

Vintage signed sepia postcard photograph, an attractive image by Frons von Riel of the legendary ballerina posed in costume for 'Syrian Dance,' choreographed by Ivan Clustine in a production premiered in Buenos Aires, 1917. 9 x 14 cm. In fine condition.
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