Postcard portrait of the great Italian tenor with a facsimile AMQS from his role as Chopin in the opera by Giacomo Orefice, and with an autograph signature in bold ink to the right of the image. Orefice's fancified version of the composer's life premiered at the Teatro Lirico, Milan, in 1901, and Bassi recorded excerpts from the opera ca. 1903-1905. The postcard is addressed on the verso to the Argentinian collector Ramona Imaz Otaño and postmarked April 14, 1904. In fine condition. 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm). Read More...
A rare AMQS from the important Italian concert pianist, teacher, and author of etudes, penned in the last year of his life. On a postcard bearing his portrait, Cesi has penned the beginning of one of his demanding piano studies, marked Presto, complete with fingerings and expressive marks. He has signed and dated in rather shaky writing: Naples, April 1906. On the verso, the postcard is addressed to the Argentinian collector Ramona Imaz Otaño. In fine condition. 5.5 x 3.5 inches (14.2 x 9.4 cm). Read More...
AMQS from the important French organist, composer and teacher who won the Prix de Rome in 1861 and succeeded Franck as the choirmaster of the Basilica of Sainte-Clotilde. On a postcard of Boloni's "La Maddalena," Dubois has penned the first four measures of the theme from his Piano Trio no. 1 in C minor (published in 1904). On the verso, the postcard is addressed to the Argentinian collector Ramona Imaz Otaño and postmarked March 21, 1905. Light wear to the edges; overall in fine condition. 5.5 x 3.5 inches (13.9 x 9 cm). Read More...
AMQS from the German composer associated with "musique concrète instrumentale," on an album leaf with a printed photograph at the head. He has penned one measure, identified as his work for piano and orchestra, Ausklang, signed, and dated August 14, 2003. 14 x 21 cm.