{"title":"Fall 2026","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWhen sorted by Catalogue #, items will display as follows. You can also sort alphabetically or by price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\nComposers: Items 1 - 51\u003cbr\u003e\nInstrumentalists: Items 52 - 72\u003cbr\u003e\nConductors: Items 73 - 80\u003cbr\u003e\nOpera: Items 81 - 102\u003cbr\u003e\nJazz \u0026amp; Song: Items 103 - 129\u003cbr\u003e\nDance: Items 130 - 138\u003cbr\u003e\nFilm \u0026amp; Theatre: Items 139 - 185\u003cbr\u003e\nLiterature \u0026amp; Art: Items 186 - 211\u003cbr\u003e\nHistory \u0026amp; Culture: Items 212 - 218\n\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"10514-saint-simon-madame-de-perregaux-jean-frederic-my-brother-charges-me-to-deliver-it-to-you-myself-autograph-letter-signed-veuve-st-simon-to-the-banker-perregaux-1792","title":"Saint-Simon, Madame de. (fl. 1792) [Perregaux, Jean-Frédéric. (1744–1808)] \"My brother charges me to deliver it to you myself\" - Autograph Letter Signed \"Veuve St Simon\" to the Banker Perregaux, 1792","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eFascinating ALS from a widowed member of the Saint-Simon family to the Swiss-born Paris banker Jean-Frédéric Perregaux, sending him a letter from her brother and, being ill and confined to the house, asking him to call on her to discuss its business. Rue du Bouloi no. 35, \"ce samedy\" [Saturday], docketed by the recipient \"Paris le 22 [?]bre 1792 \/ Mme de St Simon \/ R[épon]d[u]\"; 1 p., with integral address leaf, \"A Monsieur \/ Monsieur Perregaux rue de Mirabeau no. 5 \/ à Paris,\" and remnants of red wax seal. In full (translated from the French): \"My brother, from whom I have just received a letter, Monsieur, charges me to deliver it to you myself and to speak to you of its object, of which his letter will inform you. Certainly [?] my wish had been to call on you, but I have been ill for several days. If it would not be too much trouble [?] to do me the honor of coming to see me, you would oblige me greatly; the hour is entirely of your choosing, as you will always find me in, since I do not go out at all. If, however, your affairs do not allow you, Monsieur, to do me the honor of coming to my house, I shall make every effort to go to yours tomorrow, and in that case I beg you kindly to let me know at what hour my visit would best suit you. My brother asks me to deliver this letter to you as promptly as possible. I await your reply, Monsieur, and have the honor to be, with sentiments of the most distinguished esteem, Monsieur, your very humble and very obedient servant, \/ Veuve St Simon.\" Later pencil attribution \"Saint Simon\" and a further pencil note to lower margin, and \"[1792]\" in pencil to upper corner. Mailing folds, else very fine. 5.5 x 7.25 inches (folded); 14 x 18.4 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003ePerregaux (1744–1808) ran the most important private bank in revolutionary Paris, serving a clientele that ran from the old court nobility and the émigrés to the revolutionaries themselves, and he later became one of the founders of the Banque de France in 1800. The address dates the letter closely: the rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin, where Perregaux kept his house and bank, bore the name rue Mirabeau, in honor of the revolutionary orator, only from 1791 to 1793.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eHereditary titles had been abolished in June 1790, and the writer signs not as marquise or vicomtesse but simply as \"the widow St Simon.\" She cannot be the wife of the great memoirist, Marie-Gabrielle de Durfort de Lorge, duchesse de Saint-Simon, who died in 1743. Of the widows of the Rouvroy de Saint-Simon family alive in 1792, one is especially tempting: Adelaïde-Blanche-Marie de Rouvroy de Saint-Simon (1759–1820), widowed in January 1790 by the death of her husband and cousin, Louis-Charles, vicomte de Saint-Simon, marquis de Montbléru. Her brother was Claude-Henri de Saint-Simon, the future founder of Saint-Simonism, who in these very years was amassing a fortune speculating in confiscated church lands, the kind of business that passed through bankers such as Perregaux. The identification remains unconfirmed, but a letter carried from a brother by a housebound widow to the leading banker of the day, in the year that saw the fall of the monarchy and the September Massacres, speaks eloquently of how the nobility's affairs were being conducted in 1792.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eOriginal French: \"rue du Bouloi no 35 ce samedy \/ Mon frère dont je viens de recevoir une lettre, Monsieur, me charge de vous la remettre moi-même et de vous parler de son objet dont sa lettre vous instruira. Certainement [?] mon désir avoit été d'aller chez vous mais je suis malade depuis plusieurs jours. S'il vous étoit [?] pénible de me faire l'honneur de venir me voir vous m'obligeriez sensiblement, l'heure est absolument à votre choix, vous me trouverez toujours ne sortant point du tout. Si cependant vos affaires ne vous permettoient pas, Monsieur, de me faire l'honneur de venir chez moi, je ferai mes efforts pour aller demain chez vous et dans ce cas-là je vous prierai de vouloir bien me mander à quelle heure ma visite vous conviendra le mieux. Mon frère me demande de vous remettre cette lettre le plus promptement possible. J'attends votre réponse, Monsieur, et ai l'honneur d'être avec les sentiments de l'estime la plus distinguée, Monsieur, votre très humble et très obéissante servante, \/ Veuve St Simon.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093424427167,"sku":"10514","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Saint_Simon_Autograph_Letter_Signed_10514.jpg?v=1722187934"},{"product_id":"16947-murder-with-music-sissle-noble-1941-murder-with-music-movie-poster-black-and-white-one-sheet-linen-backed-21-x-47","title":"[Murder with Music] [Sissle, Noble. (1889–1975)] 1941 \"Murder with Music\" Movie Poster. Black and white one-sheet, linen-backed. 21\" x 47\"","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eMurder With Music. Bob Howard, Noble Sissle's Orchestra, Skippy Williams' Orchestra and an All-Star Colored Cast.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eOne sheet black and white movie poster. Linen-backed and in good condition, with right top corner reattached, small areas of paper loss top middle and middle areas. 21 x 47 inches; 53.3 x 119.4 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\nAn Alfred N. Sack Enterprises thriller with music by, among others, the wonderful Noble Sissle, who together with Eubie Blake wrote and produced the first African American musical, \u003cem\u003eShuffle Along\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cspan\u003eProduced by Century Productions, the film was a low-budget race film starring Sissle and his Orchestra, singer Bob Howard (1906–1986), sax player Skippy Williams (1916–1994), peppy Nellie Hill (1922–?), and various dancers. This scarce poster features Sissle, pictured in the lower right. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe film is mostly pure nonsense, at least the plot, which is just in the way of the music and absurd comedy. The music shorts include “Murder in Swingtime,” “Black and Tan Fantasy,” “Symphony in Black,” and “Ain’t Misbehaving.” More of a variety film, it is ostensibly a story of jealousy, murder, and mistaken identity, where night club singer Nellie Hill has many suitors including an escaped convict, a piano player and a newspaper man. One is killed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvenance: from the collection of Larry Richards, respected historian and librarian at the Philadelphia Free Library, author of \u003cem\u003eAfrican American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093634568351,"sku":"16947","price":800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Murder_with_Music_16947_01.jpg?v=1722189334"},{"product_id":"18691-music-iconography-bartolozzi-francesco-cipriani-giovanni-battista-giardini-felice-de-important-collection-of-ten-engraved-concert-tickets-including-bartolozzi-s-ticket-for-giardini","title":"[Music Iconography] Bartolozzi, Francesco. (1727–1815) \u0026 Cipriani, Giovanni Battista. (1727–1785) [Giardini, Felice de. (1716–1796)] Important Collection of Ten Engraved Concert Tickets, including Bartolozzi's Ticket for Giardini","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eExtraordinary grouping of ten 18th Century concert tickets, several from London, ca. 1700–1810, each featuring a beautiful engraved illustration, including two engraved by Bartolozzi after Cipriani. The majority clearly identified as concert tickets in their printing, while others, likewise almost certainly concert tickets, but lacking now whatever defining information had originally attended their fine engravings. Condition and measurements of each piece are given below. The largest measures 11 x 7.5 inches; 27.9 x 19 cm (with mounting). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eTicket of admission to Paul's Head Rooms, Cateaton Street, with a striking red illustration: \"Phoenix Assembly, Paul's Head Rooms, Cateaton Street Admits M. _____, introduced by _____, Monday, __ of _____, 180_, to begin at 8 o Clock. Not Transferable. Leo Reed, Secretary.\" Engraving attributed to an unknown Blake. In the 1796 publication \u003ci\u003eRoach's London Pocket Pilot\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul's Head was included together with five other taverns on a list as having the best food in London. Light creases in righthand corners, mounting remnants along verso upper edge, light foxing, very fine given age. 8 x 7 inches; 20.3 x 17.8 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eEngraving by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, showing a woman sat next to a lyre with two cherubs by her side, one at her shoulder and the other crouched on the ground. An impression of the same engraving with different text is included in the collection of the Art Institute Chicago under the name \u003ci\u003eTicket for the Benefit of M. Gardini\u003c\/i\u003e (1780). Beneath the image are the words \"Publish'd as the Act Directs, Feb. 4th 1780.\" \"[The Engraving Copyright Act] was passed in 1735 to protect artists against having their work copied without consent, a protection from inferior engravers [and] an early form of copyright.\" (Roger Baynton-Williams, \u003ci\u003eThe Art of the Printmaker: 1500–1860\u003c\/i\u003e). Three vertical creases, one through the image, some edge wear, overall fine given age. Sheet 5.75 x 6.25 inches; 14.6 x 15.9 cm; image 5.25 x 5.75 inches; 13.3 x 14.6 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eTicket bearing an unattributed image of a cherub holding printed music, granting admission to a concert \"[f]or the benefit of Sigr. Viganoni at the Great Room Opera House Hay Market, May 20, 1805. Tickets 10s (shillings) 6d (pence).\" Signor Viganoni is likely Giuseppe Viganoni (1754–1823), an opera singer of some renown. A contemporary review said of his performance in \u003ci\u003eDue Gobbi\u003c\/i\u003e at the King's Theatre: \"[Viganoni] was most flatteringly received. His voice, though not powerful, is of the sweetest tenor kind, equally flexible to all the tender modulations, as to the most rapid divisions.\" (Theodore Fenner, \u003ci\u003eOpera in London: Views of the Press 1785–1830\u003c\/i\u003e). Mounting remnants to verso, else very fine. 3.5 x 4.5 inches; 8.9 x 11.4 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eInvitation \"to dine with the practicers in the several courts of Laws and Equity on the _____ day of _____, 176_ at _____ At two o'clock,\" for five shillings. The illustration shows Law and Justice leaning against a portrait of an unknown man. The bottom of the ticket notes with great emphasis that \"this ticket will admit only ONE.\" An unknown hand has written \"Galston, John. No. 3929 of his great collection of engravings.\" The same number has been written to verso with an annotation that it was Galston's mark. Pencil marks to recto and verso, three vertical creases, toning to top edge, else fine. 7.5 x 6 inches; 19 x 15.2 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eTicket to a concert for the benefit of the New Musical Fund at the Great Room in King's Theatre, on Thursday, March 17, 1808. The illustration is attributed to Niccolò Schiavonetti (1771–1813), an Italian engraver. Very fine, though mounted to another piece of paper. Approx. 7.5 x 5.5 inches; 19 x 14 cm (with mounting).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eImage of Venus Anadyomene, engraved by Bartolozzi after Cipriani and dated 1778, on a ticket \"for the benefit of Mr. Giaruini [sic],\" referring to Felice Giardini, an Italian violinist and composer who found great success in England during the 1750s and 1760s. \"Bartolozzi's very first admission ticket, in 1767, was for Giardini; between then and 1782 he produced twelve tickets for Giardini, more than any other performer.\" (Stephen A. Bergquist, \"Francesco Bartolozzi's Musical Prints,\" \u003ci\u003eMusic in Art\u003c\/i\u003e, Spring-Fall 2007, Vol. 32, No. 1\/2). Foxing to recto and verso, light surface creases in upper left corner, informative pencil markings to verso, and pen inscription in an unknown hand to verso which has bled through, though it does not affect the image, else fine. 4.5 x 5.25 inches; 11.4 x 13.3 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eUnattributed engraving depicting a woman with three cherubs on her lap and back. Trimmed and mounted, else fine. Image 4 x 4 inches; 10.2 x 10.2 cm; 5.5 x 4.75 inches; 14 x 12.1 cm (mounted).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eUnattributed engraving of a cherub holding a torch high while sitting atop a basket of flowers, watching two doves kiss below. To the left, a flute dangles from a shepherd's crook. Trimmed corners, light foxing to recto and verso, else fine. 5.25 x 6 inches; 13.3 x 15.2 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eUnattributed engraving of two cherubs engaged in song, one singing with sheet music in hand as the other plays the flute. Unevenly trimmed, with substantial imprint margins along three edges, else fine. Approx. 7.5 x 5.75 inches; 19 x 14.6 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eLarge and striking unattributed illustration of two cherubs sitting atop a drum amidst a pile of instruments, including a violin, lute, cello, horn, tambourine, and others. This example likely the earliest of the collection, possibly even late 17th century. Printed on thin paper which has been mounted to a thicker sheet of blue paper, which has then been mounted again. Light foxing, else very fine given age and fragility of the paper. Image 7.5 x 4.75 inches; 19 x 12.1 cm; 11 x 7.5 inches; 27.9 x 19 cm (with mounting).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eLondon was a \"center for the production and distribution of prints. In the first half of the century Paris was the center of the art world,\" but by the 1750s, \"the city was well on its way to becoming not only the principal market for old master prints but also the center for the production of new prints. There were a number of specialist print shops; print publishers advertised widely, produced catalogues of their stock, and offered subscriptions to series of new prints... The ownership of prints, as Timothy Clayton says, 'demonstrated possession of taste and knowledge of fashion.' In short, it was a propitious time\" for engravers. (Bergquist, \u003ci\u003eMusic in Art\u003c\/i\u003e, Spring-Fall 2007, Vol. 32, No. 1\/2)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eFrancesco Bartolozzi was born in Florence in 1727 or 28. At the age of 36, he moved to Rome, and after \"four or five months... he made the acquaintance of Richard Dalton, the librarian to George III, who had been sent there... to find an engraver who could produce engraved copies of paintings and drawings owned by the king. Dalton offered Bartolozzi £300 per year for three years... Bartolozzi accepted.\" (Bergquist)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093691158687,"sku":"18691","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Music_Iconography_Engraved_Tickets_18691a.jpg?v=1792610914"},{"product_id":"19311-delon-alain-signed-and-inscribed-promotional-photograph-from-3-murderesses","title":"Delon, Alain. (1935–2024) Signed and Inscribed Promotional Photograph from \"3 Murderesses\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eSigned promotional photograph of the French actor with co-star Jacqueline Sassard in the 1959 film \u003ci\u003e3 Murderesses\u003c\/i\u003e. Boldly signed and inscribed in black felt tip, \"Pour Paul \/ Amical Souvenir \/ Alain Delon.\" Moderate toning and small tears to the top edge, else fine. 10 x 8 inches; 25.4 x 20.3 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon's stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with \u003ci\u003eGay Community News\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsplanade\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTommy's Connection\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBay Windows\u003c\/i\u003e and other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093711278239,"sku":"19311","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/19131_Alain_Delon_SP.jpg?v=1722189855"},{"product_id":"19334-saxon-charles-signed-and-inscribed-new-yorker-cover-january-18-1969","title":"Saxon, Charles. 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Noted in his obituary by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e: \"His drawings were used in advertising campaigns for American Airlines, Bankers Trust, Chivas Regal, I.B.M., Mobil Oil, United Airlines, Xerox and other companies... So ubiquitous was his advertising work in the late 1970's that one edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e featured ads by Mr. Saxon for three different companies.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093712261279,"sku":"19334","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/19334_Charles_Saxon_Signed_Cover.jpg?v=1722189857"},{"product_id":"19338-price-leontyne-two-early-signed-photographs","title":"Price, Leontyne. 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Light silvering to image and two spots of toning, else fine. 5.5 x 3.5 inches; 14 x 8.9 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eThe famous photograph was taken in Moscow in May 1899, when Chekhov read \u003ci\u003eThe Seagull\u003c\/i\u003e to the company; among those pictured are Konstantin Stanislavski, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Vsevolod Meyerhold and Olga Knipper, whom Chekhov would marry in 1901.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093713539231,"sku":"19371","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/19371_Postcard_Photograph_of_a_Reading.jpg?v=1722189868"},{"product_id":"19718-tobacco-girl-vintage-photograph-of-a-woman-in-a-dress-adorned-with-cigarette-boxes","title":"[Tobacco Girl] Vintage Photograph of a Woman in a Dress Adorned with Cigarette Boxes","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnusual early 20th century photograph of a woman wearing a dress and hat adorned with cigarette boxes. Mounted to an unevenly clipped mat. Minor wear along right edge, tear to upper right corner; overall fine. Approx. 2.25 x 3.5 inches; 5.7 x 8.9 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093725270175,"sku":"19718","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/19718_Tobacco_Girl.jpg?v=1722189930"},{"product_id":"19771-leak-ann-e-i-write-poetry-prose-holding-my-pen-between-my-toes-original-cdv-photograph-signed-with-her-toes","title":"Leak, Ann E. 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Leak. \/ Born without arms, Age 30 yrs. \/ Georgia \/ Dec. 14, 1871.\" Mild toning and foxing, with slight wear to the edges; overall fine. 2.5 x 4 inches; 6.3 x 10.2 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093727072415,"sku":"19771","price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Leak_Ann_E_Original_CDV_Signed_19771a.jpg?v=1722189936"},{"product_id":"19806-jochum-veronica-signed-and-inscribed-photograph","title":"Jochum, Veronica. (1932–2026) Signed and Inscribed Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eSigned photograph of the pianist and pedagogue, who has penned \"To Steve Juscik \/ Veronica Jochum\" in blue ballpoint. Very fine. 5 x 7 inches; 12.7 x 17.8 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe daughter of eminent conductor Eugen Jochum (1902–87), German-born pianist Veronica Jochum was associated with musical greatness since her early childhood. A former student of Josef Benvenuti, Edwin Fischer, and Rudolf Serkin, her illustrious career spanned five decades and included performances in more than 50 countries in collaboration with many of the world's premier orchestras, conductors, and musicians. Critics have called her \"an institution at the piano\" (Leipziger Volkszeitung), \"a splendid pianist\" (The New York Times), \"a commanding artist\" (The Los Angeles Times) and \"the last Grande Dame of the piano\" (Sueddeutsche Zeitung Muenchen). The German government honored her in 1994 with the Cross of the Order of Merit for her embodiment of the highest traditions of German culture. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eShe was a longtime member of the faculty at Boston's New England Conservatory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093728252063,"sku":"19806","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Jochum_Veronica_Signed_Photograph_19806.jpg?v=1722189947"},{"product_id":"19812-bartoli-cecilia-early-signed-photograph-as-despina-in-cosi-fan-tutte","title":"Bartoli, Cecilia. (b. 1966) Early Signed Photograph as Despina in \"Così fan tutte\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eEarly signed original Fayer of Vienna photograph of the Italian mezzo-soprano as Despina in a production of Mozart's \u003ci\u003eCosì fan tutte\u003c\/i\u003e. Photographer sticker to verso. 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Very fine. 5 x 7 inches; 12.7 x 17.8 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093728546975,"sku":"19817","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Rattle_Simon_Signed_Photograph_19817.jpg?v=1722189948"},{"product_id":"19815-boulez-pierre-signed-deutsche-grammophon-promotional-photograph","title":"Boulez, Pierre. (1925–2016) Signed Deutsche Grammophon Promotional Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eSigned Deutsche Grammophon promotional photograph of the influential French conductor and composer. An excellent example of his signature. Very fine. 4.125 x 5.875 inches; 10.5 x 14.9 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093728612511,"sku":"19815","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Boulez_Pierre_Signed_Photograph_19815.jpg?v=1722189947"},{"product_id":"20071-terrasse-claude-jacquet-h-maurice-i-hope-we-will-have-a-resounding-revenge-soon-autograph-letter-signed-to-h-maurice-jacquet","title":"Terrasse, Claude. (1867–1923) [Jacquet, H. Maurice. (1886–1954)] \"I hope we will have a resounding revenge soon\" - Autograph Letter Signed to H. Maurice Jacquet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eALS from the French operetta composer to the composer and conductor H. Maurice Jacquet, commiserating over a setback the two had shared, thanking Jacquet for all the trouble he had taken, and promising good news for the future. Hauteville (Ain), 27 May 1921; 1 p., on a lined letter-card, the integral address panel addressed to Jacquet at \"La Sirène, 7 rue Pasquier, Paris VIIIe,\" with 25c Semeuse stamp and Hauteville postmarks. In full (translated from the French): \"Hauteville (Ain), c\/o M. Mège. \/ 27 May 1921. \/ My dear friend, \/ I am sorrier for you than for myself. I am infinitely grateful to you for all the trouble you have taken. We have been through a very bad moment, but I hope we will have a resounding revenge soon. I have good news for the future, which I will tell you about as soon as I return, sometime next week. If you have anything interesting to tell me, write to me at the address above. And the Gaîté?... \/ Warmest regards to you both. \/ Ever yours, \/ Claude Terrasse.\" La Sirène was the Paris publishing house founded by Paul Laffitte in 1917, whose music list (La Sirène musicale) issued Jacquet's \u003ci\u003eAux jardins de Murcie\u003c\/i\u003e in 1919 and his \u003ci\u003eCantique à l'ancienne\u003c\/i\u003e for harp in 1920; writing to him there suggests Jacquet was then working with the firm. \"La Gaîté\" is presumably the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Lyrique, one of the principal Paris houses for operetta, and Terrasse's closing question may refer to a production the two had in hand there. Two holes punched to upper margin, expected mailing fold, else fine. 5.5 x 7.75 inches; 14 x 19.7 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eTerrasse wrote the music for Alfred Jarry's \u003ci\u003eUbu Roi\u003c\/i\u003e (1896) and became one of the leading composers of Belle Époque operetta, with works including \u003ci\u003eLes travaux d'Hercule\u003c\/i\u003e (1901) and \u003ci\u003eLe sire de Vergy\u003c\/i\u003e (1903). He was the brother-in-law of the painter Pierre Bonnard, having married Bonnard's sister Andrée in 1890. Bonnard illustrated Terrasse's \u003ci\u003ePetit solfège illustré\u003c\/i\u003e (1893) and \u003ci\u003ePetites scènes familières\u003c\/i\u003e, joined him and Jarry in the puppet Théâtre des Pantins, and painted the Terrasse family on several occasions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eOriginal French: \"Hauteville (Ain) chez M\u003csup\u003er\u003c\/sup\u003e Mège. \/ 27 Mai 1921. \/ Mon cher Ami, \/ Je suis plus désolé pour vous que pour moi – Je vous sais un gré infini de tout le mal que vous vous êtes donné. Nous avons passé par un bien mauvais moment, mais j'espère que nous aurons une revanche prochaine et éclatante. J'ai de bonnes nouvelles pour l'avenir dont je vous entretiendrai dès mon retour qui aura lieu dans le courant de la prochaine semaine. – Si vous avez q.q. chose d'intéressant à me dire, écrivez moi à l'adresse ci-dessus. Et la Gaîté?... \/ Bien cordialement à vous deux. \/ Tout vôtre. \/ Claude Terrasse.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093737066655,"sku":"20071","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Terrasse_Claude_Autograph_Letter_Signed_20071a.jpg?v=1722190003"},{"product_id":"20241-leak-ann-e-so-you-perceive-it-s-really-true-when-hands-are-lacking-toes-will-do-original-cdv-photograph-signed-with-her-toes","title":"Leak, Ann E. (1839–?) \"So you perceive it's really true \/ When hands are lacking, toes will do.\" - Original CDV Photograph, Signed with Her Toes!","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eRare signed and inscribed CDV photograph of Ann E. Leak, the nineteenth-century American woman who was born without arms and toured the United States displaying her skill at writing, sewing, and braiding hair using her toes. 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Drouin de l'Huys [sic, i.e. Drouyn de Lhuys], has granted me permission; we suppose, rightly, that you have with the Director of the Opéra-Comique the influence of any Vice-President of the Conseil d'État. As for your kindness, one does not suppose it, one knows it; so you will do, my dear friend, what you can to oblige us, and if we are bothering you, you will have only yourself to blame, for your well-known reputation for obligingness and your friendship for your most affectionate \/ G. Roger \/ 1st March – 52.\" Nestor Roqueplan was then director of the Opéra, where Roger was engaged; Ugalde was a leading soprano of the Opéra-Comique under Perrin. Light areas of spotting, else fine. 5 x 8 inches; 12.7 x 20.3 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eRoger debuted in 1838 as Georges in Halévy's \u003ci\u003eL'éclair\u003c\/i\u003e. Roles were created for him by Halévy, Auber, Meyerbeer, Berlioz and Thomas. Among others, he was the first Jean de Leyde in \u003ci\u003eLe Prophète\u003c\/i\u003e and Faust in the 1846 concert version of \u003ci\u003eLa Damnation de Faust\u003c\/i\u003e. He toured Germany several times, partnered often with Jenny Lind and Pauline Viardot, and was a popular friend of French musicians and literary figures. In 1859 he lost his right arm in a shooting accident, after which he appeared on stage with a mechanical arm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eOriginal French: \"Mon cher Fiorentino \/ Vous pouvez me rendre un gentil service, et un fort grand à un de mes amis les plus anciens, en employant auprès de Perrin votre légitime influence pour le décider à accorder Mad\u003csup\u003ee\u003c\/sup\u003e Ugalde à Delaporte qui organise un concert le 14 Mars, concert où je me fais un plaisir de chanter; Roqueplan sur la recommandation de M\u003csup\u003er\u003c\/sup\u003e Drouin del'huys m'a accordé l'autorisation, nous vous supposons, avec raison, auprès du Directeur de l'Opéra Comique l'influence de n'importe quel vice Président de Conseil d'Etat: Quant à votre bienveillance, on ne la suppose pas, on la connaît; ainsi vous ferez, mon cher ami, ce que vous pourrez pour nous être agréable, et si nous vous ennuyons vous vous en prendrez à votre réputation d'obligeance bien connue, et à votre amitié pour votre bien affectionné \/ G. Roger \/ 1\u003csup\u003eer\u003c\/sup\u003e Mars – 52.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093742702751,"sku":"20245","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Roger_Gustave_Hippolyte_Autograph_Letter_Signed_20245a.jpg?v=1722190046"},{"product_id":"20277-rethberg-elisabeth-signed-photograph-inscribed-to-charles-drumheller-1926","title":"Rethberg, Elisabeth. 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The recipient, Charles Drumheller, tenor and longtime rehearsal pianist at the Metropolitan and Chicago Lyric Opera, received inscribed photographs from many of the leading singers of the day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093743554719,"sku":"20277","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Rethberg_Elisabeth_Signed_Photograph_20277.jpg?v=1722190054"},{"product_id":"20278-gall-yvonne-signed-lipnitzki-photograph-inscribed-to-charles-drumheller","title":"Gall, Yvonne. (1885–1972) Signed Lipnitzki Photograph Inscribed to Charles Drumheller","description":"\u003cp\u003eSigned Lipnitzki of Paris photograph of the French soprano, who has inscribed \"Au bon camarade Charlie \/ avec ma bonne amitié \/ Yvonne Gall.\" Photographer's stamp to verso, together with the year 1931 written in an unknown hand. Very fine. 6.25 x 9.25 inches; 15.9 x 23.5 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGall sang at the Paris Opéra from 1908 and at the Opéra-Comique from 1921, and appeared with the Chicago Opera Association in 1918–21; she later taught at the Paris Conservatoire. The recipient, Charles Drumheller, tenor and longtime rehearsal pianist at the Metropolitan and Chicago Lyric Opera, received inscribed photographs from many singers of the Chicago and Metropolitan companies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093743620255,"sku":"20278","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Gall_Yvonne_Signed_Photograph_20278a.jpg?v=1722190056"},{"product_id":"20275-rethberg-elisabeth-signed-fernand-de-gueldre-photograph-inscribed-to-charles-drumheller-1927","title":"Rethberg, Elisabeth. 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The recipient, Charles Drumheller, tenor and longtime rehearsal pianist at the Metropolitan and Chicago Lyric Opera, received inscribed photographs from many of the leading singers of the day; Rethberg had inscribed another photograph to him the year before.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093743718559,"sku":"20275","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Rethberg_Elisabeth_Signed_Photograph_20275.jpg?v=1722190056"},{"product_id":"20299-peerce-jan-signed-photograph-as-don-ottavio-in-don-giovanni","title":"Peerce, Jan. (1904–1984) Signed Photograph as Don Ottavio in \"Don Giovanni\"","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eSigned photograph of the great American tenor, shown in costume for his role as Don Ottavio in Mozart's \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eDon Giovanni\u003c\/i\u003e, one of his last stage performances at the Metropolitan Opera. Peerce has boldly inscribed \"To Paul \/ all best wishes \/ Jan Peerce \/ 1966\" to the upper right in black ink. Light toning, overall in fine condition. 8 x 10 inches; 20.3 x 25.4 cm.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eFrom the collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon’s stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy’s Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093744373919,"sku":"20299","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Peerce_Jan_Signed_Photograph_20299.jpg?v=1722190061"},{"product_id":"20300-pavarotti-luciano-yes-giorgio-signed-promotional-photograph-from-his-only-starring-role","title":"Pavarotti, Luciano. (1935–2007) \"Yes, Giorgio\" - Signed Promotional Photograph from His Only Starring Role","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eSigned Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer promotional photograph from the 1982 romantic comedy \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eYes, Giorgio\u003c\/i\u003e, the only film in which the great Italian tenor played a starring role. Pavarotti has penned in his name in characteristically bold and loose fashion. In fine condition. 8 x 10 inches; 20.3 x 25.4 cm.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eFrom the collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon’s stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy’s Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093744537759,"sku":"20300","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Pavarotti_Luciano_Signed_Photograph_20300.jpg?v=1722190064"},{"product_id":"20328-cocteau-jean-art-has-ceased-to-reproduce-like-the-greeks-two-autograph-letters-signed","title":"Cocteau, Jean. (1889–1963) \"Art has ceased to 'reproduce' like the Greeks\" - Two Autograph Letters Signed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eTwo interesting ALS from the French poet, artist and filmmaker to his Brussels correspondent Ovide Vanden Berghe, the first apologizing for the disorder of his mail and asking what had been sent, the second praising an album sent to him as proof of \"this unreal realism which will at last be the sign of our age.\" 1. \"Santo-Sospir,\" St. Jean Cap-Ferrat, 19 January 1960; 1 p., on the villa's printed letterhead, in brown ink. In full (translated from the French): \"My dear Van de Berghe, \/ There was such disorder in my mail in 1959, and between Paris, Milly and St. Jean, that I have trouble remembering your package. I would like you to tell me exactly where [?] it was sent, for it happens that my letters are opened, supposedly to simplify things for me, and at the same stroke many documents get muddled and lost. I would be sorry about a mishap of this kind, and I apologize to you for it in advance. A thousand good wishes \/ Jean Cocteau.\" 2. 36 rue de Montpensier, Palais Royal, Paris, 1 February 1960; 1 p., in blue ink. In full (translated from the French): \"My dear Vanden Berghe, \/ You were right to send me this album, which proves to me the ever greater and ever more effective importance of this unreal realism which will at last be the sign of our age. Art has ceased to 'reproduce' like the Greeks; it 'produces' like the Louis [?]. It is a true triumph over pleonasm. \/ Your faithful \/ Jean Cocteau.\" Each signed in full and with Cocteau's star. Together with both original envelopes addressed in his hand to Brussels, the first with pair of 25f Marianne stamps and Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat \"Presqu'île de rêve\" slogan cancel, 1960, the second with pair of 0.25 Marianne stamps and slogan cancel, 1960. Expected mailing folds, small tear to flap of second envelope, else fine. Each 8.25 x 10.5 inches; 20.9 x 26.7 cm and 20.9 x 26.9 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eWe have not been able to positively identify his correspondent. The context suggests that it is an admirer who had sent him artwork of some kind to review. Nevertheless, Cocteau's response is highly revealing. The album was presumably of Vanden Berghe's own work, quite possibly photographs or photomontages. \"Unreal realism\" (\u003ci\u003eréalisme irréel\u003c\/i\u003e) was the phrase Cocteau used of his own work, above all his films: images that look entirely real while showing what cannot exist. In saying that art has ceased to \"reproduce\" like the Greeks and now \"produces,\" he praises work that invents rather than copies the visible world, and his \"true triumph over pleonasm\" is a triumph over redundancy, over the image that merely repeats what is already in front of us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eSanto Sospir was Francine Weisweiller's villa at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, whose walls Cocteau covered with frescoes and where he spent much of his last decade; Milly is his house at Milly-la-Forêt, and 36 rue de Montpensier his Paris apartment overlooking the gardens of the Palais-Royal. The letters were written in the weeks before the premiere of his last film, \u003ci\u003eLe Testament d'Orphée\u003c\/i\u003e (February 1960).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eOriginal French: 1. \"19 Jan 1960 \/ Mon cher Van de Berghe \/ Il y a eu dans mes courriers un tel désordre en 1959 – et entre Paris – Milly – S\u003csup\u003et\u003c\/sup\u003e Jean que j'ai peine à me rappeler votre envoi. J'aimerais que vous me précisiez le lieu [?] d'envoi – car il arrive qu'on ouvre mes lettres, soit disant pour me simplifier les choses, et du même coup nombre de documents s'embrouillent et se perdent. Je serais navré d'un contretemps de ce genre et je vous en fais, à l'avance, mes excuses. 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Irregular trim, else fine. 7.5 x 9.25 inches; 19 x 23.5 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet to a score commissioned from Stravinsky, \u003ci\u003eOrpheus\u003c\/i\u003e was first given by Ballet Society at City Center on 28 April 1948, with Nicholas Magallanes as Orpheus and Moncion as the Dark Angel who leads him into the underworld. Its success led directly to City Center's invitation to Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein to form a resident company, the New York City Ballet. Noguchi designed both the sets and the costumes, and his lyre for Orpheus remains the company's emblem. For the Dark Angel he made the dancer into a moving sculpture: over plain black tights and a fitted top, a thick padded black cord coils around the body, bands the waist and thighs, rises in a halo-like ring behind the head and falls in a single vertical line straight down the face, a drawing in space that marks the angel out as Orpheus's guide between two worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLynes photographed the productions of Ballet Society and the early New York City Ballet for Kirstein, restaging the dancers in costume in his East 52nd Street studio against a seamless backdrop, as here. 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Uncommon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eNagrin was a leading figure in American modern dance, celebrated for his solo works such as \u003ci\u003eStrange Hero\u003c\/i\u003e (1948); he also danced on Broadway and was married to the choreographer Helen Tamiris.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon's stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with \u003ci\u003eGay Community News\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsplanade\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTommy's Connection\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBay Windows\u003c\/i\u003e and other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093748600991,"sku":"20429","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Nagrin_Daniel_Signed_Photograph_20429.jpg?v=1722190090"},{"product_id":"20430-nagrin-daniel-signed-photograph-of-the-modern-dance-pioneer","title":"Nagrin, Daniel. 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Mr. Bullock then formed the American Male Chorus which played at Carnegie Hall in 1947 and had a National Good Will Tour before it disbanded in 1954.\" (East Carolina University)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon's stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with \u003ci\u003eGay Community News\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsplanade\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTommy's Connection\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBay Windows\u003c\/i\u003e and other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093758169247,"sku":"20725","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/American_Male_Chrous_Signed_Photograph_20725.jpg?v=1722190151"},{"product_id":"20726-brown-harry-john-signed-and-inscribed-photograph-1958","title":"Brown, Harry John. 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