{"title":"Spring 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen sorted by Catalogue #, items will display as follows. You can also sort alphabetically or by price. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComposers: Items 1 - 66\u003cbr\u003eInstrumentalists: Items 67 - 94\u003cbr\u003eConductors: Items 95 - 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eJazz \u0026amp; Song: Items 107 - 122\u003cbr\u003eOpera: Items 123 - 136\u003cbr\u003eDance: Items 137 - 146\u003cbr\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Art: Items 147 - 156\u003cbr\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Culture: Items 157 - 160\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"3302-girovetz-gyrowetz-adalbert-1763-1850-variations-pour-le-clavecin-ou-piano-forte","title":"Girovetz [Gyrowetz], Adalbert. (1763 - 1850) Variations pour le Clavecin ou Piano Forte","description":"Oblong folio. Title; 2-5 pp. Engraved throughout. No PN. Last leaf trimmed at right to just within plate without loss of music, 1836 ownership signature at top right of title page, otherwise in fine condition. A very scarce early publication. OCLC records no copies worldwide. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGyrowetz, a noted Bohemian composer and conductor, studied composition with Paisiello and counterpoint with Nicola Sala, and was a friend of Mozart.  He is credited with helping to create the Romantic style in the early 19th century. \"During his first visit to Vienna, in either late 1785 or 1786, he made the acquaintance of Haydn, Dittersdorf, Albrechtsberger and Mozart; he developed a warm relationship with Mozart, who performed one of his symphonies at a subscription concert... Escaping the revolutionary fervour of Paris [in 1789], Gyrowetz came to London where he spent the next three years... When Haydn arrived in 1791 Gyrowetz helped introduce him to the city's high society... After the turn of the century four-movement formats are dominant in his instrumental works, and an understanding of unity, balance and proportions is apparent - not within the stylistic parameter of Haydn or Beethoven, but within the emerging new Romanticism, a style that he helped to create.\" (Adrienne Simpson, Grove Online)","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093187809439,"sku":"3302","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Girovetz_Adalbert_Variations_3302_01.jpg?v=1722186477"},{"product_id":"3701-liszt-franz-1811-1886-original-1825-program-of-the-young-master-liszt","title":"Liszt, Franz. (1811–1886) Original 1825 Program of the young \"Master Liszt.\"","description":"An extremely rare original broadside from an early performance by the very young \"Master Liszt.\" Theatre Royal, Manchester on June 16th 1825. The principal attraction of the concert was the young Franz Liszt, in this, the first of two concerts he gave in Manchester in 1825,  sponsored by the piano manufacturers Erard.  25 X 37 cm. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe remarkable lengthy program from his second sojourn to Manchester included performances by Liszt of numerous works, including a “Grand Concerto” by Hummel, “Air with Grand Variations” by Czerny, as well as “An Extempore FANTASIA on the Grand Piano Forte by Master Liszt, who will respectfully request a written Thema from any Person present.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn worn condition, creases and minor losses mostly at edges, mounted to vintage canvas and holding solid.  A few notes in period ink, fully presentable and a remarkable survival from the very beginning of the composer-pianist's storied career.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093201178783,"sku":"3701","price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Lizst_Original_1825_Program_02.jpg?v=1722186556"},{"product_id":"4591-lifar-serge-1905-1986-mayo-eileen-sixteen-drawings-in-black-and-white","title":"[Lifar, Serge. (1905-1986)] Mayo, Eileen. Sixteen Drawings in Black and White","description":"Limited to 500 copies, of which this is number 10.  Includes 16 superb full-page black and white portraits by Mayo of Lifar in various roles. Translated from the French by Sacheverell Sitwell, with an introduction by Boris Kochno, and an appreciation by Cyril W. Beaumont. Original illustrated yellow boards with a portrait of Lifar in Apollo Musagetes, laminate white cloth spine with yellow cord, as issued.  Handcut pages, scattered foxing, overall fine.  28 x 33.5 cm. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA scarce book of images of the choreographer and dancer in Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.  Later, he became director of the Paris Opera Ballet (1929) and there created over 50 ballets, including the path-breaking \"Icare\" (1935), which was written to be danced without music.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093229654175,"sku":"4591","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Lifar_Serge_Sixteen_Drawings_4591_01.jpg?v=1722186729"},{"product_id":"7047-schiller-johann-christoph-friedrich-von-1759-1805-schillers-ode-an-die-freude-in-music-gesetzt-von-anonymus-christmann-j-c-muller-c-f-schulz-w-schulz-seidel-reichardt-rellstab-zelter","title":"Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von. (1759 - 1805) Schillers Ode an die Freude. In Music gesetzt von Anonymus, Christmann, J.C. Müller, C.F. Schulz, W. Schulz, Seidel, Reichardt, Rellstab, Zelter...","description":"Op. CCLXIX. Alle bekannte Compositionen vom obigem Liede erscheinen hier zusammengedruckt, und zwey davon waren bis jetzt woch Manuscript. Ausser die von Tepper von Ferguson, (welche durchaus componirt ist und daher in diesem Plan nicht passte,) hat der Verleger alle ihm bekannte Melodien hier vereinigt. Man hat dies lange sehon von ihm begehrt, und er glaubt dadurch den Musicliehhabern, die gern vergleichen, auch verschiedenen Geschmack haben, einen angenehmen Dienst erwiesen zu haben. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOblong quarto. Unbound. [1] (title), [2] (text of the poem), 10 pp. Printed typographically throghout. Browned, more heavily to title and last leaf; marginal tears to outer leaves with slight loss of paper at edges; separated at spine; other minor defects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFriedlaender: Das Deutsche Lied in 18. Jahrhundert, 799. Nine early music settings of Schiller's famous poem.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093313015967,"sku":"7047","price":600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Schiller_Ode_an_Die_Freude_7047_01.jpg?v=1722187226"},{"product_id":"7569-blake-eubie-1887-1983-sincerely-eubie-blake-9-original-compositions-for-piano-solo-signed","title":"Blake, Eubie. 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Gelatin silver print photograph. Left edge slightly rough, apparently having been trimmed by about 1.75 inches for mounting, with saxophonist Hilton Jefferson removed. We know of two appearances of this photo with variations at the left edge; the original included a man walking toward the group from left to right. One slight crease at the lower right edge; slight mounting remnants to the verso. Overall in fine condition. 20 x 16 inches (51 x 40.5 cm).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\"A Great Day in Harlem\" or \"Harlem 1958\" is a 1958 black-and-white group portrait of 57 notable jazz musicians photographed in front of a brownstone in Harlem, New York City. The photo has remained an important object in the study of the history of jazz. Art Kane, a freelance photographer working for Esquire magazine, took the picture around 10 a.m. on August 12 in the summer of 1958. The musicians had gathered at 17 East 126th Street, between Fifth and Madison Avenues in Harlem. Esquire published the photo in its January 1959 issue. Kane calls it \"the greatest picture of that era of musicians ever taken.\"\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093385466015,"sku":"9305","price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Kane_Day_in_Harlem_9305.jpg?v=1722187682"},{"product_id":"9327-schubert-franz-1797-1828-winterreise-von-wilhelm-muller-in-musik-gesetzt-fur-eine-singstimme-mit-begleitung-des-pianoforte-von-franz-schubert-89stes-werk-ite-erste-abtheilung-plates-no-5101-5113-sic-should-be-5112-eigenthum-des-verl","title":"Schubert, Franz. (1797–1828) Winterreise. Von Wilhelm Müller. In Musik gesetzt für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte von Franz Schubert. 89stes Werk. Ite [Erste] Abtheilung. [Plates] No. 5101–5113 [sic; should be 5112]. Eigenthum des Verlegers","description":"Oblong folio. Title + pp. 1-49. Engraved throughout, plate numbers 5101-5112.  24 x 31.6 cm. A few turned corners.; light foxing. Russian name written at top of title page and contents and Russian translations for lyrics of 7 songs written in pencil above the printed German. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first volume of the greatest and most profound song-cycle ever written.  A very early issue of the first edition. Deutsch describes the first issue (14 Jan 1828) as listing only the price of Part I, where our copy states the prices of both parts. Part II was issued 30 December 1828, after Schubert's death.  DS 576; Hoboken 13, Nr 347; Hirsch, iv 567a.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093386285215,"sku":"9327","price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Schubert_Franz_Winterreise_9327_01.jpg?v=1722187689"},{"product_id":"9391-faure-gabriel-1845-1924-schmitt-florent-1870-1958-two-autograph-letters-to-breval-on-behalf-of-florent-schmitt","title":"Fauré, Gabriel. (1845–1924) [Schmitt, Florent. (1870–1958)] Two Autograph Letters to Bréval on behalf of Florent Schmitt","description":"An important pair of autograph letters, 1898-99, addressed to the soprano Lucienne Bréval asking her to sing the works of his student, Florent Schmitt, who had recently won second prize of the Prix de Rome in 1897 with his cantata, Frédégonde. Each 1 and a half pages, 8vo, signed \"Gabriel Fauré professeur de composition au Conservatoire.\" \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn part: \"Voulez-vous me permettre de vous demander pour mon élève, Mr Schmidt, 2d Prix de Rome et concurrent du prochain concours, la très haute faveur de chanter sa cantate le 30 Juin et le 1er Juillet à l’Institut?\" In the second letter, he continues to ask Bréval to sing Schmitt's cantata on July 2 at the Insitute. \"L’année dernière vos engagements avec Covent-Garden ne vous avaient pas permis d’accepter, mais j’ai sous les yeux la charmante lettre que vous aviez bien voulu m’écrire alors et qui me faisait espérer que mon élève et moi serions plus heureux cette année.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe important soprano Lucienne Bréval (1869 - 1935) created numerous roles in her spectacular opera career, including in works by Dukas, Massenet, Erlanger, and the title role in Fauré’s Pénélope.\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\"Throughout his life, Schmitt was valued for his independent spirit and refusal to be identified with any school or group....Schmitt was considered a pioneer during his lifetime, rejected by some and embraced by others for a style that influenced and helped prepare for later innovations by Stravinsky, Ravel, Honegger and Roussel.\" (Jann Pasler, Grove Online)\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093388152991,"sku":"9391","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Faure_Gabriel_Autograph_Letters_9391_05.jpg?v=1722187701"},{"product_id":"9431-casals-pablo-1876-1973-autograph-musical-quotation","title":"Casals, Pablo. (1876–1973) Autograph Musical Quotation","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn Autograph Musical Quotation from the Prelude of the 3rd Bach Cello Suite, boldly penned and signed \"Pablo Casals.\" 9 x 12 cm, on the otherwise unmarked inside of a greeting card. Very fine. From the great Spanish composer, conductor, and cellist, one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, also well known as a humanitarian.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093389430943,"sku":"9431","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Casals_Pablo_AMQS_9431_02.jpg?v=1722187708"},{"product_id":"9539-sondheim-stephen-1930-2021-original-childhood-photograph-in-clown-costume","title":"Sondheim, Stephen. (1930–2021) Original Childhood Photograph in clown costume","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnusual original first generation Alba Studio doubleweight photograph of the beloved American composer and lyricist as a young boy at a costume party, shown in the clown costume, lower right, seated on the floor. 14 x 11 inches and in fine condition. Send in the clowns!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093392674975,"sku":"9539","price":1000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Sondheim_Childhood_Clown_Photo_9539.jpg?v=1722187729"},{"product_id":"9538-sondheim-stephen-1930-2021-original-childhood-photograph","title":"Sondheim, Stephen. (1930–2021) Original Childhood Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnusual original first generation childhood portrait photograph of the beloved American composer and lyricist, ca. 1940.  11 x 14 inches, with the raised stamp of the photographer (Natural of New York), lower right. Corners creased or chipped, otherwise fine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093392806047,"sku":"9538","price":1000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/IMG_2791.jpg?v=1722187729"},{"product_id":"9537-sondheim-stephen-1930-2021-early-signed-photograph-with-all-my-unshaven-love","title":"Sondheim, Stephen. (1930–2021) Early Signed Photograph, \"With all my unshaven love.\"","description":"8 x 10 inch original portrait photograph of the beloved American composer and lyricist, signed by the photographer l.r. in pencil on the 11 x 14 mount \"Carrington\" and inscribed in ink by Sondheim \"With all my unshaven love, Steve.\" Stains around the edges of the mount, a strip of tape extending partially over the signature.  Nevertheless, an especially early and unusual signed photograph. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElaine Carrington was a great friend of and collaborator with Sondheim in the 1950s and although none of their projects came to frutition, the song \"I Believe In You\" was the result of their work together.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093392838815,"sku":"9537","price":1600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Sondheim_Stephen_Signed_Photograph_9537.jpg?v=1722187729"},{"product_id":"10287-furtwangler-wilhelm-1886-1954-translation-by-j-g-prodhomme-entretiens-sur-la-musique-signed","title":"Furtwängler, Wilhelm. (1886-1954) [translation by J.G. Prod'Homme] \"Entretiens Sur La Musique\" -  SIGNED","description":"\u003cp\u003e12mo. 138 pp. Boldly signed in blue ink by the influential conductor on the half-title.  A signed copy of the French translation of Gespräche Über Musik (\"Concerning Music\"), in very fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093416890527,"sku":"10287","price":475.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Furtwangler_Wilhelm_Signed_Book_10287_02.jpg?v=1722187885"},{"product_id":"10310-bartok-bela-1881-1945-signed-photograph","title":"Bartók, Béla. (1881–1945) Signed Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal sepia postcard photograph boldly signed in black ink by the Hungarian composer in the lower blank margin, \"Bartók Béla.\" The photograph by Vajda M Pal of Budapest, ca. 1925.  In fine condition, an ideal uninscribed example.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093417742495,"sku":"10310","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Bartok_SP_10310539.jpg?v=1722187889"},{"product_id":"11598-picasso-pablo-1881-1973-vase-au-bouquet-1956","title":"Picasso, Pablo. (1881–1973) Vase au Bouquet, 1956","description":"Original Madoura round\/square plate of white earthenware clay, engraving covered with oxidized paraffin under partial brushed glaze and beige patina. Numbered 18 from the edition of 200 in black on the base with the 'Madoura Plein Feu' and 'Empreinte Originale de Picasso' stamps on the verso. 10 in (25.4cm) diameter, framed. Ramié, A. (1988) Picasso Catalogue of the edited ceramic works 1947-1971, no. 303 on pg. 156. \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eA blossoming flower rests in a diamond shaped vase, its branches snaking out towards the plate's borders. Beautifully balanced, the flower with soft, curved lines, this work also retains an abstract element with the vase and leaves utilizing sharp lines meeting abruptly at harsh angles. The raised surface of these lines adds a sense of texture to the piece, and the earthy tones of browns, beiges, and greens convey a sense of the natural and organic. \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093459161247,"sku":"11598","price":7500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Picasso_Vase_au_Bouquet_11598_02.jpg?v=1722188160"},{"product_id":"13727-weber-carl-maria-von-1786-1826-rondo-brillante-per-il-pianoforte-op-62","title":"Weber, Carl Maria von. (1786-1826) Rondo Brillante per il Pianoforte, op. 62","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eOblong folio. Engraved. [PN] 1030. 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With its extremely demanding writing for the piano, the piece is a testament to Weber's impressive technique. \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eAlso known as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eLa gaîté, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eRondo brillante\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e’s crystalline brilliance exploits the piano’s upper treble range (and the pianist’s right hand) to great effect. Exuberant, even breathtaking, it is a true showpiece by a virtuoso who, at thirty-three, was in the full flush of love for Caroline Brandt, whom he had married two years earlier.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\"A prototypical 19th-century musician-critic, he sought through his works, words and efforts as performer and conductor to promote art and shape emerging middle-class audiences to its appreciation. 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He would publish his ideas in a book called Lose Weight the Satchmo Way, and also appeared in advertisements for his favorite herbal laxative, Swiss Kriss. His \"Satchmo slogan\" was \"The more you shit, the thinner you git\" -- and even in the context of relatively appetizing recipes, he mentions, \"Twenty minutes [after the meal] -- Bisma Rex and Swiss Kriss.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093528006815,"sku":"13743","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Armstrong_Louis_Recipe_13743.jpg?v=1722188621"},{"product_id":"13793-franck-cesar-1822-1890-monteux-pierre-1875-1964-psyche-poeme-symphonique-monteuxs-score-with-his-markings","title":"Franck, César. (1822–1890) [Monteux, Pierre. 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With markings on eight pages, including: instrument names underlined, crossed out, or added; timings added at the end of movements; fermatas; one corrected note (p. 62); and one note about tacets and instrumentation (p. 22.) 10.75 x 13.75 inches (27.5 x 35 cm). From the estate of Monteux's daughter, Nancie Monteux Barendse.  In heavily used condition, spine reinforced with tape and cloth tape but heavily chipped, some past water damage to the edges, several small tape reinforcements throughout, and some chipping to the final page. \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eMonteux performed this rather seldom-heard work as guest conductor with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1928, and also recorded two excerpts from the piece in a live recording with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra in December 1944.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eOne of the composer's \"most ambitious works, Psyché -- a vast \"symphonic poem\" for chorus and orchestra in seven movements -- was composed in secret in his vacation retreat at Combs-la-Ville-Quincy over the summer of 1886. To his friend and pupil, the composer Arthur Coquard, he confided that Psyché had been contemplated over \"many years,\" though the progress of the composition is noted on the manuscript with a compulsive punctilio -- e.g., \"'Les jardins d'Éros,' 18 August, (4 o'clock).\" Orchestration was accomplished the following summer....Psyché's premiere, at a concert of the Société National de Musique on March 10, 1888, disconcerted listeners and provoked controversy, with the dedicatee, d'Indy, insisting that the music was an allegory of the love of God, and others -- not least, the composer's family -- hearing in it an execrable carnality. As Nietzsche noted, \"The degree and kind of a man's sexuality reach up into the ultimate pinnacle of his spirit.\" Largely neglected, Psyché looms as Franck's most revealing testament.\" (Adrian Corleonis, Allmusic.com)\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093529743519,"sku":"13793","price":850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Franck_Psyche_Monteux_Copy_13793a.jpg?v=1722188636"},{"product_id":"14575-bach-johann-sebastian-1685-1750-busoni-ferruccio-1866-1924-autograph-letter-about-his-edition-of-the-well-tempered-clavier","title":"[Bach, Johann Sebastian. (1685–1750)] Busoni, Ferruccio. (1866-1924) Autograph Letter about his Edition of The Well-Tempered Clavier","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eA detailed autograph letter from the important Italian pianist and composer to an employee of his American publisher, Schirmer, sending the manuscript for the final book of his edition of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier and giving instructions for its engraving and publication. Dated Rügen, August 2, 1896. Busoni writes that he has \"worked with great diligence and care\" on the final book of the three-book edition, which he writes he believes \"will be of lasting value.\" After instructing the engraver to take great care on the layout of the score and to leave space to add more performance markings, he suggests publishing his studies for some of the preludes and fugues as a separate edition -- \"Such a publication (it only requires a new title page) ought to find a market\" -- and finishes by mentioning the necessity of a complete hardback edition of the three books, and requesting a detailed invoice from Schirmer. An interesting letter which shows Busoni's business sense as well as his enthusiasm for the first part of what would become the complete Bach-Busoni editions. 3 pages of a bifolium. Rust marks from a paperclip; overall in fine condition. 4.5 x 7 inches.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003eTranslated from the German: \"Dear Herr Röthing, Finally I am in a position, to my great pleasure, to send you the manuscript of the third book of the edition of the \"Well-Tempered Clavier\", with which the first volume and also the piano-theoretical part of my work reaches its conclusion. I have worked with great diligence and care, and I believe \u003c\/span\u003eI can claim that this edition will be of lasting value. With this large amount of material, I was not in a position to provide fingerings and performance markings in great detail; for that, I need the overview of the engraved edition and the engraver must prepare himself to add some things between the systems after the first corrections. (Nothing, however, which would disturb the formatting.) Tell the engraver to take great care over the width and clarity of the layout, and also to be very careful handling the manuscript, which is loose and patched (there was no other way.) Please suggest to Herr Schirmer that he publish a separate edition of the studies for the Praeludium in C sharp minor, the Praeludium in B flat major, and the Praeludium and Fugue, which are provided in the second appendix, under the title: \"Piano Studies on Bach's Compositions, published by Ferruccio B. Busoni.\" Such a publication (it only requires a new title page) ought to find a market. Further, I expect a bound edition of the three books, which I would like to have bound in boards with a cloth spine. The bound edition is absolutely necessary, and besides has already been advertised. When the third book [has been] engraved, I would like to receive an invoice from Herr Schirmer, made according to the principle of 2 dollars and 50 cents per printed page (our arrangement). Please start work on the manuscript without delay. With my best thanks for your work [...] Ferrucio Busoni.\"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eThe Bach-Busoni Editions are a series of publications by the Italian pianist-composer Ferruccio Busoni containing primarily piano transcriptions of keyboard music by Johann Sebastian Bach. They also include performance suggestions, practice exercises, musical analysis, an essay on the art of transcribing Bach's organ music for piano, an analysis of the fugue from Beethoven's 'Hammerklavier' sonata, and other related material. The later editions also include free adaptations and original compositions by Busoni which are based on the music of Bach. Busoni issued his Bach editions over a nearly 30-year span in two collections: the 25-volume Busoni Ausgabe and the Bach-Busoni Collected Edition, which was first issued in 6 volumes in 1916, and subsequently in 7 volumes in 1920. The present letter deals with Book III of Volume I of the collection.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093555073183,"sku":"14575","price":1250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Busoni_ALS_about_Well-Tempered_Clavier_14575_001.jpg?v=1722188807"},{"product_id":"14719-bach-johann-sebastian-1685-1750-gebser-johann-ernst-five-early-copyist-manuscripts-of-keyboard-works","title":"[Bach, Johann Sebastian. (1685-1750)] Gebser, Johann Ernst. 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Overall foxing and toning, some light water stains and a few edge tears, but structurally sound, very legible, and overall in fine condition.  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eComplete contents:\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eViertter Theil Clavier Uebung, bestehend in einer Aria fürs Clavier von Johann Sebastian Bach\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e[Goldberg Variations, BWV 988]. 31 pp. Unlabeled blue cardboard covers. 8 x 13 inches (20.5 x 33 cm).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eCanonische Veränderung über das Weihnachtslied, Von Himmel hoch da komm ich her, von Johann Sebastian Bach [BWV 769]. 10 pp. Heavier wear to the paper cover, with one loss at the top edge. 8 x 13 inches (20.5 x 33 cm).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eZwei Praeludium und Zwei Fugen von Johann Sebastian Bach [Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 547, and Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 546]. 18 pp. Heart-shaped title label. 8 x 13 inches (20.5 x 33 cm).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eRicercata super Thema Regium par Johann Sebastian Bach [Ricercar a 3 and Ricercar a 6 from Musical Offering, BWV 1079]. Oblong, without covers. 14 pp. 12.75 x 10.5 inches (32 x 26.5 cm).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eChoral Vorspiele für die Orgel von J. S. Bach, 1tes und 2tes Heft [Contents: BWV 769, variations V, III, and IV; Fughetta on Vom Himmel Hoch, BWV 700; Gott der Vater wohn uns bei, BWV 748 (spurious; composed by Johann Gottfried Walther); Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 684; Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 759 (spurious, composed by Gottfried August Homilius); Fuga sopra Durch Adams Fall, BWV 705; Wir Christenleut', BWV 710; Ach Gott und Herr, BWV 693 (spurious, composed by Johann Gottfriend Walther).] 23 pp. Heart-shaped title label. 8 x 13 inches (20.5 x 33 cm).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eJohann Ernst Gebser  is responsible for a number of manuscripts identified by the Bach-Archiv, Leipzig as dating from the 1820s, and other later examples of his hand can further be seen on www.bachdigital.de.  The present manuscripts, hitherto unrecorded, date from the height of 19th century Bach revival and constitute an important new source for the works here included.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093559693471,"sku":"14719","price":12500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Bach_Copyist_MS_14719_281_29.jpg?v=1722188844"},{"product_id":"14920-beethoven-ludwig-van-1770-1827-quatuors-tires-du-ballet-intitule-die-geschophe-des-prometeus-op-43","title":"Beethoven, Ludwig van. 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[PN] 1620. \u003c\/span\u003eKinsky p. 103.   Ex-libris Luisa Sormani Busca Arconati Visconti to left edge of title, scattered light foxing but overall a clean and fine copy.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Creatures of Prometheus\u003c\/i\u003e (German: \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eDie Geschöpfe des Prometheus\u003c\/i\u003e), Op. 43, is a ballet composed in 1801 by Ludwig van Beethoven following the libretto of Salvatore Viganò. The ballet premiered on 28 March 1801 at the Burgtheater in Vienna and was given 28 performances. It is the only full length ballet by Beethoven. Beethoven later based the fourth movement of his Eroica symphony and his Eroica Variations (piano) on the main theme of the last movement (Finale) of the ballet.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093566247071,"sku":"14920","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Beethoven_Quartet_Prometheus_14920_001.jpg?v=1722188886"},{"product_id":"16188-female-impersonator-caro-harry-1899-1963-paris-de-paree-the-original-albert-alberta-sex-family","title":"[Female Impersonator] Caro, Harry. (1899 - 1963) Paris De Paree \/ The Original Albert Alberta Sex Family","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"fws-lot-desc-no-scroll\" style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"\"\u003eAdvertising brochure with title \"Paris de Paree: The Original Albert Alberta Sex Family. The European Enigma.\" Four pages as folded, 9.5 x 12.5 in. A few folds, but overall very good.  Last page with \"Albert-Alberta's\" autobiographical information. S\/he claimed to have been born in 1899 in France and named Alberta at birth. Brought up as a girl, about the age of 10 (plus a few months), the two sides of her body began growing out of proportion, eventually developing male characteristics on the right and female characteristics on the left. There followed four normal siblings, then a young brother, named Albert. At birth a beautiful baby boy (in Alberta's words), but at the age of seven, one breast grew, and at the age of 14, the other breast grew, then later, the neck lengthened and smoothed (changes occurring every seven years according to Alberta). Otherwise, he was a perfectly formed athletic male. They took their show on the road as the \"Albert Alberta Sex Family\" in the 1930s. Albert-Alberta worked at Coney Island, Hubert's Museum in Times Square, in the Loew's theater circuit - as her publicity touts, \"all the major theatrical circuits of United States and Canada.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"\"\u003eThe front has photos of Alberta, while inside are several photos of the family, one more of Alberta, plus one of supposed doctors examining the siblings. There is also a description of hermaphroditism in the center. Some sources give her name as Alberta Karas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"\"\u003eAccording to Marc Hartzman (2006: 109-110), Albert-Alberta was Harry Caro, female impersonator. He exercised one side of his body only, and shaved the other, adding a false breast filled with birdseed. Thus one side was hairy and muscular, the other smooth and soft. Less is known about the \"younger brother,\" but it sounds like a case of gynecomastia (breast enlargement in males), not all that uncommon. (Gynecomastia seems to occur most often at puberty, when hormones begin to run rampant. On occasion, the androgens and estrogens are out of balance, breast tissue responds, but for most, the condition resolves within a couple of years, for a few, it is permanent.) Hartzman notes that Alberta maintained his\/her dual sexuality until his dying day (Sept. 1963, fatal heart attack after being mugged on a New York City street) and was buried in full costume and makeup.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"\"\u003eAlthough \"freak shows\" are today considered offensive, for over three centuries they were very popular. One of the earliest known (although there are hints of earlier examples) was the display of Lazarus and Joannes Baptista Colloredo, conjoined twins. They were exhibited at the court of Charles I (ruled 1625-1649) in the early seventeenth century. The freak shows became very popular in the 19th century, some would say because of P.T. Barnum's marketing. Although it appears to us, from a 21st century perspective, that these individuals were being exploited, for some, it was a job, and circus performers become a kind of \"family.\" And, as Harry Caro indicates, for some it seems to have been a career choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"\"\u003eHartzman, Marc. \u003cem style=\"\"\u003eAmerican Sideshow: An Encyclopedia of History's Most Wondrous and Curiously Strange Performers\u003c\/em\u003e. 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Schlesinger [the music publisher Adolph Martin Schlesinger (1769 - 1838)] January 27, 1831,\" a further handwritten label in German reading \"Lock of Cherubini's Hair,\" and a small oval portrait. Overall size 11.75 x 13.5 inches (30 x 35 cm). Very fine.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eThe Italian Classical and pre-Romantic composer Luigi Cherubini is best-known for his operas and sacred music. After studying in Bologna and Milan, Cherubini raveled to London in 1785 where he produced two \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eopere serie\u003c\/i\u003e and an \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eopera buffa\u003c\/i\u003e for the King's Theatre. In the same year, he made an excursion to Paris with his friend the violinist Giovanni Battista Viotti, who presented him to Marie Antoinette and Parisian society. Except for a brief return trip to London and to Turin for an \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eopera seria\u003c\/i\u003e commissioned by King Victor Amadeus III, Cherubini spent the rest of his life in France. During his life, Cherubini received France's highest and most prestigious honors. These included the \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eChevalier de la Légion d'honneur\u003c\/i\u003e (1814) and \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eMembre de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts\u003c\/i\u003e (1815). 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Pecourt became a leading dancer with the Paris Opera, creating many roles in works composed by Lully and choreographed by Beauchamps, including Le Triomphe de l'amour, Le Temple de la paix, and Armide. Pecour was noted for his precision, lightness and grace.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093617528991,"sku":"16435","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Pecour_Engraving_16435_1.jpg?v=1722189219"},{"product_id":"16514-paderewski-ignace-jan-1860-1941-alma-tadema-lawrence-1836-1912-signed-photogravure-portrait","title":"Paderewski, Ignace Jan. (1860–1941) \u0026 Alma-Tadema, Lawrence. (1836–1912) Signed Photogravure Portrait","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eLarge photogravure portrait of the important Polish pianist and statesman, boldly signed at the foot by Paderewski and by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, the artist of the painting on which the photogravure is based. Signed additionally in the plate by Alma-Tadema at the upper right with opus number CCCXI (311.) Copyrighted 1893 at the upper left, and published by the Berlin Photographic Company, London and New York. 15.5 x 13 inches, framed to 23 x 20.5 inches. With extensive surface creasing not affecting the signatures and otherwise fine. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eSir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was a Dutch painter who made his career in England. Admired during his lifetime for his draftsmanship and depictions of Classical antiquity, he also painted portraits, landscapes, and watercolors, as well as etchings. His work largely fell into disrepute after his death and has only recently been reevaluated for its importance within nineteenth-century British art. The portrait reproduced here was made in 1891 and is held at the Muzeum Narodowe in Warsaw.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093620281503,"sku":"16514","price":600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Paderewski_Ignace_Jan_Signed_Portrait_16514.png?v=1722189237"},{"product_id":"16553-benedetti-michelangeli-arturo-1920-1995-autograph-contract-with-la-scala-with-autograph-letter-signed-from-his-wife","title":"Benedetti Michelangeli, Arturo. (1920–1995) Autograph Contract with La Scala, with Autograph Letter Signed from his Wife","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"space-top space-bottom\" style=\"\"\u003eOriginal contract signed by the legendary Italian pianist, engaging him to perform Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor at La Scala, conducted by Alceo Toni, on November 8, 1941. 2 pp.; October 15, 1941. Benedetti Michelangeli was to receive 7,000 lira for the performance. Signed at the foot by the pianist and by a representative of La Scala. Hole punched; some light edge wear; overall fine. 8.75 x 11.25 inches (22 x 28.5 cm).\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"space-top space-bottom\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"space-top space-bottom\" style=\"\"\u003eTogether with an autograph letter from Benedetti Michelangeli's wife, Giulia Benedetti Michelangeli, regarding a concert at La Scala on November 24, 1947. November 3, [1947]; 2 pp. She writes that \"the fee for concerts with orchestra for the 1947–1948 season is L. 150,000\" and asks for a reply as soon as possible, which she \"must communicate to my husband in London.\" Hole punch and light toning; overall fine. 8.25 x 6 inches (21.2 x 15 cm).\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"space-top space-bottom\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.invaluable.com\/auction-lot\/-1-c-138465D980?utm_source=notification\u0026amp;utm_medium=email\u0026amp;utm_campaign=aflivewonlot\u0026amp;utm_term=2#\" data-toggle=\"modal\" class=\"rfi-modal-trigger-link\" data-service-uri=\"\/app\/v2\/requestForInfo\/lot\/138465D980\" data-manual-target=\"#lot_138465D980_rfi\" data-lotref=\"138465D980\" data-catalogref=\"4GG7JXZQIX\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093621493919,"sku":"16553","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Benedetti_Michelangeli_Autograph_Contract_16553_02.jpg?v=1722189246"},{"product_id":"16562-toscanini-arturo-1867-1957-pertile-aureliano-1885-1952-signed-photograph-to-aureliano-pertile","title":"Toscanini, Arturo. (1867–1957) [Pertile, Aureliano. (1885–1952)] Signed Photograph to AURELIANO PERTILE","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eSigned photograph of the legendary conductor, inscribed to the important tenor Aureliano Pertile. He is shown resting his head on his right hand and has penned at the foot in red ink (translated from the Italian): \"To my dearest Pertile—to a wonderful artist—to an impeccable singer—to the faithful interpreter of so many different operas, who can never be praised enough—Arturo Toscanini.\"  7.5 x 10 inches (19 x 25.4 cm), mounted to 8.5 x 12 inches. Two small stains and creases slightly affecting inscription; areas of slight discoloration to photograph; overall fine. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eConsidered one of the most important tenors of the 20th century, Aureliano Pertile was particularly known for his dramatic performances in Verdi and verismo opera, despite a voice that was not particularly suave and even sometimes considered ugly. He had a close relationship with Arturo Toscanini, beginning when he became the leading tenor at La Scala in 1927. Harvey Sachs writes that \"Toscanini turned [Pertile] into one of the most subtly communicative vocal artists of his day and chose him to sing leading roles in no fewer than fourteen operas [...] Pertile, for his part, gladly admitted that he owed a great deal to Toscanini.\" (Harvey Sachs, \u003ci\u003eToscanini: Musician of Conscience, \u003c\/i\u003e2017.)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093621526687,"sku":"16562","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Toscanini_Arturo_16562_SP.jpg?v=1722189246"},{"product_id":"16561-stravinsky-igor-1882-1971-ansermet-ernest-1883-1969-meyerhold-vsevolod-1874-1940-original-photograph","title":"Stravinsky, Igor. (1882–1971) \u0026 Ansermet, Ernest. (1883–1969) \u0026 Meyerhold, Vsevolod. (1874–1940) Original Photograph","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eOriginal photograph, ca. 1920, of Stravinsky (front row right) together with Swiss conductor Ernest Ansermet (back row center), Russian director Vsevolod Meyerhold (back row right), and another man and woman. Although a note on the mat identifies the woman as English composer Elizabeth Lutyens, we believe this is erroneous. Visible size 1.75 x 2.5 inches (4.3 x 6.7 cm), matted to 4.25 x 5.25 inches and tipped to a larger sheet (could be removed.) Mat toned with tape remnants, but otherwise fine.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eConductor Ernest Ansermet had a lifelong association with Stravinsky's work, beginning from their first meeting during World War I. His orchestra, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, toured with and recorded many of Stravinsky's works from 1918 on. Meyerhold, whose early experimental period coincided with Stravinsky's years in St Petersburg, produced Stravinsky's opera \u003ci\u003eLe Rossignol \u003c\/i\u003eat the Mariinsky Theatre in May 1918.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093621592223,"sku":"16561","price":800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Stravinsky_Lutyens_OP_16561.jpg?v=1722189246"},{"product_id":"16558-rota-nino-1911-1979-autograph-letter-signed","title":"Rota, Nino. (1911–1979) Autograph Letter Signed","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAutograph letter from the Italian composer to La Scala manager Francesco Siciliani. October 6, 1965; 2 pp. on a letterhead card of the Bari conservatory. Translated from the Italian: \"Dearest Maestro Francesco, I know that you will be on the committee for the opera competition which will take place in Reggio Emilia (country of my grandfather...) from October 3 to 9. I would like to recommend the young tenor Angelo Degli Innocenti from Bari, who seems to me to be of the highest quality. [...] He is a young man of great merit from all standpoints [...].\" 6.5 x 4.25 inches (17 x 10.8 cm). Hole punches and some toning; overall fine.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eNino Rota was a composer, pianist, conductor and academic best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti. He also composed the music for two of Franco Zeffirelli's Shakespeare films, and for the first two films of Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather trilogy, receiving the Academy Award for Best Original Score for \u003ci\u003eThe Godfather Part II.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093621624991,"sku":"16558","price":475.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Rota_ALS_16558_02.jpg?v=1722189247"},{"product_id":"16560-strauss-richard-malipiero-gian-francesco-kopsch-julius-typed-letter-signed","title":"[Strauss, Richard. (1864–1949)] [Malipiero, Gian Francesco. (1882–1973)] Kopsch, Julius. 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I can repeat today that Dr. Richard Strauss, with whom I had an opportunity to speak during preparations for the Hamburg International Music Festival, would very much like to recommend a work of yours for the festival, and has already put your name into a temporary draft of the program which he is working out. The final decision will rest with the hosts, i.e. the city of Hamburg, when the complete program can be assessed. We must note officially that according to the rules of our committee, the representative of each country presents a list of works which are considered \"representative\" of the contemporary music of that country. It would therefore be advisable if you could be in contact with our friend Lualdi, so that he can include your name in his list of suggestions, which he certainly will be willing to do. I hope that our connection will remain lively and send you my friendly and admiring wishes. Yours, Kopsch.\"\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093621854367,"sku":"16560","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Strauss_Malipiero_letter_16560.jpg?v=1722189251"},{"product_id":"16645-pollini-maurizio-b-1942-signed-photograph","title":"Pollini, Maurizio. (b. 1942) Signed Photograph","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eLarge signed photograph of the important pianist, who is shown as a younger man with his hands in his pockets, and has signed below on the mount. One ink scribble below the signature; overall in very fine condition. Photograph 6.5 x 8.5 inches; overall size 11 x 14 inches (28 x 35.5 cm).\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093624213663,"sku":"16645","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Pollini_Maurizio_SP_16645.jpg?v=1722189265"},{"product_id":"16644-bolet-jorge-1914-1990-signed-photograph","title":"Bolet, Jorge. (1914–1990) Signed Photograph","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eSigned photograph of the Cuban-American virtuoso pianist and teacher, dated 1980. In very fine condition. Photograph 6.5 x 8.5 inches, mounted to 11 x 14 inches (28 x 35.5 cm).\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093624475807,"sku":"16644","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Bolet_Jorge_SP_16644.jpg?v=1722189266"},{"product_id":"16800-matta-roberto-1911-2002-delaunay-sonia-1885-1979-poliakoff-serge-1900-1969-dumitresco-natalia-1915-1997-music-zoran-1909-2005-beverloo-corneille-guillaume-1922-2010-group-of-ristorante-la-colomba-menus","title":"Matta, Roberto. (1911–2002) Delaunay, Sonia. (1885–1979) \u0026 Poliakoff, Serge. (1900–1969) \u0026 Dumitresco, Natalia. (1915–1997) \u0026 Mušic, Zoran. (1909–2005) \u0026 Beverloo, Corneille Guillaume. (1922–2010) Group of Ristorante La Colomba Menus","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eGroup of six menus from Ristorante La Colomba, Venice, Italy, with images after Roberto Sébastian Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002), Sonia Delaunay-Terk (Ukrainian, 1885-1979), Serge Poliakoff (Russian, 1906-1969), Natalia Dumitresco (Romanian, 1915-1997), Zoran Antonio Music (Slovenian\/Italian, 1909-2005), and Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, called \"Corneille\" (Dutch, 1922-2010). Each menu with a bold color offset lithograph on the recto, typed menu on the verso. Menus dated October 1959 and January–March 1965. Some folding creases, small edge tears and one with an edge loss; overall very good. Each 13.5 x 12.75 inches (31.8 x 35 cm).\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093629620383,"sku":"16800","price":475.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Ristorante_La_Colomba_16800_1.jpg?v=1722189303"},{"product_id":"16801-fluxus-aspen-magazine-the-fluxus-issue","title":"[Fluxus] Aspen Magazine - The Fluxus Issue","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eAspen Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, No. 8, Fall-Winter 1970-71, The Fluxus Issue, edited by Dan Graham. An incomplete copy of this multimedia portfolio, comprising twelve of the original fourteen items and with the addition of two phonograph recordings from \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eAspen\u003c\/i\u003e no. 5+6 and no. 7. The contents include works by John Cage, Morton Feldman, John Tavener, Steve Reich, Jackson MacLow, La Monte Young, and others. Complete contents listed below. Toning, scattered creases, tears, and losses; overall very good. Portfolio 11.25 x 11 inches (28.8 x 28.3 cm).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eAspen\u003c\/i\u003e was a multimedia magazine published on an irregular schedule by Phyllis Johnson from 1965 to 1971.\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDescribed by its publisher as \"the first three-dimensional magazine,\" each issue came in a customized box or folder filled with materials in a variety of formats, including booklets, \"flexidisc\" phonograph recordings, posters, postcards and reels of super-8 movie film. Many of the leading figures in contemporary North American and British art and cultural criticism were editors, designers or contributors to \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eAspen\u003c\/i\u003e. Complete details of the contents of each issue of \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eAspen \u003c\/i\u003ecan be found at www.ubu.com\/aspen.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e1. Folder. Printed with editorial note, table of contents, and brief biographies of contributing artists. Cover painting by Jo Baer. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e4. \u003ci style=\"\"\u003e1 + 1 for One Player and Amplified Table-Top\u003c\/i\u003e. A musical score by Philip Glass.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e5. Phonograph recording. Jackson LacLow \/ La Monte Young. 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Aspen subscription form.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eAspen \u003c\/i\u003eno. 5+6, item 6: Phonograph recording of Morton Feldman, \u003ci\u003eThe King of Denmark; \u003c\/i\u003eB-side, John Cage, \u003ci\u003eFontana Mix - Feed, Nov. 6, 1967.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eAspen \u003c\/i\u003eno. 7, item 10: Phonograph recording of John Tavener, \u003ci\u003eThree Songs for Surrealists; \u003c\/i\u003eB-side, Christopher Logue reading \u003ci\u003eNew Numbers.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eNot present are items no. 2, \"In Place of a Lecture. 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(1914-1993) Signed Carnegie Hall Program","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eSigned program from a January 31, 1960 recital of the great Bulgarian basso with the Symphony of the Air and Julius Rudel at Carnegie Hall. Christoff has signed below his photograph on an internal page. The program included arias by Gluck, Mozart, Verdi, Prokofiev and Mussorgsky. Program in very fine condition, together with a separate single-sheet program with some wear, a newspaper clipping and two ticket stubs. Program 7.25 x 9.75 inches (18.7 x 24.8 cm).\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093633257631,"sku":"16908","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Christoff_Boris_Sig_Prog_16908_02.jpg?v=1722189328"},{"product_id":"16951-rorem-ned-b-1923-the-new-york-diary-with-signed-card","title":"Rorem, Ned. (b. 1923) The New York Diary - WITH SIGNED CARD","description":"\u003cp\u003eHardcover in dj. 218 pp. With autograph note on a postcard advertising the book from the Pulitzer prize-winning American composer and celebrated diarist: \"Why we no meet no more? \/ Love N.\" Postcard addressed on the verso by typewriter to Lawrence Josephs. Edge losses and rubbing to the dj, in mylar; overall fine in very good dj.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093634633887,"sku":"16951","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Rorem_Ned_New_York_16951_2.jpg?v=1722189336"},{"product_id":"16954-rorem-ned-b-1923-music-from-inside-out-signed","title":"Rorem, Ned. (b. 1923) Music from Inside Out - SIGNED","description":"\u003cp\u003eHardcover in dj. 144 pp. Signed and inscribed on the front free endpaper by the Pulitzer prize-winning American composer and celebrated diarist: \"For Larry Josephs—souvenir of a musical evening and a heavenly soufflé in Saratoga—Love, Ned Rorem, 1967.\" Some very slight edge wear to the dj, in mylar. Overall in very fine condition. 5.5 x 8.5 inches (14.5 x 21.5 cm).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093634666655,"sku":"16954","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Rorem_Ned_Inside_Out_16954_2.jpg?v=1722189337"},{"product_id":"16955-sondheim-stephen-1930-2021-group-of-early-autograph-letters-and-playbills","title":"Sondheim, Stephen. (1930–2021) Group of Early Autograph Letters and Playbills","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAn interesting group of autograph and typed letters signed from the important librettist and composer, together with a group of playbills from several of his musicals. In fine condition overall.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eCorresponding with Norman Joondeph, a long-standing fan and supporter, Sondheim mentions several of his early failures and successes. The exchange begins with Joondeph complimenting Sondheim on 1962's \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum\u003c\/i\u003e, rejecting critics' many negative reviews of the score. Sondheim replies: \"A few more like that and I'll have to stop nursing my critic-inflicted wounds,\" and explains he was not surprised that the score didn't find favor, because \"only derivative songs are easily grasped on one hearing.\" Sondheim's next letters, written between 1963 and 1964, shed light on the development of \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eAnyone Can Whistle, \u003c\/i\u003einitially titled \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eSide Show. \u003c\/i\u003eWhile traveling to London for the British premiere of \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eForum \u003c\/i\u003e(\"a boring and hard job, but a necessary one... [but] everything about the theater except the actual writing is boring and hard\"), Sondheim predicts that \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eSide Show \u003c\/i\u003ewill be \"a great success or a great disaster, nothing in between\" and mentions the producer, Kermit Bloomgarden, and the director, Arthur Laurents. Later, when the cast recording of \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eAnyone Can Whistle \u003c\/i\u003ehas been made in 1964, he sends a recording of \"There Won't Be Trumpets\" which was not included on the LP. Several later notes include Sondheim's thanks for cards and the gift of a pillowcase, as he writes in 1989: \"If \u003ci\u003eAssassins\u003c\/i\u003e turns out to be as controversial as I think it will, I'll use it to cover my head.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eSondheim's path to success was not unbroken, with some of the shows of the 1960's marred by critical failures and early closures. Although \u003ci\u003eA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum \u003c\/i\u003eran for more than 950 performances and received several Tonys, Sondheim himself was not nominated for the score. \u003ci\u003eAnyone Can Whistle, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich followed in 1964, closed after only nine performances. Nevertheless, it can be seen as setting the stage for some of Sondheim's later successes, as it introduced Angela Lansbury (who would later star in Sweeney Todd) to musical theater, and became a cult favorite. The accusation often leveled at \u003ci\u003eAnyone Can Whistle—\u003c\/i\u003ethat Sondheim was \"too clever for his own good\"—was one that would arise throughout his career, even as he rose to become one of the central figures of musical theater.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eLetters:\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eALS from Joondeph to Sondheim (possibly a retained autograph copy of a letter that was sent), June 14, 1962, 2 pp. \"Dear Mr. Sondheim, This is one fan letter that I feel has to be written. I have been outraged by the reviews of 'A Funny Thing...' concerning one aspect in particular - the score! Wilson in the June 10 Record Review of the Times pulled the final straw. I saw the show at one of the previews in New York, perhaps the first. I saw you there with Leonard Bernstein. I loved the show. [...] I feel your words \u0026amp; music are very right, otherwise it would not be the show the critics all seemed to like. As great as Mostel is doing 'Comedy Tonight,' \u0026amp; as wonderful as the staging is, you have written one [of] the best opening numbers on record. [...] I applaud your versatility - your talent and above all, your artistic integrity \u0026amp; courage...\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eALS, June 16, 1962, 2 pp. \"Dear Mr. Joondeph - Your literate letter pleased and delighted me. A few more like that and I'll have to stop nursing my critic-inflicted wounds. And much as I enjoy grousing, I enjoy praise more. The reviews didn't surprise me, though. Most of the critics don't know a good song from a bad one, and they certainly know nothing about the function of songs in a musical - your perception of the latter is particularly gratifying. Also the score, is skimpily presented - the listener gets hardly a chance to hear the songs. And only derivative songs are easily grasped on one hearing (i.e., one chorus, no reprise, no underscoring.) Anyhow, not to sound pontifical, your enthusiasm heartens me and I thank you for it and for taking the time to write. Sincerely, Steve Sondheim.\" With envelope.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eALS, August 4, [1963], 2 pp. \"Dear Mr. Joondeph - This will have to be brief, as I'm leaving for London tomorrow to see to the British production of 'Forum' - a boring and hard job, but a necessary one. (As far as I'm concerned, everything about the theater except the actual writing is boring and hard.) Thank you a second time for a nice letter. 'Side Show' is going to be unusual, and I think, marvelous - i.e., a great success or a great disaster, nothing in between. I don't yet know how Kermit is going to go about raising money, but please do call the office and let him know your interest (I appreciate it on a number of counts). Let me know if you have any trouble - or better yet, let me know what he says. Sincerely, Stephen Sondheim. P.S. I'll be back around Labor Day.\" With envelope.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eALS, September 11, [1963], 2 pp. \"Dear Mr. Joondeph - Nice to hear from you again. Everything went moderately well in Oxford where we opened last week, and ought to go much better (I hope) by the time the company gets to London. I think the Bloomgarden office was probably straightforward and will indeed contact you. If they haven't done so by the end of the month, let me know. Incidentally, Arthur Laurents is directing 'Side Show,' not me, thank God. I have neither the patience nor the talent. So your investment will be much safer. Sincerely, Steve Sondheim.\" With envelope.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eALS, November 18, [1964], 2 pp. \"Dear Mr. Joondeph - Thank you for your note. Unfortunately, this time around all the money is being supplied by Richard Rodgers (who's also producing it) and Columbia Records. I'm taking the liberty of enclosing a copy of 'There Won't Be Trumpets' that Lee Remick recorded at the end of the session. We didn't have room on the LP to include it or her long speech. Sincerely, Stephen Sondheim.\"\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eTLS, August 4, 1966, 1 p. \"Dear Norman - Thank you for your nice card. I appreciated it very much indeed. Steve.\" With envelope.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eTLS, December 5, 1989, 1 p. \"Dear Mr. Joondeph - Thanks so much for the pillowcase. If Assassins turns out to be as controversial as I think it will, I'll use it to cover my head. Merry Christmas, Stephen Sondheim.\" With envelope. Stain to the signature.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eTLS, February 23, 1993, 1 p. \"Dear Norman - I'm sorry that you let your Manhattan Theatre Club membership lapse at just the wrong time, but there's nothing I can do to help you get tickets -- I gave away my house seats on a first-come first-serve basis beginning last November. Let's both hope the show transfers to a larger venue. Yours, Steve S.\" With envelope.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003ePrograms:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003ePlaybill from the 1964 opening run of \"Anyone Can Whistle\" at the Majestic Theatre, dated April 1964.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003ePlaybill from \"Company\" at the Alvin Theatre, dated December 1971.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eTwo playbills from the opening run of \"Follies\" at the Winter Garden Theatre, dated April 1971 and May 1972.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003ePlaybill from \"A Little Night Music\" at the Shubert Theatre, dated February 1973.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003ePlaybill from \"A Little Night Music\" at the Majestic Theatre (where the original Broadway production transferred after several months), dated November 1973.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003ePlaybill from the 1977 Music Box Theatre run of \"Side by Side by Sondheim,\" undated [1977].\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093634732191,"sku":"16955","price":2800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Sondheim_ALS_Group_16955_2.jpg?v=1722189341"},{"product_id":"16981-ballets-russes-nijinska-bronislava-ca-1891-1972-de-basil-wassily-1888-1951-beaton-cecil-1904-1980-tchernicheva-lubov-1890-1976-dorati-antal-1906-1988-baronova-irina-1919-2008-hugo-jean-1894-1984-karinska","title":"[Ballets Russes] Nijinska, Bronislava. (ca. 1891–1972) \u0026 De Basil, Wassily. (1888–1951) \u0026 Beaton, Cecil. (1904–1980) \u0026 Tchernicheva, Lubov. (1890–1976) \u0026 Dorati, Antal. (1906–1988) \u0026 Baronova, Irina. (1919–2008) \u0026 Hugo, Jean. (1894–1984) \u0026 Karinska, Barba","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eMenu from a dinner given in honor of the opening of the ballet \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eLes Cent Baisers \u003c\/i\u003eon July 23, 1935, signed by over 30 members of the ensemble. Signatures include dancer and choreographer Bronislava Nijinska; regisseur Serge Grigoriev, ballerinas Lubov Tchernicheva, Tatiana Riabouchinska, Irina Baronova, Sono Osato, and others; impresario W. de Basil, designers Cecil Beaton and Jean Hugo, costumer Barbara Karinska, conductor Antal Dorati, Russian poet, dancer and librettist Boris Kochno who from 1920 was Diaghilev's secretary, sometimes lover, and eventually main collaborator; and many others. Signed on the second and third pages, mostly in pencil. 4to; faint scattered staining, owner's inscription at upper right of cover. Overall very good. 15 x 9.25 inches (38 x 23.5 cm) when opened.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eLes Cent Baisers, \u003c\/i\u003ea one-act ballet with choreography by Nijinska, libretto by Kochno, and music by Frederic d'Erlanger, premiered at Covent Garden with Col. de Basil's Ballets Russes in July 1935. It is based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy-tale about a swineherd, a princess, and a magic bowl. The production involved a plethora of talented performers and creators, including artist and writer Jean Hugo, primarily known for his small-format sketches and paintings, who also designed the sets and costumes for the 1928 film \u003ci\u003eThe Passion of Joan of Arc\u003c\/i\u003e; costume designer Barbara Karinska (Varvara Jmoudsky), who began her career with the Ballets Russes and went on to become the award-winning designer for the New York City Ballet; dancer and regisseur Serge Grigoriev, who served as régisseur for the Ballets Russes for more than twenty years and also authored a book on the company; and the talented Japanese-American ballerina and actress Sono Osato, who later danced with the American Ballet Theatre.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093635518623,"sku":"16981","price":1000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Ballets_Russes_Sig_Menu_16981.jpg?v=1722189343"},{"product_id":"16991-stravinsky-igor-1882-1971-molinari-bernardino-1880-1952-typed-letter-signed-with-musical-notes-about-the-rite-of-spring","title":"Stravinsky, Igor. (1882–1971) [Molinari, Bernardino. (1880–1952)] Typed Letter Signed with Musical Notes about the Rite of Spring","description":"Typed letter signed from the important composer to Italian conductor Bernardino Molinari, containing three autograph musical examples in his hand from the \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eRite of Spring. \u003c\/i\u003eParis, August 1, 1938. Stravinsky offers four clarifications about measures 142, 174, 181 and 201 of the work, three of these with musical notation penned on machine-drawn staves. \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e1 page, 4to; folds, faint scattered foxing, remnants of hinging at upper edge verso. Together with an 8 x 10 modern reproduction of a photograph of Stravinsky with Jean Cocteau, Picasso and his wife Olga.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eTranslated from the French, in full: \"My dear Molinari, 142 [musical example] is correct. 174 [musical example] is correct. 181 [musical example] is correct. 201. No need for an accelerando or a \"lunga ad libitum\"—it should all be played regularly in the tempo indicated at 186 and at the start of la Danse Sacrale 142 keeping the pulse of 126 to the quarter note (=126). Excuse me, dear friend, that I write these lines in great haste. For your reference, may I bring to your attention my Columbia record where The \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eRite\u003c\/i\u003e is recorded under my direction, and where you therefore will be able to find the answers to many of the questions that will arise as you study my score. As I am planning to travel and you risk not being able to reach me if you have questions to ask me, these discs, faithful documents of the \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eRite\u003c\/i\u003e, as far as I hear it, will replace my personal indications. Yours, Igor Stravinsky.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eThe ballet and orchestral concert work was\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e written for the 1913 Paris season of \u003c\/span\u003eSergei Diaghilev\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBallets Russes, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003ethe original choreography by \u003c\/span\u003eVaslav Nijinsky\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e with stage designs and costumes by \u003c\/span\u003eNicholas Roerich\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e. When first performed at the \u003c\/span\u003eThéâtre des Champs-Élysées\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e on 29 May 1913, the \u003c\/span\u003eavant-garde\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e nature of the music and choreography caused a sensation. Many have called the first-night reaction a \"riot\" or \"near-riot,\" though this wording did not come about until reviews of later performances in 1924, over a decade later.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eAlthough designed as a work for the stage, with specific passages accompanying characters and action, the music achieved equal if not greater recognition as a concert piece and is widely considered to be one of the most influential musical works of the 20th century. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093635846303,"sku":"16991","price":6000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Stravinsky_Rite_of_Spring_TLS_16991.jpg?v=1722189344"},{"product_id":"16984-lutoslawski-witold-1913-1994-autograph-postcard-my-favorite-piece-this-one-i-have-not-yet-composed","title":"Lutoslawski, Witold. 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[Lewis Carroll] (1832–1898) [Tenniel, John. (1820–1914)] Autograph Letter Signed with Drawing of \"The Walrus and the Carpenter\" after Tenniel","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAutograph letter signed \"C.L. Dodgson\" from the English author known for \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland \u003c\/i\u003eas well as for word-play and nonsense poetry. 2 pp., September 11, 1882. Dodgson thanks the unnamed male recipient for a letter and statement of accounts, and mentions the enclosure of \"the declaration duly signed\" (not present). Legible contemporary docket on verso. Heavily toned and faded, but legible with some difficulty. Old mounts, tear at the top of one sheet, each sheet 5.5 x 3.5 inches (9 x 14 cm). Overall good.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eText, in full: \"[...]ton Road, Eastbourne, Sep. 11 \/ 82. Dear Sir, Thanks for letter \u0026amp; statement of accounts. I enclose the declaration duly signed. Kindly pay the £68 : 8 to my credit with Messrs. Parsons \u0026amp; Co., Old Bank, Oxford. Are you not under some mistake as to the '4 shares' you mention in a steamer now being built? I do not recollect any thing having been said about other steamers than 'Claudius,' 'Glancus,' \u0026amp; 'Crasus.' Faithfully yours, C. L. Dodgson.\" \u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eTogether with a pen and ink drawing after Tenniel on a cloth doily, illustrating the poem \"The Walrus and the Carpenter\" (from \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThrough the Looking Glass\u003c\/i\u003e). The drawing shows the two characters of the memorable poem recited to Alice by Tweedledum and Tweedledee, eating oysters on the beach in a composition also found in the printed book by Tenniel. On a linen doily edged in lace, 5.75 x 6.25 inches (14.5 x 15.5 cm). Some light discoloration, but overall fine.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\"The Walrus and the Carpenter\" appears in Lewis Carroll's \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThrough the Looking-Glass\u003c\/i\u003e, published in December 1871. The poem is recited in chapter four, by Tweedledum and Tweedledee to Alice. The most often quoted passage reads:\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\"The time has come,\" the Walrus said,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\"To talk of many things:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eOf shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax—\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eOf cabbages—and kings—\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAnd why the sea is boiling hot—\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAnd whether pigs have wings.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093636862111,"sku":"17017","price":1600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Lewis_Carroll_ALS_and_pic_17017.jpg?v=1722189350"},{"product_id":"17038-gluck-cristoph-willibald-1714-1787-fedorovitch-sophie-1893-1953-blessed-spirit-original-costume-design-from-1953-orfeo-ed-euridice","title":"[Gluck, Cristoph Willibald. (1714–1787)] Fedorovitch, Sophie. (1893–1953) \"Blessed Spirit\" - Original Costume Design from 1953 \"Orfeo ed Euridice\"","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eCostume design in pencil and colored ink for a grey dress or tutu decorated with white doves. Ca. 1953, unsigned but apparently in the hand of Sophie Fedorovitch. The attractive sketch is captioned at the right in pencil: \"Tally Ho \/ Net apron with doves \/... \/ 4 or 6 \/ Blessed Spirits.\" \"Blessed spirits\" referring to the well-known ballet sequence in Gluck's opera \u003ci\u003eOrfeo ed Euridice\u003c\/i\u003e. Toning, wrinkling and edge tears, with a vertical folding crease; overall good. 17 x 13.5 inches (42.5 x 34.8 cm).\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eOrfeo ed Euridice \u003c\/i\u003ewas produced at the Royal Opera House as \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eOrpheus \u003c\/i\u003ein 1953, with costumes designed by Sophie Fedorovitch.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\"Sophie Fedorovitch (1893-1953) was born in Russia and came to Britain in 1920 where she became one of the most significant and influential designers for the ballet. She had trained as a painter but from 1932 onwards concentrated on designing for the stage. Fedorovitch created 11 ballets for Frederick Ashton, who regarded her as the ideal designer for dance. She liked to work closely with choreographers, attending rehearsals and developing her ideas as the ballet took shape. On paper her designs appear impressionistic, usually no more than a few brush strokes, but capture the mood and the essentials; the practical details came later and could be worked out with the costumier. It is a way of working that many costume makers prefer, allowing them to contribute their own ideas so that the finished costume becomes the result of a collaborative process.\" (V\u0026amp;A Museum.)\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093637255327,"sku":"17038","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Tally_Ho_Costume_Design_17038.jpg?v=1722189352"},{"product_id":"17056-sinatra-frank-1915-1998-clinton-bill-b-1946-typed-letter-signed-to-frank-sinatra-presenting-the-pen-used-to-sign-legislation-for-his-congressional-gold-medal","title":"[Sinatra, Frank. (1915–1998)] Clinton, Bill. (b. 1946) Typed Letter Signed to Frank Sinatra, Presenting the Pen Used to Sign Legislation for his Congressional Gold Medal","description":"Typed letter signed from President Bill Clinton to Frank Sinatra, presenting him with the pen he used to sign into law the act awarding Sinatra a Congressional Gold Medal. June 10, 1997. On letterhead of the White House, Clinton writes: \"Dear Frank: I was honored to sign into law the the legislation authorizing the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to you. You have touched the lives of so many people over the years, not only through your spectacular career as a performer, but also through your many humanitarian activities. I hope you'll enjoy the enclosed commemorative copy of the legislation and the pen I used to sign it. Hillary joins me in sending our warmest congratulations and best wishes. We hope you are doing well. Sincerely, Bill Clinton.\" 6.5 x 8.5 inches. Framed together with the pen and a facsimile of the legislation (stamped May 14, 1997 and signed by Newt Gingrich, Strom Thurmond and Clinton.)\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eFrom the collection of Barbara and Frank Sinatra.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eThe act to award Sinatra the Congressional Gold Medal was introduced by Democrat Jose E. Serrano, who explained to Newsweek: \"I've never met Frank Sinatra... but I owe him my life because he fills my soul with romance.\" He continued: \"Only a party pooper would bring up that stuff about organized crime, which is an ethnic stereotype that I don't believe in. Besides, this won't cost taxpayers a penny; there's a nominal cost of $30,000 to strike the gold, but that'll get repaid to the Treasury by selling bronze duplicates of the Sinatra medal. So who could possibly object?\" Sinatra had already been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1985, by Ronald Reagan.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093637910687,"sku":"17056","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Sinatra_Clinton_17056_01.jpg?v=1722189356"},{"product_id":"17057-prin-alice-kiki-de-montparnasse-1901-1953-ray-man-1890-1976-kiki-souvenirs-signed-and-inscribed-with-self-portrait-drawing","title":"Prin, Alice. [Kiki de Montparnasse.] (1901–1953) [Ray, Man. (1890–1976)] Kiki Souvenirs - Signed and Inscribed with Self-Portrait Drawing","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eSigned and inscribed on the first free endpaper with a drawing by Kiki, \"a Sven Thempthander en souvernir de nos folles nuits... ta cheri Kiki de Montparnasse, 25 Juin 1930\". Small 4to (23 x 18 cm.). Illustrated with 10 reproductions of photographs by Man Ray and with many reproductions of paintings and drawings. With preface by Foujita. Wrappers with a mounted reproduction, worn, partly soiled and stained, upper wrapper partly detached and with repaired tear, spine repaired, corners bumped. Overall very good.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAlice Ernestine Prin (1901–1953), nicknamed Kiki the Queen of Montparnasse, was an artist's model, nightclub singer, painter and artist. Flourishing in 1920's Paris, she helped define the liberated culture of the era. As an artist's model, she posed for painters including Jean Cocteau, Alexander Calder, and Man Ray, who made hundreds of portraits of her and was her companion for many years. Most famously, she appears with a violin's f-holes superimposed on her bare back in his image \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eLe violon d'Ingres\u003c\/i\u003e. As an artist in her own right, she created paintings and drawings in a light, expressionist style. Her autobiography, \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eKiki's Memoirs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cu style=\"\"\u003e,\u003c\/u\u003e published in 1929, was immediately banned in the United States but nevertheless found many international readers.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093637943455,"sku":"17057","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Kiki_Man_Ray_17057_01.jpg?v=1722189361"},{"product_id":"17060-stockhausen-karlheinz-1928-2007-refrain-and-klavierstucke-i-iv-two-scores","title":"Stockhausen, Karlheinz. (1928–2007) Refrain and Klavierstücke I-IV - Two Scores","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eScore to the important twentieth-century composer's 1959 chamber work for piano, vibraphone and celeste. 4to. U.E. 13187. Printed on a single folded card sheet, the score is written partly on curved staves, to allow a transparent plastic strip printed with further performance directions to be superimposed and rotated over the score. Instructions in German, French and English are printed on the back cover. Area of toning to the edge of the front cover, otherwise fine. 9.5 x 13.5 inches (24 x 34 cm).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eTogether with the score to Stockhausen's \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eKlavierstücke I–IV (\u003c\/i\u003eWien, London: Universal Edition, 1954.). First edition. 14 pp. U.E. 12251. Very fine, 9 x 12 inches (23.2 x 30.5 cm).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eRefrain's\u003c\/i\u003e title refers to the disturbance six times of a placid and wide-rangingly composed sound texture by a short refrain. These refrains are notated on a rotatable transparent plastic strip, superimposed on curved staves which allow the refrain to be repositioned in order to introduce these disturbances in different places. Each of the three performers plays an accessory instrument (woodblocks, cymbals, and cowbells) in addition to a main instrument. The three performers also are required to vocalise tongue clicks on five approximate pitches and short, sharp phonetic syllables to be pitched near the sounds they play, in a manner reminiscent of Japanese theatre. Although the work was well-received overall, some controversy was stirred up by its unconventional notation and its relation to the resulting music. In a 1962 review of the printed score, Robert Henderson doubted whether \"there are people with the energy and enthusiasm to work out in detail the precise significance of all these complex signs and then make from them a performance\" and, if there were, whether \"the labour involved could ever be justified by the end-product\", pronouncing it merely \"an amusing musical kaleidescope [sic] for those with unlimited amounts of unoccupied time.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093638008991,"sku":"17060","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Bohm_Karl_Two_Scores_17060_02.jpg?v=1722189360"},{"product_id":"17061-messiaen-olivier-1908-1992-vingt-regards-sur-lenfant-jesus","title":"Messiaen, Olivier. (1908–1992) Vingt Regards sur L'Enfant Jesus","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e177 pp. Large 4to (10.5 x 13.5 inches.) Softcover in original paper wrappers. Small tear to the foot of the spine and some light stains to the front wrapper. Overall very good.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eWidely regarded as one of the most important piano works of the 20th century, Vingt Regards sur l'enfant-Jésus (\"Twenty contemplations on the infant Jesus\") is a suite of 20 pieces for solo piano, a meditation on the infancy of Jesus from various perspectives: God, Mary, the angels, the shepherds, and from such abstract directions as \"from the heights\" and \"from time.\" \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093638107295,"sku":"17061","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Bohm_Karl_Vingt_Regards_17061_01.jpg?v=1722189360"},{"product_id":"17059-bartok-bela-1881-1945-bohm-karl-1894-1981-vier-orchesterstucke-karl-bohms-signed-copy-with-autograph-notes","title":"[Bartók, Béla. (1881–1945)] Böhm, Karl. (1894–1981) Vier Orchesterstücke - Karl Böhm's Signed Copy with Autograph Notes","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eScore to Bartok's suite of Four Orchestral Pieces, op. 12, owned and used by the important Austrian conductor. 111 pp. Universal-Edition, No. 7270. Signed and dated 1946 by Karl Böhm on first free endpaper and with his annotations and notes in blue and red on almost every page of the score. Black alligator boards, slightly worn, black cloth spine with title in gilt. Gutter reinforced with archival tape. Overall very fine. 9.25 x 12 inches (23.5 x 30.7 cm).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eThe son of a lawyer, Karl Böhm studied law and earned a doctorate in this subject before entering the music conservatory in his home town of Graz, Austria. He later enrolled at the Vienna Conservatory, where he studied under Eusebius Mandyczewski, a friend of Johannes Brahms. He made his conducting debut in 1917, and subsequently held posts in Darmstadt, Hamburg, and Dresden. In 1938 Böhm took part in the Salzburg Festival for the first time, conducting Don Giovanni, and thereafter he became a permanent guest conductor. He secured a top post at the Vienna State Opera in 1943, eventually becoming music director. After he had completed a two-year post-war denazification ban, Böhm led Don Giovanni at La Scala, Milan (1948) and gave a guest performance in Paris with the Vienna State Opera company (1949). 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