{"title":"Spring 2022","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 - 36\u003cbr\u003eInstrumentalists: Items 37 - 65\u003cbr\u003eConductors: Items 66 - 74\u003cbr\u003eOpera: Items 75 - 93\u003cbr\u003eJazz \u0026amp; Song: Items 94 - 107\u003cbr\u003eDance: Items 108 - 121\u003cbr\u003eFilm \u0026amp; Theatre: Items 122 - 167\u003cbr\u003eRussian Theatre: Items 168 - 172\u003cbr\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Art: Items 173 - 194\u003cbr\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Culture: Items 195 - 200\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"1081-heifetz-jascha-autograph-signature-and-address","title":"Heifetz, Jascha. (1901–1987) Autograph Signature and Address","description":"The great violinist has signed his name and written the address of his manager (Richard Copley) of the Wolfsohn Bureau on a sheet of paper, \"\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eJ. Heifetz \/ c\/o \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e113 West 57th Street \/ New York.\"\u003c\/span\u003e 8.5 x 11 inches. Fine. Unusual!\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093119455391,"sku":"1081","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Heifetz_2Baddress_2Bpage224.jpg?v=1722186047"},{"product_id":"1566-capoul-victor-1839-1924-costume-cabinet-photograph","title":"Capoul, Victor. (1839 - 1924) Costume Cabinet Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eA very fine cabinet photograph by Mora of Boston of the great French tenor, creator of Offenbach's Vert-Vert and Masse's Paul et Virginie.  Edith Wharton describes him in a performance of Faust at the Metropolitan (with Christine Nilsson) in the first chapter of The Age of Innocence,  \"vainly trying, in a tight purple velvet doublet and plumed cap, to look as pure and true as his artless victim.\"4.25 x 6.25 inches (11 x 16.5 cm).Stamps to verso, in very fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093134069919,"sku":"1566","price":68.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Capoul_2C_Victor_Photograph309.jpg?v=1722186138"},{"product_id":"6248-williams-tennessee-1911-1983-ashley-elizabeth-b-1939-four-signed-playbills","title":"Williams, Tennessee. (1911 - 1983) \u0026 Ashley, Elizabeth. (b. 1939) Four Signed Playbills","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eFour original playbills signed by the great American playwright, including programs from the original 1951 production and 1966 revival of \u003ci\u003eThe Rose Tattoo\u003c\/i\u003e, the 1974 revival of \u003ci\u003eCat on a Hot Tin Roof, \u003c\/i\u003eand the original 1980 production of \u003ci\u003eClothes for a Summer Hotel. \u003c\/i\u003eThe programs from 1951's \u003ci\u003eRose Tattoo \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eClothes for a Summer Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e are signed boldly on the cover by Williams, the 1951 program with an additional Williams signature on the title page. The programs from 1966's \u003ci\u003eRose Tattoo\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCat on a Hot Tin Roof\u003c\/i\u003e are signed on the title page, with the latter also signed by the play's star, Elizabeth Ashley.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003eThe 1951 playbill's back cover is detached, with a loss to the front cover and some overall toning and wear; other programs are in fine condition. Each 5.5 - 6.5 x 9 inches.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093286736031,"sku":"6248","price":850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Williams_Tennessee_Four_Signed_Playbills_GROUP_6248.jpg?v=1722187069"},{"product_id":"7109-music-in-paris-berlioz-hector-1803-1869-david-felicien-1810-1876-roger-gustave-hippolyte-1815-1879-concert-program","title":"[Music in Paris] [Berlioz, Hector. (1803-1869)] [David, Félicien. (1810-1876)] [Roger, Gustave-Hippolyte. (1815–1879)] Concert Program","description":"Undated concert program, ca. 1850, from an unidentified ensemble with unidentified conductor, possibly the \u003ci\u003eCercle Musical de Paris\u003c\/i\u003e, featuring early French performances of works by Berlioz, Fèlicien David, Molsberg, Beethoven, Mendelssohn (amusingly spelled!), and Haydn and including vocal contributions by the legendary French tenor Gustave-Hippolyte Roger. 8 x 10 inches, toning and staining around edges, upper left corner perished, creased. \u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoger debuted in 1838 as Georges in Halevy's L'éclair (Opéra-Comique) and several roles were created for him by Halevy, Auber, Meyerbeer, Berlioz and Thomas - among others, he was the first  Jean de Leyde (1849) in the first Prophete and Faust in the concert vesion of  \"La Damnation de Faust\" (1846). He toured Germany several times, partnered often with Jenny Lind and Viardot and was a popular friend of French musicians and literary figures. Shortly after 1859 he lost his right arm in a shooting accident, after which he appeared on stage with a mechanical arm.\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eA fascinating if mysterious program illustrating the tremendous shifting musical-cultural tastes of the French concert public during the middle of the 19th century. Of particular note is the partial performance of Beethoven's 7th Symphony, situated in the program's first half with sections of Berlioz's \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eHarold en Italie\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eSymphonie Fantastique\u003c\/i\u003e and sections of David's Eb Symphony (the second half of the concert including selections from his \u003ci\u003eLe Désert)\u003c\/i\u003e.  \"\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eLike Berlioz a pupil of Lesueur at the Conservatoire, David had suddenly shot to fame through a performance of his ode-symphony \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eLe Désert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e at the Conservatoire on 8 December 1844. The work appealed to the contemporary fashion for Orientalism; it became instantly popular with audiences in France and remained a favourite for decades to come (it was performed in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.hberlioz.com\/France\/Lyon.htm\" style=\"\"\u003eLyon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e in April 1845 where Berlioz’s sister Adèle heard it and was moved\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e). Berlioz decided to try to secure performance of the new work for his series of concerts and approached David directly and through friends. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eDavid was a follower of Saint-Simon and had numerous supporters in the circle of Saint-Simon’s adherents — and he published without delay a highly eulogistic article on David (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eJournal des Débats\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.hberlioz.com\/feuilletons\/debats441215.htm\" style=\"\"\u003e15 December\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e 1844\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eLe Désert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e was in the event performed complete and with great success at the second concert on 16 February...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eBerlioz’s later reviews of subsequent works or concerts by David are noticeably tepid in comparison\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e....\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eIn his private letters he pulled no punches on David’s limitation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e. It is perhaps ironical that David was later to succeed Berlioz both at the Institut and as Librarian of the Conservatoire.\" (\"Berlioz in Paris: Cirque Olympique (1845),\" The Hector Berlioz Website)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093314556063,"sku":"7109","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Roger_2C_Gustave_Hypolyte_Program334.jpg?v=1722187234"},{"product_id":"7618-casals-pablo-1876-1973-signed-photograph-in-1959-festival-de-prades-program-book","title":"Casals, Pablo. (1876–1973) Signed Photograph in 1959 Festival de Prades Program Book","description":"Program book from the complete Festival de Prades of 1959, and including the complete programs, program notes, photographs and biographies of the performers. Boldly signed in blue ink \"Pablo Casals\" beneath his photograph and signed also by his wife, Martita Casals. Very fine. Sold together with a subscription flyer for the concert series. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the collection of Gregory R. Marshak, close friend of Casals and one of the primary organizers of the first Concours Pablo Casals in 1957.  Marshak was the alias of Georges Rosenberg, brother of the pianist Maria Rey-Chazen (1900 - 1966), perhaps his original connection to Casals.  Marshak was an important supporter of Bruno Schulz, who was very close to him and his sister.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093330612383,"sku":"7618","price":375.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/7618_Casals_SP_in_Festival_Book_2.jpg?v=1722187338"},{"product_id":"8421-metropolitan-opera-gatti-casazza-giulio-1869-1940-long-live-our-beloved-gatti-original-photograph","title":"[Metropolitan Opera] Gatti-Casazza, Giulio. (1869-1940) \"Long Live Our Beloved Gatti\"  - Original Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal doubleweight photograph of a crowd of Metropolitan Opera stars celebrating the longtime head of the company who managed the Met from 1908 to 1935. Corners torn, edges chipped. 10 x 8 inches.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093357088927,"sku":"8421","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Gatti-Casazza_2C_Giulio_Celebration_Photograph318.jpg?v=1722187502"},{"product_id":"9288-robbins-jerome-signed-on-the-town-sheet-music","title":"Robbins, Jerome. (1918-1998) Signed \"On the Town\" Sheet Music","description":"Sheet music for \"Lonely Town\" from the 1971 Ron Field production of the 1944 musical by Bernstein\/Comden\/Green, the first Boradway revival of the musical. Boldly signed in black ink in the upper left cover corner by the American dancer and choreographer. 4 pp. Fine condition.\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003ci style=\"\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"\"\u003eOn the Town\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e premiered on Broadway at the Adelphi Theater on December 28, 1944 with music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, based on Jerome Robbins' idea for his 1944 ballet \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eFancy Free\u003c\/i\u003e, which he had set to Bernstein's music. The musical introduced several popular and classic songs, among them \"New York, New York\", \"Lonely Town\", \"I Can Cook, Too\" (for which Bernstein also wrote the lyrics), and \"Some Other Time\". The story concerns three American sailors on a 24-hour shore leave in New York City during World War II, 1944. Each of the three sailors meets and quickly connects with a woman. The first Broadway revival opened at the Imperial Theatre on October 31, 1971\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093384777887,"sku":"9288","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Robbins_Jerome_On_the_Town_Signed_Sheet_Music_9288a.jpg?v=1722187682"},{"product_id":"9321-copland-aaron-1900-1990-signed-photograph","title":"Copland, Aaron. (1900–1990) Signed Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eSigned 8 x 10 inch magazine photograph of the Brooklyn-born composer who, more than any other figure, was instrumental in defining the “sound” of American classical music in the first half of the 20th century and in helping American composers to attain a new level of worldwide respectability.  Very soft horizontal crease, else fine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093386252447,"sku":"9321","price":165.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Copland_2C_Aaron_SP_9321.jpg?v=1722187688"},{"product_id":"9691-pavarotti-luciano-1935-2007-rooney-mickey-1920-2014-signed-photograph-to-mickey-rooney","title":"Pavarotti, Luciano. (1935-2007) [Rooney, Mickey. (1920-2014)] Signed Photograph to Mickey Rooney","description":"London Records promotional photograph by Christian Steiner of the great tenor, signed and inscribed \"A Jan and Mickey with all my admiration \/ Luciano 89.\" 8 x 10 inches. In fine condition.\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAn amusing association with the American actor, producer, radio entertainer and vaudevillian, who in a career spanning nine decades, appeared in more than 300 films, and was among the last surviving stars of the silent-film era. Jan Chamberlin was the last of his 8 wives (the first of which was Ava Gardner). \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093397721247,"sku":"9691","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Pavarotti_Rooney_SP_9691293.jpg?v=1722187761"},{"product_id":"9773-autograph-album-friedman-ignaz-1882-1948-de-pachmann-vladimir-1848-1933-kreisler-fritz-1875-1962-beecham-thomas-1879-1961-elman-mischa-1891-1967-kahn-percy-b-1880-1966-moiseiwitsch-benno-1890-1963-dorfmann","title":"[Autograph Album] Friedman, Ignaz. (1882–1948) \u0026 de Pachmann, Vladimir. (1848–1933) \u0026 Kreisler, Fritz. (1875–1962) \u0026 Beecham, Thomas. (1879–1961) \u0026 Elman, Mischa. (1891–1967) \u0026 Kahn, Percy B. (1880–1966) \u0026 Moiseiwitsch, Benno. (1890–1963) \u0026 Dorfmann, Ania","description":"\u003cp\u003eVintage leather bound 1920s - 1930s autograph album containing boldly penned examples, generally one per page, of many of the greatest performers of the period. Signatures include: Polish pianist Ignaz Friedman; Russian pianist Vladimir de Pachmann; Austrian-American violinist Fritz Kreisler; English conductor Thomas Beecham, Russian-American violinist Mischa Elman; English composer and pianist Percy B. Kahn (same page as Elman); Russian-English pianist Benno Moiseiwitsch; American pianist Ania Dorfmann, and others.  In fine condition. 4.5 x 5.75 inches (11 x 14 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093400473759,"sku":"9773","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Autograph_Album_Instrumentalists_and_Performers_9773a.jpg?v=1722187787"},{"product_id":"11339-wright-frank-lloyd-1867-1959-sandburg-carl-1878-1967-signed-photograph","title":"Wright, Frank Lloyd. (1867 - 1959) \u0026 Sandburg, Carl. (1878 - 1967) Signed Photograph","description":"Oblong 1957 photograph of the renowned American architect and the renowned American poet, both ex-Chicagoans and old friends, boldly signed by each in the lower blank margin.  Original photograph by Art Siegel, 7 1\/2 x 9\". On verso, notations record the place each autograph was obtained: Sandburg's in Flat Rock, North Carolina and Wright's in Scottsdale, Arizona (January, 1958). A few areas of surface loss to the image which have been in-painted with dye, and an area of evident creasing or tearing repaired by a clumsily affixed small adhesive, light paper skinning on the lower edge, none of these faults affecting either of the signatures.  Simply matted and framed under plexiglass. Signed photographs of Wright are very rare. NB: This item to be shipped after 4\/30\/23.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe image depicts these two great American originals as they met to appear together in 1957 on television's Omnibus, hosted by Alistair Cooke.  They were old friends by this point, having met as young men in Oak Park, Illinois and had been close for nearly half a century.  Around this time, they also participated together in a lively discussion, eventually published in Long Island's 'Newsday,' under the headline \"Meeting of the Titans.\"  That encounter concluded when the interviewer Alicia Patterson asked \"What do you think of each other?\" Wright spoke first: \"I wouldn't have any one of my friends improved....I like Carl as he is.\"  Sandburg answered: \"I think I will [write] a Frankl Lloyd Wright poem and it will have music and it will have dimensions in it.\"  When Wright asked: \"Third dimensions?\" Sandburg replied: \"I will even suggest a fourth one.\"","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093450903711,"sku":"11339","price":6500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Wright_Sandburg_SP_11339.jpg?v=1722188107"},{"product_id":"11971-cage-john-1912-1992-x-writings-79-82-signed","title":"Cage, John. (1912–1992) X Writings 79-82 - SIGNED","description":"Square 8vo, pp. 187. Illustrated with several color plates of marble wall panels. Full black cloth in dj. Signed and inscribed and dated 2\/28\/88 on the half title by the innovative American composer. Very fine. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of a series of experimental texts in which Cage tries “to find a way of writing which comes from ideas, is not about them, but which produces them,” he attempts in X to create looser structures in both life and art, to free “my writing from my intentions.”","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093471252639,"sku":"11971","price":575.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Cage_John_X_Writings_Signed_11971b.jpg?v=1722188242"},{"product_id":"12065-bjorling-jussi-childhood-photograph","title":"Björling,  Jussi. (1911-1960) Childhood Photograph","description":"Rermarkable very early photograph the great Swedish tenor, regarded by many as the greatest tenor in history. 6 x 4 inches. Ink smudge and a few small tears to front, verso with numerous notations and press stamps, the earliest dated 1929. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis father David was a tenor and singing teacher and trained the voices of his children from an early age. Already in 1915, his three oldest children, the boys Olle, Jussi and Gösta, made their first public performance in a church. They toured extensively with their father in Sweden and 1919-1921 also in the US, where six recordings were made in 1920.  The present photograph depicts the three siblings with Jussi on the left and an unidentified pianist, possibly their mother.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093473579167,"sku":"12065","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Bjorling_2C_Jussi_child_photo_12065a.jpg?v=1722188258"},{"product_id":"12081-fitzgerald-ella-1917-1996-signed-photograph","title":"Fitzgerald, Ella. (1917–1996) Signed Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnusual signed and uninscribed closeup 8 x 10 inch black and white photograph of the great singer, known as the “First Lady of Song,” widely regarded as the one of finest jazz vocalists of all time. An image of the singer in her glorious prime, signed later with her name alone across the image in bold black ink, evidently very late in life after diabetes had left her largely blind. In fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093474463903,"sku":"12081","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Fizgerald_2C_Ella_12081293.jpg?v=1722188262"},{"product_id":"12317-grigoriev-boris-gest-morris-thalberg-irving-boris-grigoriev-faces-of-russia-the-moscow-art-theatre-inscribed-presentation-copy-to-irving-thalberg","title":"[Grigoriev, Boris. (1886 - 1939)] Gest, Morris. (1881 - 1942); Thalberg, Irving. (1918-1923) Boris Grigoriev. Faces of Russia. The Moscow Art Theatre - INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY TO IRVING THALBERG","description":"Irving Thalberg's personal copy of this splendid Limited production, Grigoriev’s artwork beautifully presented in the form of 30 color and black and white plates tipped to embossed mat pages, separated by vellum leaves. The title page is inscribed and signed by the publisher, “To Irving Thalberg with kindest regards and best wishes, Morris Gest”. Original half vellum over paper-covered boards, the upper side illustrated and titled in gilt, spine lettered in gilt. With minor soiling and handling to cover, light toning on backing paper pages, else fine condition. From the estate of Norma Shearer, whom Thalberg married in 1927. 100 pp. 11 x 14 .5 in.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003eA remarkable association copy, inscribed to the legendary Hollywood production executive Irving Thalberg who took hold of Universal City at age 20, and supervised such films as Ben Hur and Mutiny on the Bounty among many others. He died of pneumonia at age 37.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003eThe important Lithuanian-born American theatrical producer Morris Gest began his career in Boston before moving to NY in 1901, working for Oscar Hammerstein at the Manhattan Opera House and producing Broadway shows such as Morris Gest's \"Midnight Whirl\" (1919) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Buddy DeSylva. After some false starts in production by himself, he teamed up with F. Ray Comstock and in the 1920s made his reputation by the import of Russian productions from the post-Revolutionary regime, in 1922 and 1923 presenting  Nikita Balieff's company \"La Chauve-Souris\" and later  the Moscow Art Theatre directed by Konstantin Stanislavski which reigned over New York drama despite the handicap of Russian dialogue. In 1923, he organised the last U.S. tour of Eleanor Duse and in 1924, he brought Max Reinhardt from Germany to stage\"The Miracle.\"\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093482066079,"sku":"12317","price":5000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Grigoriev_irving_thalberg_signed_book_12317b.jpg?v=1722188315"},{"product_id":"13629-fontanne-lynn-1887-1883-lunt-alfred-1892-1977-signed-photograph","title":"Fontanne, Lynn. (1887-1883) \u0026 Lunt, Alfred. (1892-1977) Signed Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eSigned photograph of the great American husband-and-wife acting team, who performed together in more than two dozen theatrical productions and who were long associated with Noël Coward. The two are shown in a romantic pose from an unidentified production; both have signed over the image and it has been inscribed to an Albert Cushing. Slight tear to the upper edge and mounting remnants on the verso; overall in very good condition. 10 x 8 inches (25.5 x 20.5 cm).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093524336799,"sku":"13629","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Fontanne_Lunt_SP_13629_001-rotated-270.jpg?v=1722188596"},{"product_id":"15537-sondheim-stephen-1930-2021-comedy-tonight-autograph-musical-quotation","title":"Sondheim, Stephen. 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While now better known for his paintings, Picabia was also an important Dadaist poet, though prior to the 2012 publication of a collection of his writings, most of his poetry was not available in English. “Anybody called Francis is elegant, unbalanced, and intelligent,” Gertrude Stein opined. Tristan Tzara wrote that “Picabia has destroyed ‘beauty’ and built his work with the leftovers,” while André Breton noted his “impulse toward sabotage.” Picabia himself claimed to be “an imbecile,” “a pickpocket,” and “the only complete artist.”  While better known now for his paintings, Francis Picabia was also an important poet, merging the Dadaist practice of automatic writing with the idea of the word as readymade to produce a “mechanomorphic language.” Furthermore, the disjunctiveness of Picabia’s poetry may be seen as a form of abstraction, comparable to that which would be periodically manifested in his paintings. \u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\"He began writing the poems collected in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eFifty-Two Mirrors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e in 1914 but achieved a furious productivity in 1917-20, following that first book with as many as three in 1918 and two each in 1919 and 1920. 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I told a friend, rather clumsily, that your books have been written in the language of love.” Although Picabia had been feverishly devoting himself to poetry in these years, it was of a sort that never would have been written by anyone who considered himself a poet: the poetry of a dilettante. Picabia maintained his work’s freshness prepotently by making productive use of distractedness.\" (Barry Schwabsky, \"The Imperfectionist: Reconsidering the life and legacy of avant-garde artist and poet Francis Picabia,\" The Nation, October 18, 2007)\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":46093692698783,"sku":"18741","price":15000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Picabia_Francis_Group_of_Autograph_Poems_18741a.jpg?v=1722189734"},{"product_id":"19287-rabin-michael-1936-1972-signed-photograph-with-program","title":"Rabin, Michael. 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Rafael, shown at his desk, has inscribed \"To Mr. Steve Juscik \/ with best wishes \/ Rafael Kubelík \/ 1991.\"  Light horizontal crease to right side, overall in fine condition.  4.75 x 7 inches (12.1 x 17.8 cm.).\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093729202335,"sku":"19828","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Kubelik_Rafael_Signed_Photograph_19828.jpg?v=1722189948"},{"product_id":"19841-fosse-bob-1927-1987-signed-photograph","title":"Fosse, Bob. 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Upon his retirement in 1980, he was made conductor laureate.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093729464479,"sku":"19839","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Ormandy_Eugene_Signed_Photograph_19839.jpg?v=1722189950"},{"product_id":"19899-malibran-maria-1808-1836-callas-maria-1923-1977-per-la-malibran-from-the-collection-of-maria-callas","title":"[Malibran, Maria. (1808–1836)] [Callas, Maria. 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There were no pictures of friends, relatives, or lovers.\"  (Joseph Kerman, \"Still La Divina,\" \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eSan Francisco Classical Voice)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093731070111,"sku":"19899","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Maliabran_Maria_Per_La_Malibran_19899b.jpg?v=1722189964"},{"product_id":"19897-hasenclever-walter-1890-1940-guminer-yakov-1891-1956-ein-besserer-herr-with-cover-design-by-guminer","title":"Hasenclever, Walter. (1890–1940) [Guminer, Yakov. (1891–1956)] \"Ein besserer Herr\" - with cover design by Guminer","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e16mo.  Softcover with mylar wrapping.  80 pp.  No indication of edition, presumed first Russian edition.  The striking cover featuring a man in a top hat, was designed by Yakov Guminer, important constructivist graphic designer.  Wear to edges and spine, overall in fine condition. Uncommon. No copies recorded in Worldcat.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eWalter Hasenclever was a German Expressionist poet and dramatist whose work was \"a protest against bourgeois materialism and the war-making state.\" (Encyclopedia Britannica)  His 1926 play \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eEin besserer Herr\u003c\/i\u003e, published in English as \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eA Better Master\u003c\/i\u003e and in Russian as \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eДельцы, \"что надо\" \u003c\/i\u003e(\"Businessman, What Do You Need?\"), was Hasenclever's first social satire and proved to be a critical and financial success and he adapted it into a successful silent film in 1928, directed b\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003ey Gustav Ucicky\u003c\/span\u003e.  When the National Socialists seized power in 1933, his works were banned and burned, so the writer fled to Nice.  He was arrested by the Vichy government in 1940 and committed suicide at Camp des Milles to avoid being taken by the Nazis.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093731266719,"sku":"19897","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Hasenclaver_Walter_Play_Booklet_19897a.jpg?v=1722189972"},{"product_id":"19930-darwin-charles-1809-1882-carte-de-visite-photograph","title":"Darwin, Charles. 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Riabouchinskaya has inscribed her photograph, \"To Paul B Pearson \/ Very sincerely to a \/ Friend \/ Taliana Riabouchinskaya \/ 1983.\"  Unevenly trimmed, else in fine condition.  6.75 x 7.25 inches (17.1 x 18.4 cm.).\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093732741279,"sku":"19942","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Dance_Group_of_Signed_Photographs_19942.jpg?v=1722189981"},{"product_id":"19945-richter-sviatoslav-1915-1997-fischer-dieskau-dietrich-1925-2012-original-photograph","title":"Richter, Sviatoslav. (1915–1997) \u0026 Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich. 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There is material here for hundreds of motion pictures; the problem confronting Mike Todd, Fred Zinnemann and me is to determine which is the best and the most faithful to the immortal spirit of Tolstoi. \/ Robert E. Sherwood.\"  This is the \"Inner Sanctum Edition,\" translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude, with a Foreword by Clifton Fadiman. Published at a time when Moscow and all Russia were threatened by German invaders, this edition provides rich documentation of Napoleon’s 1812 invasion, treating the novel as history rather than literature. Hardcover; lxii, 1361, [9] pages, maps, together with a a reader guide's in rear inner cover paper pocket. 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In the mid-2000s, through a combination of therapy and botox injections, he regained control of his right hand, expanding back into two-handed repertoire.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093736312991,"sku":"20045","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Fleischer_Leon_Signed_Photograph_20045a.jpg?v=1722189997"},{"product_id":"20070-dindy-vincent-1851-1931-signed-photograph-with-inscribed-visiting-card","title":"d'Indy, Vincent. (1851–1931) Signed Photograph with Inscribed Visiting Card","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eOriginal Ad. Braun \u0026amp; Co. photograph of the French composer, who has signed in pen to the lower half of the image.  Light spotting, name penned to verso in other hands, else in fine condition.  4.25 x 6.25 inches (10.8 x 15.9 cm.).  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The Edison Home Phonograph, first manufactured in 1896, played individually prerecorded wax cylinders.\" (\"Edison's Talking Machine,\" National Museum of American History)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093737754783,"sku":"20097","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Edison_Thomas_Talking_Machine_Broadside_20097a.jpg?v=1722190012"},{"product_id":"20099-monteux-pierre-1875-1964-ravel-maurice-1875-1937-daphnis-and-chloe-signed-concert-program","title":"Monteux, Pierre. (1875–1964) [Ravel, Maurice. (1875–1937)] \"Daphnis and Chloe\" - Signed Concert Program","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eOriginal program from a January, 1962 performance by the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C.  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