{"title":"Summer 2025","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 - 32\u003cbr\u003eInstrumentalists: Items 33 - 53\u003cbr\u003eConductors: Items 54 - 63\u003cbr\u003eOpera: Items 64 - 78\u003cbr\u003eJazz \u0026amp; Song: Items 79 - 95\u003cbr\u003eDance: Items 96 - 104\u003cbr\u003eFilm \u0026amp; Theatre: Items 105 - 133\u003cbr\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Art: Items 134 - 176\u003cbr\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Culture: Items 177 - 195\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"172-patti-adelina-pair-of-original-woodburytype-photographs","title":"Patti, Adelina. (1843–1919) Pair of Original Woodburytype Photographs","description":"\u003cp\u003ePair of original period woodburytype photographs of the great soprano. Approx 3.5 x 4.5 inches (8.5 x 12 cm). Mounting remnants to versos, one somewhat wrinkled and with a small loss lower left, else fine. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe woodburytype processes is a mechanical method of producing carbon prints, and considered by many as the most realistic of the photomechanical processes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093090226335,"sku":"172","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Patti_AdelinaPairofOriginalWoodburytypePhoto172.jpg?v=1744653467"},{"product_id":"638-toscanini-arturo-collection-of-candid-photographs-including-with-daughter-and-horowitz","title":"Toscanini, Arturo. (1867–1957) Collection of candid photographs, including with daughter and Horowitz!","description":"\u003cp\u003e4 unpublished original snapshot photographs of the great Maestro. 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Broadside slightly worn, else fine. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093106118815,"sku":"648","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Menuhin_2C_Yehudi_AS_on_program_648.jpg?v=1722185969"},{"product_id":"844-markevitch-igor-rebus-autograph-musical-quotation-signed","title":"Markevitch, Igor. (1912–1983) \"Rebus\" - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed","description":"\u003cp\u003eAMQS of “Rebus” signed and dated Copenhagen 4 March, 1948 by the Ukrainian-born conductor influenced by Cortot, Boulanger, Monteux \u0026amp; Scherchen among others. Early connections with Diaghilev led to fruitful work in 1930s Paris as conductor \u0026amp; composer where his ballet \"ICARE\" was an important event. He had permanent posts in Stockholm, Paris, Montreal, Madrid, Monte Carlo \u0026amp; Rome as well as appearances with all the major orchestras and some great recordings. 5 x 6.25 inches (12.7 x 15.9 cm).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In the 1930s, Markevitch wrote one major work a year, to the point of being hailed as a second Stravinsky. A work from 1931, Rébus, was originally intended to be a ballet with choreography by Leonid Massine. The work was never staged but had its debut in a concert version, with the composer conducting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rebus is the depiction of a syllable, a word, or a name through enigmatic images.In the original plan for the ballet, the audience was supposed to guess which proverb was being illustrated by the various scenes. They were to submit their answers at the end of the performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe titles for the scenes were:\u003cbr\u003ePrélude au Rébus\u003cbr\u003eDanse de Pauvreté\u003cbr\u003eGigue des Nez\u003cbr\u003eVariations de Pas\u003cbr\u003eFugue des Vices\u003cbr\u003eParade\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe final word of each scene, omitting the first and last is: Pauvreté, n’est pas vice (Poverty is no vice). Oddly enough, these scene titles were only in the individual parts, not the full score. We don’t know if the audience was told the puzzle or was even able to sort it out from the concert performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, this work, the product of the 19-year-old Markevitch is remarkable for what it achieves as a concert work in and of itself. The six parts are all done at a quick tempo – there is, as one reviewer said, ‘no andante by way of contrast’ but rather through ‘giving each piece a different character and colour’. 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To this is added the divinely tender violin obbligato, which comes like a voice of consolation from heaven itself.” Other similar photo and descriptive features include Heifetz, the Flonzaley, Caruso etc. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093117030559,"sku":"999","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/999_Gluck_Personal_Magazine.jpg?v=1722186030"},{"product_id":"1144-mccormack-john-original-candid-photograph","title":"McCormack, John. (1884-1945) Original Candid Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal photograph of the great Irish tenor, shown on board a ship. Small chips to corners, else fine. 5 x 7 inches (12.7 x 18 cm).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Being by his own admission a poor actor, he decided to abandon the stage...His concert work revealed him to be a remarkable interpreter, not only of Handel, Mozart and the Italian classics, but also of German lieder....McCormack's numerous recordings show the singular sweetness of his tone and perfection of his style and technique in his prime - for example, in his famous version of Mozart's 'Il mio tesoro' and in Handel's 'O Sleep' (Semele) and 'Come, my beloved' (i.e. 'Care selve' from Atlanta) - while later records of lieder and of Irish folksongs illustrate other aspects of his versatile art. He was always, according to Ernest Newman, 'a patrician artist...with a respect for art that is rarely met with among tenors.'\" (Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Grove Online)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093120733343,"sku":"1144","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/1144_McCormack_OP.jpg?v=1722186056"},{"product_id":"1592-walter-bruno-original-photograph-of-the-young-conductor","title":"Walter, Bruno. 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A couple of light scratches and nicks along the right edge, else fine. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093229260959,"sku":"4560","price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/28Kirstein_2C_Lincoln_29_C2_A0Original_Van_Vechten_Photograph_4560.jpg?v=1722186724"},{"product_id":"4763-budapest-string-quartet-schneider-alexander-signed-first-day-cover","title":"[Budapest String Quartet] Schneider, Alexander. 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Small corner nicks, pinholes or stains, overall very good condition. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093262946463,"sku":"5568","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/5568e_Melchior_OP.jpg?v=1744653193"},{"product_id":"5615-garden-mary-original-mishkin-photograph","title":"Garden, Mary. (1874–1967) Original Mishkin Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Mishkin photograph of the legendary Golden Age soprano. White painted border around Garden's figure (for highlighting in publication), else fine. 7.55 x 9 inches (19 x 22.8 cm).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093264093343,"sku":"5615","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/5616_Garden_Mishkin_OP.jpg?v=1722186935"},{"product_id":"6706-berlin-irving-goldberg-maurice-irving-berlin-1928-original-photograph","title":"Berlin, Irving. (1888-1989) [Goldberg, Maurice. (1881-1949)] Irving Berlin, 1928 - Original Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal doubleweight Maurice Goldberg bust portrait of the composer.  7.5 x 9.5 inches  (18 x 23 cm.). Photographer's blindstamp lower right. Corners nicked, lower edge slightly trimmed, otherwise in very fine condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaurice Goldberg is widely recognized as the greatest dance photographer of the 1920s and 30s and supplied the photographs for John Martin's NY Times commentaries on the state of dance. He was also George Gershwin's favorite photographer, and his photograph of Gershwin at the piano remains an iconic image in the history of American music.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093301547167,"sku":"6706","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Berlin_2C_Irving_Original_Maurice_Goldberg_Photograph_6706.jpg?v=1722187155"},{"product_id":"7050-neveu-ginette-original-program-performing-the-beethoven-violin-concerto","title":"Neveu, Ginette. 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Charles Münch who had worked with Neveu frequently, conducted a concert dedicated to her in the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in July of 1950 and said of her “Dear Ginette, the memory of you will never cease to haunt us, and each time that by the grace of God we are able to make music really well, we shall feel you very close to us.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093312557215,"sku":"7050","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Neveu_2C_Ginette_Original_Program_7050a.jpg?v=1722187222"},{"product_id":"7080-jeritza-maria-postcard-photograph","title":"Jeritza, Maria. 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An extraordinary signed item from the musician whose vision changed the role of drummer forever and who helped standardize the jazz drum kit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093333921951,"sku":"7727","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Krupa_Signed_Drum_7727.png?v=1722187358"},{"product_id":"8200-berlin-irving-astaire-fred-original-photograph-rehearsing-easter-parade","title":"Berlin, Irving. (1888–1989) \u0026 Astaire, Fred. (1899–1987) Original Photograph rehearsing Easter Parade","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal 1948 press photograph of Berlin at the piano, surrounded by Fred Astaire, Ann Miller and Peter Lawford during the filming of \u003cem\u003eEaster Parade\u003c\/em\u003e. 9.5 x 7.25 inches (23.7 x 18.5 cm). 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In very fine condition. 12 x 18 inches (29 x 46.5 cm).","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093541834911,"sku":"14159","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/D_27Albert_Eugen_Gravure_OP_14159_282_29.jpg?v=1722188720"},{"product_id":"15763-noh-theater-three-noh-theater-masks","title":"[Noh Theater] Three Noh Theater Masks","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eThree original Taisho period (early 20th-century) Japanese Noh theater masks in carved wood and lacquer, including:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. A dark brown stylized face with a lightly furrowed brow, wide nose, and bared upper teeth. Chips in the wood and lacquer, including to the right eye, nose, and along the edges, particularly the chin. Christie's label affixed to rear. 7 inches tall. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. A stylized male face with two cord tassels above the eyes, a hinged mouth attached with further tassels, and a thin beard of hairs attached to the chin. Carved signature to the back of the mask. The lacquer with some scattered cracks and chips, most clustered on the tip of the nose; generally soiled, some loss to the beard hair. Christie's label affixed to rear. 7.5 inches tall.  Evidently of the \"old man\" category of Noh masks, which are used in \u003ci\u003eOkina \u003c\/i\u003eplays, in the tradition of a sacred ritual, often performed at the New Year to pray for peace. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. A stylized face with furrowed eyebrows and a downturned mouth, with black hair attached at both temples. Some cracks through the lacquer, some loss to the lacquer, including the bridge and tip of the nose, some overpainting.  7.5 inches tall. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eNoh masks have long been an integral part of Japan's religious rituals, festivals and theatre. They represent historical figures and spirits referred to as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ekami\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which have their origins in Japan's indigenous beliefs. Traditionally, the mask symbolised 'possession', transforming the wearer into the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ekami\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e or its human incarnation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan id=\"Item_Description_4782358_1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNoh, derived from the Sino-Japanese word for \"skill\" or \"talent,\" is a major form of classical Japanese musical drama that has been performed since the 14th century. Noh is often based on tales from traditional literature with a supernatural being transformed into human form as a hero narrating a story. The art form integrates masks, costumes and various props in a dance-based performance, requiring highly trained actors and musicians. Emotions are primarily conveyed by stylized conventional gestures, while the iconic masks represent the roles such as ghosts, women, children, and the elderly. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMasks are central to Noh, and are understood to belong to certain basic types. The original ca. 60 types of masks, developed in the 15th to 16th centuries, have grown to more than 200 today. Noh artists often feel that the masks grant them a special power as performers, allowing them to \"become\" the characters. The present mask, with its dark color, appears to us to belong to the \u003ci\u003eKishin \u003c\/i\u003eor \"demon\" category of masks.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093595410591,"sku":"15763","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Japanese_Noh_mask_15763a.jpg?v=1722189077"},{"product_id":"15820-perrin-philippe-monumental-knife","title":"Perrin, Philippe. (b. 1964) Monumental Knife","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eFrance, 2000. Cast aluminum. This work is number 4 from the edition of 8. Signed, dated and numbered to blade: [Philippe Perrin PP 2000 N 4\/8]. 36 x 7 x 2 inches (91 x 18 x 5 cm). Provenance: Cannes Encheres, \u003ci\u003eArt Moderne et Contemporain\u003c\/i\u003e, 28 February 2016, Lot 725 | Private Collection. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eNB: PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE CUSTOM CRATING AND ADDITIONAL SHIPPING FEES WILL APPLY. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSince the 1980s, Philippe Perrin has been an unconventional figure on the international art scene, known for his short temper and bad-boy image. His work blends reality and fiction, evoking symbols of violence taken from a variety of genres, such as crime fiction, cinema, or popular culture. Notably, he often plays with scale, enlarging objects such as a revolver or a razor blade to monumental sizes.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093597343903,"sku":"15820","price":7500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Perrin_Monumental_Knife_15820_01.jpg?v=1722189084"},{"product_id":"15821-perrin-philippe-monumental-brass-knuckles","title":"Perrin, Philippe. (b. 1964) Monumental Brass Knuckles","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eFrance, 2000. Cast aluminum. \u003cspan\u003eThis work is number 8 from the edition of 8. Signed with impressed manufacturer's mark to underside: [Philippe Perrin PP 2000 N 8\/8].\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e23 x 29.5 x 3.5 inches (58 x 75 x 9 cm). \u003c\/span\u003eProvenance: Cannes Encheres, \u003ci\u003eArt Moderne et Contemporain\u003c\/i\u003e, 28 February 2016, Lot 726 | Private Collection. NB: PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE CUSTOM CRATING AND ADDITIONAL SHIPPING FEES WILL APPLY. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSince the 1980s, Philippe Perrin has been an unconventional figure on the international art scene, known for his short temper and bad-boy image. His work blends reality and fiction, evoking symbols of violence taken from a variety of genres, such as crime fiction, cinema, or popular culture. Notably, he often plays with scale, enlarging objects such as a revolver or a razor blade to monumental sizes.  His work has been the subject of many gallery and museum shows, including his retrospective at the Maison Européene de la Photographie, at the Fondation Maeght.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093597573279,"sku":"15821","price":8000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Perrin_Brass_Knuckles_15821_01.jpg?v=1722189084"},{"product_id":"15998-knoll-early-knoll-console-table-ca-1950","title":"[KNOLL] Early Knoll Console Table, ca. 1950","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConsole table by Knoll, manufactured by K+D, ca. 1950. Teak, laminate, plastic. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhite laminate insert with teak border raised on four tapered legs, fitted with a single drawer, leg posts fitted to metal sheaths and unscrewable for ease of transport. Ht. 29 1\/2, wd. 63 1\/4, dp. 20 in.  Light wear consistent with age and use. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093602750623,"sku":"15998","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Knoll_table_15998.png?v=1722189124"},{"product_id":"16128-hahn-reynaldo-autograph-letter","title":"Hahn, Reynaldo. (1874–1947) Autograph Letter","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eAutograph letter from the Venezuelan-French composer, conductor, critic and singer known for his \u003ci\u003emélodies. \u003c\/i\u003eHamburg, n.d. (\"Vendredi.\") Translated from the French: \"Dear friend, You see, I am absent and that's why it's impossible to hurry this up. If the issue is urgent, please inform me about it here, where I am staying for 8 more days (or 12). If it can wait, I will see you after my return.\" Framed together with a reproduction photograph. Toning, light creases and a small crack at the upper right; unexamined out of frame. Sight size 5 x 6.5 inches (12.7 x 16.5 cm), framed to an overall size of 17 x 13.5 inches (43 x 34 cm). \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe highly original Venezuelan-born French composer was responsible for some of the most beautiful works of the period. Marcel Proust, the great writer who was Hahn's lover, wrote that \"everything I have done has always been thanks to Reynaldo.\" \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093607043231,"sku":"16128","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Hahn_ReynaldoALandphotoframed16128a.jpg?v=1744913989"},{"product_id":"16980-montale-eugenio-lago-con-cigni-1950","title":"Montale, Eugenio. (1896–1981) \"Lago con cigni,\" 1950","description":"\u003cdiv\u003ePastels on card. Drawn on the verso of a typewritten menu dated May 17, 1950. Signed in yellow pastel lr \"M \/ 1950.\" Fine. 11.8 x 8.5 inches (30.3 x 21.5 cm).\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe Italian writer, editor and translator Eugenio Montale is widely considered one of the greatest Italian lyric poets, and was the recipient of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was also the creator of a large body of visual artworks, largely understudied today, produced between the mid-1940s and the 1970s. Nicola Lucchi writes that Montale's visual artworks \"constitute a direct intervention in the postwar cultural debate over the role of the author and the validity of traditional literary and visual languages.\" (\"Painting against the grid: Eugenio Montale's confrontation with the visual arts, in \u003ci\u003eThe Italianist\u003c\/i\u003e, Vol. 36, 2016).\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093635551391,"sku":"16980","price":1800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Montale_Eugenio_Lago_con_cigni_16980.jpg?v=1722189342"},{"product_id":"17028-klemperer-otto-signed-photograph","title":"Klemperer, Otto. (1885–1973) Signed Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eSigned photograph of the noted German conductor and composer. He has signed at the foot and dated 1958. Postcard photograph, neatly trimmed down to 3.25 x 4.25 inches (8.3 x 10.6 cm). Very fine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093636829343,"sku":"17028","price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Klemperer_SP_17028.jpg?v=1722189350"},{"product_id":"17837-einem-gottfried-von-mitropoulos-dimitri-concerto-for-piano-op-20-mvt-ii-autograph-musical-manuscript","title":"Einem, Gottfried von. (1918-1996) [Mitropoulos, Dimitri. (1896–1960)] Concerto for Piano, Op. 20 [Mvt. 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From the Collection of Dimitri Mitroupoulos.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt was Dimitri Mitropoulos, when he conducted in New York von Einem’s \u003cem\u003eOrchestermusik\u003c\/em\u003e op. 9 in 1953, who had asked von Einem to write a Piano Concerto for him, and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"ES\"\u003e originally it was he who intended to both play the solo part and to conduct the orchestra. Wanting the score well enough in advance to prepare the solo part, a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elready in the spring of 1954 he wrote to Einem \"I am waiting anxiously.\" But von Einem in the end took too long to complete the work for the very busy conductor to prepare it in time. The present short score of the second movement was sent to him at some point and later he sent copies of the completed score, but von Einem’s Piano Concerto op. 20, dedicated to Alma Mahler Werfel, was first performed by Gerty Herzog with the Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, conducted by Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, October 6, 1956.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMitropoulos was slated to conduct (not play) the work with Gerty Herzog as soloist and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra at the Salzburg Festival 1957 (with works by Honegger and Theodor Berger), but finally he was again too busy (Elektra, two orchestra concerts with \"classical“ works) and Herbert von Karajan took over this concert with music of the 20th century. Karajan conducted the concert also with Gerty Herzog and the WPH in Vienna.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDimitri Mitropoulos was Greece’s most prolific conductor and New York Philharmonic Music Director from 1949-1958.  Widely regarded as one of the most significant conductors of the twentieth century, he is best remembered for his significant recorded legacy and for his commitment in bringing new compositions to the stage of major symphony orchestras.  Indeed, it is thanks to his efforts that many of our current symphonic standards made their way into the repertory.  He gave World and American premiers of seminal works such as Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 and Schoenberg’s Erwartung, as well as other major works by Schoenberg, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, and many others.  His personal collection has been held in private hands since his death in 1960, when it passed to conductor James Dixon, his student and protégé.  Mitropoulos came to consider Dixon his son, introducing him to conductors and performing arts institutions around the world, jumpstarting his career.  When Mitropoulos died in 1960 he left all his belongings, including his scores, to Dixon.  The bulk of the musical library has been subsequently gifted to the University of Iowa’s music library, but a selection of rare items have been selected to be offered for sale exclusively by Schubertiade Music \u0026amp; Arts.  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis manuscript, gifted by Mitropoulos to a younger colleague and subsequently inherited from him by still another conductor, has not previously been offered for sale. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWe are grateful for the assistance of Otto Biba and Leon Botstein in the cataloging of this manuscript. \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093663436959,"sku":"17837","price":4000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Hindemith_17837_01.jpg?v=1722189536"},{"product_id":"18768-ferat-serge-arlequin-de-cirque-painting","title":"Férat, Serge. 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While renowned for the covers and drawings that appeared in \u003cem style=\"\"\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e for nearly six decades (including his \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eView of the World from 9th Avenue, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich graced the cover of the March 29, 1976 edition of the magazine), he was equally acclaimed for the drawings, paintings, prints, collages, and sculptures he exhibited internationally in galleries and museums. He described himself as \"a writer who draws\" and defined drawing as \"a way of reasoning on paper.\" \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\"Throughout his long career, he used drawing to think about the semantics of art, reconfiguring stylistic signs into a new language suited to the fabricated temper of modern life. Sometimes with affection, sometimes with irony, but always with virtuoso mastery, he peeled back the carefully wrought masks of 20th-century civilization. Steinberg crafted a rich and ever-evolving idiom that found full expression through these parallel yet integrated careers. Such many-leveled art, however, resists conventional critical categories. “I don’t quite belong to the art, cartoon or magazine world, so the art world doesn’t quite know where to place me,” he said. He was a modernist without portfolio, constantly crossing boundaries into uncharted visual territory. In subject matter and styles, he made no distinction between high and low art, which he freely conflated in an oeuvre that is stylistically diverse yet consistent in depth and visual imagination.\" (Saul Steinberg Foundation)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eDescribed as \"one of the most unquenchably energetic figures in the public musical life of the USA,\" (New Grove), among many accomplishments, Alexander Schneider was a member of the legendary Budapest String Quartet and a guest conductor of major orchestras around the world. A recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors, he was the founding Artistic Director of the annual New York String Orchestra Seminar, one of the country's most acclaimed professional training programs for young musicians at Carnegie Hall, which is a major beneficiary of grants from the Alexander Schneider Foundation. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eThese two dynamic forces in art and in music in the second half of the 20th century happened to be life-long friends, part of a closely-knit circle of some of the world's leading artists, musicians, photographers and actors, who often gathered at Schneider's loft building on Manhattan's east side. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093697548447,"sku":"18882","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Steinberg_Saul_Western_Union_Telegram_Drawing_18882.png?v=1722189761"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/collections\/WoodstockFestivalRareBootlegTankTopShirt24345a.jpg?v=1753021168","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/collections\/summer-2025.oembed?page=10","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}