{"title":"Summer 2026","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWhen sorted by Catalogue #, items will display as follows. You can also sort alphabetically or by price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eComposers: Items 1 - 76\u003cbr\u003eInstrumentalists: Items 77 - 90\u003cbr\u003eConductors: Items 91 - 96\u003cbr\u003eOpera: Items 97 - 103\u003cbr\u003eJazz \u0026amp; Song: Items 104 - 126\u003cbr\u003eDance: Items 127 - 137\u003cbr\u003eFilm \u0026amp; Theatre: Items 138 - 176\u003cbr\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Art: Items 177 - 238\u003cbr\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Culture: Items 239 - 255\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"36-schoenberg-arnold-pierrot-lunaire-first-edition","title":"Schoenberg, Arnold. (1874-1951) Pierrot Lunaire - FIRST EDITION","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDreimal sieben Gedichte aus Albert Girauds Pierrot Lunaire [Piano-vocal score] (Deutsch von Erich Otto Hartleben) Für eine Sprechstimme, Klavier, Flöte (auch Piccolo), Klarinette (auch Baß-Klarinette), Geige (auch Bratsche) und Violoncell (Melodramen). Klavierauszug mit Text von Erwin Stein\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUpright folio. 1f. (title), 67 pp. Texts and Foreword by Schoenberg in German. Printed dedication to head of title: \"Der ersten Interpretin Frau Albertine Zehme in herzlicher Freundschaft\" Copyright 1923 to upper wrapper and title; copyright 1922 to first page of music. Plate numbers 5334.5336 to pages of text, corresponding to the full and study score editions; \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003emusic with PN U.E. 7144. Fragile wrappers lightly spotted and expertly rebacked with paper. First Edition of the piano-vocal score \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eof these 21 poems set for speaker and chamber ensemble composed in 1912, either first or second issue. Rufer (E), pp. 38-40. GA B\/24\/1, p. 39.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDreimal sieben Gedichte aus Albert Girauds \"Pierrot lunaire\" (\"Three times Seven Poems from Albert Giraud's 'Pierrot lunaire'\"), commonly known simply as Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21 (\"Moonstruck Pierrot\" or \"Pierrot in the Moonlight\"), is a melodrama by Arnold Schoenberg, a setting of 21 selected poems from Albert Giraud's cycle of the same name as translated into German by Otto Erich Hartleben. The work is written for reciter (voice-type unspecified in the score, but traditionally performed by a soprano) who delivers the poems in the Sprechstimme style accompanied by a small instrumental ensemble. Though the music is atonal, it does not employ Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique, which he did not use until 1921. Among Schoenberg's most celebrated and frequently performed works, its instrumentation – flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano with standard doublings and in this case with the addition of a vocalist – is an important ensemble in 20th- and 21st-century classical music and is referred to as a Pierrot ensemble.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093086064799,"sku":"36","price":900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Schoenburg36a.jpg?v=1776542877"},{"product_id":"4378-mccoy-millie-christine-carte-de-visite-photograph","title":"McCoy, Millie \u0026 Christine. (1851-1912) Carte de Visite Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eScarce original CDV photograph by Bertin of Brighton, circa 1870s. Mount chipped at upper right corner, otherwise in fine condition. 2.5 x 4 inches (6.5 x 10.5 cm). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn into slavery as conjoined twins in North Carolina in 1851, Millie and Christine were taken from their parents and sold three or four times, stolen and retrieved; placed on display at fairs and \"freak-shows,\" from New Orleans to as far as Canada. At one time, after being sold to J.P. Smith, they were kidnapped and taken to England. They were retrieved by Smith with the aid of their mother and brought back to North Carolina in 1857. Smith taught them to read and write as well as sing and dance and the twins composed original music for their act. They were widely celebrated as \"The Two-Headed Nightingale\" and appeared with Barnum's circus. In 1869, a biography of the twins, \"History and Medical Description of the Two-Headed Girl, was published and sold during their public appearances.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093223198879,"sku":"4378","price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/McCoy_2C_Millie_and_Christine_Photograph_4378.jpg?v=1722186690"},{"product_id":"4424-bernhardt-sarah-sarony-napoleon-1880-cabinet-photograph-by-sarony","title":"Bernhardt, Sarah. (1844-1923) [Sarony, Napoleon. (1812–1896)] 1880 Cabinet Photograph by Sarony","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal cabinet photograph, dated 1880, of the most famous actress of the 19th century, known as “The Divine Sarah.” Photograph by Sarony of New York. Corners very lightly dinged, overall fine. 4 x 6.5 inches (10.5 x 16.5 cm).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSarah Bernhardt’s rise to fame as the greatest dramatic actress of her time coincided with the mass production of the celebrity portrait. Her 1862 theatrical debut in Paris came only a few years after the advent of the ‘carte-de-visite’: a small, cheap portrait format which made photography available to the masses. Studio photographers like Napoleon Sarony were quick to seize on the business opportunities presented by this innovation, producing innumerable portraits of actors, actresses, politicians and even royalty, to satisfy the new fascination with celebrity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSarony, showing the business acumen typical of many studio photographers, paid $US1500 for the exclusive rights to make and market images of Bernhardt. Born in Canada in 1821, he founded a lithographic firm in New York City in 1846. Following the boom in photography, Sarony opened a studio in Birmingham, England, in 1856. He returned to New York in 1864 to specialise in theatrical portraits where the rush of business sometimes oppressed him: ‘All day long I must pose and arrange for those eternal photographs. They will have me. Nobody but me will do; while I burn, I ache, I die, for something that is truly art. All my art is in the photograph I value as nothing.’ (\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e Newhall B 1964, 'The history of photography: from 1839 to the present day', Museum of Modern Art, New York p 57)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis portrait of Bernhardt was taken in Sarony’s New York studio around 1880, when she was conducting a world tour of Europe and America. The ‘Divine Sarah’ was lauded for her dramatic performances of Phèdre, Adrienne Lecouvreur and Camille, and she was often photographed in these roles. Sarony’s studio, like many of the time, was filled with props, furniture and draperies which allowed him to re-create the settings of his client’s most famous roles. The Grecian urn and Bernhardt’s classically styled draperies suggest that she is posed as the eponymous heroine of Racine’s Greek tragedy, ‘Phèdre’.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093224378527,"sku":"4424","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Bernhardt_2C_Sarah_Photograph_4424.jpg?v=1722186698"},{"product_id":"4505-eschenbach-christoph-early-signed-photograph","title":"Eschenbach, Christoph. (b. 1940) Early Signed Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eAttractive early signed photograph from the German pianist and conductor. 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Approx. 2.25 x 3.5 inches (6 x 9 cm). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCreator of the title role in Eugène Scribe's \"Adrienne Lecouvreur,\" her acting style was characterized by clear diction and economy of gesture, and represented a major change from the exaggerated style of the period. Rachel had many lovers and her personal life was frequently the subject of scandal. She was mistress of Napoleon I's son, Alexandre Joseph Count Colonna-Walewski, and together they had a son in 1844. When Walewski upbraided her for not remaining faithful to him, she famously retorted, \"I am as I am; I prefer renters to owners.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093233815711,"sku":"4716","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Felix_2C_Elizabeth_Rachel_Photograph_4716.jpg?v=1722186755"},{"product_id":"4792-anderson-marian-carnegie-hall-farewell-recital-program","title":"Anderson, Marian. (1897–1993) Carnegie Hall Farewell Recital Program","description":"The April 18, 1965 \"Farewell Recital\" program from the great African American contralto. 24 pp. In very fine condition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnderson was a great favorite of Toscanini and, in 1955, broke the color barrier by becoming the first African-American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera. She remains a legendary figure in the history of opera, remembered for, among other highlights, her Lincoln Memorial concert and her performances at the inaugurations of both Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093236109471,"sku":"4792","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Anderson4792.jpg?v=1775761542"},{"product_id":"4917-duchamp-suzanne-untitled-bridges-over-the-seine","title":"Duchamp, Suzanne. (1889 - 1963) Untitled [Bridges over the Seine]","description":"\u003cp\u003eGouache on paper. 65 x 50 cm. Edges somewhat rough and some staining to verso, otherwise fine. Finely framed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fine early work from the French Dadaist painter, younger sister of Jacques Villon, Raymond Duchamp-Villon and Marcel Duchamp, whose early works, as with the present example are fully in the impressionist style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1889, her studies began at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in her native Rouen at the age of 16. Her early works reflected Impressionism and Cubism. After a short marriage at the age of 21 she moved to Paris to expand her career as an artist. Suzanne Duchamp had her first major exhibition at the Salon des Independants in Paris at the age of 22. With the outbreak of the first world war, she served as a nurse and it was in 1916 that she produced her Dadaist works. Multiplication Broken and Restored was completed in 1919 and in that same year Suzanne Duchamp married fellow artist Jean Crotti. In 1967 an exhibition called Les Duchamps featured Jacques Villon, Raymond Duchamps, Marcel Duchamp and Suzanne Duchamp. She died on September 11, 1963\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093240238239,"sku":"4917","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/4917_Suzanne_Duchamp_Bridges.jpg?v=1722186796"},{"product_id":"4916-duchamp-suzanne-untitled-vase-de-fleurs-et-chandelier-ca-1930","title":"Duchamp, Suzanne. (1889 - 1963) Untitled [Vase de Fleurs et Chandelier], ca. 1930.","description":"\u003cp\u003eGouache on paper.  25.6 x 19.7 inches; 65 x 50 cm. Small tears and stains to corners, mostly in margins and not affecting image. Finely framed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fine early work from the French Dadaist painter, younger sister of Jacques Villon, Raymond Duchamp-Villon and Marcel Duchamp, whose early works, as with the present example are fully in the impressionist style. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in 1889, her studies began at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in her native Rouen at the age of 16. Her early works reflected Impressionism and Cubism. After a short marriage at the age of 21 she moved to Paris to expand her career as an artist. Suzanne Duchamp had her first major exhibition at the Salon des Independants in Paris at the age of 22. With the outbreak of the first world war, she served as a nurse and it was in 1916 that she produced her Dadaist works. Multiplication Broken and Restored was completed in 1919 and in that same year Suzanne Duchamp married fellow artist Jean Crotti. In 1967 an exhibition called Les Duchamps featured Jacques Villon, Raymond Duchamps, Marcel Duchamp and Suzanne Duchamp. She died on September 11, 1963.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093240434847,"sku":"4916","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/4916_Suzanne_Duchamp_Vase_with_Flowers.jpg?v=1722186795"},{"product_id":"5475-simon-garfunkel-original-photograph","title":"Simon \u0026 Garfunkel Original Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eVintage unsigned photograph of the popular duo. In fine condition with light handling creases and marks along the upper edge, Culver Pictures stamps and labels to verso.  8 x 10 inch (20 x 25 cm).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093259243679,"sku":"5475","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Simon_and_Garfunkel_Photograph_5475.jpg?v=1722186909"},{"product_id":"5730-hugo-victor-kuhn-j-original-photograph-of-funeral-procession","title":"[Hugo, Victor. (1802 - 1885)] Kuhn, J. (active from ca. 880) Original Photograph of Funeral Procession","description":"\u003cp\u003eLarge format albumen photograph of the funeral procession of Victor Hugo, attended by more than 2 million people on June 1, 1885 in Paris. With the raised stamp of the photographer Kuhn of Paris in the lower right corner. Horizontal crease in lower sixth of plate, minor tears to edges, otherwise fine. 24.3 x 18.3 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe photographer J Kuhn was active in Paris from ca. 1880 and used the dry plate-process. His company was named \"Compagnie Photographique\"and was situated at the fashionable Rue de Rivoli 170-174-220, Paris. He published photographic books, pictures of various countries and celebrities and was mentioned in the trade almanac Didot-Bottin in 1891. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hugo died at 1:30 in the afternoon on May 22, 1885...now Paris came to bury the greatest modern French poet. No funeral of the nineteenth century...could equal the Romantic fervor of this event. For the critic Roger Shattuck (The Banquet Years), the death of Hugo signaled the end of the nineteenth century and ushered in modernism.\" (John Andrew Frey, \"A Victor Hugo Encyclopedia,\" p. 102)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Although rain fell during the night and there was every indication in the early morning of more rain, hundreds of thousands of people were abroad at daybreak, crowding the streets and boulevards through which the great procession was to move that accompanied the body of Victor Hugo to his last resting place in the Pantheon...From all directions came deputations with draped banners and bearing flowers and gigantic wreaths, and all moving in the direction of the Arc de Triomphe, the Mecca of France today. Never did Paris present such a scene...The funeral procession started punctually at noon. The threatening clouds of the morning had disappeared by this time and the sun shone forth brilliantly. Many chariots heaped with the offerings of the people of France followed the body in the procession. Enormous crowds of people lined the streets that formed the route of the procession while other masses of people possessed the intersecting streets for a great distance on either side. The buildings were black with people, as was indeed every point from which could be had a view of the unparalleled spectacle. The procession as it left the Arc de Triomphe moved in the following order: First a squadron of the Republican Guards, then the General commanding with his staff. After these came a regiment of Cuirassiers headed by its band and the drum corps of three regiments. These formed the escort proper for the funeral procession, while along its line on both sides was constantly heard the roll of muffled drums. Preceding the body were 12 cars laden with wreaths and flowers.\" (New York Times, June 2, 1885)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093268254879,"sku":"5730","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Hugo_Funeral_photograph611.jpg?v=1722186956"},{"product_id":"6834-marmontel-antoine-francois-petit-pierre-autograph-letter-about-a-portrait-by-pierre-petit","title":"Marmontel, Antoine-Francois. (1816-1898)  [Petit, Pierre. (1832–1909)] Autograph Letter about a portrait by Pierre Petit","description":"\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed \"Marmontel\" from the famed French Pianist, composer, teacher. \u003cspan\u003eUndated. 2 pp. To the piano teacher Mme De Valencey, translated in full: \"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMadame, I am obliged to defer for a few days my sending you the portrait from which you wish to draw. Pierre Petit [famed photographer, 1831 - 1909] is waiting for a ray of son and therefore we must wait too alas! I am happy, Madame, to have this occasion to affirm my sympathy towards you and to tell you how happy I am about the progress, I mean truly the transformation of our dear student Mlle. Rambert. Thanks to your careful attention and our mutual devotion, the dear girl will certainly have a very distinguished style and talent, in line with the good training. Please accept the homage of my affectionate sentiments and high regard.\" Very fine. 4 x 5 inches; 10 x 12.5 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[ \"Madame, Je suis obligé de differer de quelques jours l'envoi du portrait que vous voulez bien dessiner. Pierre Petit attend un rayon de soleil et nous aussi hélas! Je suis heureux Madame d'avoir cette occasion de vous affirmer ma sympathie et aussi de vous dire combien je suis heureux des progrés, je dirai meme de la transformation de notre chère petite élève Mlle Rambert? Grace a vos soins attentifs, et a notre mutuel dévouement la chère enfant aura certainement un talent trés distingué et un style vrai, correct de bonne école. Agréer Madame l'hommage de mes sentiments affecteux et de ma haute considération.\"]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pupil of Zimmermann and Le Sueur, he succeeded Zimmermann at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1848 and retained his post there until his retirement in 1887. His reputation as a teacher was outstanding and his pupils included Albeniz, Debussy, d'Indy, Diemer, MacDowell, Pierne and Plante.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003ePierre Petit began his experimental career as a photographer making daguerreotypes. A pioneer in photography, he was one of the first to successfully use electric light in his portraits. Some of Petit's additional \"firsts\" include his attempts at underwater photography and printing photographs on fabric. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA prolific portraitist, Petit's straightforward style and willingness to photograph on location, as opposed to working strictly out of a studio, made him a photographer of choice for a growing list of patrons. In 1861, Petit included a series of portraits of writers and musicians in the publication \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGalerie des illustrations contemporaines\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e that he used to advertise his services.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093305544863,"sku":"6834","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Marmontel_2C_Antoine-Francois_Autograph_Letter_6834a.jpg?v=1722187181"},{"product_id":"6974-clapton-eric-signed-photograph","title":"Clapton, Eric. (b. 1945) Signed Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eSigned black and white postcard portrait of the English guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. In fine condition, boldly signed in 1992. 4 x 6 inch (10 x 15 cm).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093309935775,"sku":"6974","price":375.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Clapton_2C_Eric_SP_6974.jpg?v=1722187207"},{"product_id":"7224-kreisler-fritz-original-photograph-at-the-piano","title":"Kreisler, Fritz. (1875–1962) Original Photograph at the Piano","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnusual vintage press photograph of the great violinist playing the piano. Laid down to rigid card backing and with a few pieces of tape to outer edges, some pencil markings on the verso, otherwise in fine condition.  5 x 6 inches (13 x 16.5 cm).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUndoubtedly one of the greatest violinists of all time, Kreisler was also a pianist of extraordinary abilities with Paderewski once stating, “I’d be starving if Fritz had taken up the piano, How beautifully he plays!” Nathan Milstein mentioned seeing Kreisler at a party playing background music. Milstein recounted, “[Kreisler] sat down and played a waltz. Turning to me in delight, he said, “Nathan, this is my life. Here’s what I love: good light music, the divine waltzes of Strauss, Lanner…” And suddenly he began improvising on the theme from the slow movement of Brahms’s violin concerto. I had never heard a more astonishing improvisation in my life! 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Edges of the mount chipped, otherwise in fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093422330015,"sku":"10461","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Carlyle_2C_Portrait_10461587.jpg?v=1722187921"},{"product_id":"10540-gray-glen-signed-photograph","title":"Gray, Glen. (1906 - 1963) Signed Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eSigned photograph from the saxophonist and and leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra. 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Fine. 10 x 8 inch (25 x 21 cm). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRabin, a student of Ivan Galamian, developed a close relationship with Zino Francescatti, beginning around 1950.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093431046303,"sku":"10727","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Rabin_2C_Michael_Photograph_with_Francescatti_10727.jpg?v=1722187977"},{"product_id":"11416-calloway-cab-collection-of-presidential-and-political-acknowledgements","title":"[Calloway, Cab. (1907-1994)] Collection of Presidential and Political Acknowledgements","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn intriguing collection of five items from the American jazz singer, bandleader and dancer, with associated group of signed letters of provenance attesting that all of the items came directly from the family of Cab Calloway. 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Folder a little worn, else fine \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFour part invitation to a White House Luncheon from President \u0026amp; Mrs. Lyndon Johnson to Mr. \u0026amp; Mrs. Cab Calloway, mounted to rigid gold paper backing. October 10, 1967. Approx. 18\" x 15\". Light foxing to cards, chipping and wear around the mount edges. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his autobiography, \u003cem\u003eOf Minnie the Moocher and Me \u003c\/em\u003eCalloway recounts how at an evening reception in honor of Duke Ellington, Richard Nixon approached Calloway and told him \"My wife and I really like what you're doing, Mr. Ellington.\" But Cab did have a number of more fulfilling connections with Presidents over the years. In 1938, he and \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehis orchestra record \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"FDR Jones,\" c\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eomposed in honor of then President Roosevelt. 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Drawing inspiration from the pulp comic of the same name, Tierra Brava traverses a personal psychological space within the color of a place mired in contradictions; the U.S. – Mexico border. It is a place that is in a constant search for its own sense of identity, juggling the traditions of culture and history of the interior with the pleasures and promises of prosperity and a better life of its northern neighbor. It is not Mexico and not the United States, but rather something and somewhere in-between.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaul Turounet is an interdisciplinary artist working with photography, books and installation. Using his own photographs, archived images and ephemera, text, and found materials, his practice is driven by a curiosity combined with exploratory research to conceptually develop subjective documentary narratives that are informed and shaped by personal and collective histories in such places as the U.S.-Mexico border and sites of the American experience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003ePaul Turounet received his MFA in Photography from the Yale University School of Art in 1995. For the following fifteen years, he photographed in Mexico, which he was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship in 1997 and grants from the Trans-Border Institute in 2003 and 2004 from the University of San Diego. His work has been exhibited in the United States and internationally, including the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona, the New Mexico State University Art Gallery, the Aperture Gallery in New York, Centro Cultural Tijuana in Mexico, and the Moscow House of Photography in Russia. 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The attraction of dance as a subject for modern art was in great part a consequence of the fact that it amounted to a direct manifestation of the visualization of jazz and new rhythms more generally. It is no accident that Stravinsky's the Rite of Spring was a ballet. The movements of the body were a visual analogue for the abstract rhythms and gestures of the music. This is an important notion, that the rhythm was felt and played out in the body, increasing its potency as an amplification of the syncopation; the sound doubled in sight. But even when 'silent', the visual depiction provides evidence of the materialization of new rhythms through the disclosure of the body. This can be seen clearly in Marcel [Duchamp's] older brother Jacques Villon's print \u003cem\u003eLe cake-walk des petites filles\u003c\/em\u003e' of 1904, an image of his young cousins dancing the cakewalk. Like Toulouse-Lautrec, Villon produced a great many posters of contemporary forms of entertainment.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The influence of their grandfather Emile Nicolle, an etcher of architectural views, was important, and Villon became a print-maker of considerable significance (for Marcel it was mainly an issue of gaining les ouvriers d'art as mentioned). This print, while one of over 175 intaglio plates he produced between 1899 and 1910, of Parisian society at the turn of the century, also demonstrates the extent to which contemporary experiences penetrated the intimacy of the domestic everyday. The young girls pivot in answer to each other, with serious expressions, eyes fixed up and down, prancing in a homely space of green carpet and floral wallpaper. Given the primitivist assumption...that black culture was both closer to nature and represented a more innocent, unconscious, unschooled form of expression, it was not uncommon to see such a dance equated with children. Debussy composed his 'Gollywog's cakewalk' in his 'Children's Corner' for his daughter around the same time (1908).  Nevertheless, formally, the balance provided between the counterpoint of the two girls, the seriousness of their expressions, and the flat planes of green and unprinted paper, do articulate the power of an asymmetrical rocking rhythm, although the high level of finish in relation to their heads presents a disparity between mind and body; a discontinuity that might occur to a disinterested Cartesian watching a cakewalk.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In contradistinction to this childish image (but no less strong, underlining the usual paradoxical assumptions of racism), is the belief that such new dance moves originated from supposed Bacchic or instinctual movement. In the previous chapter I mentioned the belief that cakewalk dances had 'no rules', they were simply performed 'spontaneously', and fed by a 'fundamental\/sexual' impulse. It should not be surprising that dance in general features as a common subject of artists around this time: a subject that represents elemental expression. Even when they are not directly painting such dances as the cakewalk, the same primitivism is often invoked.\" (Simon Shaw-Miller, \"Improvisation: Orphic Art in the Age of Jazz,\" p. 62-63)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093693649055,"sku":"18762","price":6500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/RaymondMorettiPortraitofaPianist23710aa_ab4890d7-9784-4196-9c8a-0f817ea6ce8e.jpg?v=1739893411"},{"product_id":"18823-davis-bette-original-photograph-archive","title":"Davis, Bette. 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Designed by the groundbreaking American streetwear designer in collaboration with the important artists as part of their \u003ci style=\"\"\u003ePont Neuf Wrapped\u003c\/i\u003e project, Smith's design was worn as a uniform by the 300 professional workers who completed the wrapping of Paris's historical bridge on September 22, 1985. In fine condition.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv grid-col=\"x11\" grid-pad=\"2\" style=\"\"\u003eIn 1985 Christo and Jeanne-Claude finally succeeded in a ten-year campaign to wrap the Pont Neuf. If the pink T-shirts designed for the artists' 1983 Miami Biscayne Bay project were right for scrappy South Floridians, the workers engaging visitors on the oldest bridge in Paris needed something more elegant. Smith designed a loose-fitting sky-blue smock, riffing on the iconic \u003ci style=\"\"\u003ebleu de travail\u003c\/i\u003e French work jacket, with matching trousers, the blue outfits playing off the tawny champagne of the bridge’s ruched material. Oversized pockets, hung low, could accommodate fabric samples and informational brochures. Like all of Smith’s clothing, it was comfortable and adaptable, for wearing with rolled sleeves or hiked legs or unbuttoned with an undershirt. It was a professionalizing uniform that allowed for maximum individuality. Interviewed at the time, Smith said: “I’m also looking forward to seeing if people can really work in the clothes. I could eventually make some real workwear. . . . Everyone likes the style so much I may put it on the spring line. It may be a new way to develop our artist-in-clothing project.” At one point, Christo showed him an advertisement in a Paris newspaper for one of the uniforms. The price: $1,000. Smith laughed and said, “Oh! Now I’m haute couture!”\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv grid-col=\"x11\" grid-pad=\"2\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv grid-col=\"x11\" grid-pad=\"2\" style=\"\"\u003e“My whole theory about design is to try to solve some of these problems,” Smith once said. “To help people through clothing to solve the problem of getting dressed.”\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe concern wasn’t limited to celebrities on their way to galas. He had devoted himself from the start, in the early seventies, to finding solutions within the reach of almost anyone. One way was to make his designs available as patterns through services like Butterick and McCall’s, a practice that spanned his entire career. He valued people who sewed their own clothes at home, as members of his family had done in working-class Philadelphia. He explained: “To be able to go and buy the fabric. Already you have one exciting purchase—you bought beautiful fabric—and you get excited about that. You might take it home and may not even buy the pattern for two weeks later. Then you go and buy something else which you are equally excited about which is the pattern. And then the excitement of putting it together. It’s like a whole different way of dressing than buying clothes. (willismitharchive.com)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093780353183,"sku":"21384","price":5000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Screen_Shot_2022-05-11_at_1.44.09_PM.png?v=1722190309"},{"product_id":"21576-kauffmann-angelica-follower-of-18th-century-study-of-a-dancing-nymph","title":"[Kauffmann, Angelica. (1741–1807)] FOLLOWER OF 18th Century Study of a Dancing Nymph","description":"\u003cp\u003eMixed media on paper, ca. late 18th century, unsigned by a follower of Angelica Kauffmann. Sheet 4.75 x 6 inches; trimmed and mounted within frame to an overall size of 11 x 13 inches. In fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile also being in the vein of the Classical subject work of \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAngelica Kauffmannwork, the present drawing is also highly similar in line to some of the “primo pensiero” or “first thought” compositions by the important artist. The pose is comparable to her celebrated Nymph painting and indeed the particular stylistic features of the face here - the rendering of the nose in particular  - are in many respects identical to those found in such drawings as her \u003cem\u003eDeath of Sylvia’s Stag\u003c\/em\u003e (The Peck Collection, 2023.38) \u003cem\u003eStudy for Morning Amusement \u003c\/em\u003e(Sotheby's, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e31 mar 1999)\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Woman Reading, Leaning on a Lyre \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(Freeman Fine Arts, 14 jun 2016). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAngelica Kauffmann was born in Switzerland and was seen as a child prodigy. She soon specialised in history and portraits paintings while in Italy (especially Florence, Rome and Naples, Bologna, Parma and Venice) she was influenced by the nascent Neo-classical style. She became a member of the Roman Accademia di San Luca at the age of 23. She arrived in London in June 1766 and remained there for 15 years before moving back to Italy with her second husband the painter Antonio Zucchi (1726-1796). In London, she was a founder-member of the Royal Academy. All her life, she enjoyed international patronage such as the family of George III in Britain, Grand Duke Paul and Price Nikolay Yusupov in Russia, Queen Caroline of Naples and Emperor Joseph II of Austria among others. She died in Rome where her funeral was arranged by the Neo-classical sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093785923743,"sku":"21576","price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/KauffmannNymph21576c.jpg?v=1775838024"},{"product_id":"21680-pianists-backhaus-wilhelm-brailowsky-alexander-diemer-louis-joseph-grunfeld-alfred-herz-henri-jaell-alfred-kind-sylvia-kullak-theodor-181","title":"[Pianists] Backhaus, Wilhelm. (1884-1969) \u0026 Braïlowsky, Alexander. (1896-1976) \u0026 Diémer, Louis-Joseph. (1843-1919)  \u0026 Grünfeld, Alfred. (1852-1924) \u0026 Herz, Henri. (1803-1888) Jaell, Alfred. (1832-1882) \u0026  Kind, Sylvia.  (1907-2002) \u0026 Kullak, Theodor. (181","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn impressive collection of 40 ALS (including a few postcards) from a variety of illustrious European pianists of the 19th and 20th centuries, including:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilhelm Backhaus (1884-1969): \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTo unidentified \"Madame la Comtesse.\" In French. [Paris], rue de la Boëtie, April 16, 1913. 2 pp. Blue bifolium. Asks recipient to attend his concert on the same night and announces a visit to recipient in the next few days. 6 x 4.5 inches (15.5 x 11.3 cm).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAlexander Braïlowsky (1896-1976) (2): \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTwo ALS. In French.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. To unidentified male recipient—probably Henri Prunières (1886-1942), at the time editor of \u003ci\u003eLa Revue Musicale\u003c\/i\u003e and organizer of its concert series. Crozant, Creuse department, September 12, 1921.  2 pp. One leaf. \"How kind it is of you to do something for me regarding Mr. Otto Kahn. I am very appreciative, believe me. It can be that he is still on his way. I would be lucky if I could come to meet him during my stopover in Paris from September 22 to October 1, before I will go to London. – Regarding the concerts of \u003ci\u003eLa Revue Musicale\u003c\/i\u003e, I thank you for having given thought to me. I know the goal that is so artistic that you pursue it and would be truly proud an happy to contribute my part to your work. ... If you like, I would be satisfied to play Scriabin's Tenth Sonata (his last), which has never been performed in France as I believe, and Mussorgsky's \u003ci\u003ePictures from an Exhibition, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich are in my repertory and of which I will send you the details if you need them for your program.\" Otto Hermann Kahn (1867-1934), a German-born banker based in New York, was a major supporter of the arts, and of the Metropolitan Opera in particular. On Long Island he built Oheka Castle, named for himself. 10.5 x 8 inches (27 x 21 cm).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. To unidentified male recipient (Henri Prunières?). No place, no date. Post card with a black-and-white group photograph. Autograph text is in effect caption of photograph: \"Dear Friend, I count on you for restarting my publicity campaign for the next season. I am sure you will put all your attention to it. On this card, there are, in the front row, from left to right, sitting next to my wife, Professor [Gaetano] Fichera , a well-known Italian man of letters, and in the second row you will see your servant [Braïlowsky] between Joseph Schraml on the left and the tenor [Beniamino] Gigli [1890-1957] on the right. The person seated a bit higher and behind is Gigli's secretary, and the person to his right is my Brazilian concert manager—Viggiani.\" Gaetano Fichera (1880-1935) was a physician and pathologist. The identity of \"Joseph Schraml\" is unknown; no link to the Schrammel family in Vienna could be established. 5.5 x 3.5 inches (13.8 x 8.8 cm).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLouis-Joseph Diémer (1843-1919) (9):\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eOne ALS (4 pp.) and 8 postcards by the French pianist, on personalized stationery, 1891-1916 (one post card not dated). In French. Three cards (1914-16) addressed to \"Monsieur Vivier\"; one card to \"mon chèr Jemain.\" Other recipients identified by sex only. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAlfred Grünfeld (1852-1924):\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePostcard of the Austrian pianist and composer, to Dr. Hans Müller, identified as a \"famous writer\" in the address field (could be part of the original address or later addition in unknown hand). In German. Baden, near Vienna, September 14, 1922. The recipient is probably the writer and (later) film author Hans Müller (1882-1950), who called himself \"Hans Müller-Einigen\" from 1930.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eHenri Herz (1803-1888) (10):\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10 ALS from the pianist, composer and piano maker, born in Austria as Heinrich Herz and based in Paris for most of his life.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. To \"Mademoiselle Kreisler.\" In French. [Paris,] September 15, 1825. \"Before spending the evening with a German countess, I will be able to let her hear some lively novelties from her country. If you could thus lend me the waltzes that you mentioned yesterday, you would please me greatly. I can return them to your tomorrow morning.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. To \"Monsieur Janson, banquier à Paris.\" In French. Paris, October 7, 1828. Herz makes a payment of 1300 francs to the banker and promises 200 francs more.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. To a count (\"Monsieur le Comte\"). In French. Paris, May 11, 1856. Herz asks the recipient, who has supported him before, for a meeting to discuss a concert tour to Russia that has been proposed to him.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. To unidentified male (\"chèr ami\"). In French. Paris, January 4, 1860. Herz sends his best wishes, as his correspondent has fallen ill, and offers him a used piano.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. To Madame Benicas [?]. In French. Date \"Tuesday.\" Written in the third person: \"Mr. H. Herz will be at home between 3 and 4 o'clock and will have the opportunity of seeing Madame Benicas [?]. He has vividly regretted that he was not able to go and see these ladies, to whom he offers his affectionate compliments.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. To unknown male recipient. In French. Date: \"January 5.\" Seemingly ungrammatical: \"You know, my friend, how much I decision [?] of this award that had been sure for your for such a long time! Consequently, I am really happy to see that at last, on had felt that it was necessary.\" \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. To \"Monsieur Barrère\" [?]. In French. Date: \"15th, 2 o'clock.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8. To unidentified male recipient. In French. Date: \"January 22.\" Herz congratulates the recipient on his \"spirited article of Tuesday\" (venue of publication is not given).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9. To unidentified male recipient. In French. Date: \"Wednesday.\" Herz complains about ill-health, including a finger injury, that prevents him from playing the piano.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10. To \"Herr Köpfer [?].\" In German. Date: \"Saturday.\" \"Responding to your respected letter, I have the honor to notify you of the fact that your proposal is absolutely just and acceptable. It is only that my current circumstances do not allow me to make any major decisions—even less so as I am inclined to make a journey of three or four months. Therefore I ask you, my best Mr. Köpfer [?], to excuse me if I cannot fulfill your wish at this moment. Your very devout friend and servant Heinrich [!] Herz.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAlfred Jaell (1832-1882); 1 ALS (3 pp.) by the Austrian pianist to [Franz] Abt (1819-1885), German conductor and composer in Braunschweig. In German. \"I feel free to tell you that I have no obligations on December 18 and that I am looking forward to appear in the specified subscription concert. Regarding the selection, it will be best for the audience to get some variety so that also poor music can be heard if I perform two salon pieces as the second number. What is the situation with grand pianos like? If Rittmüller [! recte Ritmüller] provides one, I would like to get one with a light touch and bright sound. In any case, I will arrive in Braunschweig on the 17th, as I assume that the rehearsal takes place in the morning of the 18th. I remain with the kindest regards until then, Respectfully yours, Alfred Jaell. Until December 6: Scheible's Hotel, Berlin. After December 6: Poste restante, Hamburg. [Program for Braunschweig follows:] I. Romance and Rondo from Chopin's Concerto in E minor with orchestra. II. a) Elisabeth's Prayer from Wagner's \u003ci\u003eTannhäuser\u003c\/i\u003e b) English Song, [both] transcribed and played by Alfred Jaell.\" Ritmüller was a piano maker in Göttingen; today, a Chinese company owns the brand. 8 x 5.5 inches (21 x 13.6 cm).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSilvia Kind (1907-2002); 1 ALS (1 p.) by the Swiss pianist and harpsichordist to \"Herr Schneider,\" December 12, 1942. \"You know, I would like to play in Basel once. But I will not give a concert at my own risk, and the only one who could engage me, Paul Sacher with his comrades, does not do it.\" Upper 11.75 x 8.25 inches (29.5 x 21 cm).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTheodor Kullak (1818-1892) (5):\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFive ALS by the German pianist, composer, and educator. In German. Berlin, 1864-79. The chronologically last letter comes with an envelope identifying the recipient as \"Johannes Zschocher, Leipzig, Director of a musical institute\"; the other letters are probably addressed to him as well. Kullak was one of the three founders of the Stern'sches Konservatorium in Berlin (1850). Five years later he left and started his own school, the Neue Akademie Der Tonkunst, also in Berlin. In his heyday, he was the most esteemed piano teacher in Berlin. Johannes (or Johann) Zschocher (1821-1897) was a cellist and pianist, best known as a teacher. Various formats.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLeopold von Meyer (1816-1883) (5):\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFive ALS by the Austrian pianist and composer. One in German, to the Viennese pianist, composer, and publisher Carl Haslinger (1816-1868), dated Nice (France), November 7, 1861. The others in French, three of them to the Parisian critic Léon Escudier (1821-1881), one of them dated \"20 London\" and another \"14 Okt [?] Bruxelles.\" Fifth letter to unidentified recipient. Various formats.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEgon Petri (1881-1962) (2):\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTwo ALS by the notable German-born Dutch, later American pianist (who never lived in the Netherlands and did not speak Dutch properly) to Polish-born pianist Wiktor Łabunśki (1895-1974), who lived in the U.S. from 1928. In English. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. New York, January 26, 1934, on stationery of Hotel Great Northern, New York. Petri recollects his recent concert tour through the U.S. with stops in Baltimore, Gulfport, Mississippi, Washington, D.C., and New York. He regrets that he was not able to see Łabunśki, who at the time held a teaching position in Memphis, Tennessee. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Basel, Switzerland, November 13, 1957: \"Basel has turned out to be a grievous disappointment: barring one of my Californian students [Petri taught at Mills College in Oakland at the time] who followed me here, not a single pupil has registered for the 'Masterclass of 8' which had been promised [to] me. Even a very successful recital with touchingly warm welcome by the full house, lots of flowers, enthusiastic applause \u0026amp; even excellent reviews did not improve matters. Nor did 2 appearances with the Symphony Orchestra, where I had to substitute at moment's notice for Haskil (Clara) who had the 'flue [sic], playing the Mozart D minor with [Pierre] Monteux. ... I shall soon be back (by plane, I think—the Panama Canal route is partly very hot and, on the whole, boring, especially on account of the people on board)—I have an offer from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music which I have gladly accepted. It will be wonderful to be with Ulla [his wife] again \u0026amp; enjoy the California sunshine.\" He complains about feeling \"terribly lonely and depressed\" during his sojourn of three months in Basel, which has \"greatly changed—skyscrapers, horribly noisy traffic in its too narrow streets—there are still beautiful old parts, city gates—the Münster—the Rhine—the galleries—so the many miles I travelled were not entirely wasted.\" He gives his new residential address in Oakland, California. Frayed to head and foot.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eÉdouard Risler, 1873-1929 (3):\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThree ALS. In French.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. To unidentified male recipient. May 1, 1924. Risler provides recipient with requested biography.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. To unidentified male recipient (recipient's name added in pencil in an unknown hand, but only first name is legible—\"Julien\"). Paris, October 15 [no year]. Stationery of Hôtel Regina, Paris. The recipient has asked Risler for tickets for an upcoming concert. Risler responds that tickets are available from a certain Barron (or Barran?), who engaged Risler for the concert.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. To unidentified male recipient. [Paris,] 2 Place des Saussaies (letterhead; probably Risler's address). Risler regretfully declines recipient's request for a concert (or several?), referring to his tight schedule, and expresses his hope to arrange something with recipient in the future.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093789429919,"sku":"21680","price":1800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Pianists_of_the_19th_and_20th_centuries_Autograph_Letters_Signed_21680a.jpg?v=1722190390"},{"product_id":"21779-borodin-alexander-cui-cesar-liszt-franz-lyadov-alexander-rimsky-korsakov-nikolay-shcherbachev-nikolay-ochs-siegfried-paraphrases-24-variations-e","title":"Borodin, Alexander. (1833–1887) \u0026 Cui, César. (1835–1918) \u0026 Liszt, Franz. (1811–1886) \u0026 Lyadov, Alexander. (1855–1914) \u0026 Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay. (1844-1908) \u0026 Shcherbachev, Nikolay (1853-1922) [Ochs, Siegfried. (1858-1929)] \"Paraphrases\" 24 Variations e","description":"\u003cp\u003eSecond, augmented edition of this unique, collaborative collection of musical jokes underlying the obbligato \"chopsticks\" theme and \"dedicated to the little pianists who are able to execute the theme with one finger of each hand.\" Folio. 13.25 x 10.5 inches (34 x 27 cm). 47 pp. Double PN: \"666\" for sale as a cycle and smaller number from 667 to 683 for sales of individual pieces. Liszt's contribution appears in facsimile on p. 11, with PN 666 only. Gray decorative wrappers in typical Belaieff style. Publisher's catalogue to verso of upper wrapper, both sides of lower wrapper, and final page; it includes works up to 1907 (Nikolay Tcherepnin, \u003ci\u003eLe Pavilion d'Armide\u003c\/i\u003e), allowing to date this issue. Inscription to head of title page in German, \"Lou Heidenheimer for three-handed exercise. Siegfried Ochs.\" Lower right corner bumped and stained; else in fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFranz Liszt enthusiastically welcomed the first edition of the \u003ci\u003eParaphrases\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1879, and wrote a short untitled prelude to Borodin's Polka (the first of the 15 pieces after the initial variations), which was included in the present, second edition along with Borodin's Mazurka (also known from his \u003ci\u003ePetite Suite\u003c\/i\u003e of 1885 but without the \"chopsticks\" theme) and Shcherbachev's \u003ci\u003eBigarrues\u003c\/i\u003e. Borodin, Cui and Rimsky-Korsakov were members of the group of \"The Five\" or \"Mighty Handful\" (in Russian, \"kuchka\"), who excelled in finding ever new, bold harmonizations of simple themes; in this respect, the \u003ci\u003eParaphrases\u003c\/i\u003e are exemplary. Lyadov was a student of Rimsky-Korsakov and later his colleague at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Nikolay Shcherbachev was loosely associated with the Kuchka but never considered its member. The date and place of his death were established only fairly recently; the 1980 edition of \u003ci\u003eNew Grove\u003c\/i\u003e still speculated about his end.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSiegfried Ochs (1858-1929) was a German conductor (mostly, choral) and composer. It is easy to understand why he championed the \u003ci\u003eParaphrases\u003c\/i\u003e. The best known of his own works, the orchestral variations on the German (or Austrian) folksong \"S'kommt ein Vogel geflogen\" in the styles of various composers from J.S. 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