Paderewski, Ignace Jan. (1860-1941) [Krehbiel, Henry Edward. (1854-1923)]
Signed Booklet of Program Notes from 1899-1900 American Tour
Signed booklet of "Analytical Notes" on the great Polish pianist's recital program for his 1899-1900 American tour. He has penned a sentiment and a bold signature along the left side of the booklet. The notes, by H. E. Krehbiel, give historical and musicological background to works by Schumann, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Paderewski, Strauss-Tausig, and Liszt. Below his signature, another autograph from an A. B. McCloskey - possibly Alberta Binford McCloskey, an American artist known for her still lives who would have been living in San Francisco at the time. Slight creasing and wear to the edges; otherwise in fine condition. 15 x 24 cm.The 1899-1900 tour was the fourth of Paderewski's wildly successful tours of the United States, where he charmed audience after audience with his "electric" performances, and endorsed Steinway & Sons pianos.
" "There are many persons who shun piano recitals as intolerable bores," wrote Henry Finck, music critic for the New York Evening Post, "but who never miss a Paderewski concert because when he plays, Bach and Beethoven are no longer riddles to them but sources of pleasure." ...Crowds gathered at railroad crossings for a glimpse as he passed. He, in turn, was fascinated by his American audiences, who greeted him as "Paderooski" instead of "Paderevski." In Kansas City, he marveled as several hundred Texans arrived, all clutching volumes of music. "They crowded the hotels," he recalled later, "they gathered in clusters at the street corners, and they stood in line in front of the box office — all with their music in hand." "(David Taylor, Smithsonian Magazine, March 1999) (12887)
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