Autograph musical quotation from the important Polish composer and conductor, who has penned the first note of the solo cello part from his Cello Concerto (1970), a D marked "p indifferente." He has signed below and dated Köln, March 22, 1991. In very fine condition. 8 x 5.5 inches (20.6 x 14.3 cm).

"The opening music for the cello is not only unaccompanied but suggests the uncomposed, un-self-conscious actions and motions of someone who believes himself to be unobserved. The cello begins with a dry ticking on a single note, D: piano indifferente is the direction. Various figures emerge from this: trills, little scurries, wails, some resolute gestures (like someone rehearsing a speech to be made to the boss later), but always the music keeps coming back to that indifferente D." (Michael Steinberg, The Concerto: A Listener's Guide, p. 250.)