[Pianists and Violinists] [Opera & Theatre] Sauer, Emil von. (1862–1942) & Paderewski, Ignace Jan. (1860–1941) & Menter, Sophie. (1846–1918) & Stojowski, Zygmunt. (1870–1946) & Gabrilowitsch, Ossip. (1878–1936) & Rosenthal, Moriz. (1862–1946) & Janotha, Natalia. (1856–1932) & Sarasate, Pablo de. (1844–1908) & Joachim, Joseph. (1831–1907) & Hambourg, Mark. (1879–1960)
Album of Concert Programs, 1890's London
A remarkable album of over 90 original concert programs, clippings, tickets and flyers chronicling musical performances in 1890's Brighton, London, and Germany, with a predominance of important pianists and violinists represented, as well as opera and theatre programs, and a ticket to the Wagner Nights. Highlights of the performers represented include Emil Sauer, Ignace Paderewski, Pablo de Sarasate, Joseph Joachim, Nellie Melba, Adelina Patti, Emma Albani, and Henry Irving. Many of the programs with notes from the collector; the album is signed by the collector, Sybil Mary Curtis, on the front pastedown, and dated January 3, 1896. Heavy wear to the binding, with spine and boards largely detached; toning. Most programs laid down to the pages, with some loosely laid in. Most programs in fine condition and overall very good. 8.5 x 11 inches (22.2 x 28 cm).The programs included record performances by: Ignace Jan Paderewski (December 10, 1892, April 9, [1897], May 26, 1891, October 31, 1891, October 21, 1893, December 16, 1893); Sigismund Stojowski (March 10, 1894); Sophie Menter (June 2, 1894); Pablo de Sarasate and Berthe Marx (November 12, 1892); organist W. A. Macduff (recital in memoriam Charles Gounod, October 26, 1893); Adelina Patti, Liza Lehmann, Marianne Eissler and others (December 3, [1892]); Mark Hambourg (February 22, 1898, and January 28, February 4, and February 25, 1896); Adelina Patti, Wilma Neruda, and others (November 22, 1888); Emma Albani and others (November 14, 1890); Emil von Sauer (March 13, 1895); Marianne and Clara Eissler (May 11, 1895); Liza Lehmann (replacing Emma Albani), Ben Davies, Marianne Eissler, and others (November 24, 1893); Ossip Gabrilowitsch (June 8–9, 1897); Moriz Rosenthal (December 9, 1895, July 3, 1895); Vladimir de Pachmann (May 14, 1898); Teresa Carreño (May 23, 1898); the Kneisel Quartet (June–July 1896); Josef Hofmann, Arthur Nikisch, and Ignace Paderewski (clippings from a printed concert listing, 1895); Willy Burmester (May 22, 1895); Natalia Janotha (June 5, 1894); Wassily Sapellnikoff (April 14, [1896]); Fanny Davies and George Henschel (assisting violinist Eldina Bligh, May 28, 1896); Henry Irving (in King Arthur, June 1, 1895, and Becket, July 2, 1895)); Alexander Siloti (December 16, 1895); Isolde Menges (November 18, 1892); Joseph Joachim (clipping from a German program, Hannover, 1894); Nellie Melba (November 17, 1892); Eugen D'Albert (November 7 and 24, 1896); Felix Mottl, Hermann Levi, and Siegfried Wagner (ticket to open rehearsals in April–July, 1895). (18037)
Archive Program, unsigned Classical Music Opera Theater