[Conductors] Beecham, Sir Thomas. (1879–1961) & Bodanzky, Artur. (1877–1939) & Cameron, Basil. (1884–1975) & Coates, Albert. (1882–1953) & Dobrowen, Issay. (1891–1953) & Damrosch, Walter. (1862–1950) & Goossens, Eugene. (1893–1962) & Hadley, Henry. (1871–1937) & Hasselmans, Louis. (1878–1957) & Hertz, Alfred. (1872–1942) & Kleiber, Erich. (1890–1956) & Klemperer, Otto. (1885–1973) & Krauss, Clemens. (1893–1954) & Krueger, Karl. (1894–1979) & Ormandy, Eugene. (1899–1985) & Reiner, Fritz. (1888-1963) & Rodzinski, Artur. (1892–1958) & Ronald, Landon. (1873–1938) & Sokoloff, Nikolai. (1886–1965) & Stock, Frederick A. (1872–1942) & Stoessel, Albert. (1894–1943) & Stransky, Josef. (1872–1936) & Toscanini, Arturo. (1867–1957) & van Hoogstraten, Willem. (1884–1965) & Verbrugghen, Henri. (1873 - 1934) & Walter, Bruno. (1876–1962) & Weingartner, Felix. (1863–1942)
Autograph Collection
Impressive collection of autograph signatures from many of the greatest conductors of the first half of the twentieth century, including such luminaries as Sir Thomas Beecham, Bruno Walter, Otto Klemperer, Erich Kleiber, Clemens Krauss, Eugene Ormandy, Fritz Reiner and Arturo Toscanini, lovingly arranged and mounted on photo album paper along with half-tone images clipped from magazines and newspapers. Fine condition. Pages measure 9.75 x 11.5 inches (24.8 x 29.2 cm.), signatures are on various approx. 3.25 x 2.25 inch (8.2 x 5.7 cm.) cards, without inscription or date unless otherwise noted. As follows:Sir Thomas Beecham; Artur Bodanzky, dated "Dec. 1933" and including original envelope; Basil Cameron; Albert Coates; Issay Dobrowen, "New York/ 13 December 32"; Walter Damrosch; Eugene Goossens, inscribed "Yours truly/ Eugene Goossens/ Cincinnati/ Oct. 1931"; Henry Hadley; Louis Hasselmans, "New York Jan. 1934"; Alfred Hertz, "San Francisco Calif./ April 12th 1932"; Erich Kleiber, "N.Y. 1931"; Otto Klemperer, "1933/ Los Angeles"; Clemens Krauss, including original mailing envelope with an Austrian stamp; Karl Krueger; Eugene Ormandy, "Minneapolis, Nov. 19. 1931."; Fritz Reiner; Artur Rodzinski; Sir Landon Ronald, "July 1932"; "Nikolai Sokoloff; Frederick A. Stock, "Chicago (Ill) August 24th/ 1931."; Albert Stoessel; Josef Stransky; Arturo Toscanini, "New York 8-12-1931"; Willem van Hoogstraten; Henri Verbrugghen, "Minneapolis"; Bruno Walter, who adds a treble clef below his name; and Felix Weingartner, along with Weingartner's mailing envelope and three Yugoslavian postage stamps. (18702)
Signed Document/Item Classical Music Unsigned Photograph