Original portrait photograph, c. 1940, by Emerich Kastan. On the verso, in addition to numerous later stamps, is Bernstein's personal blue ownership stamp. The young conductor used this stamp through his early career, including while at Harvard, to mark the books in his library and to identify publicity photographs which at this early stage, he was probably distributing himself! 8 x 10 inches, very unusual.
New York: Paramount-Roy Rogers Music Co. . 1955. Signed letter and music score by Dale Evans, the wife of Roy Rogers, the famous Cowboy Western star, a great Country Western singer, and a religious performer, who has signed original sheet music for her immortal and beloved hit "The Bible Tells Me So" along with a letter dated 1956 sending the score to a collector, Lionel Aucoin who assembled the most comprehensive collection of signed musical autographs in American history. We have not seen another example of this famous song signed by Evans. Read More...
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23. Billings, William. (1746 - 1800) [Revere, Paul. (1735 - 1818)]. The New-England psalm-singer: or, American chorister. Containing a number of psalm-tunes, anthems and canons. In four and five parts. (Never before published.) Composed by --, A Native of Boston, In New England. [...] - WITH CONTEMPORARY MANUSCRIPT
Boston: New-England: Printed by Edes and Gill. And to be sold by them at their printing-office in Queen-Street; by Deacon Elliot, under Liberty-tree; by Josiah Flagg in Fish-Street; by Gillam Bass, the corner of Ann-Street, and by the author.. [Advertised in the Boston gazette, Dec. 10, 1770]. First edition. Rare first edition of the first work by Billings and the first collection of music ever published of music entirely by an American. It includes music engraved by Paul Revere and miscellaneous poems and hymns by Mather Byles (1707 - 1788) and George Whitefield (1714 - 1770). Intermixed engraved and letterpress pages, paged continuously. Reference: Cf. Brigham, C.S. Paul Revere's engravings, 1954, p. 65-70; 13 13 x 23 cm. Sabin 5417, Evans 11572. Read More...
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Large Dec. 2, 1973 program, signed by Eubie Blake, Bill Bolcom, Kay Swift, Robert Kimball, Joan Morris and Edith Wilson. Blake and Bolcom announced their program of rags from the stage.
Paris: Maurel. 1882. First edition. 5 songs for voice and piano, poetry by Paul Collin. 25 pp. [PN] 1837. Signed and inscribed in the composer's diminutive hand on the front cover, upper right corner. Restored and archivally bound in simple gray boards. Fine. Read More...
3 integral pages. 4 stanzas, signed "Arrigo Boito" at the conclusion and identified "Ero e Leandro / Atto I. scena 4a. " On the facing page, Boito has dedicated the aria to "la gentile Signorina Elena Barbaroux," and has initialled and dated "Milano 31. Marzo. 87." Usual folds, mounting traces to verso, else fine. Read More...
Very rare original lifetime portrait of the important composer, conductor, and violinist in the Paris musical scene in the second half of the 18th century. Prior to the revolution in France, he was also famous as a swordsman and equestrian. Known as the "black Mozart" he was one of the earliest musicians of the European classical type known to have African ancestry. Read More...
Boldly penned AMQS from the noted English composer, organist and writer on music. Bridge has penned 2 measures from his setting of Tennyson's 'Crossing the Bar,' a work he wrote for and performed at Tennyson's 1892 Westminster Abbey funeral, where Bridge was Abbey organist. On an album page, below 2 original mounted photographs. In very fine condition, from an album compiled by Julia Wilmotte Henshaw (1869 - 1937), English-Canadian botanist and journalist. 25 x 33 cm.
Original program flyer from the first concert performance of Britten's "Interludes and Dances from 'Peter Grimes,'" conducted by the composer at the Cheltenham Music Festival, 1945. Folds, overall fine. 20 x 16 cm.
London: Boosey and Hawkes; Winthrop Rogers Edition. 1943. 29 pp. [PN] H. 15498. Illustrated wrappers. Boldy signed by the composer on the title page, "With Best Wishes, Benjamin Britten." In very fine condition, with no performance markings. Read More...
Remarkable original 1946 photograph of the American composer/conductor, shown at Tanglewood with Koussevitzky and tenor, William Horne - all inspecting the score of Britten's "Peter Grimes," shortly before its U.S. premiere there, conducted by Bernstein and with Horne in the title role. Stamps and newspaper clipping on verso, trimmed to 7.6 x 8 inches and in fine condition.
Striking 8 x 10 inch signed glossy photograph of the powerful Canadian tenor in perhaps his greatest role. Boldly signed in black sharpie ink, nicely matted and set in a silver wood frame, overall 12.5 x 15 inches.
Original vintage 8 x 10 inch press photograph of the composer in a pensive pose. Stamped by the photographer Berko of Aspen, CO on the verso and with a clipping describing Britten's speech in Aspen when he received the first annual Aspen Award.
Unusual 1958 invitation to a private Lancing College Choral Society performance of Britten's "Saint Nicolas" Cantata, signed boldly in ink by the composer and by the celebrated English tenor who sang in the performance. 12.5 x 10 cm. Slightly creased, small tape remnant at left edge, else fine.
Original photograph by A. Konov of Moscow of the great Slava in friendly discussion with Benjamin Britten and Dmitri Kabalevsky, both of whom wrote celebrated works for him to premiere. Dated March, 1964. 18 x 19 cm and in very fine condition.
Vintage photograph of the very young Menuhin with his teacher Adolf Busch ca. 1930, signed and inscribed in blue ink "with greetings to Carl...Yehudi Menuhin." Approx. 3 x 5 inches, small tape stain/abrasion lower left, mounting traces on verso, writing a couple of shades light, else fine.
Original snapshot photograph of the legendary violin and piano duo, signed on the verso by the photographer, Sydney J. Loeb, and dated March 28th, 1935. Apparently an unpublished image. 8 x 11 cm.
Attractive vintage doubleweight Sudak of Buenos Aires photograph of the great conductor, boldly signed and inscribed in white ink in Spanish and dated 1935. 24 x 18 cm, some surface creasing along the left side and upper left corner, otherwise fine.
Busch left Germany in 1933 in protest of the Nazis and refusing to take his friend Toscanini's place at Bayreuth. Beginning in Buenos Aires, he was a frequent conductor in Latin America.
Original photograph of the influential American composer. 8 x 10 inches, stamped on the verso by the photographer, Rex Rystedt and with affixed obituary clippings on verso.
40. Cage, John. (1912–1992). "Solo with obbligato accompaniment of two voices in canon, and six short inventions on the subjects of the solo" - Holograph Printed Score
Edition Peters by Henmar Press. 1963 [ca.1977]. Score reproduced from the holograph. "For any three or more instruments encompassing the range: G below middle C to G one and one half octaves above middle C." 16 pp. 34 cm. On the title page of the score is written: "Carmel, March 7, 1934"; At the end: "April 5, 1934". Ownership stamp on front wrapper, fine throughout. Read More...