An AMQS of the open cello strings from the influential Spanish cellist and composer, the leading student of Casals who also studied with Ravel and de Falla. He was one of the last great composer-performers and many of his idiomatic works for cello continue to be performed today. Read More...
Signed concert pass from the last of the great castrati, who created roles in operas by Niccolini ("Coriolano" opposite Colbran), Rossini ("Aureliano Egitto") & Meyerbeer ("Il Crociato in Egitto" opposite Malibran). As he was active in presenting operas and recitals in London, the present pass to one of his performances is inscribed in English "New Argyll Rooms/Benefit Concert/Monday Morning 26th May 1828/Admit One" and signed "G.B. Velluti." 2-1/2" x 4-1/2" in fine condition. Rare.
Fine uncoloured stipple-engraving of the historic soprano who ruled the stages of Europe with her nearly three octaves in range. The portrait engraved by Anthony Cardon after Clara Maria Pope (1750-1838), published by C. M. Pope and Colnaghi, initialled by the artist in ink to lower left corner, 47.5 x 33.5cm (18.75 x 13.25ins) mount aperture, period-style black and gilt frame, glazed.
Signed Cautin & Berger cabinet photograph, inscribed with a three-measure quotation from the opera "Louise," boldly signed and dated "Wien 24 Mars 1903 / (1iere de Lousie)" by the composer on the image. Mounting remnants along the upper edge, else fine. 11 x 17 cm. Read More...
Set of signatures from one of the most celebrated ensembles of the early 20th century. A page measuring 13.5 x 20.5 cm, boldly signed in 1925 by each of the three brothers - violinist Leo, pianist Jan and cellist Mischel Cherniavsky.
Typed letter signed (“Geo M Cohan”), 1 page (11 x 8.37 in.; 279 x 213 mm.), New York, 27 April 1906, to The Victor Talking Machine Co.; browning, marginal chipping, splitting along vertical folds, some soiling on left margin, some modern pencil marks. Read More...
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An original albumen photograph, a highly amusing vintage postcard portrait, and two clipped printed portraits of the marvelous German pianist/composer who was one of Liszt's last pupils. Together with an autograph signature on a card measuring 10 x 9 cm. All in fine condition.
AMQS from the Scotch-born German pianist/composer who was one of Liszt's last pupils. He has penned 3 bars from his opera "Tiefland" , signed, and dated "Lugano. May 192(?)." On his embossed letterhead, 20 x 20 cm. Fine. Together with a postcard photograph.
Original 1920 program for the "Orchestra Arturo Toscanini", signed and inscribed "All'amico mio Lualdi" and dated "Fiume d'Italia / 30-11-1920" by Toscanini at the head of the front cover which bears two vibrant futurist-style woodcuts printed in red ink. 4 pp., each with an additional woodcut printed by Grafiche Zanetti, Venezia. Central horizontal and vertical folds, small nicks, stains and tears to the edges including one touching the first line of the inscription, else fine. Read More...
A fine signed sepia Henri Manuel photograph of the great French musician - organist, timpanist, chorus master, conductor, author and teacher! Inscribed to the noted French doctor and thanatologist. Slightly trimmed to 8 x 12 cm, overall fine. An excellent example with an interesting association.
Original 1938 sepia photograph of the great dancer, from the knees down! Stamped by the photographer Ernest A. Bachrach on the verso, with additional stamps and markings. 8 x 10 inches, small creases around the edges but overall fine.
Signed 5.5 x 7 inch halftone photograph of the Russian born American ballet dancer and choreographer. Mounted to rigid backing, else fine.
An early associate of Anna Pavlova, he later was a major figure in Diaghilev's Ballet Russes. An injury sustained during a US tour lead him to leave the company and remain in the US, where he went on to organize "Ballet Intime" and collaborate with the New York Metropolitan Opera.
Original 10 x 8 inch doubleweight photograph by Martha Swope, official photographer of New York City Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, and Dance Theatre of Harlem whose portraits have become iconic images of 20th-century dance. Read More...
Organisé par Serge Lifar, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan, 28 juin 1939, dans le cadre des Ballets Russes de Diaghilev. An incomplete copy, including the Introduction by Serge Lifar, the program listings, drawings by Jean Cocteau and 4 pages of inset photographs of Nijinsky and Karsavina, but lacking the photogravure pages and the inset images apart from those numbered 14-32. Aluminized paper cover with an image of Nijinsky in Spectre de la Rose, original pink ribbon tie. 27 cm x 21 cm. From the collection of dancer/choreographer Serge Lifar, his ownership stamp on inside cover. Scattered scratches to the wrappers, some creased end silk pages within, minor discoloration on some pages along the inner gutter from contact with the colored ribbon.
Signed photograph ("Claude Debussy") of the important French composer whose colorful, evocative works, particularly those for keyboard and for orchestra, exemplified the ‘impressionist’ style, and whose innovative use of harmonic and instrumental resources was a seminal influence on the emerging language of twentieth-century music. Read More...
Excised titlepage from the composer's "Quinze Mélodies et Deux choeurs pour voix de femmes (Paris, G. Hartmann), with a presentation card offering the work to fellow composer Jules Massenet: "Exemplaire Offert A [printed] Mon confrere et ami / J. Massenet / Léo Delibes," the signature extending from the card onto the titlepage. Scattered foxing, overall fine. 18 x 28 cm.
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A profile portrait sketch of the composer Frederick Delius, believed to be taken from life, by the cellist Francis Peracchio, c.1929, pencil on verso of a London hotel restaurant menu, captioned Delius but unsigned, pin hole to upper edge, 26.5 x 21cm (10.5 x 8.25ins). Read More...
Lithograph portrait of the composer of more than 70 operas. By Charles Alphonse Deblois (b. 1822), handcolored and nicely set in a painted mat, c. 1848. 9.5 x 12.5 cm.
A superb and visually striking 11 x 8.5 inch colorful Union Jack page, signed boldly by the beloved English composer and also by violinist, Yehudi Menuhin. The signature of Elgar was obtained by a Westminster chorister at an Empire Day Rally in Hyde Park, London and the encounter is described (including how he had to shake Elgar to wake him out of his sleep so the page could be signed!) in an accompanying letter. The signature of Yehudi Menuhin was obtained some years later during the 1960s, the connection being that the 16-year-old Menuhin was the first to record the Elgar Violin Concerto, with the composer conducting. Some chips and stains and support/mounting remnants on the verso but overall very presentable.
The composer has penned two measures marked as "King Olaf / Sheffield 1899" and has signed below "Edward Elgar." The page is inscribed below by the conductor August Manns, who adds the quotation "Wo man singt, da lass dich nieder, denn böse Menschen kennen keine Lieder" ["Where there's singing, you can settle down. Bad people don't sing songs"] and writes "In rememberance of the Sheffield Festival 1899" above his signature. Approx. 14 x 19 cm, in fine condition. Read More...