Original Royal Albert Hall 1972 concert program, featuring simultaneous performances of "Rainforest" (Tudor) and "Mureau" (Cage), followed by "Untitled" (Tudor) and "Mesostics, Re Merce Cunningham (Cage). The printed program features a transcript of a 1966 BBC interview with Cage and includes a taped-in ticket from the performance and 2 related newspaper clippings.
Original concert programme for the 1953 Coronation Season at Covent Garden, together with the insert from the historic June 15th "Norma" performance, featuring Callas and Sutherland. Programme in good condition, insert slightly creased around edges with 2 very small tears.
Stunning original Luxardo photograph, signed in thick black ink by Callas in 1973. A rare large print of this famous image. 18 x 24 cm and in very fine condition.
Signed original Piccagliani photograph of Callas in the 1961 La Scala production of Medea. Signed and inscribed and dated 1962 in the lower blank margin. Upper edge a little rough, the inscription a shade light, but otherwise fine. 20 x 14 cm.
A fine group of items from the great soprano, most famous for her portrayal of this role. Includes an autograph signature, a Met Carmen program clipping, and an original photograph as Carmen, 17 x 23.5 cm. Read More...
Original 11 x 14 inch Dupont photograph of the great French soprano shown seated with her dog, boldly signed and inscribed in red ink in 1902 across the image and mount to her English teacher: "A ma bonne chere amie Ida Esquerré / mon gentil Professeur d'Anglais qui m'a appris a lui dire: I love you. / Emma Calvé 1902." [To my good dear friend...my kind Professor of English who taught me to say: I love you..."]
Original self-portrait caricature of the great tenor, on an album page boldly signed and inscribed "Enrico Caruso / London 1907" and dating from his triumphant return to Covent Garden. 13.5 x 19 cm. Uniform overall toning, otherwise fine. From the historic Stuart-Liff Collection. Read More...
Fine signed photograph from the great Spanish composer, conductor, and cellist, one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, also well known as a humanitarian. An original doubleweight photograph by P. Ribas, measuring 24 x 18 cm, signed and inscribed in 1954 by Casals to the French publisher, André Sabatier. In very fine condition, an ideal example.
Single sheet double-sided 1915 program for a joint recital by the great cellist and pianist on February 21, 1915 at Orchestra Hall in Chicago, IL. They performed Beethoven and Brahms sonatas together, with Bauer performing Schumann's "Carnaval" alone and Casals performing the Bach C Major Solo Suite. Front of program features images of both performers, with a full program listing on the verso. A little wrinkled and creased, small tear at right edge, else fine.
Vintage trifold English Hippodrome program "Souvenir of the Farewell Appearance of Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Castle prior to the departrure of Mr. Castle to join the Aviation Corps of the English Army" (June 23, 1916), including a tipped in photograph with facsimile signatures (as issued), and sold together with two original photographs of the popular ballroom dancers credited with invigorating the popularity of modern dancing. Also, with an autograph signature of Irene Castle. Signature on a small page, 10 x 6 cm. Photographs, both from 1913, measure 6.25 x 9 inches and 8 x 10 inches. A few tears or creases around the edges, else fine. Read More...
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Original CDV portrait of the great pianist-composer. The 1849 lithography by Maksymilian Fajans after the 1847 painting by Ary Scheffer, issued here by Carl Krause, Berlin ca. 1860. In fine condition. 6 x 10 cm.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Hartel. [1847]. First Edition, later issue. Folio, orig. printed self-wrappers. Lithograph title, engraved throughout. [PN] 7715. Title; 2-3 blank; 4-7. Paper repair to spine, overall very good. Platzman p. 200. Ca. 1858 issue of the celebrated "Minute Waltz."
Fine, large high-relief bronze medallic portrait of the composer in profile, turned to the left, with Chopin’s name in capitals around the circumference. Originally cast in 1837, this is a later impression, with an added loop affixed to the upper edge and lacking the incised signature of the artist. 104 mm in diameter, 246 gr. (8.68 oz.). In very fine condition. Idsikowski & Sydow "Le Portraits de Fryderyk Chopin", 1953, plate 8 and page xvii; Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina, Warsaw [M/96]. Read More...
Original portrait by Nadar of the Eminent French author, born Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, better known by the masculine pen name she adopted early in her career. An early feminist, she also earned a footnote in musical history as the longtime romantic companion of pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin. Upper corners clipped, otherwise very good. 6.5 x 10.5 cm.
A halftone photograph mounted on thick stock, 9 x 11.5 cm, signed in blue ink by the famous English pianist and women's activist. A lovely image and an uncommon signature.
Cohen was the dedicatee of many important works by Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Ireland, Bloch, Bax and Bartok, who dedicated the last six pieces in Mikrokosmos to her.
Exceedingly rare signed photograph of the saxophonist, band leader, and composer whose brilliant improvisatory skills and experimental spirit made him one of the most influential and highly regarded musicians in the history of jazz. After playing tenor and soprano sax with Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and Thelonious Monk, he led his own groups and made such classic recordings as “Giant Steps,” “My Favorite Things,” and “A Love Supreme.” He died of liver cancer in 1967 at the age of 41. Read More...
Original 1930s program from a performance of Adolph Bolm's ballet, "The Spirit of the Factory" known also as Ballet mécanique (not to be confused with the 1924 composition by George Antheil), Mechanical Ballet, and The Iron Foundry. The most well-known work by Soviet composer Alexander Mosolov and a prime example of Soviet futurist music, it was composed between 1926 and 1927 as the first movement of the ballet suite Stal ("Steel"). Bolm's ballet was premiered at the Hollywood Bowl in 1931, the present performance having occured soon thereafter. Read More...