New York: Seminary Music Co.. 1908. First edition. Folio. 5 pp. Frayed at edges, soiled. Rare first edition of this rag based on the format of Joplin's first big hit, Maple Leaf Rag.
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Pair of interesting autograph letters from the English music critic and librettist best remembered for his support of Strauss and for his translations of Strauss's operas. 3 pp. August 8th, ca. 1910. To Horne, regarding Elgar, Rider Haggard, Pollock, Hitchens etc.; 3 pp. [no date]. To Horne, regarding Stanford, Parry, Tosti, Monckton, Meredith, Hitchens, A.P. Graves etc. Both very fine.
Signed photograph of the great pianist whose flourishing career was cut tragically short by a plane crash on the way back from Australia. Copland wrote of him: “ I cannot conceive of his ever having given a dull performance – an erratic one, perhaps, a misguided or stylistically incongruous one maybe, but invariably one that was electric and alive.” Read More...
Original 8 x 10 inch photograph of the young Berstein with the great pianist whose flourishing career was cut tragically short by a plane crash on the way back from Australia. Newspaper caption affixed to verso states that the musicians are "going over the score to Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto, which Kapell will play with the Philharmonic under Bernstein tonight at the Stadium. Bernstein returned Saturday from a European conducting tour." Light creases, bumps to corners, else fine.
Original 1965 photograph of the American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African American civil rights movement, shown together with entertainers Harry Belafonte and Sammy Davis Jr. at a Times Square benefit show, "Broadway Answers Selma." 9 x 7 inches. Very fine.
Doubleweight photograph of the beloved American violinist and composer of Austrian birth who was one of the most important musicians of the last century. Approx. 4.5 x 6.5 inches, boldly signed in black ink. In fine condition, with light silvering.
Signed 1932 London Symphony Orchestra program from a performance by the beloved American violinist and composer of Austrian birth who was one of the most important musicians of the last century. Also signed by conductor Thomas Beecham, both signatures on the front cover and in fine condition.
150. Leo, Leonardo. (1694 - 1744). Solfeggi per il Soprano. Del Sigre. Leonardo Leo. Maestro Napolitano - 18th C. Manuscript
"In Italy there is a collection of lessons for sol-fa-ing, called 'Solfeggi.' This collection, composed by the celebrated Leo for the use of beginners, is highly esteemed." - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, in his Dictionnaire of 1768. Read More...
A spectacular and boldly signed original black ink portrait of the great pianist. Signed by the artist Maurice Block within the image and inscribed to him by Lhevinne: "To E. Maurice Block with Compliments / Josef Lhevinne / New Gardens, NY Nov 28 '40." In very fine condition and one of the rarest of all pianist autographs. 14.5 x 22.5 cm. Read More...
Autograph signatures of the great pianists together on a single sheet, obtained in Havana, Cuba in 1926. Tother with an original 1939 8 x 10 inch doubleweight photograph, showing them together at the keyboard. Read More...
New York: The John Church Company. 1915. First edition. Program and piano-vocal score. 92 pp. Folio, publisher's cloth-backed grey stiff cardboard paper wraps, decorated boards. 12" x 9". The orange decorated cover is clean and bright, both front and back boards with a few cracks/tears repaired with tape from the verso and light stains around the edges, the orange cloth backing is bright and intact. Bruccoli A4. Read More...
Original bookplate from the American poet and four-time Pulitzer Prize winner whose work was characterized by homey language and easy verse forms, mainly concerning life in rural New England. Read More...
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A fabulous signed item from the celebrated American poet of the "Beat Generation", author of "Howl" and "Kaddish". An ink drawing of a man's head executed on a 10" x 8" sheet, inscribed at top: "Dreams are made of ink & air", signed at bottom left. Light wear, a small fold tear or two, very good.
Original Elliot & Fry CDV portrait photograph of the influential English art critic, social thinker, poet and artist. 6.5 x 10.5 cm, corners clipped, stamps and notations on verso, else fine.
An important early letter and biographical questionnaire from the American travel writer and novelist, whose many works include The Great Railway Bazaar (1975) and The Mosquito Coast (1981) which was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize and made into a feature film. Read More...
Attractive original wooden block for a woodcut portrait of the influential modernist Peruvian poet. 15-1/2 x 11 inches; light wear. Undated. Titled and signed by the artist in pencil on the right edge. Read More...
Vienna, Leipzig: Universal Edition. [1910]. First edition. Achte Symphonie. Klavierauszug mit Text nach der Partitur bearbeitet von J. V. v. Wöss. 211pp. fiolio, PN 2660. Fine copy in original blue cloth with a faux leather spine. A desirable early issue without the later added dedication to Alma Mahler. It is the first printed form of this mighty masterpiece, which was not published in full orchestral score until 1912. This fine copy is sold together here with a very rare original 4-page program from the first performance in Munich on 12 September 1910, conducted by the composer himself. Read More...
Large original photograph, boldly signed and inscribed on the mount by the German baritone with a quotation from Schubert and dated April 1909. 10.5 x 13 inches and in very fine condition. Read More...