{"product_id":"13758-szigeti-joseph-interesting-signed-photograph-with-two-autograph-inscriptions","title":"Szigeti, Joseph. (1892–1973) Interesting Signed Photograph with Two Autograph Inscriptions","description":"\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eAn especially interesting signed photograph of the great Hungarian-born American violinist.  Image size 138 x 90 mm.; overall size 230 x 150 mm. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eWith autograph inscriptions in black ink, in Hungarian, one to lower margin of photograph: \"To Dr. Lipót Sebestyén in remembrance of our seeing each other again (1909-1928!)\" and the other to lower margin of mount: \"To András Sebestyén in remembrance of our conversation on the old days in October 1963 Joseph Szigeti.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eMount slightly worn and browned; small tear to upper margin and stains to lower; remnants of brown paper to verso. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eAccording to the Hungarian Jewish Encyclopedia (Magyar Zsidó Lexikon, ed. Péter Újvári, 1929), there was a municipal prefect named Lipót Sebestyén in the city of Lugos in 1928.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\"[Szigeti] became a pupil of Jen Hubay at the Budapest Academy... After his London début in 1907, [he] remained in Britain until 1913... Szigeti settled in the USA in 1940 and became a citizen in 1951... He played contemporary music with enormous conviction and persuaded concert managers and recording companies to accept a repertory that stressed contemporary works.\" Boris Schwarz in Grove Music Online.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093528432799,"sku":"13758","price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Szigeti_SP_13578.jpg?v=1722188627","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/13758-szigeti-joseph-interesting-signed-photograph-with-two-autograph-inscriptions","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}