{"product_id":"17583-strauss-richard-joseffy-rafael-signed-menu-with-autograph-musical-quotation-till-eulenspiegels-lustige-streiche","title":"Strauss, Richard. (1864–1949) \u0026 Joseffy, Rafael. (1852–1915) Signed Menu with Autograph Musical Quotation \"Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche\"","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAutograph musical quotation signed from the important composer, accomplished in pencil in the lower left margin of a large illustrated menu for a dinner in his honor held at the Lotos Club in New York, March 19th 1904. Another short AMQS has been added at the lower right by the important pianist Raphael Joseffy, one of Liszt's most famous students (and who also studied with Moscheles and Tausig!). The elaborately designed and illustrated menu depicts scenes from Strauss' works, a vignette portrait of the composer, and the many courses of the meal, which included \"Tenderloin of Beef Don Juan\" and \"Heldenleben Cream.\" Folding creases with some splits; mounting remnants on the verso with light show-through, overall fine. 53.7 x 41 cm.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eThe musical quotation is of the opening \"once upon a time\" motif from the tone poem \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eTill Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche\u003c\/i\u003e, opus 28 written in 1894–95, chronicling the misadventures and pranks of the German peasant folk hero Till Eulenspiegel. \u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093654655135,"sku":"17583","price":1800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Strauss_AMQS_Menu_17583_01.jpg?v=1722189472","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/17583-strauss-richard-joseffy-rafael-signed-menu-with-autograph-musical-quotation-till-eulenspiegels-lustige-streiche","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}