Sheet of paper with the printed name "Julius Salamon" at head, hand-lettered in blue ink as a program and signature sheet for a choral concert of Strauss's works in Vienna on 9 January 1931. The front reads "Chorkonzert / Lieder für Soli, Chor und Orchester von Richard Strauss / Dirigent:" [Choral concert / Songs for soloists, chorus and orchestra by Richard Strauss / Conductor:], signed below in pencil "Richard Strauss." The verso lists the performers: "Solisten: / Sopran: / Tenor: / Bass:", signed beside the bass line in pencil by Josef von Manowarda; "Gesamtchor der Wr. Staatsoper: / Die Wiener Singakademie." [Full chorus of the Vienna State Opera; the Vienna Singakademie], with a second pencil signature, "Georg Singer" [?]; "Das Wiener Sinfonieorchester:" [The Vienna Symphony Orchestra]; and "Wien, 9. Jänner 1931." The soprano and tenor lines are unsigned. Upper edge of second page torn with loss (not affecting text or signatures or the page signed by Strauss), small loss at one corner, folds, light toning. 5.5 x 7.5 inches; 14 x 19 cm.

Strauss had been co-director of the Vienna State Opera from 1919 to 1924 and remained a frequent guest conductor in the city. Manowarda was one of the leading basses of the Vienna State Opera from 1919 to 1935; he created the Spirit Messenger in the 1919 premiere of Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten, and later sang at Salzburg and Bayreuth. The Wiener Singakademie, founded in 1858, worked closely with Strauss, Mahler and Bruno Walter.