Humperdinck, Engelbert. (1854 - 1921). Signed Photograph with AMQS. Attractive postcard photograph of a bust portrait sculpture of the German Romantic composer, signed and inscribed August 23, 1912 "In höflicher Erwiderung Ihrer freundlichen Zeilen vom 27. Febr" ("As a polite reply to your kind lines of Feb 27") with a 4-bar Autograph Musical Quotation possibly from his Hänsel und Gretel. Light silvering around the edges, small impression from a postal cancelation upper right corner, otherwise fine. Nicely matted and set in a gilt wood frame to 23 x 26 cm.
Richard Strauss, who conducted the opera's 1893 premiere, called it "a masterpiece of the highest quality… all of it original, new, and so authentically German."
Richard Strauss, who conducted the opera's 1893 premiere, called it "a masterpiece of the highest quality… all of it original, new, and so authentically German."
Humperdinck, Engelbert. (1854 - 1921). Signed Photograph with AMQS. Attractive postcard photograph of a bust portrait sculpture of the German Romantic composer, signed and inscribed August 23, 1912 "In höflicher Erwiderung Ihrer freundlichen Zeilen vom 27. Febr" ("As a polite reply to your kind lines of Feb 27") with a 4-bar Autograph Musical Quotation possibly from his Hänsel und Gretel. Light silvering around the edges, small impression from a postal cancelation upper right corner, otherwise fine. Nicely matted and set in a gilt wood frame to 23 x 26 cm.
Richard Strauss, who conducted the opera's 1893 premiere, called it "a masterpiece of the highest quality… all of it original, new, and so authentically German."
Richard Strauss, who conducted the opera's 1893 premiere, called it "a masterpiece of the highest quality… all of it original, new, and so authentically German."