COMPOSERS

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046. ARLEN, Harold- see Broadway & Hollywood section
047. BEN-HAIM, Pavel- signature of the German/Israeli composer s Tel Aviv 25.4.73
...........................................$30

BERLIN, Irving- see Broadway & Hollywood section
BERNSTEIN, Leonard- see Conductor section
048. BLISS, Sir Arthur- signature 1954 from the English composer of modern idiom music including the score for the H.G. Wells film Things to Come
...........................................$60

049. BOROWSKY, Felix- SP 8 x 10 portrait of the English/American composer/critic active in Chicago from 1897 till his death in 1956. Rather uncommon
...........................................$85

050. CADMAN, Charle Wakefield- SP 3 x 5 photo of the American composer seated writing d/s
...........................................$75

CARTER, Elliot- see Holiday Greetings section
*051. CHARPENTIER, Gustave- AMusQS from Louise - "Depuis le jour" d/s (in French) to "Mr. Thomas Chapman in great and moving souvenir of Grace Moore her favorite air.... "Depuis le jour ou je me suis donee.." signed Gustave Charpentier" on the 52nd anniversary of Louise 2.2.1952." Matted together with a photo of the older composer with a score of Louise. An unsigned photo of Moore as Louise comes with this
...........................................$575

*052. CHERUBINI, Luigi- DS large page of accounts on Musique du Roi paper 15 Juillet 1827 St. Henry a St. Cloud for the "payment of the musicians who took part in the performance at St.Cloud le 15 July" and listing all by names and their fees signed at the end by composer Cherubini who was the superintendent. Cherubini of course wrote Medea among many other operas and was a long time resident in Paris and a leading force in the city's musical life
...........................................$175

CILEA, Francesco- see Holiday Greetings section
de FALLA, Manuel- see Holiday Greetings section
053. DELIBES, Leo- ALS 4 pp in French from the composer of Lakme ..."I order you to send immediately the score of "Roi l'ai dit" annotated by me to Madame Jouanne Vachot,artiste au Grande Theatre ...Geneve Suisse...."and he goes on at great length about his markings and the opera and cuts etc etc and then talks about Esclarmonde. Good letter
...........................................$150

054. (DELIUS, Frederick)- FENBY, Dr. Eric- TLS on The Delius Society's letterhead 14th January 1980 :...I much regret that I possess no photographs of Delius . All I ever had have been stolen or not returned when borrowed. However since you ask for one of me, I enclose it with my best wishes....as to my impressions of him he was Music-Incarnate to me, the least professional and the least amateur of any musician I have known: a poet in sound, completely self sufficient and self absorbed, a man of great sensitivity and refinement , a dry wit who loved the pleasure of the table, who dressed immaculately and had no time for small talk, a very private man who loved silence...Eric Fenby" Together with the unsigned photo of Fenby at the piano
...........................................$250

055. DELIUS, Frederick- pc image of the organ at the Tonkunsterlerfest in Essen 24-27 Mai 1906 signed by Delius Essen 24 Mai 1906
...........................................$250

056. dello JOIO, Norman- signed program for the August 21, 1954 Library of Congress Coolidge Memorial concert at South Mountain, Pittsfield, Mass featuring dello Joio's Lamentation of Saul with the composer at the piano and Leonard Warren!! as baritone soloist
...........................................$50

057- d'INDY, Vincent- ALS 2 pp in French to soprano star Germaine Lubin 13 Juin 1920 apropos her creation of the soprano role in his La Legende de Saint Christophe...."Ma chere Nicea (her role)......I assure you that I could never dream of a better incarnation of such musically difficult, complex and precise a role. Your beauty, youth and above all artistic intellegence (without speaking of your voice, that without saying)....." signed Vincent d'Indy. Not bad from a difficult composer! Together with handwritten envelope
...........................................$200

058. DRENIECKI, Stanislav- SPc portrait of the Polish composer (1837-1870) with additional pencil dedication and signature on verso
...........................................$75

059. DRDLA, Franz- AMusQS from Souvenir and Serenade below portrait photo with dedication Syracuse 23/3/1924. These quotes are from the popular Bohemian fiddler/composer's 2 most popular works. The Serenade was dedicated to Kubelik. 8 x 10" page-Attractive
...........................................$200

060. DURUFLE, Maurice- signed program page for his Requiem Opus 9 given at St. Mark's Episcopal Church Shreveport, La. February 19,1978 d/s. This is the composer/organist's most important work
...........................................$250

061. EOTVOS, Peter- SP 4 x 6 portrait showing the Hungarian conductor/composer conducting. His opera Three Sisters has enjoyed considerable success and is being performed this fall at the Chatelet in Paris
...........................................$75

062. EYSLER, Edmund- AMusQS penned on AL 1934 by the popular Viennese operetta composer
...........................................$65

GERSHWIN, George- see Holiday Greetings section
063. GOLDMARK, Carl- signature of the composer of the Queen of Sheba a great hit in Vienna up until the 1930s
...........................................$45

GRANADOS, Enrique- see Holiday Greetings section
*064. GUBAIDULINA, Sofia- AMusQS on 6 x 8 paper 28.02.2001 together with laid down photo of the important and increasingly revered Russian composer
...........................................$300

065. HALEVY, Fromental- ALS 1 p in French, short letter about an invitation from the composer of La Juive
...........................................$150

066. HAMLISCH, Marvin- see Broadway & Hollywood section
067. HANSON, Howard- greeting and signature on card from the American composer of Merry Mount which was first staged at the Met in 1934
...........................................$45

068. von HAUSEGGER, Siegmund- SPc portrait of the Austrian composer/conductor. His opera Zinnober was premiered by Richard Strauss at Munich 1898 and he became conductor of the Munch Philharmonic. Uncommon
...........................................$150

*069. LEHAR, Franz & TAUBER, Richard- both sign AL Wien 1931 and this is matted with a photo of the great opera composer and his tenor muse together. Overall 8 x 11"
...........................................$125

070. LEONCAVALLO, Ruggero- ALS 2 pp in French from the composer of I Pagliacci 1911 about a change of appointment because an electric problem
...........................................$150

*071. LISZT, Franz-signature F. Liszt at the bottom of an envelope addressed by him to "L(eopold) Auer mon compatriote devoue" - Auer is the famed fiddler / teacher together with unsigned photo of Liszt
...........................................$775

FRANZ LISZT
	GROUP of 2 First Day Covers for Austrian stamps commerating the composer's 150th & 175th birthdays
	18 LISZT postage stamps issued by Hungary, Poland (a Chopin-Liszt combo), Germany and Austria
	An Austrian - ECU Liszt "gold" medallion and 2 Hungarian coins and the Arthur Friedheim pages from The Music of the Modern World - On the Growing Appreciation of Liszt - relating to Liszt
***$200***

LOEWE, Frederick - see Broadway & Hollywood section
072. LUALDI, Adriano- AMusQS Milano 28 Ottobre 1931 from Il Diavolo nel Campanile on verso of a portrait photo of the prolific Italian compooser/conductor and critic
...........................................$150

073. MASSENET, Jules- AMusQS from Sapho Act 2 Fanny to Jean ..."Ce que j'appelle beau...." Paris 1898
...........................................$875

074. MATTHUS, Siegfried- signs United Nations Day Concert 1979 program where his Responso-Concerto for orchestra was played. Also signed by Leontine PRICE who sang Strauss's Four Last Songs
...........................................$50

075. McDONALD, Harl- signs program page for a performance of his Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra given by the Philadelphia Orchestra in Washington DC August 6,1937 conducted by Stokowski with Behrend & Kelberine at the piano
...........................................$30

19TH CENTURY COMPOSER MEDALLIONS A very fine grouping of mid-19th century composer medallions in terracotta. Each medallions is approximately 1 1/2" in diameter with a think bronze border. Presented in a giltwood frame measuring 12 x 17". Represented are MEHUL, BENTON, HUMMEL, HANDEL, GLUCK, CHERUBINI, PAER, FONTANETTO, PICCINI, ISOUARD, SACCHINI, SHYDN, MOZART, MODESTE, ROSSINI, CIMAROSA, KREUTZER. ***$2,400***

MENOTTI, Gian Carlo- see Holiday Greetings section
076. MILHAUD, Darius- SPc portrait Manuel Freres photo of the young composer faint horizontal surface crease across background. Milhaud enjoyed great success during his life and was a respected teacher too
...........................................$250

MORRICONE, Enno- see Broadway & Hollywood section
077. NAPOLITANO, Franco Michele- SPc portrait of the Italian composer/organist a Martucci pupil and founder of Associations Alessandro Scarlatti
...........................................$150

078. NIEMANN, Walter- AMusQS from the ballet Roioio Op 148 Francoforte 1937 on the verso of a 4 x 5 signed portrait photo of the noted German composer/musicologist
...........................................$300

*079. NIN, Joaquin- SP 3 1/2 x 5 portrait of the young Cuban born Spanish composer, pianist, musicologist s BA. 1922. His piano works and songs are favorites of performers and public alike. SCARCE
...........................................$350

*080. PART, Avro- AMusQS under 5 x 7 photo of the popular Estonian composer
...........................................$275

081. PISTON, Walter + KROLL, William & SHERIDAN, Frank- all sign program page for LOC concert October 30,1935 featuring Piston's Trio (1935)
...........................................$50

082. PORTER, Quincy- signs program page for a performance of his Quartet No.7 given by the LOC on October 30, 1943 William Kroll of the Coolidge Quartet also signs the cover page
...........................................$35

083. PREVIN- Andre- greetings on a card from the composer of the opera Streetcar Named Desire now having its European premiere in Germany
...........................................$15

*084. PUCCINI, Giacomo- SPc seated portrait of the ever popular composer s 1920
...........................................$875

085. ROREM, Ned- See Holiday Greetings section
086. RACHMANINOFF, Sergei-very light signature S. Rachmaninoff on AL together with unsigned photo
...........................................$150

*087. SCHARWENKA, Xaver- AMusQS New York 8 Dec 1891 from the German composer/ pianist/ teacher
...........................................$225

088. SHOSTAKOVICH, Dimitri- 4 page program for the world premier on October 29, 1955 in Leningrad of his Concerto for Violin and Orchestra conducted by Mravinsky and played by Oistrakh. VERY RARE
...........................................$150

*089. SIBELIUS, Jean- large 4" signature on a paper together with unsigned photo of the ever popular Finnish composer
...........................................$375

*090. STOLZ, Robert- AMusQs- " Einmal in Mai" from his first great success Der Tanz ins Gluck-Wien Janner 22 just after it's premiere
...........................................$95

*091. STRAUSS, Johann- SPc portrait of "the Waltz King". Fledermaus, Gypsy Baron, A Night in Venice and all those waltzes .....Attractive & Scarce
...........................................$1,200

*092. STRAUSS, Richard - bold signature on card together with postcard for Richard Strauss - Woche Munchen 1910 23-28 Juni with great image by Ludwig Hollwein of von Mildenberg as Klytemnestra
...........................................$275

093. STRAUSS, Oscar- signature of the composer of The Chocolate Soldier and many other popular operettas
...........................................$75

*094. STRAVINSKY, Igor- large bold signature on AL Paris 1938 together with unsigned photo
...........................................$325

095. TANSMAN, Alexander - signs program page for a performance of his Symphony No.5 in D, a local premier by the National Symphony Orchestra under Hans Kindler February 3,1943 , Washington, DC
...........................................$50

*096. THOMSON, Virgil- AMusQs from Act 1 Scene 5 of The Mother of Us All, perhaps his masterpiece! d/s 4 March 1946. The opera enjoyed a brilliant revival last season at the NYCO with Lauren Flanigan as Susan B. Anthony
...........................................$500

*097. VARESE, Edgard- AMusQS penned by the French/American composer pioneer from his Arcana d/s 1959. Autograph material by Varese of this type is EXTREMELY SCARCE. Together with unsigned photo of the composer
...........................................$875

VERDI, Giuseppe- see Holiday Greetings section
098. WALTON, Sir William- signature of the important English composer of Facade and Troilus and Cressida among others
...........................................$95

GUSTAV MAHLER - PROGRAMS, VIENNA 1900-1902

a.) 14 Janner 1900 Schumann, Berlioz & Mahler Songs w. Kurz

b.) 16 Marz 1900 Haydn, Weber, Liszt, Goldmark

c.) 14 November 1900 Berlioz, Wagner, Beethoven

d.) 18 November 1900 Beethoven, Schumann, Mahler

e.) 16 December 1901 Beethoven

f.) 13 Janner 1901 Mendelssohn, Tchaikowsky

g.) 17 Janner 1901 Nicolai konzert Beethoven

h.) 24 Februar 1901 Weber, Dvorak, Bruckner

***$175 EACH***

PROGRAMS, PARIS 1900

i.) 18 Juin 1900 Chatelet - Wagner, Mozart, Beethoven, Weber

j.) 20 Juin 1900 Trocadero - Beethoven w. Rose, Wagner, Berlioz

k.) 21 Juin 1900 Trocadero - Beethoven, Schubert, Bruckner, Goldmark, Wagner

***$200 EACH***

Abbreviations
SP - Signed Photo AL - Album Leaf AS - Autograph Sentiment PCC - Printed Calling Cards ALS - Autographed Letter Signed D/S - Dedicated & Signed	ANS - Autographed, Note, Signed SPc - Signed Postcard AMusQS - Autographed Musical Quote Signed TLS - Letter signed by person described LS - Letter signed by person described, written by another

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