COMPOSERS

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001. BARBER, Samuel- the noted American composer initials the cover page of his "Concerto for Violin and Orchestra." Violin part with big SB in red or "Melodies Passageres for Voice and Piano."
...........................................$200

002. BERNSTEIN, Leonard- AMusQS "Sing God a Simple Song..." on a 3 x 5" card
...........................................$975

003. BISHOP, Sir Henry- ALS from the composer of over 130 operas, farces and ballets immortal for the tune "Home Sweet Home" composed previously but used in his 1823 opera "Clari or the The Maid of Milan". He was married for awhile to soprano Anna Bishop (see OPERA section).Here he writes... "My Dear Sir, Pray let me have as many more pieces (choruses particularly) as possible of the new opera or operetta. I will attend your appointment whenever convenient to consult on the alterations and perhaps it will be better at my apartments 6- Frith Street Soho, truly yours Henry R. Bishop"
...........................................$175

004. BLISS, Sir Arthur- AMusQS- from his Violin Concerto s 1972. Bliss wrote the Music for H.G. Wells's film "Things to Come"
...........................................$250

005. BOUGHTON, Rutland-SP 3 _ x 4" of the English composer perhaps from a book or program. He is best know for his operatic setting of Fiona Macleod's "The Immortal Hour" amongst many other works
...........................................$100

006. BRAHMS, Johannes- ANS in pencil..."the devoted (humble" undersigned will Travel at 1:55 via Passau, JBr but looking forward to it". Above that the recipient Edward Speyer, German/English music agent & a great friend of Brahms has transcribed the text , together with envelope of transmission from the Frankfurter Hof Hotel addressed to Dr. Johannes Brahms bei Clara Schumann,32 Mylino Street,Trier. Interesting associations
...........................................$975

007. BRITTEN Benjamin-LARGE signature below laid down photo on 4" x 6" card
...........................................$185

008. CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, Mario- SP 8 x 10 portrait d/s "to Leo Dubensky remembering my American debut" of the Italian/Jewish Composer who emigrated to the US in 1939 and became a highly successful film composer. Between the 2 world wars he composed a great amount of music in all forms and achieved great success in Italy and elsewhere. In 1961 his opera "Merchant of Venice" was a hit at the Florence May Festival SCARCE
...........................................$500

009. CASTRO, Juan Jose- SP 4 x 6 photo of the Argentine composer/conductor. His Opera "Prosperino e il straniero" was premiered at La Scala in 1952 and his other operas had considerable acclaim in Buenos Aires, Montevideo etc. as did his ballets and symphonic works
...........................................$125

010. CHARPENTIER, Gustave- printed calling card with a note-"laisser passer 2 personnes Petit Palais 17/12/7 G.C."
...........................................$65

011. CORIGLIANO, John- AMusQS ­1993 Marie Antoinette's music" Once there was a Golden bird..." from "Ghosts of Versailles"- a very enjoyable opera premiered at the Met
...........................................$150

012. D'INDY, Vincent- SP Reutlinger Carte de Visite bust portrait of the important French composer and educator. An enormously prolific composer especially successful in large scale works. He founded the Schola Cantorum in 1896 which became one of the aorld's leading music schools. He conducted world wide and wrote numerous articles and books d/s -Very scarce this early
...........................................$575

013. FAURE, Gabriel- the composer dedicates and signs the cover of the sheet music for "DOLLY Suite for the Pianoforte" published by Metzler & Co. Limited, London. This remains one of the composer's most popular works
...........................................$875

014. FRANCHETTI, Alberto- AMusQS from the Italian Jewish composer's opera "Cristoforo Colombo" which successfully premiered in Genova 1892, 400 years after his discovery of America, and enjoyed success for several decades as did his operas Asrael and Germania
...........................................$575

015. GILBERT & SULLIVAN
a) GILBERT, William S. ­ ALS 2 pp on Grym's Dyke Harrow Weald stationery 2 May '02- to Dear Mr Harrison sending thanks for the box at the first night and Wishing well for it's success as well as inviting him for the 31st weekend.
...........................................$875
b) SULLIVAN, Sir Arthur- ALS 1 p on 1 Queen's Mansion stationery to Mr. Stoddart asking to see him tomorrow before his returns to Paris. Nicely signed
...........................................$775

016. GOTTSCHALK, Louis Moreau- Carte de Visite portrait photo d/s verso New York 5 Sept 1862 of the immensely popular American composer and pianist who died at age 40 in Rio de Janeiro. New Orleans born the Creole and Negro music he heard growing up influenced him as did Liszt and Chopin. He toured extensively Europe, US and South America including appearing with the young Patti in Havana where he introduced his most famous orchestral work "La Nuit des Tropiques"- A legend in his lifetime he remains, perhaps, the US's most important 19th century musician-without doubt a fascinating character. SCARCE
...........................................$1,750

017. HADLEY, Henry- SP 7 x 9" Gene Hanner Seattle portrait d/s 1932 of the prolific American composer whose opera "Cleopatra's Night" premiered at the Met 1920. Two tiny corner chips
...........................................$150

018. HALEVY, Fromental- ALS 1 p with envelope addressed to Monsieur Alphonse de Calome, Directeur de la Revue Contemporaine asking that a work of M. Longerville be published
...........................................$175

LISZT, Franz see INSTRUMENMTAL section

019. LISZT, Franz- signed pass/ticket (3 x 5") to admit Mr. Ellinger to the "Szent-Misei gyakorlatokra" at the Esztergom Basilica, Pest in 1856. This is accompanied by an 8 pp program in German "uber Liszt's Messe on the occasion of the general rehearsal at the National Museum in Pest on 26 August 1856 " ­Interesting and unusual
...........................................$1,000

020. MASSENET, Jules- AMusQS from "Therese" Act 11- "Jour de Juin, jour d'ete" with ANS on post card showing his country home at Egreville- 2 August 1906. "Therese" premiered February 1907 in Monte Carlo 6 months later- so a preview!!
...........................................$675

021. McDOWELL, Edward- unsigned program pages for McDowell Memorial Concert at Carnegie Hall, New York March 31,1908 at which Teresa Carenno, May Mukle, Corinne Rider- Kelsey, David Bispham, Harold Smith & George Falkenstein played the American composer's music
...........................................$50

022. MENDELSSOHN, Felix Bartholdi- Envelope 3 _ x 4 _" addressed by the composer with a bold full signature as sender lower left together with image of the composer
...........................................$1,475

023. MEYERBEER, Giacomo- ALS 1 p in French on his blind stamped stationery confirming a request for seats
...........................................$225

024. MILHAUD, Darius- AMusQS from "Creation du Monde" on a post card portrait dedicated 1969
...........................................$775

025. MORAWETZ, Oskar- TLS 1 p from the Czech/Canadian composer whose works include "From the Diary of Anne Frank" about which he talks at great length in this letter to conductor Izler Solomon. He sends a tape of the Canadian premiere on CBC and goes on to say..."The conductor of the Toronto Symphony, Mr. Karel Ancerl, considers this composition the best composition I ever wrote and he was so impressed by this work that he scheduled it nest spring not only for the subscription concerts of the Toronto Symphony but programmed immediately afterwards also for the tour of the Toronto Symphony to Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Arts Centre in Washington with Lois Marshall as soloist."... he goes on to ask that Solomon consider it for performance in Indianapolis. Interesting
...........................................$100

026. NOVELLO, Ivor- SPc portrait of the most important English musical comedy composer of the mid 20th century-one hit after another and he appeared in many of them
...........................................$75

027. PUCCINI, Giacomo- SPc showing the youngish composer. A little foxing on the white border, nice signature
...........................................$875

028. RACHMANINOFF, Sergei- re PADEREWSKI TLS 1 p on his 505 West End Avenue New York City stationery to Mr. James Francis Cooke of Etude Music magazine- January 27th,1931..."Dear Mr. Cooke, I am herewith sending you my article. There are more than 100 words in it. But I can naturally not agree to have anything left out or altered. If this does not suit you, kindly return the article to me. In case you wish to print it, I think it would be preferable to place it among the stories or the like, for it would not be suitable among appreciations of Mr. Paderewski's art, yours truly, S. Rachmaninoff" together with unsigned photo of Rachmaninoff
...........................................$1,200

029. ROSSINI, Gioachino- SP 13 1/2 x 10" oval-splendid sepia portrait of the GREAT composer d/s "offert a mon amiable ami Solieri G Rossini Parigi 10 mai 1863." This superb photograph with the photographer's logo printed on it had probably been trimmed at the time for framing in the oval shape in vogue during the 19th century. Large size photos of the composer are quite EXCEPTIONAL. Excellent condition
...........................................$3,750

030. ROSSELINI, Renzo- SP 5 x 7 portrait of the noted Italian film composer score open. Among his credits are Stromboli, Roma Citta Aperta (Open City), Voyage In Italy, L'amore etc. SCARCE
...........................................$500

031. RUBINSTEIN, Anton- unsigned Ganz Bruxelles cabinet photo of the composer/pianist
...........................................$125

032. RUBINSTEIN, Nikolai- unsigned Russian cabinet photo of Anton's younger pianist brother, longtime director of the Moscow conservatory, teacher of Taneyev, Siloti, Sauer etc and conductor of many Tchaikowsky premieres
...........................................$125

033. SHOSTAKOVICH, Dimitri- SP 4 x 6" photo of the Russian composer whose star is ever rising shown studying score. Leon Botstein's brilliant festival this summer at Bard College gave the public a unique opportunity to hear a tremendous amount of the composer's lesser known music
...........................................$1,475

034. SINDING- Christian ALS 2 large pp in German 1913 from the Norwegian composer about performances. Uncommon
...........................................$275

035. SONDHEIM, Steven- TLS on his personal letterhead July 25,1976..."Dear Phil- I'd love to write a fanfare for the Museum, but I'm leaving for Vienna today for an endless period of time and I don't see how I can. However if you don't get anybody else to do it, I should be backin New York about September 10 and I'd do it for you then, Best Steve"
...........................................$150

036. SPOHR, Louis- ALS 1 pp German short letter..."that Mr. Schletterer from Ansbach receives lessons from me and that this is the reason of his presence here. I herewith confirm Dr. Louis Spohr."
...........................................$600

037. STRAUSS, Richard- A 15" long wood baton signed by the composer/conductor "R STRAUSS BA 10 8 23" - this was the composer's second visit to Buenos Aires where he conducted a vast repertory with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in 13 concerts during the month of August enjoying a HUGE success! Good condition and UNUSUAL
...........................................$1,500

038. VERDI, Giuseppe- ANS on printed calling card .."thanking your the greetings and sending mine in return GV" together with envelope handwritten by Verdi and post card image
...........................................$1,875

039. VILLA-LOBOS, Heitor- SP 5 x 7" bust portrait of Brasil's most important Composer d/s Havana 01/12/53
...........................................$575

040. WEBERN, Anton- ALS 1 p to conductor Karl Rankl "July 4,1923, My dear Mr. Rankl, I am very pleased that you and Eisler want to visit me. Will you be able to do this only on Sunday? I am almost certain that I will not be home on this or the following Sunday ....etc Sincerely yours, A. Webern To Mr. Karl Rankl Gaaden 42 near Modling" Letters from the important Viennese 12 tone composer are scarce
...........................................$1,600

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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