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| 1. BARRAUD, Henri- SP 4 x 6" photo of the French composer a Schmitt pupil. Monteux premiered his "Finale for Orchestra" & "Poeme" in Brussels. He wrote a lot of music for children,
choral works and several dramatic works "La Farce de Maitre Pathelin", "Les Mysteres des Saints Innocents" & "Tete d'Or" based on Claudel. He held administrative posts at French radio. .................$175 (BEETHOVEN)- see THAYER below |
2. BARTOK, Bela- signature of the GREAT Hungarian composer, who composed 6 string quartets, on a 6 x 8" page signed at a later date 17 Mar 79 by the BARTOK STREICH (String) QUARTET at
the Prague Spring Festival. Founder Peter Komlos, Sandor Devisch, Laszlo Mezo and another member also signed. One of the members also penned a musical quote. Interesting melange!! .................$750 |
3. BENJAMIN, George- SP 5 x 7" color photo of the Messiaen's favorite pupil who also studied with Goehr. He achieved success early on and his "Ringed by the Flat Horizon" was performed at
the Proms in 1980 while he was still a student. He has written many successful works for orchestra, chamber music, vocal and piano many commissioned such as "Antara" for ensemble &
electronics which was the first composition ever published using Sibelius's notation program. .................$125 |
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| 4. BIALAS, Gunther- SPc size profile portrait of the important German composer. .................$150 |
5. BOITO, Arrigo- SP Fratelli Vianelli sepia cabinet photo of the young composer/librettist dedicated on the verso "to Donna Emilia Caponago-Simonetti a sign of friendship Maggio 1877" -
an extremely influential force on the late 19th early 20th century Italian opera scene Boito has left his monumental opera "Mefistofole" as well as the libretti for Ponchielli's "La
Gioconda" (as Tobio Goria) and most important Verdi's "Otello" & "Falstaff". There is some wear at the edges. Very rare. .................$2,500 |
6. CASELLA, Alfredo- AMusQS on a 5 x 7" portrait photo of the noted Italian composer. He studied from 1896-1901 at the Paris Conservatoire under Faure remaining in Paris for 19 years. He
befriended Ravel and Enescu but was influenced by Mahler, Strauss and later Stravinsky. He was active as a pianist and harpsichordist as a soloist, accompanist and in chamber music. When
he returned to Italy he tried to make Italians aware of contemporary music with mixed results. He founded Corporazione delle Nuove Musiche and was director of the Venice Festival of
Contemporary Music. He was prolific composing opera, ballets, symphonic, chamber and instrumental music. .................$575 |
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| 7. CHABRIER, Emmanuel- SP cabinet photo of the French Romantic composer whose first stage work, "L'Etoile" premiered at the Bouffes Parisien in 1877 and is still revived when the right
character tenor is found. He was close to contemporary French composers Faure, Chausson, d'Indy, and Duparc and was much influenced by Wagner and in turn much inspired Poulenc who wrote
the book "Emmanuel Chabrier". Chabrier was much influenced by local color as can be seen in "Espana' his most popular work. Other operas which met with some success in Germany and France
were "Gwendoline" and "Le roi malgre Lui". This photo is dedicated to the noted Wagnerian conductor Felix Mottl...":A Mottl a Felix Mottl, his constant and devoted friend Emmanuel
Chabrier" . The borders and part of the logo are trimmed. UNCOMMON. .................$1,375 |
8. CRUMB, George- SP 5 x 7" photo of the avant garde American composer/ teacher. He "Invented" such novel instruments as a spoken flute & glass marbles. Very successful and prolific
as a composer his pupils include Osvaldo Golijov one of the most successful composers of the younger generation. .................$100 |
9. d'ALBERT, Eugene- SPc portrait of the Scotch born pianist/composer active throughout his career in Germany. His operatic masterpiece "TIEFLAND" has just had highly acclaimed revivals
in Berlin and Vienna. .................$350 |
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| 10. de LARA, Isadore (Born COHEN)- ALS 3 pp "14 Sussex Pace Regent Park- My dear Sir, I enclosed you a copy of my Ave Maria and shall feel very grateful if you will do me the honor of
receiving it. I am about to encroach further on your kindness, Miss Mary Cummings sang a new song of mine last night with great success and I should like to show it to Messrs Metzler
and Co. I am not acquainted with these gentle- men and should be very much obliged to you if you could kindly give me a note of introduction. You will be pleased to hear that Miss
Borrow is making great progress. I consider her a young lady of excellent disposition for making a charming vocalist, she is highly intelligent and most persevering. I remain Dear
Sir, Yours very truly Isadore de Lara to the Rev. Borrow". What the composer had to go thru!!de Lara an English Jew, made a great success during the late Victorian period and early
20th century. MESSALINE was his greatest triumph being premiered at Monte Carlo and then presented at the Met in 1902. .................$125 |
11. d'Indy, Vincent- SPc portrait of the very important and influential French composer and teacher. .................$750 |
12. ENESCU, Georges- AMUsQS penned by the Roumanian composer/pianist/violinist/teacherfrom his "3rd Sonate piano et violin in the popular Roumanian character" signed 1948 on a
4.5 x 6" paper together with a photo. .................$475 |
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| 13. FEVRIER, Henri- post card portrait 4 x 6" of the French composer with dedication on the verso. "A mon cher ami l'eminent musicien M. Leon Molle En souvenir de Monna Vanna a
Liege Bien affecteusement Henry Fevrier 2 xbre 1948" MONNA VANNA & GISMONDA are his 2 major works. .................$150 |
14. GLASS, Phillip- large signature on a card together with a photo of the American composer whose opera SATYAGRAHA wowed the Met's audience. .................$100 |
15. GRIEG, Edvard- ALS from the beloved Norwegian composer "Bergen Norway 30 Septbr 1898 Most esteemed Sir, You can get the required biographical material from the publisher C. F.
Peters Leipzig, Thalstrasse 10. All best wishes Edvard Grieg" together with an unsigned photo. .................$750 |
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| 16. HAGEMAN, Richard- SP 7.5 x 10.5" printed portrait on book weight paper of the Dutch/American composer/conductor. His best known song is "Do Not Go My Love" a setting of a
Tagore poem beloved by a whole generation of singers. As a composer he is best known for his superlative film scores "Stagecoach" (for which he shared an Academy Award), "The Long
Voyage Home", "Fort Apache" & "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" among others. As a conductor he worked at the Metropolitan Opera from 1914-1932 as well as being music director of the
Chicago Civic Opera and Ravinia Park Opera for 7 years and he headed the Curtis Institute opera department from 1932-1936. If that was not enough he appeared in small role in 11 movies including
as an opera conductor in "The Great Caruso" and was THE TEACHER OF FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS!!. .................$175 |
17. HOLST, Gustav- the POPULAR English composer signs the inside cover page for his "Four Songs for Voice and Violin". .................$575 |
18. KASTNER, Alfred- AMusQS "VOLKSLIED" nicht zu schnell..penned by the Viennese harpist/composer Bpest 19/111/1895.. He taught at the Landes Musik Akademie Budapest 1892-8. Living
and playing in Leipzig, Warsaw and London he settled in Los Angeles becoming first harpist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He composed much music for the harp. .................$125 |
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| 19. KOMATSU, Kasuke- SP 3 x 4.25" photo of the Japanese composer standing in a garden. .................$85 |
20. LIGETI, Gyorgy- LARGE signature ALS on a card from the late Hungarian composer. Ligeti lived so long in Germany he no longer wrote his name in the Hungarian way, last name first!
Ligeti is recognized as one of the true GIANTS of mid-late 20th century music matted together with reproduction photo of the composer. .................$225 |
21. LISZT, Franz- envelope in the great composer's hand addressed to "Madame Pollack Beethoven Strasse No 338 Wien" and postmarked Pest wax seal and Wien postmark on the back. Not
signed but you do have Beethoven's name written in Liszt's hand!! Together with unsigned photo of Liszt. .................$375 |
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| 22. MARTINU, Bohuslav- signature of the important Czech composer Praha 1937 together with an unsigned photo. .................$175 |
23. MESSIAEN, Olivier- SP 5.5 x 6.5" cut from a program for his "La Transfiugration de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ" present in Dusseldorf 12 April 1987. .................$275 |
24. PANIZZA, Ettore- SPc portrait of the important Argentine composer/conductor with AMusQS from his opera "Bizanzio" which premiered 1939 in Buenos Aires. As a conductor Panizza
had long associations with La Scala, Covent Garden, The Metropolitan Opera and of course Teatro Colon. He conducted the world premiere Zandonai's "Francesca da Rimini" in Rome,
Wolf-Ferraris "SLY" & Menotti's "The Island God" at the Met. .................$300 |
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| 25. PORTER, Cole- SP Hal Phyfe bust portrait of the legendary Broadway composer d/s "I'll get you yet To Patricia Cole Porter 12/19/1934" This was the year of his Broadway triumph
"Anything Goes" which launched Ethel Merman's career. The score included "I Get a Kick out of You", "All Through the Night", "You're the Top" and "Blow Gabriel Blow".
Other all time favorite songs are "Night and Day", "Begin the Beguine", "It's de Lovely", "In the Still of the Night" and onward.....A glossy liquid substance has adhered to the
right side of the photo at the writing causing a slight blurring to some of the writing. This was possibly for "protection" –it is barely visible. Large size signed photos of
Porter are extremely scarce and this one is by the legendary photographer Hal Phyfe. .................$1,500 |
26. PUCCINI, Giacomo- ALS 1 p in Italian to noted conductor/composer Ettore Panizza (see above)-"Torre del Lago- Toscana -5 August 1918-My Dear Panizza, This is how things stand at
the moment-Signora Carelli (Emma) came to discuss arrangements for the artists etc etc. she told me she had decided that the conductor would be Marinuzzi, who had already been engaged
along with Moscheles; Ricordi who was present, and I, were both in agreement and that's the whole story. I think you know how delighted I'll be to have you conduct on another occasion!
Ciao! my very best wishes, Yours, Puccini" Panmizza and Puccini had a long cordial relationship. Together with photo of Puccini & Panizza. .................$1,500 |
27. RABAUD, Henri- SP 3 x 5" photo of the French composer/conductor. He won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1894 with his cantata "Daphne". His most successful opera was "Marouf" Paris Opera
1914. He conducted for many years at the Paris Opera and Opera Comique as well as the Boston Symphony (1918/9) and directed the Paris Conservatoire 1922-1941. .................$275 RACHMANINOFF, Sergei- see INSTRUMENTALISTS section |
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| 28. RAFF, Joachim- ALS 1 16 Marz 1874 p in German from the German/Swiss composer/pedagogue Liszt's secretary for a short time 1845. The letter is addressed to famed fiddler Hugo Heermann
in Frankfurt where he was concert master. Raff writes that if he does not find Heermann at the station when he arrives at 5 Pm he will come to his house. .................$275 |
29. REFICE, Licinio- AMusQS from his opera CECILIA (created by Muzio) on a post card photo of the priest/musician. .................$500 |
30. ROREM, Ned- SP on a 1962 Carnegie Hall broadside for Music for the Voice by American Composers of the brilliant, prolific and outspoken American composer recently turned 80. His
opera "Our Town" had successful performances this season at the Manhattan School of Music. .................$100 |
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| 31. ROSZA, Miklos- the Hungraian born composer of over 100 film scores including the monumental "Ben Hur" signs the inside cover page of his 1943 "Concerto for String Orchestra"
dedicated to conductor John Barbirolli in 1945. .................$475 |
32. SAINT-SAENS, Camille- a VERY RARE C d V style photo of Saint Saens at the age of 19 together with a card with greeting ("a M A. Parent en souvenir de 17 Sept C Saint-Saens")
below which is written 1854 the year of the photo and 1899 the year of the greeting to the Belgian pianist. Photos of the VERY YOUNG Saint-Saens almost never turn up. .................$775 SCHULHOFF, Julius- see INSTRUMENTAL section. |
33. SPEAKS, Oley- SP 8 x 10" portrait of the American Composer best know for writing "On the Road to Mandalay" in 1934. .................$100 STOCKHAUSEN, Karlheinz- see CONDUCTOR section |
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| 34. STRAUSS, Richard- SPc YOUNG pose of the ever popular super prolific composer in every genre. .................$1,200 |
35. STRAVINSKY, Igor- signature of the great Russian born composer on a card NY 1950 together with an image of him conducting. .................$475 |
36. STRESEMANN, Wolfgang- AMusQS on a 4 x 6" portrait of the German composer, conductor and intendant of the Berlin Philharmonic during the Karajan period. Stresemann's father
was the German statesman and Nobel prize winner Gustav Stresemann and his Jewish wife Kathe. Stresemnn (1900-1997) wrote several books including " Zeiten und Klaenge-A Life between
Music and Politics" given his long life, family and connections very interesting. .................$175 |
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| 37. SVEINSSON, Atli Heimir- AMusQS from the very original Icelandic composer. .................$85 |
38. THAYER, Alexander W.- from the author of "Life of Beethovcn" an ALS 3 pp in English- on stationery of the Consulate of the United States. Trieste "February 4, 1868 My Dear
Mr. Lansdale, Thanks for your last note and best greetings to your wife. Is Mr. Porter still alive? If so I will thank you to forward the enclosed letter to his address. The object
of the note is to obtain something about J.B. Cramerie. Something which will either confirm or refute the assertion of a German literary quack that Cramer, after making Beethoven's
acquaintance in Vienna, never afterwards used to speak well of him either as composer or man! If your father is still living, as I hope, perhaps he will kindly give me some note or
notes on the pianist either by his own or your hand. Or perhaps Mrs. Cramer, if still living, the widow, might be willing to write me a line. The fact is that the writer in question
has represented matters so as to cast a shade upon Cramer, now as I have learned to look upon that great pianist as one of the first in musical history. I must be able in my volume
11, to refute in toto the attack upon his memory and fame. The particular point now in question, you understand, to be Cramer's feelings towards Beethoven, and the style of his
conversation about him. I have no doubt you will be willing to aid me in this, an perhaps you can write me a note on the subject which I may insert in my book wholly or in part.
As ever, grateful for your kindness when in London, and truly yours Alexander W. Thayer"- Fascinating!! .................$250 |
39. WALTON, Sir William- AMuSQS from his Symphony #2 on a 3 x 4" portrait photo- 12.3.65. .................$1,475 |
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| 40. MANA ZUCCA (born Gussy Zucherman)- SP 5 x 7" I Cantor NY photo of the legendary Miami composer/pianist best know for her song "I Love Life" one of over 1100 she wrote. She
appeared at age 7 under Damrosch with the New York Symphony later studying in Europe with Busoni and Godowsky! She hosted over 500 recitals of all the music world's great in the
private theatre of Mazica Hall her Miami home. .................$125 |
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a. AMBROSIUS, Hermann- accordian composer- signature on a card ..........$50 |
b. BEHM Eduard- AMusQS 1936 on a card ..........$60 |
c. BITTNER, Julius- signature on a card 1935 with photo ..........$60 | |
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d. DECSAY, Ernst- operetta librettist- signature on a card ..........$50 |
e. FERROUD, Pierre Octave- signature on a card ..........$50 |
f. GRAENER, Paul- signature 1934 below laid down photo pc size ..........$75 | |
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g. HAAS, Josef- signature on a card with photo ..........$50 |
h. HASSE, Karl- signature on a card ..........$50 |
i. HERMANN, Hugo- signature on a card- Stuttgart ..........$50 | |
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j. HOFFER, Paul- signature on a card ..........$50 |
k. KAHN, Robert- signature on a card 1937 ..........$50 |
l. KAHN, Robert- ALS 1937 ..........$60 | |
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m. KAMINSKI, Heinrich- signature on a card with photo ..........$50 |
n. KUNNEKE, Eduard- signature on a card ..........$50 |
o. LACH, Robert- signature on a card Wien 1937 ..........$50 | |
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p. LAFITE, Carl- signature of the composer/pianist on a card 1939 ..........$50 |
q. MRACZEK, Joseph Gustav- signature on a card ..........$50 |
r. MARX, Karl- signature on a card ..........$60 | |
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z. ROMBERG, SIGMUND- signature above laid down ROMBERG tunsemith dies suddenly ..........$50 |
s. UNGER, Hermann- signature on a card Koln 1938 ..........$50 |
t. WOYRSCH, Felix- signature on a card ..........$50 | |
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u. WOYRSCH, Felix- ALS on a postcard 1913 ..........$60 |
v. ZIEGLER, Hermann- signature n a card Wurzburg 1933 ..........$50 |
w. ZOLLNER, Heinrich- signature on a cart 1933 ..........$50 |
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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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