136. ABBADO, Claudio & ARGERICH, Martha- SP 5 x 7" color photo for DGG of the 2 great musicians at the piano having some fun! .................$200	137. BARBIROLLI, Sir John- SP 5 x 7" photo of a drawing of the beloved English conductor s 1942. Surface creases lower right affecting location & date otherwise fine. .................$125	138. van BENDA, Hans- SP 5 x 7" portrait of the German conductor contemporary of Furtwangler, Kanppertsbusch & Klemperer. He was a Nazi party member and artistic director of the Berlin Philharmonic 1935-9 when Furtwangler was chief conductor. He defended Furtwangler at the de-Nazification trials. He had a long conducting career and was a straightforward interpreter. overshadowed by the others but nevertheless important SCARCE. .................$125
139. BERNSTEIN, Leonard- see COMPOSER section.	140. BLECH, Leo- SPc of the longtime Berlin based conductor who went to Stockholm during the Nazi period. Signed 1906 early on. .................$85	141. dePAUR, Leonard- SP 8 x 10" photo of the noted African American choral director whose DePaur Infantry Chorus was Columbia Artists Management's top performing group. music director of the play WINGED VICTORY, composed and was an art administrator at Lincoln Center. .................$85
142. DORATI, Antal- signature of the popular Hungarian conductor on a card alongside a laid down photo. .................$50	143. DUDAMEL, Gustavo- SP 8 x 10" color photo- portrait or action shot- of the new SUPERSTAR chief conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. .................$75	144. FULTON, Thomas- the late conductor signs a first day cover envelope for the Metropolitan Opera together with a candid backstage photo. .................$50
145. FURTWANGLER, Wilhelm- ALS on a postcard with a SECOND signature on the address side.to "Herrn Dr.R.Stohr in Wien"..."Dear Colleague , I have to pay a visit on Sunday afternoon which cannot be changed. This means that I can come to you-if at – only a little later (approx 7'oclock). If this is not convenient for you, I must ask you to notify me, possibly by telephone. (I will definitely be home on Sunday morning until 11 o'clock) In great haste with best regards and until we meets! Cordially yours, Wilhelm Furtwangler." .................$875	146. GELBKE, Hans- signature of the German conductor on a card alongside a laid down photo. .................$35	147. GIULINI, Carlo Maria- signs the program page for the Los Angeles Philharmonic concert of November 20, 1980 in Philadelphia. .................$40
148. von KARAJAN, Herbert- SP 4 x 7" of the dapper conductor- Great pose with piercing eyes! .................$750	149. HAITINK, Bernard- SP 4 x 6" color action shot or 5 x 7" portrait of the highly respected Dutch maestro very popular in London and Chicago. .................$65	150. KEMPE, Rudolph- SPc size Fayer Wien portrait of the Dresden, then Munich based maestro who had a long association with London's Royal Opera Covent Garden. .................$175
151. KLEMPERER, Otto- large signature matted with a portrait of the good old fashioned German conductor who became a London institution after years of turmoil during the Nazi period. Walter Legge was responsible for enabling him to become one of the most influential recorded conductors from the 1950s till his death. .................$175	152. LEVINE, James- SP TIME magazine cover photo from January 17,1983 holding the MET in one hand and his baton in the other surrounded by his singers Hofmann, Milnes,.Troyanos, Domingo, Carreras, Blegen, Scotto, Stratas and Pavarotti. Charming souvenir of the Met's musical director & chief conductor. .................$100	153. LOPEZ-COBOS, Jesus- SP 4 x 6" action photo of 5 x 7" Gyenes Madrid portrait of the Spanish conductor back at the Met this season for THAIS. .................$75
154. MAKSYMIUK, Jerzy- SP 5 x 7" of the fine Polish conductor, founder of the Polish Chamber Orchestra. He has worked at Warsaw's Grand Theatre, been principal conductor of Polish National Radio Orchestra & Krakow Philharmonic as well as having long relationships with various English and Scottish orchestras. .................$65	155. MARTINON, Jean- SP 5 x 7" action photo by Witkowski Dusseldorf of the important French conductor/composer who led the Chicago Symphony for a period. .................$95	156. MARKEWITCH, Igor- signs the cover of an 8 page program for a concert by his Lamoureux orchestra in Philadelphia March 10, 1960. They played Gounod, Messiaen, Ravel& Berlioz. .................$65
157. MASUR, Kurt- SP 8.5 x 11" in a 10 page booklet for the NYPO's 1991-2 season-Masur, The Masters, The Philharmonic. Masur brought an old fashioned sobriety to his NYPO tenure. .................$65	158. von MATACIC, Lovro- SP on the biography page from a Teatro Colon program from 1966 when he conducted ELEKTRA. .................$60	159. MAUCERI, John- SP 8 x 10" action shot of the busy American conductor, a Leonard Bernstein protege, with a vast repertory from the classics to Broadway. .................$85
160. MORGENSTERN, Sam- the American composer, conductor, musicologist signs the program page for New Friends of Music performance of Purcell's "Dido & Aeneas" at New York's Town Hall 28 Jan 1952. Uncommon signature. .................$45	161. MRAVINSKI, Eugen- Signs the cover of a 4 page program for 2 Vienna concerts (15 & 16 October 1966) by the Leningrad Philharmonic of which he was director from 1938 till his death in 1988 and with whom he gave the premieres of 5 of Shostakovitch's symphonies as well as of works by Stravinsky & Prokofieff. His Tchaikowsky interpretations are a point of reference. Many superb recordings. VERY SCRCE. .................$600	162. MUNCH, Charles- signs the cover of Boston Symphony concert given in Vienna 12 September 1956. .................$100
163. REINER, Fritz- SP 8 x 10" Bender photo of the "ever smiling" conductor who went from Dresden during the 1920s to his Golden Age in Chicago during the 1950s with stops at Covent Garden, The Met and elsewhere along the way. Great recordings. .................$475	164. RUDOLPH, Max- SP 8 x 10" portrait of the German/American conductor who left a fine German career to emigrate to the USA in 1940. He debuted with the New Opera Company and joined the Met in 1945 where conducted many performances as well as becoming artistic administrator under Rudolph Bing, later he led the Cincinatti Orchestra and taught at Curtis for many years. His book "The Grammar of Conducting: A Comprehensive Guide to Baton Technique and Interpretation" remains THE book on the subject. .................$100	165. SHAW, Robert- SP 8 x 10" photo of the famed choral and symphonic conductor as a young man. .................$100
166. SHAW, Robert- signs the cover page of an 8 page program performance by his ROBERT SHAW CHORALE and ORCHESTRA in Philadelphia February 5, 1959. .................$50	167. STEINBERG, William- SP 8 x 10" photo of the German conductor long time chief honcho with the Pittsburgh Symphony. He brought the orchestra to new heights. .................$275	168. TCHAKAROV, Emil- SP on a program bio page of the Bulgarian conductor who died in 1991 at age 43. He was Karajan's protege and assistant and was embarked on an important career when he died. He had many successful appearances with the orchestras in Berkn, Leningrad, Paris, Tokyo and at the Met, La Scala, Covent Garden etc. Uncommon. .................$75
169. TEMIRAKOV, Yuri- signed self caricature with a clef and note on the program page of the program book for the January 16/17/20/22,1976 performances by the Philadelphia Orchestra. UNUSUAL. .................$85	170. THIELEMANN, Christian- SP 8 x 10" ion shot of the preeminent German Wagner conductor- Bayreuth's star. .................$65	171. THOMAS, Michael Tilson- SP 8 x 10" portrait of the San Francisco based conductor where he is very popular. .................$85
172. TOSCANINI, Arturo- SP on the cover of a large format 9 x 11" 4 page program for a concert he gave with Radiodiffusion National at the Paris Opera 26 November 1935. .................$750	173. VASARY, Tamas- SP 5 x 7" photo of the Hungarian/Swiss pianist/conductor who conducts from the piano. He has been very active as a conductor in Great Britain. Fine DGG recordings. .................$75	174. WAGNER, Roger- SP 8 x 10" action photo of the French born conductor and founder of the Roger Wagner Chorale. He started as an organist studying the Marcel Dupre, joined the MGM chorus and eventually founded his group which became one of the world's premiere choral groups which can be heard on countless recordings. He also taught. .................$85
175. WELSER-MOST, Franz- SP 5 x 7" color action photo of the Austrian conductor new director of the Vienna State Opera as well as of the Cleveland Orchestra. .................$75

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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