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| 140. ASHKENAZY, Vladimir- SP 8 x 10" of the Russian born conductor a sterling artist of great versatility and popularity. .................$60 |
141. BALABAN, Emanuel- SP 8 x 10" of the noted conductor who lead the premieres of Menotti's "The Consul","The Medium" and "The Telephone" among
many other important gigs including countless recordings. Also d/s verso. "In remembrance of Miami Feb 3,1957" Uncommon. .................$75 |
142. BARBIROLLI, Sir John- TLS nice letter to a fan-27 September 1947... " I am very glad to know that you enjoyed the concerts in Bristol so much
and in particular the Brahms 4th Symphony which is a great favorite of myself as well as orchestra...." together with photo of the popular English
conductor. .................$50 |
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| 143. BODANZKY, Arthur- SP 5 x 6" of the longtime (1915-1939) Met conductor of the German repertory. A Zemlinsky pupil he was Mahler's assistant in
Vienna and worked in Mannheim where he was replaced by Furtwangler when he came to New York recommended by Busoni. He brilliant reading can be heard
on countless Met air checks with Flagstad, Lehmann, Melchior, Schorr etc. .................$250 |
144. BOHM, Dr. Karl- SP 4 x 6" action photo of the great conductor d/s 1968. .................$150 |
145. BOHM, Dr. Karl- the GREAT conductor signs a program form a Vienna Beethoven "Missa Solemnis" 24 April 1964 as do soloists LORENGAR, LUDWIG,
ILOSFALVY, and BERRY. Together with unsigned photo. .................$85 |
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| 146. BOULEZ, Pierre- SP 5 x 7" color action photo of the UNIQUE French composer/conductor who enjoyed a resounding triumph at New York's Carnegie
Hall with his Mahler performances this season. .................$75 |
147. CAMBRELING, Sylvain- SP 5 x 7" photo of the important French conductor. .................$60 |
148. CARIDIS, Militides- SPc action shot of the late German/Greek conductor signed June 1961. A Hans Swarowsky pupil Caridis enjoyed a fine career
at the operas in Koln, Graz & Vienna as well as with the major orchestras in Norway, Hungary, Greece and elsewhere. .................$85 |
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| 149. CLEVA, Fausto- SPc photo of the longtime Met fixture for sweeping performances of the Italian repertory which let the singers shine. .................$85 |
150. CONLON, James- SP 8 x 10" head shot of the fine American conductor now head of the Los Angeles Opera after his stint at the Opera Bastille in
Paris. His constant plugging of the Nazi repressed composers such as Zemlinsky, Schrecker, Braunfels etc continues there where he is leading an on
going series of performances of their brilliant too little known (in the USA) "degenerate" operas. .................$65 |
151. DAVIS, Sir Colin- SP 5 x 7" action shot of the doyen of English conductors renowned for his Berlioz just to name one composer! .................$75 |
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| 152. DUDAMEL, Gustavo- SP 8 x 10" color photo of the young Venezuelan SUPERSTAR conductor. He wows them where ever he goes! .................$75 |
153. EROS, Peter- SP 3.5 x 7" photo of the Hungarian/American conductor who studied with Kodaly, He emigrated to Holland during the 1956 uprising and
worked as Klemperer's assistant and then for Kanppertsbusch in Bayreuth and for Fricsay till 1964. He first came to the US in 1965 to assist Szell in
Cleveland then subsequently conducted the major orchestras world wide. He programs much American music and recorded all Siegfried Wagner's orchestral
music. .................$60 |
154. ESCHENBACH, Christoph von- SP 5 x 7" action shot of the conductor/pianist who just finished his stint as head of the Philadelphia Orchestra. .................$65 |
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| 155. FAERBER, Jorg- SP 4 x 6" action shot of the founder of the Wurttemburgischesthe Kammerorchester Stuttgart which he lead for more than 40 years
considered one of the finest Baroque orechestras. .................$50 |
156. FERENCSIK, Janos- SPc size photo of the Hungarian conductor who assisted Toscanini at Bayreuth in 1930/1 before becoming Hungary's leading mid
century conductor. He conducted long term and often at the Vienna opera world wide. Fine recordings. .................$65 |
157. FETTA, Frank Paul- SP 8 x 10" action shot of the American conductor associated with the Redland Bowl Summer Music festival. .................$50 |
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| 158. FRUHBECK de BURGOS, Raphael- SP 4 x 6" color shot of the Spanish conductor a popular favorite where ever he goes. .................$65 |
159. FURTWANGLER, Wilhelm- SP 5.5 x 7.5" program photo from a Vienna Philharmonic tour program. .................$675 |
160. GATTI, Daniele- SP 5 x 7" color action photo of today's versatile leading Italian conductor equally at home in opera and symphony. .................$65 |
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| 161. GIULINI, Carlo Maria- SP on program page of a Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert given in Finland! .................$75 |
162. GRAF, Hans- SPc size Fayer photo of the popular Austrian conductor of the Houston Symphony since 1900 with a contract the goes through 2012. He
studied with Ferrara, Celebidache & Arvid Jansons and won the Karl Bohm Competition in 1979 which led to his 1981 debut at the Vienna State Opera in
"Petrouchka." .................$65 |
163. HORENSTEIN, Jascha- SP 8 x 10" photo of the Ukrainian/Austrian- American conductor trained at the Vienna Academy of Music under Joseph Marx & Schrecker
he became Furtwangler's assistant in Berlin in 1920 conducting there and Berlin before became chief honcho in Dusseldorf in 1928 his only permanent
directorship. He left Germany when the Nazis rose to power coming to the US in 1940. He had a very wide repertory but is especially remembered for
Bruckner and Mahler and left many fine recordings. This photo is d/ to conductor Bernhard Conz 1959. .................$475 |
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| 164. KARAJAN, Herbert von- large ink signature on a trimmed album leaf alongside 2 laid down color action shots. Nice. .................$175 |
165. KARAJAN, Herbert von + FRANCESCATTI, Zino + FOURNIER, Pierre- all 3 STARS sign the program for a 3 Juni 1963 Vienna Brahms concert where the violinist
and cellist played the the Concerto for Violin and Cello with the VPO. GREAT GROUP! .................$300 |
166. KEMPE, Rudolph- SP 4 x 6" bust shot of the ever popular German conductor who fortunately left many recordings both studio and live. .................$150 |
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| 167. KLEIBER, Carlos- SP 5 x 7" action shot of the conductor STAR d/s 1969. .................$175 |
168. KONDRASCHIN, Kiril- SP 8 x 10" action photo of the very important Russian conductor who debuted in 1931 and went on to be leading conductor at the
Maly and Bolshoi Theatres as well as artistic director of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra from 1960-1975. Kondraschin conducted Cliburn's prize winning
performance at the first International Competition in Moscow, toured the USA with the pianist and led the BEST SELLING recordings of the Rachmaninoff and
Tchaikowsky Concertos with Cliburn. He also toured the west with Richter, Oistrakh & Rostropovich. In addition he gave the premiere of Shostakovich's 4th
Symphony. He defected to the West in 1978 and became the Concertgebouw's permanent guest conductor till his death as well as a regular guest conductor with
the Vienna Philharmonic. Many fine recordings which were then banned in the USSR. .................$275 |
169. LEVINE, James- SP 6.5 X 9" SUPER action shot of the Met's STAR music director. .................$75 |
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| 170. LITTON, Andrew- SP 5 x 7" of the popular American conductor who has made some fine recordings. .................$60 |
171. MEHTA, Zubin- SP 8 x 10" portrait quite young or 5 x 7" color action shot from Vienna. Montreal, Los Angeles, New York ,Munich , Firenze, Vienna and
Israel all were/are home to his stylish musicality. He studied with Hans Swarowsky in Vienna at the same time as Barenboim & Abbado and debuted there in
1958. In addition to conducting he performed as a double bassist with Perlmanm, Zuckerman, duPre & Barenboim in Schubert's "Trout Quintet" in 1969. One
of most spectacular recent gigs was the performances of "Turandot" at Peking's Forbidden City with the Firenze troupe. .................$75 |
172. MUNCHINGER, Karl- SP 4 x 6"photo of the founder of the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra. which toured the world playing Bach as well as recording it for
Decca as well as a super popular Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel. He fell from favor with the critics with the rise of the early century instrument
movement but still has a huge following. .................$65 |
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| 173. MUTI, Riccardo & ROSTROPOVICH, Mstislav- SP of the 2 greats at Teatro alla Scala No introduction needed for the smiling conductor and cellist/conductors.
Two true SUPERSTARS. .................$200 |
174. NIKISCH, Arthur- ALS 2 pp in German "Leipzig Gewandhaus 18 Juli (19)18-" to "Sehr verhertes Fraulein, Hochgeschatzte Kunstlerin" "Honored Lady, Highly
Appreciated Artist - First of all I would like to give expression to my joy that the efforts to win you for one of our concerts, finally have been crowned
with success. Hopefully nothing will derail it this time! With reference to the program, permit me to implore you to sing the charming "Marienlieder"
(Songs of Mary) by Reichenberger, which are considered synonymous with you (literal translation: "inscribed on your body"). You will reap great success
with them and everyone will be grateful to you for having been introduced to something new. As a second number you could chose a pure coloratura piece
(Zerbinetta or similar).All of us are greatly looking forward to your coming! With most revered greetings, your very devoted, ARTHUR NIKISCH" This was
possibly Selma Kurz" Together with photo of Nikisch. .................$275 |
175. NORRINGTON, Sir Roger- SP 5 x 7" color shot of one of the leaders of the original instrument movement. His super performances bring sold out houses
world wide and his many recording are best sellers. .................$65 |
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| 176. OREN, Daniel- SP 5 x 7" action shot of the terrific Israeli opera conductor one of the busiest in Italy. .................$65 |
177. PREVIN, Andre- SPc size action photo of the conductor/composer/jazz pianist who just turned 80!!Imagine time flies. He has served as music director
of the Houston, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh orchestras in the US and the LSO and RPO in London as well as guesting world wide. He has composed prize winning
film scores, operas "Streetcar Named Desire" & "Brief Encounter" and most recently a violin concerto for his then wife Anne- Sophie Mutter. Many top
selling recordings. He has been married 4 times to Betty Bennett, Dory Langdon (Previn) , Mia Farrow and Anne Sophie Mutter! .................$125 |
178. RONNEFELD, Peter- SP 4 x 6" action photo of the German composer/ conductor who died age 30 in 1965! He studied with Messiaen and van Kempen. He
wrote the opera "Die Ameise" and as a conductor championed new music conducing premiered of operas by Yun, Zimmermann and others but that did not stop
him from conducting Lortzing too!! Signed on the dark part VERY SCARCE. .................$125 |
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| 179. SODERO, Cesare- SP 8 x 10" photo of the Neapolitan cellist/conductor who came to the US in 1906 age 20 and immediately conducted opera in Chicago
and elsewhere. In 1914 he became the chief conductor at the Thomas A. Edison Recording Company with final say on what was recorded so he was able to
make many of the most interesting instrumental records yet done and he accompanied all the great singers including Muzio in her legendary takes. When
he left Edison in 1925 he went to radio first to NBC then to Mutual where he conducted hundreds of opera and symphony broadcasts. He led the Mendelssohn
Glee Club from 1934-47 and debuted very successfully at the Met in 1942 in Aida and stayed till his death in 1947. UNCOMMON. .................$100 |
180. THIELEMANN, Christian- SP 8 x 10" color action shot of the preeminent Wagner conductor back at BAYREUTH this summer where he is numero uno! .................$75 |
181. TOSCANINI, Arturo- large signature on the NYPO program for March 6, 1936 Carnegie Hall concert. Name of the recipient to whom it was probably mailed
is also there. Together with unsigned photo. .................$175 |
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| 182. von BULOW, Hans- AMusQS he wrote "Theme of Sasparilla" Polka just composed in Baltimore in the forenoon of 22 April 1889 Dr. Hans v Bulow" together
with an unsigned photo of the composer/pianist/conductor closely associated with Liszt and Wagner – he conducted the premieres of both "Tristan und
Isolde" & "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg" and one of the most influential musical forces of the 19th century German music scene. .................$475 |
183. WOOD, Sir Henry- signature of the noted English conductor with unsigned photo. .................$35 |
184. ZINMAN, David- SP 5 x 7" action shot of the American maestro really coming into his own internationally. He studied conducting at Tanglewood and
worked as Monteux's assistant from 1958-62 before tenures in Rotterdam, Rochester, Baltimore & Zurich. He teaches in Aspen Fine recordings. .................$75 |
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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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