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| 236. BOHM, Dr. Karl & Thea-lovely message from the great conductor to Bob Herman, Bing's assistant director and close to Bohm "My Dear Bob, From my heart all best wishes for the coming year...you Karl und Thea." .................$75 |
237. BRITTEN, Benjamin & PEARS, Peter- both sign a holiday card from Aldeburgh. .................$175 |
238. CALLAS, Maria- the DIVA writes "Buon natale Maria e Batista Meneghini" on a card Verona Portale di S.Zeno. Together with a photo of the couple. .................$675 |
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| 239. CALLEJA, Icilio- SPc of "the Napoleon of tenors" as Otello his signature role with greetings to conductor Cleofonte Campanini on the message side. He write "Happy holidays and cordial greetings also to your
lovely wife (Eva Tetrazzini) Calleja Icilio" mailed in 1913 from Milano to Campanini in Chicago. The Corfu born Maltese tenor raised by his banker father in Alexandria studied law at the Paris Soebonne before
finally turning to singing. He debuted in Firenze as Canio opposite Carelli & was at La Scala the following year in La Wally under Toscanini-quite a start! For 5 years he sang in all the Italian theatres leaving
only to sing Aida in Cairo. He came to Chicago in 1912 and shortly there after was the first to sing Otello at La Scala since Tamagno 26 years before! For the next few years he sang Otello all over and then turned
to the baritone parts like Gerard & Tonio as well as the Wagnerian tenor roles and always Otello & Samson! He stopped with Siegfried at Parma 1929 retiring to Alexandria. Fine acoustic records. SCARCE. .................$500 |
240. CARUSO, Enrico- "Happy New Year from Caruso" on a card together with a photo of the great tenor. .................$375 |
241. COSTA, Sir Michael- ALS 2 pp "My Dear Cox, I write these few lines to offer you the compliments of the season and my hearty good wishes for a happy new year. I sincerely trust that you enjoy good many to come,
perfect health happiness and prosperity in company with your better half and family, and believe me ever yours faithfully MCosta 59 Euleston December 27 1865" together with a cabinet photo of the important Italian
born English conductor. .................$275 |
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| 242. FLAGSTAD, Kirsten- TLS on her printed stationery: KIRSTEN FLAGSTAD. LUMBER .KRISTIANST AD.S. "Dec 18th 1960- Dear Emily Coleman, How very kind of you and Elisabeth to send me the cable! I was very moved that you
should be so concerned about my health. Thank you very much. I am so much better and am gradually recovering but have been forbidden by my doctors to do any work. Therefore I have resigned from my job as opera director,
much to my grief. I found the work so interesting and satisfying in spite of all the difficulties any opera director must have. So many years have disappeared since we had lunch together ! I hope you are well and happy.
I often think of you and Libby Holman how kind you were to me. I wish you very nice hollydays [sic] and send you heartiest greetings. Yours Sincerely, Kirsten Flagstad" A lovely letter from the beloved Wagnerian soprano
to one of New York's major music critics at the time that her health began to decline and she died in 1962. Together with a lovely photo from the later years. .................$675 |
243. FOSS, Lukas- AMusQS and holiday greetings on the verso of a 4 x 6" color photo of the German/American composer/pianist playing. Leonard Bernstein stated that only Foss could play the piano part of his Age of Anxiety
the way he imagined it. .................$275 |
244. GALLI, CURCI, Amelita & SAMUELS, Homer- the DIVA and her husband both sign the greeting card where she has written "Always remembering and waiting for to come to Sul Monte." .................$50 |
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| 245. GAY, Maria and ZENATELLO, Giovanni- Holiday greetings from the famed mezzo and her tenor husband- founders of the Arena di Verona Opera Festival; in 1913. Together with unsigned photos of both.GREAT STARS. .................$65 |
246. GOULD, Glenn- unusual holiday card from "baby Glenn" showing a photo of him taken in the summer of 1933 and signed by his mother or father + another taken at the same time with his baby next door neighbors (used
in Kevin Bazzana's book Wondrous Strange+ a photo of the great pianist grown. UNUSUAL group. .................$675 |
247. JOHNSON, Edward- Season best wishes from Eduardo dui Giovanni + a SP 4 x 6" of the Candain tenor and Met General manager. .................$50 |
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| 248. KENT, Walter- AMusQS from I'll Be Home for Xmas on a card. .................$100 |
249. KLEIBER, Carlos- TLS 12/12/96: "Dear Mr. Shure, (Please excuse my erratic typing) I was very touched by your letter. Mainly, I mean, the part about your mother. It made me terribly sad to think of her passing so
young! First: MERRY XMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR! About me: I am pretty much 99.9% out of the rat race, so to speak. I have no contact with any musicians, conducting ones or otherwise. All the soloists I liked or admired
are dead as doornails. Same goes for singers and all though as human beings, I like Muti, Haitink and...no, I guess that's all. Oh, yes, and Levine. I like those three because they have been incredibly kind and friendly
to me and because, on the rare occasions we have spent time together, it was great fun and we didn't talk about music. Also, they are not treacherous at least not concerning myself. You can see where my priorities lie,
no? I wonder if you would care to tell me who the friend of yours in New York is who told you how to contact me. I am glad he/she did and if he/she is also a friend or ex-friend of mine, I might write him,/her. The kind
words you wrote about my work I thank you for warmly! I feel that you are enormously overrating me: but I refuse to squirm in the discomforting knowledge that I am really not much good. I will just enjoy it! Please take
care and enjoy like! With my best wishes and greetings, yours sincerely, Carlos Kleiber. P.S. This is absurd, I know: I am mourning for your mother" GREAT letter from the reclusive late conductor one of true GREATS of
his generation. Together with very lightly signed action photo. .................$400 |
250. LECHETIZKY, Theodor- ALS on a post card with a photo of the famed piano teacher- he sends New Years greetings to Mrs.Cartwright in Toronto, Canada 30 December 1904 and thanks her for the greetings. .................$475 |
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| 251. LIVINGSTON, JAY- AMusQS from holiday favorite "Silver Bells." .................$125 |
252. MILANOV, Zinka- nice big signature on a holiday card together with an informal backstage photo. .................$85 |
253. MOFFO, Anna- holiday greetings signed Anna. .................$40 |
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| 254. NILSSON, Birgit- signs holiday greetings opposite a photo after her 30th anniversary performance. QUITE SPECIAL. .................$100 |
255. NOTE, Jean- the noted Belgian baritone write "Happy New year Jean Note de l'Opera"- world career he created Bruneau's Messidor & Massenet's Roma. .................$35 |
256. PIERNE, Gabriel- AMusQS from Nuit de Noel 70-signed "Gabriel Pierne Dec '98" by the famed composer/organist. .................$300 |
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| 257. SCHMITT, Joseph- SPc Ross Verlag photo of the great German/Jewish tenor star of radio/concerts/film and records. He only sang opera on stage once-La Boheme in Belgium. ANS on the back side in German giving heartfelt
thanks for the kind words and sends "Weihnactswunsche" (Holiday greetings) from Joseph Schmitt. Very scarce to have a long greeting from the tenor star who tragically died in a Swiss DP camp during WW11. GREAT recordings
& films. 2 signatures. .................$975 |
258. SCHUMANN, Clara- ALS 2 pp "29 December '82 Esteemed sir, Would you please be so kind as to pay the Commercial Advisor Kittner on my behalf the quarterly interest on 675 Marks and to send me the receipt. With best wishes
for the new year, your devoted Clara Schumann" Together with an Elliot & Fry C d V photo of the great pianist/composer/teacher and friend to all the greats. .................$675 |
259. SLEZAK, Leo- SP from the immortal Vienna based (33 years) tenor STAR as Otello at the Met where she sang from 1909-1913. He writes "Prosit Neujahr my dearling [sic, darling] Mr Hirsch your Slezak N.York 1.1.[1]910
(Otello.)." Slezak made terrific films, wrote book, made tons of best selling records and was Walter's father. .................$500 |
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| 260. SURINACH, Carlo- the Barcelona born American composer signs a NOEL card NYC 1956. .................$40 |
261. TEBALDI, Renata- greeting card signed Renata 1970 together with an un- signed photo. .................$85 |
262. THOMAS, Jess- the American heldentenor with wife and son-note signed. .................$25 |
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| 263. VANNI-MARCOUX- SPC of the UNIQUE French basso considered my many to be Chaliapin's equal. Addressed to "Signor Maestro Cleofonte Campanini Manhattan Opera New York" and mailed from Bruxelles in 1907-he wrote in
Italian "Sincere greetings for a Happy New Year to you and your wife [Eva Tetrazzini] Affectionately Vanni Marcoux." .................$275 |
264. VERDI, Giuseppe- thanks for greeting on his printed calling card initialed by the father of Italian opera. In Italian." thanks for the greetings which we exchange thanks again GV" Together with the envelope of
transmittal to Maestro Arigo Venturi, Teatro alla Scala & a photo of Verdi. .................$1,875 |
265. VICKERS, Jon- SP on Merry Christmas and a happy new year card of the UNIQUE Canadian tenor with his wife and children. .................$65 |
| Holiday Greetings - $20 each - 6 for $100 | |
| 266. ADLER, Kurt 267. ALBANESE, Licia 268. ALLERS, Franz 269. ALVARY, Lornezo 270. ARAGALL, Giacomo 271. AYOMA, Yoshio 272. BACQUIER, Gabriel 273. BARDELLI, Cesare 274. BELMONT, Eleanor (Opera Guild) 275. BJONER, Ingrid 276. BUSSINGER, Toni 277. CAPECCHI, Renato 278. CAPPUCCILLI, Piero 279. CASEI, Nedda 280. CASSEL, Walter 281. COLZANI, Anselmo 282. CRESPIN, Regine 283. CRISTINI, Mario 284. CVEJIC, Biserka 285. della CASA, Lisa showing Schloss Gottlieb as Am Bodensee 286. de PAOLIS 287. DEUTEKOM, Cristina 288. DIAKOV, Anton 289. DICKIE, Murray 290. DOOLEY, William photo 291. DRUCKER, Judy 292. DUNN, Mignon 293. DUPONT, Jacques 294. DVORAKOVA, Ludmilla 295. EBERT, Carl 296. ERROLE, Ralph 297. FARRELL, Eileen as Eileen Brennan 298. FERNANDEZ, Ruth 299. FERNANDI, Eugenio 300. FLAGELLO, Ezio 301. FLORESCU, Arta at home in Romania 302. FORST, Judith 303. GEDDA, Nicolai 304. GERARD, Rolf 305. GENTELE, Marit & Goran 306. GRAF, Herbert 307. GRAMM, Donald 308. GUARRERA, Frank 309. HARSHAW, Margaret 310. HERLEA, Nicolae 311. HINES, Jerome- photo with family 312. HOPF, Hans 313. HUROK, Sol 314. KABAIWANSKA, Raina 315. KATONA, Tibor 316. KAYE, Judy 317. KULLMAN, Charles 318. LEWIS, William 319. LIGENDZA, Caterina |
320. LONDON, George 321. LORENGAR, Pilar- with ALS 322. LUDWIG, Christa 323. MACURDY, John- photo with family 324. MADEIRA, Jena 325. MALIPONTE, Adriana 326. MARTINELLI, Giovanni 327. MAXIMOVNA, Ita 328. MAZZOLI, Feruccio 329. MERRILL, Nathanial 330. MESS, Suzanne 331. MILNES, Sherill 332. MITTELMAN, Norman 333. MORELL, Barry 334. MONTEFUISCO, Licinio 335. NEBLETT, Carol 336. NILSSON, Birgit 337. OTEY, Louis 338. OTTOLINI, Luigi 339. PEERCE, Jan 340. PETERS, Roberta 341. PILOU, Jeanette- ALS 342. POZOLOV, Mikhal 343. PREVEDI, Bruno 344. PUMA, Salvatrore 345. REARDON, John 346. RESNIK, Regina 347. RITCHARD, Sir Cyril 348. ROSENSTOCK, Joseph 349. ROTHENBERGER, Anneliese 350. RUDOLPH, Max 351. SALDARI, Luciano 352. SATANOWSKI, Robert 353. SCHIPPERS, Thomas 354. SCHNEIDER-SIEMSEN, Gunther 355. SHIRLEY, George 356. SIMIONATO, Giulietta 357. STRATAS, Teresa 358. SUTHERLAND, Dame Joan 359. TGLIAVINI, Franco 360. TOZZI, Giorgio 361. TUCKER, Richard- ALS on postcard 362. THEBOM, Blanche 363. UHDE, Hermann 364. UPPMAN, Theodore 365. VELIS, Andrea 366. VERRETT, Shirley 367. VINCO, Ivo 368. VOKETITIS, Arnold 369. WATSON, Claire 370. WIEMANN, Ernst 371. WILDERMANN, William 372. ZIMMERMANN, Margarita 373. ZSELLER, Eva |
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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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