39. ARRIOLA, Pepito- SPc of the Spanish piano prodigy (he was also a fiddler and composer shown here at age 16. He enjoyed a great career as a prodigy and then. SCARCE.
.................$200
40. ARGERICH, Martha- signature below laid down color photo.
.................$85
41. ANDERSZEWSKI, Piotr- SP 5 x 7” color shot of the exciting young Polish pianist.
.................$50
42. ANDSNES, Lief Ove & BOSTRIDGE, Ian- SP 8 x 10" color shot of the piano tenor duo who sign below each other's image!!
.................$90
AX, Emanuel- SP 5 x 7" color shot showing the American pianist alongside the piano.
.................$60
44. BARBIERI, Gato- AMusQS "El Arriero" penned by the GREAT LEGENDARY Argentinian tenor saxophonist and brilliant film composer ("Last Tango in Paris" etc). Signed with a sketch of a cat and GATO-together with unsigned photo. UNUSUAL and SCARCE.
.................$375
45. CAPUCON, Renaud- SP 8 x 10.5" color shot of the popular French fiddler.
.................$75
46. CASALS, Paul- SP on a 6 x 9" program page showing the great cellist with Albert Schweitzer. Together with pages from the 1952 Prades Festival concerning Casal's 75th birthday.
.................$250
47. CHUNG, Kyung-Wha- signature in English & Korean below 2 laid down color photos of the popular fiddler.
.................$35
48. FUCHS, Friedrich- the noted clarinet player signs cover of Mozartsaal program 22 Oct 1962.
.................$25
49. FUCHS, Joseph- SP 8 x 10" action shot of the famed American violinist. A Kniesel pupil he was leader of the Cleveland Orchestra 1926-40 and afterwards was active as a soloist and founded the Musician's Guild in 1943, He commissioned Piston's Violin Concerto and gave the premieres of works by Lopatnikoff, Ben Weber, Martinu & Vaughan Williams. Violist Lillian Fuchs was his sister. Later he was a most important teacher at Juilliard- d/s 1946.
.................$250
50. GANZ, Rudolph- SP 7.5 x 9.5" bust portrait of the Swiss/American pianist/conductor/-composer/teacher. He toured extensively as a pianist and as a conductor gave first performances of works by Ravel, Bartok and Busoni. He taught till age 95.
.................$100
51. GHIGLIA, Oscar- AMusQS on a card penned by the Italian guitarist, Segovia's pupil and teaching assistant as well as the foremost guitar pedagogue in his own right.
.................$250
52. GUTTLER, Ludwig- signature alongside laid down photo of the trumpeter.
.................$35
53. HARRELL, Lynn- signature below laid down photo of the smiling cellist.
.................$65
54. HEIFETZ, Jascha, KREISLER, Fritz & MENUHIN, Yehudi- ALL GREAT fiddlers sign a 4 ½ x 5 album leaf.1944. UNIQUE combo.
.................$300
55. HEIFETZ, Jascha- TLS on his stationery "February 20,1964 Dear Mr. Lauricella, You were quite right in your recent letter in your presumption re "Piece Diabolique de Concert". And, right again about you're your "Sonata per due Violini". Kindly send me a copy (which I need not return) of the Sonata for two Violins. It would be useful in my class at the University of Southern California. All good wishes, Yours, Jascha Heifetz." Together with unsigned photo of the GREAT fiddler & envelope of transmittal. INTERESTING.
.................$275
56. HOFMANN, Josef- LARGE signature 5 x 2" NY 1916 matted with photo from younger years at piano. Overall 11 x 17".
.................$175
57. HOROWITZ, Vladimir- bold signature 1934 6/X11 on large album leaf with unsigned photo.
.................$200
58. HORSZOWSKI, Miecio- SPc of the 11 year old child prodigy or 8 x 10" photo aged 60. Another GREAT Romantic piano star who performed till age 99!
.................$375
59. JOACHIM, Joseph- the famed fiddler and friend of Brahms signs and fills in the occasion and names of the guest on an EINLASS-KARTE (entry pass) for a General rehearsal of the Joachim Quartet at the Konglich Akademische Hochschule fur Musik Winter Semester 1900-1901 (Berlin). Together with unsigned photo of Joachim.
.................$500
60. KENTNER, Louis- SP 4 x 5 photo of the important Hungarian/English pianist playing.
.................$100
61. KREISLER, Fritz- SP 8 x 10" photo of the BELOVED fiddler d/s 1958.
.................$300
62. KREMER, Gidon- signature alongside laid down photo of the POPULAR fiddler.
.................$40
63. LaFORGE, Frank- Sp 8 x 10" photo of the American accompanist & song composer. He studied with Leschetizky and accompanied without music famed stars Gadski, Sembrich, Alda, Matzenauer, Schumann-Heink & Pons etc.
.................$100
64. LANDOWSKA, Wanda- HUGE SIGNATURE 7" long very cordially written matted with a 6 x 6" Lipnitzki photo at the harpsichord. STUNNING!
.................$600
65. MENUHIN, Yehudi- SP 8 x 10 Lumiere, NY photo of the prodigy d/s 1930 age 14. The photograph was taken earlier. WONDERFUL souvenir of the great artist and UNIQUE.
.................$675
66. MEYER, Sabine- signature of the popular German clarinetist who came to fame with Berlin Philharmonic and now is tops with recitals orchestral appearances and recordings.
.................$35
67. MUTTER, Anne Sophie- large signature below laid down photo of the fiddle STAR.
.................$45
68. NYIREGYHAZI, Ervin- photo of the eccentric young Hungarian pianist shown in a Knabe ad where he endorses the Knabe piano. The ad is 7 x 7.5" and taken from a publication early 1920s. Images of the pianist are scarce.
.................$175
PIERNE, Gabriel- see COMPOSERS section 69. PERAHIA, Murray- signature alongside laid down photo on a 4 x 6" card.
.................$60
RACHMANINOFF, Sergei- see COMPOSERS section
70. RUBINSTEIN, Arthur- large signature of the titanic pianist matted with an 8 x 10 Jane Plotz photo.
.................$150
71. ROSTROPOVICH, Mstislav- large signature below laid down color magazine action photo of the beloved SLAVA.
.................$50
72. RUMMEL, Walter- SPc of the German pianist closely associated with Debussy and his music d/s to Monte Carlo impresario Charles Putnam 1929.
.................$125
73. SALZEDO, Carlos- SP 8 x 10" photo of the famed harpist playing d/s 1949.
.................$175
74. SERKIN, Rudolph- SP 8 x 10" photo of the beloved pianist playing d/s 1949. The photo is laid down to a larger mount.
.................$275
75. SIVORI, Camillo- SP 4 x 6" photo on a 7 x 9" matt d/s by Paganini's only pupil, a great virtuosic showman starting as a twelve year old in 1827 he introduced Mendelssohn's Violin concerto in England, collaborated with Liszt and adapted many pieces for the violin to show his great virtuosity. He was a collector of valuable instruments too. VERY SCARCE.
.................$1,200
SPOHR, Louis- see COMPOSER section. 76. TAUBMAN, Leo- SP 8 x 10 bust shot of the outstanding German/American accompanist active in the USA from 1937 till his death in 1966. d/s 1947. Some spotting. SCARCE.
.................$65
77. TORTELIER, Paul- SP program page with signed photo & French language bio of the French cellist.
.................$100
78. TORTELIER, Maud Martin- SP program page with signed photo & French language bio of the French cellist wife of Paul Tortelier with whom she often appeared.
.................$65
79. VIUEXTEMPS, Henri- ALS 3 pp in French from the famed Belgian fiddler/composer to music publisher Giovanni Ricordi- written from St Petersbourg 19 February os/ 3 March, 1847. ns and going into great length about the misunderstandings between himself and Ricordis representatives apropos 2 small pieces he wrote and gave them 2 years previously.
.................$375
80. WATTS, Andre- SP c size photo of the smiling virtuoso pianist.
.................$75
81. WHITEMORE & LOWE- SP 8 x 10" heavy stock program photo of the duo pianists backed by a RCA Victor record ad printed by Columbia Artists Management.
.................$65


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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