44. ARANYI, Juliette- large signature below laid down photo(4 x 7") of the Slovak child piano prodigy who gave recitals at age 6. She was one of the Terezienstadt musicians who did not survive. EXTREMELY RARE example of a Holocaust victim.
.................$300		 45. ARGERICH, Martha & ABBADO, Claudio- SP 5 x 7" photo of the charismatic piano superstar and the great Italian conductor rehearsing for DGG.
.................$175		 46. ARGERICH, Martha- SP 8 x 10 .5" color photo for DGG of the GREAT Argentine pianist showing the priceless hands!!
.................$175
47. AUS DER OHE, Adele- ALS 1 p in English from the German pianist, a Liszt pupil who toured the US for 17 consecutive seasons starting 1886 appearing in recital and with all the major orchestras as a great popular favorite. In this short letter she thanks the recipient for her letter which was given to her in Reading.
.................$50		 48. BLOOMFIELD-ZEISLER, Fanny- SPc bust shot of the Austrian/American pianist a Leschetizky pupil of international note she had a long successful career making her farewell on Feb 25,1925 with a Golden Jubilee concert in Chicago.
.................$200		 49. BUSTABO, Guila- large signature from the violin prodigy whose strange career was ruined by WWII together with unsigned repro photo SCARCE.
.................$200
50. CHANG, Han-Na- SP 8 x 11" color photo of the young Korean cellist for EMI. A winner of the Rostropovich Cello Competition in Paris she has studied with the maestro as well as Mischa Maisky. She appears world wide as soloist and under ALL the leading conductors.
.................$60		 COATES, Eric- see COMPOSERS section. 51. CORTOT - CASALS - THIBAUD formed a GREAT and LEGENDARY TRIO. Here are signed photos of the 3 great virtuosi:
a. CORTOT, Alfred- SPc portrait of the great French Pianist d/s 1949....$375
b. CASALS, Pablo- SPc portrait of YOUNG cello GIANT-SCARCE this period. ...$675
c. THIBAUD, Jacques- SP on the cover of a Zagreb program for a recital 9 October 1928. ...$375
52. CROSSLAND, Jill- SP 5 x 7" color photo of the young British Bach pianist who has been making quite a name for herself with her recitals and best selling recordings including the "Goldberg Variations". She is a pupil of Badura Skoda and performs often in Austria as a chamber player.
.................$45		 53. CZIFFRA, Gyorgy- Spc action shot of the brilliant Hungarian pianist s 1963.
.................$350		 DAMROSCH, Leopold- see CONDUCTOR section.
54. duPRE, Jacqueline- HUGE signature with return address of her manager "%Ibbs and Tillett Ltd/124 Wigmore street/London W1" on a 6 x 6.5" paper matted & framed with a photo of the GREAT cellist playing Ðoverall 11 x 16".
.................$875		 55. FAVRE-KAHN, Laure- SP 5 x 7" color piano photo of the young French pianist busy as a recitalist, with orchestra and as a chamber player. Fine recordings.
.................$50		 56. FRIEDMAN, Ignaz- large pencil signature of the noted Polish pianist with reproduction photo.
.................$100
57. GIESEKING, Walter- SPc bust portrait of the German wizard of Debussy & much more d/s Dec 1953.
.................$150		 58. HAHN, Hilary- SP 8 x 10.5" color photo for DGG of the very popular young violin STAR.
.................$85		 59. HAMBOURG, Mark- SPc of the Russian/British pianist a child prodigy, a Leschetizky pupil who toured the world and for many years who offered prizes for original works for the piano which he played at his recitals. He was extremely popular in England.
.................$150
60. HESS, Dame Myra- SP 8 x 10" of the BELOVED English piano star of international FAME. Her WW11 mid day recitals in besieged London are legendary. A pupil of Tobias Matthay she established a scholarship for study with him.
.................$250		 61. HEYMAN, Katherine- album leaf from the American pianist/composer where she writes" Erste blatt-Erste Wiener konzert-Erster komponist-Skryabin Katherine Heyman 7 I Ô29" The California born pianist composer was a great champion of Scryabin's works usually devoting half her program to his music. SCARCE/.verso SCHULHOFF, Otto- signature above treble cleff 1928 from the Austrian pianist. Nice combination!!
.................$150		 62. HOFMANN, Josef- SP 8 x 10" action shot of the LEGENDARY pianist d/s 1943.
.................$750
63. HOROWITZ, Vladimir- large 36 page lavishly illustrated souvenir program book for his appearance at the 750 Jahre Berlin 1987 Festival 7 June 1987 and in Hamburg 21 June 1987 the year after his triumphant return to Germany.
.................$125		 64. HUTCHESON, Ernest- SP pc size of 5 x 9" matt with dedication from the Australian/American pianist/composer/teacher. Besides performing internationally he at various times headed Baltimore's Peabody Conservatory, The Chautauqua Institution's piano department, The Bohemians and The Juilliard School of Music. Olga Samaroff studied with him (see below) UNCOMMON.
.................$200		 65. JANSEN, Janine- SP 5 x 7" color photo of the stunning young Dutch fiddler.
.................$50
66. JOACHIM, Joseph- unsigned J.C. Schaarwachter Berlin sepia cabinet photo of the LEGENDARY 19th century violinist- a child prodigy he appeared in at the age of 12 (1843) in Leipzig in a concert with Pauline Viardot, Clara Schumann and Mendelssohn followed by an appearance under Mendelssohn with the Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestra!! His career as soloist, concertmaster with various orchestras flourished. He befriended Brahms who wrote a violin sonata for him. After an estrangement with Brahms brought about by his divorce from Amalie & Brahms testimony on her behalf Brahms wrote the sublime Double Concerto for him. Dvorak, Gade & Schumann also wrote large scale concerti for him. He organized the famed Joachim Quartet and composed virtuosic violin pieces. He settled in Berlin and taught Hubay, Auer, Powell and Hubermann among others.
.................$200		 67. JOACHIM, Joseph- ALS 2 pp in German.." The notification only dear lady is that the permission of the minister is necessary for the admission of your niece for the new year. The young lady should call on Inspector Herzberg (Universitatstr 6) to get her admission pass and pay the semi annual honorarium of 40. Unfortunately Radoff's father is ill with blisters and he will not be able to give lessons the first 14 days. However it has been arranged that Mr. Graber, an excellent teacher will give his lessons at the school. I will travel day after tomorrow and am herewith saying a cordial goody bye to you and your husband. Our little child is almost well again and is up for the first time today, Respectfully yours, Joseph Joachim" Ð the GREAT fiddler had to take care of the mundane affairs of the school too!!! Tape remnants that have left marks but the writing is all clear and signature clean. Together with an unsigned image of Joachim. Special.
.................$150		 68. JODRY, Annie- SP of the French violiniste on from the program for the Strasbourg Festival where she played Mozart's Concerto en la K219 under Monteux. (5 pages from the program are there). UNCOMMON.
.................$65
69. KARAS, Anton- SPc of the Austrian zither player who gained world wide fame from "The Third Man."
.................$150		 70. KATMIS, Milton- SP of the noted American violist on his bio page in the 1952 Casals Festival program book. Katmis introduced many works for viola to the US in his recitals and orchestra appearances. He was 1st viola in the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Toscanini & a member of the New York Quartet with Horszowski, Schneider & Millet & taught at Juilllard. SCARCE.
.................$60		 71. KOCSIS, Zoltan- SP 5 x 7" color photo of the Hungarian pianist/conductor hyping his GREAT BARTOK or conducting. One of the best around.
.................$75
72. KONDO, Yoshiro- SP 5 x 7 " b/w photo of the young Japanese pianist a pupil of Gerhard Oppitz. He has made outstanding recording for Denon & Phillips.
.................$50		 73. KURTAG, Gyorgy & Martha- SP 5 x 7 color photo of the composer at the piano and his wife or a b/w photo. Kurtag a contemporary of Ligeti is Hungary's leading composer- Rattle is a champion of his large scale works, a pianist and teacher of note (Schiff and Kocsis are his pupils) and a living legend.
.................$150		 LECOUNA, Ernesto- see COMPOSERS section.
74. LEGINSKA, Ethel- SP 5 x 7" Photo of the English pianist at the keyboard. A child prodigy she studied with Leschetizky and became a successful soloist as well as conductor appearing with Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and Women's Symphony Orchestras in Boston and Chicago etc. She conducted her opera "Gale" at the Chicago Civic Opera in 1935. She was nicknamed the "disappearing pianist" for not showing up at recitals.
.................$150		 75. LIEBLING, Emil- SP 5 x 7" photo at the piano signed on the 6 x 9" Root Chicago photographer's mount. Liebling was a Liszt pupil, a composer, teacher & writer of note. His brother was George the pianist and his nephew was Leonard the pianist, writer, critic and his niece Estelle the soprano & teacher of Beverly Sills.
.................$300		 76. LIST, Eugene- SP 8 x 10" of the brilliant American pianist pupil of Olga Samaroff. he gave the American premiere of the Shostakovich Piano Concerto #1 with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1934 and played at the Potsdam Conference in 1945 for Stalin, Churchill & Roosevelt. He was a great Gottschalk fan and organized and participated in monster concerts al ala Gottschalk. Terrific early photo at the piano.
.................$200
77. MANNES, Leopold- SP on his biography page from the 1952 Casals Festival program book. Mannes was a pianist/composer but above all head of the Mannes School of Music in New York City. SCARCE.
.................$50		 78. MENUHIN, Yehudi- SP on the cover of a large Orchestra Hall Chicago program book for the February 1,1953 recital. Also signed by accompanist Adolph BALLER. Reviews of the recital included.
.................$175		 79. MILSTEIN, Nathan- SP on the cover of a large Orchestra Hall Chicago program book for the March 1,1953 recital. Also signed by accompanist Arthur BALSAM Reviews of the recital included.
.................$375
80. MISSAGH, Vahid Khadem- SP 8 x 10" color photo of the Austrian violinist/conductor first trained by his father conductor Bijan Khadem-Missagh. A busy orchestra soloist and recitalist he is also concert master of Vienna's Tonkunstler Orchestra and appears in joint violin recitals with his sister Martha. Their recording "Duo Concertantes" is a great success.
.................$60		 81. MUTTER, Anne Sophie- SP 8 x 10.5" photo of everybody's favorite violinst.
.................$125		 82. NIKISCH, Mitja- SP 7 x 9" portrait of conductor Arthur's pianist son signed Novembre 1934.
.................$85
83. OGDEN, John- SP pc size program photo of the pianist playing under a huge portrait of Tchaikowsky when he won the Tchaikowsky Competition.
.................$50		 84. OISTRAKH, David- the beloved Russian violinist signs the cover of a 31 Mai 1962 Vienna concert under Krips together with a reproduction youthful image of him.
.................$125		 85. PERAHIA, Murray- large signature below tipped on photo of the young pianist at the keyboard together with 6 page color brochure with German text and color photo etc.
.................$85
86. POGORELICH, Ivo- large signature of the Yugoslav pianist below laid down photo.
.................$40		 87. POWELL, Maud- SP 7 x 9 .5" Bangs New York photo of the brilliant American violinist. She studied under Joachim in Berlin and debuted under him with the Berlin Philharmonic & appeared the same year under Thomas and the NY Philharmonic She had a long successful international career, founded a string Quintet Trio in the US and gave the US premieres of works by Dvorak, Lalo, Saint-Saens, Sibelius and Tchaikowsky as well as many American composers who she championed. Upper left tiny corner loss. SCARCE.
.................$375		 88. RUBINOFF and his Violin, Dave- 8" 8 page booklet of Rubinoff and his Violin with the whole story as told by Rubinoff printed on 2 pp and signed Ruby further on opposite his photo. Rubinoff made countless movies, night club & radio appearances with his famed Stradivarius purportedly the "Maurin"- the mystery is was it the Strad or a copy? He was quite a showman.
.................$75
89. RUBINSTEIN, Erna- SP 7 x 9" photo of the YOUNG Hungarian Hubay pupil holding her violin d/s New York 1922 shortly after her debut in the big apple. Surface creases etc. nor affecting the writing. ELUSIVE.
.................$100		 90. SALA, ANTONI- SP on the cover of a 2 November 1929 Zagreb 12 pp violin recital program book. Great period ads. Sala made some fine recordings. SCARCE.
.................$75		 91. SAMAROFF, Olga- ALS 4 pp from the noted American pianist/teacher and one of Stokowski's wives!! "Dear Mrs. Rowland, Your kind note just received and I hasten to answer. Unfortunately I have an engagement of long standing to pass this week's end over Sunday with friends at Irvington on the Hudson If however you would like to have me come the following Saturday I should be most delighted, I say Saturday because it is possible during the week I may have to run over to Philadelphia to practice with the orchestra. I am to play with the Phila. Orchestra here at Carnegie on Nov 6th and later in the season also in Phila, Baltimore & Washington. Engagements are coming in so fast I begin to feel somewhat bewildered at the prospect. If you should wish to know before Saturday week about the program, please ring me up on the telephone. Mother is here again. She was badly needed! My brother has entered the school of Architecture at Columbia so we have quite a little household. Please give my kindest regards to Mr.Rowland and also Mr.Burnett. I have just learned Brockway's Ballad and shall play it at Mendelssohn hall on Nov 9th In haste Cordially yours Olga Samaroff". Important American pianist, music writer and teacher at Curtis and Juilliard. Her pupils included List, Tureck, Weissenberg & Kapell. Interesting early letter.
.................$250
92. SAUR, Emil- ALS 3 pp in German from the great pianist ..."To Messrs Stegl & Thomas, Frankfurt am Main. Esteemed gentlemen! I would greatly appreciate it if you would forward-immediately, if possible-the enclosed letter to the pianist Frederic Lamond in Frankfurt, since I do not have his current address. I have to give him information which is important to him, but can reach him only with the help of your kind cooperation. With great respect and many thanks for your efforts Yours truly, Emil Saur" Nice connection between 2 major pianists!
.................$150		 93. SCHERBAKOV, Konstantin- SP 5 x 7" portrait or piano shot of the Russian VIRTUOSO- he has been called a modern Rachmaninoff!! He tours the world as a recitalist and soloist with major orchestras and is a prolific recorder for EMI as well as a professor at the Hochschule fur Musik Winterthur-Zurich.
.................$65		 94. SCHNABEL, Artur- SP 7 x 9"photo of the LEGENDARY Austrian/American pianist whose Beethoven recordings are the touchstone! He was a Leschetizky pupil and played often with Flesch, Feuremann, Hubermann, Szigeti, Primrose, Casals and his wife Therese Behr. He was a noted teacher. Surface crease 1/3 up across his suit not affecting face or writing. VERY SCARCE.
.................$750
95. SCHNEIDER, Alexander- SP program photo of the beloved violinist on his biography page from the 1952 Casals Festival program book.
.................$60		 96. SCHULHOFF, Otto- signature above treble cleff 1928 from the Austrian pianist/versoHEYMAN, Katherine- album leaf from the American pianist/composer where she writes" Erste blatt-Erste Wiener konzert-Erster komponist-Skryabin Katherine Heyman 7 I '29" The California born pianist was a great champion of Scryabin's works usually devoting half her program to his music. Nice combination.
.................$150		 97. SEGOVIA, Andres- the BELOVED classical guitarist writes "Souvenir from Andres Segovia 1978" on a 5 x 6"card, matted with a nice photo of him playing. Overall 9 x 14"- ready for framing!
.................$250
98. SHERIDAN, Frank- large pencil signature of the American pianist. He was a faculty member of the Mannes Music School in New York.
.................$50		 99. SONTAG, Stephen- SP 8 x 10" head shot of the noted accompanist.
.................$50		 100. SPALDING, Albert- AMusQS " Romance" on a SP 8 x 10" d/s by the popular American violinst New York 1946.
.................$275
101. SPIVAKOVSKY, Tossy- SP 5 x 7" photo of the popular Russian/American violinist shown holding his instrument d/s 1965.
.................$375		 102. STANEV, Vesselin- SP 5 x 7" color photo of the Bulgarian pianist acclaimed for his performances of the Romantic repertory. Fine cds.
.................$60		 103. SUTER, Hermann- ALS on a postcard from the Swiss composer, chorus director and organist addressed to pianist Wilhelm Lampe in Munchen 24.V11. 1916 about repertory choices for an upcoming concert..."Moazrt A dur will be played by Frau Landowska, from Beethoven G dur is better than Es dur. d'Albert has played both with us not long ago..." Uncommon.
.................$85
104. SZUMOWSKA, Antoinette- SP 5 x 7" photo of the Polish pianist, a pupil of Michalowski & Paderewski. At her 1892 London debut George Bernard Shaw wrote that she "played beautifully and intelligently" . She settled in the US & married the cellist Adamowski and became the pianist in the Adamowski Trio. She made piano rolls. UNCOMMON.
.................$150		 105. TAMESTIT, Antoine- SP 5 x 7" color photo of the Frenc viola player with his instrument. Many prestigious engagements including Lincoln Center's Great Performer's series. He studied with Tabea Zimmermann and has recorded "Viola Viola" with her for Nimbus.
.................$50		 106. TIRPAN, Sabri Tulug- SP 5 x 7" b/w photo of the Turkish born pianist/composer. Trained in Turkey and Vienna under Ivan Erod he plays a vast classical and contemporary repertory including jazz and composes in many styles including musical theatre- "Hearts" premiered in Vienna.
.................$50
107. TOGNETTI, Richard- SP 5 x 7" color photo of the Australian violinist/conductor/composer & leader of the Australian Chamber Orchestra. He co composed the score for " Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" and tutored its star Russell Crowe on the violin!
.................$50		 108. TURECK, Roslyn- SP 4 x 6" photo of the late Bach specialist standing in front of her piano or 4 x 5" shot talking at the piano signed Tureck. Both also signed on the back. RATHER SCARCE.
.................$75		 109. VALLINA, Mauricio- SP 5 x 7" b/w portrait or piano photo of the brilliant young Cuban pianist who has performed duo piano with Martha Argerich as well as appearing world wide in recital and soloist with major orchestras. His vast repertory ranges from Bach to contemporary works eg the Piano Concerto of Columbian composer Arturo Cuellar dedicated to him.
.................$60
110. VOLODIN, Aleksy- SP 5 x 7" photo of the young Russian pianist seated in front of the keyboard. Solo recitals and prime orchestra engagements keep him busy worldwide. His debut recital of Munich's Herkulessal is out on Liver Classics.
.................$60		 111. von REUTER, Florizel- Spc of the Iowa born pupil of Sauret, Thomson & Marteau shown with his violin. Impressive career that also encompassed much composing & teaching. d/s 1908 very young!
.................$175		 112. WERTHEIM, Julius- SP 5.5 x 7.5" Dover Street Studios, London standing portrait of the Polish pianist . He was a nephew of Carl Tausig and pupil of Slivinski & Moszkowski. He performed, taught at the Warsaw Conservatory then settled in Berlin where composed a lot of piano music. UNCOMMON.
.................$125
113. ZNAIDER, Nikolai- SP 5 x 7" action phto of the Polish/Israeli Danish born fiddler. He studied with Dorothy deLay at Juilliard, won the Queen Elisabeth competition in 1997 and was proclaimed by Menuhin as Ysaye's successor. Big world wide career as soloist and with all the major orchestras. He plays a Guarneri del Gesu violin from 1732. He records for BMG/RCA.
.................$60



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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