39. ARGERICH Martha- SP 5 x 7" color portrait or b/w seated at the piano. Argerich is today's superstar pianist.
.................$150		 40a. ARGEICH, Martha + BASHMET, Yuri + KREMER, Gideon + MAISKY, Mischa- SP 8 x 10.5" color photo of the 4 GREAT contemporary STARS who play together UNIQUE.
40b. ARGERICH, Martha & KISSIN, Yevgeny- SP 8 x 10.5" of the 2 GREAT piano STARS playing together. AGAIN UNIQUE!!
40a. .................$375
40b. .................$275
 41. ARRAU, Claudio- SP 5 x 7" photo of the GREAT Chilean pianist at the keyboard d/s 1944.It is signed in light blue ink so the contrast when scanned is not strong - the writing is clear and forward.
.................$175
42. AX, Emanuel- SP 4 x 6" color portrait or leaning on the piano or 5 x 7" b/w photo at the piano. New York born Ax is a great International favorite.
.................$75		 43. BACHAUER, Gina- Lovely 5 x 7" profile portrait of the late Greek pianist laid down and nicely signed on the matt.
.................$75		 44. CASALS, Pablo- the great cellist signs a first day cover Boston May 29 1964 together with a terrific EARLY image with cello (2 tiny holes that).
.................$300
45. di BONAVENTURA, Anthony- SP flyer for a Town Hall, New York recital February 9, 1964 by the fine Italian/American pianist.
.................$25		 duPRE, Jacqueline- see HOLIDAY GREETINGS section 46. FLEISCHER, Leon- SP 4 x 6" color photo of the fine American pianist enjoying a great renewed career.
.................$85
47. FREIRE, Nelson- SP 5 x 7" color photo of the super elusive Brazilian pianist as he looks now.
.................$150		 48. GLENN, Carol & LIST, Eugene- SP of the husband and wife fiddler and pianist. Glenn was the youngest student ever admitted to Juilliard (at the time). She played the "Walton" Guarnerius- List was a brilliant pianist. They concertized together. Photos of the together are very SCARCE. This was d/s in Buenos Aires.
.................$475		 49. GORDON, Jacques- SP 8 x 10" photo of a painting of the Russian American fiddler, American trained he was concert master of the Chicago Symphony 1921-1930, founded the Gordon String Quartet in 1924 and then the Magic Mountain Festival which is still going strong. D/s Chicago 1927 Quiet scarce.
.................$175
50. GRIMAUD, Helene- SP 4 x 6" or 5 x 7" portrait or 4 x 6" photo with her beloved wolves. Grimaud is pianist in the grand manner.
.................$75		 51. GULDA, Friedrich- SPc 4 x 6" photo of the YOUNG pianist 12.X11.60 standing alongside the piano. Gulda is one of his era's great originals being equally at home in classical and jazz repertory. Uncommon this vintage.
.................$150		 52. HAHN, Hilary- SP 5 x 7" color or b/w photo of one of today's Golden Girl fiddlers with her instrument.
.................$75
53. HEIFETZ, Jascha- SP 7 x 9" photo holding his fiddle- the border has been trimmed and the signature is partly on the dark background. a BARGAIN.
.................$575		 54. HESS, Dame Myra- SPc of the young and attractive!! English pianist. An UNCOMMON image or a 7.5 x 10" photo of Hess playing "In The National Gallery in London" scene of her legendary WW11 midday recitals as the bombs were falling.
.................$375		 55. HOFMANN, Josef- Sp 8 x 10" portrait d/s" to the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra a splendid artistic organization in sincere appreciation Josef Hofmann March 20th 1943".
.................$375
56. HOROWITZ, Vladimir- SP on cover of a program for a February 12, 1945 Orchestra Hall Chicago recital.
.................$275		 57. HUBERMAN, Bronislaw- unsigned 10 pp program for a Zagreb recital 30 Marech 1926 ÐHe played Beethoven, Bach, Wagner, Smetana & Mendelssohn. Together with a signature.
.................$75		 58. JANSEN, Janine- SP 5 x 7" photo of the sexy Dutch violinist Ðb/w or color- a big hit at Carnegie Hall's opening week.
.................$65
59. KENNEDY- SP 8 x 10.5" "ACTION" photo of the brilliant English fiddler.
.................$95		 60. KISSIN, Evgeny- SP 5 x 7 Photos of the charismatic superstar pianist. KISSIN, Evygeny- see ARGERICH, Martha above.
.................$85		 61. KREISLER, Fritz- the legendary fiddler signs cover photo of a 1932 Zagreb concert program-center fold crease and messy edges so a bargain.
.................$50
62. KREMER, Gidon- SP 4 x 6" photo of the great popular favorite. KREMER, Gideon- see ARGERICH, Martha above.
.................$60		 LEPPARD, Raymond- see CONDUCTORS section 63. LANG LANG- SP 5 x 7" color photo of the young SUPERSTAR Chinese pianist at the piano or seated in the sand.
.................$85
64. LI, Yundi- SP 8 x 10.5" color photo at the piano for DGG or a 5 x7" b/w photo of the young Chinese virtuoso pianist meditation. He is making the rounds with great success.
.................$60		 65. LOGEROT, Gaston- SP on a 6 x 9" program page with a short bio of the noted French double bass player. SCARCE.
.................$65		 66. MAISENBERG, Oleg- SP 5 x 7" color portrait or 4 x 6" b/w keyboard shot or 4 x 6" playing photo of the Odessa born Vienna based pianist. He is extremely active as soloist with orchestra, recitalist, chamber music player and teacher. Many fine recordings.
.................$50
67. MENUHIN, Yehudi- SP 8 x 10" photo of the beloved late fiddler, conductor and humanitarian d/a 1936 Salt Lake City or 1977.
.................$125		 68. MERO-IRION, Yolanda- SP 5 x 7" presentation photo of the Hungarian born American pianist, a photo of a painting. d/s on the matt 1919. She debuted at age 15 with the Dresden Philharmonic and began her world tours 4 years later in 1906. She debuted in New York 1909 and married Hermann Irion of Steinway & Sons appearing under Mahler during the same period. In 1931 she co founded the Musicians Emergency Fund with Olga Samaroff-Stokowski, Lucrezia Bori. Mrs. Ernest Schelling & Mrs. Ernest Hutcheson. She played in every state of the USA!
.................$100		 69. MIDORI- SP 8 x 10" Jack Mitchell photo of the popular STAR fiddler.
.................$85
70. MILSTEIN, Nathan- EARLY signature Wien 22 Nov 1934 below a laid down newspaper photo card size. ONE OF THE GREATEST!!
.................$175		 71. MUTTER, Anne Sophie- SP 5 x 7" photo of the SUPERSTAR fiddler with her violin.
.................$85
MUSICAL QUOTES by PIANISTS
72. BADURA-SKODA, Paul- Schubert Adagio "Wanderer Fontaine."
.................$50		 73. ERESKO, Victor- AMusQS.
.................$35		 74. FLIERE, Yakov- "3 Concerto" Rachmaninoff.
.................$200
75. FRAGER, Malcolm- Allegro.
.................$35		 76. ISTOMIN, Eugene- AMusQS Bach "Goldberg Variations."
.................$75		 77. MARTINS, Joao Carlos- Bach Prelude 1 Book 1 "The Well Tempered Clavier."
.................$65
78. NOJIMA Minoru- Schumann "Fantasie."
.................$100		 79. PENNARIO, Leonard- Beethoven "ConcertoNo. 4."
.................$35		 80. PETROV, Nicolai- "4th Concerto 1st movement" Rachmaninoff.
.................$200
81. VOTAPEK, Ralph- Bach "E minor Toccata."
.................$50
MUSICAL QUOTES by VIOLINISTS
82. ABEL, Davis- A clef and sharp signs.
.................$25		 83. ACCARDO, Salvatore- musical quote penned by the Italian violin virtuoso a Paganini specialist.
.................$75		 84. BRESS, Hyman- Schoenberg "Violin Concerto."
.................$50
85. FERRAS, Christian- Brahms "Violin Concerto."
.................$175		 86. FRIEDMAN, Erick- Brahms' Concerto."
.................$50		 87. OISTRAKH, Igor- Brahms " Violin Concerto."
.................$35
88. TRETYAKOV, Victor- Brahms "Concert."
.................$35		 89. OISTRAKH, Davis & OBORIN, Lev- both sign an album leaf with greetings below a nice photo of the GREAT Russian fiddler and his accompanist. Overall 8 x 11."
.................$475		 90. PERAHIA, Murray- SP 6.5 x 10" color photo of the YOUNG pianist. UNCOMMON.
.................$175
91. PIATIGORSKY, Gregor- SP 6.5 x 8 1/4" Ilse Liedtke Berlin photo of the GREAT cellist with his instrument d/s April 1932.
.................$475		 92. PRIHODA, Vasa- signature on a card together with an unsigned program book 12 pp for a Zagreb recital 27 February 1936. He played Mozart, Goldmark, Suk-Marak, Dvorak, Mozart-Cerne, Paganini-Prihoda.
.................$65		 93. PRUDENT, Emile- ALS 1 p in French le 18 Mars 1841 to Monsieur Le Maire (Mayor) from the successful 19th century French pianist (in the style of Thalberg) and composer.
.................$85
94. RICCI, Ruggero- SP on the cover of a 4pp Queens College concert program April 20, 1974.
.................$100		 95. ROSTROPOVICH, Mstislav- SP 7.5 x 10" Richard Braaten photo of the late GREAT BIGGER than LIFE cellist raptly playing with the National Symphony Orchestra 1979.
.................$275		 96. RUBINSTEIN, Arthur- SPc size photo of the Great pianist alongside the piano with his MAGIC HANDS prominently on display! d/s 1963 (Buenos Aires).
.................$475
97. SCHNABEL, Arthur- the titanic Beethoven specialist writes "In good memory Arthur Schnabel 1947" on a Hyde Park Hotel Knightsbridge, London paper.
.................$175		 98. SCHUMANN, Clara- J. Ganz Bruxelles sepia cabinet photo of the legendary 19th century musical personage- composer, pianist, muse.
.................$475		 99. SCHUMANN, Clara- ALS 2 pp "5 May '92 Myliusstrase 82, Frankfurt A.M. Esteemed Herr Schwarzschuld, Forgive me for not having kept the slip. I had no recollection of what it was for until the 1,000 francs occurred to me., and I am now sending it to you by return post. This was because you sent me the French money this morning without the slip, and I did no immediately remember it. With warm thanks and best wishes for the summer, Your devoted Clara Schumann."
.................$675
100. SZERYNG, Henryk- signs program page for a 22/23 November 1967 Leipzig Gewandhaus recital.
.................$60		 101. SZIGETI, Josef- SP 8 x 10" action photo of the brilliant Hungarian violinist who debuted at age 13 after study with Hubay. His US debut in 1925 was with the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall under Stokowski playing the Beethoven Concerto. He toured the world, settled in the US during WWII and returned to touring afterwards. Besides the standard repertory he championed works of Stravinsky, Ravel, Bartok, Prokofieff, Honneger, Bloch & Martin..He wrote several books and is considered a violinist's violinist! D/s 1936.
.................$375		 102. THOMAS, Milton- SP on a 6 x 9" program page with a short bio of the Pennsylvania born fiddler.
.................$50
103. TURECK, Roslyn- SP 3.5 x 4.5" magazine photo of the late Bach Specialist.
.................$50		 104. YALKOVSKY (Byman), Isabelle- SP 8 x 10" Mishkin photo at the piano of YALKOVSKY. She was born in 1906 and appeared with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the age of thirteen. She attended the Juilliard School of Music, where she studied with Olga Samaroff. After making her debut with the New York Philharmonic she gave concerts throughout the United States and Canada, appearing as soloist with the Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston and other orchestras. She taught at Juilliard and for the last ten years of her life at the Manhattan School of Music, where she was head of piano pedagogy. In 1980 she wrote The Piano Teacher's Art. She died in Bakersfield, California while on vacation in 1981. Isabelle Yalkovsky left few recordings. Her earliest is a ten-inch Victrola disc from 1929 of Leopold Godowsky's charming Alt-Wien. VERY SCARCE Ðphoto is as is- lower right corner missing and a tear vertical tear. but the image is fine and clear as is her dedication and large signature!
.................$65		 105. ZIMMERMANN, Tabea- SP 5 x 7" photo of the stunning German violist an active soloist with orchestra and chamber music player she is a champion of modern music and composers such as Holliger, Beamish, Rihm, Lentz, Wisenberg and Ligeti have written works for her. She teaches and records.
.................$65
106. ZUCKERMAN, Pinchas- signature alongside a laid down photo of the fiddler.
.................$20


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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