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| 41. ANDA, Geza- SP 8 x 10" portrait of the YOUNG Hungarian pianist a Dohnanyi pupil. He won the Liszt prize in 1940, debuted with the Berlin Philharmonic under Furtwangler in 1941
and settled in Switzerland in 1943 where he succeeded Edwin Fischer at the Lucerne master classes. He pursued an important international career as recitalist, soloist with orchestra
and recording artist being especially noted for his Schumann and Bartok and later for his Mozart being the first to record the complete concerti conducted by him from the keyboard. .................$175 |
42. BADURA-SKODA, Paul- SP 8 x 10" action photo of the Austrian pianist who came to fame during the early LP era d/s Oct 26,1960. .................$175 |
43. BARENBOIM, Daniel- SP 5 x 7" photo of the pianist/conductor taking the applause with conductor Zubin Mehta. .................$100 |
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| 44. BARTOK STRING QUARTET & BARTOK, Bela- signature of the GREAT Hungarian composer, who composed 6 string quartets, on a 6 x 8" page signed at a later date 17.Mar 79 by the BARTOK
STREICH (String) QUARTET at the Prague Spring Festival. Founder Peter Komlos, Sandor Devisch, Laszlo Mezo and another member also sign. One of the members also penned a musical quote.
Interesting melange!! .................$750 |
45. BELKIN, Boris- large signature on a card alongside a laid down youthful headshot. Belkin was a child fiddle prodigy who emigrated to the West in 1974 and pursued a successful career as
recitalist, soloist with all the major orchestras and conductors world wide as well as chamber music and teaching. .................$50 |
46. BIGGS, E. Power- SP 8 x 10" portrait of the super star organist. .................$150 |
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| 47. BRENDEL, Alfred- 5 x 7" color photo of the beloved Austrian pianist who just gave his farewell New York performances. .................$85 |
48. BRENDEL, Alfred & RATTLE, Sir Simon- SP 5 x 7" photo of the beloved pianist taking the applause with his conductor-. .................$100 |
49. CAMPOLI, Alfred- SPc of the great popular favorite fiddler s Feb 14, 1939. .................$125 |
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| 50. CHERKASSKY, Shura- nice large full signature of the great Romantic pianist with a portrait photo overall 8.25 x 11.5" .................$85 |
51. deLARROCHA, Alicia- the beloved Spanish pianist writes "Sincerely Alicia de Larrocha 8 March 2001" below 2 laid down photos on a 4 x 6" card. .................$50 |
52. de VITO, Gioconda- nice signature on a 4 x 6" card together with two photos of the Italian violinist Important pre/post war artist, fine recordings. Scarce. .................$100 |
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| 53. ELMAN, Mischa- SP 5 x 7" printed action photo on heavy stock of the legendary fiddler d/s 1963. Elman enjoyed an enormous popularity during his world tours from childhood to old
age. .................$150 |
54. FERRAS, Christian- SP 7 x 9" action photo of the charismatic French fiddler d/s 11 decembre 1952 standing with his fiddle. - A prodigy he worked with Calvet and Enescu among others.
A great international favorite he toured world wide as soloist and with all the great orchestras and conductors playing the entire great repertory starting with Bohm and the Vienna
Philharmonic in 1951 as well as creating works by Honneger, Nigg and others.He collaborated with pianist Pierre Barbizet for many years and together with Jean Pierre Rampal and George
Enescu recorded Bach! He was a prolific recorder and has left a vast legacy of great performances. A lifelong sufferer of depression he committed suicide in 1982 age 49! SCARCE. .................$600 |
55. FRANCOIS, Samson- SP 8 x 10" Harcourt Paris portrait of the handsome pianist signed Philadelphia Oct 1961. Born in Frankfurt to a diplomatic family Francois was a prodigy and was
studying with Mascagni at age 6!Later on he studied at various times with Cortot, Long and Boulanger. Chopin, Debussy, Ravel and Schumann were central to his repertory and he has left
many rec- ordings. He was a big jazz fan and always claimed that jazz influenced his playing. He led an extravagant life-night life, drugs, drink and he had a heart attack while
playing in 1968 dying in 1970 at age 46. His son with Josette Bahvsar Maximilien wrote a biography of his father published in 2002. SCARCE. .................$500 |
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| 56. FUJIKAWA, Mayumi- SP of the Japanese violinist long resident in London This is a program photo laid down on a 5 x 5" card. and signed in Japanese. .................$60 |
57. GUNTHER, Bernhard- SPc of the German cellist who played and recorded under Furtwangler and was later a renowned teacher. .................$85 |
58. HAGEN QUARTET- SP 8 x 10" color photo for DGG their record company since 1985. The Hagen is considered one of the very finest and most popular chamber music groups to appear
worldwide. Their records are bestsellers. Signed by Lukas Hagen, Rainer Schmidt, Veronika Hagen & Clemens Hagen. .................$75 |
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| 59. HAHN, Hilary- SP 8 x 10" action shot for DGG of the SUPERSTAR violinist. .................$85 |
60. HANSEN, Cecilia- SP 5 x 6" photo of the lovely Danish violinist, an Auer pupil much respected by Heifetz active from the early 1920s. This printed photo was signed 1947. .................$75 |
61. HARRELL, Lynn- SP 5 x 7" action shot of the popular American cello star. .................$85 |
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| 62. HARRISON, Beatrice- SP 4.5 x 6" printed photo of the Indian born English cellist, sister of May (violin) and Margaret (cello). A great success from the start Delius wrote his Double
Concerto for her and May & as well as his Cello Sonata which she premiered with Hamilton Harty. In addition she gave first British performances of works by Kodaly & Ravel. She played a
Peter Guarneri cello. .................$85 |
63. HASKIL, Clara & SCHERCHEN, Hermann- both GREAT musicians sign the cover of a 4 page program for the 13 June 1956 Wiener Symphoniker concert during which Haskil played Mozart's
Concerto in c moll K491 and Scherchen also conducted Mahler's 9 Symphony and Kodaly's Hary Janos Suite. The program is also signed by pianist Hungarian Edith Farnadi. GREAT combination
of elusive signatures. .................$300 |
64. JENKINS, Graham- 4 x 6" photo of the noted pianist/accompanist .................$50 |
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| 65. JOACHIM, Joseph- SPc action photo of the legendary German Violinist and teacher. .................$575 |
66. JONAS, Maryla- SP 8 x 10" photo of the blonde Polish pianist a child prodigy who studied with Paderewski at the same time as Malcuzyynski & Czerny-Stefanska. After winning the
Beethoven prize in Vienna 1933 her European career took off only to be stifled with the German invasion of Poland. She made her way to Rio de Janeiro with great difficulty and despite
poor health and through the prompting of Artur Rubinstein resumed her career with a Carnegie Hall recital in 1946. Her career blossomed till her death at age 48 in 1959. Jonas recorded
much especially Chopin. SCARCE. .................$475 |
67. KASTNER, Alfred- AMusQS "VOLKSLIED" nicht zu schnell... penned by the Viennese harpist/composer Bpest 19/111/1895. He taught at the Landes Musik Akademie Budapest 1892-8 . Living and
playing in Leipzig, Warsaw and London he settled in Los Angeles becoming first harpist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He composed much music for the harp. .................$125 |
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| 68. KISSIN, Evgenyi- SP 5 x 7" b/w sitting alongside the keyboard or 4 x 6" color photo of the charismatic star playing. .................$75 |
69. KREISLER, Fritz- SPc of the LEGENDARY violinist. His was a household name so great was his popularity d/s 1938. .................$375 |
70. LAREDO, Jaime- Sp 8 x 10" head shot of the busy fiddler, very active on the scene. .................$65 |
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| 71. LESCHETIZKY, Theodore- ALS Wien 28/Marz/1901 to Mrs Ada E.S. Cartwright in Toronto. Canada alongside a photo of the legendary piano teacher who number among his pupils Paderewski,
Hambourg, Gabriolwitsch, Schnabel, Leginska, Bloomfield-Zeisler and others. .................$475 |
72. MA, Yo Yo- SP 5 x 7" color photo of the smiling cello STAR. .................$75 |
73. MENUHIN, Yehudi- SP 4 x 6" photo of the great child prodigy d/s Roma Dec 1933 or as the elder statesman to the fiddle d/s 1994. .................$150 |
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| 74. MILSTEIN- the GREAT BELOVED violinist signs the cover of the program book for his March 10, 1946 Orehestra Hall Chicago recital. .................$375 |
75. NACHEZ, Tividar- AMusQS "2 Romanze Op 29" penned Dec 1894 by the Hungarian violinist, a Joachim pupil, who settled in London and then Santa Barbara. He made some early
recordings. .................$175 |
76. NOVAES-PINTO, Guiomar- SP 8 x 10" photo of the legendary Brasilian pianist a star in Paris at age 15 she played well into her 70s offering a vast repertory of Romantic favorites. A
prolific recording artist one can enjoy her many superb recordings. d/s 1966. .................$275 |
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| 77. PARISOT, Aldo- SP 8 x 10" photo of the famed Brasilian cellist playing d/s New York December 1952 possibly at the time of one of his 12 engagements with the New York Philharmonic!
After starting his career in Brasil he came to the US to study with Feuremann who died shortly before is arrival (however he based his style on Feurmann's playing). He got a degree at
Yale where he later taught at length while making a brilliant American career debut at age 26 with the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood in 1946. Besides playing the standard cello
repertory Parisot premiered works by many contemporary composers such as Villa-Lobos, Guarnieri, Porter, Santoro etc many written for him such as Villa Lobos's 2nd Cello Concerto
which Parisot played at his New York Philharmonic debut. He has appeared with all the major orchestras and conductors. A renowned teacher he has been associated with Peabody, Mannes,
Juilliard, The New England Conservatory and of course Yale and Master Classes worldwide. Fine recordings too. SCARCE. .................$375 |
78. PERENYI, Esther- SP 5 x 7" photo of the fine Hungarian violinist and teacher with her Josefy Guarneris. .................$100 |
79. PERLMAN, Itzhak- SP 7.25 x 9.5" action photo of the YOUNG fiddler. SCARCE this vintage. .................$85 |
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| 80. POLLINI, Maurizio- SP 8 x 10" action photo of the brilliant Italian pianist. .................$125 |
81. RACHLIN, Julian- SP 4 x 6" youthful color portrait or "grown up" shot of the Lithuanian violist/violinist, a child prodigy developed into a superb adult artist busy appearing
worldwide as recitalist and with all the major orchestras and with fellow "stars" in chamber music . He founded his own music festival "Julian Rachlin and Friends" in Dubrovnik.
Many fine recordings. .................$50 |
82. RANKI, Deszo- SP 4 x 6" photo of the young pianist in a dreamy pose at the piano. .................$85 |
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| 83. RACHMANINOFF, Sergei- the LEGENDARY pianist/composer signed the cover of a Symphony Hall Chicago recital program December 15,1918 dedicated in German. Together with an unsigned
photo. .................$600 |
84. RICHTER, Sviatoslaw- LARGE SIGNATURE in CYRILLC letters alongside a laid down photo of the GREAT Russian pianist playing. .................$350 |
85. RISLER, Edward- SP 5.75 x 8" sepia bust portrait of the Alsatian pianist who liked to play full cycles Beethoven Sonatas, Chopin's complete works or Bach's "Well Tempered Klavier"
d/s 1920. .................$275 |
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| 86. SARASATE, Pablo- Spc of the great Spanish VIRTUOSO violinist and composer of dazzling showpiece he liked to play. .................$375 |
87. SCHULHOFF, Julius- AMusQS "Chanson a boire" penned by the noted virtuoso pianist/composer Weisser Kirch bei Dresden Auf 1895. .................$200 |
88. SCHUMANN, Clara- ALS 2 pp in English to the great violinist PIATTI. "April 17th-Could you kindly make the rehearsal of the Sonata Wednesday after- noon at Broadwood? You will find
me there from 4-5 o'clock Should that not suit you I beg you will kindly let me know when and where you will make the rehearsal. Yours Sincerely, Clara Schumann" UNUSUAL letter to her
great contemporary. Together with a 5 x 7" photo of the great INFLUENTIAL pianist and musician. .................$1,000 |
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| 89. SEGOVIA, Andres- SP on the cover 8.5 x 11" cover of a March 6,1976 . Kleinhuas Hall, Buffalo, NY recital program together with an unsigned backstage snapshot of the great guitarist.
Some wear to the upper border not affecting the image or writing. .................$200 |
90. SOMACH, Beverly- SP 4.5 x 6.5" action photo in a larger mount showing the fine American violinist playing. Miss Somach is also a noted teacher. .................$85 |
91. STAVENHAGEN, Bernhard- AMusQS penned by the Liszt pupil pianist/ conductor/composer dated Weimar 28.8.95 where he was Court pianist and Kapellmeister. .................$200 |
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| 92. TERTIS, Lionel- large signature below a cut out photo of the great viola player signed July 27,'49. Tertis was born 1876 and lived for 99 years. He was the man who made the viola a "respected"
instrument thru his design of modern instruments, teaching of a modern performing technique and of course his playing. A true GIANT SCARCE. .................$150 |
93. UCHIDA, Mitsuko & TATE, Jeffrey- SP 5 x 7" color photo of the exciting pianist and conductor. .................$85 |
94. WILKOMIRSKA, Wanda- SP 5 x 8" photo of the brilliant and versatile Polish violinist who toured the world as recitalist and as soloist with all the great orchestras and conductors.
She opened the Barbican under Barbirolli. Her great recordings are worth searcing out. SCARCE. .................$175 |
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| 95. ZEITLIN, Zvi- the Russian/Israeli fiddler sends greeting on a post size card with laid photo. Zeitlin came to Juilliard at age 11 and has enjoyed a long distinguished career
playing and teaching. .................$50 |
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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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