36. AIMARD, Pierre Laurent- SP 5 x 7" taking notes at the piano or 4 x 6" portrait of the brilliant French pianist one of foremost specialists of contemporary piano music (though not exclusively). He also conducts though he claims he is not a conductor!! and has taken over the direction of the Aldeburgh Festival. One of the most interesting contemporary musicians. $75	37. ARGERICH, Martha- SP 8 x 10" photo for DGG of the Argentinian SUPER-STAR pianist at the TOP of her game. $175	38. 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. $375
39. ASKANESE, Stefan- signature of the Polish born Belgian pianist below a laid down newspaper photo captioned Stefan Askenase at 85. He was a Sauer pupil at the Vienna Academy. His Chopin recordings are noteworthy. He taught at both the Rotterdam and Brussels Conservatories. Among his pupils were Argerich & Uchida! $35	40. AUBER, Stefan- SP 8 x 10" action photo of the Viennese born cellist who emigrated to the US in 1938 where he was a successful soloist and a member of the Kolisch Quartet. He took part in the first recording of Schoenberg's "Pierrot lunaire" under the composer's direction. He was associated with the Pittsburgh Orchestra where this photo was signed in 1947. He died in 1986 age 83.Some fine historic CDs. The photo is in excellent condition but attached to a matt which has some tears & paper losses. UNCOMMON. $150	41. AX, Emanuel- SP 5 x 7" photo of the Ukrainian born American pianist. He came to NYC age 12 where he studied with Munz at Juilliard. Besides the standard repertory Ax has give world premieres recently of works by Adams,Rouse & Sheng and often programs Tippett, Henze, Hindemith's music among other moderns. Also active as recital partner with Yo Yo Ma and he did much chamber music with Ma, Stern and Laredo. $75
42. BACKHAUS, Wilhelm- large signature Guildford Jan 18,1908 when the already great German pianist was touring England together with a pc photo of him at the keyboard. $85	43. BALOGH, Erno- SP 8 x 10" photo of the Hungarian pianist/composer/editor & teacher at the keyboard. A pupil of both Bartok & Kodaly!!he was active as both soloist and accompanist when he came to the US in 1924. Among the many well know artists he partnered were Fritz Kreisler, Grace Moore and Lotte Lehmann. He taught at the Peabody Conservatory. $75	44. BARRAT, E.- SPc of the pianist at the keyboard. $50
45. BOLET, Jorge- signs the cover of a 4 pp Rapid City, SD program for a recital April 2, 1959 together a flyer with a nice photo of the smiling Cuban pianist a quite spectacular player. They heard him play Beethoven, Haydn, Mendelssohn & alot of Liszt! $125	46. BILDSTEIN, Georges- postcard photo of the noted cellist with printed signature. $50	47. BROWN, Iona- SP 8 x 10" photo of the late English violinist/conductor long associated with the Academy of St. Martin's in the Fields of which she became director in 1974. Fine recordings. $75
48. BUCHBINDER, Rudolph- large signature alongside a laid down photo of the pianist. In 1966 he was a special prize winner at the Van Cliburn competition. He tours the world, has recorded the complete Beethoven sonatas for Teldec and the Brahms piano concertos with Harnancourt and the Concertgebouw. He also recorded the complete Part 11 of Vaterlandischer Kunstlerverein which are 50 variations by 50 different composers on a Diabelli waltz Beethoven's Diabelli variations. $35	49. BULL, Ole- large signature New York 4th Jan 1856 together with an unsigned cabinet photo of the Norwegian violin virtuoso playing (bottom logo trimmed off). Bull was just as famous for his scheme of resettling Norwegians in the US and his grandiose scheme at New Norway Pennsylvania. He was a larger than life character and a great showman on the level of Paganini according to Robert Schumann. $150	50. CASADESUS, Jean- SP 4 x 6" photo of the French pianist son of Robert & Gaby CASADESUS. He studied with parents and then at Princeton debuting under Ormandy with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1947. He actively concertized as well taught at the American Conservatory at Fountainbleu. He played Mozart's Concertos for 2 and 3 pianos with his parents and recorded them under Szell and Ormandy. He was killed in a car accident in Canada in 1972 at age 45. His father died the same year. SCARCE. $150
51. CHERKASSKY, Shura- SPC size portrait of the GREAT romantic pianist. The writing is a little smudged. $100	52. CLIBURN, Van & KONDRASCHIN, Kiril- both sign the cover of the 4 page program for the pianist's triumphant Philadelphia concert with the Symphony of the Air of May 21, 1958 after winning the Tchaikowsky Competition in Moscow. He played the Tchaikowsky Piano Concerto #1 & Rachmaninoff Concerto #3. $200	53. d'ALBERT, Eugen- SPc portrait of the Scotch born pianist/composer active throughout his career in Germany. His operatic masterpiece "TIEFLAND" has just had highly acclaimed revivals in Berlin and Vienna. $350
54. DOHNANYI, Ernst von- signed program flyer for a concert at GERA 17 November 1903 8 1 2 x 11.5" where the noted Hungarian composer/pianist played Liszt's 1st Piano Concerto as well as some Beethoven. Together with a photo. $150	55. DORFMANN, Ania- SP 5 x 7" photo of the Russian born pianist beside the keyboard who studied with Philipp in Paris where she settled after the revolution. Her career developed rapidly during the 20s and 30s and she played recitals and under the likes of Mengelberg, Beechan, Wood etc before making her NYC debut at Town Hall in 1936. She caught Toscanini's fancy and she often performed under him as well as recording Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 1 with him. She had recorded extensively for Columbia in England before and continued with RCA in the US. She later taught at Juilliard. D/s on the dark part Nottingham 1931. $85	56. FLEISHER, Leon- SP 5 x 7" photo of the popular and very busy pianist a great popular favorite. $85
57. FOORT, Reginald- SP 5.5 x 7.5" program photo of the noted English organist long staff organist with the BBC with which he stayed till 1951 when he emigrated to California. He was responsible for Moller Organ Co making the portable cinema or theatre organs. He was a great improviser. $85	58. FRANCOIS, Samson- signs the program for the concert given 19 Janvier 1955. 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 recordings. 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. Also signed by Raphael Genin. SCARCE. $475	59. FRIEDMAN, Ignaz- large signature on a 5 x 6.5" album leaf penned by the great Polish pianist one of the greatest of his generation. Luboschutz & Nemenoff sign verso with laid down photo. SCARCE. $150
60. FUCHS, Joseph- SP on a 7 x 10" publicity flyer with reviews and recordings on the back side. The noted American violinist and teacher was a Kniesel pupil and enjoyed a worldwide career as recitalist and soloist with major orchestras as well as founding the Musician's Guild. He also championed American and modern composers commissioning and giving premieres of works by Piston, Lopatnikoff, Weber, Peragallo, Martinu, Vaughan Williams etc. He was a noted teacher at Juilliard. d/s to Columbian musicologist Otto de Greiff May 27th 1957. $100	61. GAWRILOW, Andreij- signature alongside laid down action photo of the Russian pianist on a 4 x 6" card. Gawrilow won the Tchaikowsky competition in 1974 at age 18 and substituted that same year at Salzburg for Richter and began enjoying a spectacular success with world wide appearances and recordings. He was able to settle in the west without suffering penalties in the USSR. After a 6 year absence from 1994-2000 he resumed his career. $45	62. GIESEKING, Walter- SP 8 x 10" photo of the VERY GREAT French born German pianist sublime in Debussy & Ravel but with a vast repertory that ranged from Beethoven to the moderns. He made many best selling recordings including one of the first in stereo Beethoven's Emperor recorded 1944 and released on CD. Since he remained in Germany during WW11 actively concertizing he had problems afterwards but when he finally returned to the US in 1953 his success was greater than ever and his records best sellers. Unusual pose standing alongside the piano. $475
63. GOLDBERG, Szymon- SP 8 x 10" photo of the Polish/American violinist who studied in Berlin under Carl Flesch! At a very young age he became leader of the Dresden Philharmonic and soon after took the same post the with Berlin Philharmonic under Furtwangler where he remained till 1934. He formed a string trio with Hindemith & Feuremann & toured as a duo with Lili Krauss. after WW11 he resumed world touring and was associated with the Aspen Festival for 15 years where he formed the Festival Quartet with Babin, Primrose & Graudan. Many fine recordings. D/s 1949 to Columbian musicologist Otto de Greiff. Strangely uncommon. $125	64. GRIMAUD, Helene- SP 5 x 7" photo of the popular French pianist with one of her pet wolves. $75	65. GULDA, Friedrich- SP 4 x 6" photo of the stupendous Austrian pianist at the keyboard. Gulda's vast repertory ranged from Beethoven to jazz and at one time he teamed up with Chick Correa for joint recitals where they improvised. As was his wish he died on Mozart's birthday. $85
66. HAHN, Hilary- SP 5 x 7" photo of the popular young STAR. $65	67. HARRELL, Lynn- signed the program page in the 32 pp program book for the Philadelphia Orchestra's March 30/31 & April 1, 1978 concerts when he played the Elgar Concerto for Violoncello & Orchestra under James Levine. $50	68. HARRISON, Beatrice- SP 3 x 3.5" program photo of the British cellist laid down on an album leaf. Harrison was sister of violinist May and Margaret the pianist. Harrison was very involved with important premieres and performances of Delius's cello works as well as of Elgar's. She recorded Elgar's cello concerto under the composer for HMV. She was a frequent early broadcaster for the BBC where the nightingales from her garden were featured with her to the public's delight!! She played a cello made by Pietro Guarneri (popular soprano Miriam Licette signs the verso). $85
69. HEIFETZ, Jascha- the great fiddler signs the cover page program book for the RCA recording of Beethoven's Concerto in D major together with a photo of Heifetz. $225	70. HOROWITZ, Vladimir- ignature alongside a photo from his younger days on a 4 x 6" album leaf. $200	71. HUBERMAN, Bronislaw- nice large signature of the great virtuoso fiddler signed 18.1X.1933 together with a photo. $125
72. ISSERLIS, Julius- signature of the blind Russian pianist on an album leaf. Cellist Steven's grandfather emigrated to Vienna in 1923 before settling in England and there is a scholarship in his name with the Royal Philharmonic Society endowed by Cecilia Helen Northcote. Scarce. $65	73. ISSERLIS, Steven- SP 5 x 7" photo of the brilliant cellist, Joseph's grandson one of today's best. He plays the Feuermann Straivarius which is on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation for his international recitals, worldwide orchestra appearances chamber music dates. Many outstanding recordings. $65	74. JOACHIM, Joseph- Cdv Elliott & Fry photo of the illustrious violinist with AMusQS on the verso signed London 17th October 1871. Joachim was one of the 19th century violin giants with close associations to the Schumans, Brahms , Dvorak etc.He founded the Royal Academy of Music in Berlin, the Joachim Quartet and was a noted teacher. He also recorded 5 sides for G & T the most famous early violinist to record. $500
75. KOGAN, Leonid- SPc size action photo for Columbia 3/X/66showing a serious violinist in action. Verso lists recordings made for Columbia & Electrola. $475	76. KREISLER, Fritz- AmusQS from Bach on a 3 x 5" card signed by the beloved fiddler 1927 matted & framed with nice cabinet photo overall 10 x 15". $450	77. LANG LANG- SP 8 x 10" color photo of the popular young piano STAR playing or recording. $75
78. LEV, Ray- SP 8 x 10" photo of the Russian born American pianist d/s to Columbian musicologist Otto de Greiff. Lev came to the USA at the age of one year. She won the American Matthay prize and studied with Tobias Matthay in England debuting at 17 under Sir Landon Ronald in Tchaikowsky's Piano Concerto #1 in 1929. She returned to the US in 1934 for her New York debut and pursued her career both here and in Europe playing much modern music as well as the classics. During the war she played for the troops & FDR as well as giving 2 command performances in London. In 1948 she joined 31 other American artists in a letter of solidarity with 12 Russian writers who called on fellow communists to declare themselves publicly and thereby became the only classical musician to be named in the Red Channels list. This all put a dead stop to her career though she gave almost annual Carnegie Hall recitals and made other appearances. She made recordings some of which have appeared on CD. UNCOMMON. $150	79. LOTTO, Isidor– AMusQS on an 8 x 10" page "Etude de 4 Violins" penned by the noted Polish born violinist Hambourg 23 Novembre 1870. a student of Massart (Wieniawski's teacher), he was professor of violin at the Music Institute in Warsaw. Lotto was a teacher of Hubermann. He was also associated with the Conservatory of Strasbourg. Uncommon. $575	80. MA, Yo Yo- SP 5 x 7" action shot of the super star cellist favorite The signature is a little light. $50
81. MAGALOFF, Nikita- SP8 x 10" of the Russian born Swiss pianist at the keyboard d/s to Otto de Greiff. After the revolution his family arrived in Paris via 4 years in Finland. He was a pupil of Philipp, praised by Ravel and took composition lessons from Prokofieff. A Romantic he excelled in Chopin and loved playing his complete works in different cities. He took over Lipatti's Geneva master classes at the Geneva Conservatory, played duo recitals with Szigeti and married his daughter. A latter day project were recitals of Polish music with Polish/Turkish soprano Leyla Gencer, some on CD. $150	82. MENUHIN, Yehudi- SP 5 x 7" moody pose with his violin signed, 1950. $75	83. MIDORI- SP 5 x 7" shot for SONY or 4 x 6" photo smiling while the audience cheers. $65
84. MORINI, Erica- SP 8 x 10" photo of the stunning Austrian violinist playing. What ever happened to her stolen strad? $125	85. NATOLA- GINASTERA, Aurora- SP 4 x 6" photo of the Argentine cellist widow of composer Alberto Ginestera who wrote much music for her. $65	86. NIEDZIELSKI, Stanislas- SP on the cover of a 9 x 14" 4 pp program for a 1953 Chopin recital given by the Polish pianist in various French cities. He studied with Paderewski in Switzerland and gave his first London concert in 1925 playing Cyril Scott's Piano Concerto #1 under Sir Dan Godfrey. In 1930 he premiered Turina's "Contes d'Espagne Set 11" in Madrid. He toured widely especially South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and died of a tropical disease in Paris 1975. UNCOMMON. $100
87. OPPITZ, Gerhard- signature alongside a laid down photo on a 4 x 6" card. Oppitz studied with Buck, Steurer and Kempff winning the 1974 Arthur Rubinstein piano competition in Tel Aviv at age 24. He has taught since 1981 at the University of Music and performing Arts in Munich the youngest professor ever there! $35	88. PESSINA, Carlos- SP of the Argentine violinist noted for both the stan- dard repertory as well as tango. $85	89. PESSL, Yella- signature of the Viennese born American pianist/harpsicordist & organist. Pessl had a very long busy career playing recitals, with orchestras under Toscanini & Walter among others and founding the Bach Circle in New York which brought lesser known works of Bach and different Baroque composers before the public. Well ahead of her time in this respect she also appeared with her friends the Trapp family singers in their Town Hall debut. With repro photo. UNCOMMON. $65
90. POGORELICH, Ivo- SP 8 x 10" color photo for DGG of the super Yugoslav pianist who has made many very enjoyable recordings. $125	91. RACHMANINOFF, Serge- full signature 1933 on a 2 x 3.5" card together with a photo of the composer/piano virtuoso. Superb example. $575	92. ROSEL, Peter- signature below a laid down photo on a 4 x 6" card. The German born in Dresden 1945 studied in Moscow under Bashkirov & Oborin and won prizes at the International Schumann Competition, The Tchaikowsky Competition and International Piano Competition Montreal. He plays world wide in recital and with all the major orchestras. He has a close relationship with Masur and has appeared over 200 times with the Gewandhausorchester and he played Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #3 under his direction at the 150 Jubilee celebrations of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. $45
93. ROSTROPOVITCH, Mstislav- SP 4 x 6" action shot repro print d/s 2002 by the beloved Slava $50	94. SANROMA, Jesus Maria- SP 8 x 10" portrait of the very fine Puerto Rican pianist trained at the New England Conservatory of Music by Szumowska he became the official pianist of the BSO playing a vast repertory under all the leading conductors. He took a break for work with Cortot & Schnabel in Europe where he also concertized. He played under Prokofieff and Stravinsky and gave first American performances of works by Bloch, Dukelsy, Honneger, Ravel, Martinu and others as well as recording Rhapsody in Blue under Fiedler. He struck up a friendship with Hindemith when he came to the US in 1937 and he gave first performances of his piano sonata and concerto as well as a Sonata for Piano Duet which they recorded together. After WW11 Sanroma was appointed head of the piano department at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music and he moved back to PR but kept an active schedule of performances and recordings working with Casals, Bernstein and many others. He is considered to be one of the most accomplished well rounded pianists of the 20th century. $125	95. SARASATE, Pablo de- notes penned by the GREAT Spanish violin virtuoso and composer on an 8 x 10" page Hambourg 25 Nov 1878 together with a post card action shot. $375
96. von SAUER, Emil- SPc of the great Liszt pupil. Martin Krause also a Liszt pupil claimed that Sauer was "the legitimate heir of Liszt: he has more of his charm and geniality than any other Liszt pupil".Prior to his time with Liszt he had studied with Nicholas Rubinstein. The virtuoso had a very long career touring until 1936 when he was 74. He was an active teacher and his pupils included Askanese, Goldsand, Hilsberg, Jonas, Ney, Ahlgrim among others. There are recordings of his elegant playing. $475	97. SCHIFF, Andras- SP 4 x 6" photo of the Hungarian born British pianist at the keyboard. He is best loved for his Bach, Schubert & Schumann and especially champions the music of Janacek & Veress. His most recent major project was a recording of the complete Beethoven sonatas. He has been conducting more and more having great success with the major orchestras. $75	98. SCHNEIDERHAHN, Wolfgang- SP 6 x 8" portrait of the popular Viennese violinist/conductor and husband of soprano Irmgard Seefried. AS A CHILD!! pre age 16. Signed Wolfi Schneiderhahn Nottingham 27 ! 1931.during the period he was living in England. He returned to Vienna in 1933 to become first concertmaster of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra at age 18! He held this post till 1937 when he switched over to the Vienna Philharmonic where he remained till 1951. All the while he kept up his career as a recording and solo artist and chamber music player notably with Fischer & Mainardi. He was a prolific recording artist having done all 10 Beethoven Violin Sonatas with Kempff as early as 1952. He founded the Lucerne Strings and taught in Salzburg, Vienna and ucerne. Highly UNUSUAL photo. $200
99. SCHNABEL, Artur- nice large signature from the great pianist beloved for his Beethoven together with photo. $200	100. SCHUMANN, Clara- hand addressed envelope from Clara to her daughter Fraulein Julie SCHUMANN % Dr Herr Director Eduard Bendemann in Dusseldorf Am......Deutschland" together with a photo of Clara. $275	101. SEGOVIA, Andres- SP 4 x 6" photo of the GREATEST guitar player ready to play- d/s BA 1960. $275
102. SEGOVIA, Andres & CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, Mario- AMusQS from the Italian/Jewish composer's Concerto in G for Guitar and Orchestra on a cut program page for a performance of the work by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra under Walter Susskind. signed by both the composer and the great guitar virtuoso to whom it was dedicated. Unusual. $500	103. SGOUROS, Dimitrias- the Greek pianist writes "with love" and signs alongside a laid down photo. He performed Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #3 at age 12 at Carnegie Hall with the National Symphony Orchestra under Rostropovich and has been busy ever since. $45

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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