40. ARGERICH, Martha- SP 5 x 7" photo of the smiling Argentine keyboard POWERHOUSE. .................$150	41. ARRAU, Claudio- SP in the program book for Teatro Nacional de S.Carlos Lisboa recital 20 de Maio 1954 when the GREAT pianist played Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Albeniz and Ravel. .................$175	42. BACCHAUER, Gina- 4.5 x 6" bust shot on a slightly larger mount which is signed by the Greek pianist who was a great favorite in the USA and Europe where she toured extensively & made outstanding records. .................$85
43. BACKHAUS, Wilhelm- Signature 1953 together with program for a Vienna klavierabend 2 Janner 1954 by the titanic pianist. .................$100	44. BARENBOIM, Daniel- SP 5 x 7" photo of Mr. Virtuosity at the keyboard. in Koln. The amount and variety of what he does is amazing. .................$100	45. BATIASHVILI, Lisa- SP 8 x 11.5" photo of the Georgian violinist a big star on the international circuit and a Sony recording artist. Bastiashvili and her husband, the oboist François Leleux, commissioned from Giya Kancheli double concerto "Broken Chant" which they premiered in February 2008 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. She plays the 1709 Engelman Stradivarius. .................$75
46. BOLET, Jorge- SP 8 x 10" STUPENDOUS photo of the GREAT Cuban pianist at the keyboard d/s 1972. EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE. .................$475	47. BRENDEL, Alfred- SP 5 x 7" action shot of the recently retired, much beloved piano wizard. .................$100	48. BROOS, Francois & DOBROWEN, Isaay- both the Russian conductor and Belgian violist sign the program photos in the 8 page book for 8 Novembro 1948 Teatro des Carlos Lisboa concert. Broos played the Jongen Suite for Orchestra and viola. Broos had a fine career as soloist and chamber music player. Dobrowen left the Soviet Union in 1923 and gave the first German performance of "Boris Godunov" in Dresden 1922. He had posts in Oslo, Budapest, San Francisco and Gothenburg. Some fine recordings and Dobrowen was also a composer of much piano music a la Rachmaninoff. Dobrowen is very SCARCE. .................$275
49. BUSCH, Adolf & SERKIN, Rudolf- the fame d brothers in law fiddler & pianist sign 2.50 x 7" paper. .................$150	50. CAPOUCON, Gautier- SP 5 x 7" photo of Renaud's brother the cello star. .................$75	51. CAPOUCON, Renaud– SP 5 x 7" photo of the French violin star. .................$75
52. CHEMET, Renee- LARGE signature of the French violinist. .................$75	53. CHERNYAVSKA, Milana- SP 5 x 7" color photo of the Ukrainian pianist who besides her solo recital and orchestral appearance often joins violinist Lisa Batiashvili in joint recitals. Fine CDs. .................$60	54. CZERNY-STEFNSKA, Halina- SP 5 x 7" photo of the very fine Polish pianist . After study in Poland she worked with Cortot in Parisa was a joint First Prize winner at the International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw 1949, sharing the prize with Bella Davidovich.. She played Chopin almost exclusively She was proven to be the real pianist in a recording of the E minor concerto that was misattributed to Dinu Lipatti. The recording was released in 1966 by EMI, and on the 1971 British release was a note to the effect that, although the name of the conductor and orchestra were not known, there was no doubt the soloist was Lipatti. The BBC broadcast the recording in 1981, and a listener wrote in, noting the similarities between it and a Supraphon recording from the early 1950s with Czerny-Stefańska under Vaclav Smetacek Tests revealed these were one and the same recording. The so-called Lipatti recording was withdrawn. Czerny-Stefanska judged competitions for many tears. .................$150
55. DUMESNILL, Maurice- SP 7 x 9" portrait of Isidor Philipp's pupil, Debussy's friend-he coached with him and wrote 2 books on the interpretation of same, Isadora Duncan's pianist in Moscow, he toured demonstrating the Moor Duplex Coupler piano (2 keyboards), conducted in Mexico ,settled & taught in the US d/s Buenos Aires 18 November 1919. .................$375	56. DUSHKIN, Samuel- SPc photo of the Polish/American violinist particularly admired by Stravinsky who wrote his Violin Concerto & Duo Concertant for him as well as making transcriptions of "Pulcinella" & "Le baiser de la fee" with which he toured extensively with Stravinsky as accompanist! Rather elusive autograph! .................$250	57. FAUST, Isabella- SP of the hot young violinist a triumph with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Many TOP recordings for Harmonia Mundi. .................$65
58. FERRAS, Christian- the great French violinist signs an album leaf 3 x 9". .................$85	59. FISCHER, Julia- SP 8 x 10" photo of brilliant German/Slovakian violinist a worldwide favorite in r ecital and orchestral appearances with all the major orchestras as well as countless best selling CDS of her vast repertory. .................$75	60. FREIRE, Nelson- SP 4 x 6" head shot of the very special Brasilian pianist. .................$75
61. GARBOUSOVA, Raya- SPc signed 1939 of the brilliant & ELEGANT Russian cellist coached by Casals and strongly influenced by Feuremann. She had a great European career before settling in the US in 1939 Barber, Rieti & Rathuas wrote major works for her and she introduced works by Creston, Hindemith ,Lopatnikoff, Martinu & Prokofieff. She taught at Hartt, Indiana and elsewhere.. She played a Guadagnani 1743 cello. GREAT recordings. SCARCE. .................$250	62. GIESEKING, Walter- large signature 30-11-1931 together with a photo of the wizard of Debussy (and Ravel & Mozart) on the keyboard. .................$85	63. GRINGOLTS, Ilya- SP 5 x 7" photo of the Russian violinist who studied under Delay & Perlman at Juilliard and is another of the young super star fiddlers recording for DGG. .................$75
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64. BREAM, Julian- writes "With best wishes 2nd March 1991" alongside a laid down photo on a 4 x 6" card. .................$45	65. SEGOVIA, Andres- signs Madrid 1980 in a 4 x 6" card alongside a laid down photo. .................$150	66. YEPES, Narciso- signs his name 19 III 81 on a 4 x 6" card along side laid down photo. .................$45
67. GULDA, Friedrich- SP of the very popular pianist in the program book for his 6 de Abril 1952 Teatro Nacional de S.Carlos Lisboa recital when he played Bach, Beethoven, Prokofieff and Debussy. This wonderful cross over pianist loved to play jazz and was great!! He died on Mozart's birthday as he wished. .................$85	68. HAHN, Hillary- SP 4 x 6" photo for DGG of the wonderful fiddler. .................$65 OTHER PHOTOS AVAILABLE.	69. HASKIL, Clara- ALS in French on the verso of a younger than usually seen Germaine Martin, Lausanne photo of the GREAT Rumanian pianist who worked long and hard for her belated triumphs and posthumous super stardom! Clara is clear-Haskil fades out on her dress. There is a full signature at the end of the interesting letter on the verso which has 11 of the lines crossed out but can be deciphered with great concentration. The letter was written in Baden to" Cher Monsieur Schultess?-it seems about plans for a recital in Geneve... and continues" I hope to see you in these days and I hope that you are better at least to be able to come to Wintherthour where the Mozart at least will be convenable (proper)... Clara Haskil" Very interesting. .................$675
70. HEIFETZ, Jascha- SP 5 x 7" program photo fixed to a cardboard mount right side slightly uneven because of previous framing. Nice youngish image by Nikolas Muray New York. .................$300	71. HEIFETZ, Jascha- SP STUNNING 7 x 9" image of the LEGENDARY violinist one of the GREATEST of ALL TIMES. Matted and framed overall 10 x 12". .................$975	72. ITURBI, Amparo- SP 8 x 10" portrait of Jose's younger sister d/s Beverly Hills 1950. She debuted at age 15 and appeared as a soloist and in joint recital with Jose all over Europe not playing in the US till 1937.She also accompanied n soprano Maria Barrientos. She was the pioneer of the Spanish piano repertoire in the US until the arrival of Alicia de Larrocha in 1965. .................$75
73. JANSEN, Janine- SP 5 x 7" color photo of the popular Dutch violinist. .................$65	74. KAPELL, William- nice large signature above a laid down head shot on' on a 3 x 3.25" album leaf. .................$375	75. KUBELIK, Jan- pencil signed cover of 12 page program book for Zagreb recital 25 Oktober. .................$
76. LANG LANG- SP 5 x 7" casual shots of the Chinese piano DYNAMO. .................$75 OTHER PHOTOS AVAILABLE. SCANS UPON REQUEST.	77. LEGINSKA, Ethel- SP 5 x 7" sepia bust portrait of the eccentric, pioneering American pianist, composer and conductor . A Leschetizky pupil she triumphed as a pianist then started conducting after study with Goosens & Heger first playing a piano concerto as well and then just conducting, including programs of her own works. Later on she founded an orchestra, conducted opera in Europe and the US as well as "Boccaccio" on Broadway. A fascinating character. .................$250	78. LESCHETIZKY, Theodore- The Great pianist/piano teacher send Holiday greetings to Ada Cardiorglh in Toronto Canada. He co-founded the St Petersburg Conservatory with Anton Rubinstein and taught there and later in Vienna. Among the students Zeisler,Goodson, Friedman, Moisewitsch, Padewrewski,Schnabel, Brailowsky, Gabriowlitsch, Hambourg, Ney, Eisenberger, Horszowski and others including his 2nd wife Anna Essipova. He also composed, and recorded 12 piano rolls. .................$475
79. MALININ, Yevgeny- 4 x 6" photo of the Russian pianist at the keyboard tipped onto a 7 x 9.5" mount d/s in Russian 1/!X/56.He was a Neuhaus pupil and assistant and tied with Entremont for the 2nd prize in the Long-Thibaud competition. His career has been mostly Russian based but he has been active in France as a teacher. SCARCE. .................$175	80. MIDORI- SP 4 x 6" of the SUPER SUPERSTAR. .................$75 OTHER PHOTOS AVAILABLE.	81. MILSTEIN, Nathan- signature 27-!V-31 along side a sepia photo with fiddle on a a 5.5 x 7" page. .................$175
82. MINTZ, Schlomo- SP 4 x 6" action photo by Schaffler, Salzburg. .................$85	83. MULLOVA, Viktoria- SP 4 x 6" photo of the Russian born violinist who made a dramatic defection to the West. She has huge repertory from Bach to pop and jazz. Here she is seen going over the score at rehearsal. .................$65	84. MUSTONEN, Ole- SP 5 x 7" action shot of the Norwegian piano virtuoso. .................$75
85. MUTTER Anne Sophie- SP 4 x 6" photo of the SUPERSTAR! .................$75	86. PERLMAN, Itzak- SP 4 x 6" color shot for EMI. .................$85	87. PIATIGORSKI, Gregor- signed flyer for a Worcester MASS recital Oct 31, 1940 Vertical fold. .................$250
88. POUSHINOFF, Leff- signature 1952 on an album leaf of the important Russian pianist who settled in England. He was an Essipoff pupil and competed against Artur Rubinstein, Isserlis, Fischer & winner Alfred Hoehn for the Anton Rubinstein prize. Fascinating career. Uncommon. .................$100	89. REPIN, Vladimir- SP 5 x 7" action photo of the sublime Russian violinist. .................$75	90. RUBINSTEIN, Artur- signs album "Zur erinnerung Bucarest april 1926" with photo. .................$125
92. STAVENHAGEN, Bernhard- SPc of Liszt's pupil a virtuoso pianist who became chief conductor in Weimar, Munch and Geneva leading many local premieres of works by Strauss, Pfitzner, Mahler, Schoenberg, Debussy & Ravel, He made piano rolls and annotated them stating this is how he heard Liszt play. UNCOMMON. .................$500	93. SZIGETI, Joseph- signs a 3.25 x 4.5" album leaf with best wishes above a laid down photo. .................$85	94. TETZLAFF, Christian- SP 5 x 7" b/w photo with fiddle or color action photo of one of the stars among stars at home in music from Bach to Berg and of course chamber music. He appears world wide in recital and with all the major orchestras. Great CDs. .................$85
95. TIPO, Maria- 4 x 5" photo of the smiling Italian piano STAR. .................$85	96. UCHIDA- SP 5 x 7" photo of the dynamic Japanese pianist trained in Vienna by Hauser, Askanese & Kempff, debuting age 14! She is one of the most esteemed pianist of her generation with non stop world tours, recordings and festivals to oversee. .................$85	97. UNINSKY, Alexandre- SP 4 x 6" photo of the Kiev born pianist a pupil of Lazare Levy after he moved to Paris. He left a large legacy of fine recordings for Philips made during the early LP era including much Chopin & Liszt that show off his elegant style . His style has the influence of pre-revolution Russia and post revolution Paris. .................$175
98. VENGEROV, Maxim- SP 5 x 7" photo of the GREAT fiddler. .................$75	99. VOLODOS, Arcadi- SP 5 x 7" photo of the Russian pianist called by many the modern day Horowitz. .................$85	100. von REUTER, Florizel- pencil signature above his photo on a 6 x 9" flyer. The German American violinist was into the psychic and occult and wrote on communications with deceased musicians. .................$75
101. WEISSENBERG, Alexis- signs the program page for his Oct 31/Nov 1980 concerts with the Philadelphia Orchestra when he played Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano Concerto under Kondraschin. .................$60	102. WIDMANN, Carolin- SP 5 x 7" photo of the stunning young German fiddler who combines worldwide recital and orchestral appearances playing the classic and modern repertory including works written for her by Rihm,Pintscher and others with appearances in the staged version of the Kafka Fragments by Kurtag. Fine CDs. .................$65	103. YSAYE, Eugene- SP 5 x 7.5" unusual Mishkin profile bust shot of the GREAT Belgian violinist and teacher d/s 1914. .................$500
104. ZACHARIAS, Helmut- SPc size photos of the German jazz violinist both classical and jazz. Recordings listed verso. .................$65	105. ZAJIC, Florian- Jom Hulsen Berlin cabinet photo of the Bohemian born German resident violinist. He succeeded Lotto at the Strasbourg conservatory and was a popular chamber music player. The photo has a lengthy inscription and signature on the verso. Uncommon. .................$250	106. ZIMMERMANN, Franz Peter- SP 5 x 7" photo of the German violinist who enjoys a world wide career as orchestra soloist, in recital and as a chamber music player. Many superb recordings .................$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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