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WILHELMJ, AUGUST (1845-1908): Autograph letter, signed "August Wilhelmj".

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:25:05 EDT

Wiesbaden, July, 1872. To Bernhard Schultz. 5 pages with envelope from which the stamp has been cut. Fine condition. The German violinist is writing to the kapellmeister in Breslau primarily about a capriccio of the recipient: �Concerning your Capriccio, I can assure you that I shall launch it at the first occasion. You know that I like it very much, and I hope to make something of it...,� and in a postscript states �the parts, score and piano reduction were sent to me by your brother, but still missing are the solo violin part together with the piano reduction for violin and piano.�

Bernhard Schultz (1835-1916) was a conductor, teacher and composer (9 operas, 2 symphonies, chamber music, etc.). At the time of this letter he was the Director of the Orchestra Society in Breslau. His piano concerto was championed by Clara Schumann and he was one of the four signatories to an 1860 anti "Music of the Future" Manifesto published in Berlin, the others being Brahms, Joachim and Grimm.

ALS-10242 $175.

WEINGARTNER, FELIX (1863-1942): Genesius. Piano Vocal Score. Bote & G. Bock: Berlin, n.d.. Plate no. 13697. Small quarto. 291 pp. Inscribed (on the top of the cover): "Eug�ne D'Albert ein herzliches Freundschaft! F. Weingartner". Paper wraps. Interior is fine with uncut pages. Covers and spine sunned with ragged edges (slightly effecting first part of inscription). Spine and back cover taped.

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:21:11 EDT

Although Weingartner is primarily remembered for his illustrious conducting career, having succeeded Mahler as Music Director of the Vienna Court Opera in 1908, he started out as a composer. He was introduced to Liszt, who recommended his first opera, "Sakuntala", for production when he was only 21. Although succeeding as a composer and going on to make conducting his prime vocation, he nonetheless did compose several other works including operas, chamber music and piano pieces. "Genesius" was composed in 1892. This copy is inscribed to his contemporary, the noted Scottish-born German pianist Eug�ne Albert.

ALS-10734 $375.

STRAUSS, RICHARD: Framed Photograph, signed "Richard Strauss".

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:14:15 EDT

Inscribed "A Jorge Cabral souvenir amical", 11/12/1920. Buenos Aires Matted and framed with total size of 17.75" h x 11.75" w. Handsome original photograph, above which Strauss has penned his inscription and below which he has signed and dated.

PHO-10746 $1350.

SCHNABEL + FLESCH

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:06:01 EDT

Ensemble with photograph and signatures, decoratively matted with an overall size of 10.75� h x 19� w. Vertical crease in Schnabel signature; the Flesch signature slightly soiled; photograph a little silvered; overall appearance is very attractive.A signature of the great German pianist Artur Schnabel signed �Artur Schnabel� and dated �Vienna 5. Nov. 1929�, paired with a signature of the renowned Hungarian violinist and pedagogue Carl Flesch, signed �Carl Flesch�. The signatures flank a postcard photograph by Dursthoff of Berlin showing the two at the piano studying a score.

Flesch and Schnabel often worked together in pre-World War II Germany.

SIG-10678 $425.

SARASATE, PABLO DE (1844-1908): Ensemble with signature.

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:04:54 EDT

The Spanish violinist pens his last name with his customary notation in treble clef showing the open strings of the violin (G, D, A, E). Elegantly matted with a postcard photo showing Sarasate standing and tuning his instrument. Total measurement: 13.5� h x 8.5� w. Fine.

ALS-10735 $300.

RESPIGHI, OTTORINO: Original charcoal sketch of the composer.

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:04:12 EDT

On wove paper, 12" h x 9.5" w in mat. Executed and signed by the artist Rosenberg of the Cincinnati Post, during the composer's visit to New York to attend the November 24, 1928 American premiere of his opera "La Campana Sommersa". Boldly signed by the composer. A bit rumpled with a few very minor stains, but generally handsome appearance.

GPH-07994 $850.

RACHMANINOFF, SERGEI (1873-1943): Ensemble with Signature and Portrait. "S. Rachmaninoff".

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:03:25 EDT

Decorative green mat with red trim having an overall size of 11� h x 15� w. Excellent condition. A clear, bold signature on a card, matted with a Russian postcard portrait showing the composer standing with his hands in his pockets.

SIG-10677 $650.

PIATTI, ALFREDO (1822-1901): Autograph Letter, signed "Alfred Piatti".

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:59:16 EDT

London, 12/21/1884. To �Dear Sir�. 1 p. Fine. Piatti writes that he has �...published some songs with Ritornello accompaniment. Of which the titles as follows.� He then goes on to list five titles together with publisher information.

Piatti is principally known as possibly the greatest 19th-century cellist, but he was also a composer of several works for his instrument as well as several songs accompanied by cello.

ALS-10723 $225.

PADEREWSKI, IGNACE JAN (1860-1941): Autograph Musical Quotation, signed "I. J. Paderewksi".

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:57:30 EDT

11/9/1890. Total mat size 10� h x 13.5� w. Fine Condition. Three-bar musical quotation from his piano concerto, premiered in London. Matted with a contemporary sepia postcard.

The great Polish pianist Paderewski only wrote one piano concerto, the "Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 17", published in 1890.

AMQ-10705 $650.

MITROPOULOS, DIMITRI (1896-1960): Photograph, signed "From Dimitri".

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:56:48 EDT

Inscribed "For Trudy and her kindness". By Trude Fleischmann. c. 7" h x 9.25" w. The beloved conductor of the New York Philharmonic (1949-1951) and the Metropolitan Opera (1954-1960), shown here seated, his arm resting on a score. Trude Fleischmann (1895-1990) was an important portrait photographer of musicians, artists, writers, dancers and actors in Vienna and later in New York. Fine condition.

PHO-00207 $250.

MILHAUD, DARIUS (1892-1974): Photograph, signed "Milhaud".

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:56:10 EDT

Inscribed "� Marya Freund en souvenir du Pierrot Lunaire et le voyage en Pologne". 5.25" h x 3.25+" w, decoratively matted with a total measurement of 11.25" h x 9.5" w. Youthful bust shot. Laid down on larger card stock (not visible in mat). Tiny almost imperceptible crease in center of photograph, otherwise very good.

The Polish soprano Marya Freund was a close friend of many contemporary composers and performers, including Milhaud, Schoenberg, Poulenc and Ravel. In 1922, Francis Poulenc, Darius Milhaud and Marya Freund went to Austria for performances of Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire", and travelled on to Poland for the performance Milhaud refers to in his description. Shortly before this trip Freund had given the first performance in Paris of Pierrot with Milhaud conducting.

PHO-10111 $385.

MENUHIN, YEHUDI (1916-2003): Postcard Photograph, signed "With greetings from, Yehudi Menuhin".

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:55:01 EDT

1930. Vienna. Decoratively matted with an overall size of 12.5" h x 10.5" w. A rare and charming image (by Leiser of Berlin) entitled "Master Yehudi Menuhin and Professor Adolf Busch," showing the young Menuhin in short pants looking up at the noted German violinist. Fine condition.

Three years prior to the date of the signature, Menuhin played the Beethoven Violin Concerto under Adolf Busch's brother, Fritz, in New York, in November 1927, and became an overnight celebrity.

PHO-10675 $450.

MENOTTI, GIAN CARLO (1911-2007): Typed Letter about his opera Amahl, signed "Gian Carlo Menotti" and also his initials "G.C.M." at end of an autographed postscript.

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:53:51 EDT

Mount Kisco, NY, Dec. 3, 1952. To Howard Shanet. One page on typewriter paper. Overall very good condition (the usual creases and some sunning on bottom edges). Menotti is writing about a production of �Amahl and the Night Visitors� by the recipient of the letter, who has made suggestions to Menotti about press and promotion for the work. Menotti writes, �there are many in New York who would like to know more about [it]. The director of the magazine, Art News, for example, is very anxious to see some of the stage sketches that the children have submitted to you...the more primitive they are, the more they will interest him.� The composer also suggests that Life magazine might be interested in the project, but adds in a hand-written postscript: �I have just received now a phone call from Life magazine informing me that you have already contacted them, as I was afraid. They were disappointed by the childrens sketches submitted to them, which they find too �pretty and conventional.� Please don't repeat the same mistake in sending on sketches for Art News...�

Menotti's opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors", was written a year prior to this letter and was the first opera composed expressly for television in America. It was written on commission by NBC, which gave the premier on December 24, 1951. Howard Shanet was a Columbia University-based conductor and writer on music, noted especially for his support of new music as well as neglected works of the past. He wrote the definitive book on the history of the New York Philharmonic.

ALS-10732 $1200.

MENGELBERG, WILLEM (1871-1951): Photograph, signed "Willem Mengelberg".

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:50:08 EDT

A wonderful sepia image of the eminent Dutch conductor inscribed to Louis Sherman who was a violinist with the New York Philharmonic under Toscanini . Repaired crack upper center and broken lower right corner. Otherwise good condition. 8.5"h x 6" w.

PHO-00622 $400.

MASSENET, JULES (1842-1912): Autograph Musical Quotation from "Manon", signed "J. Massenet".

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:49:12 EDT

London, Covent Garden, May 19 [1885]. Slight vertical crease, otherwise in fine condition. A two-bar musical quotation from Massenet's most successful opera, �Manon Lescaut�. The opera was first performed on Jan. 19, 1884. This quotation was written during the run of the premiere in London, the first performance there being on May 7th, 1885. Decoratively matted with a period postcard portrait, having a total dimension of 10� h x 15� w.

AMQ-10534 $675.

LHEVINNE, ROSINA: Typed Letter, signed "Rosina".

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:42:07 EDT

Kew Gardens, L.I., August 4, 1939. To �Dear Arthur�. 1 1/2 pp. on letterhead (Mrs. Joseph Lhevinne) with envelope. 6.5� h x 5.5� w. Very good condition. The prominent Russian pianist and pedagogue, wife of pianist Joseph Lhevinne, writes to the music critic Arthur Abel. She has just returned from Aspen where �We had a very interesting class there, and also learned and gave a very successful performance of the Poulenc concerto for two pianos. Joseph gave the Weber Konzertstucke at the same recital...� She then asks Abel if he could speak to Koussevitsky about a possible performance: �I have never played with the Boston Symphony and would love the opportunity of giving the Poulenc with them.� She concludes by asking him if he will come to New York to see the World's Fair.

ALS-08677 $125.

LEH�R, FRANZ (1870-1948): Sepia Postcard photograph, signed "F Lehar".

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:41:10 EDT

Nicely matted photo of the wildly popular Viennese operetta composer. Total measurement of 12" h by 10" w. Three corners bent, otherwise fine.

PHO-00531 $275.

LABOR, JOSEF (1842-1924): Autograph Letter with Musical Quotation, signed "Josef Labor".

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:39:23 EDT

Vienna, Jan. 7, 1869. To �Dear Friend�. 1 page of a folded sheet. With translation. 9� h x 6� w. A little rumpled but overall fine. The blind Bohemian pianist, organist and composer is writing to a fellow musician stating in part �when you play Schubert's L�ndler, think of me and of the cheerful evening passed together in the court concert.� Above the letter he has penned an unidentified two-bar musical quotation.

Joseph Labor taught many notable musical personalities including Arnold Schoenberg, Paul Wittgenstein and Alma Schindler (who married Gustav Mahler among several famous others). Alma Schindler studied with Labor for 6 years, beginning when she was 14, and her diaries contain numerous references to her esteemed teacher. The court concert Labor refers to is possibly one in Hanover, where he was a chamber musician to the King in 1863. He moved to Vienna in 1868 where he devoted himself to teaching and composition.

ALS-08515 $400.

HUMPERDINCK, ENGELBERT (b. 1936): Autograph letter to Steinway about Pianinos, signed "E. Humperdink".

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:28:52 EDT

2 pages of a folded sheet with Humperdinck's stamp. Octavo. Blank page detached, otherwise fine condition. The German composer, known mostly for his opera � Hansel and Gretel�, writes to the head of the Steinway Company about the comparative sounds of Steinway Pianinos he's played in Europe which are much less satisfactory than the ones he tried in Steinway Hall in New York: �I was very pleased by the grand, full sound of the instrument, which again did not sound balanced in the soprano range, that is in the main range for the melody, it seems a bit dampened.� He hopes to find one in Hamburg that will match the New York ones in quality. He also writes �...naturally the grand pianos do not require recommendation...�

Humperdinck is referring to a piano introduced by the piano maker Robert Wornum around 1815 in London. It was a short cottage upright with vertical stringing, sometimes called the birdcage piano because of its prominent damper mechanism.

ALS-00514 $350.

HORNE, MARILYN (b. 1934 -): Photograph, signed "Marilyn".

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:26:16 EDT

Inscribed Alberta, 1/20/81. 10"h x 8" w. Fine colored photograph showing the great diva in full costume. It is inscribed to Alberta Masiello who was the Metropolitan Opera voice coach to such notable singers as Horne and Maria Callas: "To Alberta, whom it has been my great joy and privilege to work with for many years. With gratitude and love."

PHO-10719 $200.

HEIFETZ, JASCHA (1899-1987): Ensemble with Signature and Portrait.

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:24:20 EDT

A card measuring 3.75� h x 5.5� w decoratively matted with an overall measurement of 10.5� h x 12.25� w. Fine condition.The great Jascha Heifitz has boldly penned his name on a card and dated it �Wien 1928.� A small half-tone portrait has been pasted on the upper right showing Heifitz tuning his violin.

SIG-10679 $350.

GILELS, EMIL: Photograph, signed "Emil Gilels" (in Cyrillic).

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:15:50 EDT

Nov. 9, 1955. 10" w x 8" h. Handsome pose of the pianist shown standing next to the piano, the lengthy inscription in Cyrillic with his signature and date in the white background above the piano. Indentation from paper clip and a moderate crease running through inscription, two small flaws in photo surface at bottom and right edges, remains of tape and backing on verso, overall a handsome and rare photograph.

PHO-10263 $450.

FURTW�NGLER, WILHELM (1886-1954): Photograph by Trude Fleishmann

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:02:32 EDT

Stamped Trude Fleischmann. Berlin ca 9" h x 7" w. Handsome, youthful image of the great conductor looking somewhat pensive. Trude Fleischmann (1895-1990), who in 1920s Vienna (and after 1938, in New York), was an important portrait photographer of musicians, artists, writers, dancers and actors.Inscribed on the back by Furtw�ngler, and dated Berlin, 1929. Chipped at corners, upper right corner bent, two small pin holes on right corner, a little soiled and silvered; nontheless nice overall impression.

PHO-10730 $300.

DAMROSCH, WALTER (1862-1950): Photograph, signed "Walter Damrosch".

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:59:36 EDT

Inscribed "To Mr. Peter Hugh Reed" [of the American Record Guide]. 8" x 10". An intense looking Damrosch who succeeded his father Leopold as conductor of the Oratorio and New York Symphony Societies. Damrosch organized his own opera company and conducted the first nation-wide orchestral broadcast in the United States. Fine.

PHO-00609 $150.

CRUMB, GEORGE (b. 1929): Autograph Musical Quotation, signed "George Crumb".

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:53:23 EDT

Philadelphia, Feb. 3, 1985. Inscribed �Ms. Peggy Low �M� Johnson�. �Echos of TIme and the River�. 1 page on University of Pennsylvania stationary. Fine condition: handsome and bold. A 7-bar quotation on one staff for violin, from the orchestral work �Echoes of Time and the River� from �II-Remembrance of Time.�

The American composer George Crumb won the Pulitzer prize for "Echoes of Time and the River" in 1968.

AMQ-00305 $850.

BLOCH, ERNEST (1880-1959): Typed Letter, signed "Ernest Bloch".

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:48:35 EDT

Jan. 31, 1924. To �My dear Salzedo�. 1 page on Cleveland Institute of Music letterhead. 9.5� h x 6� w. Fine. Bloch is writing to the harpist and composer Carlos Salzedo saying that �I agree with you entirely and think it would be very fine if [the Polish soprano] Madame Freund could sing with the Cleveland Orchestra, but the best thing for her would be to come in touch with the manager....�

ALS-00020 $400.

BLISS, ARTHUR (1891-1975): Autograph Letter, signed "Arthur Bliss".

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:45:23 EDT

Feb. 23, 1960. To Robert Hines of Southern Illinois University. 2 pages with envelope. Octavo. Excellent. The English composer is sending the recipient three choral pieces of his for an upcoming program and also material for program notes. The three works he refers to are: Pastoral �Lie strewn the white flocks� (1928), �Morning Heroes� (1930) and �Songs of Welcome� (1954).

ALS-00384 $135.

BERNSTEIN, LEONARD (1918-1990): Revealing Autograph Letter, signed "Lenny".

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:43:47 EDT

June 2, 1979. To Howard Shanet. 2 pp. on Bernstein's blue stationery, with envelope. With a 2-page carbon of Shanet's letter to Bernstein and a carbon of Shanet's letter to his editor about the book. Excellent condition. Bernstein is writing after having read Howard Shanet's manuscript for his book on the New York Philharmonic, �Philharmonic: A History of New York's Orchestra� (1979).

I've read and riffled at random and am full of admiration. What an undertaking, what organization, what a grasp of the material. It leaves me limp, at a moment when I am lacking that precise organizational power needed to finish even a rough draft of my up-coming and oft-postponed Norton Lectures. I wish you were helping me.

As you might have expected, I liked least the material about old brash boring me. I was even moved once or twice to a marginal notation. Many more times I was moved to restrain myself from corrupting your margins. I think the word symphony is misconstrued in your quotes of my �pessimistic� forecasts: it is used ambiguously, simultaneously meaning the musical form and/or the performing institutions. There are a few other similar points which I have already blocked from my mind -- but the main thing is that I do get your �big point.� It is strongly made, though (as one marginal note indicates) there seeps through a hint of personal resentment, which may even be the hidden seed of the whole nationalistic exegesis. Have you examined your Unconscious recently?

In Shanet's equally interesting and detailed response he is in admiration of Bernstein's challenging and accurate criticisms. He then concludes his letter with a fascinating suggestion that he wants Bernstein to think about:

I can see a big colorful music-historical movie coming out of my PHILHARMONIC book, with you as a principal figure in it -- I mean not only as subject but as actor. It would start in costume in the New York of the early 19th century and move on through the changing stylistic periods to the present day, with music all the way. I don't see you as Ureli Corelli Hill, but I bet you could play Anton Seidl giving the first performance of the New World Symphony [by Dvorak] or Gustav Mahler conducting Mahler, in addition to Leanard Bernstein conducting all sorts of things. I'm quite serious about it. Nothing like it has ever been done. It would be the freshest cultural phenomenon to appear in the Bicentennial atmosphere. The only problem would be what to do with Boulez; could we let him play Boulez?

It is truly a shame that Shanet's movie proposal never came to fruition.

Howard Shanet was a Columbia University-based conductor and writer on music, noted especially for his support of new music as well as neglected works of the past. He is particularly known for the book that he is discussing with Bernstein.

ALS-10388 $1350.

BERIOT, CHARLES DE (1802-1870): Ensemble with portrait & autograph letter, signed"C De Beriot".

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:36:40 EDT

Brussels, Sept 21 (?) 1847(?). To M. Garnot. 1 page. Octavo. Total size: 14.5� h x 20.5� w. Fine.The letter of the great violinist and husband of soprano Maria Malibran is handsomely matted with an ovalized engraved portrait (Meyer, after the noted portrait artist Grevedon).

I learned this moment that the company... has suspended payment. This annoying news has even been reported in the papers. I hasten to let you in on this so that you will have the kindness to tell me what I should do and the result of your message. Accept my friendly greetings, Charles De Beriot.

ALS-08408 $425.

BEECHAM, SIR THOMAS (1879-1961): Original Caricature by Olga Koussevitsky

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:16:09 EDT

6.75" h x 5.25" w, matted with a total measurement of 13" h x 11+" w. A wonderful pencil caricature of the great English conductor looking somewhat quizzical and standing in front of a microphone, his baton aloft in his right hand. Olga Koussevitsky was a patron of the arts and the second wife of the famous conductor Serge Koussevitsky. She was well-known for her portraits and had an exhibition in New York City. This caricature is dated 1958, followed by her autographed initials. Very good condition.

GPH-10683 $350.

ANTHEIL, GEORGE (1900-1959): the "bad boy of music" writes to teacher Ernest Bloch

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:08:59 EDT

Typed Letter, signed �George Antheil�. Hollywood, CA, Dec. 8, 1945. To �Dear Master�. One page on typewriter paper. Very good (slight rumpling on right margin and what looks like a small coffee stain). An important and fascinating letter by the sometimes iconoclastic American composer to his former teacher, Ernest Bloch. He writes, in part:

You will be surprised to hear from me, after all these years but, as you are a man of great understanding.[you will] understand that I could not write again until now.

He relates his �long Odysseus�, that he �left you to go to Europe to learn the current European snobbisms�, then returned to the U.S. �and to myself�. He refers to his newly published biography, �Bad Boy in Music� .He continues, writing �a little about myself; that, for instance, I no longer like Strawinsky, or practically all the rest of them, and that in my own personal way I endeavor to return to the direction of Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler, Bruckner, symphonic form and development...�

Your teachings have stood me well, especially in moments of deepest doubt.I owe you very much, and I have never thanked you.He then goes on to list a number of his works and says that �the critics, in general, have been good, even excellent...

According to A. J. Johnson in his biography, Antheil began studying with Bloch privately in New York in 1919. According to A. J. Jonson in his biography of Antheil: " Bloch had been skeptical and had rejected him describing Antheil's compositions as 'empty' and 'pretentious', however, the teacher was won over by Antheil's enthusiasm and energy, and helped him financially as he attempted to complete an aborted first symphony". The symphony, "Zingareska" was completed in 1922 and is one of the first works to incorporate a jazz element.Antheil's autobiography "The Bad Boy of Music" was written in 1945, the year of this letter.

ALS-10733 $1500.

ALBANESE, LICIA (b. 1913): Photograph, signed "Licia Albanese".

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:38:38 EDT

Inscribed "To Helen Hubbard". 10" h x 8" w. Italian diva known particularly for her role as Cio Cio San (Madame Butterfly), which she sang 72 times at the Met, shown here as Camille (Traviata) in a black and white photo. Fine condition except for slight rippling.

PHO-00039 $85.

SCHUMANN, ROBERT (1810-1856): Symphony No. 1, Op. 38 (Facsimile Edition).

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:27:16 EDT

Robert Owen Lehman Foundation: New York, 1967. Folio. 196 facsimile pp. Gold-stamped buckram. As new except for slight bump on top of spine and small water stain on front cover.

FAC-10747 $375.

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN: Quartetto a 3 Violini con Violoncello (Facsimile Edition).

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:13:06 EDT

Odette Lieutier Editeur: Paris, 1946. Limited edition of 1300 copies. Oblong quarto. 10 pp + cover, together with transcription by Guillame de Van. Original Slipcase. Excellent except for a little wear to slipcase.

FAC-10748 $75.

STRAVINSKY, IGOR (1882-1971): Typed Letter, signed "I Stravinsky".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:18:11 EDT

New York, Mar. 23, 1965. To John McClure, Columbia Records. Half sheet of onion skin. Fine condition.
Bob told me, after your call this morning, of the plan to record "Capriccio" in Paris May 13th or 14th. But I would greatly prefer to do it in September. I will have only 4 or 5 days in Paris in May, will be busy with the CBS film, have family and friends to see. Why not September in London, where I have to be for an important concert and when it can be put on the program?

Stravinsky played the piano in the premiere of "Capriccio" in Paris, 1929, Ernst Ansermet conducting. It was one of a few virtuosic pieces Stravinsky had written to help support himself after fleeing the Russian revolution. He revised it in 1949.

ALS-10238 $1000.

WOLF, HUGO (1860-1903): Autograph Letter, signed "Hugo Wolf".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:01:50 EDT

July 11, 1891. 3 pp. of a folded sheet on small beige stationery. Very good. With translation.
A revealing letter to an anonymous correspondent asking for information about the recent performance of "Christnacht":
Eckstein just wrote to me from London to which he traveled last week. Unfortunately he considered it more urgent to give me a detailed lecture on the pavement in London rather than referring to my �Christnacht� with even a word".

Wolf goes on to describe his plans to be in Bayreuth, Vienna, etc. and concludes "perhaps you learn indirectly something about the fate of my Christnacht and kindly share with me anything worth knowing."

Wolf started on "Christnacht," a work for soloists, chorus and orchestra, on Dec. 24, 1886. He described the work as "uniting two aspect of the Christ child: naive and childlike, yet conquering and redemptive". When he started in in 1886, Wolf was still struggling for recognition as a composer, but by the time he completed it, in 1889, he had already written his popular "Italian Serenade" and was considered a master songwriter.

ALS-00507 $4500.

WEINGARTNER, FELIX (1863-1942): autograph letter, signed "FWeingartner".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:00:54 EDT

Vienna, Sept. 3, 1936. 1 p. of Weingartner's stationery. The usual creases, very slight tear on fold at top, otherwise very good -- a bold, attractive letter in Weingartner's strong hand.
Weingartner writes to an unidentified correspondent about the recipient's audition, saying that the greater part of the Kommision was in agreement that he was the best and would thus be engaged, though subject to the approval of the Bundestheater management.

ALS-10457 $85.

WEINBERGER, JAROMIR (1896-1967): Autograph letter, signed "Jaromir Weinberger".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:59:03 EDT

New York, Aug. 15, 1939. To "My dear Sr. Goldman". 1 p. Fine condition. With translation.
Weinberger writes in German (and some English) that he will:
...come with my wife and Mr. Heinsheimer on the 17th of this month to Prospect Park and anticipate with great pleasure hearing my Rhapsody.

I hear you often over the radio and admire you and your orchestra.

The Czech/American composer Weinberger was best known for his 1927 opera �vanda dud�k (Svanda the Bagpiper, in German "Schwanda der Dudelsackpfeifer"), the first Czech opera since Smetana's Bartered Bride and Dvorak's Russalka to be widely performed internationally.
Weinberger is certainly writing to Edwin Franko Goldman, the famous American conductor and band leader, and is probably referring to his "Mississippi Rhapsody" for concert band.
The "Mr. Heinsheimer" Weinberger refers to is Hans Heinsheimer, the New York publisher and editor.

ALS-00239 $200.

VIEUXTEMPS, HENRI (1820-1881): Autograph Letter, signed "H.V." and also "H. Vieuxtemps".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:53:09 EDT

Paris, Nov 18, 1875. 1 p. on very small stationary (5" h x 4" w). With envelope. Horizontal crease and full signature slightly cropped, otherwise fine.
Brief note to Alex Corn�lis requesting that his letter be passed on since he doesn't know the address. This note, signed with his initials, is apparently the remainder of Vieuxtemps' original letter, the signature of which appears in a different ink along the side.

ALS-08113 $200.

VERDI, GIUSEPPE (1813-1901): Ensemble with Visiting Card, signed "G.V.".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:50:48 EDT

Size in mat 10" h x 12.5" w. Excellent except for envelope, which is slightly soiled and with 3 abrasions. A handsome ensemble with Verdi's visiting card, its envelope and a postcard portrait of the composer shown standing. Verdi has penned a note over his name hoping that the recipient can "come this morning", signing "G.V." The envelope is addressed to Giuseppe Campanari.

Campanari, originally a cellist with La Scala and the Boston Symphony, became a baritone and performed for several years at the Metropolitan Opera.

CDV-10115 $2250.

VAR�SE, EDGARD (1883-1965): Autograph Letter, signed "Var�se".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:48:46 EDT

New York, Oct 8, 1942. To "Mr. [Arthur] Cohn". One page on his letterhead. 8.5" h x 5.5" w. Fine (small original ink blot on upper right).
Var�se, one of the boldest innovators of 20th-century music, writes to Arthur Cohn, informing him "that the Pro-Musica is out of existence" and suggests he contact R.E. Schmitz in San Francisco. In a postscript he writes "Salzedo, who was vice president of P.M. might possess the desired information."

Arthur Cohn was a publisher, conductor and orchestrator who worked at Carl Fisher and was responsible for publishing many of Ives's works. He was also director of the Edwin Fleischer Collection in Philadelphia from 1934-52. Robert E. Schmitz was a prominent pianist and president of Pro Musica. The composer Carlos Salzedo was vice president of the same progrssive organization.

ALS-08166 $575.

STOKOWSKI, LEOPOLD (1882-1977): Typed Letter, signed "Leopold Stokowski" in pencil --"Thank you for the harmonica".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:41:46 EDT

"Thank you for the harmonica".">New York, 12/28/1951. To the pedagogue Josef Gingold. 1 page on small stationary. Good condition, top and bottom edges frayed.
Stokowski writes to the violinist and pedagogue Josef Gingold:
Leopold Stanislawowicz asked me to thank you for the harmonica. So far he can blow into it but not backwards to make the dominant harmonies, but he likes it very much because he can easily make a big noise with it. It made his Christmas even more fun for him.

And I want to thank you for all the pleasure I had in making music with you and your wonderful Cleveland Orchestra. I always wanted to have you for Concertmeister and at last it happened. It was even more satisfying musically than I had anticipated, because you have such a wonderful tone, with great fullness, and you respond to everything with complete understanding and feeling.

I hope we shall often make music together and that you and your family will have every happiness in the New Year.

A delightful and wonderfully generous letter praising the eminent violinist and pedagogue Josef Gingold. "Leopold Stanislawowicz" refers to Stokowski's son, Leopold Stanislaus, who was just a year old, one of two sons with Gloria Vanderbilt, his third wife.

ALS-08751 $250.

SESSIONS, ROGER: Photograph, signed "Roger Huntington Sessions".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:39:50 EDT

Inscribed "To the Blochs with my love and very best wishes." A stunning and very formal sepia-toned portrait of the American composer Roger Sessions in his youth. 9.5" h x 6.75" w, total measurement in mat, 15" h x 12" w. A trifle silvered and a tiny chip off the lower left corner (not visible in mat), but in beautiful, crisp condition.

This rare and historic photograph is inscribed to the composer Ernest Bloch and his daughter, the lutenist Susanne Bloch. Sessions studied composition privately in New York with Bloch and later became Bloch's assistant at the Cleveland Institute of Music in the 1920s.

PHO-10541 $900.

SEMBRICH, MARCELLA (1858-1935): Autograph Musical Quotation, signed "Marcella Sembrich".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:38:18 EDT

New York, 12/1910. Excellent condition. Very attractive signature on a horizontal album leaf, with sentiment in German and three-bar musical quotation from Mozart's Figaro ("Deh, vieni non tardar"). Inscribed to Ren�e Reiss, the daughter of the Metropolitan Opera comprimario Albert Reiss.

While Sembrich is best known for coloratura roles, during her tenure at Covent Garden, before her 25-year career at the Met, she was a great favorite in Mozart operas, including the role of Susanna in Figaro.

AMQ-09406 $275.

SCHERCHEN, HERMANN (1921-1966): Autograph postcard, signed "Hermann Scherchen".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:36:56 EDT

Strasbourg, July 26, 1933. Postcard. Fine condtion. With translation.
Scherchen, a German conductor particularly distinguished as a scholarly exponent of modern music, writes to the Polish singer Marya Freund that she "will definitely sing Lazare, Ravel, and the Death of Socrates by Satie...."

Mayra Freund championed many composers of the Second Vienese school and French composers including Satie, Ravel, Poulenc and Milhaud. She gave the first staged performance of Satie's Socrate in Paris, 1920.
Scherchen's reference to Lazare is to the French pianist and composer Lazare L�vy, also known for promoting French composers of his time.

ALS-10660 $125.

PUCCINI, GIACOMO (1858-1924): Visiting Card, signed "G. Puccini".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:20:48 EDT

Puccini has penned a note on the front of his calling card thanking the addressee ("Maestro Gugliemo Andreoli") and sending his best wishes, signing "G. Puccini" beneath his facsimile signature. Together with its envelope.

Gugliemo Andreoli was a pianist, violinist and composer. He directed the piano department at the Milan Conservatory and was a member of a large well-known musical family.

CDV-10297 $750.

PISTON, WALTER (1894-1976): Autograph Letter, signed "Walter Piston".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:19:36 EDT

May 30, 1957. 1 p. Fine condition, except for creases from folding.
Short note written from Harvard, where Piston was an influential teacher from 1926 to 1960. He writes to the violinist Boris Koutzen commenting on a recording, presumably of Piston's music, and saying he had no performance suggestions. He compliments him on the quality of his student group and sends his congratulations to them and to the organist, Donald Pearson.

Piston must be referring to either his "Partita for Violin, Viola and Organ" (1942) or his "Prelude and Allegro for Organ and Strings" (1943).

ALS-00473 $300.

ORMANDY, EUGENE (1899-1985): Photograph, signed "Eugene Ormandy".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:17:03 EDT

Inscribed "For the Layman's Music Courses. Bravo! Success in all your marvelous plans for developing music in all its phases in our country!". Minneapolis, 1933. 8x10 sepia. A striking youthful portrait by Franz Lowy of Vienna. Faint horizontal crease, otherwise fine.

Ormandy started his career as a violinist. When Toscanini was too ill to conduct the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1931, the impressario Judson asked Ormandy to replace him. This led to Ormandy's first major appointment as a conductor, in Minneapolis, where he was director from 1931-1936, after which he went to the Philadelphia Orchestra.

PHO-00116 $150.

NOVAES, GUIOMAR (1895-1979): Photograph, signed "Guiomar Novaes Pinto".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:16:29 EDT

Inscribed "To Mrs John Hubbard, with by kindest regards, very sincerely", N.Y., 1933. 9" h x 7" w. Photo of a painting depicting Novaes playing the piano with an angel playing harp in the background. Signed in blue ink. Tiny chip from lower right corner, otherwise fine.

The extraordinary Brazilian pianist was praised by Debussy for her "power of inner concentration, rare among artists." She was the wife of the Brazilian composer Octavio Pinto.

PHO-00314 $250.

MOSCHELES, IGNAZ (1794-1870): Autograph Letter, signed "I. Moscheles,".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:14:15 EDT

[London], June 8. 1 p. Fine, early inlay onto another sheet of paper, horizontal crease from folding.
Moscheles writes in English to an English publisher:
I have seen today for the first time a copy of my variations on an austrian air which you have published and I was very much surprised at seeing them quite spoilt by the arrangement for the pianoforte up to to C: besides which there is a number of printing faults in them. I beg therefore you will have the kindness to suspend the sale of this work until I have conversed with you about correcting it.

Moscheles was one of the the best pianists of his day and along with Thalberg and Liszt, a strong proponent of the Velocity School. He is particularly well-known for his friendships with Beethoven and Mendelssohn, and went on to succeed Mendelssohn as head of the Leipzig Conservatory upon the younger composer's death in 1847. He was not only a widely-played composer, but extremely influential throughout Europe and England.
The only English edition of the "Variations on an Austrian Air" (Op. 42) that we have been able to identify is listed by the British Library as c. 1835. The work was first published by Artaria in Vienna in 1818.
Note that Moscheles has a charming way of making his capital i's as a G clef.

ALS-00059 $325.

MEYERBEER, GIACOMO (1791-1864): Autograph Letter -- Meyerbeer Organizes a Dinner for Music Critics, including Berlioz, signed "Meyerbeer"

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:09:38 EDT

Paris, "3 vi [???[". To "Mon cher Monsieur Davison". 1 p. of a folded sheet with Meyerbeer's embossed crest. Ink blot on upper right, otherwise very nice. With translation.
Meyerbeer writes to James William Davison (1813-85), the influential English music critic, about a dinner he is organizing at the "petit moulin rouge." He hopes the recipient will come and says that "You will also find the gentleman Berlioz, Jules Jeanin and a few other people of your acquaintance."

Although Meyerbeer mentions "Jules Jeanin" he must be referring to the author Jules Janin, who was the noted drama critic and colleague of Berlioz at the Journal de D�bats. Janin wrote the lyrics for Berlioz's song, "Chant de Chemins de Fer." Berlioz, besides being a composer, was an avid writer about music and supported himself for many years as a critic.
Formerly in the collection of Arturo Toscanini.

ALS-00451 $500.

MERCADANTE, SAVERIO (1795-1870): Autograph Letter, signed "Saverio Mercadante".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:06:58 EDT

Lisbon, Jan. 19, 1828. To "Domenico Donzelli". 2 pp. of a folded sheet with integral address leaf. Quarto. Fine and attractive. With translation. Mercadante writes to Donzelli, a tenor at the Theatre Iitalien in Paris, asking if he knows a soprano to sing as prima donna for one year at the S. Carlo Theater in Lisbon:
We need a Prima Donna, a soprano of wide abilities who could come here as soon as possible; ...Talk to whomever you think is best suited for this and make her submit her -- fair conditions which have to be binding and without excessiveness because the urgency and the distance don't permit a long courting.

He goes on at length about details of the arrangements.

Domenico Donzelli (1790-1873) was one of the most important tenors of his day, admired particularly for his many roles in the works of Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini - and Mercadante.
Admired by Rossini, Mercadante was a prolific opera composer and very influential in his day. He spent several years in Portugal and Spain where he produced many operas. While in Lisbon he wrote "Adriano in Siria" and "Gabriella di Vergy," both premiered later in 1828.
This is an early, scarce letter, written prior to Mercadante's return to Italy in 1831, where he became central to the reform movement in opera.

ALS-00187 $1200.

LUTOSLAWSKI, WITOLD (1913-1994): Typed Letter, boldly signed "W. Lutoslawski".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:04:32 EDT

Sep. 9, 1969. 1 p. on his letterhead. Letter to Robert S. Hines, discussing corrections to his biography and accepting one emendation of an orchestration.

ALS-00437 $350.

LITOLFF, HENRY (1818-1891): Autograph Letter, signed "Henry Litolf".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:03:53 EDT

[1885]. 1 p. on small blue stationary. (5" h x 4+" w). Verso shows remains of old hinge, a little soiled but overall very good. A short note in French to a friend saying that since it has been so long since he has seen them, he awaits them with an opera of five acts and a prologue. He wonders whether his friend has been sick and asks them to send news.

Although now known primarily as a composer and publisher, Litolff was deemed as a brilliant pianist in his day. He wrote several operas, but only one five-act opera, Les Templiers to which he therefore must be referring and which would date this letter as sometime in 1885. Les Templiers, had its premiere in Brussels on January 25, 1886.

ALS-00172 $200.

LESCHETIZKY, TH�ODORE (1830-1915): Autograph Musical Quotation, signed "Theod. Leschetizky".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:51:04 EDT

London, 10/25/1897. Octavo. A lovely example in fine condition. Eight bars on an oblong album leaf from the Scherzo of his "Souvenirs d'Italie," Op. 39, a suite for piano.

The great pianist and influential pedagogue, Letschetizky was himself a Czerny pupil and later the primary teacher of Paderewski, Gabrilowitsch, Schnabel and many others.

AMQ-09337 $375.

LEONCAVALLO, RUGGERO (1857-1919): Autograph Letter, signed "Leoncavallo".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:45:29 EDT

Apr. 20, 1914. To Rocco Paglietti (?). 2 pp. on light blue paper, with envelope. Very good condition (crease on upper right, ink quite pale). With translation.
Leoncavallo has sent a registered letter to the librarian at the music conservatory in Naples requesting help in tracking down some Neapolitan songs:
At the moment, I am working on a Neapolitan subject. For artistic reasons concerning the ambience, I should like to have Neapolitan songs written between 1820 and 1840. You will know whether it is possible to find them and where.

He continues that he is interested specifically in finding a song "A figliole" which is possibly from Leonardo Vinci's opera Le zite 'n galera (Spinsters in jail, 1722).

It is unclear from the context of the letter which stage work Leoncavallo was working on. Of the three stage works he produced in this period, the opera Goffredo Mameli (1916) is an unlikely candidate since it is not a Neapolitan subject. He is more likely referring to either La candidata (1915, Rome) or Prestami tua moglie (1916, Montecatini).

ALS-00429 $850.

LAMOND, FREDERIC (1868-1948): Photograph, signed "Frederic Lamond".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:42:04 EDT

Inscribed "An Frau Doctor Coopman, Zur freundlichen Erinnerung und in Verehrung", Mar. 5, 1934. 8.5" h x 6.5" w. Striking head shot of the distinguished Scottish pianist, a student of Liszt known primarily for his performances of Beethoven and Liszt. A few ubobtrusive cracks (mainly on upper forehead); otherwise fine.

PHO-10258 $300.

KRENEK, ERNST (1900-1991): Autograph Musical Quotation, signed "Ernst Krenek".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:36:01 EDT

10/12/1975. 6" h x 4" w. A very unusual musical quotation, with eight notes on one bar under which Krenek has noted "I hope the [phone] number is correct -- the tone row is not" and above which he has penned a telephone number and "di Bonaventura."

Baker's Dictionary (1992) describes Krenek as a "remarkable Austrian-born American composer, whose intellect responds equally to his musical philosophy and his imaginative technique of composition....His evolution as a composer mirrors the development modern music in general." He was associated with Schoenberg and the Second Viennese School. He married Mahler's daughter, Alma.
Inasmuch as the telephone is a Connecticut number, it is probably that of the conductor Mario de Bonaventura, who was conductor of the New Haven Symphony (as opposed to his brother, the American pianist Anthony di Bonaventura).

AMQ-10440 $375.

KOD�LY, ZOLT�N (1882-1967): Photograph, signed "Kodaly Z."

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:16:01 EDT

8" x 10". The eminent Hungarian composer is shown in a friendly three-quarter pose (head and shoulders) with his signature in the light background near his face. Fine condition.

Marked on verso in another hand "July 1965, Plaza Hotel N.Y."

PHO-00442 $550.

JOHNSON, EDWARD: Photograph, signed "Edward Johnson".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:13:34 EDT

Inscribed "to [conductor] Alex[ander] Smallens". 8" x 10". Sepia photo by Hartsook, in costume in the role of Dick Johnson from Puccini's "Fanciulla del West." Signature against partial dark background; a little silvered at the very bottom, top edge chipped, otherwise fine.

The tenor Edward Johnson is best remembered as the dynamic director of the Metropolitan Opera from 1935 to 1950.

PHO-00015 $275.

JERITZA, MARIA: Photograph, signed "Maria Jeritza".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:13:14 EDT

Mattted with an overall size of 20" h x 15.5" w. Beautiful signed sepia photograph by Elzin of New York of the great Met soprano in evening dress. Fine condition.

PHO-07947 $275.

INDY, VINCENT D' (1851-1931): Photograph, signed "Vincent D'Indy", 1922.

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:03:19 EDT

Inscribed "� l'ami Letellier...", 1922. 9" h x 6.5" w. Bottom left corner cracked across inscription (quite dark), affecting just the very corner of the "V" in the signature; laid down, lifting slightly at center.

PHO-00547 $375.

ILLICA, LUIGI (1857-1919): "Success" Opera or "Type" Opera?

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:09:48 EDT

Autograph Letter, signed "Illica". Postmarked Mar. 5, 1915. To "Enrico Cavacchioli". One page "mailogram". Fine condition. The noted Italian librettist writes a detailed, amusing and scathing letter to Enrico Cavacchioli, editor of the newpaper "Il Secolo" (Milan), discussing his thoughts on Giordano's opera "Madame Sans G�ne" (1915). He begins his letter:
May your good Livorno god hang you! I have twice written to you and you have never replied. If Napoleon had not been made a cuckhold -- to go back to the origins of great historical facts -- by Maria Luisa probably, who knows when I would have had your news....

I do not know a note of "Sans G�ne"; if you remember when [Renato] Simoni was in Japan I was to have collaborated on it, however, I said right from the beginning that the subject did not appear to me a likely one musically -- meaning impossible....Setting it to music was not a question of a "success" opera more or less, but of a "type" opera and a "type" opera nowadays is a nightmare to plan...

He goes on at length justifying his original opinion, which he observes was shared by several critics. He also gives the news that Leoncavallo has dislocated his arm.

Noted Italian librettist Luigi Illica wrote the text for Catalani's La Wally, and also worked with Giordano and Mascagni. But his most significant contributions were as the librettist for all of Puccini's major operas. Obviously, as seen in this letter, Illica did not write the libretto for Giordano's Sans G�ne, although he did write librettos for other Giordano operas, most notably Andrea Ch�nier (1896).
Please note the signed copy of Giordano's Madame Sans-G�ne, SSC-06035.

ALS-00423 $850.

HUBERMAN, BRONISLAW (1882-1947): Ensemble with Signature, "Bronislaw Huberman | 29.II.1920".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:06:41 EDT

February 29, 1920. Overall size in mat 13" h x 11" w. Clean signature on pink stock decoratively matted with a color postcard photograph (after a painting) of the Polish violinist who founded the Palestine Symphony Orchestra in 1936 (which eventually became the Israel Philharmonic).

SIG-07981 $150.

HONEGGER, ARTHUR (1892-1955): Autograph Letter, signed "A Honegger".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:01:44 EDT

Montgrim ?, Oct. 13, 1939. 1 p. A bit toned, quite rumpled and creased, but otherwise fine -- overall attractive in appearance. With translation. Honegger thanks the recipient for his letter concerning the composer's "Regain," a film score for orchestra which he had written two years earlier.
I am happy about the good opinion you have of this score and have already thought of extracting from it a suite which would have five pieces and last about 20 minutes. The small orchestra and ease of performance of these pieces would permit a rather wide distribution on the radio.

If, as you have told me, you think you could find a publisher, I could send you this score very soon, well-prepared and divided in five movements.

1. Le Panturle
2. Hiver
3. Printemps sur la colline
4. G�d�mus le r�mouleur
5. Regain

Honegger concludes his letter "With my gratitude for what you want to do for my music....

The final suite actually added a sixth movement at the beginning, "Nuit dans la grange - �t�."

ALS-00421 $650.

HINDEMITH, PAUL (1895-1963): Photograph, signed "Paul Hindemith".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:01:21 EDT

Inscribed "Mit besten W�nschen", "4. I. 57.". Photo is a 5.75" square mounted on 9.5" h x 7" w heavy stock. An attractive image of the composer Hindemith conducting.

PHO-00544 $500.

HILLER, FERDINAND (1811-1885): Autograph letter, signed "Ferdinand Hiller".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:00:36 EDT

Dec. 18, 1843. 4 pp. of a folded sheet. Creased from folds, otherwise very good condition. Hiller writes about his compositions and conducting, referring to performances in the recent past and his present travels, and to prospects he wants to see realized in various German towns.

Ferdinand Hiller, composer, conductor and music critic, had a close association with the Mendelssohn family. He met Mendelssohn as a young boy and the friendship lasted until the year of this letter, apparently a falling-out at the time he replaced Mendelssohn as director of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

ALS-08096 $350.

HAL�VY, JACQUES-FROMENTHAL (1799-1862): Autograph Letter, signed "F Halevy".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:52:09 EDT

"Sunday" (no other date). One page with integral address leaf. 6" h x 4" w. Fine condition. With translation.
Letter to Monsieur Severin at the Royal Italian Theater expressing regret for not "joining you this morning. If you decide something I should know without delay, please instruct me. Otherwise Mr. Habaneck, who I will see tonight, will keep me up to date....."

Hal�vy was a prolific opera composer, whose masterpiece was La Juive. Although undated, one assumes that this letter was written during the time Hal�vy was the "chef du chant" at the Th�atre-Italien, from 1826 to 1829. The conductor Francois-Antoine Habeneck (1781-1849) founded the Orchestre de la Soci�t� des Concerts du Conservatoire and is especially noted for having introduced Beethoven's symphonies in France, including the first performance of the Symphony No. 9 in Paris.

ALS-07292 $300.

GOUNOD, CHARLES (1818-1893): Autograph Letter, signed "Ch. Gounod".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:51:35 EDT

Jan. 5, 1889. 1 p. with last line and signature on verso. Fine, docketed on upper left. To M. Larroumet, asking him if he is able to receive him and specifying the hours when he could come.

ALS-00144 $300.

GIGLI, BENIAMINO: Photograph, signed "Beniamino Gigli".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:39:01 EDT

Inscribed "to George Hoffmann, Jr. Cordially. N.Y. 1932". 8" x 10". Sepia photograph by Lowiosa of the great Italian tenor shown full-face in a bust pose. Fine condition, except cracked along bottom white border.

PHO-07880 $200.

GARLAND, JUDY (1922-1969): Photograph, signed "Judy Garland".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:37:22 EDT

Inscribed "To Abe [Burrows], a grand person, sincerely". High-gloss sepia photo decoratively matted with a total size of 14" h x 11" w. (image 9" h x 6" w.). The young Garland is shown onstage, and has inscribed the photograph to her long-time friend, Abe Burrows, who would later co-write the book for the Broadway hits, Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Several small cracks in black portion of photo.

PHO-08158 $1250.

GABRILOWITSCH, OSSIP (1878-1936): Ensemble with Autograph Musical Quotation, signed "Ossip Gabrilowitsch".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:31:10 EDT

London, June 13, 1897. Attractively matted with an overall size of 12.75" h x 17.5" w; quotation is 8" h x 6.5" w. Very good condition (quote is laid down on heavy stock). Four-bar musical quotation on music paper. The quote is from Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1, with an inscription in German to a friend. Matted with handsome sepia cabinet photograph by Bieber showing Gabrilowitsch leaning on an upright piano (photo is stamped 1897 in lower right-hand corner).

In addition to his distinguished international career as a pianist, Gabrilovich was the conductor of the Detroit Symphony and married Mark Twain's daughter.

AMQ-08006 $600.

FURTW�NGLER, WILHELM (1886-1954): Letter, signed "W Furtw�ngler".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:27:34 EDT

Salzburg, 7/21/50. To Heinz von Cramer. 1 p. on Salzburg Festival Music Director letterhead; in royal blue and black ink. Very good. Furtw�ngler's signature on a note in another hand giving Heinz von Cramer permission to attend rehearsals at the Salzburg Festival of Fidelio, Don Giovanni and Die Zauberfl�te.

Heinz von Cramer was a librettist and radio drama director.

ALS-08657 $325.

FURTW�NGLER, WILHELM (1886-1954): The 1936 Controversy: New York or Berlin?

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:13:20 EDT

Autograph letter, signed "Wilhelm Furtw�ngler". Cairo, March 20, 1936. To "Dr. H[einsheimer]". Two sides of a sheet of gray paper. One small tear at bottom of center fold and tears at each side of horizontal fold, punch holes on margin (not affecting text); overall condition is fine and appearance attractive. Furtw�ngler writes:
Here, returning from Luxor, I find your letter which already contains the text of my American telegram. I did not answer yours because I wanted to wait for the answer from America. Meanwhile it has been announced to me in a letter, -- but you wrote me that you already read the reply of the Philharmonic Society. Personally I am quite content with the progress of this matter, it certainly did no harm; I am moreover richer by this experience.

I arrive in Potsdam on April 8th in the evening, so planning is very difficult for me. If it's still possible, I would inform the Philharmonic, who wrote me today, also from here. Otherwise I beg you to be patient for the time being. I have heard nothing from Berlin, nor is the American affair entirely settled at the moment. (Until then I also hope to be able to inform you about the possibility of Salzburg.).

Furtw�ngler is referring to the events surrounding his appointment as Director of the New York Philharmonic which, had it gone through, would have been a political and musical coup of major proportions, as well as altering the trajectory of Furtw�ngler's career.
The incident began when, on the preceding Feb. 29th, the Philharmonic announced that it was offering the position to Furtw�ngler following Toscanini's retirement. The Germans wished at all costs to retain Furtw�ngler in Berlin and announced on the same day that he had been re-appointed chief of the Berlin State Opera. In response to that announcement, Furtw�ngler telegrammed New York "I am not chief of Berlin Opera but conductor-as-guest. My only job is music."
In the wake of this questions multipled, with New Yorkers asking how much influence the German government had over Furtw�ngler and what his connection really was to the German government and to the Nazi party.
On March 7th, news reached New York of a letter to the Manchester Guardian by the well-known violinist Bronislav Hubermann condemning the appointment on the grounds that Furtw�ngler had not come out against Nazi brutalities. On the same day Hitler marched into the Rhineland. All of New York seemed to be against Furtw�ngler, including the musicians' union.
Furtw�ngler sent a cable on March 15th, which must be the one referred to in this letter:
"Political controversy disagreeable to me. Am not politician but exponent of German music which belongs to all humanity regardless of politics. I propose postpone my season in the interest of Philharmonic Society until the time public realizes that politics and music are apart."
Certainly New York was not at all certain that politics and music could remain apart and shortly thereafter hired John Barbirolli as conductor of the Philharmonic.
One wonders if Furtw�ngler continued to agree with the last line of the first paragraph in this letter; that he was indeed "quite content...[and] richer by this experience." In fact, this incident marks a significant turning point in Furtw�ngler's career. Had his appointment in New York gone through, it would have been a huge blow to German national pride and an enormous asset to musical life in New York and America. Furthermore, it would have made for an entirely different life and future reputation for Furtw�ngler whose relationship to Nazism remains controversial.
Hans Heinsheimer, the recipient of this letter, was at the time head of the opera department at Universal Edition in Vienna. He was an influential figure in musical circles, promoting Berg, Weill, Krenek and many others. He later emigrated to America where he was associated with Boosey & Hawkes and G. Schirmer.

ALS-10380 $2000.

FRIED, OSKAR (1871-1941): Autograph letter, signed "Oskar Fried".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:09:01 EDT

Bern, Aug. 4 [6?], 1919. To Marya Freund. First and last page of a folded sheet. Fine condition. With translation. The eminent German conductor and composer is writing to the Polish soprano Marya Freund, who was at the height of her singing career. He mentions having:
...been engaged in Berlin for five concerts. I strongly hope that on that occasion we can again be musically active together. Do you sing Mahler's Kindertotenlieder? They are scheduled in Berlin for 20 October together with the Ninth Symphony.

Also Trunknes Lied is a possibility for Vienna! But I must know the approximate honoraria.

Fried's "Trunknes Lied" is a work for chorus and orchestra which was first performed by Karl Muck in Berlin in 1904. Fried had in fact been playing the horn in various orchestras up until that performance, which gained favorable attention and enabled him to pursue his conducting and composing.

ALS-10491 $225.

DONIZETTI, GAETANO (1797-1848): Autograph Letter, signed "Donizetti".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:50:15 EDT

Paris, Friday evening. To La Comtesse Merlin. One page of a folded sheet with integral address leaf. Postmarked 185?. Small octavo. Very good condition. With translation.
The pleasure I had in finding myself near you and enjoying your beautiful talent has made me forget an appointment I have tomorrow with... after the rehearsal of L'Elisire. It shall therefore be impossible for me to attend the rehearsal you have to make.I know that you are always surrounded by a great number of accompanists, and that the music will not suffer from it.

ALS-00408 $1850.

DIAMOND, DAVID (1915-2005): Typed Letter, signed "David".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:48:45 EDT

Florence, Feb. 20, 1956. To "Carroll" [Glenn; the violinist]. 1 p. on lavender stationery with his embossed name. Fine condition. Diamond writes a friendly letter to the American violinist:
You probably didn't know that I have been living in Italy since 1951. It was kind of you to think of me -- after all these years -- which reminds me of the night we all listened (at your home) to Szegeti's recording of my VIOLIN AND PIANO SONATA. And I do hope Schirmer's sent you a copy of the work as I hope Southern Music Publishing Co. did a copy of the PIANO SONATA for Eugene [List].

Diamond is referring to his Sonata for Violin and Piano (1943-46) and his first Piano Sonata which was written in 1947 and published in 1954. Carroll Glenn was married to the American pianist Eugene List. The New York Times has described Diamond as "a major American composer whose early brilliance in the 1940's was eclipsed by the dominance of atonal music..."

ALS-00126 $150.

COPLAND, AARON (1900-1990): Autograph Letter, signed "Aaron Copland".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:39:13 EDT

Jan. 21, 1977. To Mr. [Brent] Williams. 1 p. 7.75" h x 5.75" w, with envelope. Fine.
I was pleased to learn that the Ciompi Quartet of Duke University has programmed my TWO PIECES FOR STRING QUARTET [originally written 1923] for the evening of February 7th.

Please give the quartet my friendly greetings and express my regrets that I am unable to be present on that occasion.

Copland is writing to Brent Williams who gave up baseball to become a tenor but was most important as a long-time officer of the famouse New York musicians' club, The Bohemians, and was furthermore the director of its important charitable foundation for 25 years.

ALS-00328 $375.

CHAVEZ, CARLOS (1899-1978): Typed Letter, signed "Carlos Chavez".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:33:02 EDT

Chapultapec, Mexico, May 12, 1967. 1 p. Fine. A letter to the Polish-American baritone Doda Conrad, thanking him for the invitation to a celebration being given in Monte Carlo for the 80th birthday of the great pedagogue Nadia Boulanger.

Doda Conrad had organized this festival, which was held on Sept. 30th under the auspices of Prince Ranier of Monaco and his wife, the former American film actress Grace Kelly.

ALS-00029 $150.

CADMAN, CHARLES WAKEFIELD (1881-1946): Photograph, signed "Charles Wakefield Cadman".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:24:56 EDT

Inscribed "To my dear friend, Beatrice Griffin, whose playing of my sonata gave me greatest pleasure. In appreciation of her fine musicianship", 1933. 8x10. Sepia photograph by Keystone. The American composer is shown in near profile. Excellent condition.

Cadman was one of the first significant American composers who did not go to Europe to get a musical education. He had an intense interest in American Indians and their music, incorporating much of it into his own music. He was one of the first to introduce elements of ragtime into chamber music and also composed several film scores.

PHO-00464 $250.

BRUCH, MAX (1838-1920): Autograph Letter, signed "Dr. Max Bruch".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:19:52 EDT

Oct. 12, 1907. Four pages of a folded sheet (7" h x 4.5" w). Fine. With transcription and translation.
Nice letter to a colleague about not being able to hear a young violinist "because the father, a most uncultured and clumsy man, committed one oddity after the other... By the way nowadays one is really beseiged by violin child prodigies. This one alone is already the sixth or seventh since the beginning of the month." He writes that he is enclosing an article about him from the magazine Die Musik, the article being distinguished "by the absolute reliability of its dates."

ALS-00024 $425.

BRASLAU, SOPHIE (1892-1935): Photograph, signed "Sophie Braslau".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:17:22 EDT

Image 7.25" h x 5" w (plus narrow white border). Elegant Mishkin portrait of the contralto who made her Met debut in 1914 at the age of 11; a bust pose in formal dress. Excellent condition.

PHO-00027 $165.

BORI, LUCREZIA (1887-1960): Photograph, signed "Lucrezia Bori".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:16:55 EDT

Total measurement of 10" h x 7.25" w. An attractive 5" x 7" photograph showing the Spanish soprano in evening dress. Bori, who made her Met debut in 1912, has signed boldly on the mat. Fine condition.

PHO-07857 $200.

BODANZKY, ARTUR (1877-1939): Bohemians Dinner Announcement, signed "Artur Bodanzky".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:12:37 EDT

Bodanzky has penned his name across a handsome announcement of a dinner given in his honor by the Bohemians New York Musicians Club at the Hotel Commodore on Dec. 21st, 1930. The announcement shows his portrait surrounded by images from Wagner's operas. Fine condition.

The Viennese conductor, an early Mahlerite, had an extended career at the Metropolitan Opera.

EPH-10659 $150.

BEACH, AMY (1867-1944): Autograph Letter, signed "Amy M. Beach".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:07:30 EDT

Feb. 4, 1913. To the music critic Arthur Abell. Two sides of a black-bordered mourning card, with original stamped envelope. Fine contion. With "Mrs. Beach" in another hand in blue grease pencil.
The prominent American composer writes from Munich that she "shall be happy to give some of my songs...at your home."

Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, always referred to as Mrs. Beach, was a prodigy pianist who made her debut with the Boston Symphony in 1885. Her Mass in Eb, given by the Handel and Haydn Society in 1882 and her Concert Aria, "Eilinde volken," given by the New York Philharmonic Society, were the first occasions that these two organizations performed music by a female composer. Her Gaelic Symphony (Op. 32, 1896) was the very first symphony composed by an American woman.

ALS-00014 $250.

BART�K, B�LA (1881-1945): Ensemble with Autograph Musical Quotation, signed "B�la Bart�k" in blue ink.

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:06:01 EDT

Dec 10, 1929. Inscribed "F�r erinnerung an dem 10. Dec. 1929." Total mat size: 9.5" h x 17" w. Condition is excellent. Three-bar musical quote on graph paper in decorative silver mat with a postcard photo of the composer.

AMQ-08058 $2750.

BACKHAUS, WILHELM (1884-1969): Autograph Musical Quotation, signed "Wilhelm Backhaus".

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:03:04 EDT

Dresden, 3/10/1908. Fine condition. Two bars on a large album leaf by the eminent German-born Swiss pianist. The quote is from Chopin's Ballade in A-flat Major.

AMQ-09336 $200.

VIRDUNG, SEBASTIAN (c1465-?): Musica getutscht 1511.

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:21:53 EST

Robert Eitner, ed. Trautwein: Berlin, [1882]. Small oblong octavo. 111 pp., heavy laid paper, deckel edges. Dark blue paper covers, front detached, internally excellent.

The earliest printed source describing musical instruments and practice. This work was the source for some of the most famous later treatises, most notably Agricola's "Musica Instrumentalis" (1529).This is the earliest of three modern facsimiles of this seminal work, and quite scarce.

FAC-10652 $200.

ALTENBURG, JOHANN ERNST (1734-1801): Johann Ernst Altengurg: Versuch einer Anleitung zur heroisch-musikalischen Trompeter- und Paukerkunst. Faksimile der Ausgabe von 1795. Mit einem Nachwort in Deutsch und Englisch von Frieder Zschoch.

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:45:33 EST

VEB Deutscher Verlag f�r Musik: Leipzig, 1972. Octavo. 156 pp. 6 fold-out plates. Boards. Spine and edges slightly rubbed, otherwise very good.

FAC-03858 $50.

SCHUBERT, FRANZ (1797-1828): Symphony No. 8, B minor, "Unfinished", arranged, "Unvollendete Symphonie in H moll von Franz Schubert. Symphonie en Si mineur. Arrang�e pour Violon, Violoncelle, Harmonium et Piano."

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:29:44 EST

Carl Simon: Berlin, [c. 1890]. Plate no. C.S. 2484. Folio. 34+11+4+4 pp. Lithographed. Lacking title page. Spine and outer leaf of piano score chipped and nearly detached, first page of piano score and violin soiled; otherwise very good.

Complete -- full piano score plus harmonium, violin and cello parts.

MUS-10640 $65.

GRIEG, EDVARD (1843-1907): Autograph musical quotation, signed "Edvard Grieg", and by his wife, "Nina Grieg" (a noted lyric soprano).

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:12:28 EST

London, March, 1889. Quote is slightly smudged and photo is slightly silvered at corners, otherwise very good. Two-bar musical quotation from one of Grieg's songs. Handsomely matted with a period postcard photograph, having a total dimension of 10" h x 13.5" w.

AMQ-10535 $2200.

BOITO, ARRIGO (1842-1918): Autograph musical quote from the Epilogue to Mefistofeles, signed "Arrigo Boito".

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:40:11 EST

Milan, October 14, 1880. On a sheet of music paper cut down to 3.5" h x 10+" w. Evenly browned with bleedthrough and one vertical crease from folding; overall condition is fine.
Eight-bar quote from Boito's opera Mefistofeles. He conducted the premiere at La Scala in March 1868, almost immediately setting about a revision (premiered in Bologna, 1875, and a final version in Venice, 1876). The quote here is from the Epilogue which was originally part of Act V. Boito penned the first five measures on one side, with his identification of the piece, and the final three bars of this quote on the other side with his signature.

Boito himself wrote the libretto for Mefistofeles, and is, of course, famous for having written the librettos of Verdi's Otello and Falstaff.

AMQ-00062 $1500.

STRAVINSKY, IGOR (1882-1971): Ensemble with Photograph and Signature, "Igor Stravinsky".

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:39:40 EST

Fine except for paperclip mark under the tail of the "y". The great 20th-century composer has boldly penned his name on a card. Handsomely matted in red suede with a postcard photograh. Total size: 10" h x 16.50" w.

SIG-10634 $650.

YIDDISH SHEET MUSIC: Der Yidisher Trauer-March. Inspired by and written for the Demonstration of December 5th, 1905, participated by 250,000 Citizens of Greater New York in Tribute to the Memory of THE VICTIMS of Russian Brutal Massacres.

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:49:46 EST

Hebrew Publishing Co.: New York, 1906. Quarto. 2 pp. of music. As new. Music by Perlmutter and Wohl.

The massacre, known as "Bloody Sunday," took place on January 9, 1905 in St. Petersburg, Russia. A priest, Father Gapon, led unarmed, peaceful demonstrators to the Winter Palace to deliver a petition to Tsar Nicholas II for improved working conditions, an end to the Russo-Japanese War and the introduction of universal suffrage. They were gunned down by the Imperial Guard. This event inflamed revolutionary activities in Russia and contributed to the Revolution of 1905.

MUS-10619 $125.

STRAUSS, RICHARD (1864-1949): Signed portrait and autograph musical quotation from "Der Rosenkavalier", signed "Richard Strauss".

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:49:17 EST

Three-bar quotation of the opening measures of the overture of Strauss's most famous and beloved opera, Der Rosenkavalier. Matted together with a photo of the older Strauss and impressively framed in grey and gold with a total measurement 17.5" h x 11" w. Quote has vertical crease running down the far right side and slightly rubbed at lower right corner.

AMQ-10547 $2250.

SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:48:58 EST

A rare piece of American sheet music from Philadelphia, 1855, entitled Old Independence Hall and showing facimiles of the autographs of all the signers of the Declaration of Independence. 5 pp. with words by A. Fletcher Stayman and music by Francis Weiland. Engraved. Overall very good and crisp condition except for slight browning on top and bottom edges & very slight foxing.

MUS-10616 $150.

RAVEL, MAURICE (1875-1937): Ensemble with portrait and signature , "Maurice Ravel".

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:48:12 EST

A crisply penned dark signature on heavy white stock, elegantly matted with a contemporary postcard photograph. Total size in mat: 14.25" h x 9" w. Fine condition.

An unusually lovely example of Ravel's signature.

SIG-10617 $800.

RACHMANINOFF, SERGEI (1873-1943): Original pencil portrait.

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:44:29 EST

A finely-executed and striking image of the great Russian composer and pianist. Matted in beige linen. Image is 8.5" h x 5.5" w; the total size in the mat is 14.5" h x 12" w. Fine condition.

This portrait was in a sketchbook owned by the late Russian-American violinist Michel Pirastro, for many years the concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic.

GPH-10614 $375.

MEDIEVAL MUSIC LEAF

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:43:22 EST

An illuminated leaf on vellum from a Latin breviary. French, c. 1280. MS leaf is 7.25" sc. h x 5" sc. w, and matted in a "float style" (visible from both sides) having a total dimension of 13.5" h x 11.5" w. Fine condition.

An illuminated leaf on vellum from a Latin breviary. France, c. 1280.

MAN-10533 $1200.

HONEGGER, ARTHUR (1892-1955): Pacific 231: Mouvement Symphonique.

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:43:06 EST

Senart: Paris, 1926. Plate no. E.M.S. 7028. FIRST EDITION of the transcription for piano by Adolphe Borchard. Large quarto. 13 pp. A few minor imperfections such as bends, a trifle split at top of spine, a little nick on middle right edge, dealer stamp on upper right corner, but overall a very good copy.

The now famous and dramatic cover by the French artist Jacqueline Zhevenet showing a locomotive. Pacific 231, an enormously popular work in all versions, was originally written for orchestra in 1923 as Mouvement symphonique no. 1. It was the first of three works in a tryptich, the other two being Rugby (1928) and the third (1932-3) called only Mouvement symhonique no. 3 because, as the composer explained, he wanted the music to be heard as "absolute music" rather than as the descriptive pieces for which the first two had become famous.

MUS-10061 $450.