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BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)

Vier Eingaben an den Rat der Stadt Leipzig (Facsimile Edition).

VEB Deutscher Verlag: Leipzig, 1965. Folio. 4 pp. of facsimile + 4 pp. of commentary. Boards. Fine.

FAC-00061 $25.

BARBIROLLI, John (1899-1970)

Autograph Musical Quotation from Puccini's "La Bohème", signed "John Barbirolli".

1927. Inscribed "with best wishes". 4.5" x 6.75". Fine. Two bars, bass clef

The eminent English conductor was 28 years old at the time of this quote and conductor of the British National Opera.

AMQ-08310 $225.

BERLIOZ, Hector (1803-1869)

Autograph Letter, signed "H.Berlioz"

One page with conj. address and seal. Oct. (c. 1861). To M. Damke. Stationary from the Restoration of Plainchant and Church Music society. In the letter, Berlioz bewails the fact that he is ill and is invited to the piano dealer Erard - "Voyez si je n'ai pas du malheur!". No date, but the stationary has a date field "186-". Creased but otherwise fine (except for small corner paper loss on integral leaf).

Berthold Damke (1812-1875), a composer and conductor, was a close friend of Berlioz. According to Riemann: "a fervent admirer of Berlioz, one of his most intimate friends and one of the executors of his will."

ALS-00018 $1,350.

BRITTEN, Benjamin (1913-1976)

Peter Grimes: an Opera in Three Acts and a Prologue, FIRST EDITION, signed "Benjamin Britten"

Boosey & Hawkes: London, 1945. Plate no. H.15730. First Edition, no. 18. Folio. 380 pp. Signed boldly "Benjamin Britten" on presentation page and inscribed to "Clyte Mundy". Half leather spine with raised bands with picture of stage on cover. A beautiful copy (spine a little rubbed, corners bumped).

Clytie Mundy was a singer and voice teacher to Peter Pears, the eminent English tenor who was Britten's lifelong professional and personal companion. He created the ltitle role in Peter Grimes which had its premiere on June 7, 1945.

SSC-06006 $1,350.

CASALS, Pablo (1876-1973)

Visiting Card.

Calling card of the great cellist, addressed to the bass baritone Doda Conrad, with a note thanking him and sending wishes. Signed "Pau Casals' , Prades", on the back of the envelope which retains the stamp. Postmarked 1955. Remains of holes from stapling card to envelope, first letter of signature torn from opening envelope (but all there); otherwise fine.

CDV-10035 $150.

COWELL, Henry (1887-1965)

Autograph Musical Quotation, signed "Henry Cowell"

A large full signature in pencil beneath which the American composer has drawn a chord on a staff. Matted together with a half tone photograph taken by his wife Sidney in 1960 showing Cowell at work on his Symphony Number 14, with Pepper the cat. Total mat size: 16" h x 13" w.

AMQ-08059 $450.

CRAMER, J.B. (1771-1858)

Three Sonatas for the Piano Forte, with Accompaniment for Flute or Violin ad Libitum Composed and Dedicated to Mrs. Hammet, by J.B. Cramer.

Printed and sold for the Author by L. Lavenu: London, [1801], n.p.n. FIRST EDITION. Folio. 33 pp. Engraved. Signed "J.B.C". Disbound.

SIGNED BY CRAMER "J.B.C." ON TITLE PAGE. Piano score only. Milligan 2.064-2.066.

SSC-06762 $300.

DONIZETTI, Gaetano (1797-1848)

Autograph Musical Quotation, signed "Gaetano Donizetti".

Vienna, April 22, 1844. 5" x 7.25". Minor blemishes but overall appearance is fine. Aria from the beginning of Act II of the ever-popular "Daughter of the Regiment'. The opera was written in French and given its premiere in Paris in 1840; it was first performed in Italian in Vienna, 1841.

Inscription reads: "If you remember the rest, it will prove that you have not forgotten the author, who wishes you all happiness-".

AMQ-08185 $4,500.

GERSHWIN, George (1898-1937)

Ensemble with check and original Gershwin drawing.

Original portrait by George Gershwin, possibly a self-portrait, matted with one of his signed checks dated May 3, 1932. Total measurement in mat: 10.5" x 17". Condition is excellent.

Gershwin was an enthusiastic amateur artist as well as an art collector. Included is a letter of provenance by the Gershwin authority Ed Jablonski in which he relates that Ira Gershwin collected various Gershwin signatures and doodles and would frame them with one of Gershwin's checks and present them to friends, as he did in this instance.

GPH-08001 $3,750.

GERSHWIN, George (1898-1937)

Hi-Ho! (Facsimile Edition).

Museum of the City of New York: New York, 1968. First edition of the song written in 1936. This presentation is No. 167 of 250. Quarto. 8 facsimile pages of the ms, 9 pages of printed music + 30-page exhibit booklet. Score and small booklet in decorated slipcase. Fine except for slightly soiled slipcase.

This attractive Gershwin item was published at the time of the exhibit "Gershwin. George The Music/Ira The Words". Signed by Ira Gershwin under the limitation notice on the back page of the facsimile cover. The song Hi-Ho was written for the film Shall We Dance, but was not used.

FAC-10013 $900.

GIORDANO, Umberto (1867-1948)

Madame Sans-Gêne: Commedia. Piano/vocal score. Madame Sans-Gêne: Commedia. Piano/vocal score.

Edouardo Sonzogno: Milan, 1914-15. Plate no. 1884. FIRST EDITION. Folio. 251 pp. Inscribed on half-title: "Alla gentile Signora | Nisida Suarez | omaggio devoto di | Umberto Giordano | Milano Marzo | 1919". Elegantly boxed in 3/4 red leather with marbled boards, raised bands and gold tooling. Somewhat sprung, corners bumped, spine rubbed, covers slightly soiled; otherwise very good.

Very handsome printing with engraved vignettes at the head and end of each act. Each act preceded by a plot summary on a separate page with engraved designs. Madame Sans-Gêne, based on a play by Sardou and Moreau with a libretto by Renato Simoni, had its premiere at the Metropolitan in New York January 25, 1915, under the direction of Toscanini.

SSC-06035 $1,350.

GOUNOD, Charles (1818-1893)

Autograph Letter, signed "Ch. Gounod".

One page. Small octavo. Sept 27, 1869. Gounod writes to the composer Henri Reber reminding him to come to a performance of his Mass: "You have given me hope that you would come to hear my Mass -- you are right to think it means too much to me to let you forget it". Fine.

Gounod is best known now for his opera "Faust". He wrote several Masses, at least seven prior to this letter.

ALS-08092 $400.

KABALEVSKY, Dimitri (1904-1987)

Autograph postcard signed, signed "D. Kabalevsky" [in Cyrillic].

Postcard. Jan. 19, 1966. A postcard to pianist Eugene List, with New Year's greetings in cyrillic. from the Soviet composer Dimitry Kabalevsky. With stamped envelope. Signed "D. Kabalevsky". With translation. Fine.

List, as a World War II G.I., famously played for Stalin, Churchill and Truman at their meeting in Potsdam in 1945.

ALS-00160 $200.

LIPATTI, Dinu (1917-1950)

Visiting Card.

2.5" x 3.25". The great pianist has penned in turquoise ink a message on his calling card below his printed name, giving holiday greeting and presenting his "respectueux hommages". Lipatti items are scarce. Blue ink. Fine.

CDV-08126 $650.

MASCAGNI, Pietro

Photograph, signed "P. Mascagni".

Inscribed "Alla gentilissima Signora Basavilbaso de Catelin, con sincera ammirazione per il suo Cato e per la Sua Voce". Buenos Aires. 9" x 6". Matted with a total measurment of 13"h sc x 15.5" h. Generally fine except for pinholes at extreme bottom corners and trace of glue at end of signature.

A particularly handsome, bold photograph to a singer thanking her for her fine singng.

PHO-08768 $850.

MELBA, Nellie (1861-1931)

Ensemble with autoraph signature and sepia photograph

Ensemble with a rare, early sepia photograph of the great Australian soprano Melba and a bold autograph signature dated 1914. Decoratively matted in faux silk with gold bevel. Total measurement: 16" h. x 11"w.

SIG-08028 $325.

MOSCHELES, Ignaz (1794-1870)

Fragment from the 4th Concerto, signed "I. Moscheles".

Leipzig, September 23, 1861. Inscribed to Domenico Barnett. 8.5" h. x 11.5" w. Laid down, fine condition. 7 1/2 bars for piano, in an attractive decorative green border of musical instruments.

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. His 4th Concerto dates from 1823, two years after his debut in London at a time that he was teaching at the Royal Academy of Music. Domenico Dragonetti Barnett was the son of John Barnett, and after his time at the Leipzig Conservatory moved to England where he became a well-known pedagogue.

AMQ-08195 $1,000.

POULENC, Francis (1899-1963)

Les Mamelles de Tirésias. Signed piano vocal score.

Heugel: Paris, n.d.. Plate no. H31162. FIRST EDITION. Large quarto. 139 pp. Inscribed and signed by the title on the first page of music: "Pour Vere [his friend Vere Pilkington] en souvenir d'une idéale soirée chez lui - Très affectueusement Poulenc / 47". New cloth boards with facsimile of original cover on front and original covers bound in.

Les Mamelles de Tirésias, Poulenc's first opera, used as its libretto a 1905 Apollinaire play. Poulenc started it in 1939 but wrote it mostly during the summer of 1944 shortly before the end of World War II. The plot is about a wife who discards womanhood -- her breasts float away as two balloons -- and whose husband takes on the role of childbearing, producing 40,000 babies per day. After the devastation of the war, Poulenc promoted the government's call to increase population with this burlesque opera, the chorus declaiming at the end: "Frenchmen, make babies!" The opera is dedicated to Poulenc's good friend the composer Darius Milhaud, to celebrate his return from the U.S.A. after the war. The premiere was given at the Opéra-Comique in Paris in June of 1947. The eminent Russian artist Erté, who designed the décor, also designed the titlepage of the score

SSC-10182 $1,500.

ROSSINI, Gioacchino (1792-1868)

Bank Check. Signed "Giacchino Rossini".

Paris, Jun. 24, 1863. 4" h x c.10" w. In fine condition, with folds.

Handsome, ornate printed check, being a payment to the Rothschild brothers on behalf of Francesca Bacchani at the "Contracts Archive" for 3,025 Italian lira.

SIG-10280 $2,250.

SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitri (1906-1975)

Concerto No. 1 for Piano, String Orchestra and Trumpet, Op. 35. Full score.

Edition de musique de l'état R.S.F.S.R." (Music Section of the State Publishing House): Moscow, 1935. FIRST EDITION. Large octavo. 59 pp. Inscribed In Cyrillic: "To Remember/ D. Shostakovich/May 23 1939/Moscow ". Linen boards. Cover and spine sunned, paper evenly browned, some pages reinforced with paper tape; overall a very good copy.

From the collection of the pianist Eugene List who gave the first American performance of the concerto iwith the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1934. List also performed the work in Russia where presumably he acquired this score.

SSC-10033 $1,750.

STRAUSS, Richard (1864-1949)

Autograph Letter, signed "Rich.Strauss".

Sept. 3, 1898. Postcard. Fine. Strauss writes to the conductor Gustav Kogel in Frankfurt, asking Kogel to prepare the orchestra before he comes to conduct Don Quichote (9am with strings, 11am winds and 3pm with the complete orchestra). Strauss wants to "prepare beforehand all the technicalities...(the mutes brass and so on) to such an extent that in all rehearsals I can concentrate on the music alone, which is of the greatest importance for Don Quichote".

The tone poem Don Quichote was completed in 1897 - "the most poetic, if not the finest of his orchestral works" (Groves VI). The first performance of the work was given on March 8, 1898, conducted by Franz Wülnner. This letter pertains to the second performance which was given in Frankfurt on March 18, 1898, conducted by Strauss. The letter gives an fascinting insight into how Strauss prepares an orchestra for performance.

ALS-00217 $2,250.

TOSCANINI AND THE BEETHOVEN NINTH

Ensemble with signed Autograph Musical Quotation & Portrait

The opening four measures of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, which Toscanini has identified and signed "Arturo Toscanini", underneath which he penned Buenos Aires and the date July 2, 1946. A striking ensemble matted with a printed photographic portrait. Quote is 3 1/2" h x 6" w. Total size:17" h x 11" w. Very slight smudge on upper right corner and far right side.

AMQ-08769 $1,500.

VECSEY, F. Von (1893-1935)

Autograph sentiment, signed boldly in black ink "François de Vecsey" with sentiment.

Total mat size: 10" x 16". Dresden, October 27, 1904. Signature elegantly matted in blue with gold trim with an original postcard photograph of a young Vecsey holding a violin. Fine.

This dates one year after Vecsey toured as a wunderkind at the age of 10. It is interesting that he has signed his name in French.

SIG-08049 $285.

VERDI, Giuseppe (1813-1901)

Photograph, signed "G. Verdi"

Original cabinet photograph, signed by the composer under his image. The photograph has been ovalized. In a double mat which measures 8" h x 6.75" w.

PHO-00527 $3,750.