Below is a selection of autographs we can offer you at moderate prices with minimal description and without images. If you are interested in a particular item, please contact us for more information and a scan if needed. Unless otherwise noted, all items are in good to excellent condition and signed in full in pen. Additionally, signatures are not clipped unless mentioned.

• Abendroth, Hermann (1883-1956)
  SIG of the German conductor. On small card, dated Vienna, November 21, 1929.
  SIG-15666 $10Inquire
• Abendroth, Hermann (1883-1956)
  SIG of the German conductor with sentiment (in German). On a small card, Cologne, 1934. This was signed just months before the Nazis removed Abendroth from his post as general music director of Cologne, though he would later regain the post and join the party.
  SIG-08975 $40Inquire
• Addinsell, Richard (1904)
  SIG of the English film music composer. Small card, n/d. With sentiment.
  SIG-09014 $20Inquire
• Althouse, Paul (1889-1954)
  SIG of the American lyric tenor who spent three decades at the Metropolitan Opera. Small album leaf, n/d.
  SIG-00659 $10Inquire
• Alvary, Max (1856-1898)
  SIG of the German Wagnerian tenor. Small card, London, 1892.
  SIG-15639 $10Inquire
• Alvary, Max (1856-1898)
  SIG of the German Wagnerian tenor with text quotation from Tannhäuser libretto, Act I. On album leaf, Breslau, 1891.
  SIG-16128 $20Inquire
• Andreae, Volkmar (1879-1962)
  SIG of the Swiss conductor and composer, who led both the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and the Conservatory of Zürich. Small card, 1906 [?, year difficult to read].
  SIG-16493 $15Inquire
• Angelo, Louis D' (1888-1958)
  SIG of the Italian bass-baritone, who performed at the Metropolitan Opera over 1,800 times and premiered the role of Marco in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi. On small album leaf with sentiment to opera patron Oliver Austin, n/d. Punch holes at left (not affecting).
  SIG-16127 $15Inquire
• Anthony, Grace
  SIG of the American comprimario soprano, who appeared over 350 times at the Metropolitan Opera between 1921 and 1927. Small album leaf with sentiment, n/d.
  SIG-09051 $10Inquire
• Aranyi, Jelly d' (1893-1966)
  SIG of the Hungarian violinist on a birthday book page (spanning squares for May 30 and 31). She also pens a two-bar quotation from Beethoven's Violin Concerto. In pencil with some minor stains at edges, but a nice item. D'Aranyi was a favorite of Bartók, Ravel, Vaughan Williams, and Holst. She also claimed to have received messages from Schumann during a séance in 1933.
  SIG-01695 $30Inquire
• Arbós, Enrique Fernández (1863-1939)
  SIG of the Spanish composer (E. F. Arbós) in purple pen with sentiments in French. Album leaf, 1924.
  SIG-16173 $25Inquire
• Arditi, Luigi (1822-1903)
  SIG of the Italian violinist and composer of the famous song "Il bacio". On a white sheet, New York, 1880. (On the verso, another inscription and signature we cannot identify).
  SIG-09043 $50Inquire
• Arimondi, Vittorio (1861-1928)
  SIG of the Italian bass, known best for his performances of Gounod's works. Large album leaf, Dresden, 1904. Bold example.
  SIG-09307 $15Inquire
• Arrau, Claudio (1903-1991)
  SIG of the noted Chilean pianist. Album leaf, 1932. Additional unidentified signature on verso.
  SIG-15645 $30Inquire
• Arrau, Claudio (1903-1991)
  SIG of the Chilean pianist with sentiment: Recuerdo afectuoso de Claudio Arrau. Small album leaf, Omaha, 1944. Nice example. On verso, an additional unidentified signature and AMQ in pencil.
  SIG-00804 $25Inquire
• Ashkenazy, Vladimir (1937)
  ALS, 1 p. aerogram (c. 11" h x 6" w), 1972. An amiable Ashkenazy writes to fellow pianist Eugene List to arrange a meeting with List's piano students. Signed V. Ashkenazy. Small tear at right margin (likely occurred when List opened the letter; affecting a few words).
  ALS-08621 $25Inquire
• Ax, Emanuel (1949)
  PGM signed by the celebrated pianist with sentiments. For recital in New York, 1 p., 1992. Cut at left margin, not affecting.
  PGM-12722 $10Inquire
• Backhaus, Wilhelm (1884-1969)
  SIG of the German pianist with sentiment in Latin: Res severa verum gaudium (True joy is a serious thing). Small card, 1929. Pristine example.
  SIG-14578 $30Inquire
• Backhaus, Wilhelm (1884-1969)
  SIG of the emminent German pianist. Small card (2.25" x 3.5"). 1933.
  SIG-00805 $40Inquire
• Backhaus, Wilhelm (1884-1969)
  SIG of the German pianist, pedagog, and chamber musician. Signed using an alternate spelling that appears on some of his records: Wilhelm Bachaus. At the top of an album leaf, n.d.
  SIG-00810 $25Inquire
• Badà, Angelo (1876-1941)
  SIG of the Italian comprimario tenor who sang 100 different roles in over 94 different operas at the Metropolitan Opera, including in the world premieres of Puccini's La Fanciulla del West and Gianni Schicchi. On small album leaf, New York, 1923-1924.
  SIG-09053 $10Inquire
• Badura-Skoda, Paul (1927-2019)
  SIG of the Austrian pianist, music scholar, and historical performance specialist on a yellow sheet. 1954. Two small holes at left (not affecting).
  SIG-08924 $20Inquire
• Bahr-Mildenburg, Anna (1872-1947)
  SIG of the Austrian soprano, noted Wagnerian, and protégé of Gustav Mahler in Vienna. Small card laid down on thin paper, n/d. In pencil. A bit rumpled from glue residue.
  SIG-00664 $20Inquire
• Balfe, Michael W. (1808-1870)
  ALS, 1 p., n/d. The popular Irish opera composer requests that certain persons be accommodated at an evening performance.
  ALS-01181 $60Inquire
• Ballon, Ellen (1898-1969)
  SIG of the accomplished female Canadian pianist Ellen Ballon on a small album leaf. New York, 1926.
  SIG-09054 $10Inquire
• Bamboschek, Giuseppe (1890-1969)
  SIG of the Metropolitan Opera conductor. Centered on a white album leaf, 1924. Attractive.
  SIG-00771 $20Inquire
• Bampton, Rose (1907-2007)
  SIG of the eminent American soprano on the inside of a Christmas card with attractive medieval scene on front. Signed with her married name (Rose Bampton Pelletier) in pink, n/d. Fine condition.
  SIG-09113 $15Inquire
• Barbi, Alice (1858-1948)
  SIG of the Italian mezzo-soprano who was a particular favorite of Brahms. Attractive, on an album leaf and inscribed to Mimi Henschel (the youthful nickname name of soprano Marya Freund). 1891. A little original smudging (to Henschel's name only). Nice and uncommon.
  SIG-16482 $40Inquire
• Barbirolli, John (1899-1970)
  SIG of the British conductor and cellist. On a small card, Hallé, 1944.
  SIG-00772 $50Inquire
• Barnett, John (1802-1890)
  ALS, 1 p., n/d. On account of a demanding project, the English composer and author declines a dinner invitation.
  ALS-01272 $40Inquire
• Bauer, Harold (1873-1951)
  SIG of the English pianist, who gave the American premiere of Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1. White card, Vienna, 1930.
  SIG-14579 $25Inquire
• Beecham, Sir Thomas (1879-1961)
  SIG of the eminent British conductor. June, 1916. Two light creases from former folding, but very nice.
  SIG-16135 $30Inquire
• Bellezza, Vincenzo (1888-1964)
  SIG of the Italian conductor of the Metropolitan Opera. Album leaf, 1928.
  SIG-00774 $15Inquire
• Bender, Paul (1875-1947)
  SIG of the German bass who performed internationally and premiered the role of Pope Pius V in Pfitzner's Palestrina. On small album leaf, light creasing, n/d.
  SIG-00667 $10Inquire
• Benedict, Julius (1804-1885)
  ALS, 1 p., 1875. The German composer-conductor writes to Julian Marshall to arrange a meeting (possibly of the Mendelssohn Scholarship Foundation).
  ALS-01189 $30Inquire
• Bennett, Wm. Sterndale (1816-1875)
  ALS, 2 pp., 1850. The English composer writes to organist John Goss about the newly formed Bach Society. Paper reinforcements at three corners.
  ALS-01277 $75Inquire
• Berg, Alban (1885-1935)
  SIG of the Austrian composer and member of the Second Viennese School. On a small sheet, 1930. Paper slightly sunned, but a very nice example.
  SIG-15728 $575Inquire
• Berlin, Irving (1888-1989)
  SIG of the iconic twentieth-century American songwriter. On blank side of an index card, n/d.
  SIG-08984 $75Inquire
• Betti, Adolfo (1873-1950)
  SIG of the Italian violinist on the flap of an envelope, the front of which he has addressed to violinist Tivadar Nachez. With stamp.
  SIG-15971 $20Inquire
• Bevignani, Enrico (1841-1903)
  SIG of the Italian opera conductor on the top half of an album leaf. London, 1895. Bottom half of leaf trimmed. Bevignani traces over yours (of yours sincerely) to compensate for the lightness of his pen.
  SIG-00775 $15Inquire
• Bittner, Julius (1874-1939)
  ALS, 1 p. on small personal letterhead, 1919. Brief greetings from the Austrian composer and mainstay of musical Vienna. Bittner was close friend of Mahler and known especially for his operas and operettas.
  ALS-15953 $50Inquire
• Black, Frank (1894-1968)
  PHO, signed Frank Black, n/d. A stunning signed, half-length portait photograph of the American conductor and longtime Music Director at NBC. Shown seated in a double-breasted suit. Inscribed to American Record Guide founder Peter Hugh Reed. 8" w x 10" h.
  PHO-00376 $40Inquire
• Blech, Leo (1871-1958)
  SIG, postcard, 1911. The emminent German opera conductor who, although Jewish, was protected in his position at the Berlin Staatsoper by Hermann Goering until 1937. After exile in Latvia and Sweden, he returned to Berlin after the war in 1949. Uncommon. Slight original smudging.
  SIG-09238 $40Inquire
• Bloch, Ernest (1880-1959)
  SIG of the Swiss-American composer of Schelomo, inscribed to Irene Gallagher with best wishes. Small horizontal album leaf, New York, 1921.

  Gallagher was the longtime assistant of publisher Max Drefyus. She knew all the up-and-coming composers of the day, including Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, and Lorenz Hart, and even briefly dated a young George Gershwin. This leaf is a very nice connection between Bloch and Gallagher.

  SIG-09296 $80Inquire
• Blumenthal, Jacques (1829-1908)
  ALS, 1 p. on small letterhead, n/d. Blumenthal, the official pianist to Queen Victoria, arranges a meeting with the eminent English painter John Everett Millais.
  ALS-10261 $50Inquire
• Bodanzky, Artur (1877-1939)
  SIG of the Austrian-American conductor & head of German repertory at the Metropolitan Opera. In light turquoise pen. Clipped and pasted down on index card, n/d.
  SIG-15663 $10Inquire
• Bohnen, Michael (1887-1965)
  SIG of the German bass-baritone who rose to prominence at the Hofoper Berlin and Bayreuth Festival before joining the Metropolitan Opera. Small album leaf, with sentiment in German, 1924.
  SIG-09058 $10Inquire
• Bonaventura, Mario De (1924-2017)
  AMQ, small card, 1965. The Italian-American conductor offers a tone row by Dallapiccola.
  AMQ-08312 $20Inquire