Autographs - Other
- Page 10 -- Weil, Hermann (1876-1949) AMQ-09409 $25InquireAMQ, album leaf, 1915. The Wagnerian baritone neatly pens the first three bars of the Meistersinger prelude. Attractive.
- Weingarten, Paul (1886-1948) SIG-15641 $15InquireSIG of the Moravian pianist, who toured widely and also taught at the Vienna Music Academy. On a 3x5 card. Vienna, 1931.
- Weingartner, Felix (1863-1942) SIG-15660 $20InquireSIG of the Austrian conductor with sentiment in memory of the Hannover Festival. On an album leaf, 1911. Smudge from water stain to part of date.
- Weingartner, Felix (1863-1942) SIG-09009 $25InquireSIG of the Austrian conductor. On album leaf, n/d. A little browned, Very edges somewhat frayed with one tiny tear.
- Weisbach, Hans (1885-1961) AMQ-15654 $25InquireSIG of the noted German conductor-pianist, below which he has written out the third bar of the "Lacrimosa" from Mozart's Requiem. Album leaf, 1932. Good example.
- White, Paul (1895-1973) AMQ-08249 $25InquireAMQ, small card, 1965. The American violinist-composer-conductor offers four lines on treble clef.
- Whitehill, Clarence (1871-1932) PHO-00346 $25InquirePHO, signed, 1923. The American bass-baritone, known best for his Wagnerian roles, signs and inscribes a Mishkin sepia bust-length portrait photograph. Inscribed to dentist and arts patron Oliver Austin. 8" h x 6" w. Inscription with some minor ink corrosion, but otherwise good.
- Whiteman, Paul (1890-1967) SIG-09005 $50InquireSIG of the American bandleader, composer, and orchestral director known for popularizing jazz music in the 1920s and 1930s. On a white card with Sincerely penned above the name, n.d.
- Wiener, Jean (1896-1982) ALS-15647 $15InquireALS, 1 p., unsigned, 1956. Brief sentiments on personal letterhead. (Recipient not indicated, but we know it is to Polish soprano Marya Freund on her 80th birthday).
- Wilm, Prof. Nicolai (1934-1911) AMQ-01680 $40InquireAMQ + CDV, n/d, both unsigned. The German chamber music composer offers two bars for piano.
- Wood, Haydn (1882-1959) AMQ-08206 $40InquireAMQ, small card, 1944. The English ballad composer pens the first two bars of his popular "A Brown Bird Singing", signing with sentiment below. Light crease at right and a bit of scuffing above signature (perhaps from erasure?), but a good example nonetheless.
- Wood, Henry Joseph (1869-1944) SIG-00802 $35InquireSIG of the English promenade concerts conductor. On a small card, with sentiment, 1944.
- Wood, Henry Joseph (1869-1944) SIG-00803 $25InquireSIG by the English conductor who conducted the Proms for almost half a century. On a birthday book page on the day of his birth (March 3).
- Wood, Henry Joseph (1869-1944) AMQ-08309 $60InquireAMQ, 1 p. (cut from album leaf, 3" h x 6.5" w), n/d. The eminent English conductor pens six bars on treble clef and signs beneath. A nice example.
- Wood, Henry Joseph (1869-1944) SIG-16151 $35InquireSIG of the English conductor. Clipped from a letter (2.25" h x 3.25" w), n/d.
- Wullner, Ludwig (1858-1838) SIG-09041 $15InquireSIG of the German tenor, known especially as a Lieder singer. Below his name he writes Goetheabend. Small and neatly penned on an album leaf, 1932.
- Wullner, Ludwig (1858-1838) SIG-09122 $20InquireSIG of the celebrated German tenor and actor. On cardstock with brief Goethe quotation. 1933.
- Xenakis, Iannis (1922-2001) SIG-15910 $100InquireSIG of the Greek-French avant-garde composer: I Xenakis. On Indiana University letterhead, n.d. (Xenakis taught there from 1967 to 1972). Xenakis also writes out the address of the recipient above his name. Uncommon.
- Yardumian, Richard (1917-1985) PHO-01941 $40InquirePHO, signed Dick, 1967. A black-and-white profile portrait of the American-Armenian composer, inscribed and signed. 8" w x 10" h.
- Yesipova, Anna (1851-1914) SIG-15939 $30InquireSIG of the acclaimed Russian pianist and wife of Theodor Leschetizky. On a small sheet: Annette Essipoff. Light vertical crease.
- York, Jessie ALS-16573 $10InquireALS, 1 p., n.d. The Metropolitan Opera dancer, who was active in the early 1920s, writes to offer the recipient two programs (not present) and to thank him for tickets. On Metropolitan letterhead.
- Zádor, Jeno (1894-1977) ALS-15703 $15InquireALS on postcard (black-and-white image from resort, with stamp), 1939. The Hungarian-American composer writes to a friend in Vienna. Signed Eugene Zádor (as he was often called).
- Zeisler, Fanny B. (1863-1927) SIG-16156 $25InquireSIG of the Austrian-American pianist clipped from a birthday book. Includes additional signatures of American violinist Nettie Carpenter (with stave showing the pitches of the open strings) and Dutch conductor Henri Viotta.
- Zemlinsky, Alexander (1871-1942) SIG-16480 $150InquireSIG of the Austrian composer on a small card. In pencil. Vienna, 1929. Zemlinsky was widely respected as a composer and conductor by many of his more famous contemporaries, including Brahms, Schoenberg, and Mahler.
- Zenatello, Giovanni (1876-1949) SIG-00769 $25InquireSIG of the Italian dramatic tenor who premiered Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly. On a small album leaf, n.d. (Three hole punches at left, not affecting).
- Zerrahn, Carl (1826-1909) AMQ-16578 $35InquireAMQ, 1 p., 1872. The popular choral conductor and flutist, who enjoyed great success in Boston and led the Handel and Haydn Society for over forty years, pens three bars on treble clef and signs below. A nice example.
- Zimbalist, Efrem (1889-1985) SIG-09195 $30InquireSIG of the Russian-American concert violinist, composer, conductor, and director of Curtis. 1926. A nice example.
- Zimmermann, Agnes (1847-1925) ALS-16549 $15InquireALS, 4 pp. on personal letterhead, 1881. The German pianist and composer writes in English to a Mr. Hudson, securing the details of a rehearsal together: I have both the Grieg + Heller, so do not trouble to bring them -- I am only sorry I cannot offer to supply a Violin!. A very nice example.
- Zöllner, Heinrich (1854-1941) SIG-00894 $20InquireSIG of the German composer and choral conductor, best known for his opera Die versunkene Glocke. On a pale green card, 1935.
- Zweig, Fritz (1893-1984) AMQ-16165 $40InquireAMQ, album leaf, 1924. The German conductor offers sentiments and his signature alongside the first four bars of the overture to Mozart's Entführung, cutely writing (not by me!) after the quotation.
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