Autographs - Other

• Damrosch, Walter (1862-1950)
  ALS, postcard, 1889. The conductor reminds a Mr. Lambert about a meeting time and place. Franked over part of message; small water smudge to ending flourish of signature.
  ALS-08650 $30Inquire
• Davies, Ben (1858-1943)
  AMQ, pink album leaf, 1913. The Welsh tenor offers a quotation from "I'll Sing Thee Songs Of Coraby".
  AMQ-08295 $40Inquire
• Davies, Sir Walford (1869-1941)
  SIG of the English composer and organist. Small slip laid down on cardstock, n/d.
  SIG-00859 $15Inquire
• Dawson, Peter (1882-1961)
  SIG of the Australian bass-baritone known especially for his best-selling recordings. Small card, 1947. With sentiment.
  SIG-09064 $15Inquire
• De Luca, Giuseppe (1876-1950)
  SIG of the Italian baritone on cast list clipped from Metropolitan Opera program for performance of Massenet's Manon in which de Luca sang Lescaut. 1929.
  SIG-15674 $15Inquire
• De Reszke, Jean (1850-1925)
  SIG of the Polish tenor with compliments. Small hotel letterhead, London, July 1889. Original smudge to last letter of signature.
  SIG-15933 $35Inquire
• Denza, Luigi (1846-1922)
  AMQ, small square music paper, 1911. The composer of "Funiculì, Funiculà" offers ten bars from his lesser-known "Creole Swing Song".
  AMQ-14430 $75Inquire
• Didur, Adam (1874-1946)
  PHO of the Polish bass holding a small bouquet, boldly signed and inscribed by him at bottom and across cardstock on which photo is laid down. 1911. Exceptional image.
  PHO-15981 $40Inquire
• Dostal, Nico (1895-1981)
  SIG of the Austrian composer of operettas and film music on an index card with sentiments. Köln, 1936.
  SIG-00863 $10Inquire
• Faelten, Carl (1846-1925)
  AMQ, album leaf, 1886. Alongside his handsome signature, the German-American pianist pens a three-bar bass-clef quotation.
  AMQ-09421 $40Inquire
• Franko, Nahan (1861-1930)
  SIG of the first American-born person to conduct the Metropolitan Opera. With sentiment. N.Y., 1924. On a small sheet.
  SIG-00901 $15Inquire
• Franz, Robert (1815-1892)
  SIG of the noted German Lieder composer with sentiments, laid down on a small card (2.5" h x 4.25" w). Halle, 1880. Spots of light discoloration from glue.
  SIG-09019 $40Inquire
• Fricker, Peter Racine (1920-1990)
  TLS, 1 p., 1967. In a brief note that originally accompanied a questionnaire (not present), Fricker identifies himself as an English composer (as per Grove, he was the most prominent British composer to emerge immediately after World War II).
  ALS-15972 $40Inquire
• Ganz, Rudolph (1877-1972)
  AMQ, album leaf, 1911. The Swiss pianist and pedagogue writes four bars of a sustained middle C on treble clef with the caption: C'est le ton qui fait la musique!. With inscription to a Miss Paulson (very likely his student). Additional unidentified signature on verso. Nice.
  AMQ-08316 $85Inquire
• Gericke, Wilhelm (1845-1925)
  AMQ, album leaf, 1887. The Austrian conductor & Liszt pupil pens four bars on treble clef.
  AMQ-08317 $90Inquire
• German, Edward (1862-1936)
  ALS, 1 p., 1910. The English composer pens a brief note of thanks.
  ALS-01312 $30Inquire
• Giannini, Dusolina (1902-1986)
  SIG of the Italian-American soprano. Small sheet, n/d. Minor residue at top (not affecting).
  SIG-09074 $10Inquire
• Ginster, Ria (1898-1985)
  3 ALS: 1 postcard (picture of religious subject); 1 Christmas card (picture of religious subject); 3 pp. letter on onion skin paper. The German concert soprano writes long warm messages on each to an unidentified professor. 1959.
  ALS-15656 $20Inquire
• Graener, Dr. Paul (1872-1944)
  SIG of the German composer-conductor. Cardstock. Berlin, 1935. With accompanying secretarial TLS, dated 1937 and signed by his secretary, presenting the signature and closing with Heil Hitler!.
  SIG-01317 $25Inquire
• Gura, Eugen (1842-1906)
  AMQ, 1 p., Bayreuth, 1892 The noted Wagnerian baritone offers a long nine-bar quote from Die Meistersinger, Act III, scene 1, which he titles Hans Sachs. Slight marking at edges from former framing.
  AMQ-08297 $125Inquire
• Hallé, Charles (1819-1895)
  SIG of the English conductor-pianist with sentiments on a small card. Laid down on a larger card together with a trimmed halftone portrait. A bit dusty, but a nice example.
  SIG-08979 $25Inquire
• Hambourg, Mark (1879-1960)
  SIG of the Russian pianist, New York, 1899. Light vertical crease.
  SIG-14511 $25Inquire
• Hammerstein I, Oscar (1846-1919)
  ALS, 1 p., n/d. The impresario writes to give tickets to operatic baritone David Bispham. Signed OHammerstein. Contemporary smudged note in another hand confirming seat location at bottom left.
  ALS-01213 $40Inquire
• Hanson, Howard (1896-1981)
  TLS, 1 p., 1952. Brief note of thanks to noted author Ed Jablonski, on University of Rochester stationery.
  ALS-15847 $60Inquire
• Harrison, Beatrice (1892-1965)
  SIG of the eminent English cellist. Album leaf, n/d. Scarce. On verso, signature of Richard May, dated 1927.
  SIG-14593 $75Inquire
• Harrison, May (1890-1959)
  SIG of the English violinist, who was the sister of the cellist Beatrice Harrison and one of the four famous Harrison sisters. 1910. Unevenly clipped from corner of album leaf, but nice.
  SIG-00904 $15Inquire
• Harty, Hamilton (1879-1941)
  SIG of the Irish conductor, pianist, organist, and accompanist; noted Berlioz interpreter. Small clipping from birthday book, n/d, but signed on the page for his birthday, December 4.
  SIG-00781 $15Inquire
• HENRION AND RUBINI Henrion, Paul (1819-1901)
  ALS, 1 p., n/d. The French composer pens a list of songs sung by a Mlle. Sabatier at a recent soirée. Henrion signs his name next to his own song on the list. Laid down on thicker paper. Unsigned carte de visite of Giovanni Battista Rubini (1794-1854) laid down on verso.
  ALS-15958 $35Inquire
• Henschel, Sir George (1850-1934)
  AMQ, album leaf, 1898. A bold two-bar quotation with lyrics inscribed to E E (which is sweetly written out as two Es an octave apart on a treble clef). Signed by both the German-British baritone and his wife, American soprano Lillian Henschel. Ink smudged a little on date.
  AMQ-08300 $125Inquire
• Henselt, Adolf von (1814-1889)
  An envelope front addressed by the German composer and virtuoso pianist to a Herr Carl Breslaur. Docked 1885. Unsigned. Creased and chipped at edges; paper clip residue affecting one word; back of envelope not present.
  ALS-15955 $10Inquire
• Herman, Reinhold Ludwig (1849-1919)
  AMQ, 1 p., 1895. The German composer and theater director pens four bars for voice and piano of "Elaine's Abschied" from his opera Lanzelot. Also with inscription and signature of Herman's librettist, Ernst Wolfram, dated 1895 and in purple ink. Attractive unusual ensemble.
  AMQ-15992 $60Inquire
• Hofmann, Heinrich (1842-1902)
  AMQ, 1 p., 1880. Four bars from the German composer-pianist's Aennchen von Thorau, with lyrics surround by a brief inscription.
  AMQ-09426 $100Inquire
• Hofmann, Josef (1876-1957)
  AMQ, 1 p. (3.5" h x 10" w), 1889. The famed Polish pianist writes five bars for piano in E major, signing Jósio Hofmann. With three vertical creases that are somewhat delicate; a bit of clear tape over date.
  AMQ-15986 $60Inquire
• Homer, Louise (1871-1947)
  SIG of the American contralto, n/d. Taped between two little reproduction photographs on a larger brown sheet.
  SIG-15651 $15Inquire
• Hoogstraten, Willem van (1884-1965)
  TLS, 1 p., 1928. The Dutch conductor-violinist arranges a lunch with Walter Koons of Musical America.
  ALS-10444 $50Inquire
• Hopekirk, Helen (1856-1945)
  AMQ, album leaf, 1892. The Scottish-American pianist-composer writes two bars of an unidentified serenade on an album leaf, signing beneath with the inscription Auf Wiedersehen in Wien!. A nice example and scarce.
  AMQ-01574 $50Inquire
• Horsley, William (1774-1858)
  ALS, 4 pp. (32mo.), 1849. Horsley, a vocal composer and Mendelssohn student, writes Sir George Grove about details to his supplement.
  ALS-01225 $25Inquire
• Hutcheson, Ernest (1871-1951)
  SIG of the Australian composer-pianist, clipped from letter with vertical center fold, 1913.
  SIG-15650 $10Inquire
• Imbrie, Andrew (1921-2007)
  ALS, 1 p., 1963. Reports to violinist Caroll Glenn that he did not receive a grant. Signed Andy.
  ALS-01329 $15Inquire
• Indy, Vincent d' (1851-1931)
  SIG of the French composer and noted pedagogue. Album leaf, n/d.
  SIG-09234 $50Inquire
• Isserlis, Julius (1888-1968)
  AMQ, on small card, Vienna, 1929. The Russian pianist pens the first bar of his own Prelude No. 6, signing and dating beneath. Upper-left corner with small trim but not affecting. Scarce.
  AMQ-15664 $75Inquire
• Jensen, Adolf (1837-1879)
  ALS, 1 p., n/d. In a brief note, the German pianist-composer accepts an invitation and confirms that he will bring along his quartet.
  ALS-01493 $35Inquire
• Johnson, Edward (1878-1959)
  Two ALS: postcard (1952) & 2 pp. (1953). The Canadian tenor and Metropolitan Opera director writes to music scholar Siegmund Levarie with personal and professional concerns. Postcard signed E. J.; letter signed in full.
  ALS-15975 $35Inquire
• Joseffy, Rafael (1852-1915)
  SIG of the Hungarian pianist and Liszt pupil on a small clipping (2" x 2"). n/d. Right corner uneven with light crease running through eff of signature.
  SIG-15679 $10Inquire
• Kalkbrenner, Frédéric (1785-1849)
  SIG of the German pianist, composer, and Pleyel Factory partner. With sentiment in French. Almost imperceptible tear at bottom.
  SIG-15952 $70Inquire
• Karas, Anton (1906-1985)
  SIG of the composer of the popular theme from the film The Third Man. Small card, n/d. Original smudge on last letter.
  SIG-15836 $20Inquire
• Kiepura, Jan (1902-1966)
  SIG of the Polish lyric tenor. Signed in pencil over printed number 12 on a small square card (2.25" x 2.25"; perhaps a coat check ticket?). 1927.
  SIG-15947 $10Inquire
• Kirsten, Dorothy (1910-1992)
  ALS, 1 p., n/d. The American soprano writes to longtime Metropolitan Opera vocal coach Alberta Masiello lamenting the sad sounds that came from the Met stage today…I thank God for you.
  ALS-08836 $15Inquire