Autographs - Other

• Rubinstein, Arthur (1887-1982)
  PGM booklet, Mexico, 1941. The celebrated pianist signs on the cover near his portrait with brief sentiments in Spanish.
  PGM-15974 $100Inquire
• Ryan, Charlotte (1892-1956)
  SIG of the American soprano, who sang comprimario roles at the Metropolitan Opera from 1922 to 1932. On small album leaf, 1924.
  SIG-09090 $10Inquire
• Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
  SIG. C. Saint-Saëns. On long clipping of white paper but a nice, large signature. N.d.
  SIG-09018 $200Inquire
• Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
  ALS, 3 pp. of a folded sheet with envelope, n.d. The eminent French composer asks the recipient to offer excuses to a third party. He also sketches something indistinct (possibly a female figure?) and signs C. Saint-Saëns on it. Envelope also signed Saint-Saëns on flap. ALS torn at folds so that each page is in halves.
  ALS-16463 $125Inquire
• Sammons, Albert (1886-1957)
  SIG of the English violinist who specialized in English works and was well known for his interpretation of Elgar's Violin Concerto. Centered on a small piece of pale gray paper, 1919.
  SIG-00919 $35Inquire
• Sanky, Ira (1840-1908)
  SIG of the American gospel singer and prolific hymn composer, above which he adds "God is love." Small card, Brooklyn, 1885.
  SIG-09036 $35Inquire
• Sanromá, Jesús (1902-1984)
  SIG of the noted Puerto Rican pianist beneath his printed sketched portrait. Sanromá was the first to record Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue in full. Toned at upper right corner but otherwise fine. An unusual and nice example.
  SIG-15742 $50Inquire
• Sargent, Malcolm (1895-1967)
  TLS, small card, 1950. The British choral conductor thanks pianist Katharine Goodson for her compliments.
  ALS-10462 $25Inquire
• Sargent, Malcolm (1895-1967)
  SIG of the influential English conductor, known particularly for his choral conducting. In blue crayon on a birthday book page (April 29). Only that portion of the page is present.
  SIG-00797 $15Inquire
• Sauer, Emil von (1862-1942)
  SIG of the eminent German pianist-pedagogue and foremost Liszt pupil. On a small green card. 1935.
  SIG-00846 $35Inquire
• Sauer, Emil von (1862-1942)
  SIG of the pianist and Liszt pupil, with sentiment in German. White card, Vienna, 1929.
  SIG-14584 $50Inquire
• Sauer, Emil von (1862-1942)
  SIG of the German pianist-composer on a large card. 1922. Lower left corner missing and small chip at top (neither affecting).
  SIG-08974 $40Inquire
• Sauret, Emile (1852-1920)
  SIG of the eminent violinist-composer, quoting Shakespeare above his name: To be or not to be. On a small card, Chicago, 1906.
  SIG-15907 $35Inquire
• Schillings, Max Von (1868-1933)
  AMQ, 1 p., 1918. Four bars from the German composer-conductor's opera Mona Lisa. Mounting residue on verso.
  AMQ-01581 $75Inquire
• Schillings, Max Von (1868-1933)
  SIG of the German conductor on an album leaf. 1924.
  SIG-00892 $20Inquire
• Schmitt, Florent (1870-1958)
  ALS, postcard (sepia chateau image, with stamp), docked 1937. A short note in French to Polish baritone Doda Conrad. Somewhat creased.
  ALS-01377 $100Inquire
• Schoeck, Othmar (1886-1957)
  SIG of the Swiss composer, known especially for his song output. On a small card, n.d.
  SIG-00893 $30Inquire
• Scholz, Bernhard (1835-1916)
  AMQ, 1 p., 1893. Eleven bars from Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24, K. 491, with sentiments from the German conductor-composer. Browned, small chip on lower corner.
  AMQ-08201 $50Inquire
• Schulhof, Otto (1889-1958)
  SIG of the Austrian pianist-composer. Small card, 1930.
  SIG-15671 $15Inquire
• Schulhoff, Julius (1825-1898)
  AMQ, large sheet (10.5" h x 15.5" w), Vienna, 1852. The Bohemian composer and pianist, who was encouraged by Chopin, writes and signs five unidentified bars for piano entitled Allegretto. With creases from former folding, but a nice example.
  AMQ-15956 $70Inquire
• Schuman, William (1910-1992)
  TLS, 1 p., 1955. The composer and Juilliard president informs bass singer Doda Conrad that there are no available teaching positions at the school. On Juilliard letterhead.
  ALS-05472 $50Inquire
• Schumann, Elisabeth (1888-1952)
  SIG of the German soprano. Clipped from a folded hotel letterhead, on which a very small portion of her letter to Miss Stanfield is legible on both sides. A good example despite being clipped. Miss Standfield would be the English cellist Milly Stanfield.
  SIG-16477 $20Inquire
• Schumann-Heink, Ernestine (1861-1936)
  SIG of the operatic contralto, over which she has written "Erda", one of her Wagnerian roles. Album leaf, dated by her 1898-1926. With an unidentified signature on verso.
  SIG-15644 $25Inquire
• Schumann-Heink, Ernestine (1861-1936)
  SIG of the Austrian contralto on a card, next to which is pasted a small black-and-white portait (likely from a magazine). Dated 1927 in a different hand on the verso.
  SIG-14237 $20Inquire
• Scott, Cyril (1879-1970)
  SIG of the English composer on a small card. n/d. A good example.
  SIG-00879 $25Inquire
• Seidl, Anton (1850-1898)
  EPH, handwritten telegram in an unknown hand, New York, 1897. A message dictated by the great Wagnerian conductor to arrange a quartet rehearsal. Probably refers to the Kneisel Quartet and Franz Kneisel. Unsigned and laid down on larger sheet.
  EPH-15963 $20Inquire
• Seidl-Kraus, Auguste (1854-1839)
  AMQ, album leaf, n/d. The Wagnerian soprano and wife of conductor Anton Seidl boldly signs and pens two four-bar quotations from Tannhäuser and Die Walküre with sentiments in German. Unidentified AMQ on verso, dated 1891.
  AMQ-15970 $50Inquire
• Selva, Blanche (1884-1942)
  SIG of the French pianist and teacher who specialized in both Czech music and J.S. Bach. Album leaf, n.d.
  SIG-09252 $15Inquire
• Sembach, Johannes (1881-1944)
  SIG of the German Wagnerian tenor, above which he has written Souvenir of "Parisfal". Covent Garden, 1914. A handsome example on a large album leaf with deckled edges.
  SIG-15675 $30Inquire
• Sembrich, Marcella (1858-1935)
  SIG of the Polish soprano who figured prominently in the inaugural season of the Metropolitan Opera. She would perform there 466 times, most notably under the baton of Gustav Mahler and alongside Enrico Caruso. On small sheet with sentiments in French, Breslau, 1887. An early example in fine condition.
  SIG-16125 $40Inquire
• Serkin, Rudolf (1903-1991)
  SIG of the Austrian-American pianist, penned when he was just twenty years old. At the time he was still living with Adolf Busch, his teacher and mentor, and beginning to make a name for himself internationally. Small album leaf, 1925.
  SIG-08971 $40Inquire
• Shakespeare, William (1849-1931)
  ALS, 1 p., 1877. The English tenor writes to Leeds Festival choral director James Broughton with hopes they can soon collaborate.
  ALS-16163 $20Inquire
• Singher, Martial (1904-1990)
  Two ALS, 2 pp. each, 1948 and 1952. The French operatic baritone twice writes to music scholar Siegmund Levarie about programming details for University of Chicago concerts.
  ALS-15964 $35Inquire
• Sliwinski, Jóseph (1865-1930)
  AMQ, small album leaf, 1894. The Polish pianist, known best for his interpretations of Chopin and Schumann, pens three bars on treble clef above his signature.
  AMQ-09231 $40Inquire
• Smirnoff, Dmitri (1882-1944)
  SIG of the Russian bravura tenor. Album leaf, in Cyrillic, 1911. Sold with two postcard photograph portraits, one of which shows Smirnoff in costume for Eugene Onegin.
  SIG-09284 $30Inquire
• Solti, George (1912-1997)
  SIG of the Hungarian-British orchestral and operatic conductor, best remembered as the longtime director of the Chicago Symphony. On a large album leaf with German sentiment, Chicago, 1956. A broad example.
  SIG-09008 $45Inquire
• Soomer, Walter (1878-1955)
  SIG of the German bass-baritone with sentiment in German (translated: In life you will often drudge and toil--in art you will find relief). From the album of Renée Reiss, the daughter of German tenor Albert Reiss. New York, 1910/1911. Signature of American basso Putnam Griswold (1875-1914) on verso, dated 1912. Scarce.
  SIG-15966 $40Inquire
• Sousa, John Philip (1854-1932)
  SIG of the famous American bandleader and composer on a small card. 1901. A nice example.
  SIG-00881 $125Inquire
• Spalding, Albert (1888-1953)
  SIG of the American violinist, below which is the signature of German-American conductor Walter Damrosch (1862-1950). Nice pairing on an album leaf, 1920.
  SIG-15677 $30Inquire
• Sparkes, Leonora (1878-1969)
  SIG of the British-American mezzo who sang at the Metropolitan Opera, both under Toscanini and alongside Enrico Caruso. Album leaf, 1924.
  SIG-00753 $20Inquire
• Sparkes, Leonora (1878-1969)
  SIG of the British-American soprano, whose long Metropolitan Opera career began the very same night that Toscanini made his conducting debut with the company in 1908. On clipped sheet, 1910. With smudges, but legible.
  SIG-00754 $10Inquire
• Spolinsky, Mischa (1898-1985)
  AMQ, small card, 1947. Two bars on treble clef written and signed by the Russian composer of cabaret and British film music.
  AMQ-08247 $35Inquire
• Steber, Eleanor (1914-1990)
  SIG of the American soprano. Album leaf, n.d.; very bold example in black marker. Steber was among the first American-trained opera singers to receive international renown. She sang at the Metropolitan Opera from 1940 to 1961, appeared at the Bayreuth Festival in 1953, and premiered Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (which she herself had commissioned!).
  SIG-09121 $25Inquire
• Sterling, Antoinette (1841-1904)
  SIG of the American contralto, above which she adds a (textual) quotation (very difficult to read, seems to end with a failin). 1880.
  SIG-16565 $15Inquire
• Stokowski, Leopold (1882-1977)
  SIG of the charismatic conductor long associated with the Philadelphia Orchestra, who writes With good wishes for your ideas and plans above his name. Signature in purple crayon on a small clip of paper, apparently from a letter.
  SIG-09003 $25Inquire
• Stolz, Robert (1880-1975)
  AMQ, small card, 1950. Quotation of "Wild Violets" from his operetta Wenn die kleinen Veilchen blühen.
  AMQ-01657 $60Inquire
• Strachey, Jack (1894-1972)
  AMQ, small card (3.25" h x 4.25" w), 1947. The first two bars of Strachey's most famous song, "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You", signed by him with sentiments. The popular tune was a top-ten hit for five different artists in 1936 alone.
  AMQ-16141 $30Inquire
• Stransky, Josef (1872-1936)
  PHO, signed Josef Stransky, 1916. A signed, half-length sepia portrait photograph of the New York Philharmonic conductor, shown seated in a suit. 6" w x 8" h. A handsome image.
  PHO-02052 $75Inquire