Autographs - Other

• Webster, Margaret (1905-1972)
  ALS, small folding thank you card, n/d. The American-British actress, producer, and director, who became the first woman to direct a production at the Metropolitan Opera (Don Carlo, 1950), writes to thank Met coach Alberta Masiello. It is possible she sent this note immediately following that pioneering production, as she notes: If I have to do opera again at all, I wish you would always be around. Webster would direct additional productions at the Met in 1951 and 1959. Uncommon and in excellent condition.
  ALS-16146 $50Inquire
• Weckerlin, Jean-Baptiste (1821-1910)
  ALS, 1 p., 1870. On Conservatoire letterhead, the French composer-publisher writes a brief note about assembling soloists.
  ALS-01403 $35Inquire
• Weingarten, Paul (1886-1948)
  SIG of the Moravian pianist, who toured widely and also taught at the Vienna Music Academy. On a 3x5 card. Vienna, 1931.
  SIG-15641 $15Inquire
• Weingartner, Felix (1863-1942)
  SIG 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.
  SIG-15660 $20Inquire
• Weingartner, Felix (1863-1942)
  SIG of the Austrian conductor. On album leaf, n/d. A little browned, Very edges somewhat frayed with one tiny tear.
  SIG-09009 $25Inquire
• Weisbach, Hans (1885-1961)
  SIG 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.
  AMQ-15654 $25Inquire
• White, Paul (1895-1973)
  AMQ, small card, 1965. The American violinist-composer-conductor offers four lines on treble clef.
  AMQ-08249 $25Inquire
• Whitehill, Clarence (1871-1932)
  PHO, 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.
  PHO-00346 $25Inquire
• Whiteman, Paul (1890-1967)
  SIG 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.
  SIG-09005 $50Inquire
• Wiener, Jean (1896-1982)
  ALS, 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).
  ALS-15647 $15Inquire
• Wilm, Prof. Nicolai (1934-1911)
  AMQ + CDV, n/d, both unsigned. The German chamber music composer offers two bars for piano.
  AMQ-01680 $40Inquire
• Wood, Henry Joseph (1869-1944)
  SIG of the English promenade concerts conductor. On a small card, with sentiment, 1944.
  SIG-00802 $35Inquire
• Wood, Henry Joseph (1869-1944)
  SIG 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).
  SIG-00803 $25Inquire
• Wood, Henry Joseph (1869-1944)
  AMQ, 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.
  AMQ-08309 $60Inquire
• Wood, Henry Joseph (1869-1944)
  SIG of the English conductor. Clipped from a letter (2.25" h x 3.25" w), n/d.
  SIG-16151 $35Inquire
• Wullner, Ludwig (1858-1838)
  SIG 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.
  SIG-09041 $15Inquire
• Wullner, Ludwig (1858-1838)
  SIG of the celebrated German tenor and actor. On cardstock with brief Goethe quotation. 1933.
  SIG-09122 $20Inquire
• Xenakis, Iannis (1922-2001)
  SIG 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.
  SIG-15910 $100Inquire
• Yardumian, Richard (1917-1985)
  PHO, signed Dick, 1967. A black-and-white profile portrait of the American-Armenian composer, inscribed and signed. 8" w x 10" h.
  PHO-01941 $40Inquire
• Yesipova, Anna (1851-1914)
  SIG of the acclaimed Russian pianist and wife of Theodor Leschetizky. On a small sheet: Annette Essipoff. Light vertical crease.
  SIG-15939 $30Inquire
• Zádor, Jeno (1894-1977)
  ALS 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).
  ALS-15703 $15Inquire
• Zeisler, Fanny B. (1863-1927)
  SIG 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.
  SIG-16156 $25Inquire
• Zemlinsky, Alexander (1871-1942)
  SIG 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.
  SIG-16480 $150Inquire
• Zenatello, Giovanni (1876-1949)
  SIG 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).
  SIG-00769 $25Inquire
• Zimbalist, Efrem (1889-1985)
  SIG of the Russian-American concert violinist, composer, conductor, and director of Curtis. 1926. A nice example.
  SIG-09195 $30Inquire
• Zöllner, Heinrich (1854-1941)
  SIG of the German composer and choral conductor, best known for his opera Die versunkene Glocke. On a pale green card, 1935.
  SIG-00894 $20Inquire
• Zweig, Fritz (1893-1984)
  AMQ, 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.
  AMQ-16165 $40Inquire