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.
SIG-09296$80Gallagher 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.