AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS & HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AUCTION

LISZT FRANZ: (1811-1886) Austrian-Hungarian Composer. Autograph 4.5 x 3 envelope, addressed in Liszt´s hand to `Herrn Wendelin Weissheimer….. Leip...

LISZT FRANZ: (1811-1886) Austrian-Hungarian Composer. A.M.Q.S., `F Liszt´, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., 25th April 1844. Liszt has penned in ink a ...

LISZT FRANZ: (1811-1886) Austrian-Hungarian Composer. A good A.L.S., `F. Liszt´, two pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Prince Poniatowski, in French. Lis...

BRAHMS JOHANNES: (1833-1897) German Composer. An excellent and rare signed 5 x 7.5 photograph `Johannes Brahms´, the image depicting Brahms in a w...

WAGNER COSIMA: (1837-1930) born Francesca Cosima Liszt. Illegitimate daughter of Liszt. Second wife of Richard Wagner, and with him founder of the...

WAGNER RICHARD: (1813-1883) German Composer. Autograph 5.5 x 2.5 envelope, addressed in Wagner´s hand to `Herrn Carl Haine, Dorn organist, Worms´....

HONEGGER ARTHUR: (1892-1955) Swiss Composer. A.M.Q.S., A Honegger, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. (1934), to Paul Oberdoerffer, in French. On a hologra...

REICHA ANTON: (1770-1836) Czech-born French Composer. A lifelong friend of Beethoven. A renowned teacher, some of his pupils included Liszt, Berli...

DVORAK ANTONIN: (1841-1904) Czech Composer. An excellent signed and inscribed 4.5 x 6 cabinet photograph, the image showing Dvorak in a head and s...

`As a pianist, I have had a great success here..´       BARTOK BELA: (1881 - 1945) Hungarian Composer. A very interesting A.L.S., Bartok Bela, to ...

SIBELIUS JEAN: (1865-1957) Finnish Composer. Widely considered Finland´s greatest composer, and often credited with having developed a national id...

GRIEG EDVARD: (1843-1907) Norwegian Composer. Author of the incidental music to Peer Gynt, and the Holberg Suite.A very good signed and inscribed ...

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV NIKOLAI: (1844-1908) Russian Composer, a member of The Five Group. An excellent A.M.Q.S., `Nicolas Rimsky-Korssakow - (Servilia)´,...

CUI CESAR: (1835-1918) Russian Composer, a member of The Five Group. An excellent A.M.Q.S., `C. Cui´, in Cyrillic, one page, oblong 8vo card, Vich...

RUBINSTEIN NIKOLAI: (1835-1881) Russian Pianist and Conductor. Co-founder of the Moscow Conservatory. Younger brother of Anton Rubinstein. A.L.S.,...

RUBINSTEIN ANTON: (1829-1894) Russian Pianist, Composer and Conductor. An excellent A.M.Q.S., `Ant. Rubinstein´, a large, bold and very good signa...

TANEYEV SERGEI: (1856-1915) Russian Composer & Pianist, the most trusted musician amongst the friends of Pyotr Ilyich Tchiakovsky. Signed and insc...

TANEYEV SERGEI: (1856-1915) Russian Composer & Pianist, the most trusted musician amongst the friends of Pyotr Ilyich Tchiakovsky. A good signed a...

GRETCHANINOV ALEXANDER: (1864-1956) Russian Composer. Signed and inscribed folio edition of the sheet music for his work Missa Festiva (Op. 154), ...

TCHEREPNIN ALEXANDER: (1899-1977) Russian-born American Composer and Pianist. A clean A.N.S., `Your loyal Tscherepnin´, one page, 8vo, New York, 1...

SHOSTAKOVICH DMITRI: (1906-1975) Russian Composer. Vintage signed and inscribed 4 x 6 photograph of Shostakovich, in Cyrillic, the image depicting...

SHOSTAKOVICH DMITRI: (1906-1975) Russian Composer. An excellent and very rare signed musical score, with multiple annotations in Shostakovich´s ha...

THOMSON VIRGIL: (1896-1989) American Composer. Signed and inscribed 7 x 9 photograph of Thomson in a profile head and shoulders pose outdoors. Pho...

CAGE JOHN: (1912-1992) American Composer. Signed and inscribed printed 8vo edition of the sheet music for Cage's piano and percussion work Amores,...

GOULD MORTON: (1913-1996) American Composer. Vintage signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph of Gould seated in a three quarter length profile pose...

`I do not dare to expose myself a third time to a rebuff, unflattering to myself and to the English music..´      SULLIVAN ARTHUR: (1842-1900) Eng...

ELGAR EDWARD: (1857-1934) English Composer. A good A.L.S., Edward Elgar, two pages, 4to, Hampstead, 19th September 1920, to Elkin. Elgar states in...

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH: (1872-1958) English Composer. Signed 8vo page `With Compliments, Ralph Vaughan Williams´. Signed in bold black ink, andacc...

BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. Signed 4.5 x 6 paper photograph by Britten, the image depicting the Composer standing in a three q...

AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: A good 9.5 x 6 hardback autograph album, one hundred pages, thirty five of them containing autographs, attractive drawings, music...

NIKISCH ARTHUR: (1855-1922) Hungarian Conductor. Widely admired by contemporary composers and conductors. A.M.Q.S., Arthur Nikisch, a good signatu...

STOKOWSKI LEOPOLD: (1882-1977) English Conductor of Polish descent. Conductor. T.L.S., Leopold Stokowski, one page, oblong 4to, New York, 6th Octo...

STOKOWSKI LEOPOLD: (1882-1977) British-born American Conductor. Stokowski conducted the music for, and appeared in, Walt Disney's Fantasia (1940)....

BERNSTEIN LEONARD: (1918-1990) American Conductor & Composer of West Side Story (1957). Signed and inscribed 5 x 7 photograph of Bernstein in a se...

KARAJAN HERBERT VON: (1908-1989) Austrian Conductor. Signed 4 x 6 photograph, a fine image of Karajan in a head and shoulders pose, conducting wit...

KARAJAN HERBERT VON: (1908-1989) Austrian Conductor. A good vintage signed 3.5 x 5.5 photograph by Karajan, the Fayer image from Vienna depicting ...

COPLAND AARON: (1900-1990) American Composer and Conductor, often referred to as "The Dean of American Composers", the sound of his music being wi...

CONDUCTORS: Selection of very fine colour signed 8 x 10 photographs, two slightly larger, by various conductors including Seiji Ozawa, Nikolaus Ha...

CONDUCTORS: Selection of signed postcard photographs by various conductors comprising Herbert von Karajan, Horst Stein, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Nino ...

CORTOT ALFRED: (1877-1962) Franco-Swiss Pianist and Conductor. With blank integral leaf. A.N.S., with small musical quotation, `Alfred Cortot´, on...

RUBINSTEIN ARTHUR: (1887-1982) Polish-American Pianist. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century and the greatest Chopi...

HOROWITZ VLADIMIR: (1903-1989) Russian-born American Pianist. Widely recognized as one of the greatest pianists of all time. Signed 3.5 x 5.5 phot...

KEMPFF WILHELM: (1895-1991) German Pianist. A good signed and inscribed postcard photograph by Kempff, the image showing a painting portrait of th...

RICHTER SVIATOSLAV: (1915-1997) Russian Pianist. A good colour signed 3.5 x 5.5 photograph, signed twice, to front and verso, by Richter, the prom...

PIANISTS: Selection of very good colour signed 8 x 10 photographs by various leading pianists of the last few decades. The record houses promotion...

PIANISTS: Selection of very good colour signed 8 x 10 photographs by various leading pianists of the last few decades, comprising Peter Serkin, Mi...

JOACHIM JOSEPH: (1831-1907) Hungarian Violinist and Composer. A close collaborator of Johannes Brahms. A good A.L.S., including a musical quotatio...

MENUHIN YEHUDI: (1916-1999) American-born British Violinist. Two good signed photographs by Menuhin. The first being an unusual signed and inscrib...

CASALS PABLO: (1876-1973) Spanish Cellist. T.L.S., Pablo Casals, one page, 4to, n.p., 1st June 1962, on the attractive printed stationery of the "...

CLASSICAL MUSIC: An attractive, small collection of individually signed Visiting Cards by various French composers and classical musicians, most w...

CRESCENTINI GIROLAMO: (1762-1846) Italian Castrato. A sopranista Singer, Teacher and Composer. After a masterly execution in Vienna of the Romeo's...

MAUREL VICTOR: (1848-1923) French Baritone. Rare A.L.S., `V.or Maurel´, four pages, 8vo, Paris, 15th August 1897, to Monsieur Litta, in French. Ma...

CHALIAPIN FEODOR: (1873-1938) Russian opera Singer. Two unusual and attractive sketches, two pages apparently removed from an album, 8vo, one oblo...

MALIBRAN MARIA: (1808-1836) Spanish Mezzo-Soprano. Rare A.L.S., Mme Malibran, in the third person, to the heading and a second time, three pages, ...

LIND JENNY: (1820-1887) Swedish Opera Singer, known as the Swedish Nightingale. A good A.L.S., Jenny L Goldschmidt, four pages, 8vo, Wimbledon Par...

TETRAZZINI LUISA: (1871-1940) Italian Soprano. A good vintage signed and inscribed 8.5 x 13 photograph of Tetrazzini standing in a full length pos...

SOPRANOS: A very good selection of signed postcard photographs, many vintage, by various soprano opera singers, including Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, M...

OPERA: A good selection of vintage signed postcard photographs by various opera singers, including Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (in costume as Wozzeck...

OPERA: Selection of signed 5 x 7 photographs, one slightly smaller, by various opera singers including Anna Netrebko, Anna Moffo, Hildegard Behren...

OPERA: An excellent selection of signed postcard photographs, by various opera singers, comprising Ettore Bastianini, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido D...