Autograph Auction

LEONCAVALLO RUGGIERO: (1857-1919) Italian Composer. A.L.S., R. Leoncavallo, two pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Mademoiselle Nikita, in French. Leoncav...

[PUCCINI GIACOMO]: (1858-1924) Italian Composer. GIACOSA GIUSEPPE (1847-1906) Italian Poet, Playwright and Librettist of Puccini's operas Manon Le...

PUCCINI GIACOMO: (1858-1924) Italian Composer. Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10.5 printed photograph, being the detached frontispiece from one ...

PUCCINI GIACOMO: (1858-1924) Italian Composer. A.L.S, G. Puccini, one page, 4to folded, n.p. [Milan], 8th January 1906, to Pavone, in Italian. Puc...

MASCAGNI PIETRO: (1863-1945) Italian Composer. A fine vintage signed and inscribed 10 x 14 photograph of Mascagni in a head and shoulders pose. Ph...

GIORDANO UMBERTO: (1867-1948) Italian Composer. A good vintage signed and inscribed 9.5 x 13.5 photograph of Giordano in a head and shoulders pose...

RUBINSTEIN ANTON: (1829-1894) Russian Pianist, Composer and Conductor. A.L.S., Ant. Rubinstein, one page, 8vo, [Margaret Street, Cavendish Square]...

BORODIN ALEXANDER: (1833-1887) Russian Composer, a member of The Five Group. A rare early A.L.S., A. Borodine, four pages, 8vo, St. Petersburg, 1s...

CUI CESAR: (1835-1918) Russian Composer, a member of The Five Group. A.L.S., C. Cui, one page, 8vo, Fontanka, 13th September 1894, to [Felix] Mott...

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV NIKOLAI: (1844-1908) Russian Composer, a member of The Five Group. An excellent A.L.S., N.R. Korsakov, in Cyrillic, two pages, 8vo...

GRETCHANINOV ALEXANDER: (1864-1956) Russian Composer. A.M.Q.S., A. Gretchaninoff, one page oblong 12mo (manuscript paper), Paris, 1931. In bold bl...

RACHMANINOFF SERGEI: (1873-1943) Russian Composer & Pianist. Vintage signed and inscribed postcard photograph, the image showing Rachmaninoff in a...

PROKOFIEV SERGEI: (1891-1953) Russian Composer & Pianist. Blue fountain pen ink signature ('Serge Prokofieff') and date, 1931, in his hand on an 8...

STRAVINSKY IGOR: (1882-1971) Russian Composer. Vintage signed 6 x 8 photograph, the printed image depicting Stravinsky in a head and shoulders pos...

STRAVINSKY IGOR: (1882-1971) Russian Composer. T.L.S., I Stravinsky, one page, oblong 8vo, Hollywood, 26th November 1968, to Elisabeth Lutyens Cla...

STRAVINSKY IGOR: (1882-1971) Russian Composer. A good A.L.S., Igor Stravinsky, two pages, 8vo, Paris, 12th August 1934, to Edwin Evans, in French....

IRADIER SEBASTIAN: (1809-1865) Spanish Composer, remembered for his Habaneras, the most famous of which, El Arreglito, was adopted by Georges Bize...

TURINA JOAQUIN: (1882-1949) Spanish Composer. A.M.Q.S., Joaquin Turina, one page, oblong 12mo (manuscript paper), n.p. (Madrid?), December 1931. I...

RODRIGO JOAQUIN: (1901-1999) Spanish Composer and Pianist. Creator of Concierto de Aranjuez. Rare signed and inscribed colour 3.5 x 6 photograph, ...

NAPOLEAO ARTHUR: (1843-1925) Portuguese Composer and Pianist. A.M.Q.S., Arthur Napoleon, one page, oblong folio, Warsaw, 29th April 1857. In dark ...

VILLA-LOBOS HEITOR: (1887-1959) Brazilian Composer. Bold ink signature ('H. Villa-Lobos') and date, Rio [de Janeiro], 26th February 1938 in his ha...

SIBELIUS JEAN: (1865-1957) Finnish Composer. Bold pencil signature (`Jean Sibelius´) on a stiff 6 x 4 card. Accompanied by the original envelope (...

HONEGGER ARTHUR: (1892-1955) Swiss Composer, a member of Les Six. A.L.S., A. Honegger, one page, 8vo, n.p., October 1942, to an unidentified corre...

KURTAG GYORGY: (1926- ) Hungarian Composer. Signed colour 4 x 6 photograph of Kurtag in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in blue ink with his...

GORECKI HENRYK: (1933-2010) Polish Composer. A.M.Q.S., H. M. Gorecki, one page, oblong 8vo (manuscript paper), Katowice, 12th August 1998. In bold...

GERSHWIN GEORGE: (1898-1937) American Composer & Pianist. D.S., George Gershwin, being a signed cheque, New York, 4th December 1929. The partially...

RICHTER HANS: (1843-1916) Austrian-Hungarian Conductor. A.L.S., Hans Richter, one page, small 8vo, London, 1st November 1884, to Ellen Joachim. Ri...

MUGNONE LEOPOLDO: (1858-1941) Italian Conductor who performed at the premieres of Cavalleria Rusticana and Tosca. A.M.Q.S., Leopoldo Mugnone, one ...

TOSCANINI ARTURO: (1867-1957) Italian Conductor. Bold black fountain pen ink signature (´Arturo Toscanini´), on an 8vo page removed from an autogr...

KEILBERTH JOSEPH: (1908-1968) German Conductor. Vintage signed and inscribed postcard photograph depicting Keilberth in a pensive portrait pose. P...

KARAJAN HERBERT VON: (1908-1989) Austrian Conductor. Vintage signed 4 x 6 postcard photograph, the dramatic image depicting Karajan standing, in a...

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

CONDUCTORS: Selection of signed 8 x 10 colour photographs by various conductors including Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Leonard Slatkin, Sascha Goetz...

CONDUCTORS: Selection of signed postcard photographs, and slightly larger, by various conductors comprising Karl Bohm, John Eliot Gardiner, Rafael...

CONDUCTORS: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs, and smaller (5) by various conductors including Claudio Abbado, Janos Ferencsik, Christoph Doh...

SARASATE PABLO DE: (1844-1908) Spanish Violinist. Vintage signed postcard photograph, the image depicting Sarasate in a head and shoulders pose. S...

GRUNFELD ALFRED: (1852-1924) Austrian Pianist and Composer, the first pianist to make a recording. A.M.Q.S., Alfred Grunfeld, one page, oblong 8vo...

VECSEY FRANZ VON: (1893-1935) Hungarian Violinist and Composer. Early ink signature (`Franz v. Vecsey´) and inscription on an attractive colour pr...

GABRILOWITSCH OSSIP: (1878-1936) Russian-born American Pianist and Composer. A.M.Q.S., Ossip Gabrilowitsch, oblong 8vo, n.p.[Berlin], 6th January ...

CASALS PABLO: (1876-1973) Spanish Cellist. Signed and inscribed 4.5 x 7 photograph, a good image of Casals in a head and shoulders pose. Photograp...

CASALS PABLO: (1876-1973) Spanish Cellist. Signed 4.5 x 7 photograph, a good image of Casals in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Horace Gi...

CORTOT ALFRED: (1877-1962) Franco-Swiss Pianist and Conductor. A.L.S., Alf Cortot, one page, slim 4to, Chicago, 14th December 1922, to a lady, on ...

CORTOT ALFRED: (1877-1962) Franco-Swiss Pianist and Conductor. Vintage signed and inscribed 3.5 x 5 photograph of Cortot in a head and shoulders p...

BACKHAUS WILHELM: (1884-1969) German Pianist. Vintage signed postcard photograph, the image depicting a young Backhaus in a head and shoulders pos...

ELMAN MISCHA: (1891-1967) Russian Violinist. Vintage signed postcard photograph, the early image depicting the young Elman standing in a full leng...

OISTRAKH DAVID: (1908-1974) Russian Violinist. A preeminent violinist of the 20th century who was the dedicatee of several violin works of Shostak...

RICHTER SVIATOSLAV: (1915-1997) Russian Pianist. Bold blue ink signature (`Sviatoslav Richter´) on a page removed from an autograph album. Alongsi...

RICHTER SVIATOSLAV: (1915-1997) Russian Pianist. Signed 4 x 6 photograph, the image depicting Richter in a semi-profile head and shoulders pose. S...

MENUHIN YEHUDI: (1916-1999) American-born British Violinist & MENUHIN YALTAH (1921-2001) American-born British Pianist and sister of Yehudi Menuhi...

GULDA FRIEDRICH: (1930-2000) Austrian Pianist. A.M.Q.S., Friedrich Gulda, one page, slim 4to (manuscript paper), n.p., 1962. Gulda has penned a qu...

VIOLINISTS: Jan Kubelik (1880-1940) Czech Violinist and Composer. A.M.Q.S., Jan Kubelik, on an oblong 12mo card, n.p., 1st April 1928. In bold dar...

PIANISTS: Alexander Brailowski (1896-1976) Ukranian-French Pianist. A printed small 8vo programme for a concert by the Music Society, La Chaux-de-...

CLASSICAL MUSIC: Selection of signed 8 x 10s and vintage postcard photographs (4), by various conductors and composers including Karl Bohm, Giusep...

CLASSICAL MUSIC: Berthold Tours (1838-1897) Dutch-born English Violinist & Composer. Brief A.L.S., B Tours, one page, 8vo, Hammersmith, 4th April ...

CLASSICAL MUSIC: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and slightly larger (1) by various instrumentalists, mainly violinists and pianists, inclu...

CLASSICAL MUSIC: Selection of signed 5 x 7 photographs and slightly smaller, by various conductors and instrumentalists (4), including Nikolaus Ha...

RUBINI GIOVANNI: (1795-1854) Italian Tenor. The major exponent of the bel canto era of Bellini and Donizetti. Favourite tenor of Bellini, he was t...

GAYARRE JULIAN: (1844-1890) Spanish Tenor, created the roles of Marcello in Donizetti´s opera Il Duca d´Alba and Enzo in Ponchielli´s opera La Gio...

MAUREL VICTOR: (1848-1923) French Baritone. Rare A.L.S., Vor Maurel, three pages, 8vo, [London], 11th March 1907, to Mr. Pavone, in French. On his...

DE RESZKE JEAN: (1850-1925) Polish Tenor. Vintage signed postcard photograph of the singer standing in a formal three quarter length pose. Neatly ...