AUTOGRAPH AUCTION 15th October 2016

LUCHINO VISCONTI: (1906-1976) Italian Film Director. Bold ink signature on a 4to page removed from an autograph album, signed with his name alone ...

GRÉTRY ANDRÉ: (1741-1813) Belgian-born French Composer. Remembered for his Operas Comiques. A.L.S., Grétry, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d., to citizen ...

CHERUBINI LUIGI: (1760-1842) Italian Composer. D.S., L. Cherubini, one page, 4to, Paris, 6th March 1831, on the printed stationery of the Director...

PAGANINI NICCOLO: (1782-1840) Italian Violinist and Composer. Rare boldly signed clipped piece, Nicolo Paganini, 12mo, Paris, 26th April 1831, in ...

ROSSINI GIOACHINO: (1792-1868) Italian Composer. Rare signed and inscribed 2.5 x 4 photograph by Rossini, the image depicting the Italian composer...

BERLIOZ HECTOR: (1803 - 1869) French Composer. A good A.L.S., H. Berlioz, one page, 8vo, Paris, 9th November 1850, to Monsieur Riciardi, in French...

FLOTOW FRIEDRICH VON: (1812-1883) German Composer. A.L.S with A.M.Q., Fr. von Flotow, one page, small 8vo, Schwerin, 24th November 1879, to a clos...

STRAUSS JOHANN II: (1825-1899) Austrian Composer. Signed 4 x 2.5 piece `Johann Strauss´ in bold black fountain pen ink. A clean and good example s...

RUBINSTEIN ANTON: (1829-1894) Russian Pianist, Composer and Conductor. A.L.S., Ant. Rubinstein, one page, small 8vo, light brown paper, n.p., 6th ...

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV NIKOLAI: (1844-1908) Russian Composer, a member of The Five Group. Rare signed and inscribed 4.5 x 6.5 sepia cabinet photograph by...

VERDI GIUSEPPE: (1813-1901) Italian Composer. A.L.S., G. Verdi, one page, 8vo, n.p. (Paris), n.d.(1856?), to Leon [Escudier], in Italian. Verdi wr...

VERDI GIUSEPPINA: (1815-1897) Giuseppina Strepponi. Italian Soprano and second wife of Giuseppe Verdi. A.L.S., Giuseppina Verdi, one page, on a 4....

BOITO ARRIGO: (1842-1918) Italian Composer, Poet and Novelist. A.N.S., Arrigo Boito, to both sides of his personal printed visiting card, n.p., 23...

PUCCINI GIACOMO: (1858-1924) Italian Composer. A.L.S., Giacomo Puccini, two pages, written to the first and fourth page, 8vo, Nice, 21st march 190...

PUCCINI GIACOMO: (1858-1924) Italian Composer. Vintage signed sepia cabinet photograph of Puccini, the image depicting the composer in a formal he...

GOUNOD CHARLES: (1818-1893) French Composer. A.L.S., Ch. Gounod, three pages, 8vo, Paris, 1st September 1881, to Mr. Berger, in French. Gounod sta...

SAINT-SAËNS CAMILLE: (1835-1921) French Composer. A.L.S., C. Saint-Saëns, two pages, 8vo, Written to the first and fourth page, Dieppe, n.d., on t...

GOUNOD CHARLES: (1818-1893) French Composer. Signed and inscribed printed folio edition of the sheet music for Que ta volonté soit faite, a prayer...

MASSENET JULES: (1842-1912) French Composer. A.L.S., J Massenet, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to an unidentified friend, in French. Massenet tries t...

DEBUSSY CLAUDE: (1862-1918) French Composer. A.L.S., Claude Debussy, one page, oblong 4to, Paris, 16th January 1904, to Paul Aubry, in French. Deb...

D´INDY VINCENT: (1851-1931) French Composer. Signed and inscribed 4 x 6 cabinet photograph by D´Indy. The Reutlinger, Paris, photograph depicting ...

D´INDY VINCENT: (1851-1931) French Composer. A.M.Q.S., Vincent d´Indy, one page, oblong small 8vo, n.p., n.d. The composer has neatly penned six b...

SATIE ERIK: (1866-1925) French Composer. Scarce A.N.S., Erik Satie, one page, 8vo, n.p., Saturday, n.y., to a friend, in French. Satie states `Dea...

DUKAS PAUL: (1865-1935) French Composer. Best known for his symphonic poem The Sorcerer´s Apprentice featured in Disney´s film Fantasia (1940). A ...

RAVEL MAURICE: (1875-1937) French Composer. Signed 6 x 4 envelope by Ravel, to the front, as sender, n.p., 20th August 1916, and addressed to `Mrs...

CHARPENTIER GUSTAVE: (1860-1956) French Composer. Signed postcard by Charpentier. The printed postcard showing to the left side a Charpentier phot...

POULENC FRANCIS: (1899-1963) French Composer. A good A.L.S., Francis Poulenc, two pages, 8tv, Amsterdam, 15th November 1961, to a friend [Francesc...

MILHAUD DARIUS: (1892-1974) French Composer. A.L.S., Milhaud, one page, 4to folded aerogramme blue paper, Oakland, 17th October 1964, to Emmanuel ...

HUMPERDINCK ENGELBERT: (1854 - 1921) German Composer. An attractive A.L.S., E. Humperdinck, one page, 4to, Boppard, 19th March 1897, on the Hotel...

MOSZKOWSKI MORITZ: (1854-1925) German Composer and Pianist. A.M.Q.S., Maurice Moszkowsky, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. Moszkowski has neatly p...

LEHAR FRANZ: (1870-1948) Austrian Composer. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Lehar in a half length pose. Photograph by Franz Lowy of Vienna....

STRAUSS RICHARD: (1864-1949) German Composer. Signed 9 x 7 photograph, the image depicting Strauss seated in a three quarter length pose. Photogra...

GRANADOS ENRIQUE: (1867-1916) Spanish Pianist & Composer. A.L.S., Enrique, three pages, 8vo, Madrid, n.d. (˜Sunday'') to Alfredo (Faria?), in Span...

GRANADOS ENRIQUE: (1867-1916) Spanish Pianist & Composer. Rare original autograph musical manuscript, unsigned, one page, oblong folio (manuscript...

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

ELGAR EDWARD: (1857-1934) English Composer. A good A.L.S., Edward Elgar, one page, 4to, Brinkwells, Fittleworth, Sussex, 26th July 1921, to a coll...

BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. A.L.S., Benj.Br, postcard, Istanbul, 1955, to Gerd Lippold. Britten states in part `Thank you very...

BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. A.N.S., Benj. Britten including an A.M.Q., two pages, recto and verso, oblong 8vo, on The Red Hous...

DVORAK ANTONIN: (1841-1904) Czech Composer. A.N., one page, on his personal visiting card, Prague, 19th April 1901, to Dr. Jindrich Zahor, in Czec...

BARTOK BELA: (1881 - 1945) Hungarian Composer. Signed printed programme, Bela Bartok, sixteen pages, 26th October 1936, corresponding to the Hunga...

ENESCU GEORGE: (1881-1955) Romanian Composer and Conductor. Rare and attractive very early A.M.Q.S., Georges Enesco, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., A...

HONEGGER ARTHUR: (1892-1955) Swiss Composer, a member of Les Six. Book signed and inscribed, an 8vo paperback edition of Honegger et son oeuvre (“...

HONEGGER ARTHUR: (1892-1955) Swiss Composer, a member of Les Six. An original signed autograph musical manuscript (`A.Honegger´), one page, oblong...

PEETERS FLOR: (1903-1986) Belgian Composer. Signed and inscribed musical score, Floor Peters, being a 10 x 13 paperback edition of his work Missa ...

PROKOFIEV SERGEI: (1891-1953) Russian Composer. A.L.S., Serge Prokofieff, one page, to the verso of a postcard, Warsaw, 28th January 1936, to Dési...

HENZE HANS WERNER: (1926-2012) German Composer. Signed book, Hans W Heinze, being a 6 x 9 paperback edition of Henze´s study musical score work Od...

STOCKHAUSEN KARLHEINZ: (1928-2007) German Composer. A controversial figure in the 20th century classical music. Signed and inscribed 12 x 12 print...

COLONNE EDOUARD: (1838-1910) French Conductor and Violinist. Colonne was a reputed conductor of his time and held the premiere of Tchaikovsky´s fo...

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

WEINGARTNER FELIX: (1863-1942) Austrian Conductor and Composer. Signed and inscribed 6.5 x 9 original pencil portrait of Weingartner by artist A. ...

KNAPPERTSBUSCH HANS: (1888-1965) German Conductor. Best known for his performances of Wagner´s music, & Wilhelm Pitz (1897-1973) German Choirmaste...

FURTWANGLER WILHELM: (1886-1954) German Conductor and Composer. T.L.S., W. Furtwangler, one page, oblong 8vo, Clinique La Prairie, Clarens, 5th Ma...

TOSCANINI ARTURO: (1867-1957) Italian Conductor. An attractive signed and inscribed 7 x 9 photograph, the image depicting Toscanini in a head and ...

KLEIBER CARLOS: (1930-2004) German-born Austrian Conductor. Widely considered one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century. Signed colour 7....

CONDUCTORS: Selection of signed 8 x 10 colour photographs, and few smaller (4) by various conductors including Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Neville ...

YSAYE EUGENE: (1858-1931) Belgian Violinist. Known as The King of the Violin. A.M.Q.S. with statement, E. Ysaÿe, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., 1901....

CLASSICAL MUSIC: Selection of signed 8vo pages removed from an album of the 40´s and three attractive signed printed 8vo menus of the 20´s by vari...

DE RESZKE JEAN: (1850-1925) Polish Tenor. Vintage signed postcard photograph of De Reszke, the Coquelin image depicting the tenor standing in a fo...

CARUSO ENRICO: (1873-1921) Italian Tenor. A.L.S., Caruso, two pages, 8vo, New York, n.d., on the printed stationery of the Knickerbocker hotel New...

CARUSO ENRICO: (1873-1921) Italian Tenor. An excellent bold ink self-portrait profile caricature in Caruso´s hand, on a 4.5 x 5.5 page, showing th...