Recently Added Authentic Autographs and Memorabilia

Program Der Fliegende Hollander at the Paris Opera, May 28th 1905, 4 pages, 5.25 x 8.5 inches, lots of announcements of upcoming performances inside. Renaud, Beyle, Vieuille, etc

3 playbills of the Royal Court Opera of Stuttgart, 1904-1906. Der Corregidor by Hugo Wolf, 25 May 1904. Die Legende der heiligen Elisabeth by Franz Liszt, 16 April 1905. Marie,  Die Regimentstochter by Donizetti, 31 October 1906. Set of 3 playbills. 

Brussels, Opera Royale de la Monnaie playbill, May 6th, 1916. Performance by an all German cast during German Occupation of Belgium in World War I. Walter Soomer, Julius Roether, Heinrich Winkelshoff, Karl Wenkhaus, Gustav Schützendorf, Julius Lieban, Walter Eckard, Hertha Dehmlow. The orchestra was composed by Belgian and German Army Bands. Conductor : Richard Hagel. A rarity!

Signed on the bio page, Teatro Colon concert performing music by Mozart, Beethoven, Bizet, Massenet, Wagner. Program size is 29 x 20 cm, very good condition.

Beautiful original playbill from Covent Garden announcing a for the first time a performance of Bellini´s opera "La Sonnambula"!. Cast includes British soprano Adelaide Kemble (1815-1879) as Amina (the sleepwalker). Also announced is the play "White Cat". Very large size: 19.75 x 10 inches! great item to frame in excellent condition.

Contemporary music festival program in the Third Reich - Frankfurt 1939. Internationales Musikfest Frankfurt am Main, June 15- 24th, 1939. Opera and concerts. Conductor : Franz Konwitschny. Yvonne Lefebvre, piano. Very rare Maass: Feiermusik für Orchester.  Sutermeister: Divertimento. Ravel: Klavierkonzert. Petridis: Sinfonie  1.  Evangelatos: Vorspiel. David: Partita für Orchester. Weismann:  Violinkonzert. Holenia: Ständchen. Lualdi: Samnium and Daphne  (Strauss).  19,5 x 12,5 cm. Paperback, 84 pages, richly illustrated with  lots of portraits , many full page illustration and in color.

Lot of 9 programs Vienna singing recitals 1895-1917. 1) Recital of opera singer and actor Ludwig Wüllner. Songs and texts of Frederic the Great, Will Vesper, Schiller, Detlev von Liliencron, Homeros. At the piano : Wolfgang Ruoff. Vienna, 30 November 1915. 2) Recital of actor and violinist Ferdinand Bonn. Godard, Bizet, Schumann. Vienna, 25 January 1901. At the piano : Alexander Manhart. 3) Recital of actor and violinist Ferdinand Bonn. Vienna, 6 March 1902. At the piano : Alexander Manhart. 4) Recital of singer Ferdinand Jaeger and the blind pianist Gennaro Fabozzi. Schubert, Hugo Wolf, Bach, Scarlatti, Fabozzi, Chopin, Carl Lowe.   Musikverein Vienna, 25 November 1899. At the piano for the songs : Ferdinand Foll. 5) Oskar Nedbal conducting the Wiener Tonkunstler Orchestra. Pianist : Marianne Munk. Liszt : Totentanz and recital of singer Paul Bender. Schubert, Schumann, Wolf. At the piano : Carl Lafite. Musikverein Vienna, 27 January 1917. 6) Recital of singer Marcella Pregi and pianist Marie Baumayer. Vienna 21 March 1910. Schubert, Schumann, Brahms. Marie Baumayer plays Beethoven and Brahms. At the piano for the songs : Ferdinand Foll. 7) Amalie Materna sings Wagner Tristan und Isolde Liebestod. Vienna, April 11th, 1911. Rare performance of Amalie Materna close to her 67th birthday. She retired in 1894. 8) Recital of Wagner´s favorite singer Theodor Reichmann and violinist Emile Sauret. Hugo Wolf, Richard Heuberger, Richard Strauss, Wilhelm Ernst, Carl Lowe, Saint Saens, Emile Sauret, Massenet. Musikverein Vienna, 10 February 1899. Program from the estate of Melanie Koechert, lover of Hugo Wolf from 1879 until his death in 1903. 9) Hermann Winkelmann, Sophie Chotek, Pianists : Ferdinand Löwe and Ferdinand Foll. Conductor of the choir : Josef Schalk. On the program : Wagner, Liszt, etc. Vienna Musikverein, 28 November 1895. The Wiener Akademischer Wagner Verein was the first official Wagner Association in history and had amongst its members composers like Bruckner, Hugo Wolf and Mahler.

Lot of 9 playbills Vienna singing recitals 1900-1912: 1) Recital of singer Paul Schmedes. Brahms, Josef Marx and Hugo Wolf. Vienna, 9 Februar 1912. At the piano : Ferdinand Foll, a close friend of Hugo Wolf Recital of several singers. Carl Lafite at the piano. 2) Vienna Musikverein, 18 May 1912. Hugo Wolf, Richard Strauss, Carl Lafite, Verdi, Donizetti,etc. 3) Recital of singer Lula Mysz-Gmeiner. Liszt, Brahms, Marx, Hugo Wolf. Vienna, 23 February 1911. 4) Recital of Julia Culp, the Dutch Nightingale. Schubert, Wolf, Schumann. Vienna, 17 January 1912. At the piano : Ferdinand Foll, a close friend of Hugo Wolf.  5) Recital of the famous Dutch singer Johannes Messchaert. Hugo Wolf, Oscar Posa, Schumann. Vienna, 2 April 1911. 6) Recital of singer Ferdinand Jaeger. Schubert, Hugo Wolf. Musikverein Vienna, 28 October 1905. At the piano : Ferdinand Foll. Both Ferdinand Foll and Ferdinand Jaeger were close friends of Hugo Wolf. 7) Recital of singer Theodor Scheidl. Schubert, Brahms, Schumann, Loewe, Verdi, Hermann and Hugo Wolf. Vienna 14 april 1910. 8) Recital of singers Ellen Brandt Forster and Fritz Schrodter at the Vienna Musikverein. February 21st, 1900. Haydn, Schumann, Weber, Beethoven, Rubinstein, Brahms, Hugo Wolf. 9) Actress Irma Marazzi Diligenti and Ferdinand Jager. Schubert, Hugo Wolf and Richard Strauss. Also singing is Louise Klasen. Vienna 26 april 1902.

Lot of 6 vintage Vienna recital programs from 1894 through 1914. 1) Recital of singer Paul Schmedes. Vienna, 20 March 1911. Brahms, Wolf, Foerster, Richard Strauss, Grieg. At the piano : Ferdinand Foll, a close friend of Hugo Wolf. 2) Song-recital of pupils of Karl Lafite. Vienna Musikverein, 19 March 1911. At the piano : Karl Lafite. 3) Recital of the pupils of singer Aurelia Jager-Wlczek. Vienna, 31 March 1894.  4) Franz Schalk conducts the Concertvereinsorchester. Soloists :Theodor Bertram, Elsa Connard, Hans Franzos. Vienna Musikverein, 8 February 1902.  5) Concert of the Wiener Akademischer Wagner Verein. Marie Katzmayer, Leopold Demuth, Max Herold von Stoda, Karl Severin. Conductor : Ferdinand Foll. Vienna Musikverein, 28 December 1899. The Wiener Akademischer Wagner Verein was the first official Wagner Association in history and had amongst its members composers like Bruckner, Hugo Wolf and Mahler. 6)  Concert of the Wiener Akademischer Wagner Verein. Hermann Winkelmann, Hermine Fendrich, Adrienne Congedi, Karl Prill, Theodor Gorner, Karl Severin. Conductor : Ferdinand Foll. Vienna Musikverein, 7 March 1899.

Signatures are on photo pages, size is 21 x 14.5 cm, performance with the Residenz-Orchester, The Hague, November 6th, 1969, in excellent condition.

Program for a concert of Bartok`s Piano concerto No. 3, Beethoven, Ravel, Mussorgsky in Kassel, Germany April 16th, 1967, signed on the cover by both artists. Size is 21 x 15 cm, 6 pages, storage holes, not affecting signatures.

Berlin, 1 Oktober 1970 Ensemble die reihe Conductor: Friedrich Cerha - Soloist: Siegfried Palm Friedrich Cerha: Exercises - Friedrich Cerha: Langegger Nachtmusik I for orchestra (world premiere) Gyorgy Ligeti: Cello Concerto - Gyorgy Ligeti: Chamber Concerto (world premiere of the new version) Program, 21 x 18 cm, 20 pages, excellent condition

Recital in Lausanne, Beethoven Schumann Chopin Albeniz Chabrier Debussy Ravel, Feb 19th, 1925 - 1 page

Program for a recital with music by Schubert & Schumann, Kassel December 4th, 1968. Size is 15 x 21, with full page portraits of Grace Bumbry, signed on the program page. Storage holes not affecting signatures, otherwise in very good condition.

Concert program, performing music by Brahms (his songs), in Kassel February 9th, 1966. Size is 15 x 21 cm, 10 pages, storage holes not affecting signatures, otherwise in very good condition.

Concert in Gottingen, September 11th, 1972, performing Mozart Piano Concerto No.27. Folded, size is 10 x 20 cm, 6 pages, storage holes, otherwise in very good condition.

English composer and organist (1844-1924). Original autograph letter on Littlington Tower, The Cloisters, Westminster Abbey letterhead paper, dated Feb 20 (NY, though 1922 added in other hand) to Miss Morley.

Alexander Brailowsky & Eduard van Beinum with the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam - July 7th, 1949.

Signature on program cover Residence Orchestra The Hague. Webern, Beethoven, Bartok. 18. March 1968. 21 x 15 cm, 8 pages. Storage holes, not affecting signatures.

Signature under picture (portrait) 9 x 6.5 cm on page with curriculum in Program for 'New Years Concert', Nurenberg January 5-6th, 1968. Signed under his picture, size is 6.5 x 9 cm, in excellent condition. Storage holes not affecting signature nor picture, otherwise in very good condition.

Vienna Musikverein, May 26th, 1946 Wiener Philharmoniker - Cond: Arthur Bliss & Josef Krips, Soloist: Shulamith Shafir - Bliss: Scenes from Ballet "Checkmate", Bliss: Concerto for piano and orchestra Beethoven: Symphony Nr 7, Program, 6 pages, 20,5 x 15 cm. excellent condition

Signed picture on the cover of a tour concert program, 1972. Size is 21 x 30 cm, in very good condition, some small bending damage on upper edge.

Harold Bauer with New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall, 20th - 21st December 1928. Conductor: Walter Damrosch. Bloch: America (first performance), Frank: Symphonic Variations, Gershwin: An American in Paris. Size is  6 x 9 inches, 10 pages (first and second page are loose), in very good condition.

Signature next to full page picture (close up playing piano), concert in Kassel, October 27th, 1971. Recital for his 75th birthday performing music by Bach, Scarlatti, Mozart, Chopin. Size is 21 x 15 cm, 12 pages in near mint condition. Storage holes, not affecting signatures.

Signed picture on the cover of this concert program, size is 21 x 14.5 cm, performance on January 11th, 1977 in Stadthalle, Gottingen, Germany. In excellent condition, storage holes not affecting signature - slightly affecting picture.

Signed photo on a program for a performance in Kassel, Germany on April 1st, 1976. Size is 13 x 6.5 cm, in excellent condition. Storage holes not affecting signature nor the picture.

Ernest Ansermet conducts Berlin Philharmonic. Philharmonie Berlin, 1 February 1942. Mozart, Liszt, Klose, Kodaly, Weber. Rare program of the BPO during WWII, 5.75 x 8, excellent condition, 8 pages plus covers