AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS AUCTION

ADAM ADOLPHE: (1803-1856) French Composer. Best known for his ballet Giselle (1841) and his worldwide acclaimed Cantique de Noel `O Holy Night´ (1...

HALEVY FROMENTAL: (1799-1862) French Composer, best known for his opera La Juive (1835). A.L.S., F. Halevy, two pages, 8vo, Fromont, 19th Septembe...

BERLIOZ HECTOR: (1803-1869), French Composer. A good multiple signed L.S., 'H.Berlioz', 1 page, 4to, Paris, 8th September 1862, on the Central Com...

GOUNOD CHARLES: (1818-1893) French Composer. A.L.S., Ch. Gounod, one page, 8vo, Paris, n.d. [1858], to Mr. Leroy, on the Imperial Opera Theatre pr...

GOUNOD CHARLES: (1818-1893) French Composer. Autograph Musical Manuscript Signed, Ch. Gounod, twice, three pages, folio (manuscript paper), n.p., ...

OFFENBACH JACQUES: (1819-1880) German-born French Composer. A.L.S., `Jacques Offenbach´, one page, 8vo, blue paper, n.p., Thursday, n.d., to Madam...

OFFENBACH JACQUES: (1819-1880) German-born French Composer. Autograph Musical Manuscript, unsigned, two pages, oblong 4to, n.p., n.d, with annotat...

BIZET GEORGES: (1838-1875) French Composer. A rare and brief A.L.S., Georges Bizet, one page, 8vo, n.p. [Paris], n.d. [1866-67], to a friend [Jule...

MASSENET JULES: (1842-1912) French Composer. A.N.S., Massenet, one page, oblong 8vo, Milan, 26th November 1902, in French. The composer sends a gr...

MASSENET JULES: (1842-1912) French Composer. A good A.L.S., J. Massenet, one page, 12mo, Paris, 9th March 1878, in French. Massenet sends a cleanl...

MASSENET JULES: (1842-1912) French Composer. A good A.L.S., J. Massenet, one page, 8vo, Brussels, 19th January 1893, to 'Mon cher directeur et ami...

MASSENET JULES: (1842-1912) French Composer. A.M.Q.S., Massenet, to the verso of a picture postcard of the composer in a profile head and shoulder...

MASSENET JULES: (1842-1912) French Composer. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed postcard photograph of the composer in a half length pose. ...

SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE: (1835-1921) French Composer. A good A.L.S., `C.Saint-Saëns´, one page, 8vo, n.p., 26th July 1905,to an unidentified correspon...

SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE: (1835-1921) French Composer. A good signed 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photograph of Saint-Saens, the image depicting the French compo...

FAURÉ GABRIEL: (1845-1924) French Composer. A.L.S., Gabriel Fauré, one page, 12m, n.p., n.d., to a lady, in French. Fauré states in full `Dear Mad...

SATIE ERIK: (1866-1925) French Composer. A fine and very attractively written A.L.S., Erik Satie, one page, small 8vo, Arcueil, 9th November 1915,...

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. A fine, rare vintage signed and inscribed 6.75 x 9 photograph by Ravel, the image (4 x 5.5) depicting ...

POULENC FRANCIS: (1899-1963) French Composer, a member of Les Six. A.L.S., Poulenc, one page, 4to, n.p., Saturday, n.d., to Mr. Prunieres, in Fren...

MESSIAEN OLIVIER: (1908-1992) French Composer and Organist. Messiaen was made prisoner of war on the fall of France in 1940 during which time he c...

FRENCH COMPOSERS: An excellent selection of A.Ls.S., by fifteen French Composers, containing Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931), one page, 4to, 30th Octob...

VIEUXTEMPS HENRI: (1820-1881) Belgian Composer and Violinist. A.L.S., `H. Vieuxtemps´, three pages, 8vo, Brussels, 11st November 1841, to Josse, i...

MEYERBEER GIACOMO: (1791-1864) German Composer. A.L.S., `Meyerbeer´, one page, 8vo, n.p., Tuesday 28th, n.y., in German. Meyerbeer states in part ...

MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY FELIX: (1809-1847) German Composer. An excellent A.M.Q.S., `Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy´, a bold and very good signature exa...

LISZT FRANZ: (1811-1886) Austrian-Hungarian Composer. Autograph envelope (front panel only), unsigned, addressed in Liszt's hand to the music publ...

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...

LEHAR FRANZ: (1870-1948) Austro-Hungarian Composer of operettas. A very good signed and inscribed 6 x 9 photograph of Lehar, the Ernst Schneider´s...

STRAUS OSCAR: (1870-1954) Viennese Composer of operettas and film scores, and Conductor. Straus deliberately omitted the final 's' of his name, si...

HINDEMITH PAUL: (1895-1963) German Composer. A good signed score book, 4to, paper cover, signed to the title page `Paul Hindemith´, 154 pages, wit...

KOSMA JOSEPH: (1905-1969) Hungarian-born French Composer. A good A.L.S., `Joseph Kosma´, one page, on his personal printed 5.5 x 4 visiting-card, ...

COMPOSERS: An excellent small group of signed photographs and card by various composers, comprising KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN (1928-2007) German Compo...

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

JANACEK LEOS: (1854-1928) Czech Composer. Along with Anton Dvorak and Bedrich Smetana, he is considered one of the most important Czech composers....

BARTOK BELA: (1881-1945) Hungarian Composer. A good A.N.S., Bartok Bela, one page, 8vo, Budapest, 19th April 1937, in Hungarian. A three lines cle...

CHERUBINI LUIGI: (1760-1842) Italian Composer. A.L.S., L. Cherubini, two pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Baron Taylor, in French. Cherubini explains to...

ROSSINI GIOACHINO: (1792-1868) Italian Composer. A good L.S., G. Rossini, the text in the hand of his second wife, Olympe Pelissier, one page, 8vo...

[VERDI GIUSEPPE]: (1813-1901) Italian Opera Composer. A vintage unsigned sepia 2 x 3.5 photograph, the albumen print depicting Verdi seated in a f...

VERDI GIUSEPPE: (1813-1901) Italian Composer. A rare and excellent A.M.Q.S.,`G. Verdi´, one page, oblong 8vo, May 1894, in Italian. Verdi has penn...

RESPIGHI OTTORINO: (1879-1936) Italian Composer. A good signed 8vo page removed from an autograph album `Ottorino Respighi´, a bold black ink larg...

CILEA FRANCESCO: (1866-1950) Italian Composer. Best known for his operas Adriana Lecouvreur (1902) and L´Arlesiana (1897) including his celebrated...

DE FALLA MANUEL: (1876-1946) Spanish Composer. A.M.Q.S., M de Falla, on an 8vo page removed from an autograph album, n.p., 1909. In bold black fou...

RUBINSTEIN ANTON: (1829-1894) Russian Pianist, Composer and Conductor. An excellent A.L.S., Ant. Rubinstein, a bold and clean signature example, o...

PUCCINI GIACOMO: (1858-1924) Italian Composer. A.L.S., Puccini, one page, oblong 4to, Paris, 10th November 1906, to a Baron, in Italian. Puccini s...

CUI CESAR: (1835-1918) Russian Composer, a member of The Five Group. Professor, Engineer and General. A good A.M.Q.S., `C. Cui´, two pages, 7.5 x ...

GLAZUNOV ALEXANDER: (1865-1936) Russian Composer and music Teacher. He was the direct successor of most of the Group of five Russian composer´s le...

RACHMANINOFF SERGEI: (1873-1943) Russian Composer and Pianist. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 7 x 9.5 photograph of Rachmaninoff in a head and...

GRETCHANINOV ALEXANDER: (1864-1956) Russian Composer. An unusual signed and corrected proof copy of the sheet music for Gretchaninov's composition...

KABALEVSKY DMITRY: (1904-1987) Soviet Composer. T.L.S., `D. Kabalevsky´, one page, folio, Moscow, 8th December 1964, to P. J. Eckstein of the Prag...

BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. Vintage signed 4.5 x 7 photograph, the heavy cardstock image depicting the composer standing in a ...

GOTTSCHALK LOUIS MOREAU: (1829-1869) American Composer & Pianist. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia carte-de-visite photograph, the albumen image...

BLOCH ERNEST: (1880-1959) Swiss-born American Composer. Largely considered one of the greatest Swiss composers. Signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photog...

GOMES ANTONIO CARLOS: (1836-1896) Brazilian Composer. Largely considered the first New World composer having his work accepted in Europe. A good A...

BULOW HANS VON: (1830-1894) German Conductor, Pianist & Composer. A.L.S., Hon. Pres., presumably in his capacity as Honorary President of the Raff...

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

[TOSCANINI ARTURO]: (1867-1957) Italian Conductor. Rare baton, being one of Toscanini´s batons during his NBC orchestra touring in 1950. An 11.5 b...

FURTWANGLER WILHELM: (1886-1954) German Conductor and Composer. L.S., Wilhelm Furtwangler, to the verso of a picture postcard of the Coronation Ch...

BERNSTEIN LEONARD: (1918-1990) American Conductor & Composer of West Side Story (1957). A slim 4to paperback edition of the sheet music for Bernst...

CONDUCTORS: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs, two smaller, by various leading conductors including Eugene Ormandy, Riccardo Chailly, Bernard...

PLEYEL MARIE: (1811-1875) Belgian concert Pianist. A.L.S., M. Pleyel, one page, 8vo, to a lady, Brussels, 21st March 1854, in French. Marie Pleyel...