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Music Related: Memorabilia: Classical


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Nicolai Gedda: Portrait photo with dedication. Signed by Nicolai Gedda in October 1987 in Wien. Size: 3,5 x 5 inches, very fine condition. The Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda (1925) is a famous opera singer and recitalist. Having made some two hundred recordings, Gedda is said to be the most widely recorded tenor in history. Gedda's singing is best known for his beauty of tone, vocal control, and musical perception.  Teresa Berganza: b/w studio portrait-photo ( by Roberto Estrada ), hand signed by Berganza September 1983 in Wien. The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Size: 5 x 7 inches, fine condition. The Spanish opera singer Teresa Berganza (born 1935) is one of the foremost mezzo-sopranos of the third quarter of the 20th century. She is most closely associated with the roles of Rossini, Mozart, and Bizet. She is admired for her technical virtuosity, musical intelligence and beguiling stage presence.  Roberto Scandiuzzi, hand signed photograph. Signed in Wien in June 1994. Color Studio Photo, 4 x 6 inches. The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Bass singer Roberto Scandiuzzi was born in Treviso, Italy. Debuted at the Milano Scala in 1982 inLe nozze di Figaro. He was singing since in all major opera houses like San Francisco, New York, London, Wien. He is an acclaimed bass for Philipp II. (Don Carlo), Jacopo Fiesco (Simon Boccanegra), Zaccaria (Nabucco), Pater Guardian (La forza del destino), Attila. In San Francisco and München he also sang the Enrico VIII. (Anna Bolena), at the Wiener Staatsoper the Gremin (Eugen Onegin) and in Paris the Méphistophélès (Faust).  Hilde Zadek Autograph: Hand signed portrait photo by studio Fayer in Wien. 3,5 x 5,5 inches. Signed with blue pen. Fine condition. The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Hilde Zadek (born 1917) is a German operatic soprano of Polish origin. Zadek spent her youth in Stettin, however as a Jew she was forced to leave Germany in 1934, and settled in then Palestine, where she worked as a nurse in Jerusalem, while studying voice with Rose Pauly. In 1945, she returned to Europe and studied in Zurich with Ria Ginster. She made her operatic debut in 1947, at the Vienna State Opera, as Aida to great acclaim, she remained with this theatre for twenty years. The following year she first appeared at the Salzburg Festival, where she sang as Donna Anna, Vittelia, Ariadne. Her repertory also included; Elsa, Eva, Iphigenie, Tosca, etc. She took part in the creation of Carl Orff's Antigonae in 1949, and sang Magda Sorel in the local premiere in Vienna of Menotti's The Consul in 1950. She also appeared at the Munich State Opera and the Berlin State Opera. She made guest appearances at the Royal Opera House in London, the Glyndebourne Festival and the Holland Festival, at the Paris Opera, La Monnaie in Brussels, La Scala in Milan, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, etc. She sang at the Metropolitan Opera in New York during the 1952-53 season. She also appeared at the San Francisco Opera and the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. She retired from the stage in 1971.

Nicolai Gedda Autograph. Hand-signed Pho $35.00

  

Teresa Berganza Autograph on Photo. 5 x $60.00

  

Roberto Scandiuzzi Autograph. CoA $28.00

  

Hilde Zadek Autograph and o / w Photo. CoA $42.00
1918, Victor Jacobi Sheet Music as postcard ( double size, vertical fold ). Song from the Operetta " Sybill". Advertising for Ralph Benatzki album at the back of the card. Unused, fine condition. Victor Jacobi, Jakobi Viktor (1883 –1921) was a Hungarian operetta composer. He studied at Zeneakadémia (Academy of Music) in Budapest at the same time as the noted Hungarian composers Imre Kálmán and Albert Szirmai. His most famous operetta is "Szibill". The performance of this operetta was cancelled in London because of the beginning of World War I. After that, he left London for the United States and during his stay in New York City he became very ill. He died there at the age of 38. Ralph Benatzky (1884 –1957), was an Austrian composer of Czech origin. He composed operas and operettas (such as Casanova (1928), Die drei Musketiere (1929), Im weißen Rößel (1930), and Meine Schwester und ich (1930).  Giuseppe Verdi, Italian Romantic Composer. Rare vintage CDV ( carte de visite ) photo. This is an authentic photo, no reprint. Site: 2,5 x 4 inches. Minor wear ( lower right corner of the margins has a light knock ). Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi ( 1813 –1901) was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of Italian opera in the 19th century. His works are frequently performed in opera houses throughout the world and, transcending the boundaries of the genre, some of his themes have long since taken root in popular culture - such as "La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto, "Va, pensiero" (The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) from Nabucco, and "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (The Drinking Song) from La traviata. Although his work was sometimes criticized for using a generally diatonic rather than a chromatic musical idiom and having a tendency toward melodrama, Verdi’s masterworks dominate the standard repertoire a century and a half after their composition.  Authentic Autograph by the famous conductor Zubin Metha. Photo Postcard ( Photo Cordula Groth ) signed by Zubin Metah with golden pen.. The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. 4,1 x 6 inches. Very fine condition. Zubin Mehta was born into a Parsi family in Bombay (now Mumbai).Zubin initially intended to study medicine, but eventually became a music student in Vienna at the age of 18, under the eminent instructor Hans Swarowsky. Also at the same academy along with Zubin were conductor Claudio Abbado and conductor/pianist Daniel Barenboim. In 1958, he made his conducting debut in Vienna. The same year he won the International Conducting Competition in Liverpool and was appointed assistant conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1961, he was named assistant conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic; however, the orchestra's music director designate, Georg Solti, was not consulted on the appointment, and Solti subsequently resigned in protest; soon after, Mehta himself was named Music Director of the orchestra, and held the post from 1962 to 1978. He later moved to the New York Philharmonic from 1978 to 1991, becoming the longest holder of the latter post. The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra appointed Mehta its Music Advisor in 1969, Music Director in 1977, and made him its Music Director for Life in 1981. Additionally, from 1998 until 2006, he was Music Director of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra named him its Honorary Conductor.  Autograph Herbert von Karajan: Deutsche Grammophon double LP, signed by Karajan with red pen. Certificate of Authenticity included. The original records are still there and are in very fine condition. ( works by Franz List, Johannes Brahms, Friedrich Smetana, Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Wagner, Johann Strauss…..). Karajan, Herbert von: Born in Salzburg, Austria, in 1908, he became the city's most famous son after Mozart. Raised in a cultivated musical environment, he studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg before entering the Vienna Music Academy. He made his conducting debut in 1928 and became chief conductor in Ulm, Germany, before moving on to the larger city of Aachen in 1935, where he was appointed Germany's youngest general music director. He made his debut at the Vienna State Opera in 1937 and at the Berlin State Opera in 1938. In 1955 he was appointed music director for life of the Berlin Philharmonic, which he honed into arguably the best orchestra in the world. Simultaneously at the helm of the Vienna State Opera, the Salzburg Festival and the Berlin Philharmonic for a time, and closely connected to the Vienna Symphony, London's Philharmonia Orchestra (which had been created especially for him) and Milan's La Scala, Karajan became known as the General Music Director of Europe from the 1950s to the 1970s. He towered over European musical life as no one had done before. Herbert von Karajan died in Salzburg on July 16, 1989. Autograph on a DECCA card.

Victor Jacobi Sheet Music: Decorative Si $22.00

  

Giuseppe Verdi: Antique Photograph. Auth $240.00

  

Zubin Metha Autograph: Hand signed, CoA $60.00

  

Autograph Herbert von Karajan: Hand sign $175.00
Soprano Gwyneth Jones portrait photo. Authentic signature, signed in 1989. The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Size: 4 x 6 inches. Very fine condition. Dame Gwyneth Jones (born 1936 in Pontnewynydd, Wales) is a Welsh soprano opera singer wo made her professional debut in 1962 as a mezzo-soprano in Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice. She soon discovered that her easy top range could enable her to sing soprano roles. Dame Gwyneth achieved over-night fame in 1964 when she stood in for Leontyne Price as Leonora in Verdi's Il Trovatore at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Her career then went from strength to strength, and she met with success as Aida, Leonore (in Fidelio), Desdemona (in Otello), Elisabeth (in Don Carlos), Donna Anna (in Don Giovanni), Cio-Cio San (in Madama Butterfly), Lady Macbeth (in Verdi's Macbeth), …. One of her most lauded achievements was her interpretation of Brunnhilde in the Bayreuth centennial production of Der Ring des Nibelungen under Pierre Boulez and directed by Patrice Chéreau, a performance preserved on both video and audio discs. The recording won a Grammy in 1983. Widely considered as one of the foremost dramatic sopranos of the 20th Century, Dame Gwyneth has been in demand in opera houses all over the world and has been collaborating with eminent conductors and directors including Abbado, Barbirolli, Bernstein, Böhm, Boulez, Davis, Kleiber, Krips, Sawallisch, Solti… just to name a few. She was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the British Empire) in 1976 and became a Dame of the British Empire in 1986.  6 lithographed advertising cards for German Liebig company. Each of the cards introduces 2 virtuosi like Nicolo Paganini – Frédéric Chopin, Pablo de Sarasate – Franz von Liszt, Josef Joachim – Hans von Buelow, Annette von Essipoff – Marie Soldat, Anton Rubinstein – August Wilhelmj, Clara Schumann – Normann Neruda. Liebig’s Company’ Meat Extract. Advertising at the back. Very fine condition. Complete set.  Tenor Gianni Raimondi, hand signed b/w photograph by Erio Piccagliani for Tetro alla Scala, Milono. It depicts Raimondi as Pinkerton. The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. The autograph is from ca. 1975. Size: 5 x 7 inches, fine condition. Raimondi debuted at La Scala in 1956 for the much celebrated La Traviata with Maria Callas, conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini. In 1957 he met Callas again at La Scala for Donizetti's "Anna Bolena." He was particularly successful in the Rossini operas "Mosè in Egitto" (1958) and "Semiramide" (1962), apart from his Rodolfo in La Boheme during the 1962/63 season, under von Karajan, where he replaced a Giuseppe di Stefano in vocal conflict. 1957 he made his American debut in San Francisco, where he sang one season, the year in which he also received his first successes in Wien. He went on tour with La Boheme (dir. Franco Zefirelli) to Moscow, Monaco and Bavaria in 1964, repeated in 1966, 1967, 1969 and 1971. He worked with Herbert von Karajan for the La Boheme film directed by Franco Zefirelli in 1965, made his debut at the Met, as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermor and was again successful in the 1968/69 season at La Scala under the baton of Claudio Abbado.  Felicia Weathers, early, hand-signed autograph by the famous soprano. The Decca postcard was signed by her in the 1960s in Wien, Austria. The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Felicia Weathers early autographs are hard to find. Size: 3,5 x 5,6 inches. The black American soprano Felicia Weathers was born in 1937 in St. Louis. She studied voice at the Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington with St. Leger, Charles Kullman, and Manski, but continued her course of study in Europe. She made her opera debut in Europe in 1961. In 1963 she made her first appearance at the Hamburg State Opera, sang for the Chicago Lyric Opera in the 1960's, appeared in roles at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London in 1970, and made her Metropolitan Opera debut in New York in 1965, but voluntarily ended her opera career in 1972, reputedly owing to strain on the voice.

Dame Gwyneth Jones Autograph. Signed Pho $48.00

  

Virtuosi: 6 Litho Cards with Classical M $24.00

  

Gianni Raimondi Autograph: Signed Photo, $65.00

  

Felicia Weathers Autograph. Signed Decc $70.00
Giuseppe di Stefano autograph, early signature on tinted b/w photo. The autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Size: 5 x 6.5 inches. Photo by the famous Viennese photo studio Fayer. The Italian tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano (born 24 July 1921) is a famous opera singer whose career spanned from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. He is best known for his long association with Maria Callas, with whom he performed and recorded many times and with whom he was briefly romantically involved. Di Stefano made his operatic debut in 1946 in Reggio Emilia as Des Grieux in Massenet's Manon, the role with which he made his La Scala debut the following year. He made his debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 1948 as the Duke in Rigoletto, and he went to perform regularly in New York for many years. In 1957, Di Stefano made his British debut at the Edinburgh Festival as Nemorino in L'Elisir d'Amore and his Royal Opera House, Covent Garden debut in 1961 as Cavaradossi in Tosca.  Soprano Hilde Güden: Authentic, early autograph on a tinted photo by the famous studio Fayer in Wien. The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Size: 3,5 x 5,5 inches. Fine condition. Scarce. The Austrian soprano Hilde Gueden or Güden (1917 - 1988) was one of the most appreciated Straussian and Mozartian sopranos of her days. Her youthful and lively interpretations made her an ideal interpreter of roles like Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos and Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro. In 1941, the famous conductor Clemens Krauss engaged her to the Munich State Opera, where she sang with much success. From this time she used Hilde Gueden as her stage name. However, she had some Jewish ancestry, and this forced her to leave Germany under the Nazis. Rumor has it that she was almost arrested by the Gestapo in Munich, but she had by then obtained a fake passport showing that she was a Catholic Polish woman and could avoid the arrest. In Italy, Tullio Serafin invited her to sing Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier) in Rome and Florence. From then on, she gained great successes in Paris, Milan, London, Venice, Glyndebourne, and other major cities.  Most charming old photograph of the young Maria Jeritza in Richard Strauss’ Rosenkavalier. Authentic photo from the photo studio Letzer in Wien. Embossed studio name at the lower right corner. Size: 6 x 8,5 inches. Fine condition ( glue remnants t the margins for the back side ). Maria Jeritza (1887 - 1982), born Maria Jedliková, was a celebrated Moravian soprano singer, long associated with the Vienna State Opera (1912–1935) and the Metropolitan Opera (1921-1932). Her sensational rise to fame and spectacular beauty and personality earned her the nickname The Moravian Thunderbolt. In 1910, she made her debut as Elsa, in Wagner's Lohengrin, at Olomouc. The Emperor Franz Josef heard her and immediately commanded that she be offered a contract at the Imperial Hofoper, Wien. She created the roles of Ariadne in Strauss's opera Ariadne auf Naxos (1912), the Empress in his Die Frau ohne Schatten (1919), and Marie/Marietta in Korngold's Die tote Stadt (1920), the latter also being the role of her debut with the Metropolitan Opera on November 19, 1921. On November 16, 1926, she starred in the title role of Puccini's Turandot in its North American premiere at the Metropolitan, where she also created the title or leading soprano roles in Leos Janacek's Jenufa (1924), Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's I gioielli della Madonna (1925), Korngold's Violanta (1927), Richard Strauss' Die Ägyptische Helena (1928), and Franz von Suppé's Boccaccio (1931) and Donna Juanita (1932.) Her popularity at the Metropolitan was, as in Vienna, immense, especially as Tosca, Carmen and Massenet's Thaïs. Jeritza was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in North Arlington, New Jersey.  Riccardo Muti, hand signed colour photo, depicting the great conductor in a fine pose. The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Size: 13 x 18 cm, fine condition. Riccardo Muti is an Italian conductor known for his work as music director of La Scala opera house in Milan, and with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Muti has been a regular guest of the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic. In 1996, Muti conducted the latter at the closing of the Viennese Festival Week in a tour of the Far East to Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Germany, and the Vienna New Year's Concert in 1993, 1997, 2000 and 2004. Muti is a regular guest conductor here at Vienna's Staatsoper where he continues to conduct Mozart operas such as Le nozze di Figaro and Così fan tutte. He is to return to this opera house in 2008 with Così fan tutte. A special relationship connects Muti with the Salzburg Festival where the conductor debuted in 1971 with Donizetti's Don Pasquale. In the following years Muti has been constantly present at the festival conduction both concerts with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and opera productions, such as Così fan tutte in 1983 or Die Zauberflöte in 2005 and 2006. Muti also owns a residence close to Salzburg.

Giuseppe di Stefano Autograph, 1960s. Co $80.00

  

Hilde Guden Autograph: Ealy, hand signed $90.00

  

Maria Jeritza Studio Photo 6 x 8. 5 $68.00

  

Riccardo Muti Autograph: 5 x 7, CoA $79.00
José Cura Autograph. b/w photo with authentic signature. Size: 5 x 5 inches. Fine condition. The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. José Cura is a world-famous opera tenor singer known for his intense and original interpretations of his characters, notably Verdi’s Otello and Saint-Saëns’ Samson, as well as for his unconventional and innovative concert performances. He is also able to perform high baritone roles with the extended lower parts of his vocal range. José Cura was the first artist to sing and conduct simultaneously (both in concert and on recordings) and the first to combine singing with symphonic works in a ‘half and half’ concert format. Cura made operatic history when he first conducted Cavalleria Rusticana and then stepped on stage after intermission to sing Canio in Pagliacci at the Hamburg Opera in February 2003.  Cheryl Studer as Semiramis 1988 in Bonn / Germany. Size: 4,8 x 5 inches. Cheryl Studer ( born 1955 ) is an American soprano with a solid reputation in works by Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner. After a year in Vienna, and at Hans Hotter's urging, Cheryl Studer auditioned for Wolfgang Sawallisch who hired her as a permanent member of the Bavarian State Opera, where she spent two consecutive seasons. At the end of the 1981-82 season, she left the Munich ensemble to join the Staatstheater Darmstadt for two seasons, before going to Berlin to be part of the Deutsche Oper ensemble for the 1984-85 and 1985-86 seasons. She made her North American opera debut in 1984 as Micaela (Carmen). She caught the world's attention at the 1985 Bayreuth Festival, when the sang Elisabeth (Tannhäuser) under Giuseppe Sinopoli.  Pierre Boulez authentic, hand written signature on colour portrait postcard by Deutsche Grammophon. The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. 4 x 6 inches. Very fine condition. Pierre Boulez ( born 1925) is a leading French composer of contemporary classical music and conductor. As conductor he is known the world over of having directed most of the world's leading symphony orchestras and ensembles since the late fifties. He served concurrently as chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra from 1971 to 1975, and music director of the New York Philharmonic from 1971 to 1977. Boulez is particularly famed for his polished interpretations of twentieth century classics—Alban Berg, Claude Debussy, Gustav Mahler, Arnold Schoenberg, Igor Stravinsky, Béla Bartók, Anton Webern and Edgard Varèse. Today, Boulez continues to be one of the leaders of the post-World War II musical modernism. His compositions have enriched musical culture, and his advocacy of modern and postmodern music has been decisive for many.  Rene Kollo: Important tenor. Authentic, hand signed autograph on a real photo ( photo studio Fayer ). The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Size: 4 x 6 inches. Very fine condition. René Kollo (born 1937) is a German tenor. He did not begin to perform (as a self-taught drummer) until the mid-50s. He played in jazz clubs and studied acting with Else Bongers in Berlin. He made his operatic debut in Braunschweig in 1965 in three Stravinsky one-act operas: Mavra, Renard, and Œdipus Rex. In 1967, he went to the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, still singing lyric roles. He began his now legendary association with Wagner and his Heldentenor roles at Bayreuth in 1969, where he sang the Helmsman in Der fliegende Holländer. The major Wagnerian roles followed in quick succession: Erik in 1970, Lohengrin in 1971, Walter in 1973, Parsifal in 1975, Siegfried in 1976, Tristan and Tannhäuser in 1981. He has since sung these roles at major opera houses throughout the world, including the Metropolitan Opera, where he was seen in Lohengrin (1976, conducted by James Levine) and Ariadne auf Naxos (1979). He has also directed Parsifal in Darmstadt in 1986 and Tiefland by Eugen d'Albert in Ulm in 1991.

José Cura Autograph. Famous Tenor Signat $45.00

  

Cheryl Studer: Autograph from 1988 $38.00

  

Pierre Boulez Autograph. Hand signed Pos $85.00

  

Tenor Rene Kollo Autograph from Vienna $45.00
Tenor Helge Roswaenge: b/w real photo, hand signed autograph. The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Helge Roswaenge (1897 – 1972 ), born Helge Anton Rosenvinge Hansen was a famous Danish tenor. He debuted in 1921 as Don Jose in Carmen. He made his career in Wien, especially at the Volksoper and the Staatsoper in Wien.  Franz von Liszt. Portrait postcard, lithograph. Published in ca. 1905 by Lith.-Artist Anstalt, Munich. Unused, fine condition. Franz Liszt (1811 –1886) was a Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer of the Romantic period. He was a renowned performer throughout Europe during the 19th century, noted especially for his showmanship and great skill with the piano. Today, he is considered to be one of the greatest pianists in history. Liszt is frequently credited with re-defining piano playing itself, and his influence is still visible today, both through his compositions and his legacy as a teacher. He is credited with the invention of the symphonic poem, as well as the modern solo piano recital, in which his virtuosity won him approval by composers and performers alike.  Tenor Franco Bonisolli autograph: Hand signed photo of Bonisolli in Luise Miller at the States Opera House Wien. Real Photo by Fayer, signed by Bosnisolli in Wien in the 1970-80s. Size: 3,5 x 5,5 inches. Franco Bonisolli (born Rovereto1937 - died Vienna 2003) was an Italian opera tenor, famed for both his ringing upper register and his eccentric behaviour. His onstage antics earned him the nickname "Il Pazzo." He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera on Feb. 24, 1971 in the role of "Almaviva" in The Barber of Seville and repeated the role during the 1986 to 1988, and 1990 seasons. Altogether, he gave 25 performances in 7 different operas. A hallmark performance for Bonisolli is Bizet's "Je crois entende encore", an aria from the opera the Pearlfishers. The subtlety of the libretto allows the melody to work in harmony with the vocalist. The sublime effect can only be achieved by a master artist. "Je crois entendre" has been attempted by many famous tenors to little effect. He is also remembered for his portrayal of Manrico in "Il Trovatore" by Giuseppe Verdi, to which he brought not only a thrilling vocal performance, but a magnetic charisma. Thanks to wikipedia!  Pierre Boulez: Authentic autograph of this great conductor and composer. This is a hand signed cardboard with a magazine snippet on. Size: 4 x 6 inches. Hand signed with ball point pen. The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Boulez was and is one of the leaders of the post-World War II musical modernism. His compositions have enriched musical culture, and his advocacy of modern and post modern music has been decisive for many. Boulez is also a world-famous conductor, having directed most of the world's leading symphony orchestras and ensembles since the late fifties. He served both as Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra from 1971-1975, and Music Director of the New York Philharmonic from 1971-1977.

Helge Roswaenge Autograph: Signed Photo $55.00

  

Franz Liszt: Lithographed Postcard from $16.00

  

Franco Bonisolli Autograph: Signed Photo $52.00

  

Pierre Boulez Autograph. CoA $65.00
Martha Eggerth autograph on attractive old b/w photo of the young Eggerth along with Jan Kiepura. 4 x 5,5 inches. Fine condition. Martha Eggerth, born in Budapest, was a popular singer and actress in the 1930s. Along with her husband, the noted Polish tenor Jan Kiepura, she starred in many filmed operettas. During the early 1940s, Eggerth worked in two Judy Garland musicals. Receiving few offers after that, she returned to Europe after WW II and continued starring in films. Following her retirement, Eggerth moved to New York and became an American citizen in the fifties.  Soprano Gwyneth Jones early photo print. Authentic signature at front side. The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Size: 5 x 7 inches. Glue remnants at corners of the back. Dame Gwyneth Jones (born 1936 in Pontnewynydd, Wales) is a Welsh soprano opera singer wo made her professional debut in 1962 as a mezzo-soprano in Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice. She soon discovered that her easy top range could enable her to sing soprano roles. Dame Gwyneth achieved over-night fame in 1964 when she stood in for Leontyne Price as Leonora in Verdi's Il Trovatore at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Her career then went from strength to strength, and she met with success as Aida, Leonore (in Fidelio), Desdemona (in Otello), Elisabeth (in Don Carlos), Donna Anna (in Don Giovanni), Cio-Cio San (in Madama Butterfly), Lady Macbeth (in Verdi's Macbeth), …. One of her most lauded achievements was her interpretation of Brunnhilde in the Bayreuth centennial production of Der Ring des Nibelungen under Pierre Boulez and directed by Patrice Chéreau, a performance preserved on both video and audio discs. The recording won a Grammy in 1983. Widely considered as one of the foremost dramatic sopranos of the 20th Century, Dame Gwyneth has been in demand in opera houses all over the world and has been collaborating with eminent conductors and directors including Abbado, Barbirolli, Bernstein, Böhm, Boulez, Davis, Kleiber, Krips, Sawallisch, Solti… just to name a few. She was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the British Empire) in 1976 and became a Dame of the British Empire in 1986.  Lotte Lehmann, authentic autograph on a real photo. Signed: " Herzlichen Dank und Gruss. Lotte Lehmann" ( Many thanks and greetings. Lotte Lehmann ). Size: 3,5 x 5,5 inches. Very fine condition. The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Lotte Lehmann (1888 –1976) was an German soprano opera and Lieder singer who was especially associated with German repertory. She gave memorable performances in the operas of Richard Strauss; the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier was considered her greatest role. Lehmann made her debut in Hamburg Opera in 1910 as a Page in Wagner's Lohengrin. In 1914, she sang for the first time and in 1916 joined the Vienna State Opera, where she sang in the premieres of a number of Strauss's operas, Ariadne auf Naxos (1916), Die Frau ohne Schatten (1919), Intermezzo (1924), and Arabella (1933) as well as Vienna premiers of several operas of Puccini. Lehmann made her debut in London in 1914, and from 1924 to 1935 she performed regularly at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. She also appeared regularly at the Salzburg Festival (1926-1937), performing with Arturo Toscanini, among other conductors. She also gave recitals there accompanied at the piano by the conductor Bruno Walter. In 1930, Lehmann made her US debut in Chicago as Sieglinde in Wagner's Die Walküre. Lehmann's other Wagnerian roles included Eva in Die Meistersinger, Elsa in Lohengrin, and Elisabeth in Tannhäuser; she was also famous for her interpretation of Leonore in Beethoven's Fidelio. Just before Austria was annexed by Germany in 1938, Lehmann emigrated to the United States, where she sang at the San Francisco Opera and the Metropolitan Opera until 1945. Lehmann died in 1976 age 88 in Santa Barbara, California. She is interred in the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna, Austria. (biography after wikipedia – many thanks! )  Rudolf Schock: Authentic Autograph on a Eurodisk promotion postcard from the 1960s. Clear distinctive signature, signed in Wien. The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. 4,1 x 5,8 inches. Very fine condition. Rudolf Schock (1915 - 1986) was a German tenor with a wide repertory from operetta to operas and lieder, doing television, radio and film work. Slim and handsome, he made many films. Blessed with a mezza-voice that rivaled Beniamino Gigli in sweetness, he had that Italian "tear" in his voice. His voice had a unique recognizable sound. Schock first burst on the scene after World War II in 1947. He was one of the first Germans to sing at Covent Garden in 1949. He sold over 3 million records and his German films made him almost a superstar of his day.

Marta Eggerth Autograph. Old b / w Photo. $36.00

  

Dame Gwyneth Jones Autograph. Signed Pho $58.00

  

Lotte Lehmann Autograph. Hand signed Pho $150.00

  

Rudolf Schock Autograph. 1960s. CoA $110.00
Horst Stein, German conductor autograph. Signed program page from 1972. The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Size: 5,8 x 8,2 inches. Horst Walter Stein (born 1928 in Elberfeld) is a German conductor. His father was a mechanic. At school in Frankfurt, he studied piano, oboe, and singing. Later, he continued studies at the University in Koln, including lessons in composition with Philipp Jarnach. From 1947-1951, he was a repetiteur in Wuppertal. He is especially associated with the music of Max Reger, Beethoven and Bruckner.  Authentic Montserrat Caballé Autograph on color photo, 1988. Size: 5 x 7 inches. Fine condition. The photo is mainly in violet tone with a touch of a painting. The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Caballé was born in Barcelona. After studying music at the Liceu Conservatory and singing technique under Eugenia Kemmeny, she was awarded with the gold medal; then she joined the Basel Opera in 1956, where she made her professional operatic debut in 1957 as Mimì in La bohème. For the 1960–61 season, she was engaged by the Bremen Opera, where she developed the foundations of her wide repertoire. In 1962 Caballé returned to Barcelona and made her debut at the Liceu, singing the title-role in Richard Strauss' Arabella. Caballé's international breakthrough came in 1965 when she substituted for an indisposed Marilyn Horne in a semi-staged performance of Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia at New York's Carnegie Hall.  Conductor Kurt Masur: hand signed b/w photo, authentic autograph with silver pen. New York Philharmonic label at the back side. Photo by Christian Steiner. The autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Masur is well known to orchestras and audiences alike as both a distinguished conductor and humanist. From 1970 until 1996, Maestro Masur served as Gewandhaus Kapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, a position of profound historic importance. Mr. Masur is a guest conductor with the world's leading orchestras and holds the lifetime title of Honorary Guest Conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. A professor at the Leipzig Academy of Music since 1975, he has received numerous honors: in 1995, he received the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; in 1996 he received the Gold Medal of Honor for Music from the National Arts Club; in 1997 he received the titles of Commander of the Legion of Honor from the French government and New York City Cultural Ambassador from the City of New York – and many more oders. In September 2002, Mr. Masur became music director of the Orchestre National de France in Paris. Since September 2000 he has been principal conductor of the London Philharmonic. From 1991-2002 he was music director of the New York Philharmonic; following his eleven-year tenure he was named Music Director Emeritus, becoming the first New York Philharmonic music director to receive that title, and only the second (after the late Leonard Bernstein, who was named Laureate Conductor) to be given an honorary position.  Jose Carreras, autograph on color photo, private shot by a fan. The photo has been made in Vienna. Size: 3,5 in. x 5 in. Fine condition. The Autograph comes with a certificate of Authenticity. Born 1946 in Barcelona.The family emigrated to Argentina in 1951 in what proved to be an unsuccessful search for a better life, returning to Barcelona less than a year later. Carreras' father, his teaching career ruined because he had fought on the Republican side during the Civil War, eventually had to take a job as a traffic policeman, and his mother opened a small hair-dressing shop. As a child he truly loved to sing and after he came home from seeing Mario Lanza in The Great Caruso, he sang to his family - especially la 'Donna e Mobile'. He was 6 years then., Later he started voice and piano lessons with Magda Prunera, the mother of one of his boyhood friends and at eight he started attending the local music conservatory after school. At eight he also gave his first public performance, singing 'La Donna e Mobile' on Spanish National Radio. At eleven, he was on the stage of Barcelona's opera house, the Gran Teatro del Liceo, singing the boy soprano role of the narrator in de Falla's El retablo de Maese Pedro. A few months later, he sang for the last time at the Liceo before his voice started to change. By 18, the soprano voice of Carreras the boy had become the tenor voice of Carreras the man. He studied at first with Francisco Puig and later with Juan Ruax, whom he has described as his artistic father. If Ruax was his artistic father, then Caballe was to become in many ways his artistic mother. She sang the title role in his London stage debut, a concert performance of Maria Stuarda, and the recordings of their artistic partnership went on to include over 15 different operas. Carreras went on to grow into what Lofti Mansouri, the Director of the San Francisco Opera has called One of the most complete operatic stars that I have ever worked with...His musicianship, intelligence, dramatic ability, not to mention his gorgeous voice make him a total artist. What is perhaps quite unusual about Carreras' career is that by the age of 28, when many opera singers are just starting to make their mark, he had already sung the tenor lead in 24 different operas in both Europe and North America and had made his debut at the world's four great opera houses - the Vienna Staatsoper in 1974, as the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto; London's Royal Opera House in 1974, as Alfredo in La Traviata; the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1974, as Cavaradossi in Tosca; and La Scala Milan in 1975, as Riccardo in Ballo in Maschera. In 1987, at the height of his success, Carreras was diagnosed with acute leukemia and was given a 1 in 10 chance of survival. After his recovery, one of the first people he went to see was the great Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan, a musician with whom he had an almost instinctive affinity. Carreras found it fascinating how Karajan made you feel that he was like your father, conducting for you alone. Their ten year artistic collaboration has produced some of Carreras' finest performances and recordings. Carreras did resume his career, gradually returning to the opera stage and the concert platform as well as to the recording studio. He now concentrates more on concerts and recitals and restricts his opera performances to one or two productions a year. The 1990 Three Tenors concert in Rome was originally conceived to raise money for this Foundation and as a way for Carreras' colleagues, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti, to welcome their little brother back to the world of opera.

Horst Stein Autograph from 1972. CoA $46.00

  

Montserrat Caballe Autograph from 1988: $52.00

  

Kurt Masur Autograph: 8 x 10. CoA $68.00

  

1977: Jose Carreras Autograph on privat $45.00
Authentic autograph of Johann Strauss III, the son of the famous composer of Johann Strauss Son, the composer of the Blue Danube Waltz. Signed b/w glossy photo. Size: 3.5 x 5.5 inches Certificate of Authenticity included. Born 1866 in Wien, he died 1939 in Berlin. There are 6 composers with the name Strauss. Johann Strauss III is also famous as composer but like Johann Strauss Father never became that famous as Johann Strauss II. Slight creasing – not very obvious.  Robert Stolz Autograph: Eurodisc promotion postcard, signed with black pen. Size: 5.8 x 4.1 inches. Fine condition. The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Robert Stolz composed many operettas, film scores, and popular songs, including 'Two Heats Beat in Three-Quarter Time", which he wrote on the back of a menu while at lunch with the producer of the show. His most popular works are Das Gluecksmaedel (1910), Der Tanz ins Glueck (The Dance into Happiness) (1921), Im weissen Roessl (The White Horse Inn) (1930), jointly with Ralph Benatzky, Wenn die kleinen Veilchen bluehen (When the Little Violets Bloom or Wild Violets) (1932), Der verlorene Walzer, a stage version of the film Zwei Herzen im Dreivierteltakt (1933).  Three decorative, lithographed sealing stamps related to classical music. One is for Viennese Music Concerts, one for Frankfurt singing-competition and one for an exhibition for International Music in Geneva. All 3 are in very fine condition. Size: ca. 1.6 x 2.4 inches  Bernd Weikl Autograph: Portrait Postcard on white sheet of paper. 2 autographs, signed in 1979 in Vienna. The autograph come with a Certificate of Authenticity. Bernd Weikl, born in Vienna, studied economic science and canto at the Music Academy in Mainz, was awarded the First Prize at the International Contest in Berlin in 1968 and was awarded the First Prize at the International Contest in Berlin and in the same year he made his debut in "Freischütz "(Ottokar’s part) staged at the Opernhaus Hannover. In 1972 he participated in the "Salzburger Festspiele" in the new production "Tristan and Isolde" conducted by Herbert von Karajan and made his debut in the "Bayreuther Festspiele" as Wolfram in "Tannhäuser ". In Bayreuth his greatest success was as Hans Sachs in "Meistersingern", a role in which he has no competitor. In 1983 he sung at the Metropolitan Opera the part of Mandryka in "Arabella " by Richard Strauss and had also concerts in Chicago. In 1986 he sung also in Florence the part of Hans Sachs. He performed more than 120 parts in five languages.

Autograph by Johann Strauss III, COA $150.00

  

Robert Stolz Autograph: Famous Austrian $45.00

  

3 Sealing Stamps related to Music, 1913 $12.00

  

Bernd Weikl Autograph: Signed Portrait P $22.00
Matteo Manuguerra autograph on Hungarian advertising photo print from the 1980s. Size: 5.8 x 8 inches. The autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Glue remnants at back. Hungarian text at back. Tunisian baritone Matteo Manuguerra often sang in European operas where he was widely acclaimed. This one is from a performance in Hungary.  Gundula Janowith autograph on color photo by Axel Zeininger, Austria. The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Size: 5 x 7 inches, slight wear. Born: August 2, 1937 - Berlin, Germany The esteemed German soprano, Gundula Janowitz, studied with Herbert Thöney at the Graz Conservatory. In 1959 Gundula Janowitz made her formal operatic debut as Barbarina at the Vienna State Opera, and later became one of its leading members. She later sang at the Bayreuth Festivals between 1960-1963 and the Salzburg Festival from 1963. Between 1963 and 1966 she was a member of the Frankfurt am Main Opera, and then joined the Deutsche Oper in West Berlin. She appeared at the Glyndebourne Festival in 1964, and sang at Herbert von Karajan’s Salzburg Easter Festivals in the years 1967-1968. She made her metropolitan Opera debut in New York as Sieglinde in November 1967. She was chosen to sing the role of Mozart’s Countess at the re-opening of the Paris Opéra in 1973. Subsequently she made her debut at London’s Covent Garden as Donna Anna in 1976. She was made an Austrian Kammersängerin in 1970. In 1990-1991 Gundula Janowitz was director of the Graz-Steiremark Theater. Her other notable roles included Fiordiligi, Agathe, Aida, Elisabeth, Desdemona, and Ariadne. She was also well known as a concert and Lieder artist. ( Source: Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Classical Musicians (1997) ).  Jess Thomas as Tristan during a performance at the Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires. Size: 7.5 x 9.8 inches. Fine condition. The Autograph comes with a Certificate of authenticity. Jess Thomas (1927 - 1993) was a lyric and Wagnerian tenor. He was awarded the Wagner medal at Bayreuth, Germany in 1963. His many appearances in North America and Europe between the late 1950s and early 80s included 15 seasons in 95 performances of 15 roles at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. Debut in 1957 for the San Francisco Opera in Richards Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier performing as the Haufhofmeister. In 1958, he debuted in the title role of Lohengrin for the Karlsruhe Staatstheater at the commencement of a career in Germany. Thomas appeared as Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Munich Festival. It was at Bayreuth that he established his reputation as a Wagnerian tenor performing in Wagner operas as Parsifal, Lohengrin, Walther in Meistersinger, Tannhäuser and Siegfried. In 1963, he joined the cast of the Metropolitan Opera appearing in 95 performances for 15 years. Amongst the highlights of his career with the Metropolitan Opera was appearing at the opening of the Lincoln Center hall in the first performance of Samuel Barber's Anthony and Cleopatra with Leontyne Price. Thomas's farewell performance took place in Washington DC in a guest performance of Parsifal by the Metropolitan Opera in 1982.  Ca. 1890: Conradin Kreutzer Albumen photo after a portrait form 1849, painted by E. Hader. Photo by Sophuls Williams, Berlin. Size: 2.6 x 4.1 in. Fine condition. Conradin Kreuzer ( 1780 - 1849)was a famous German composer and conductor. He worked as Kapellmeister in Stuttgart, Donaueschingen, Vienna and Cologne. His years in Wien, especially his time at the Viennese Theater in der Josefstadt ware the most successful years in his career. Operas or plays like Ferdinand Raimund’s “ Verschwender “ were as successful as his instrumental works.

Matteo Manuguerra Autograph: Hungarian A $30.00

  

Gundula Janowitz Autograph, 5 x 7 CoA $65.00

  

Jess Thomas: Great Autograph on 7 x 10 P $80.00

  

Conradin Kreutzer: Famous Composer Album $28.00
Tenor Max Lorenz autograph on a drawing from 1944, showing Lorenz as Florestan in Fidelio by Beethoven. Size: 8 x 11 inches. Signed in 1951 A b/w photograph ( 7 x 9.2 in ) shows Lorenz as Parifal. 5 smaller photos show him as Siegfried in Wanger’s Ring. All photos are pasted on thicker album leaves and can be removed. Max Lorenz is considered to be one of the great dramatic tenors of the 20th century, and German critics typically consider his recordings of Wagner's Tristan and Tannhäuser to be the greatest recordings of these operas that were ever made. The autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.  5 x 4 color photo signed by Theo Adam in 1975 in Wien. Fine condition. The autograph comes with a Certificate of authenticity. Theo Adam (Bass-Baritone) Born: August 1, 1926 – Dresden, Germany The German bass-baritone,Theo Adam, came to music early. As a boy he sang in the Dresdner Kreuzchor. He studied voice in his native city with Rudolf Dittrich between 1946-1949. On December 1949 he made his operatic debut as the Hermit in Der Freischütz at the Dresden State Opera, and in 1952 made his first appearance at the Bayreuth Festival, quickly rising to prominence as one of the leading Wagnerian heroic Bass-Baritones of his time. He was a principal member of the Berlin State Opera from 1953, and made guest appearances at London’s Covent Garden, the Vienna State Opera, the Paris Opéra, the Salzburg Festivals, the San Francisco Opera, and the Chicago Lyric Opera. In February 1969 he made his operatic debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York as Hans Sachs (Die Meistersinger). In addition to his Wagnerian roles, he also sang in operas by Mozart, Verdi and Richard Strauss with notable success. He appeared in various contemporary works as well, creating the leading roles in Cerha ’s Baal (1981) and Luciano Berio ’s Un Re in ascolto (1984). In 1979 he was made an Austrian Kammersänger. Together with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Theo Adam was of the distinguished Bach’s bass singers from the late 1950’s to the late 1970’s, recording many Bach Cantatas under the baton of Karl Richter. Source: Mostly Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Classical Musicians (1997)  Jose Carreras, autograph on color photo, private shot by a fan. The photo has been made in Vienna. Size: 3,5 in. x 5 in. Fine condition. The Autograph comes with a certificate of Authenticity. Born 1946 in Barcelona.The family emigrated to Argentina in 1951 in what proved to be an unsuccessful search for a better life, returning to Barcelona less than a year later. Carreras' father, his teaching career ruined because he had fought on the Republican side during the Civil War, eventually had to take a job as a traffic policeman, and his mother opened a small hair-dressing shop. As a child he truly loved to sing and after he came home from seeing Mario Lanza in The Great Caruso, he sang to his family - especially la 'Donna e Mobile'. He was 6 years then., Later he started voice and piano lessons with Magda Prunera, the mother of one of his boyhood friends and at eight he started attending the local music conservatory after school. At eight he also gave his first public performance, singing 'La Donna e Mobile' on Spanish National Radio. At eleven, he was on the stage of Barcelona's opera house, the Gran Teatro del Liceo, singing the boy soprano role of the narrator in de Falla's El retablo de Maese Pedro. A few months later, he sang for the last time at the Liceo before his voice started to change. By 18, the soprano voice of Carreras the boy had become the tenor voice of Carreras the man. He studied at first with Francisco Puig and later with Juan Ruax, whom he has described as his artistic father. If Ruax was his artistic father, then Caballe was to become in many ways his artistic mother. She sang the title role in his London stage debut, a concert performance of Maria Stuarda, and the recordings of their artistic partnership went on to include over 15 different operas. Carreras went on to grow into what Lofti Mansouri, the Director of the San Francisco Opera has called "One of the most complete operatic stars that I have ever worked with...His musicianship, intelligence, dramatic ability, not to mention his gorgeous voice make him a total artist." What is perhaps quite unusual about Carreras' career is that by the age of 28, when many opera singers are just starting to make their mark, he had already sung the tenor lead in 24 different operas in both Europe and North America and had made his debut at the world's four great opera houses - the Vienna Staatsoper in 1974, as the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto; London's Royal Opera House in 1974, as Alfredo in La Traviata; the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1974, as Cavaradossi in Tosca; and La Scala Milan in 1975, as Riccardo in Ballo in Maschera. In 1987, at the height of his success, Carreras was diagnosed with acute leukemia and was given a 1 in 10 chance of survival. After his recovery, one of the first people he went to see was the great Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan, a musician with whom he had an almost instinctive affinity. Carreras found it fascinating "how Karajan made you feel that he was like your father, conducting for you alone." Their ten year artistic collaboration has produced some of Carreras' finest performances and recordings. Carreras did resume his career, gradually returning to the opera stage and the concert platform as well as to the recording studio. He now concentrates more on concerts and recitals and restricts his opera performances to one or two productions a year. The 1990 Three Tenors concert in Rome was originally conceived to raise money for this Foundation and as a way for Carreras' colleagues, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti, to welcome their "little brother" back to the world of opera.  Size: 4 in. x 5.5 in. ( 10 x 14.4 cm ). Real Photo by HarriIrmler studio, Berlin. Fine condition. The item comes with a certificate of authenticity. The Belgian bass José Van Dam ( born 1940 ) entered the Brussels Royal Conservatory at the age of 17, and studied with Frederic Anspach. A year later, he graduated with diplomas and first prizes in voice and opera performance. José van Dam made his operatic début as the music teacher Don Basilio in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Paris Opéra in 1961, Since 1970 José van Dam has sung in all the great opera-houses of the world, singing works by Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Mahler, Bruckner, Mendelssohn, Poulenc, and Schubert. José van Dam has given many notable performances at the Salzburg Festival, including the Four Villains in The Tales of Hoffman in 1981, the Dutchman in 1982, and Philip II at the 1985 Easter Festival, a role he has also sung at the Metropolitan Opera. José van Dam is also celebrated as a concert, oratorio, and Lieder singer and has won many international awards for his extraordinary performances both on stage and in recordings. Berlin conferred on him the title of ‘Kammersänger’ in 1974, and the same year he received the German Music Critics’ Prize. Other awards include the Gold Medal of the Belgian Press (1976), Grand Prix de l’Academie Française du Disque (1979), Orphée d’Or de l’Academie Lyrique Française (1980), the European Critics’ Prize, (1985), Diapason d’Or and Prix de la Nouvelle Academie du Disque (1993), and the Orphée d’Or de l’Academie du Disque Lyrique (1994). In August of 1998, His Majesty Prince Albert II of Belgium made José van Dam a baron, recognizing him as one of the finest singers who ever lived. Thanks to bach – cantatas . com

Max Lorenz Autograph and Photos. Nice Lo $110.00

  

1975: Theo Adam Autograph on private pho $35.00

  

1977: Jose Carreras Autograph on private $45.00

  

Bass Singer Jose van Dam Autograph: Earl $48.00
Photo postcard of the famous composer Edmund Eysler. Dedication with cord. Edmund Eysler ( actually Edmund Eisler ) 1874 – 1949. Born in Vienna, one of the major figures with Lehár, Kálmán, Oscar Strauss and Fall in the Silver Age of Viennese operetta. He struggled to make a career as a serious composer in his early years, supporting himself through teaching piano, before a well-meaning relative arranged an introduction to the librettist Ignatz Schnitzer (who had written the book for Der Zigeunerbaron). Schnitzer gave Eysler a book he had originally intended for Srauss to set, Der Hexenspiegel, and although the publisher Weinberger accepted the resulting work, he could not place it with any theatre. He did suggest Eysler use much of the musical material to fashion a new operetta, and this became the very successful Bruder Straubinger. Eysler’s subsequent operettas were very popular in Germany and Austria, but their rather ‘folksy’ Viennese character mitigated against their achieving the international success his contemporaries enjoyed. Der Lachende Ehemann (1913), Hanni, geht tanzen (1916) and Die gold’ne Meisterin (1927) are his best-known other works. Together with Kálmán, Oscar Strauss and Korngold, Eysler’s music was suppressed during the Nazi regime because of his Jewish origin. Surprisingly, he did not emigrate during the war, but was hidden and protected by his family and friends throughout the period to 1945. His last few years brought him renewed recognition in Vienna, where he was a loved and respected figure. The upper right corner is creased. The item is 90 x 135 mm ( 3,5 in. x 5,5 in. ).  1971: Modest P. Mussorgski’s Boris Godunow, performed by the famous Bolshoi Theater in Wien / Austria. 7 signatures by members of the orchestra. Conductor was Juri Simonow and he signed by adding a dove to his signature. Irina Archipowa, who sang the Marina Mnischek, signed on a photo of hers. The program is a booklet and is complete. Minor aging.  1923: b/w Postcard depicting Carl Michael Ziehrer, dedication, autograph by his wife. (The back of the postcard shows a dedication ( to a certain Mrs. Kindl ). Neat writing. In 1873, at the time of the Viennese World Fair, Ziehrer had a civil Orchestra again and he took over the conduction of a military ensemble. He finally made the breakthrough by conducting the Viennese military band, the "Hoch- und Deutschmeister" (1885 - 1893). Ziehrer had become the favourite of the Viennese audience and with the Viennese music and his "Deutschmeister" band (of course not the real ones but with a civil band dressed in uniforms), he also "conquered" the United States of America on the occasion of the world fair of 1893 in Chicago. This marvellous success in America showed the way for Ziehrer. Dismissed as the conductor of military orchestras (because he had improperly exceeded his holidays in America) he decided to pass to act as a composer and conductor like Johann Strauss. Before the end of the century he became the most famous composer of the Viennese operettas, waltzes and Austrian military marches. At last Ziehrer was appointed as "Hofballmusikdirektor" by the emperor Franz Josef I.  June 1969: 4 “ x 6 “ b/w private photo made in Buenos Aires. Signed “ Herzlichst Alexander Jenner, Juli 69 “. Not common. Alexander Jenner (who was born in 1929 in Vienna) studied from 1945 on for almost ten years at the "Musikakademie" in Vienna. During the first three years with Paul Weingarten, and the years after with Bruno Seidlhofer and Richard Hauser. In 1951 Jenner won the second price at the International Contest of Geneva (a first prize was not given), and the following year a second prize at the Viotti Contest in Vercellie (other contestants were René Pouget from France, Walter Blankenheim from Germany and Andrej Wasowski from Poland). In that same year he won the " Kranichstein Music Award for Modern Music Interpretation" (Kranichsteiner Musikpreis für Neue Musik-Interpretation) in Darmstadt. After he had completed his studies in 1957 he participated in yet another contest: The Rio de Janeiro Contest for Pianists. Other participants were Augustin Anievas, Michael Vosskrensky, Nelson Freire and Arthur Moreira-Lima. Jenner won First Prize and the jury was unanimous in that vote. In those years Alexander Jenner not only played the classics but also performed music which was not considered standard repertory at the time. He probably was the first Austrian pianist to perform Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Concerto in F, Khatchaturian's Piano concerto (which he performed also with the composer conducting) and he gave the first perfomance of Strawinsky's 'Petrouchka for Piano Solo'. As early as 1951 he gave the first performance of the 12 tone compositions of Hanns Jelinek. Lateron he turned more and more to the classics from the romantic period: Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert, Schumann and Grieg, in solo recitals and as a soloist with the leading orchestras of Europe: Vienna Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Staatskapelle Dresden. He travelled to Poland, the Czech Republik, Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Italy. He performed in Brasil and Japan and gave concerts with Claudio Abbado, Zubin Mehta, Christoph von Dohnányi, Wolfgang Swallisch, Vaclav Neumann, Mariss Jansons, Karanchevsky, and in his early years with legends like Ernest Ansermet, Josef Krips, Volkmar Andreae, Paul Kletzki, Rudolf Kempe and Hans Swarowsky. In 1969 Alexander Jenner became a professor at the "Wiener Musikhochschule" he conducted masterclasses and gave courses in Austria, Japan, Germany, USA, Taiwan, Spain and Latin America. He also is a valuable jurymember at international piano competitions and judicated at various competitions: Beethoven (Vienna), Tchaikovsky (Moscow), Chopin (Warsaw), Busoni (Bolsano), Schubert (Dortmund) and Schumann (Zwickau), and the Hamamatsu Competiton and other contests organized in Munich, Tokyo, Cologne, Petria, Sydney and Nagoya. Upcoming invitations are to this year's Enesco Competition in Bucharest and in 2002 he will be a member of the jury of the Rachmaninoff Competition in Moscow. Alexander Jenner has been honored with many national and international orders of merit. Biography after R.A.Bruil, July 2001

1948: Edmund Eysler, Austrian Composer A $58.00

  

1971: Multiple signed Opera Programm: Bo $52.00

  

1923: b / w Postcard depicting Carl Michae $120.00

  

Pianist AlexanderJenner. Authentic Autog $64.00
Rudolf Buchbinder was born in 1946 and was admitted to the Master Class of the famous Viennese piano teacher Bruno Seidlhofer at the age of eleven. On completing his studies, he began a concert career as a chamber musician and only later as a soloist. He currently performs in the major cities of Europe, the United States, South America, Australia and Japan, not only as a guest artist at many important festivals but also as a soloist with great orchestras and conductors. Buchbinder's repertoire is extensive and includes numerous 20th century compositions. He has devoted himself not only to the classic and romantic literature but he has also recorded rarely performed works such as the collection of "Diabelli" variations, one each, composed by 50 leading Austrian composers in response to a competition held in 1819 by the publisher Diabelli. He has also performed the complete Beethoven sonatas as a cycle in over 30 cities including Munich, Vienna, Hamburg, Zurich and Buenos Aires. Authentic autograph on a program for a concert he gave in Wien. 6” x 8 “, fine condition.  4” x 6 “ private b/w photo ( copyright by Erich Lehner Wien ) depicting the conductor Walter Weller. Autograph with edication ( Herrn Christian Persy zur freundlichen Erinnerung! Herzlichst Walter Weller ). Weller started with violin classes when he was 6. With 22 ( for more than 11 years ) he became Konzertmeister of the Wiener Philharmoniker. Simultanoulsly he was Primarius of the Weller Quartett, which performed many concerts in Europe, Asia und North Amerika. Wellers Mozart recordings gained the famous "Mozart Interpretationspreis", the US Grammy Award and the Grand Prix du Disque. He has been studying with Prof. Joseph Krips, debut 1969. Between 1971/72: Generalmusikdirektor in Duisburg, 1975 -78 Chefdirigent with the NOe. Tonkünstlerorchester 1977- 80 conductor with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra……….. He worked with the famous New York Philharmonic Orchestra and many more.  “Tenore Luigi Ottolini Osaka in <Iris> Teatro Regio .- Torino. Original, clear autograph. Fine condition.  Vintage photo of a portrait of the famous composer Franz Liszt, artist signed C. Kraft. Franz Liszt has emerged as one of the most awe-inspiring figures in all of music history. Regarded as the greatest pianist of all time, who outplayed such greats as Chopin and Thalberg, his genius extended far beyond the piano to push musical composition and performance well beyond its 19th Century limits. Postcard size. Mint, fine condition Fine condition.

Pianist Rudolf Buchbinder. Authentic Aut $35.00

  

Conductor Walter weller: Authentic Autog $65.00

  

The Tenor Luigi Ottolini. Autograph with $25.00

  

Vintage photo of a portrait of the famou $12.00
Jose Carreras autograph  Ca 1860: Attractive albumen photo showing the Composer Daniel François Esprit Auber. Scarce carte de visite in fine condition.   

Jose Carreras Autograph. COA included $42.00

  

ca. 1860: The famous composer Aubert on $140.00

   


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