Search Results: Authors starting with R from Schubertiade

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Signed photograph with autograph musical quotation from Herman E. Schultz, composer of ragtime piano pieces and popular songs. He is shown seated at a desk surrounded by piles of music, and has inscribed and signed on the mount, adding a small drawing of a landscape at the left and an autograph musical quotation of the song lyric "I hear you calling me" at the foot. Photograph with several large tears; overall fair. 12 x 10 inches (30.5 x 25.4 cm).

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Signed photograph of the German-born actress, known as the first actor to win more than one Academy Award (for The Great Ziegfeld and The Good Earth in 1936 and 1937). She is shown in an attractive portrait and has signed and inscribed at the lower right to Paul McMahon. Overall very fine. 8 x 10 inches (20.5 x 25.5 cm).From the collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon's stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy's Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications. 

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. An elegant AMQS from the important French composer, penned on his monogrammed stationery. Ravel has written 5 bars from his third waltz of Les Valses nobles et sentimentales, notated on a hand-drawn stave. Addressed to a Madame Catherine Parker in Chicago, with her name and address typewritten above the quotation, and dated 27 January 1924. 1 page, 4to, personal stationery; separations at folds repaired verso with cello tape, vertical fold touching holograph date with some loss, faint uneven toning. Together with a reproduction portrait photograph.The piano version of Ravel's Valses nobles et sentimentales was published in 1911, and an orchestral version was published in 1912. The title was chosen in hommage to Franz Schubert, who had released collections of waltzes in 1823 entitled Valses nobles and Valses sentimentales. The piano edition is published with a quotation of Henri de Régnier: "…le plaisir délicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile" (the… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. 1947 single sheet handbill advertising the "Festival Ravel" at the Salle Gaveau on the 10th anniversary of the composer's death (and done "for the benefit of the Conservatory canteen!) and featuring an extraordinary lineup of performers. 5.25 x 8.15 inches (13 x 20 cm) and with a typed program on the verso for a "Classe de Perfectionnement" by Marguerite Long.

Lausanne, Switzerland: Éditions du Cervin, 1953. First. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Collection of ten transcribed conversations between the Lithuanian-born French pianist and the French violinist about Ravel's piano music.  Octavo.  Original wrappers.  80 pp.  Half title inscribed, "En souvenir d'Hélène Jourdan-Morhange"; Perlemuter did not sign.  Uncut copy with pages unopened.  Wrappers wrapped in onionskin paper.  8.75 x 6 inches (22 x 15.3 cm).  Browned and very brittle; front endpaper partly detached and slightly torn to head; else in very good condition.Perlemuter, who moved to Paris with his parents at the age of three, studied Ravel's complete works for piano under the composer's tutelage in the 1920s and became one of Ravel's most authoritative champions.  Jourdan-Morhange belonged to Ravel's circle of friends and was the dedicatee of the composer's Second Violin Sonata (1927), which she was no longer able to play due to arthritis.  Earlier, she had participated in the first… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Rare autograph musical quotation on an album page, two measures, the instantly recognizable tune from Boléro, signed "Maurice Ravel" and dated 17/1/32 and signed additionally beneath on the same date by the important pianist so closely associated with the composer, Marguerite Long.  In fine condition, also signed on the verso by the pianist Alexander Borovsky. 5.2 x 7.5 inches [13 x 19 cm]. The premiere of the G major Concerto by Ravel, conducted by the composer and featuring the pianist Marguerite Long, had taken place just three days prior, on January 14, 1932 at the Salle Pleyel, after which the two musicians had immediately embarked together on a European tour that would last until April. At the premiere, in a program largely repeated on the tour, the Concerto had appeared in a program of Ravel works exclusively, including Pavane pour une infante défunte and Boléro. Long herself reported that Ravel grew so tired of Boléro that when she would hum the… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Signed page with half-tone portrait of the Italian composer, possibly cut from a book or program, mounted and matted.  Inscription in Italian to Argentine pianist and composer to foot of page, "per la Signorina / Maria Isabel Curubeto Godoy / Ottorino Respighi / Buenos Aires Settembre 1929." 10 x 8.25 inches (22.5 x 26.5 cm).  Worn, frayed to right edge and cropped to foot (prior to mounting?); horizontal cut through left half of lower margin; else in good condition.Respighi repeatedly traveled to the Americas, both North and South. "María Isabel Curubeto Godoy (San Juan de la Frontera, 1896 - Buenos Aires, August 25, 1959) was an Argentine pianist and composer.  Born to musician parents as a child she displayed exceptional gifts before Puccini, who recommended her in writing, obtaining for her a scholarship from the national government to study in Milan.  She took advantage of her stay in Europe to study piano in Vienna with Leschetizky, and in Rome with… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Signed slip of paper in the hand of the Austro-Hungarian conductor with signature, date ("Halifax 8.9. Febr. 1901") and musical notation (quotations from Richard Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, and Carl Maria von Weber, Der Freischütz).  With an amusing cutting from a book or magazine depicting Hans Richter in Birmingham surrounded by police in 1909, with facsimile statement "Not arrested, just protected (against autograph [seekers?])". Oblong format, 1.75 x 6.75 inches (4.5 x 17 cm). In fine condition.Richter was a close associate of Wagner from his early twenties and conducted the first complete Ring in 1876.  In his later years, England became a center of his activities; he was the principal conductor of the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival from 1885 to 1909 and held permanent appointments with the Hallé Orchestra (1899–1911) and the London Symphony Orchestra (1904–1911).  Despite his association with Wagner, he championed and performed a wide… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Four publications of works (in German) by the Austrian poet, from the popular Insel-Bücherei series by Insel-Verlag, Leipzig (after 1945 also Frankfurt). All 7.25 x 4.5 inches (18.4 x 12.2 cm), hard cover. From the collection of American composer George Perle.1. Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke. Insel-Bücherei No. 1. 32 pp. No date, but "401st-500th thousand" and the cover art identify the copy as belonging to the 1934 edition in "Maximilian-Gotisch" font (a Fraktur font). Signature, "Dorothea Hegum [?]", to front endpaper. Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Christoph Rilke (known in English as The Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke), written in 1899 and first published in 1904, is a fascinating work blurring the boundary between prose and poetry. After its inclusion in the new Insel-Bücherei series in 1912 (as the first volume of the series), it became Rilke's greatest commercial success in his lifetime. Slightly browned. In very good… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. A very attractive signed portrait of the American actress and dancer best known for creating the role of Anita in West Side Story in 1957.  Inscribed to Paul McMahon and with a small drawing of a flower.  8 x 10 inches (25.3 x 20.6 cm).  In fine condition. From the collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon's stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy's Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications.

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. 1953 Othello Records (2) ‎– L-101  "Subscriber's Edition," numbered 4782 and signed in ballpoint on the verso of the pictorial album cover. Album clean and bright with light edge wear. Vinyl with some visible scratches, untested. 

New York: Henry Holt and Co,, 1957. First Edition. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Hardcover, boldly signed "To Paul / Sincerely / Richard Rodgers" to the title page by the the important American composer and lyricist of more than 900 songs and 40 Broadway musicals including (with Lorenz Hart) Pal Joey, Jumbo and Babes in Arms. With Oscar Hammerstein, he would contribute to such classics as South Pacific, The King and I and Oklahoma!.  8vo. 364pp + index, illustrated. Small tears and losses to dj, else fine. From the collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon's stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy's Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications.

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. An attractive signed promotional poster from the great songwriter, featuring the titles of his most beloved musicals around a portrait of him and the advertising text "The Songs of Richard Rodgers in stock here." Rodgers has signed and inscribed to the left of his image to the editor of Cashbox magazine, Marty Ostrow (d. 2010). 22 x 28 inches.

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Oversize deluxe souvenir program from an early touring production of the classic musical Oklahoma!, signed beside their respective printed portraits by the composer, the choreographer, and company member Edith Gresham (Aunt Eller).  16 pp.  Light foxing to cover, overall in fine condition.  9 x 12 inches (22.9 x 30.5 cm.).Based on the 1931 Lynn Riggs play Green Grow the Lilacs, Oklahoma! was the first musical written by the duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein and a massive success for them from the moment it opened on Broadway in March of 1943, running for an unprecedented 2,212 performances.  The first fully-integrated musical, a production where all of the music, dance, and dialogue worked together to tell one story with serious dramatic themes, Rodgers and Hammerstein won a special Pulitzer Prize for Oklahoma! in 1944.From the collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Original Harris & Ewing gelatin silver portrait of a seated Franklin Roosevelt, inscribed below the image "For Ethel Merman from Franklin Roosevelt." 8 1/4 x 10 inches (21 x 26 cm). The photographer's raised stamp lower left, light silvering, in fine condition overall.  Originally acquired at the auction "Property from the Estate of Ethel Merman," sold Christie's East, 10 October 1984, lot 86.The American actress and singer known for her distinctive, powerful voice and leading roles in musical theatre campaigned for Roosevelt's reelection in 1944. Joining such stars as Frank Sinatra and Moss Hart, she sang in radio broadcasts and promoted the Democrat, already serving an unprecedented third term as President of the US, who was seeking a fourth.  The present photograph was likely signed around this time and is a wonderful association between President Franklin Roosevelt and the Broadway legend.

New York: Rizzoli, 1994. First. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Oblong folio. 12.5 x 15.25 inches.  Signed "best regards" by Rosenquist, and "With best wishes" by Castelli, each on the half-title and additionally dated by both. Unpaginated. Minor bumping to edges, faint scattered soiling, overall fine. Catalogue marking the 30th anniversary of pop artist James Rosenquist's representation at the Leo Castelli Gallery, with 8 four-color three-panel foldouts and numerous b&w illustrations, with reviews and essays that appeared in conjunction with the original Rosenquist exhibitions by Leo Castelli, the New York art dealer who played an extraordinary role in shaping contemporary American art and fostering international acceptance of painters like Rosenquist, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein and Frank Stella.

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Dramatic photograph of the legendary cellist leading a National Symphony Orchestra performance.  Rostropovich, who served as Music Director with the ensemble for seventeen years, has signed in white and dated 1979.  In very fine condition.  10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3cm.).

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Screenprint on paper. Signed, numbered, and dated in pencil along lower edge, with publisher's stamp. P.P. 5/5 (aside from an edition of 72). Published by Charles Cardinale, Fine Art Creations.  32-5/8 x 34-3/4 inches (82.9 x 88.3 cm).  Framed 34 x 36 inches (86.3 x 91.5.). Floated and framed under acrylic. A few scattered heavy creases to the margins, but otherwise no apparent condition issues. In 1970s New York, Susan Rothenberg's raw, spare paintings of horses helped resurrect figurative painting after years of Minimalist and Conceptualist dominance. The artist, whose subject matter expanded to heads, hands, bones, dogs, and dancers, was known for her muddied colors, intuitive process, and thick, gestural brushwork. Her canvases suggested the influence of Alberto Giacometti, Philip Guston, and the severe simplicity of ancient cave paintings. Rothenberg has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the Los Angeles County… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Elusive signed Auguste Bert of Paris postcard photograph of the celebrated Russian ballerina and actress in her most celebrated role, as Saint Sebastien in "The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastien" at the Chatelet Theatre, Paris (1911). Signed in purple ink with her name alone and dated 1919. 9 x 13.8 cm, from the collection of Auguste Dubeux (1894-1979), his notation on the verso, and in very fine condition. Signed photographs of Rubinstein are very rare. This is only the second we have ever offered and a particularly fine example."The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian" is a five-act musical play by Claude Debussy in collaboration with Gabriele d'Annunzio. It was written in 1911 and was designed as a vehicle for Ida Rubinstein. Leon Bakst designed the sets and costumes and Michel Fokine did the choreography. The work was not successful when first presented on May 22nd, 1911 at the Théatre du Chatelet in Paris, conducted by Caplet and it was attended by scandal, with the the… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Original photograph with a montage of portrait shots of the Polish-American pianist, who has signed and inscribed to the Czech photographer on the verso, "Monsieur de Grab / You are a very talented photographer! I hope your book will be published soon / Arthur Rubinstein".  Together with a signed check from Rubinstein to de Grab, in the amount of $1.00, dated July 11th, 1965.  From the personal collection of the Czech photographer,  known especially for his many fine portraits of performing artists.