Search Results: Authors starting with S from Schubertiade

Paris: Musee des arts de la mode, 1986. First Edition. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Hardcover, grey cloth. 221 pp. Half title inscribed and signed on New Year's Eve with a striking original drawing in the hand of the French fashion designer regarded as one of the greatest names in fashion history. The drawing in pencil, inscribed in ink to a former YSL model and friend Kris Lovimaskaia, "Pour Kriss / Son Ami / Yves / Paris / Le 31 Decembre, 1986."  DJ with tears around the edges, repaired with tape and partly affixed to boards along lower edges, else fine throughout.The drawing is from the year after Caroline Rennolds Milbank wrote, "The most consistently celebrated and influential designer of the past twenty-five years, Yves Saint Laurent can be credited with both spurring the couture's rise from its sixties ashes and with finally rendering ready-to-wear reputable."

London: Pubd...S Fores No 3 Piccadilly, Octr 12 1789. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Hand-coloured engraved print depicting the Chevalier d'Éon and the Chevalier de Saint-Georges engaged in fisticuffs with the Prince of Wales and George Hanger, respectively.  A line of text below the lower caption advertises "the completest Collection of Caricatures Etc. in the Kingdom" at Fores's Museum.  The present print was removed from an album leaf at some point in the past, and shows typical mild signs of wear associated with such a process.  Light central fold and mild creasing, else in fine condition.  14.25 x 10.5 inches (36.2 x 26.5 cm.).The print relates to a series of celebrity combats arranged by society fencing master Domenico Angelo for the Prince of Wales in the 1780s.  Several other images record the fencing match between the two Chevaliers, with d'Éon in female dress.  Here, it is depicted as a boxing scene (two couples): the Prince of Wales and Hanger are worsted by d'Eon and Joseph de… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Charming oil painting of a white cherry tree in bloom in the Normandy countryside, apparently painted and signed by the French composer.  While the composer is known to have made artworks of various kinds, we have never previously offered a painting by him and indeed, we find the signature in paint is unlike his usual penmanship. This is not so unusual, and a number of other works in this same style have appeared over the years at French auction houses, all likewise attributed to the composer of this name. That said, please note that the work is sold as "attributed to." In very fine condition.  11 x 9 inches, framed to 13 x 11 (33 x 27.9 cm.)."Camille Saint-Saëns went down in history primarily as a composer, pianist, teacher and conductor. However, the talent of this truly universally gifted personality is far from exhausted. Saint-Saëns was the author of books on philosophy, literature, painting, theater, composed poems and plays wrote critical essays and painted… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Framed poster from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, July 10 - August 22, 1988, featuring a colorful print of O'Keeffe's Plums, and signed by Edgar Meyer, Ursula Oppens, Timothy Eddy, John O'Connor, Barbara Westphal, James Buswell and many others. Some water staining around the edges. Framed to 28 x 22 inches (71 x 56 cm); inside measure 27.25 x 21.25 inches (69 x 54 cm). NB: Extra DOMESTIC shipping fees for this large item are included in the price. If buyer wishes to collect in person in NYC, price will be reduced by $100 (to $75).

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Signed half-length photographic portrait of the great Spanish violinist standing with his instrument and bow in his hands.  Signature in pen with autograph date "8-11-95."  In contemporary well worn black metal frame, behind glass.  6 x 4.25 inches (15 x 10.5 cm).  Photograph slightly foxed and faded; handwriting not affected and clear.

Paris: Bertauts, [1862]. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Lithograph caricature by the French journalist/photographer/caricaturist depicting Alphonse Sax, brother of Adolphe (Belgian inventor of the Saxophone), who had himself patented the saxaphomnitonique system of brass instruments and was an important instrument manufacturer. Depicted in costume as a young Sylphide, the image is from around the beginning of Sax's efforts to demonstrate not only that women were capable of playing brass instruments, but that it was in their interests — on moral, health and potentially even career grounds — to do so.  The caption beneath the illustration reads, translated from the French, "Alphonse Sax (Junior) metamorphoses into Sylphide to better convert the fairer sex to the holy principles of morality and brass instruments!"  Light staining and foxing around the edges, overall in fine condition.  11.5 x 16.5 inches (29 x 42 cm.).

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Signed O.K. Vogelsang photograph of the Austrian/American pianist whose Schubert and Beethoven recordings are beyond compare. Schnabel is pictured with his gaze directed at the viewer, musical score and cigar in hand, and has inscribed to Harry Friedgut (1901-1975), managing director of the New York City Center of Music and Drama. Light spotting, small loss to upper right margin, overall fine. 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm). Good signed photographs of Schnabel are elusive. His teacher, Theodor Leschetizky, once told him: "You will never be a pianist. You are a musician."

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Very rare AMQS, penned on the violinist's printed letterhead, in blue ink, titled "Columbine" and marked "fließende [flowing] [quarter note] (ca 126)," the opening five measures of the violin part, signed and inscribed "Rudolf Kolisch" and dated "June 15, 1971."  10.5 x 7 inches, 27 x 19 cm. In very fine condition.Dreimal sieben Gedichte aus Albert Girauds "Pierrot lunaire" ("Three times Seven Poems from Albert Giraud's 'Pierrot lunaire'"), commonly known simply as Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21 ("Moonstruck Pierrot" or "Pierrot in the Moonlight"), is a melodrama by Arnold Schoenberg, a setting of 21 selected poems from Albert Giraud's cycle of the same name as translated into German by Otto Erich Hartleben. The work is written for reciter (voice-type unspecified in the score, but traditionally performed by a soprano) who delivers the poems in the Sprechstimme style accompanied by a small instrumental ensemble. Though the music is atonal, it does not employ Schoenberg's… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. ALS of the Austrian composer to the violinist Josef Kriegler, then at the Grand Hotel in Kitzbühel, Austria.  1 p.  Card (verso blank).  Berlin, February 20, 1933; sender's address hand stamped.  With envelope; address typed.  In full (translated from the German):  "Dear Mr. Kriegler, I remember you very well and am happy to hear that you are dedicating yourself to serious art.  I will have Dr. Webern, if he has time to listen to you, tell me what he thinks of you.  But please tell me yourself as well how it went.  Best regards, Arnold Schönberg." [P.S.]: Do you know that Görgi lives in Berlin? Berlin-Halensee, Schweidnitzer Straße 5."  Oblong format, 3.75 x 5.5 inches (9.4 x 14.2 cm).  Minimally creased/frayed at upper edge; in fine condition overall."Görgi" is how Schoenberg referred to his son from his first marriage, Georg Schönberg (1906–1974).  Not much is known about Josef Kriegler, though we were able to find some records of his chamber music… Read More

Wien - Leipzig: Universal Edition, 1920. First Edition in this form. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Oversize full score of the Austrian composer's most monumental work.  Large upright folio.  Wrappers present.  Lithographed after plates by F. M. Geidel, Leipzig (see note to final page).  [PN] U.E. 6300.  In German throughout.  Title with instrument list to verso, 3–189, [190] with printer's note pp.  From Mitropoulos's personal collection, with minor notations in pencil to 38 pages throughout, some likely in the hand of the Greek conductor but most in the hand of his protégé James Dixon.  19 x 14.25 inches (48 x 36.4 cm).  Wrappers heavily chipped and worn, with stains (coffee; to upper and also to title) and losses; few gatherings separating at spine with spine mostly lost; printed score mostly fine, apart from edge tears (e.g. to first and last ten leaves) and loss of lower right corner of pp. 25–26 (no loss to music). Rufer (E), pp. 78-79. GA B 16/1, p. 161. As a conductor,… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Five empty envelopes addressed to Heinrich Burkard (1888–1950), music director of the Donaueschingen music festival. Contents:From Arnold Schoenberg, Mödling; typed address, hand stamped sender's address to verso; postmarked July 1, 1924.  Envelope for condolence letters.  4.25 x 6.25 inches (11 x 16 cm).  Ink stains to verso.From Alban Berg, Vienna; autograph address, hand stamped sender's address to verso; postmarked February 7, 1927 (recipient postmark from Donaueschingen to verso).  4.25 x 5.75 inches (11 x 14.4 cm).  Slight loss to verso at opening.From Anton Webern, Mödling; autograph address, autograph sender's address to verso ("Dr. Anton Webern..."); postmarked Vienna, June 26, 1924[?].  4.25 x 6 inches (10.5 x 15.4 cm).  Edges creased.From Hans [sic] Eisler, Vienna; autograph address, hand stamped sender's address to verso; postmarked May 30, 1925.  3.5 x 5.5 inches (9.2 x 14  cm).  Creased.From Josef Hauer, Vienna; autograph address, hand… Read More

Berlin: Im Selbstverlag des Komponisten Auslieferung und Bühnenvertrieb Edition Benno Balan, Berlin-Charlottenburg 4, 1930. First Edition, second issue. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Oversize full score of the composer's first opera.  Large upright folio.  Wrappers present.  Lithograph of manuscript score.  [No PN].  [1] (title), [2] (list of characters, list of orchestral instruments, instructions for performance), [3]-164 pp. Facsimile of the fair copy, partially in Schoenberg's own hand (pp. 3-9, 18, 29, 34, 38, 46, 48-49, 57, 66, 72-73, 79, 89, 92, 102-164), partially in that of an unknown copyist. Typeset copyright notice to p. 3: "Copyright 1930 by Arnold Schönberg, Berlin." Facsimile note to lower right corner of final page of music: "beendet 3. VIII. 1929." Titling to upper wrapper identical to that of title but without imprint.  In German throughout.  From Mitropoulos's personal collection.  "Op. 32" has been written in pencil to cover beneath the title in an unknown hand. … Read More

Wien - Leipzig: Universal Edition, [August 31, 1920].. First Edition in this form. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Oversize full score of the Austrian composer's most monumental work, and signed by him. Large folio. Original publisher's brown boards with embossed lettering in gold. [1] (title), [2] (list of instruments), 3-189, [i] (blank) pp. With the autograph signature of the composer in black ink to foot of title and "No. 62," (in the sequence of signed copies) also in Schoenberg's hand. In very good condition, with joints loose, partial losses to spine, and some dampstaining to corners of boards. Originally from the collection of conductor Charles Gerhardt (1927-1999), with his ownership inscription to first free end page.First Edition in this form, limited to 100 copies. Rufer (Engl.) pp. 78-79. Ringer p. 311. Tetsuo Satoh pp. 37-38. Hilmar: Arnold Schoenberg Gedenkausstellung 1974, no. 229. "One hundred copies of the edition—probably the issue of August 31, 1920—are a special issue… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Octavo, 5.75 x 8.5 inches (21.5 x 14.4 cm). Unbound. 2 bifolia. [i] (program of "Arnold Schönberg-Abend"), [i] (catalogue: "Arnold Schönberg's Lieder in der Universal-Edition), [iii]-[v] (song texts), [vi] (announcement of "Statuarisches Konzert" on April 7, to be conducted by Franz Schreker), [vii] advertisement of Universal-Edition for Ferdinand R, Löns-Lieder), [viii] (calendar of Konzertbüro der Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft). Several manuscript annotations in pencil to song texts, in an unknown hand. Browned.The program includes performances of Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony, op. 9, and songs from opp. 3 and 6. Performers include pianists Ernst Bachrich (1892-1942; Holocaust victim) and Eduard Steuermann (1892-1964), violinist Josef Geringer (1892-1979), horn player (later bandleader) Silvester Schieder (1884-1955), and singers Hedy Iracema-Brügelmann (1881-1941) and Arthur Fleischer (1889-1948).The first page dates the "Arnold Schönberg-Abend" to Tuesday,… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Sammelband containing 8 pieces of printed music for piano 4 hands, including first editions of works by Schumann, Gade and Schulhoff and early editions by Schubert and Mendelssohn.  Of particular rarity and interest is the first edition arrangement of the Piano Quintet of Robert Schumann by his wife, the virtuoso pianist and composer Clara Schumann. In a letter to publisher Hermann Härtel (October 25, 2857), she writes: "I had mentioned to you once before that I wanted to simplify the arrangement of my husband's quintet. I have done so now and it cost me no little effort to do it without doing any harm to the composition. Happily, I believe that I have succeeded - I have played it myself with several people and nobody found it difficult. Would you like to have a look at it now or have some competent players play it for you, or would you rather wait until I myself come and then play it for you with somebody?" (Steegman, 173). Upright folio, bound volume measuring 13 x… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Signed program of a recital by the legendary German soprano, accompanied by the Australian pianist, in Birmingham on October 17, 1967.   Schwarzkopf signed in bright red felt-tip pen, Parsons in blue ink.  9 x 6.75 inches (23 x17 cm).  Some wear; Parsons's signature faded; else in very good condition.  From the collection of English orchestra manager John Charles.The program of the recital included songs in German and Russian from a wide variety of composers as well as an Italian aria by Handel.

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Stipple line engraving depicting Shakers engaged in their particular form of religious worship, ca. 1830, displayed in a worn but handsome period bird's eye maple frame.  Text below the image, partially covered by the frame, reads "Shakers near Lebanon, / State of New York."  Unexamined out of frame but evidently somewhat trimmed at margins and more significantly along the upper edge and mounted to rigid backing, scattered staining and light foxing, overall in good condition.  Framed to 18.5 x 14.25 inches (47 x 36.2 cm.).Several rows of Shakers, separated by gender, are shown performing a step dance in the meeting hall, with a female spectator seated in left foreground and African American men shown in the group. The short man at the head of the second row of Shakers is likely Brother David Rowley.  Cloaks and hats hang on pegs in the background.  The scene is known to depict the dance formation called the Square Order Shuffle in the 1824 Meetinghouse, Church… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Bookmark cross-stitched on needlepoint mesh made of perforated paper, with red border and blue text adapted from 1 Corinthians 13:7, "It [love] bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." Provenance: Likely Catherine Hall (Harvard Commune, 1813-1890, contained in a manuscript Shaker notebook ca. 1880); Raymond Adams (1898-1987, noted Thoreau scholar and collector, founder of the Thoreau Society); by descent. 5.25 x 1.2 inches. In fine condition. Similar cross-stitch bookmark examples are in the Allen-Mathews collection at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, KY, whose curator Aaron Genton notes that "These bookmarks were popular in the nineteenth century, especially during the Victorian era. This appears to be another way that the Shakers adopted practices that were also popular in the outside world. They were ways to produce mottos, sentiments, messages and feelings, and were often given as gifts."  Rare. The eight needlepoint… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Simple, fragile, beautiful: an original 19th century red stencil print with delicate filigree design, presumably for a package or display of cherries.  Provenance: Likely Catherine Hall (Harvard Commune, 1813-1890, contained in a manuscript Shaker notebook ca. 1880); Raymond Adams (1898-1987, noted Thoreau scholar and collector, founder of the Thoreau Society); by descent. 5.75 x 1.4 inches. Irregularly trimmed, slight toning along left edge, else fine. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Shaker food was the same as that of all American pioneers, but ultimately it rose above mere survival to enrich the rest of the country with seeds that they raised, packaged and sold; produce that they improved; the best fruit from trees that the communities developed. They were pioneers in developing the canning process to put up what they couldn't eat, and they turned their herbs into helpful medicines as well as dried them for the kitchen. In time, the Shakers became famous… Read More

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Vintage press photograph of the great Finnish composer at work. 5 x 7 inches (17.7 x 12.6 cm), some press clipping on verso, overall fine condition.