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headed "Gavotte, from Suite in G, pub. by Novello", with a stave of music on 1 side card, no place, 31st May

saying that they had "arrived in Paris a week ago. We had a calm and very pleasant crossing, but a very long one... we took a roundabout course and called at the Port of Vego, in North West Spain... I should like to meet you here, and shall therefore be glad if you will let me know when you expect to be in Paris. They couldn't tell me at Koussevitsky's publishing-house, and I was only able to get your address. On board the boat, I made a clean copy of the first movement of the quartet. The others are getting on gradually, but in two weeks time, I shall have to interrupt the work, in order to go to Poland and Prague. I walk a good deal in the Bois de Boulogne and St. Cloud, and yesterday, I spent several hours at St. Germain. The sea-air was undoubtedly beneficial to me, here, I don't feel so well again...", 2 sides 8vo., 15 Boulevard Suchet, Paris 16, 8th March The recipient is Nikolai Karlovich MEDTNER (1880-1951, Russian Composer and Virtuoso Pianist). After a period of… Leer más

thanking him "for so kindly adding your book on the priory to my modest collection; I am delighted to have it. I don't know the original of the picture of the gateway - I have several which I should like to show you sometime..." with a postscript that he has "just found the enclosed... notes on production, you see I have used the old words...", 3 sides 4to., Severn House, 42 Netherhall Gardens, 22nd March In June 1911, as part of the celebrations surrounding the coronation of King George V, Elgar was appointed to the Order of Merit, an honour limited to twenty-four holders at any time. The following year, the Elgars moved back to London, to a large house in Netherhall Gardens, Hampstead, designed by Norman Shaw. There Elgar composed his last two large-scale works of the pre-war era, the choral ode, The Music Makers and the symphonic study Falstaff. Both were received politely but without enthusiasm. When World War I broke out, Elgar was horrified at the prospect of the… Leer más

saying that "We hope to see you for the Short Soloist's rehearsal for Schumann's Mignon Requiem - if you arrange it - on Tuesday next at 12 at my house...", 1 side 8vo., 1 Noreton Gardens, South Kensington, 5th June On 5th February 1852, Goldschmidt married the world-famous soprano Jenny LIND (1820-1887, the Swedish Nightingale) in Boston, Massachusetts. To please his wife, he converted to become Episcopalian. They had three children. From 1858, they lived in London where Otto became a professor in 1863 and later vocal director at the Royal Academy of Music. In 1863, Goldschmidt and William Sterndale Bennett compiled the 150. In 1876, he founded the Bach Choir, which he led until 1886. He several times conducted the famous Lower Rhine festivals at Düsseldorf.

sending their "warmest greetings from a most attractive spring season, where once again we have had the greatest success imaginable, Beethoven's Ninth and a splendid evening of Viennese music are now behind us but we've still got the Missa Solemnis and the Mozart Requiem...", 1 side postcard with autograph address and picture of Buenos Aires on the verso, postmarked Argentina, 21st September Frau Geissmar's husband Leopoldus was a lawyer in Mannheim, where he ran a well-known series of concerts. He owned a Stradivarius, which his daughter Berthe, 1892-1949, brought out under her arm when she and her mother escaped from the Nazis in the 1930s. See Berthe's 'The Baton and the Jackboot, Recollections of Musical Life', London, 1947 (published in New York as 'Two Worlds of Music'). Kleiber is widely considered to be one of the legendary conductors of the 20th century. He was director of the Berlin State Opera for 1903 to 1915 when he was forced by the Nazis to… Leer más

saying he has "much pleasure in doing as you desire...", 1 side 8vo., 7 Upper Seymour Street, Portman Square, 10th March

3½" x 2½", printed with his name and "Membre de l'Institut" and the address 66 Bould de Rochechouart, no date

consisting of a bar of music on an album leaf, 5" x 4", no place,

showing her in a skimpy costume made of white fur, for her performance of 'Santa Baby', 10" x 8", no place, no date, circa

showing him head and shoulders full face, under the quotation he has written "Wie einst, Lili Marleen", 6" x 4", Hamburg, Schutze was also a member of the NSDAP and of Joseph Goebbels' staff during World War II. He is best remembered for having written the melody of the World War II classic "Lili Marleen", originally a poem from the 1915 book Die kleine Hafenorgel by Hans Leip.

showing him head and shoulders, conducting, 6" x 4", no place, no date He was best known for his performances of the music of Mozart, Wagner and Richard Strauss.

To Ricki kind wishes", showing her three quarters length wearing a black and white flowery dress, in profile, seated, 10"x 4", no place, no date, slight creasing

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with the date, 7½" x 5½", no place Barker was conductor of the Halle Orchestra, 1934-1940, of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society, 1935-1940 of the BBC Radio Northern Orchestra (even when the orchestra was conducted by another, his name was also mentioned as 'leader' of the orchestra), founder/conductor for 4 years of his own orchestra in Bridlington and performed all over the world.

with the date, 4½" x 3½", no place, 9th March Ames died in 1933 after falling down the steps of Knightsbridge tube station and suffering a heart attack. He was married to the actress Mary Dibley.

showing her head and shoulders in profile, 14½" x 11", in frame 21" x 16", no place, Juliet Pannett FRSA exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, and various local galleries in England,America and Hong Kong. She has 21 portraits in the National Portrait Gallery collection and a number in the House of Commons. Among her portraits, many for official bodies, are ones of the Queen and other members of the Royal Family, Sir Winston Churchill, Douglas Bader, David Cecil and C.S. Lewis. She has broadcast on art on television in Britain andAmerica and worked as Special Artist for the London Illustrated News between 1957 and 1964. Her portraits are done from life and have that spontaneity often lost in more finished works by any artist. An exhibition of her work, under the title Juliet Pannett: Chronicler of her Times was on display from 8 December 2004 to 12 June 2005 at the National Portrait Gallery in… Leer más

To Juliet from Satchmo, Louise Armstrong", showing him seated at a dressing table having a manicure, he is looking back over his shoulder at the camera and the woman doing his nails is laughing at the camera, 6" x 5½" in frame 8½" x 8½", the portrait 16½" x 12" in frame 26" x 22", no place, no date Juliet Pannett FRSA exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, and various local galleries in England,America and Hong Kong. She has 21 portraits in the National Portrait Gallery collection and a number in the House of Commons. Among her portraits, many for official bodies, are ones of the Queen and other members of the Royal Family, Sir Winston Churchill, Douglas Bader, David Cecil and C.S. Lewis. She has broadcast on art on television in Britain andAmerica and worked as Special Artist for the London Illustrated News between 1957 and 1964. Her portraits are done… Leer más

(her third marriage in 1899 to Baron Cederström, who died in 1947), and dated, inscribed "To my darling Clara In affectionate remembrance", showing her head and shoulders, wearing a low cut dress, and a choker, 5½" x 4", no place,

showing her half length in costume, 4¼" x 2½", no place, no date, mounted with a gilt fillet and a signature with inscription "Yours truly", 3½" x 2", laid down together She was a leading opera and oratorio soprano. She made her career chiefly in London during the 1860s and 1870s, but her sequence of musical triumphs in the British capital was terminated by cancer. Her signature is rare due to her early death.