Autographs - Other

• Perron, Carl (1858-1928)
  AMQ, album leaf, Breslau, 1894. The German bass-baritone, who premiered roles in Strauss' Salome, Elektra, and Der Rosenkavalier, writes two bars on treble clef and signs beneath.
  AMQ-08277 $20Inquire
• Perry, Julia (1924-1979)
  SIG of the African-American composer. Bold, with big Greetings on MacDowell Colony letterhead, n/d except for Feb. 1st - March 1st. Scarce.
  SIG-09029 $40Inquire
• Petri, Egon (1881-1962)
  AMQ, 1 p., Omaha, 1940. The Dutch-born pianist boldly writes three bars of Bach's Chaconne in D minor on a small sheet and signs with sentiments and an address beneath. Paper clip residue at right (not affecting). Attractive example.
  AMQ-08280 $45Inquire
• Pfitzner, Hans (1869-1949)
  SIG of the German composer on a small card. n/d.
  SIG-00874 $110Inquire
• Pfitzner, Hans (1869-1949)
  SIG of the German composer on a pastel green card. n/d. A good example.
  SIG-09017 $70Inquire
• Piastro, Mishel (1891-1970)
  SIG of the longtime New York Philharmonic concertmaster under Toscanini. On a typed contract extension with Longines-Wittnauer Watch Co., dated 1969.
  SIG-14536 $25Inquire
• Piatigorsky, Gregor (1903-1976)
  SIG of the famed cellist on back flap of envelope, which is addressed by him to violinist Boris Koutzen. Stamped and docked 1964.
  SIG-15701 $40Inquire
• Piatti, Alfredo (1822-1901)
  SIG of the Italian cellist. In pencil. Browned and unevenly clipped from a birthday book (c. 1.5" h x 3.5" w). Written under the date of his birth (January 8).
  SIG-14535 $15Inquire
• Piston, Walter (1894-1976)
  AMQ, 1 p., 1968. Piston offers three bars from his ballet The Incredible Flutist, signing with sentiments beneath. A desirable little page; Piston's writing is as neat as a pin. Minor residue from former mounting on verso.
  AMQ-15744 $85Inquire
• Pons, Lily (1898-1976)
  SIG of the famed French-American soprano, known for her expert coloratura and decades-long association with the Metropolitan Opera. On small card, n/d.
  SIG-00734 $25Inquire
• Popper, David (1843-1913)
  SIG of the Czech cellist and composer with an astounding career. On a small clip of paper with professionally repaired tear (not affecting, but close), n/d. Uncommon.
  SIG-09218 $150Inquire
• Pouishnoff, Leff (1891-1959)
  SIG of the Ukrainian-born pianist and composer. On a small folded sheet, n/d.
  SIG-00839 $10Inquire
• Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)
  SIG of the one & only Italian opera composer. On, postcard, n/d. Faint but unmistakable signature G Puccini, under image of children on a beach.
  SIG-12724 $200Inquire
• Rabaud, Henri (1873-1949)
  AMQ, small card, n/d. Four bars from the French composer's popular opera Mârouf. A few light stains, not affecting.
  AMQ-01623 $125Inquire
• Rabaud, Henri (1873-1949)
  SIG of the French composer on the title page of the piano/vocal score for his opera La Fille de Roland, 1904. Attractively inscribed to Marguerite Carré, the soprano who sang in the opera's premiere two months prior. Includes disbound title page and first four pages (score not present).
  SIG-05798 $75Inquire
• Raisa, Rosa (1893-1963)
  SIG of the acclaimed dramatic soprano who premiered the title role of Puccini's Turandot. Small album leaf, London, 1914 (signed the same year she sang Aida with Caruso at Covent Garden). On the verso, signature of Giulio Crimi, who himself premiered roles in Puccini's Il tabarro and Gianni Schicchi. With sentiment in Italian, 1914.
  SIG-00737 $25Inquire
• Randegger, Alberto (1832-1911)
  AMQ, 1 p., n/d. Three bars on his stationary from the London-based Italian composer's song "Only for one". With inscription.
  AMQ-08319 $75Inquire
• Rawsthorne, Alan (1905-1971)
  SIG of the British composer on a small card. Dated 1948 in different ink, but still appears to be Rawsthorne's hand.
  SIG-00875 $25Inquire
• Reeves, Sims (1821-1900)
  SIG of the leading British tenor of the mid-Victorian era. On a small sheet, with sentiment and a reproduction photograph laid down at top. 1888.
  SIG-09314 $15Inquire
• Reeves, Sims (1821-1900)
  ALS, 2 pp., n/d. The English vocalist invites the Irish opera composer Michael Balfe for a visit. On personal embossed letterhead.
  ALS-16160 $50Inquire
• Reeves, Sims (1821-1900)
  ALS, 1 p., 1849. A brief note of apology from the English tenor for failing to respond to a letter. Quite small (4.25" h x 3.5" w) and laid down on a larger sheet.
  ALS-15965 $25Inquire
• Richardson, Clive (1909-1998)
  AMQ, small card, n/d. The English composer of light music pens and signs three bars from his London Fantasia. A little smudging (likely original).
  AMQ-15976 $20Inquire
• Richter, Hans (1843-1916)
  SIG of the eminent German conductor on a small sheet with sentiments in German. Trimmed close at top.
  SIG-15942 $40Inquire
• Rieti, Vittorio (1898-1994)
  AMQ, trimmed music paper (6" h x 8" w), n/d. The Italian-American composer pens four bars for piano from his Triple Concerto for Violin, Viola, and Piano (1971) and signs beneath.
  AMQ-15967 $100Inquire
• Rosenthal, Moriz (1862-1946)
  SIG of the Polish-American pianist. Clipped from letter on lined paper, 1898.
  SIG-15662 $20Inquire
• Rothier, Léon (1874-1951)
  SIG of the French bass-baritone who enjoyed a thirty-year career at the Metropolitan Opera. Small album leaf, n/d.
  SIG-00742 $20Inquire
• Rubinstein, Arthur (1887-1982)
  SIG of the Polish-American pianist with sentiments. On the verso of a trimmed sheet music wrapper, 1936. A large and bold example.
  SIG-00845 $80Inquire
• Rubinstein, Arthur (1887-1982)
  PGM booklet, Mexico, 1941. The celebrated pianist signs on the cover near his portrait with brief sentiments in Spanish.
  PGM-15974 $100Inquire
• Ryan, Charlotte (1892-1956)
  SIG of the American soprano, who sang comprimario roles at the Metropolitan Opera from 1922 to 1932. On small album leaf, 1924.
  SIG-09090 $10Inquire
• Sargent, Malcolm (1895-1967)
  TLS, small card, 1950. The British choral conductor thanks pianist Katharine Goodson for her compliments.
  ALS-10462 $25Inquire
• Sauer, Emil von (1862-1942)
  SIG of the German pianist-composer on a large card. 1922. Lower left corner missing and small chip at top (neither affecting).
  SIG-08974 $40Inquire
• Sauer, Emil von (1862-1942)
  SIG of the eminent German pianist-pedagogue and foremost Liszt pupil. On a small green card. 1935.
  SIG-00846 $35Inquire
• Schillings, Max Von (1868-1933)
  SIG of the German conductor on an album leaf. 1924.
  SIG-00892 $20Inquire
• Schillings, Max Von (1868-1933)
  AMQ, 1 p., 1918. Four bars from the German composer-conductor's opera Mona Lisa. Mounting residue on verso.
  AMQ-01581 $75Inquire
• Schmitt, Florent (1870-1958)
  ALS, postcard (sepia chateau image, with stamp), docked 1937. A short note in French to Polish baritone Doda Conrad. Somewhat creased.
  ALS-01377 $100Inquire
• Schoeck, Othmar (1886-1957)
  SIG of the Swiss composer on a small card. n/d. A particularly nice example.
  SIG-09033 $20Inquire
• Scholz, Bernhard (1835-1916)
  AMQ, 1 p., 1893. Eleven bars from Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24, K. 491, with sentiments from the German conductor-composer. Browned, small chip on lower corner.
  AMQ-08201 $50Inquire
• Schulhof, Otto (1889-1958)
  SIG of the Austrian pianist-composer. Small card, 1930.
  SIG-15671 $15Inquire
• Schulhoff, Julius (1825-1898)
  AMQ, large sheet (10.5" h x 15.5" w), Vienna, 1852. The Bohemian composer and pianist, who was encouraged by Chopin, writes and signs five unidentified bars for piano entitled Allegretto. With creases from former folding, but a nice example.
  AMQ-15956 $70Inquire
• Schuman, William (1910-1992)
  TLS, 1 p., 1955. The composer and Juilliard president informs bass singer Doda Conrad that there are no available teaching positions at the school. On Juilliard letterhead.
  ALS-05472 $50Inquire
• Schumann-Heink, Ernestine (1861-1936)
  SIG of the operatic contralto, over which she has written "Erda", one of her Wagnerian roles. Album leaf, dated by her 1898-1926. With an unidentified signature on verso.
  SIG-15644 $25Inquire
• Scott, Cyril (1879-1970)
  SIG of the English composer on a small card. n/d. A good example.
  SIG-00879 $25Inquire
• Seidl, Anton (1850-1898)
  EPH, handwritten telegram in an unknown hand, New York, 1897. A message dictated by the great Wagnerian conductor to arrange a quartet rehearsal. Probably refers to the Kneisel Quartet and Franz Kneisel. Unsigned and laid down on larger sheet.
  EPH-15963 $20Inquire
• Seidl-Kraus, Auguste (1854-1839)
  AMQ, album leaf, n/d. The Wagnerian soprano and wife of conductor Anton Seidl boldly signs and pens two four-bar quotations from Tannhäuser and Die Walküre with sentiments in German. Unidentified AMQ on verso, dated 1891.
  AMQ-15970 $50Inquire
• Sembach, Johannes (1881-1944)
  SIG of the German Wagnerian tenor, above which he has written Souvenir of "Parisfal". Covent Garden, 1914. A handsome example on a large album leaf with deckled edges.
  SIG-15675 $30Inquire
• Sembrich, Marcella (1858-1935)
  SIG of the Polish soprano who figured prominently in the inaugural season of the Metropolitan Opera. She would perform there 466 times, most notably under the baton of Gustav Mahler and alongside Enrico Caruso. On small sheet with sentiments in French, Breslau, 1887. An early example in fine condition.
  SIG-16125 $40Inquire
• Sgambati, Giovanni (1841-1914)
  AMQ, small sheet of music paper (5.5" w x 2" h, with charmingly small staves), 1891. The first two measures of the Vecchio Minuetto from Sgambati's op. 18, signed by him in London. Sgambati received Liszt's support in his early career.
  AMQ-16134 $100Inquire
• Shakespeare, William (1849-1931)
  ALS, 1 p., 1877. The English tenor writes to Leeds Festival choral director James Broughton with hopes they can soon collaborate.
  ALS-16163 $20Inquire