String Autographs & Memorabilia ($100 - $250)

Famous American violinist (1888-1953), who became later in his life teacher and composer.  Large photograph signed and inscribed by him with a short sentiment in Italian, dated in Lugano, 1913.  Photo is blind-stamped on the front by photographer Matzeme, Chicago, USA.  Size is 9.9 x 13.3 inches, creases over the lower-left corner, some dust stains on the bottom, still in very good condition.

Famous American violinist (1888-1953), who became later in his life teacher and composer. Gorgeous black and white photograph signed by him, shown in performance. Size is 10 x 8 inches, in excellent condition.

British cellist (1871-1963), composer, and music professor. Autograph music quote signed by him on a small album page with 3 bars from "In An Old-Fashioned Town" -one of his songs (1914).  Size is 5.7 x 3.5 inches, cut corners, in excellent condition.

Austrian violinist (1835-1899) and also the leader of the Halle Orchestra in Manchester, U.K. Autograph music quote signed and dated in London, 1882. Size is 7 x 4.4 inches, rust stains, otherwise in very good condition.

French violinist (1806-1888), conductor, composer, and collector. Set of two autograph letters in French (untranslated) signed by him, as follows: A. Le 17 Mars 72. To a journalist: “…Je vous serai fort obligé de vouloir bien dans votre compte rendu du Bal donné hier au soir au Ministère de l’Intérieur, mentionner mon nom comme Chef d’orchestre…”.  B. Jeudi. To Mr. Ritt, asking for theater seats. Each one's size is 5.3 x 8.2 inches, 1 written page, folds, creases, in overall very good condition. SOLD TOGETHER, NOT SOLD SEPARATELY.

French violinist (1787-1862), composer, and music teacher who invented a musical language called La Langue Musicale Universelle. Set of two autograph letters signed by the French violinist, as follows: A. Paris, May 28, 1847, to Mr. Mahérant, "Master of Requests and Deputy Director of Personnel and Military Operations": "... Allow me to beg you to grant me a moment's audience and you will oblige the one who has the honor to be with high consideration...". Size is 6.9 x 8.8 inches, folds, overall rust stains, in very good condition. B. March 19, 1849, to Mr. Monfrein: "... I still have recourse to your kindness to extricate me from a painful uncertainty relative to the journey to Orleans. On the 6th of March, M. [Alexandre-Eugène] de Chancourtois wrote to me to inform him of the prize that had been made with the musical societies that had called me. I replied to him at once, as he seemed to wish in his letter, and told him that the last of these companies was that of Le Mans, which had offered me 500 francs for... that... Hugot and for me. But I added that because of the circumstances and to smooth out any difficulties that might arise, we would be content with 400 francs...". Size is 5.2 x 8.1 inches, two written pages in one sheet (front and verso), folds, in very good condition. SOLD TOGETHER, NOT SOLD SEPARATELY.

Hungarian virtuoso violinist (1892-1973), who also distinguished himself as a strong advocate of new music. Autograph letter in French signed by him, dated 1961 (postal marks) to Jean-Pierre Fonda (a.k.a. Jean-Pierre Fournier, son of the cellist Pierre), at that time pupil of the pianist Géza Anda: “…Tu pourras à l’occasion dire à Géza qu’il existe encore un autre Brahms…” [referring to his recording].  Size is 5 x 7.9 inches, central fold, envelope included, otherwise in excellent condition.

French violinist (1846-1925), composer, and educator. Autograph letter signed by him, written in French (sold untranslated).  Size is 4.3 x 6.75 inches each page, 2 pages, folds, small amount of spotted rust, in very good condition.

Hungarian violinist (1892-1988). Album page signed by the violinist attached with a half-tone photograph of him from a newspaper or magazine.  Total size is 5.7 x 7.8 inches, in excellent condition.

British virtuoso violinist (1906-1992) and also conductor and educator. Fantastic black-and-white photograph signed by him, shown with his violin, dated by him in London, 1936.  Size is 3.25 x 5.4 inches, in very good condition.

Italian violinist (1832-1878), conductor, chapelmaster, and music critic. Autograph letter in Italian (untranslated) signed by him and dated 1877 addressed to his colleague Antonio Cagnoni (1828-1896) requesting him to forward some sacred works to be performed at an upcoming religious holiday. Open size is 10 x 8.3 inches, 4 written pages in one folded sheet, crack over the upper border, overall rust stains, otherwise in very good condition.

German violinist (b.1966) and Norwegian pianist (b.1970).  Informal larger size color photo signed by the two artists, sharing a hug after a performance.  Size is 8 x 11.6 inches, in excellent condition.

French violinist (1880-1953).  Signed card with 1 bar of music from an unknown piece, signed and dated by him in Buenos Aires, 1935.  Size is 5.3 x 3.5 inches, in very good condition.

Belgian violinist, composer and teacher (1857-1931), one of the most important of his generation. Autograph music quote signed and dated by him in Geneve, 1896 over an album page whose size is 4.75 x 7 inches, in excellent condition.

Belgian violinist, composer, and teacher (1857-1931), one of the most important of his generation. 1-bar autograph music quote on an album page signed by him and dated in Montevideo, Uruguay, 1903. Size is 4.75 x 6.6 inches, in excellent condition.

Prominent Italian violinist (1866-1956) who demonstrated her musical talents from an early age.  Signature inscribed with a short sentiment on an album page matted with a portrait of her (modern copy).  Signature cut is 3.9 x 2.4 inches in size (visible window size), portrait is 4.5 x 7.5 inches in size, for a total mat size of 7.7 x 13.75 inches, in very good condition.

French-born child prodigy violinist (1840-1902), who became an American musician, considered one of the finest violinists of the latter half of the 19th century. 1.75 x 4.25 inch signature cut on a 6.5 x 8.25 album page, envelope is also included. Verso side contains a message to Urso from the legendary German composer and conductor Max Bruch giving the tempo markings for various movements in one of his Violin Concertos that she was scheduled to perform. Rare vintage item in excellent condition!

Group of 14 signed photos of classical violinists, including: Andre Gertler, Christian Bor, David Fruhwirth (signed both on front and verso), Helmut Heller, Hirofumi Fukai, Jiri Darek (signed on verso), Josef Suk, Kurt Guntner, Manfred Scherzer, Michael Goldstein (signed on verso), Oliver Colbentson, Peter Heindrich, Roman Nodel and Ulf Hoelscher. All in approximately the same size, 4 x 5.75 inches, all in excellent condition. Not sold separately.

Group of 20 signed photos of classical violinists, including: Alexander Kramarov, Andreas Hartmann, Daniel Pergamenschikow, Dieter Vorholz, Dmitri Mischelowitsch (signed on verso), Eckart Runge (signed on verso), Edward Zienkowski (signed on verso), Guiliano Carmignola (signed on verso), Goji Hattori, Henry Randales, Ion Voicou, Irvine Arditi, Jon Tanase, Joseph Swensen, Kirill Troussov (signed on verso), Leon Spierer, Maximilian Schoner, Uto Ughi, Vesselin Paraschkevov (signed on verso), Wolfgang Gollner (signed on verso). All in approximately the same size, 4 x 5.75 inches, all in excellent condition. Not sold separately.

Lot of 18 photographs signed by different violinists, including Bernhard Biberauer, Conrad Muck, Daniel Gaede, Georgi Tilev, Gerd Hulverscheidt, Giuliano Carmignola, Horst Hegel, Johannes Bruning, Jonathan Morton, Pavel Sporcl, Petar Entchev, Peter Langgartner, Rudolf Gahler, Sergei Khachatrian, Sergey Malov, Stefano Montanari, Thomas Goldschmidt, and Werner Grobholz.  Sizes range between 3.4 x 4.75 inches and 4.25 x 5.75 inches, some of them are signed on verso, all in excellent condition.

Lot of 21 beautiful photographs signed by different violinists and cellists including Anton Fietz, Berhard Hartog, Bohumil Kotmel, Erich Rohn, Florin Paul, Julian Rachlin, Kai Franzke, Manoug Parikian, Michael Meissner, Nikolaj Znaider, Otto Buchner, roman Nodel, Tibor Varga, Timo-Veikko Valve, Vaclav Hudecek, Viktor Tretjakov, Vilmos Szabadi, Vladimir Skerlak, Wlater Forchert, Werner von Schnitzler and Wolf-Dieter Streicher.   Sizes range between 3.5 x 4.75 inches to 4.8 x 6.4 inches (most being 4.1 x 5.6 inches), all in excellent condition. SOLD ONLY AS A LOT, NOT SOLD SEPARATELY.

Lot of 21 beautiful photographs signed by different violinists, including Aaron Rosand, Alexander Zeiher, Attila Kubinyi, Christian Tetzlaff, Elin Kolev, Ernst Kovacic, Gernot Winischofer, Karl Metzker, Krzysztof Wegrzyn, Ladislaus Kiss, Luis Michal, Michael Zuber, Rainer Kuchl, Rudolf Werthen, Sebastian Hamann, Stefan Tonz, Stephan Picard, Stephan Skiba, Thomas Riebl, Vilmos Szabadi, and Winfried Russmann.  Sizes range between 3.5 x 4.9 inches and 4.9 x 6.9 inches, some are signed on verso, all in excellent condition.

French violinist (1841-1906) and composer. Autograph letter in French (untranslated) signed by him, dated April 21, 1867, to a gentleman, concerning a possible collaboration after his publication for the recent Exposition Universelle: “…En feuillettant votre publication illustrée « l’exposition universelle », l’idée me vient de vous écrire et de vous faire mes offres de services, dans le cas où vous auriez besoin de comptes-rendus touchant la musique à l’exposition. C’est surtout au moment de grands Festivals et des concerts historiques qu’il appartiendra à votre intéressante publication de ne pas délaisser un art vraiment universel…”. Size is 5.4 x 8.4 inches, 2 written pages in one sheet (front and back), creases, folds, embossed letterhead, in very good condition. ALSO INCLUDED are two autograph letters signed by Charles Triveillot, secretary to the magazine “La Causerie Dramatique Musicale” and by journalist at “La Gazette Musicale” Mathieu de Monthey. 

Dutch violinist (1861-1931), virtuoso, and also a composer. Autograph letter written in English about his career signed by him, no date (letterhead indicates address in Paris).  3 written pages in one sheet, each page's size is 4.25 x 6.75 inches sold with transcription, central fold, in very good condition.

Czech violinist and music pedagogue (1853-1926). Lot of 2 autograph letters signed by him, one written in Berlin, the other in Carlsbad, both from 1899 and regarding his students. Both sold with an English translation on a separate page. Sizes are 5 x 8 inches and 5 x inches, both are on one page, in very good condition.

Russian violinist (1890-1985), one of the world´s most prominent concert violinists and a long-time director of the Curtis Institute of Music. Signature matted together with a photo of him, size is 3.25 x 2 inches (signature, dated by him in 1934), 2.75 x 4.25 (photo), total mat size is 8.25 x 11.75 inches, ready to frame

Russian violinist, composer, teacher and conductor (1890-1985), one of the most prominent in the 20th century. Fine card signed by him with a short sentiment, dated 1925. Size is 5 x 3.25 inches, in very good condition.

American cellist (1862-1950) and founder of the Zoellner Quartet in 1904, considered the most celebrated chamber music ensemble of the first quarter of the XX century. 2-bar autograph music quote from a piece by Beethoven on an album page attached with a clip from a magazine featuring the four members of the quartet, signed by him. Size is 5.9 x 4.4 inches, storage holes, in very good condition.