Recently Added Authentic Autographs and Memorabilia

Un Ballo in Maschera at Academy of Music, Philadephia, 1976, cast page signed only

Program for a performance of Otello at the Vienna Staatsoper, June 11th, 1946. Conductor: Rudolf Moralt. Among the cast: Max Lorenz - Paul Schoffler - Peter Klein - Maria Reining. Size is 15 x 21 cm, 1 page, both sides printed, signed on the front by Maria Reining and Max Lorenz (incomplete signature).

Program of Zopott Festival, July and August 1932. Performance of Lohengrin. With Karl Elmendorff conducting. With Ludwig Hofmann, Fritz Wolff, Gotthelf Pistor, Lotte Lehmann, Herbert Janssen. Rare. Zopott Festival was next to Bayreuth the most important Wagner Festival in the first half of the 20th century, attracting the most important Wagner singers of that era.   Size is 5.5 x 8.75 inches, 32 pages with covers, in excellent condition

Group of 3 full program, with all pages and covers. Lohengrin, Dec 1916 - Die Walkure, October 1916 and Parsifal, Dec 1916. Each one is complete, 6 x 9.75 inches, in excellent condition. See scans.

Program Wagner Memorial Concert 25th Anniversary of his death. Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony, 8-9 February 1908. Soloists: Fritz Feinhals, Katharina Fleischer-Edel. Program Wagner Memorial Concert 100th Anniversary. Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony, 28-29 January 1913. Soloist: Lily Hafgren-Waag. Sizes are 5.75 x 8 inches (1913 program), 6 x 9 inches (1908 program)

The 4 playbills are: Playbill Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra , 4 February 1914. Von Hausegger, Schumann, Brahms. Pianist: Carl Friedberg. Playbill Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra , 14 January 1914. Elgar, Wolf, Beethoven. Program Centenary Festival Franz Liszt Vienna. Fernand Loewe conducts Vienna Symphony Orchestra, 18 November 1911. Christus, oratorium - Franz Liszt. Playbill Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra, 20 March 1906. Beethoven, Haendel, Berlioz. Organ: Jan Brandts-Buys. Sizes range from 5.5 x 8 inches to 9.25 x 11 inches

The 6 programs are: - Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra , 29-30 January 1907. Haydn, Bach, Elgar, Wagner. Pianists: Julius Fischer, Jan Brandts-Buys & Marguerite Melville. - Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra , 28-29 december 1909. Berlioz, Bach, Schumann, R. Strauss. Pianist: Harold Bauer. -  Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra , 4 December 1906. Haydn, Mozart, Berlioz. Violin: Annie de Jong. - Recital by Amalie Loewe. At the piano: Ferdinand Loewe. Vienna, 5 December 1906. Schumann, Schubert, Hugo Wolf, Brahms, Carl Loewe, Cornelius, Mendelssohn. - Hugo Wolf Recital by Amalie Loewe and Ludwig Hess. At the piano: Ferdinand Loewe. Vienna, 5 March 1908. Songs of Hugo Wolf. - Program Hugo Wolf Recital by Else Schünemann and Johannes Messchaert. At the piano: Ferdinand Loewe. Songs of Hugo Wolf.Three Hugo Wolf related items from the estate of Melanie Koechert, lover of Hugo Wolf. Sizes range from 7.5 x 10.5 inches to 9.5 x 11.5 inches

The 4 playbills are: Playbill Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra , 14 February 1900. Mendelssohn, Haendel, Brahms, Smetana. Oboe: Alexander Wunderer. Playbill Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony, 15 March 1904. Brahms, Hugo Wolf, Beethoven. From the estate of Melanie Koechert, lover of Hugo Wolf. Playbill Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra, 18 January 1900. Weber, Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven. First concert ever of the orchestra, founded by Ferdinand Loewe!. Playbill Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra , 30 January 1900. Gluck, Liszt, Weber, Beethoven. Piano: Lucilla Tolomei. Set includes the 3 first concerts of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, and a total of 4 playbills. Sizes range from 5.75 x 9.25 inches to 8 x 10.75 inches

Group of 6 programs: - Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra, 28 November 1900. Vienna, Wiener Konzerthaus. Mozart, Fuchs, Klose (world premiere), Beethoven. Piano: Marie Baumayer. - Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra, 28-29 December 1900. Vienna, Wiener Konzerthaus. Berlioz, Beethoven, Brahms. Piano: Emile Bosquet. - Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra, 5 March 1900. Vienna, Wiener Konzerthaus. Berlioz, Fuchs, Schumann, Weber. - Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra, 12 February 1901. Vienna, Wiener Konzerthaus. Schumann. Liszt, Beethoven, Weber. - Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra, 11 December 1900. Haydn, Dvorak, Beethoven. - Ferdinand Loewe conducting Vienna Symphony Orchestra, 31 March 1900. Haydn, Beethoven, Wagner.

Group of 4 programs: - Recital Hugo Wolf Association Vienna, 4 March 1899. With Ferdinand Loewe, Ferdinand Foll, Johannes Messchaert, Sofie Sedlmayer. From the estate of Melanie Koechert, lover of Hugo Wolf. - Vienna 25 March 1895. Conductor: Ferdinand Loewe. Soloist: Mary Lederer. Schubert, Wagner, Weber. Vienna Musikverein. - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Ferdinand Loewe. Vienna, 16 November 1902. Schumann: Scenes from Goethe´s Faust. Singers: Ellen Brandt-Forster, Carl Scheidemantel, Erik Schmedes, Rudolf Gmuer, etc. - Ferdinand Loewe conducts Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, 26 March 1902. Franz Liszt, Christus. Size is approx. 6.25 x 10.5 inches each 

Lot of playbills/programs during WWII - Opera in Leipzig, 1940-45, many different interpreters, 8 smaller size (6 x 8 inches), 5 large size (8 x 11 in), all in good condition.

Group of 2 full concert programs - 1) Performing Scarlatti, Beethoven, Chopin, Granados, Albeniz, 1961 - 2) performing Schumann piano concerto, 1963, with Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos conducting

Great playbill announcing in german an early performance of Bellini's "La Sonnambula", year 1837. Size is 8.75 x 15 inches, some folds and markings in pencil, great condition!

Program for a concert in Nuremberg, October 10th, 1970, signed by both artists on their corresponding photo pages. Size is 14.5 x 21 cm, excellent condition.

Wilhelm Kempff and Karl Muck with the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam. 2 February 1924. Music performed: Beethoven piano concerto Nr. 5, and Brahms.

Concert in Kassel, 3. april 1973. Barber Second Essay - Chopin Piano concerto No. 2 - Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6. Maurizio Pollini, piano. Two signed full page portraits by Rudolf Kempe & Maurizio Pollini. Paperback, 21 x15 cm, 16 pages, excellent condition + newspaper clipping.

Program for a concert in Kassel, November 8th, 1972, performing Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem - Beethoven: piano concerto Nr. 2 - Tchaikovsky Symphony Nr. 5. Christoph Eschenbach, piano. Signed by Rudolf Kempe & Christoph Eschenbach on the program page, size is 15 x 21 cm, 16 pages, excellent condition with two storage holes.

Program for a performance by the famous american pianist, 6 x 9 inches, 8 pages. Kapell performs Mozart, Bach-Liszt, Prokofiev and Chopin. In excellent condition.

Program for a concert with the Berlin Philharmonic, December 13-14th, 1953. Both artists signed next to their pictures. Size is 6.5 x 7 inches, in excellent condition.

Lot of 3 full concert programs, 1948-1966 - 1) Performing Franck, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann, Scriabin, Chopin, 1948 - 2) performing Bach-Busoni, Schumann, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Morton Gould, Luzzatti, Granados and Prokofiev, 1951 - 3) performing Haydn, Schumann, Schubert, Chopin and Prokofiev, 1966

Concert in Philadelphia, 1950s, signed by both pianists Jose Iturbi (who also conducted) and Amparo Iturbi. Cast page only

Cast page for a Concert at Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 1986, signed by pianist Eugene Istomin and conductor Gerard Schwarz.

World premiere of König Hirschof Hans Werner Henze at the City Opera Berlin, 23d September 1956. Conductor: Hermann Scherchen, size is 6 x 9 inches, complete but with loose pages, otherwise in excellent condition

George Henschel & Arthur Nikisch - Boston Symphony Program 1892 Boston Symphony Orchestra program, April 14th and 16th, 1892. Arthur Nikisch. Soloist : Mrs Georg Henschel - D´Albert: Symphony 4 (first time in America), Handel: Aria "Alessandro" - Henschel: Suite Hamlet op. 50 (conducted by the composer!) - Massenet - Weber. Arthur Nikisch. 36 pages, full program with all pages and covers, excellent condition, many illustrations

Program with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra - Season 1952/53 - Tel Aviv, Ohel-Shem Hall, April 13th, 1953. Musical Direction: Paul Klecki (Kletzki). Jascha Heifetz, Violin. Bach: Brandenburg Concert Nr. 6. Mozart: Violin concerto KV 219. Scriabin: Le Poeme de l´Extase, Prokofieff: Violin concerto Nr. 2. Size is 6 x 9.25 inches, 12 pages.

Concert in Nurenberg, March 13th, 1967, performing music by Mozart, Chopin, Messiaen, Debussy and Ravel. Size is 15 x 21, 1 page printed on both sides. Excellent condition, storage holes not affecting signatures.

Program for a concert in Vienna Musikverein, January 8th, 1902 - Wiener Concert-Verein. Conductor : Ferdinand Lowe and Hermann Graedener Liszt: Die Ideale - Haydn: Symphony C-minor Hermann Graedener: Lustspiel Ouverture Dvorak: Symphony nr 4 Large announcement of concert Jan 14th 1902 Bach Concerto F-major Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto (Sofie Auspitz, piano) von Herzfeld Ouverture zu Grillparzer´s Der Traum ein Leben - Mozart Symphony KV 550 1 page, both sides printed, 26,5 x 17,5 cm. some spots on left border, otherwise in very good condition.

Gotterdammerung at the Nationaltheater Munich. 11 May 1922. Conductor: Robert Heger. Stage direction: Anna Bahr-Mildenburg, 8 x 19 inches!, 1 page

Program for a concert with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra at the Vienna Festival, May 27-28th, 1978. Performing Schubert: Symphonies 4th and 8th. Size is 15 x 21 cm, 4 pages. Storage holes not affecting signature, otherwise in excellent condition.

Program for a concert in Kassel, Germany, February 25th, 1966, performing Brahms piano concerto Nr 2. Size is 15 x 21 cm, 12 pages, storage holes not affecting signatures, otherwise in very good condition.

Program for a concert in Kassel, Germany, February 6th, 1968. Signed on the cover, size is 12 x 14.5 cm, in excellent condition - storage holes not affecting signature nor picture.

Fidelio at Lincoln Center, New York, 1996, signed by conductor John Gardiner and 2 singers from the cast (1 of them unidentified). Cast page only

Ossip Gabrilowitsch in Amsterdam. Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam. 28. September 1924. Conductor : Ossip Gabrilowitsch. Weber - Schumann - Gliere - Mussorgsky - Srciabine Symphony n? 3. 1 page

Program for a concert with the Orchestra of Nurenberg, February 17th, 1967. Mueller Duerer Symphony (world premiere), Mozart piano concerto KV 543, R. Strauss Sinfonia Domestica. Size is 21 x 15 cm, 8 pages in excellent condition. Storage holes not affecting signatures, otherwise in very good condition.

Edwin Fischer, piano. Max Fiedler conducts the City Orchestra of Essen, november 8th 1925. Size is 5.75 x 8.75 inches, in excellent condition.

Concert in Krefeld with Edwin Fischer playing, Brahms, May 3rd, 1933 - 4 pages

Program for a concert with the Bamberger Symphoniker Nurnberg, February 18th, 1975, size is 14.5 x 21 cm, in excellent condition.

Final event of the opening performance of the Olympic Games 1936. Olympic Stadium, 1 August 1936. Full program of spectacle with music by Carl Orff (world premiere). Full program with all 44 pages and covers, 6 x 8.5 inches, front cover is loose, otherwise in very good condition

Fritz Feinhals, the German baritone, recital with the Kurhaus Orchestra in Wiesbaden, 1904. Conductor: Louis Lustner. Sings music by Berlioz, Strauss, Beethoven, Wolf, Wagner

Karl Elmendorff conducting a special concert dedicated to Peter Cornelius. Staatskapelle Berlin, December 10th, 1939. Soloists: Tiana Lemnitz, K. Heidersbach, Hilde Scheppan, Otto Hosch. Full program, 6.6 x 9.5 inches, good condition, with some newspaper clips about this concert attached inside.

Karl Elmendorff conducts at Saxon Opera House Dresden, 1943. 3 rare playbills of the Opera House of Dresden during WWII. Large size: 8.5 x 15 inches

Program and playbill for a concert in Lima, Peru - Teatro Municipal, June 24th, 1939, with the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional conducted by Theo Buchwald. Mischa Elman, Violin performing Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Ouverture "Fingals Cave". Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Violin concerto. Tchaikovsky: Violin concerto. Program is 17.5 x 25.5 cm, 12 pages with two portraits and playbill is 15 x 28 cm, 4 pages with a portrait of Elman - Rare

Set of 5 playbills Semperoper Dresden and Opera Leipzig, 1941-1943. Tiefland of Eugen d’Albert, Il trovatore of Verdi, Marta of Flotow, La Boheme of Puccini, Der Zigeunerbaron of Johann Strauss. Conductors: Willy Czernik, Kurt Striegler, Rudolf Kempe. With singers as Robert Burg, Kurt Böhme, Martha Fuchs, Mathieu Ahlersmeyer, Margarete Teschemacher

Dean Dixon and Andor Foldes signed program, Symphony Orchestra of Kassel, January 17, 1964. Artists perform Mozart, Bartok, Berlioz. Size is 5.75 x 8.25 inches, 6 folded pages, storage holes, otherwise in excellent condition.

Playbills of the Frankfurt Opera House, 1916-1919. Die Zauberflöte by Mozart, 24 January 1916. Marta by von Flotow, 16 May 1919. Der Freischutz by von Weber, 31 May 1918. Rigoletto by Verdi, 9 September 1919. Set of 4 playbills, 1 sheet each, large size: 10 x 15 inches!

Konigliches Opernhaus (Dresden) playbill , year 1901, announcing a performance of Carl Goldmark´s masterpiece opera "Die Konigin von Saba". German star soprano Therese Malten (1855-1930) is in the title role. Size is 8.75 x 15.25 inches, great condition, a few cracks.

Program Der Fliegende Hollander at the Paris Opera, May 28th 1905, 4 pages, 5.25 x 8.5 inches, lots of announcements of upcoming performances inside. Renaud, Beyle, Vieuille, etc

3 playbills of the Royal Court Opera of Stuttgart, 1904-1906. Der Corregidor by Hugo Wolf, 25 May 1904. Die Legende der heiligen Elisabeth by Franz Liszt, 16 April 1905. Marie,  Die Regimentstochter by Donizetti, 31 October 1906. Set of 3 playbills.