BISHOP
(Sir Henry Rowley, 1786-1855, Composer)
Draft autograph Programme, unsigned, with transcription,
of a vocal Concert, with 20 items from Palestrina ('Sanctus' for Quintet and Chorus), Osiander (1586), Handel, Haydn, Mozart (the motet 'Verbum Caro'), Beethoven, Gluck, Cherubini and other 'moderns', many original alterations, Sir Henry has specified 'Soprano, Contr'Alto (Female) ...' but the names of the soloists have been pencilled in in another hand, they include some of the finest operatic and oratorio singers of the period - Giulia Grisi & her husband Mario, Staudigl (the first 'Elijah'), Caradori, Lablache (who taught Queen Victoria), and the bass-baritone Henry Phillipps, 2 sides 4to., no place, no date, watermark
short tear mended without loss
Item Date:
1841
Stock No:
50937
£225
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BITTNER
(Julius, 1874-1939, Austrian Lawyer and Composer)
Postcard photograph by Messner of Vienna, signed,
showing him seated, three quarter length, three quarter face, with on verso his note (in German, with transcription and translation) addressed to President (Judge) Stefan Mautner in Vienna, thanking him again warmly for the picture, and for the present of the apples "which had already been devoured by the time of your visit", 2 sides postcard, no place, postmarked 11th April
Item Date:
1924
Stock No:
52839
£85
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BLACK
(Andrew, 1859-1920, Scottish Baritone)
Postcard photo by J. Russell and sons, signed and inscribed
“Yours very truly”, showing him head and shoulders sporting a fine moustache, 5½” x 3½”, no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1903
Stock No:
42338
£55
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BLAIR
(Lionel, b. 1931, Dancer and Choreographer),
Vintage postcard photo, signed 'Lionel Blair - Buttons' & inscribed
"To Daniel, Best Wishes", showing him head and shoulders, 5½" x 3½", no place, no date,
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
10426
£22
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BLISS
(Trudy, née Hoffmann, American-born wife of Sir Arthur, 1891-1975, Composer, Master of the Queen's Musick)
Collection of 4 Typed Letter Signed and 1 Autograph Letter Signed to John R. Wood
of the Cheltenham Gramophone Society, saying "Vernon Handley ... is up and down the country but you will hear from him before long" (1st March 1978), he is "a spellbinder" (17th March 1978), her granddaughter Patricia is playing Feste in Cheltenham on the 29th but unfortunately she cannot stay till the 2nd (2nd September 1978), she spent "all last week in Liverpool where Mr. Handley was making a record of Sir Arthur's music with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra for E.M.I. ... I know Sir Arthur would have been entirely satisfied" (22nd October 1978), "your letter of 5th September ... was waiting for me when I came back from America ... the programme looks very interesting" (3rd October 1979), 6 sides 8vo., 8 The Lane, Marlborough Place, London NW8, 1st March 1978 - 3rd October
Item Date:
1979
Stock No:
16795
£55
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