[VERDI
(Giuseppe, 1813-1901, Italian Composer)]
Fine Caricature Portrait in Colours from Vanity Fair, by 'T',
(Théobald Chartran), powerfully drawn, showing him full face, conducting (as Percy Scholes says) with a firm grasp on his 'Field Marshal's baton', with the original printed description, praising him for making "Italian music popular on all the barrel-organs of Europe ... his music is essentially the music of the present, shallow and pleasing, sympathetic and tuneful", with other remarks on his role in politics, No. 193 in the series 'Men of the Day', 2 separate sides 15" x 10½", 15th February
small deposit below his right knee which has caused a slight stain, otherwise in excellent condition
Item Date:
1879
Stock No:
56047
£275
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VIARDOT
(Madame Michelle Pauline, née Garcia, 1821-1910, Singer, married Louis Viardot, Director of the Paris Italian Opera, Turgenev's Mistress)
Fine Signature 'Pauline Viardot'
laid down on a piece of card, 4" x 2", no place, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
40978
£175
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WALTER
(Bruno,1876-1962, German Conductor and Composer)
Signature on piece,
3" x ½", no place, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
41198
£35
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WALTON
(Sir William T., 1902-1984, Composer)
Fine signature
on an album leaf mounted with a newspaper photo
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
24717
£75
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WALTON
(Sir William T., 1902-1984, Composer)
Long Playing Record signed and inscribed on the inside cover,
"for Kathleen Washbourne from", the record is his "Symphony in B Flat Minor" and he is conducting the Royal Philharmonia Orchestra, no date, c.
Item Date:
1935
Stock No:
16082
£125
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