Composers
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Bartók, Béla
Hungarian composer. (1881-1945) Autograph postcard (unsigned) in Hungarian addressed to Adila Arányi with a short Christmas greeting "Boldog karácsonyt" inscribed on the picture of a snow-covered barn, December 24, 1902.
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Ellington, Duke
American composer, pianist and band leader. (1899-1974) Dynamic, vintage 8x10 signed James Kriegsmann photo of the towering and iconic jazz composer. Inscribed "to Caley, Good luck, Duke Ellington'", this is a superb example of his autograph, circa mid-1940's, at the height of his career.
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Grieg, Edvard
A rare 4x6 album page with a handwritten musical quotation in pencil by Edvard Grieg, the opening bars of his great Piano Concerto.
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Honegger, Arthur
A rare and desirable 5x7 signed photo of a drawing of Honegger, boldly inscribed to Richard Hammond. Chipped on the edge, with minor creasing.
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Prokofieff, Serge
Russian composer [1891-1953]. Autograph musical quotation signed and dated 1938. 2 bars from the ballet Romeo and Juliet, on a 3˝ x 5 autograph album card, alongside a mounted 2x3 half-tone photo of Prokofieff at the keyboard. The card has been folded along the upper left corner, scarcely affecting the autograph. This is a very desirable example dating to the time of the ballet's premiere.
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Rome, Harold
American composer and lyricist. [1908-1993]. Important inscribed signed photo with 3 bars of music from his famous 1954 musical, Fanny.
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Willson, Meredith
American composer, playwright [1902-1984]. A charming typescript verse on Meredith Willson's engraved stationery, dated June 20, 1973, signed Rosemary and "Meredith". A funny, congratulatory poem for friends, by the writer and composer of "The Music Man", "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" and other beloved standards of the American Musical.
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