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22266Undated; on letterhead of the Prince of Wales Theatre Coventry Street London. 2pp 12mo. Bifolium. Aged and grubby; folded several times. Reads: 'I am sorry to say I do not know Mr Alexander or would have been very pleased to give your friend an introduction to him. Hoping you are well – with kind regards. Yours sincerely Decima Moore'. Undated; on letterhead of the Prince of Wales Theatre, Coventry Street [London]. unknown
1880H22609St. Petersburg 1880. Very Good. 5 x 4 inches chromolithograph card one of a series of four panels published by Marcus Ward & Co. in 1880 in the style of Kate Greenaway. Inscribed on the verso "To my old friend Mr. Kingsley with kind and affectionate remembrances from Clara Louise Kellogg St. Petersburg 15/27 December 1880." Kellogg was a famous American soprano. unknown
189096379circa 1890's. 1890's. Good. - Toedt's autograph on creamy white 1-1/4 inch high by 3-1/4 inch wide paper is mounted on heavier card stock. He has inscribed "Yours truly" and signed his name "Theo. J Toedt". The paper is unevenly darkened along the top and left edges. Good. <p>The American tenor Theodore Toedt 1855-1920 was best known as a boy soprano. He was a boy chorister at Trinity Church in New York City. His principal number was "Robert toi que j'aime" from Meyerbeer's ROBERT LE DIABLE which he sang at age 16 in a concert at The Brooklyn Academy of Music. A contemporary review stated that the piece was given with "the fire and spirit of an accomplished prima donna".<p>A RARE autograph. circa, [1890's]. unknown
17921The 9 x 7 inch portrait inscribed "To the dear Cannans in affectionate remembrance Marie Tempest". Tipped on to the photographer's mount. Fine. Inscribed in another hand on verso "Mrs. A. M. Cannan c/o Reiss & Co.". unknown
21987542like new. unknown
19944Place and date not stated. Written one above the other on one side of a pink 12mo leaf of paper removed from an album. In fair condition aged and worn with small square of tape staining at head and some light offsetting of ink over Nicholls' signature. Reads: 'Yours sincerely Ben Davies.' and 'In remembrance of Agnes Nicholls'. Place and date not stated. unknown
1863100670<p>Boston: Transcript Job Printing Office 1863. 1863. Very good. - An original 10-3/8 inch high by 6-5/8 inch wide broadsheet announcement for the Grau Italian Opera Company's performances of "Norma" "Les Noces de Jeannette" "La Traviata" and "Lucrezia Borgia" with a 2-7/8 inch high by 6-5/8 inch wide tipped-on overlay advertising the following week's performances of "I Puritani" and a performance of "Oratorio and Sacred Concert" several featuring the Opera Soprano Madame Lorini in the title roles. The broadsheet advertises the Friday February 27 performances of "Norma" and "Les Noces de Jeannette" and the following Saturday & Sunday's performances of "La Traviata" and "Lucrezia Borgia" with the Following week's Monday performance of "I Puritani" and the Tuesday performance of "La Juive" printed on the recto of the overlay tipped on over the Saturday program with that Sunday's "Oratorio and Sacred Concert" advertised on the verso of the overlay. The Broadside is dated "Sunday Evening March 1 1863 under the announcements of "La Traviata" and "Lucrezia Borgia". There is some minor foxing and darkening and the broadsheet is mounted from the verso onto slightly larger heavy cream paper. Very good.</p><p>The Brau Italian Opera Company began a six week engagement at the Boston Academy of Music on February 9th. This was the last time that what became "The Boston Theatre" was called "The Academy of Music". Among the singers were Madame Lorini Mlle Morensi Signor Maccaferri Signor Susini Mademoiselle Cordier Signor Dubreul etc.</p><p>The November 15 1862 New York Herald review of an earlier performance of "Norma" at the Academy of Music possibly the Brooklyn Academy of Music in that case highly praises the quality of the Soprano's voice "It follows as a matter of course from what we have just stated that Madame Lorini's debut last night was a success. She had sung but a few passages when the audience recognized the beautiful quality of her voice--pure round and fresh--and though not as powerful as one would wish to hear in Norma still with volume sufficient to give a perfect interpretation of the music of the part. Her method is excellent and exhibits evidence of her Italian training."</p> [Boston]: Transcript Job Printing Office, 1863.
188634588Philadelphia PA: 19th November 1886. 1886. Very good. - Nine bars of music penned on a six-sided piece of cream paper with the text written in English below the music. Inscribed "in kind remembrance of Pauline l'Allemand / Philadelphia 19th Nov 86." There is a diagonal crease & a light paper-clip mark near the left side of the paper. Its left edge is darkened. There are 3 light glue marks & surface rubbing to the verso where the paper has been removed from an album. Very good. <p>Pauline l'Allemand gave the first American performance of Delibes' opera "Lakme" at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia on November 17 1886. This quotation from the opera which was sung in English was thus penned two days after the opening.<p>Born in Syracuse NY Pauline l'Allemand 1856-1944 made her debut as an operatic soprano in Stratton's "The Fairy Grotto" at Wieting Opera House in her home town. She subsequently studied singing in Dresden Stuttgart and Paris. After successfully touring in Europe she returned to America performing "Lakme" in Philadelphia. After her attempt to create her own opera company failed she retired to a farm in Black River Falls Wisconsin with her grown son. They lived in extreme poverty and both were eventually pronounced insane and in 1920 were remanded to the Mendota State Hospital for the insane in Madison Wisconsin. L'Allemand was memorialized in the cult classic "Wisconsin Death Trip" by Charles Van Schaick and Michael Lesy.<p>Rare. Philadelphia, PA: 19th November, 1886. unknown
186896515July 1868. 1868. Very good. - Over 15 words penned on her 6-1/8 inch high by 3-7/8 inch wide "Burnham House Finchley Road" stationery with the address and the motto "Ex Una Omnia" surrounding the image of a bird embossed in red at the top. The soprano expresses her "pleasure in complying" with the recipient's request for an autograph. Signed "H. Lemmens-Sherrington". Once folded the note has been mounted with glue from the verso onto heavier stock which has been clipped from an album. Very good. <p>The English concert and operatic soprano Helen Lemmens-Sherrington 1834-1906 was born in Northern England though she spent much of her early life in Belgium studying at the Brussels Conservatory. Her London debut came in 1856 after having performed throughout Europe. Though she mostly sang roles in concert performances through the earlier part of her career she started appearing in operatic soprano roles in the first half of the 1860's performing at Covent Garden among other leading theaters. She later taught at the Brussels Conservatory as well as London's Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Manchester College of Music. July, 1868. unknown
188634662New York: November 19th 1886. 1886. Good. - The singer has penned in black ink "Very truly yours / Geraldine Ulmar / New York / Nov. 19.1886." on a piece of cream-colored card 3-1/2 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide There are areas of offsetting to the card & its top corners have been unevenly rounded off. Remnants of paper & glue adhere to the verso where the card has been removed from an album. Good. <p>Geraldine Ulmar 1862-1932 was an American singer and actress best known for her performances of soprano roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. She was hired to play Yum-Yum in the company's first American production of The Mikado at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City. The production ran from 1885 to 1886 and she then played the part in a touring company in England and Germany. She later played parts in Ruddigore The Pirates of Penzance. and The Yeomen of the Guard. New York: November 19th, 1886. unknown
187997543Cincinnati 1879. 1879. Good. - A 4-5/8 inch high by 7-1/2 inch wide sheet of creamy white paper removed from an autograph album inscribed & signed "Yours Most Sincerely / Marie Roze-Mapleson / Cincinnati 1879". The left edge of the sheet is rough and there is dampstaining along the top and right side of the page not affecting the inscription or signature. Good. <p>The French Operatic Soprano Marie Roze Mapleson 1846-1926 studied under Mocker and Auber at the Paris Conservatoire. She made her debut at the Opera-Comique in 1865 at the age of 16. She toured Britain and Scotland with the Carl Rosa Opera Company for 10 years singing roles ranging from Carmen and Manon to Marguerite. Engaged by the Max Strakosch Opera Company she performed in Philadelphia as Leonora in Donizetti's "La favorita" in January of 1878. She returned to tour in the U.S. with the Carl Rosa Opera Company from 1883 to 1889. Marie Roze was first married to the operatic bass Jules E. Perkins and subsequently to Henry Mapleson the son of the noted London and New York impressario. Cincinnati, 1879. unknown
26364‘13 Westbourne Park West / Saturday’. no date. See her entry in the Oxford DNB. LETTER: 3pp 12mo. Thirty-one lines. Bifolium. In fair condition with slight staining at foot of first leaf and traces of glue from mount on blank reverse of second leaf. In an elongated and somewhat opaque hand. Begins: ‘My dear Mrs. Hicks / I was exceedingly sorry to hear that Mr. Hicks had met with an accident on the day you left.’ What follows is hard to decipher until she writes ‘I have much pleasure in forwarding to you the address of Jackson & Graham. It is No. 35-36 Oxford St.’ She praises ‘the selection he has of patterns’. The conclusion is similarly indecipherable. CALLING CARD: Conventional copperplate calling card with mourning border. Edges and reverse carrying traces of glue from mount. Centred: ‘Mrs. W. Avery Bushnell / née / Catherine Hayes.’ In bottom left-hand corner: 13 Westbourne Park West.’ ‘13 Westbourne Park West / Saturday’. [no date] unknown
2002USD_9780896039308Humana Press 2002. 1st. Hardcover. UsedLikeNew/UsedLikeNew. Humana Press hardcover
2002AME_9780896039308Humana Press 2002. 1st. Hardcover. New/New. Humana Press hardcover
22341'26 April 1854. Porchester Lodge 8A Porchester Terrace Hyde Park London. 4pp 16mo. Bifolium. In good condition lightly aged. Folded once. With embossed armorial letterhead. Good firm signature: 'Clara Novello.' An interesting letter casting light on the practical arrangement of musical concerts in Victorian Britain and Ireland. The recipient is not named and the letter begins: 'Dear Sir I have not heard from Mr. Bussell of your Concert but on receipt of your favor of the 15th. consider myself engaged to Belfast for the 1st. May.' She continues: 'I purpose singing the following unless you particularly wish any class of music especially.' She lists four pieces by Handel Mozart and Cagnoni explaining that she has 'not named any concerted piece not knowing who may be at the concert with me' and she will be obliged by a 'line to tell me which parts for orchestra you have' intending herself to 'bring those to the Can: of Cagnoni'. '26 April 1854. Porchester Lodge, 8A Porchester Terrace, Hyde Park [London]. unknown
1955053357Istanbul: Original Concert Program Pamphlet with Autograph Signature 1955. No Binding. Very Good. Original concert program signed and inscribed by Semiha Berkdoy. 24x12 cm Folded size. Folded. 8 p. fully ills. Signed and inscribed by Berksoy. Semiha Berksoy was a Turkish opera singer and painter. Berksoy started her acting career in the role of Semiha in the first Turkish sound movie Istanbul Sokaklarinda directed by Muhsin Ertugrul in 1931. She was cast in operettas in Istanbul theaters early in her career. She sang in the first Turkish opera Özsoy in 1934 commissioned by Kemal Atatürk composed by Adnan Saygun. She was honored as the First Turkish Opera Singer and awarded the opportunity to go to Berlin Music Academy for further training. She started her international singing career in 1934 performing in Turkey Germany and Portugal becoming known as a Wagnerian soprano. In 1939 for the 75th birthday of Richard Strauss in Berlin she sang the role of Ariadne in Ariadne Auf Naxos becoming the first Turkish prima donna to perform on stage in Europe. Back in Turkey she worked with Carl Ebert helping him in his efforts to create the Turkish State Opera and Ballet. This initiative leads to the creation of the Experimental Stage of the Ankara State Conservatory 1940. She retired from the Istanbul Opera in 1972. She was decorated with the "Atatürk Opera Award" at the 50th-anniversary ceremonies commemorating the introduction of women's rights to vote and to be elected. She received the title of "State Artist" in Turkey in 1998. Following her retirement she remained active mostly as a theater artist. Four years preceding her death at the age of 90 she appeared in a dramatic scene singing Liebestod in Robert Wilson's opera The Days Before: Death Destruction and Detroit III at the Lincoln Center in New York City 1999. <br/> <br/> Original Concert Program Pamphlet with Autograph Signature unknown
5641'Fermo. Marche August 24th. 1863.'. One page octavo. Very good on lightly aged paper with embossed blue ink monogram at head. 'Dear Sir My Sister Isabella just arrived tells me you desire my autograph I have great pleasure in complying with your flattering request. .' The blank second leaf of the bifolium is carefully attached to a larger piece of neatly-docketed paper and has the two newspaper cuttings partially laid down on it. The short Times obituary dated 17 March 1908 states that 'She must surely have been the last person alive to whom Charles Lamb addressed a poem'. The other obituary equally short is unattributed. 'Fermo. Marche | August 24th. 1863.' unknown
9501260917.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2150526 Palace Court London W2. 6 April 1962. 1p 4to. In fair condition lightly aged and worn with the top part of the blank reverse pasted onto a slip of paper cut from an album. Adressed to 'Miss Constance M. Evans Raventhorpe Carmel Road N. Darlington.' She begins by stating that Evans's letter has been forwarded to her by Julian Herbage. She is 'most interested to know that your birthday coincides with mine and that you claim to be the earliest private accompanist I ever had' and thinks from all that Evans says in her letter that 'that is more than likely and your mention of my great friend Rose Budd and Helen Taylor arouses so many happy memories.' She exclaims 'Alas!' on giving the news that Budd died in April 1949 adding that she still visits her husband occasionally. 'Helen Taylor of course became Helen Cowan but I have not seen her for years. I also knew Mr. McKenzie who played the 'cello.' She ends in the hope that life has treated Evans well 'and that all progresses for you as you desire'. Turner was born in Werneth Oldham and her first formal singing lessons were with Dan Rootham teacher of the contralto Clara Butt. 26 Palace Court, London, W2. 6 April 1962. unknown
2582717 January 1968; on letterhead of 3 Langford Close London NW8. 1p 12mo. On blue-grey paper with matching stamped postmarked envelope with typed address to ‘Mr. James Butt / 23 Hartop Rd. / St. Marychurch / TORQUAY’. In good condition lightly aged. Folded for postage. Good large signature: ‘Isobel Baillie’. In response to his enquiry she reports that she has ‘several good pupils who could make satisfactory Sacred Records’ but she would like him to hear them first. In what is possibly a reference to Kiri Te Kanawa she writes: ‘One is a young New Zealand girl with a sweet voice and some experience of sacred work.’ She end by asking whether he will be in London soon ‘and able to spare time to hear her’. 17 January 1968; on letterhead of 3 Langford Close, London, NW8. unknown
1991119129Intaglio 1991-01-01. Audio CD. Very Good. Intaglio unknown
2006Q-0446579114Grand Central Publishing 2006-02-13. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Grand Central Publishing hardcover
3042'Monday morning'; on letterhead '15 Marlborough Road St. John's Wood N.W.'. Anglo-German soprano vocalist mother of Richard Mansfield. 2 pages 16mo. Grubby and creased but in good condition overall. Written in purple ink in a small tight hand. She wonders whether the Maitlands have 'set me down by this time as the most illmannered and ungratefull of all beings' or if they know what she has been doing since they sent her 'the information about Liverpool'. After the evening they spent together she 'had the children home your kind information came and I discussed the matter with Harry'. She then had to leave for Germany 'where I had indeed a delightful Time!' She will recount how the Queen and King of Prussia and the Crown princess received her in private audiences when they meet again. 'Then I returned home only to start again for Nottingham and then I wound up by behaving like an idiot; catching cold and havingg such an attack of Influenza as I do not recollect to have had in this state of my existence certainly'. She has only just emerged from the 'strictest privacy of my bedchamber'. 'Monday morning'; on letterhead '15, Marlborough Road, | St. John's Wood, | N.W.' unknown
26150No date or place. London 1868. See her entry in Grove. The letter can be dated by the reference to Sir William Mitchell see Oxford DNB and the operetta 'The Rival Beauties' which he produced in London and then Plymouth. The letter is on one side of the paper has been cut down to 11 x 9 cm and laid down on a piece of card. Aged and worn with slight loss at top right affecting one word of text. Thirteen lines of close and neatly-written text addressed to ‘Dearest Mrs. Sprague’ and signed ‘Yours affectionately / Erminia Rudersdorff’ with a little of the flourish beneath the signature cut away. Begins: ‘I did not write before because Albert was not certain about Saturday and now he cannot come as he has - as he expected had a letter this morning to say that they can rehearse the “Rival beauties†at Sir William Mittchell’s sic tomorrow evening. So we must find some other evening.’ She hopes it will be possible for Mrs Sprage ‘and Sidney’ to ‘drop in in the evening’ of the following day ‘for I very much want you to know Pepi better’. Image on request. No date or place. [London, 1868.] unknown
2405630 September no year. On letterhead of 8 Longridge Road Earl’s Court S.W. London. 1p 4to. In good condition lightly aged with unobtrusive grease stain stain to one blank corner. Folded twice. Good bold hand with large signature. ‘My dear Miss Atkins - / How very kind of you to return me my old book. It was very valuable to me & I was wondering where it was - so I am very glad to have it back again. / Hoping we shall meet before long / With kindest regards & many thanks / Yours very sincerely / Ethel Henry Bird.’ 30 September [no year]. On letterhead of 8 Longridge Road, Earl’s Court, S.W. [London.] unknown