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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
QWA-9439chez l'auteur, rue Hauteville n° 21, Paris, in-4 rel. 1/2 toile rouge (26 x 34), 49 p., non daté (c. 1850), trace de mouillure claire au bas des feuillets, assez bon état.
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
21478Headed "Eva Turner" 26 Palace Court London W2 4HZ 12 Dec. 1977. One page cr. 8vo fold marks very good condition. She appreciates his thoughtfulnes concerning her personal life and is sympathetic about his personal life. She goes on: "I think there are enough biographies and autobiographies on the market without my inflicting more and so I have decided against it! Notwithstanding I am very touched by all your kind observances regarding myself." She then discusses her promising students Linda Esther Gray later her biographer and Stuart Harling. She appreciates his remembering her Pekingese which had died after a long life and not been replaced. She sends good wishes from her longtime companion/secretary Miss Ridyard for Christmas and the New Year. A postscript anounces that she's sending no Christmas cards "this year". [Headed, "Eva Turner"] 26 Palace Court, London, W2 4HZ, 12 Dec. 1977 unknown
boz_004576Félia LITVINE- LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉE À Madame Louis GASSIN Cantatrice, soprano russe Félia LITVINE- LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉE À Madame Louis GASSIN, probablement une visite de courtoisie, la lettre est accompagnée de son enveloppe. Dimensions : 21,1 x 13,9 État : Voir photos pour plus de détails. Nombre de pages : 2 pages
26754No place or date. Attractive Page extracted from autograph album 19.5 x 16cms sl. foxed edge rough where extracted good condition comprising: a. Harry Lauder's signature to which he appends the phrase "The saftest o'the Family" with the signatures of Henry Simson and Lena Ashwell Simson SEE IMAGE. On verso signature after subscription as follows: "With all good wishes Sincerely Yours Amy Evans 1914". No place or date. unknown
12 pages. A pleasing arrangement of this timeless song. Average wear. Unmarked. Sheet music
1397205598.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1397204583.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0274644118.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0353668354.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
189646401884Buenos Aires, Monkes, 1896 ; in-8, cart. impr. d’éditeur. 429 pp., 1 f. blanc, 1 f. appendice, XIII pp. de table.Histoire des guerres du XVIe siècle pour la conquête du Tucuman, établissement de la colonie espagnole dans la vallée de Catamarca, christianisation. Evolution aux XVIIe, XVIIIe et XIX e siècles ...
Collana LA SCALA NELL'ETA' NEOCLASSICA ---I PROTAGONISTI, di Giampiero Tintori: Premessa - I musicisti - I librettisti - I cantanti - Il balletto - I ballerini - La scuola di ballo - Gli impresari; L'AMBIENTE, di Guido Bezzola - Note - Bibliografia e Indici: Opere citate in forma abbreviata - Indice dei nomi - Indice delle tavole - Impresso dalla Stamperia Valdonega, Verona MCMLXXXIV - Questo esemplare appartiene alla tiratura speciale di seicentosettantacinque copie su carta appositamente fabbricata dalla cartiera Ventura e in legatura d'amatore 1 35,5x25,5 cm., legatura speciale d'amatore in mezza pelle, piatti cartonati delimitati da filetto in oro, fregi e titolo in oro al dorso (sbiaditi), taglio superiore in oro, gli altri non refilati, cofanetto, in apertura 2 tavole speciali della Scala a colori (esterno disegnato e Veduta interna), pp. 185 (3), 43 Tavole nel testo in bianconero e a colori, con numerose illustrazioni di ogni tipo, di cui 1 su doppia pagina, edizione di pregio, a tiratura limitata, in italiano, in ottimo stato. allegato quartino stesso formato con riassunto del testo in inglese
193636755J. Miles & Co. Ltd. 1936. 1936. Very good. - A 22 inch high by 15 inch wide promotional poster with a brief biography and press reviews of performances by the American Soprano Ina Souez. Printed in brown on cream paper with a 5-1/4 inch high by 4 inch wide portrait of the singer printed at top left above a brief biography with the banner title to the right of the image. Reviews of Ina Souez' performances are printed in 3 columns with several reviews quoted under each of several headings including "Glyndebourne Opera Festival 1936" "Glyndebourne 1935" "Copenhagen 1936" "International Season Royal Opera House Covent Garden" etc. A 5-1/2 inch high by 3-1/2 inch wide full-length portrait appears at bottom right. The poster is folded vertically and horizontally with a short tear to the top of the vertical fold. It is otherwise slightly soiled with minor creases. The word "DUPL>NYPL" is stamped several times on the verso. Very good. <p>As per the brief biography printed under her portrait "Ina Souez the new star soprano was born in Windsor Colorado America. In 1928 on the advice of Gatti Casazza she went to Italy to study voice production with Signor Rodolfo Mele. She has appeared for several seasons at Covent Garden in principal roles and at the Glyndebourne Mozart Festival where she is permanently engaged. She has also appeared in Denmark Germany and Paris and has been declared by the leading critics of Europe as the greatest Mozart soprano living. Her Bellini and Verdi have been declared unsurpassable. In Puccini she also excels and in Ravel and Bizet is considered unequaled."<p>Ina Souez 1903-1992 was born Ina Rains to a family of Cherokee heritage in Windsor Colorado. Upon embarking on her career she took her grandmother's last name "Souez". Ina Souez 1903-1992 first studied with the Canadian contralto Florence Hinman and made her debut as Mimi in Ivrea in 1928. At Florence Hinman's urging she went to Italy in 1931 to study with Sofia del Campo. She starred in roles in Milan and these were soon followed by appearances in London Paris and Rome. She first sang at Glyndebourne on the second night of the Festival's inauguration in 1934 and went on to become the festival's prima donna. She made her home in London and was the first to commercially record performances of "Don Giovanni" ad "Cosi fan Tutte". Returning to the US at the outbreak of WWII she enlisted in the Women's Army Corps and subsequently signed up with the Spike Jones band often playing the comedian as members of the band would remove pigeons from her hat while she sang. Retiring after 10 years she went on to teach voice in San Francisco and Los Angeles. J. Miles & Co., Ltd., [1936]. unknown
21272On letterhead of The Old Cottage Egypt Farnham Common Bucks. 15 October 1965. 2pp 12mo. In good condition lightly aged with lightly-rusted indentation from a paperclip. She thanks him for the 'lovely form of intrusion your letter proved to be - as though you could ever intrude!' She wonders whether if she had been 'a more patient patient' the 'second attack' might not have happened' a heart attack had forced her to retire from the stage 'but I was never one for sitting and doing nothing'. She is 'trying very hard now as I have learnt my lesson'. She has 'so many interests that retirement is beginning to become a pleasure thank heavens'. He hopes to see him and 'dear Given' and ends with affectionate sentiments. On letterhead of The Old Cottage, Egypt, Farnham Common, Bucks. 15 October 1965. unknown
26431No place or date. The two signatures are written one on top of the other close together on a leaf extracted from a printed diary with the bottom of the 'C' of 'Coates' touching the top of the 'e' of 'Tetrazzini'. In good condition on lightly aged and foxed paper. No other manuscript text. The page 163 has printed on it the dates ‘June 29’ and halfway down ‘June 30’ and the signatures are beneath the former. On the reverse is a printed poem by ‘Louise Chandler Moulton’ ‘A maiden sits in her bower and sings’. Image on application. No place or date. unknown
1980SPN-854Paris : Heugel, 1980. Recueil 27x18,5cm, 55 pages de partitions.
