Score, holograph, consisting of an early version of the second movement of Symphony no. 2, here titled "4. Satz," dated at the end, 1893 Jul 30, Steinbach (Steinbach am Attersee, Austria). Accompanied by a holograph note written by Alma Mahler, ident...
Alternative Title:
Symphonies, no. 2, Andante moderato C minor
Description:
Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor.
Subject (Geographic):
Austria
Subject (Name):
Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. and Mahler, Alma, 1879-1964.
An old man (a caricature of the composer Thomas Arne) stands in front of an ornate organ wearing a bicorne hat, bag wig, and a scowling expression. He plays the musical instrument with his left hand but keeps his right hand in his pocket. At his feet ...
Description:
Title from caption etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act, Oct. 24, 1772, by I. Middleton, Strand
Score, holograph, inscribed to Raoul Gunsbourg, Paris, 1912 Mar. Other holograph annotations, dated 1887-1891, include brief references to Sibyl Sanderson and Manon
Description:
Jules Massenet, French composer.
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Gunsbourg, Raoul, 1859-1955., Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912., and Sanderson, Sibyl, 1865-1903.
Autograph manuscript song texts and other writings by Charles Dibdin, some with watermarks dated 1794-1814; an autograph letter, signed, from Dibdin's wife Anne Dibdin to William Kitchiner, 1824 February 28, referring to her husband's death and to a b...
Description:
Charles Dibdin, English composer, author, and actor; husband of Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); father of engraver Anne Dibdin (born circa 1776).
Subject (Geographic):
England., Great Britain., and England
Subject (Name):
Dibdin, Anne, 1757-1835., Dibdin, Anne, approximately 1776-, Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814., Dibdin, E. Rimbault 1853-1941. (Edward Rimbault),, Freemantle, W. T. (William Thomas), Kitchiner, William, 1775?-1827., and Sievier, Robert William, 1794-1865.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English, Composers, English drama, Engravers, Illustration of books, Manuscripts, Collectors and collecting, Music, Instructions and study, Songs, English, Theater, and Vocal music
Vocal score, holograph, with corrections by Messager and printer's annotations for publication by Editions Salabert. Sections are numbered and paged separately; number twelve is not present. Accompanied by two documents identifying the score as Mess...
Alternative Title:
Coups de roulis. Vocal score
Description:
Operetta with a libretto by Albert Willemetz, based on a novel by Maurice Larrouy. A vocal score was published by Editions Salabert (Paris, 1928).
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Larrouy, Maurice, 1882-1939, Messager, André, 1853-1929., and Editions Salabert.
"Portrait of Joseph Haydn, half-length, facing front, seated on a chair, writing a music score on a table, holding a quill pen in his right hand; after A. M. Ott; fourth state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. as the act directs April 4, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
A portrait of Ignatius Sancho, in an oval, half-length facing three-quarter to left, with his right hand on stomach inside vest. Born a slave, he was self-educated and became known as a scholar, playwright, poet, and composer
