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“IT HAS COST ME MUCH HARDSHIP TO COMPLETE THE SCORE IN TIME”
WAGNER, Richard. Autograph letter, twice signed. Berlin, March 25, 1876. Twice-signed autograph letter by Richard Wagner to conductor Theodore Thomas, discussing the score of the Grand Inauguration March, composed by Wagner for the entrance of President Grant to the grounds of the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. $8500.
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“VERY BEAUTIFUL, IMAGINATIVE AND FULL OF STRONG SITUATIONS”
VERDI, Giuseppe. Il Trovatore. Milan, 1853. First authorized edition (and, according to Fuld, first edition), piano-vocal score, fully engraved. $6800.
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FIRST EDITION OF THE LIBRETTO FOR DER ROSENKAVALIER
STRAUSS, Richard. Rosenkavalier. Berlin and Paris:, 1911. First edition, rare variant issue of the libretto for Strauss’ most enduring masterpiece. $4800.
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INSCRIBED BY FRANZ LISZT
LISZT, Franz. Am Stillen Herd. Berlin, 1871. First edition, inscribed on the title page, “Herr — — —-, Sein —, F. Liszt. Pest Janvier ’79.” $4500.
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DEDICATEE’S COPY OF TENOR GIOVANNI RUBINI’S SONGS,
INSCRIBED BY HIM AND BEAUTIFULLY BOUND
RUBINI, Giovanni Battista. L'Album di Rubini. London, 1830. First edition of this collection of six songs - four solo pieces and two duets - composed by famed Italian tenor Giovanni Rubini, inscribed by him on the title page to the student to whom he dedicated the work, Georgina Byrne. $4200.
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“HE SHOWED ALL HIS POWERS”
(RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator) WAGNER, Richard. The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie. WITH: Siegfried. London, 1910. Together, two volumes. First deluxe limited edition, each volume one of only 1150 copies (432 and H28, respectively) and each signed by Rackham, boasting in all 64 mounted color plates and 23 black-and-white drawings, handsomely bound. $4200.
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EXCEPTIONAL SIGNED CARUSO CARICATURE OF HIS FRIEND ENRICO SCOGNAMILLO
CARUSO, Enrico. Caricature signed. New York, 1913. Original Enrico Caruso caricature of his friend Enrico Scognamillo, signed and dated “Enrico Caruso NY 1913.” $3900.
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“NEVER YET HAS ANYONE PRODUCED SO ACCURATE A MUSICAL DESCRIPTION OF LA MANIFESTATION PHYSIQUE DES TENDRESSES HUMAINES”
MASSENET, J[ules]. Esclarmonde. Paris, 1889. First edition, association copy of the piano-vocal score, inscribed by Massenet to the great French bass Joseph Tagliafico “a l’ami Tagliafico, souvenir de son bien affectionne, J. Massenet,” with a musical quotation from the prologue (“O divine Esclarmonde…”), dated Paris, October 1889. With lovely art nouveau color illustrations, including vignette title page, by E. Grasset. $3800.
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LOVELY 18TH-CENTURY ITALIAN EMBROIDERED SILK BINDING
(OPERA). La Vera Costanza. Gallipoli, 1776. First edition of the libretto to this cantata in three voices, composed and performed to celebrate an 18th-century Italian wedding, richly and beautifully bound in green embroidered silk. $3200.
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CUI’S OPERA SARATSIN, INSCRIBED BY THE COMPOSER TO THE ORIGINAL DYUNIA
CUI, Cesar. Saratsin. Moscow, 1899. First edition of the piano-vocal score, inscribed by the composer on the title page to the Russian bass Smirnov, the original Dyunia, in Russian: “To the ‘brave knight Dyunia’ in fond memories, 1899, C. Cui.” $2600.
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