MASCAGNI PIETRO: (1863-1945) Italian Composer. A Good A.L.S., `Pietro Mascagni´, one page, 4to, lined paper, Palermo, 14th August 1938, in Italian...

GIORDANO UMBERTO: (1867-1948) Italian Composer. Best known for his acclaimed opera Andrea chenier (1896). A cleanly written A.L.S., `Umberto Giord...

GIORDANO UMBERTO: (1867-1948) Italian composer. Vintage signed and inscribed 11.5 x 15 photograph, the unusually produced image, reminiscent of a ...

MENOTTI GIAN CARLO: (1911-2007) Italian composer and librettist. Autograph Musical Manuscript, unsigned, five pages, folio (manuscript paper), n.p...

SARASATE PABLO DE: (1844-1908) Spanish Violinist and Composer. A fine A.L.S., `Sarasate´, one page, 12mo, n.p., n.d., in French. Sarasate has to c...

FALLA MANUEL DE: (1876-1946) Spanish Composer. A.L.S., Manuel de Falla, one page, 8vo, Paris, Friday 24th May 1912, to Madame Jane Bathori Engel, ...

[RODRIGO JOAQUIN]: (1901-1999) Spanish composer and pianist. T.L.S., J. Rodrigo, on the blind composer's behalf by his wife, Victoria Kamhi, one p...

GRIEG EDVARD: (1843-1907) Norwegian composer. A.L.S., Edvard Grieg, two pages (written to the first and third sides of the bifolium), 8vo, Leipzig...

LIGETI GYORGY: (1923-2006) Hungarian Composer of contemporary classical music. Regarded as one of the most important avant-garde composers in the ...

PART ARVO: (1935- ) Estonian Composer. Part´s music is largely inspired by Gregorian chant. He invented a compositional technique called ''Tintinn...

RUBINSTEIN ANTON: (1829-1894) Russian pianist, composer and conductor, founder of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. A.L.S., Ant: Rubinstein, one ...

STRAVINSKY IGOR: (1882-1971) Russian composer, conductor and pianist. Vintage signed and inscribed 7 x 9.5 photograph of the composer standing in ...

STRAVINSKY IGOR: (1882-1971) Russian composer, conductor and pianist. A.L.S., I Stravinsky, to one side of a plain Carte Postale, Carantec (Britta...

STRAVINSKY IGOR: (1882-1971) Russian composer, conductor and pianist. A good vintage signed and inscribed 5 x 7 photograph of Stravinsky standing ...

ENGLISH COMPOSERS: Edward German (1862-1936) English composer & musician. Dark fountain pen ink signature ('Edward German') on a 12mo piece. Neatl...

TOSCANINI ARTURO: (1867-1957) Italian conductor. Bold, dark fountain pen ink signature ('Arturo Toscanini') and date, 30th August 1934, in his han...

BOULT ADRIAN: (1889-1983) English conductor. Correspondence collection of twenty-four A.Ls.S., Adrian C Boult (4), Adrian (7), one unsigned and th...

BERNSTEIN LEONARD: (1918-1990) American conductor and composer. Signed and inscribed 3.5 x 5.5 photograph of Bernstein in a profile head and shoul...

BERNSTEIN LEONARD: (1918-1990) American Conductor & Composer of West Side Story (1957). Signed 3.5 x 5.5 photograph, the image showing Bernstein i...

LEVINE JAMES: (1943-2021) American conductor and pianist, music director of the Metropolitan Opera from 1976-2016. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Lev...

ICONIC PIANISTS OF THE 20th CENTURY: A very fine selection of two signed programs and one A.M.Q.S., by three of the main Pianists of the 20th cent...

ICONIC PIANISTS OF THE 20th CENTURY: A very fine selection of three signed programs, by three of the main Pianists of the 20th century, comprising...

KEMPFF WILHELM: (1895-1991) German Pianist. A good signed printed program, sixteen pages, 4to, Florence, 27th January 1952, in Italian. Signed `Wi...

ARGERICH MARTHA: (1941- ) Argentine-Swiss Pianist. Widely considered one the greatest pianists of the 20th Century. Two signed 8 x 10 photographs ...

VIRTUOSO VIOLINISTS: A very fine set of three signed documents, one signed photograph, one A.L.S., and one signed program by various great violini...

THIBAUD JACQUES: (1880-1953) French Violinist. Thibaud died in an airplane crash. His 1709 Stradivarius disappeared with him. A fine and large sig...

OISTRAKH DAVID: (1908-1974) Russian Violinist and Conductor. One of the most important violinists of the 20th century, who was the dedicatee of wo...

MENUHIN YEHUDI: (1916-1999) American-born British Violinist. Signed 6 x 10 photograph, the image depicting Menuhin standing, in a half-length pose...

ROSTROPOVICH MSTISLAV: (1927-2007) Russian Cellist & Conductor. A good signed 7 x 5 colour photograph of Rostropovich, the Vienna image showing th...

CLASSICAL MUSIC: Selection of vintage signed postcard photographs and larger, 8 x 10s etc., by various conductors and classical musicians includin...

GIGLI BENIAMINO: (1890-1957) Italian Tenor. Two Good signed postcard photographs, 3.5 x 5.5 and 4 x 5.5 respectively, the images showing the Itali...

MARTINELLI GIOVANNI: (1885-1969) Italian Tenor. Vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph by Martinelli, the image depicting the Italian Tenor standing, in...

THREE TENORS THE: Signed colour 9 x 10.5 magazine photograph by Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras individually, the image depic...

DE LA GRANGE ANNA: (1825-1905) French Soprano and Composer. One of the most noted opera singers of the 19th century. De la Grange was a protégée o...

MELBA NELLIE: (1861-1931) Australian Soprano. A very fine A.M.Q.S., Nellie Melba, one page, small 4to, Brussels, 31st March 1889. Melba has carefu...

BELLINCIONI GEMMA: (1864-1950) Italian Soprano, one of the best-known opera singers of the late 19th century. Bellincioni was renowned both for he...

CALLAS MARIA: (1923-1977) American-born Greek Soprano. Attractive signed musical score `Maria Callas´, eight pages, large folio, 9.5 x 12.5, n.p.,...

CALLAS MARIA: (1923-1977) American-born Greek soprano. Vintage signed 4 x 6 photograph of Callas standing in a full length pose in costume as Amin...

OPERA: A very fine selection of vintage signed 4 x 6 photographs, few very slightly smaller and few in colour, by various major opera singers, Sop...

FONTEYN & NUREYEV: FONTEYN MARGOT (1919-1991) English ballerina & NUREYEV RUDOLF (1938-1993) Soviet ballet dancer. Signed 8 x 10 photograph by bot...

‘the care and diligence in averting and rejecting the plans of the malicious should always be praised’  PIUS III: (1439-1503) Pope of the Catholi...

PIUS XI: (1857-1939) Pope of the Catholic Church 1922-39 and the first sovereign of Vatican City from its creation as an independent state in Febr...

PAUL VI: (1897-1978) Pope of the Catholic Church 1963-78, canonised as a saint in 2018. A large vintage signed 11.5 x 15.5 photograph of Pope Paul...

BENEDICT XVI: (1927-2022) Pope of the Catholic Church 2005-13. Black ink signature ('+ Joseph Card. Ratzinger') as Cardinal, to the centre of a pr...

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL: (1581-1660) French Catholic Priest. Venerated both in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. Canonized in 1737 by ...

BOSCO JOHN: (1815-1888) Don Bosco. Italian Roman Catholic Priest, Educator and Writer. He developed teaching methods based on love rather than pun...

PARDO DE TAVERA JUAN: (1472-1545) Grand inquisitor of Spain 1539-45, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela ("Saint Jacques of Compostela") since 15...

POLE REGINALD: (1500-1558) English cardinal of the Catholic Church, the last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury 1556-58 during the Counter Reformat...

HUC EVARISTE REGIS: (1813-1860) Abbe Huc. French Catholic priest, Lazarite missionary and traveller, famous for his accounts of Qing-era China, Mo...

TEILHARD DE CHARDIN PIERRE: (1881-1955) French Jesuit priest, scientist, palaeontologist, theologian and philosopher who took part in the discover...

[GASTRONOMY]: MONSELET CHARLES: (1825-1888) French journalist, novelist, poet and playwright. Founder and editor-in-chief of Le Gourmet newspaper ...

[SLAVERY]: A very interesting document, one page, large 17 x 12 folio, given at Matanzas, Cuba, n.d., in Spanish. The partially printed document, ...

SLAVERY - MAURITIUS: Philippe Jean de la Haye Duponsel (1752-1790)French slave trader established in Mauritius, which was called at that time, "Is...

SCHOELCHER VICTOR: (1804-1893) French Abolitionist Writer. A main figure and spokesman for the abolition of slavery. A very fine A.L.S., `V. Schoe...

SWETCHINE SOPHIE: (1782-1857) Russian mystic, famous for her salon in Paris which was considered remarkable for its high levels of courtesy and in...

MICHEL LOUISE: (1830-1905) French Anarchist and medical Worker, a leading figure in the Paris Commune. She used the pseudonym ''Clémence'' and was...

MATA HARI: (1876-1917) Gertrud Margaretha Zelle being her real name. Dutch exotic Dancer, with stage name Mata Hari, who was convicted of being a ...

FRANKLIN JANE: (1791-1875) English philanthropist, the second wife of the explorer John Franklin. Following her husband's disappearance in search ...

DE MAEZTU MARIA: (1882-1948) Spanish educator and feminist, founder of the Lyceum Club in Madrid. A.Q.S., Maria de Maeztu, on a small oblong 8vo p...

LA PALISSE JACQUES DE: (1470-1525) French nobleman and Marshal of France, created Grand Master of France in 1511. La Palisse gave his name to Lapa...