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Autographs: composers, conductors etc.

 

N.B. All prices are in GB pounds

Items are not shown to scale with each other, and measurements are approximate.

 

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Claudio Abaddo - born 1933, Italian conductor, best known for his performances and recordings of opera; was musical director of La Scala Milan and Vienna State Opera - autograph in blue ink on 4.5 x 3 inches (12 x 8 cm) white card. £20          

   

  

  

 

  

        

Richard Armstrong - born 1943, British conductor; Music Director of Welsh National Opera in 1970s, later Music Director of Scottish Opera, knighted in 2004 - 7 x 5 inches (18 x 13 cm) autographed photo, with short message and a further autograph on reverse. £15      

   

  

   

    

  

           

John Barbirolli - 1899-1970, British conductor, particularly of The Halle Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic (which he took over from Toscannini) and later the Houston Symphony Orchestra - autograph on 5 x 3 inches (12.5 x 7 cm) white card, signed: "John Barbirolli, Bristol 1937".   SOLD     

   

  

   

 

  

    

Sir Thomas Beecham - 1879-1961, British conductor and impressario, whose larger-than-life character and wit gave rise to huge numbers of annecdotes. With a vast career spanning the first half of the twentieth century, he is best remembered for his performances and recordings of opera - autograph on 5 x 3.5 inches (12.5 x 9 cm) page from autograph book, with picture snipped from magazine stuck below it. £40            

 

 

 

  

  

      

Pierre Boulez - born 1925, French avant-guard composer and conductor - 4 x 6 inches (10.5 x 15 cm) autographed publicity card. £35     

       

 

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Adrian Boult - 1889-1983, British conductor who established the BBC Symphony Orchestra and later conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the LSO and the Philharmonia Orchestra, and was a great champion of British composers, conducting the world-premier of Holst's The Planets - autograph snipped from letter or autograph book pasted to 4.25 x 3.5 inches (11 x 9 cm) slightly worn page from autograph book. £25    

   

  

  

  

            

 

John Copley - born 1925, British opera director - 6.5 x 4.75 inches (16.5 x 12 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Best wishes, John Copley". £15

 

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Andrew Davis - born 1944, British conductor, musical director of Glyndebourne Opera from 1989; has often conducted the Last Night at the Proms - 4.5 x 6.5 inches (11.5 x 17 cm) autographed photo. £20

        

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Carl Davis - born 1936, American-born conductor and composer, living in the UK since 1961; conductor of London Philharmonic Orchestra and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and a prolific composer of film and TV music - 4.5 x 6.25 inches (11.5 x 16 cm) autographed photo, signed in firm blue biro. £20             

   

  

  

  

         

Lionel Friend - born 1945, British conductor, especially of opera, conducting regularly at Glyndebourne and English National Opera - 5 x 7 inches (13 x 18 cm) autographed photo. £16  

   

 

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Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos - born 1933, Spanish conductor; conducted the Bilbao Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra and Philadelphia Orchestra, currently music director of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra - autograph in blue biro on 5.5 x 3.5 inches (14 x 9 cm) white postcard. £10    

   

  

  

  

        

Edward German - 1862-1936, British composer who finished Sir Arthur Sullivan's opera The Emerald Isle, and composed Merrie England, A Princess of Kensington and Tom Jones - autograph on 4.25 x 3.25 inches (11 x 8.5 cm) round-cornered card. signed: "With kind wishes: Edward German, Oct 6th 1925". £35  

    

  

  

  

    

Edwin Greene - Edwardian composer, especially of songs: Sing Me to Sleep, I Remember I Remember, The Beautiful Land of Nod, and The Fleeting Years - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, signed: "With very kind wishes, yours sincerely, Edwin Greene", and with 24 word message from Edwin Greene to a fan on reverse. £12

   

 

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Sir Charles Groves - 1915-1992, British conductor, musical director of Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Welsh National Opera and Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Good wishes, Charles Groves" in blue ink. £25 

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Jeremy Isaacs - born 1932, TV director and opera administrator, former General Director of the Royal Opera House - 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25.5 cm) large autographed photo. £18  

  

   

  

  

  

   

Alan Jay Lerner - 1918-1986, American lyricist and libretist: with Austrian composer Frederick Loewe he wrote Bigadoon, My Fair Lady, Gigi, Camalot and Paint Your Wagon - autograph in felt-tip pen on 4.75 x 3.25 inches (12 x 8 cm) autographed white card. £25       

  

     

 

 

  

 

Henry Mancini - 1924-1994, American composer, especially film and TV music (The Pink Panther, Breakfast at Tiffany's) - 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25.5 cm) large autographed photo, with dedication "To Aldo - Henry Mancini". £35
 

 

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Mantovani - 1905-1980, Italian (later British) conductor, specialising in light music: a huge star in the 1950s, he recorded over 50 albums, and starred in his own TV series - autograph in red biro on 4.5 x 4 inches (11 x 10 cm) cream card. £10      

   

  

 

  

 

Eric Maschwitz - 1901-1969, British lyricist and broadcaster, wrote the books and lyrics for dozens of musicals including Zip Goes a Million, and is best remembered for the words to the song A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square - autograph on 4.5 x 3.25 inches (11 x 8 cm) page from autograph book, inscribed "For Joseph Cornell, Eric Maschwitz, Oct 7, 1942", (plus seperate 4 x 6 inches unsigned photo). £25   

  

  

   

 

  

 

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Peter Maxwell Davies - born 1934, British composer, currently Master of the Queen's Music - 6 x 4 inches (15.5 x 10.5 cm) autographed publicity card. £15   

       

   

 

  

     

Michel Plasson - born 1933, French conductor - autograph on 5.75 x 3.5 inches (14.5 x 9 cm) white page from autograph book, signed after a performance of Faust at ROH Covent Garden, 1/2/86. £12

     

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

Sir Malcolm Sargent - 1895-1967, British conductor, particularly of choral music; conductor of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and was chief conductor of the Props 1948-67 - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo. £55   [ref: MS1]        

 

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Sir Malcolm Sargent - 1895-1967, British conductor, particularly of choral music; conductor of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and was chief conductor of the Proms 1948-67 - large autograph in thick blue pencil on 6 x 4 inches (15 x 10 cm) page. Note: paper is slightly lighter-coloured than shown on scan. £22   [ref: MS2]          

 

   

  

  

 

 

Gerard Schwarz - born 1947, American conductor, Musical Director of Seattle Symphony Orchestra and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - 4 x 6 inches (10.5 x 15 cm) autographed RLPO photo. £12

 

 

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Charles Shadwell - 1898-1979, British conductor; best remembered as Conductor of the BBC Variety Orchestra - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Best wishes, Charles Shadwell". Condition: crease to top-right corner, and fragment of paper stuck to reverse where item has been in album. £12   [ref: CS1]     

  

 

  

   

  

   

 Charles Shadwell - 1898-1979, British conductor; best remembered as Conductor of the BBC Variety Orchestra - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed postcard, signed "Sincerely yours, Charles Shadwell". Condition: fragments of paper stuck to to reverse where item has been in album. £12   [ref: CS2]

     

     

 

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Felix von Weingartner - 1863-1942, Austrian conductor, composer, pianist and musicologist, succeeding Mahler as principal conductor of Vienna Hofoper - black ink autograph on 4 x 2 inches (10 x 4.5 cm) pink paper fragment snipped from autograph book, dated 1940. £35        

   

  

 

   

  

       

Sir Henry Wood - 1869-1944, British conductor, founding The Promenade Concerts in 1895 (now the BBC Proms). A huge figure in late Victorian and Edwardian classical music, he championed British composers, and brought classical music to a far wider public than ever before - autograph on 3.5 x 2.5 inches (9.5 x 6 cm) small page from autograph book, signed: "Sincerely yours, Henry J. Wood 1944". £30    [ref: HW1]   

  

   

 

  

  

      

Sir Henry Wood - 1869-1944, British conductor, founding The Promenade Concerts in 1895 (now the BBC Proms). A huge figure in late Victorian and Edwardian classical music, he championed British composers, and brought classical music to a far wider public than ever before - musical sketch and autograph on 5 x 2.5 inches (12.5 x 6.5 cm) small page from autograph book, with inscription: "Adagio e molto espressivo...sincerely yours, Henry J. Wood, 1932". £50   [ref: HW2]       

  

 

  

 

 

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