French Conductor (85 results)

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original chestnut brown cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 4to. 10'' x 7½''. Contains 144 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price c…

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original sun faded grey livery stiff card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 37 pp score. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. From the private library of Brian Culverhouse (22nd October 1927 - 23rd August 2021) who was a leading and much admired classical music pro…

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original classic banana yellow and black livery stiff card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 66 pp score. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. From the private library of Brian Culverhouse (22nd October 1927 - 23rd August 2021) who was a leading and much admired c…

Pas de couverture. Condition: Bon. Signed album page. Obtained in person in Paris in 1966. + Photo 20x15 cm (recent print). A photo of Robert Benzi is pasted on the back of the page. Size : 11x14 cm. Condition : please see scans. Provenance : Annette Lenoble collection. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé p…

Small-8vo. 3½ pp. on bifolium. To thank a journalist for favorable reviews of concerts in Marseille and a pleasant encounter there: "Monsieur Tollon m'a écrit dernièrement une tas de choses flatteuses que vous avez dits, parait-il, sur le compte de ma musique. Je tiens à bien vous remercier d'abord de l'accueil sympathique que j…

12mo. 1 p. Interesting letter to the editor of the music journal Gazette du Midi, probably Charles Vincens, thanking him for favorable comments on Ropartz's "work of artistic decentralization" in Nancy and announcing to send him programs of the past concert-seasons: "On me communique un numéro de la Gazette du Midi" où vous voul…

8vo and 12mo. Together 2 pp. With autograph address and 1 autograph envelope. The lettercard from 1907 to a singer named Roguet-Linder, scheduling a meeting between Büsser's rehearsals. - The letter with a postmark from 25 July 1925 to the Argentinian music critic Michel Raux Deledicque with information concerning the repetition…

8vo. 4 pp. in purple ink, mounted as individual leaves within a half-leather 4to volume (200 x 280 mm), with a wood-engraved portrait of Colonne mounted on the green marbled upper cover. The full manuscript of Colonne's preface to the book "Les symphonies de Beethoven" by the French musicologist Jacques-Gabriel Prod'homme (1871-…

8vo and visiting card format. Together 5 pp. Professional correspondence, mostly from Rabaud's time as director of the Paris Conservatory. The earliest letter from 6 July 1919 is to inform a friend as to when he will be home for a meeting. - On 29 July 1929 he writes to the Courrier Musical, informing the recipient that he has r…

Small 4to. 1 p. on bifolium. To an unnamed middleman explaining that, while he was spending the holidays in Versailles, he was informed that there has still been an old debt due to the legacy a Mr Villeneuve, possibly de composer Alexandre de Villeneuve who died some time after 1756. Although Berton is somewhat incredulous and w…

Oblong 4to. 19 pp. Original wrappers. First edition, inscribed "pour Madame René Auberjonois, en grande sympathie, Igor Strawinsky, Morges 17-IX-17". - The present volume constitutes an impressive document of Stravinsky's life during the October Revolution. A composition for his children, this work was penned in 1914/15, shortly…

Pas de couverture. Condition: Bon. Rare signed album page. Obtained in person in Paris in 1965. + Photo 20x15 cm (recent print). Autograph of French opera singer Ernest Blanc (1923-2010) on the back. Size : 7x9.5 cm. Condition : please see scans. Provenance : Annette Lenoble collection. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime g…

Pas de couverture. Condition: Bon. Rare - Authentic album page signed in person in 1984 in Paris. + Photo 11x15 cm (recent print). Size : 20.5x14.5 cm. Condition : please see scans. Provenance : impressive collection of the French athlete and journalist Michel Clare (1927-2008). Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee…

Pas de couverture. Condition: Bon. Rare - Album page signed in person in 1987 in Paris. + Photo 20x20 cm (recent print). Size : 21x14 cm. Condition : please see scans. Provenance : impressive collection of a Parisian autograph hunter called Thierry (or Terry). Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteu…

Small-8vo. 3 pp. on bifolium. Charming letter to a journalist, thanking him enthusiastically for his very favorable criticism of a performance of a piece entitled Rêverie, possibly Hector Berlioz's Rêverie et caprice for violin and orchestra, and expressing some thoughts on the piece: "Comment vous remercier assez de toutes les…

Visiting card format. 1 page. To the publisher Wilhelm Enoch (1840-1913) asking him to supply his orchestral and choir works, including marches, dances and genre works, his "Czarine" and his "Marche Russe" to his friend, the cellist and conductor Achille Kerrion (1868-1939), who conducts concerts at the "Palais de l'Industrie":…