Classical, Opera & Ballet Memorabilia

Florence Foster Jenkins, an American girl born in 1868 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania to a well-to-do family, has become a legend as “the world’s worst opera singer.”. She made some vanity 78 rpm records for the Mel-o-tone label during World War Two, and in October 1944 hired Carnegie Hall for a recital.

With a history spanning at least 3000 years, it was only late in the 19th century that bloodletting was discredited as a treatment for most ailments. Harkening back to the Hippocratic notion of illness being caused by an imbalance of the four humors, treatments including bloodletting were designed to essentially remove an amount of the excessive humor by various means.

>>> NATHAN MILSTEIN, violin & GEORGE PLUDERMACHER, piano. Complete concert program (70-pages) from November 15, 1987 at Carnegie Hall, New York City. Beethoven, Bach (solo Partita #2 in D minor), Prokofiev, Liszt, Tchaikovsky & Wieniawski program.

The present image was not made at a performance of the live ballet; rather, the photograph was taken in one of the studio spaces used by Morgan in New York City. It was Morgan’s custom to attend repeated rehearsals and performances of the dances she planned to photograph, and watch for significant moments that she would later re-create in a studio setting.

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[Dance] Nijinsky, Waslaw. (1889-1950)GALA DE DANSE AU BENEFICE DE VASLAV NIJINSKI - Program from the Serge Lifar Collection. Organisé par Serge Lifar, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan, 28 juin 1939, dans le cadre des Ballets Russes de Diaghilev.

Among the ballets listed are: La Concurrence, (choreographed by Georges Balanchine) Symphonie Fantastique (choreographed by Leonide Massine) L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune and Le Beau Danube. (with Alexandra Danilova and Leonide Massine.).

This fabulous image captures the incomparabe George London in his acclaimed assumption of Srapia from Puccini's Tosca. Measuring 3.25 X 5.375, the wonderful black and white photo is boldly signed by the great bass baritone.

>>> JOSEF KRIPS. Complete concert program (11-pages) from February 20-23, 1964 in Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City. The New York Philharmonic conducted by Josef Krips. With Maureen Forrester (contralto) and Richard Lewis (tenor).

THEATRE DES CHAMPS ELYSEES. HERBERT VON KARAJAN. OFFICIAL CONCERT PROGRAMME. MARCH 14th MAY 1968. PAGES 20. ORIGINAL PAPER BINDING.

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Photo measure at 8" x 10" and have some creases. stains and rips.

Condition is near mint. The Hollywood pinup which began with Mack Sennett's famous "Bathing Beauties" reached its zenith in WWII. The pinup would endure through the Korean War and into the 1950s, when the more aggressive Men's magazines made them seem quaint and old fashioned.

Great photography. A bit of scratched paper on the edges of the cover. Pages a bit tanned but no rips or tears

Isadora Duncan in Her Dances. Isadora, The Artist. Isadora, Prophet of the Dance. Remembering Isadora. The Quality of Isadora's Art. Exquisite rare ballet art catalog, 1945. plus supplies based on size & weight.

Program measure at 8" x 10" and have some creases. stains and rips.

Size 52x80cm (20x31").

Florence Foster Jenkins, an American girl born in 1868 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania to a well-to-do family, has become a legend as “the world’s worst opera singer.”. She made some vanity 78 rpm records for the Mel-o-tone label during World War Two, and in October 1944 hired Carnegie Hall for a recital.

PHILIPPE COLLARD-PIANO PERFORMING 13 BARCAROLLES BY G.FAURE- - TWO ORIGINAL STUDIO PRODUCTION REEL TO REEL MASTER TAPES-ORIGINAL PATHE MARCONI-FRANCE-NOT A COPY. BOXES IN EXCELLENT CONDITION TAPE IS MINT.

15 x 21.5 Cms aprox size ///.

3 pages : one has prices and other is realeted with leopoldo stokowsky concert.