JAZZ GREATS: DJANGO REINHARDT, LOUIS ARMSTRONG, STEPHANE GRAPPELLI, JACK TEAGARDEN. Her German-language recording of "Silent Night" earned sales for Victor Red Seal records unmatched by any other artist. She was primarily known for her interpretations of Wagner and Strauss. From the late 1880s to the early 1900s, the exceptional contralto voice of ERNESTINE SCHUMANN HEINK (1861-1936) was heard frequently at concerts and festivals throughout Europe. On verso is an Autograph Note signed: "Schumann Heink" in German, New York, 1902 January. His works include music for Ibsen's Peer Gynt (1876) as well as many choral, orchestral, and chamber pieces.
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Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist who learned how to play at the age of six and went on the attend Leipzig Conservatory. Leipzig, 1891.Three bars of music labeled: "Andante" at top by EDVARD GRIEG (1843-1907). Overall, fine condition.ĮDVARD GRIEG and ERNESTINE SCHUMANN HEINKBoth sign their names on this album leaf containing several bars of music drawn by Grieg Autograph Musical Quotation signed: "Edvard Grieg" 1p, 6x3½. Lightly creased with folds, vertical fold at 1 word of writing. Jules Massenet (1842-1912), who was extremely popular in his day, wrote numerous operas, but Manon established his reputation as a composer. The opera, which premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, is a staple in the repertoire of many operatic companies and has been featured on numerous recordings, beginning with the historic first recording in 1923. The composer has drawn four double bars of music, and written in French: "Prelude de l'act II (Manon) ".This historical musical quote was written on the first performance of his comic opera, Manon, considered his operatic masterpiece. Massenet”, in /Paris/1 er presentation op: comique/samedi 19 Janvier 1884 ", in black ink, 9½x2½. JULES MASSENETOn the date of the premier of his comic opera masterpiece Manon, he penned and signed these four double bars from Act II. His spiritual quest helped him overcome an early addiction to heroin and greatly influenced his music. "Trane" explored many jazz styles during a career shortened by liver cancer. That same year, he formed his first ensemble, a quartet. First noted as a sideman for such jazz greats as Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk and especially Miles Davis, Coltrane released his first solo album in 1957, and the first album consisting entirely of his original compositions (Giant Steps) in 1960. John Coltrane (1926-1967) was a jazz saxophonist (tenor, but also soprano and alto) and highly innovative composer. Written in treble clef, 2/4 time, key of B flat. 2 pages, 9½x12½ (conjoined) with his handwritten comments: "IIIrd Alto/Solo with 1st Alto". JOHN COLTRANE Autograph Musical Manuscript, an early (late 1950s), 2-page arrangement of the jazz classic "Body and Soul," a part for alto sax, unsigned but handwritten by him on musical notation paper Autograph Musical Manuscript, unsigned.