some paper loss on right not affecting the signature or inscribed text
and a performance of Handel`s The Messiah with Ruth Rodgers
unidentified signature
Autograph music quote with 4 bars from a famous piece from Lohengrin ("Nun sei bedankt
Austrian pianist (1928-1991)
Garcia, Manuel Sr. - Signed Contract 1803 Autographs composers some paper loss on rightSpanish tenor (1775 1832), composer, impresario, and singing teacher, and father of the celebrated mezzo sopranos Maria Malibran and Pauline Viardot. Rare contract handwritten and signed by Manuel Garcia and impresario Domenico Rossi on April 2, 1803, where Garcia gave up the rights to the Teatro Coliseo de los Caos de Peral, Madrid, of his opera "El Luto Fingido", premiered on May 30, 1803; and also obliging himself to sing his opera as many nights