HAROLD BAUER - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 06/10/1908 - HFSID 344474
Sale Price $295.00
Reg. $360.00
HAROLD BAUER
The acclaimed British pianist signs this letter thanking a friend for
their gifts and hoping to see them again soon
Autograph letter signed: "Harold Bauer" in black ink. 4p, 5x8.
London, June 1, 1908. Written on letterhead of The Frederick Hotels Limited to
"Dear Mr. Clement" in part: "We have a great deal to thank you
for! First of all for the beautiful basket of fruit and candy that you and Mrs.
Clement were so very kind as to send us and which was most highly appreciated by
us on the voyage- [...] I trust it will not be very long before we meet again, and
remain with kindest regards to you and Mrs. Clement, in which my wife joins with
heartily. Yours very truly". British-born American pianist Harold Bauer
(1873-1951) was noted for his interpretations of the German repertoire
and 20th Century French composers (he gave the Paris debut of Debussy's
Children's Corner suite and the New York debut of Ravel's Concerto in
G Major) and for his sensitive playing style, which managed to combine
the Romanticism of the 19th Century with a tighter 20th Century feel. A bit
of a prodigy, Bauer gave his first concerts before he was 10 years old,
playing both piano and violin until Ignacy Paderewski recommended that he
concentrate on the ebonies-and-ivories in 1892. He was also active in chamber
music, playing with Pablo Casals, Fritz Kreisler and Jacques Thibaud, and was a
frequent duet partner with Ossip Gabrilowitsch. Bauer played both sides of the
Atlantic after 1893 and became a U. S. citizen in 1921. He also founded the
Beethoven Society of New York and was president of the Friends of Music of the
Library of Congress. Toned. Horizontal fold across center. Left edges slightly
creased. Otherwise, fine condition.
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