THELONIUS MONK His career taking off, Monk contracts for an engagement in Philadelphia. Document signed: "Thelonius Monk", 1p, 8½x11. Also signed by Blue Note club owner "Lou Church." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1956 November 11. Monk signs an American Federation of Musicians contract for four performances by his quartet at the Blue Note in Philadelphia. The gig includes two evening and two matinee performances. The price agreed upon is $750, to be paid at the end of the engagement. The other members of his ensemble are not named in the document. Accompanied by unsigned, captioned photo (b/w, 10x8) of Monk performing. Jazz pianist and composer Thelonius Monk (1917-1982) has been called "the high priest of bebop," although his idiosyncratic style defies glib categorization. Several of his compositions, including Round Midnight and Blue Monk are classics of the genre. Although Monk had been performing since the early 1940s and had already written some of his classic songs, it was not until the mid-1950s that his avant-garde style began to attract a wide audience. In 1956 he released Brilliant Corners, considered one of the classic jazz albums of all time. read more...
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DAVID ABEL, CO-SIGNED BY: SIDNEY STAFFORD Signed 1959-1960 program for a Community Concert Association concert by Abel and Stafford Program signed "David Abel" and "Sidney Stafford", both in blue ink. B/w, 4 pages, 6x9¼, 1 sheet folded, front and verso. read more...
Sale Price $108.00
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MAURICE ABRAVANEL The conductor signs a program for Israel in Egypt. Extremely rare! Inscribed Program signed: "To Max Lovenherz,/wishing you happy listening!/Maurice Abravanel" in blue ink, 11 pages, 8½x11. Program for Israel in Egypt. read more...
Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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EDIE ADAMS Signed program for a performance of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Program signed: "Edie Adams", 9x12, 4 pages. Program for a performance of Its' a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963). Edie Adams read more...
Sale Price $126.00
$140.00
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PIERRETTE ALARIE and GERARD CARON The soprano singer and her accompaniment for this performance signed a copy of the program Program Signed: “Pierrette Alarie” and “Gerard Caron”. 6¼x9½. Four pages. read more...
Sale Price $288.00
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ANNA MARIE ALBERGHETTI The Italian actress and singer signs a program for her guest starring appearance as Marietta D'altena in a Phoenix production of Naughty Marietta. Program signed: "Anna Maria/Alberghetti" on front cover, 4p, 6¼x9¼. Program for Naughty Marietta at the Phoenix Star Theater. read more...
Sale Price $288.00
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RUDOLF ALBERTH and HALINA SIEDZIENIEWSKA The orchestra conductor and accompanying star musician both signed this program in blue ink Program Signed: “Rudolf C. Alberth” and “Halina Siedzieniewska”. 8¾x6¾. read more...
Sale Price $198.00
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LUCINE AMARA, CO-SIGNED BY: RUZA BALDANI Program for the June 22, 1970 performance of Aida, signed by Amara, who had the title role, and Baldani, who played Amneris. Program signed "Lucine Amara" in black ink and "Ruza Baldani" in blue ink on cast page. Color and b/w, 48 pages, 8x11. read more...
Sale Price $126.00
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MARIAN ANDERSON Marian Anderson signs a concert program Program signed: "Marian Anderson," 8p, 7x10¼. In Spanish, no place, 1937 August 15. A "Concierto Popular" presented by "La Organización de Conciertos Iriberri y L.R.I Radio El Mundo" picturing the contralto on the cover. read more...
Sale Price $270.00
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MARIAN ANDERSON. Program signed: "Marian Anderson", 24p, 9x12. Entitled: "Sol Hurok, presents Marian Anderson". Nicolas Publishing Co., Inc., New York City. Souvenir program of a concert tour, containing features songs, a biography and many b/w photos of the singer. read more...
Sale Price $324.00
$360.00
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MARIAN ANDERSON Marian Anderson signs program from her concert at Purdue Hall of Music Program signed: "Marian Anderson", 4p, 6x9. "S. Hurok/presents/Marian Anderson/Contralto/Franz Rupp at the Piano/A Purdue University Convocation/Saturday, March 17, 1956/8 p.m./Purdue Hall of Music". read more...
Sale Price $306.00
$340.00
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PAUL ANKA Anka signs color souvenir program in 1996! Program signed: "Paul Anka/96". 20p, 11x14. Souvenir booklet containing photographs and a profile of Anka, ©1983, Paul Anka Productions. Pop singer Paul Anka (b. 1941 in Ottawa, Canada) was a successful teenage heartthrob of the late '50s and early '60s. read more...
Sale Price $108.00
$120.00
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"ANNIE GET YOUR GUN" THEATRE CAST: HELEN CORNELIUS and DAVE ROWLAND Program Cover Inscribed and Signed: "To Lonnie/Love/Helen Cornelius" and To Lonnie,/Love/Dave Rowland". 4p. 5¼x8½ program cover to Van Wezel presents Irving Berlin's "Annie Get Your Gun". read more...
Sale Price $180.00
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KARAN ARMSTRONG Karan Armstrong inscribes a program for Alban Berg's opera, Lulu, at the Royal Opera House. Program inscribed and signed: "Joseph/Best Regards/Karan Armstrong" on back cover, 4p, 6x8½. Covent Garden, London, circa February 1981. read more...
Sale Price $162.00
$180.00
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LOUIS Armstrong Louis Armstrong signs a program from "Louis Armstrong and his All Stars" Program inscribed and signed: "To Crystal/Veron/Louis Armstrong", 24p, 9x12. "Louis Armstrong and his All Stars", signed by Armstrong on the second page showing a full-page image of him. read more...
Sale Price $450.00
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LOUIS Armstrong and VELMA MIDDLETON Program from Louis Armstrong's British Tour in 1956 Program signed: "Louis Armstrong" and "Velma Middleton", 20p, 8½x10½. read more...
Sale Price $1,487.50
$1,750.00
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YVONNE ARNAUD She signs the cast page of a play in which she starred. Program signed: "Yvonne Arnaud", 8 pages, 5x7¼. Complete program of the Jean Anouilh play, Colombe, which opened at the New Theatre, St. Martin's Lane (London) on December 13, 1951. Signed on cast page, which is also dated (unknown hand) "13-12-51. read more...
Sale Price $81.00
$90.00
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CLAUDIO ARRAU Inscribed signature below his picture on a Spanish-language program, dated by him in 1948. Program inscribed and signed (in Spanish): "a Guerico Zanfaguiry un recuerdo/Claudio Arrau/29-V-48", 8 pages, 4½x6. Program of a concert of works by Mozart and Liszt, given in Rosario, Argentina on May 29, 1948. read more...
Sale Price $270.00
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CLAUDIO ARRAU He signed the front cover of the program for a piano recital by him in 1954. Program signed: "Claudio Arrau", 4 pages, 5½x8¼. Spanish-language program for his piano recital of August 18, 1945. Printed biography and photo reproduction inside. Signed on front cover. read more...
Sale Price $270.00
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VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY Renowned Russian pianist signs 1989 program from the San Francisco Symphony, of which he was a featured performer Program signed: "V. Ashkenazy" in black ink. 54 pages, 5½x9 program for the San Francisco Symphony, of which Ashkenazy was the featured pianist for May 1989. read more...
Sale Price $198.00
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WILHELM BACKHAUS. Printed Program inscribed and signed: "To Miss Joyce Ambler/Wilhelm Backhaus", 20p, 5½x8¾. Bradford, Yorkshire, England, 1927 October 28. "Bradford/Subscription/Concerts/Sixty-Third Season, 1927-28/First Concert/Friday Evening, October 28th, 1927./at 7-30 p.m. read more...
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JANET BAKER. Program Page signed: "Janet/Baker", 7¼x9¾. Taken from a concert of the Philharmonia Orchestra, Ricardo Muti conducting, a performance of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius at Royal Festival Hall, London, 1982 December 5. read more...
Sale Price $108.00
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ROSE BAMPTON The American soprano signs the program for Werther, a new production at the Metropolitan Opera that opened on February 19, 1971, twenty-one years after she retired from the company. Program signed: "Rose Bampton" on inside page featuring Werther, an opera in four acts by Jules Massenet, 56p, 8x11. read more...
Sale Price $162.00
$180.00
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FEDORA BARBIERI She signs the cast page of a Metropolitan Opera program featuring her in the role of Mistress Quickly in Verdi's Falstaff. Program signed: "Fedora Barbieri", 76 pages, 8½x11. Program of the Metropolitan Opera for the 1967-1968 season, signed on the cast page of a performance of November 10, 1967. read more...
Sale Price $108.00
$120.00
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Program cover from a 1944 performance of the Hallé Orchestra in Birmingham, England, signed by conductor John Barbirolli in green ink. Barbirolli directed the Hallé Orchestra from 1943 to 1968. With a small b/w printed photo of Barbirolli affixed. read more...
Sale Price $324.00
$360.00
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SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI Program for a 1943 performance of the Hallé Orchestra in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, signed by conductor Sir John Barbirolli Program signed: "John Barbirolli", on cover, 4p, 4x8. Concert of the Hallé Orchestra, City Hall, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1943 September 2. read more...
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THE HALLÉ ORCHESTRA: SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI, LAURANCE TURNER and PHILIP HECHT 1945 program for the Hallé Orchestra signed by longtime conductor Sir John Barbirolli and by first and second violins Turner and Hecht Program Signed: read more...
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RICHARD BARTHELMESS The actor signs in black ink a 1936 program for the Plaza Theatre. Extremely Rare! Program Signed: "Richard Barthelmess," in black ink, 6 pages, 6x3¼. The Plaza Theatre, New York City [for the week beginning] Thursday, January 16, 1936. read more...
Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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ETHEL BARTLETT and RAE ROBERTSON Their pencil signatures on the final page of the program for a dual piano concert. Program signed in pencil: "Ethel Bartlett", "Rae Robertson", 4 pages, 6¼x9½. read more...
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Program for the 1950 Theatre and Film Festival to benefit the Actors' Orphanage Fund, signed by British actors Jane Baxter, Edith Evans, Kathlessn Harrison and Victor Oliver with five other unidentified signatures read more...
Sale Price $324.00
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JANE BAXTER A program for The Holly and the Ivy signed by the British actress Program signed: "Jane Baxter" on cast page (page 4), 8p, 5x7¼. London, no date. Program for The Holly and the Ivy at the Duchess Theatre. read more...
Sale Price $144.00
$160.00