(Russian: Серге́й Серге́евич Проко́фьев, Sergéj Sergéjevič Prokófjev) (27th April [O.S. 15th April] 1891 - 5th March 1953)
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff
(Russian: Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов, Sergej Vasil’evič Rakhmaninov) 1st April 1873 [O.S. 20th March] – 28th March 1943)
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky
(Russian: Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский, Igor' Fjodorovič Stravinskij) An example of a 'superior' Stravinski signature
(17th June [O.S. 5th June] 1882 – 6th April 1971) recently sold at auction for $11,999 (£7,256)
Charles-François Gounod
(17th June 1818 – 18th October 1893)
Joseph-Maurice Ravel
(7th March 1875 – 28th December 1937)
Luigi Arditi
(16th July 1822 - 1st May 1903),
Sir Henry Joseph Wood
(3rd March 1869 – 19th August 1944)
Wilhelm Ganz
(1833 — 1914)
Tuesday morning
My Dear Friend,
I have just seen Charles René who accepts with enthusiasm. Please arrange, then, to meet him at your place, and you will get to know all the details from him.
A similar picture to this was recently sold at auction
Georges Jacobi (1840-1906)
Georges Jacobi was a composer.
He was also the musical director of the Alhambra Theatre, London, for more than twenty-five years. He arranged music for many of the theater's productions. Jacobi was born in Germany, lived in France until the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war, and then moved to London.
He makes an appearance in the Cambridge Companion to Victorian and Edwardian Theatre on page 72. This is a letter dated Friday 1st July 1898 reserving two seats for the following Thursday (7th July) nights performance..
Dame Myra Hess DBE
(25th February 1890 – 25th November 1965)
Dame Myra was a British pianist.
A recent inferior 'rushed' Rachmaninoff
signature came onto the market.
A two-sided letter dated 26th April (either 1888 or 1908) posted from Leinstrasse 41, Frankfurt, Germany
A note written in German at the end suggests research in another hand, pointing to the Hoch Conservatory, Frankfurt. (Hochshen Conservatorium). It appears to go on to say '(K)Componist Meister' or Master of composition. The letter, having been torn apart, has been professionally repaired. The signature is possibly that of Iwan Knorr who became the Director of the Conservatoire in 1908.
Iwan Knorr [pseud I. O. Armand] (born Mewe, 3rd January 1853; died Frankfurt, 22nd January 1916) German composer
David Rose (15th June 1910 – 23rd August 1990)
Rose signed this card on 17th August 1972.
He was a British-born American songwriter, composer, arranger, and orchestra leader. His most famous compositions were "The Stripper", "Holiday for Strings", and "Calypso Melody". He also wrote music for the television series Little House on the Prairie and Bonanza.
