STRAVINSKY, SCHOENBERG, RUBINSTEIN, et al: 1930's-1940's Autograph Album

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{Los Angeles Philharmonic} [Frankel, Bessie Bartlett. (1884–1959)] Stravinsky, Igor. (1882–1971) & Schoenberg, Arnold. (1874–1951) & Rubinstein, Arthur. (1887–1982)
1930's–1940's Autograph Album including Musical Quotation by Schoenberg
An impressive autograph album containing hundreds of signatures from musicians, collected in the 1930's–1940's in the home of Los Angeles Philharmonic patron Bessie Bartlett Frankel, the location of many musical gatherings. Highlights include a signature (December 13, 1934) from Arnold Schoenberg with an AMQS from the fourth movement of his String Quartet no. 2 ("Ich bin ein Funke nur vom heiligen Feuer"); a signature (February 21, 1935) with inscription in French from Igor Stravinsky, together on a page with signatures from Otto Klemperer, Samuel Dushkin and others; signatures and/or musical quotations from many conductors who worked with the Los Angeles Philharmonic during the era, including Pierre Monteux, Bernardino Molinari, Georg Szell, Bruno Walter and John Barbirolli; and many noted instrumentalists and singers, including Emanuel and Eva Feuerman. 41 pp. of autographs in total, with the remaining pages of the album left blank. The first three pages of the volume are dedicated to Bessie Bartlett Frankel with an elaborately illuminated inscription and signed by a large group of friends. Full red leather binding with overall gold tooling. Boards slightly buckled, some light shelf wear, but overall very fine with autographs in excellent condition.
In order of appearance, we have identified the following signers: pianist Jose Iturbi; pianist Ossip Gabrilowitsch and Clara Clemens Gabrilowitsch (with quotation from Mark Twain); baritone Richard Bonelli (twice); violist Vladimir Bakaleinikoff and his wife, singer and actress Julia Bakaleinikov; pianist Rudolph Ganz; pianist Maurice Zam; composer Arnold Schoenberg; conductor Richard Lert; conductor Otto Klemperer; composer Igor Stravinsky; pianist Alfred Mirovitch; violinist Samuel Dushkin; cellist Charles Warwick-Evans; pianist Harold Bauer; conductor Ernest Schelling; conductor Pierre Monteux, Doris Monteux and Nancy Monteux; conductor Bernardino Molinari; soprano Marion Talley; cellist Raya Garbousova (with drawing of a cello); pianist, actress and dancer Maud Allan; baritone Fortunio Bonanova; conductor Ignacy Hilsberg; actor Jean Hersholt and Via Hersholt; writer Joseph Auslander; poet Audrey Wurdemann; California arts figure Pearle Aikin-Smith; the members of the Roth Quartet (Feri Roth, Jeno Antal, Ferenc Molnar and Janos Scholz); tenor Marek Windheim (twice); baritone Alfredo Gandolfi; soprano Beatrice de Troost; composer Arthur Bergh (twice), Geraldyne Bergh (twice) and Jenny Bergh; soprano Ruth Miller Chamlee; tenor Frank Forest and Roberta Forest; conductor and pianist Richard Hageman; tenor Mario Chamlee; soprano Edith Mason; pianist Arthur Rubinstein and Nela Rubinstein; conductor Artur Rodzinski and Halina Rodzinski; the members of the Friday Morning Club, 1935–1939; tenor Lauritz Melchior and Kleinchen Melchior; composer Charles Wakefield Cadman; conductor Georg Szell (four times in total, the second time with an AMQS from the Magic Flute); tenor James Melton; tenor Vladimir Rosing; conductor Bruno Walter (with AMQS) and Lotte Walter; cellist Emanuel Feuermann and Eva Feuermann; conductor and cellist John Barbirolli (with an AMQS from Bach) and Evelyn Barbirolli; cellist Maurice Eisenberg; violinist Joseph Szigeti; tenor Jan Kiepura and Marta Kiepura; conductor Leopold Stokowski; violinist Feri Roth and Elisabeth Roth; conductor Dmitri Mitropoulos; cellist Joseph Schuster and Katherine Gray Schuster; composer Franz Waxman and Alice Waxman. Also loosely laid in is a signature from opera impresario Fortune Gallo.
Bessie Bartlett Frankel (1884–1959)
was an American concert singer, composer, and clubwoman, and the first president of the California Federation of Music Clubs.
Bartlett was president of the Women's Committee of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She organized the Chamber of Music Series held at Scripps College, and the Hollywood Community Chorus. The Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection of Travel and Early Los Angeles Music is housed at the Ella Strong Denison Library, Scripps College. Scripps College and UCLA both hold collections of Frankel's personal papers.
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