RR Auction: Rare Manuscripts, Documents, and Autographs

French composer (1860–1956) best known for his opera Louise. Vintage matte-finish 4.25 x 6 photo of Charpentier in a suit and hat, signed and inscribe

French composer, best known for his opera Louise (1860–1956). ALS in French, signed “G. Charpentier,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, no date. Untranslated let

Three photos: one 3.5 x 4.5 program photo of Igor Stravinsky conducting, signed in fountain pen, “I. Stravinsky, 1941”; one glossy 5 x 7.25 portrait o

Three photos: one vintage 3.5 x 5.5 cardstock photo of Franz Lehar, dated June 10, 1927, signed in the lower border in fountain pen, “Lehar”; one vint

Four items: one vintage 6 x 7.75 print of a painting of John Alden Carpenter, signed and inscribed in black ink, “With best wishes to Frank Parker, fr

Four items: one two-bar chorale AMQS by Sir Michael Costa with the lyrics, “Help me O Lord!,” signed below in black ink, “M. Costa, 59 Eccleston Squar

Five items: one 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Arthur Nikisch; one black ink signature, “Arthur Nikisch, Prag, 8/V 1902,” on a 6 x 9 off-white sheet; one

Six items: one vintage 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Jan Kubelik, inscribed in an unknown hand and signed in fountain pen, and dated May 23, 1931; one t

Army officer and composer (1835–1918) and a member of the group of Russian composers known as ‘The Five.’ Uncommon AMQS on an off-white 5.5 x 1.75 she

AMQSs by Vincent d’Indy and Charles Marie Widor on opposing sides of an off-white 7.5 x 4.75 album page. D’Indy pens five bars identified as “Tecla (W