Saturday, February 25, 2012

A truly spectacular piece of Music Antiquaria, a Ralph Vaughn Williams World Premiere Program

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In my quest to bring really outstanding items to my clientele, I always keep my eye out for the extremely unusual.  In a week where we re...

Lady Gaga meets Bach, a new Fugue is born

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I think I'll let this one speak for itself, other than to say it is an extremely clever fugue written in the style of Bach by a pianist...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Andre Boccelli's Mephistophilean Bargain

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Boccelli for the last 15 or so years, has owned a big portion of the 40+ mostly female "easy listening" market.  Those who would ...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

A most unusual photograph of "the Maestro" Arturo Toscanini

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Autographed photograph available at Harmonie Autographs and Music, Inc. In the pantheon of conductors, perhaps the most revered name is Art...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Opera Criticism, can one believe the New York Times any longer?

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The New York City Opera staged it's first performance of the year this past Sunday.  They rented the old Jonathan Miller La Traviata ...
Saturday, February 11, 2012

CBC Vancouver Recording Library the victim of the times and short sighted leadership

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 The Canadian Broadcasting Company plans to dismantle it's physical recording library and digitize the "top" 14,000 tracks.  ...
Wednesday, February 8, 2012

An example of the perfect use of head tones by a tenor

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Autographed photograph of Renzo Casellato available at Harmonie Autographs The Italian lyric tenor Renzo Casellato is perhaps not the first...

Dan Shigo's interview with Judith Doniger regarding her teacher, the legendary Anna Schoen-Rene

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Judith Doniger as a Duncan Girl, age 4 Baritone and vocal coach Dan Shigo has written a marvelous article on my Grandmother, her singing ca...
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Monday, February 6, 2012

The True Brahms Waltz in A Minor World Premiere Video!

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Click on the photograph to enlarge The World Premiere of the now fabled Brahms Albumblatt in A minor was not in London, England on January...
Friday, February 3, 2012

A Brief Plug from the November 2011 Professional Autograph Dealers Association Show

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The Fancaster videographers came to the PADA Show in November to cover our portion of the Show at the Piers in Manhattan.  Amusingly, I app...