[COMPOSERS]
Large group signed items, M-Z by last name. A quality group of approximately thirty-five signed or inscribed photographs, letters, quotations, etc. from mostly late 19th to mid-20th century classical and popular composers, most items 10 x 8 inches (25 x 20 cm) or smaller. Some minor wear, sold as is.
Includes: Bohuslav Martinu (tls in French, 1956); Jules Massenet (1891 als noting that he is busy working on his opera, Le Mage); Henry Mancini (signed photo); Frank Martin (quote from Les 4 Elements); Pietro Mascagni; Gian Carlo Menotti; Darius Milhaud; Jack Norworth (tls); Serge Prokofieff [Sergei Prokofiev] (tls in English dated 1936); Jean Schwartz (quote from Chinatown); Alexander Tcherepnin and Ignacy Friedman; Ann Ronell; Virgil Thomson; Sir William Walton (quote from Facade); William Walton (full length Hans Wild photograph inscribed in 1967 to ballerina Vera Zorina); Franz Waxman (als); Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (als); Eugene Zador; Mana Zucca (signed manuscript score for Rachem; and others.