Composers. Collection of signed photographs, including of Rossini, Puccini and Grieg, 1867-1898

Composers

Collection of signed photographs, including of Rossini, Puccini and Grieg

GIOACHINO ROSSINI. Carte-de-visite photograph, signed and inscribed on the mount ("Offert à Madlle B[…] Paris G. Rossini 1867"), showing the composer seated, wearing a wig and holding a walking stick, 10.5 x 6cm, no imprint, verso blank, Paris, 1867, slight paper-loss on the mount; GIACOMO PUCCINI. Cabinet-style photograph signed and inscribed on the image ("al mio carissimo e splendido Edgar Eug: Durot, riconoscente G. Puccini, Lucca 7mbre 1891"), by Pagliano and Ricordi of Milan, name and address of photographer and publisher in black, overall size 16.5 x 11cm, September 1891, a few marks, pin-hole; EDVARD GRIEG. Carte-de-visite photograph of the composer in his late thirties, signed and inscribed to the Austrian pianist and composer Robert Fischoff ("Edvard Grieg... Herrn Rob. Fischoff...Bergen August 81."), by Georg Brokesch of Leipzig, 10.5 x 6.5cm, signed by the composer below the image and inscribed by him on the reverse, a few small stains and marks to image, browned; JULES MASSENET. Cabinet-style photograph signed and inscribed by the composer at the première of Hérodiade ("à Madame Sidda, souvenir d'un ami et d'un admirateur reconnaissant (Hérodiade, Ballet du 3^e acte) J. Massenet, Bruxelles 19 XII/81"), by Geruzet Frères of Brussels, name and address of photographer on mount and verso, overall size, c.15 x 10.8cm, Brussels, 19 December 1881, cropped at upper margin, and small hole to lower edge; UMBERTO GIORDANO. Postcard photographic portrait signed ("Umberto Giordano"), 8vo (14 x 8.8cm), the address-panel in a later hand, no place or date, some creasing and a few black marks to the image; RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO. Photograph signed and inscribed on the image ("R. Leoncavallo Wien 2 Mars 1898"), 15 x 10.3cm, laid down on stiff laid paper, Vienna, 2 March 1898