American Composer Autograph Lot Autographs Pianists Italian tenor (1884-1952)

Italian tenor (1884-1952)

signed Teatro Colon program for a concert performed by Thibaud in 1935

shown as Tonio in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci

Gura was already famous in Germany when he was chosen to create the role of Gunther in the world premiere of Gotterdammerung in Bayreuth

most especially

American Composer Autograph Lot Autographs Pianists Italian tenor (1884-1952)Group of 4 autograph items, including: 1) Aaron Copland (1900 1990), American composer, signature cut from a typed letter, 3. 4 x 1. 2 inches, 2) Edgar Varese (1883 1965), who was actually French born but spent most of his career in the US, signature cut sized 3. 5 x 1. 25 inches, 3) Paul Creston (born Giuseppe Guttoveggio) (1906 1985), Italian American composer, signature cut, 2. 75 x 1. 3 inches, and 4) William Grant Still (1895 1978), American