Search Results

  • Topic: Programs & Playbills
Matches 1-20 of 22
1 sheet 23 x 15 cm. The program consisted of the Cornell Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Karel Husa, performing Debussy's Prelude: L'Après-midi d'un Faune; Glazunov's Violin Concerto in A Minor with Sheldon Kurland on violin; J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no. 2, featuring Adolf Scherbaum on trumpet, William Browder on flute, Theodore Lowi on oboe, and Sheldon Kurland on violin; Mozart's Symphony no. 31; and an excerpt from Smetana's Ma Vlast. Scherbaum's signature is in blue across the upper part of the program. Trumpeter Adolf Scherbaum played an important role in the revival of the Baroque trumpet. On this program he played the piece with which he was most associated, the second Brandenburg Concerto. The following year Sheldon Kurland moved to Nashville, where he became a session musician who worked on recording sessions for many country music stars. The flute in the Brandenburg was played by prominent mathematician William Browder, who was at the time Cornell University associate professor of mathematics. The oboe was played by Cornell professor of political science Theodore Lowi. In Very Good Condition: one vertical crease through the middle; clean and intact.
1963 Cornell Symphony Orchestra program signed by trumpet soloist Adolf Scherbaum
Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University, 1963.
Price: $45.00
more info
add to cart
24 p.: illustrated advertisements; 20 cm. Stapled program printed in black and orange with "Lyric & Adelphi Theatres" on front cover. The program for "Blossom Time" at the Lyric Theatre beginning Mon., Oct. 23, 1922. Book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly; music from melodies of Franz Schubert and H. Berle adapted by Sigmund Romberg; under the personal direction of J.J. Shubert. Featuring Olga Cook, Zoe Barnett, Ann Milburn, Marion Barton, Ethel Branden, Emmie Niclas, Howard Marsh, Bertram Peacock and others. With ads for many Philadelphia businesses, including several ads for automobiles, the Daniels and the Jordan. In Very Good Condition: covers are lightly soiled; pages are clean and tight.
Blossom Time Playbill 1922 Philadelphia Lyric Theatre [book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly; music from melodies of Franz Schubert and H. Berle adapted by Sigmund Romberg]
Philadelphia, Pa.: Lyric Theatre, 1922.
Price: $9.50
more info
add to cart
24 p.: illustrated advertisements; 20 cm. Stapled program printed in black and green with "Lyric & Adelphi Theatres" on front cover. The program for "Buddies" starring Donald Brian, Peggy Wood, and Ralph Morgan at the Lyric Theatre beginning Mon., Jan. 17, 1921. A comedy by George V. Hobart; lyrics and music by B.C. Hilliam. With ads for many Philadelphia businesses, including the Jordan Playboy (an automobile produced by Petersen Motors); Mrs. Ethel Evans, psychic palmist; the Czecho-Slovak Orchestra at the Arcadia Cafe and Debney's Syncopated Orchestra at the St. James Hotel; and the reopening of the Florence Cowanova studio. In Very Good Condition: covers are slightly soiled; one light vertical crease throughout; 1/2-cm. tear from fore-edge of front cover; pages are clean and tight.
Buddies Playbill 1921 Philadelphia Lyric Theatre [by George V. Hobart; lyrics and music by B.C. Hilliam]
Philadelphia, Pa.: Lyric Theatre, 1921.
Price: $8.50
more info
add to cart
13, [3] p.: illustrations; 26 cm. Stapled; wrappers included in pagination. Front wrapper portrait of John Barbirolli. Program from Feb. 28, 1943, concert at Carnegie Hall conducted by John Barbirolli and featuring Eugene List on the piano. The program consisted of a Concerto Grosso in D major "freely transcribed by John Baribirolli from the Violin Sonatas of Arcangelo Corelli"; Rachmaninoff's Concerto for piano in C minor, no. 2, op. 18; Menotti's overture to The Old Maid and the Thief; Ravell's Ma Mère L'Oye (Mother Goose) Five Children's Pieces; and Rimsky-Korsakoff's Capriccio Espagnole, op. 34. Includes the Carnegie Hall schedule for March 1943 and a portrait of pianist Sidney Foster. The many advertisements include various war-related relief organizations; a notice by Mayor La Guardia about what to do in the event of an alert; upcoming concerts by various musicians including Nelson Eddy, Dorothy Maynor, and Lotte Lehmann with Bruno Walter; and a Chesterfield ad featuringing a woman factory worker. In Good Condition: wrapper is soiled; front wrapper is scraped; back wrapper is stained along upper edge; lower corners lightly creased; otherwise clean and tight.
Carnegie Hall [program for the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York with John Barbirolli and Eugene List] 1943
New York: Alfred Scott, 1943.
Price: $10.00
more info
add to cart
[24] p.; 23 cm. Blue paper cover printed in dark blue, with cover illustration of a rabbit in a hat. Back cover contains advertisements. Program for magic performance held at Dumont High School Auditorium, May 3rd and 4th 1940, as a fundraiser for the Dumont fire companies. Presented by members of the Harry Rouclere Assembly, No. 25, Society of American Magicians. The music was provided by Charlie Gaige and Orchestra. Performers of magic include Ted Collins, Connie Bush (as Conrad Bush), ventriloquist William P. Braun, and Rouclere, Jr. (daughter of Harry Rouclere). Also contains advertisements for numerous local businesses including the Madison Beer Garden. In Very Good Condition: back cover slightly soiled; small stain in lower section of last 4 leaves; slight foxing along gutter of center 2 leaves; otherwise pages are clean and tight.
Dumont Fire Companies Present "The Night Shall Be Filled With Magic"
Harry Rouclere Assembly of the Society of American Magicians of New Jersey
Dumont, N.J.: Society of American Magicians of New Jersey, 1940.
Price: $45.00
more info
add to cart
24 p.: illustrated advertisements; 20 cm. Stapled program printed in grey and red with "Lyric & Adelphi Theatres" on front cover. The program for "Forever After" by Owen Davis at the Lyric Theatre beginning Mon., Feb. 9, 1920, starring Alice Brady. The cast included Mrs. Russ Whytal (Mary Adelaide Knowles), James L. Crane, Frank Hatch, Dorothy Betts, Frederick Manatt, Virginia Huppert, Gustave Rolland, and Charles Lark. With ads for many Philadephia businesses, including the Cabaret at the Bingham Rose Cafe with the Versatile Sextette ("The Jazziest Jazzers you ever heard"); the Arcadia Cafe with its Czecho-Slovak dance music; and Mrs. Ethel Evans, psychic palmist. Also a notice of the Greenwich Village Follies starring Frances White at the Sam. S. Shubert Theatre. In Very Good- Condition: back cover slightly rubbed and creased; cover is separating along spine; clean and tight.
Forever After Playbill 1920 Philadelphia Lyric Theatre [starring Alice Brady]
Philadelphia, Pa.: Lyric Theatre, 1920.
Price: $9.50
more info
add to cart
1 sheet (38 x 12.5 cm.) printed on one side with the program for the Howard Athenaeum theater in Boston for Feb. 27, 28, and 29 1860, featuring the play Sculptor of Florence by A. Wallace Thaxter (Adam Wallace Thaxter [1832-1864]) and the farce A Pleasant Neighbor! The following night was a benefit for Mr. Hardenburgh. Printed by J.E. Farwell & Co., steam job printers. E.L. Davenport (Edward Loomis Davenport [1816-1877], father of Fanny Davenport) was the manager of the theater and starred as Benvenuto Cellini. Davenport managed the Howard Athenaeum (established in 1845) from 1859 to 1862. Although no year is given in the program, Thaxter's play opened at the Howard Athenaeum in early 1860. Other members of the cast include Caroline Tyson and Fanny Price. The program boasts: "In the Coldest Weather This Establishment is rendered Warm and Comfortable by the New Steam Heating Apparatus." In Good- Condition: one horizontal fold; stained; small hole near top edge, with loss of one and a half letters of "Athenaeum"; two tears from top edge of 1-2 cm.; lower right-hand corner lacking, without loss of text; two small archival repairs on the back. Extremely scarce mid-19th-century American theater program.
Howard Athenaeum Program 1860 Edward Loomis Davenport [Boston]
Boston: J.E. Farwell & Co., 1860.
Price: $45.00
more info
add to cart
1 sheet (38 x 13 cm.) printed on one side with the program for the Howard Athenaeum theater in Boston for Tues., March 6, 1860. Printed by J.E. Farwell & Co., steam job printers. The manager of the theater was E.L. Davenport (Edward Loomis Davenport [1816-1877]), who managed the Howard Athenaeum from 1859 to 1862. No year is given in the program, but March 6 was a Tuesday in 1860. The program featured "The Celebrated American Couple!" Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Florence (William Jermyn Conlin/William J. Florence [1831-1891] and Malvina Pray [1831-1906]). In addition to being a popular actor and playwright, William J. Florence was involved in the founding of the Ancient and Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. In this program he starred in The White Horse of the Peppers (presumably the play by Samuel Lover). Featured in the comedy Mischievous Annie, written by W.J. Florence, Malvina Florence appeared in five singing roles. The evening concluded with The Christening; in rehearsal was Lalla Rookh. Young ladies were encouraged to apply for the "New Burlesque" at the stage door between 2 and 3 p.m. In Good Condition: several horizontal creases; stained; 2-cm. tear near top edge, archivally repaired on the back; several tears of 1-cm. or less from edges, not touching text; one chip on each side without loss of text. Extremely scarce mid-19th-century American theater program.
Howard Athenaeum Program 1860 William J. Florence [Boston]
Boston: J.E. Farwell & Co., 1860.
Price: $45.00
more info
add to cart
[8] p.; 23 cm. José Iturbi signed the third page, containing the program of the concert, which took place on March 19, 1857, in Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium in Forth Worth, Texas. The Dallas Symphony was conducted by Walter Hendl. The program consisted of Dvorak's Symphony in G major, no. 4, op. 88; Grieg's piano concerto in A minor, op. 16; and Brahms' symphony in C minor, no. 1, op. 68. In Very Good+ Condition: slight creasing along edges; faint writing along gutter of 4th & 5th pages (program notes); otherwise clean and intact.
José Iturbi Autograph--program from 1957 Greig Piano Concerto performance with the Dallas Symhony Orchestra
Fort Worth, Tx.: Fort Worth Subscription Series, 1957.
Price: $35.00
more info
add to cart
20 p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Front cover included in pagination. Rudolf Firkusny signed p. 11, under his portrait and a brief paragraph about him. The Amarillo Symphony Orchestra was conducted by Thomas Hohstadt. The program consisted of Wagner's Die Meistersinger Overture, the Rachmaninoff, Kodaly's Symphony, and "Come, Come ye Saints by Robertson, with the Amarillo Symphony Chorus. In Fine Condition.
Rudolf Firkusny Autograph--program from 1965 Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Performance with Amarillo Symphony Orchestra
Amarillo, Tx.: Amarillo Symphony Orchestra, 1965.
Price: $35.00
more info
add to cart
20 p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Skitch Henderson signed across the front of the program. The concert, performed Dec. 12, 1964, was a Christmas pops concert. The second half of the program featured Skitch Henderson as both conductor and pianist on Edvard Grieg's Lyric Suite, op. 54, and various modern Christmas songs and traditional carols, joined by the Amarillo Symphony Chorus. In Very Good+ Condition: one light vertical crease; clean and bright.
Skitch Henderson Autograph--program from 1964 concert with the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra
Amarillo, Tx.: Amarillo Symphony Orchestra, 1964.
Price: $25.00
more info
add to cart
[12] p.: illustrations; 30 cm. Light green wrapper printed in dark green with Soho Festival information. Never attached to the 12 pages of the Clarion, which are stapled. The Clarion contains information about activities of the Soho Society, including fundraising for the restoration of the tower of Saint Anne's, efforts on behalf of the craft trades in Soho, It also contains an article about life in Soho by mystery writer and Soho resident Gordon Williams and one about vegetable gardening in Soho by Dickon and Charlotte Robinson; Dickon Robinson was the first chair of the Soho Housing Association and later became director of development at the Peabody Trust. The program for the Soho Festival on the wrapper lists the musical performers and other events, with a map showing the location. In Very Good Condition: wrapper is slightly soiled; corners are lightly creased; pages are clean.
Soho Clarion: Festival Issue [Soho Festival 1976 Programme]
London: Soho Society, 1976.
Price: $14.50
more info
add to cart
[16] p.: illustrated advertisements; 20 cm. Stapled pamphlet. Page count includes wrappers. Contains the program for the movie showing the week of Dec. 17, 1923, "Rupert of Hentzau," starring Adolphe Menjou, Elaine Hammerstein, Bert Lytell, Lew Cody, Claire Windsor, Hobart Bosworth, Bryant Washburn, Marjorie Daw, Elmo Lincoln, Irving Cummings, Mitchell Lewis, Josephine Crowell, Nigel DeBrullier, and Gertrude Astor. Includes an ad for the movie starting the following week, "Little Old New York," starring Marion Davies, Harrison Ford (1884-1957), Montague Love, Mahlon Hamilton, and Louis Wolheim. With many ads for Philadelphia businesses, including the Parkway Dancette (dancing every evening with Art Hegeman and his Parkway Entertainers), the Old Budweiser (a restaurant at 1319 Arch St.), Booker's Memphis Six Orchestra, Madame Glover (palmist ad physic), and Darien Body Works (with a photo of a delivery van). Also includes articles about the movies opening at the Arcadia Theatre ("The Hunchback of Notre Dame," starring Lon Chaney) and at the Karlton Theatre ("Stephen Steps Out," starring Douglas Fairbankds, Jr., in his screen debut [his first credited role]). In Very Good Condition: wrappers slightly soiled; slightly creased; otherwise clean and tight.
Stanton Theatre Magazine & Program Dec. 17, 1923 [Adolphe Menjou in Rupert of Hentzau]
Philadelphia, Pa.: Stanton Theatre, 1923.
Price: $15.00
more info
add to cart
[8] p.: illustrated advertisements; 20 cm. Stapled pamphlet. Page count includes wrappers. Contains the program for the week of Jan. 11, 1926, with organists Crist and Templeton playing Gershwin's "Tip Toes" and the movie "That Royle Girl," directed by D.W. Griffith and featuring W.C. Fields, Carol Dempster, James Kirkwood, Harrison Ford (1884-1957), Marie Chambers, Paul Everton, George Rigas, Florence Auer, Ida Waterman, Alice Laidley, Dorothe Love, Dore Davidson, Frank Allworth, and Bobby Watson. Includes an ad for the movie starting the following week, "The Vanishing American," based on the Zane Grey novel and starring Richard Dix, Lois Wilson, and Noah Beery. With ads for Philadelphia businesses. In Very Good Condition: front wrapper soiled; slightly creased; otherwise clean and tight.
Stanton Theatre Magazine & Program Jan. 11, 1926 [W.C. Fields in That Royle Girl]
Philadelphia, Pa.: Stanton Theatre, 1926.
Price: $9.50
more info
add to cart
1 sheet (30 x 11.5 cm.) printed on both sides. Contains the program for the week beginning Monday, Feb. 8th, consisting of organ selections by Mr. Crisp and Mr. Templeton; an Our Gang comedy, "Buried Treasure"; Pathe news; a musical prelude by Harry W. Meyer and the Stanton Symphony Orchestra; and the feature "The Splendid Road." The cast of the feature consisted of Lionel Barrymore, Anna Q. Nilsson, Robert Frazer, Edwards Davis, Roy Laidlaw, DeWitt Jennings, Russell Simpson, George Bancroft, Gladys Brockwell (d. 1929), Pauline Garon, Marceline Day, Mary Jane Irving, Mickey McBan, and Edward Earle. Although no year is given, in the upper righthand corner is written in pencil "1926." "The Splendid Road" was a silent, black-and-white picture directed by Frank Lloyd and released in Dec. 1925, so 1926 is likely to have been the year that it was shown in Philadelphia. The porgram also contains advertisements for the Empire Shoe Store and indicates that the next movie would be Allan Dwan's "Sea Horses" starring Jack Holt, Florence Vidor, and Noah Beery. In Very Good- Condition: creased vertically and horizontally with darkening along the vertical crease; two a-cm. tears from left edge; otherwise clean and intact.
Stanton Theatre: This Week's Program Feb. 8, 1926 [Lionel Barrymore in The Splendid Road]
Philadelphia, Pa.: Stanton Theatre, 1926.
Price: $8.50
more info
add to cart
224 pages: photographs (primarily color, a few black-and-white); 28 cm. Grey paper covers with white spine title and cover title. Color reproduction on front and back covers of Edna Andrade's painting Singing Spiral. The Academy Concert and Ball (usually referred to simply as the Academy Ball) is a major event in the Philadelphia social scene, held annually to raise funds for the Academy of Music. This program from the 1976 Academy Concert and Ball includes the program from the concert, which featured the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy, with performances by Marilyn Horne, Cornell MacNeil, and Lorin Hollander. Includes black-and-white photographs of the Academy of Music during restoration. Most of the program consists of portraits by John Condax of board members and other prominent Philadelphia-area residents, including Mr. and Mrs. H. Gates Lloyd; Mrs. Walter H. Annenberg (Lee Annenberg); Mr. and Mrs. M. Todd Cooke; Mr. and Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald (in Sessler's Bookshop); Mr. and Mrs. J. Liddon Pennock, Jr.; Elkins Wetherill; Mr. and Mrs. Reeves Wetherill, Henry P. McIlhenny, and Mr. and Mrs. Emlen Etting at Le Bec Fin with Georges Perrier; Mrs. Frank H. Reichel, Jr. (Beatrice A. Hinson Reichel) on a Honda GL 1000; Ambassador and Mrs. Frederic R. Mann in front of Robin Hood Dell West under construction; daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Horace C. Jones modelling clothing by Lilly Pulitzer; Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Binswanger, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. John K. Binswanger; and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Montgomery Scott. Because this was the year of the Bicentennial, the portraits were all shot in historic locations, primarily around Philadelphia. In Very Good Condition: cover lightly rubbed; pages are clean and tight.
The Academy of Music 119th Anniversary Concert & Ball--January 24, 1976 [Program]
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Orchestra, 1976.
Price: $35.00
more info
add to cart
201, [3] pages: photographs (primarily color, a few black-and-white); 28 cm. Color paper covers with white spine title and black cover title. Color illustraion on front cover of Jim Lueders' painting Small Flower. The Academy Concert and Ball (usually referred to simply as the Academy Ball) is a major event in the Philadelphia social scene, held annually to raise funds for the Academy of Music. This program from the 1980 Academy Concert and Ball includes the program from the concert, which featured the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by William Smith, with performances by Leonie Rysanek and Luciano Pavarotti. Includes the menu for the ball, held at the Fairmont Hotel. Most of the program consists of portraits by John Condax of board members and other prominent Philadelphia-area residents, including Robert Montgomery Scott; Mrs. Walter H. Annenberg (Lee Annenberg); Mr. J. Liddon Pennock, Jr.; Mrs. Robert L. McNeil, Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. A. Atwater Kent III; Denise Scott Brown in front of the newly built Institute for Scientific Information building; Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Hauser in Charles Sessler's; Ernesta Drinker Ballard; Mr. and Mrs. F. Eugene Dixon, Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. John T. Dorrance, Jr.; Elkins Wetherill; and Frank G. Binswanger, Sr., and John K. Binswanger. Quite a number of the portraits were taken in Philadelphia area art and antique galleries. In Very Good Condition: cover lightly rubbed; corners of front cover slightly creased; pages are clean and tight.
The Academy of Music 123rd Anniversary Concert and Ball--January 26, 1980 [Program]
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Orchestra, 1980.
Price: $25.00
more info
add to cart
[4] p.: illustrated; 38 cm. Illustration on first page, signed C. de Grimm [Constantine von Grimm], and decorative border on all pages printed in red. The last week in Dec. 1887 the theater, managed by Rudolph Aronson, was showing Madelon, opera comique in three acts, by Henri Meilhad and Ludovic Halevy, with music by Charles Lecocq. The cast included Bertha Ricci, Isabelle Urquhart, Sylvia Gerrish, Lillian Grubb, Courtice Pounds, Arthur W. Tams (the assistant stage manager), and Henry Leoni. The music director was John J. Braham (1847-1919), the American musical theater conductor and composer credited with introducing Gilbert and Sullivan to the United States; he also composed one of the earliest original orchestral scores for a silent film. Also contains many ads for New York City businesses. An extremely scarce 19th-century program from a Broadway theater. In Good- Condition: slightly soiled; one horizontal crease, which is separating in both leaves from the outside edge; the 2 leaves are starting to separate at head and tail; edges have small tears and chipping; lower corner of 2nd leaf lacking, with slight loss in text in one ad on each side; 7 x 2 cm. section lacking from fore-edge of 2nd leaf affecting border but not text.
The Casino Dec. 1887 vol. 3 no. 43 [theater program for Madelon by Henri Meilhad and Ludovic Halevy, with music by Charles Lecocq] music director John J. Braham; manager Rudolph Aronson
New York: Casino Programme Co., 1887.
Price: $45.00
more info
add to cart
24 p.: illustrated advertisements; 20 cm. Stapled program printed in grey and red with "Lyric & Adelphi Theatres" on front cover. The program for "The Guest of Honor" starring William Hodge at the Lyric Theatre beginning Mon., March 1, 1920. The cast included Jennie Lamont, Charles W. Butler, and J. Albert Hall. With ads for many Philadephia businesses, including the Cabaret at the Bingham Rose Cafe with the Versatile Sextette ("The Jazziest Jazzers you ever heard"); the Arcadia Cafe with its Czecho-Slovak dance music; and Mrs. Ethel Evans, psychic palmist. In Very Good- Condition: covers are slightly rubbed and creased; cover is starting to separate along spine; pages are clean and tight.
The Guest of Honor Playbill 1920 Philadelphia Lyric Theatre [starring William Hodge]
Philadelphia, Pa.: Lyric Theatre, 1920.
Price: $9.50
more info
add to cart
24 p.: illustrated advertisements; 20 cm. Stapled program printed in grey and red with "Lyric & Adelphi Theatres" on front cover. The program for "The Magic Melody" starring Charles Purcell, Julia Dean, Tom McNaughton, Bertee Beaumonte, and Emma Haig at the Lyric Theatre beginning Mon., April 26, 1920. Play by Frederic Arnold Kummer, music by Sigmund Romberg, and art direction by Willy Pogany. With ads for many Philadelphia businesses, including the Bingham Rose Cafe with the Versatile Sextette ("The Jazziest Jazzers you ever heard"); the Arcadia Cafe with its Czecho-Slovak dance music; Mrs. Ethel Evans, psychic palmist; and flying lessons from both the Curtiss Eastern Airplane Corporation and the Philadelphia Aero-Service Corporation. In Very Good Condition: covers are slightly soiled; pages are clean and tight.
The Magic Melody Playbill 1920 Philadelphia Lyric Theatre [by Frederic Arnold Kummer, music by Sigmund Romberg, and art direction by Willy Pogany]
Philadelphia, Pa.: Lyric Theatre, 1920.
Price: $12.50
more info
add to cart
Matches 1-20 of 22
Topic Notification


IOBA
© Classic Books and Ephemera 2013
Site by Bibliopolis