STRAUSS, Richard (1864-1949). Autograph musical quotation signed ("Richard Strauss") with two bars of music in pencil in the lower left margin of an illustrated menu for a dinner in his honor held at the Lotos Club in New York, March 19th 1904. New York, 1904. Broadsheet (410 x 537 mm), creased at folds, 3-inch separation at lower right fold, 1-inch separation at lower left fold, two mounting remnants on verso with light show-through in upper blank area. Additionally inscribed at lower right with 3 bars of music and signed in pencil "Rafael Josef." -- MASSENET, Jules (1842-1912). Autograph letter signed ("J. Massenet"), in French, to an unnamed recipient. Paris, 4 December 1890. 2 pages, 8vo, some browning. Translated: "I am in receipt of the program of the concert in which you have done me the honor of directing Marie Magdeleine. I am most happy and proud of this tribute." [With:] Autographed musical quotation signed ("J. Massenet"), to an unnamed recipient, Paris, 1887. 12mo (90 x 113 mm), 4 bars on a hand-drawn stave, from the third act of Marie Magdeleine.

 

Property from the Robert L. McKay Collection, North Tustin, California