Plante, Francis - Autograph Letter Signed 1897 Autographs Singers 50 or less Y-Z bass Robert Radford (1874-1933)

bass Robert Radford (1874-1933)

handwritten and signed on verso

then focused more on conducting until his death at age 42

Blind stamp on front by photographer Kruz Merino

Mainardi toured as a cello virtuoso at age 13

Plante, Francis - Autograph Letter Signed 1897 Autographs Singers 50 or less Y-Z bass Robert Radford (1874-1933)French pianist (1839 1934), famed as one of the first ever recording artists. Autograph letter in French (sold untranslated) on soft cardboard signed by him, dated January 18, 1897, to a certain Maestro don Giovanni: Voir mon nom de pianiste, somme toute, en tte de cette belle pice dorgue di liturgique me fait croire pour un instant que jai lhonneur de faire partie de cette noble phalange des organistes pour qui jai autant dadmiration () Notre ami