Thomson, Virgil - Signed Photo Book pages 2 and 3 (inside

pages 2 and 3 (inside pages) and page 4 plus a close-up detail of Mahler´s signature on page 4

Italian contralto (1905-1983)

shown as Juliet in Gounod's Romeo et Juliette

American mezzo-soprano (1913-2006)

dated in San Francisco in 1966

Thomson, Virgil - Signed Photo Book pages 2 and 3 (insideAmerican composer and critic (1896 1989), he was instrumental in the development of American classical music and father figure to a new generation of American tonal composers (such as Rorem, Bowles and Bernstein). Signed photo, inscribed. Size is 8 x 10 inches, stamped on verso by photographer Glenesk, New York, in excellent condition.