Shostakovich, Dimitri - Signed Note and Envelope 1966 Autographs Strings mounted on a mat with

mounted on a mat with a clip from a Metropolitan Opera program for a performance of this opera in 1910 - with Arturo Toscanini conducting

escaped from Nazism and worked at the Metropolitan opera in the early 1940s

Massenet wrote a sentiment

considered one of the greatest lyric tenors of France during his nearly 30-year career (which ended in the early 1950s)

Shostakovich, Dimitri - Signed Note and Envelope 1966 Autographs Strings mounted on a mat withRussian composer and pianist (1906 1975), a truly prominent composer of the 20th century and considered by many one of the best. Signed note, dated in 1966, to a friend at the Conservatory of Music in Moscow, giving him his condolences for the death of a relative. Envelope is also handwritten by the composer. A short translation is provided. Autograph note is 5. 75 x 7 inches, envelope is 6 x 3. 75 inches, both in excellent condition.