Signed program book: Birmingham Musical Festival in Aid of the Funds of the General Hospital, Book of the Words, 1885. Thirty-fifth Celebration. Birmingham: Hall and English, 1885. Hardcover with original maroon morocco boards and colored cloth spine, 7.5 x 9.25. Signed inside on an opening page in fountain pen by Antonin Dvorak, with a total of 21 others who took part in the festival signing inside in black ink or fountain pen, including: Hans Richter, Frederick Bridge, Frederic Hymen Cowen, Alexander Mackenzie, Ebenezer Prout, Pablo de Sarasate, Charles Villiers Stanford, Emma Albani, Joseph Maas, Charles Stanley, Edward Lloyd, W. H. Stockley, Frederic King, Allan James Foli, R. Watkin Mills, Anna Williams, Zelia Trebelli, Janet Patey, Cecelia M. Hutchinson, Thomas Anderton, and C. B. Bragg. In very good to fine condition, with professional repairs to the covers, spine, and hinges; inner pages are fine. Accompanied by a custom-made dust jacket. The Birmingham Musical Festival took place on August 25-28, 1885, and included the premieres of Dvorak's The Spectre's Bride, Charles Gounod's Mors et Vita, Frederic Cowen's Sleeping Beauty, Charles Villiers Stanford's The Three Holy Children, and Alexander Mackenzie's Violin Concerto, Op. 32. This scarce program book was signed as a presentation gift to leading figures in the Birmingham Festival committee.
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