missing top left corner on the opposite page (with the recipient´s name)
later on became the director of the Met Opera
actor and radio personality (1896-1960)
very slight paper loss on top right
Large signed photo mounted on a mat where her signature is with four bars of music from a piano and violin sonata
Giordano, Umberto - Signed Score of "Andrea Chenier" Autographs Singers 50 or less O missing top left corner onItalian verismo opera composer (1867 1948), famous for composing Andrea Chenier and Fedora, his two most famous operas. Score of his opera "Andrea Chenier", his most famous work, signed by him on the first title page. Version for piano and voice, published by Edoardo Sonzogno, Milan, 1922. Giordano boldly signed on the first title page, inscribing his autograph to Canadian pianist and teacher Helena Plaxton, dating this in 1927. 246 numbered pages, 9