Anderson, Marian - Signed Program 1944 Miscellaneous Items whose career began as a

whose career began as a pianist but moved to conducting in the  mid-1920s

her signature is on the verso

Italian verismo opera composer (1867-1948)

Beautiful half-tone black and white photograph signed by him

who lived most of his life in the UK and made his career mostly in the West

Anderson, Marian - Signed Program 1944 Miscellaneous Items whose career began as aSigned program for a concert recital of the celebrated American contralto, the first black person, American or otherwise, to perform at the at the Metropolitan Opera and an inspiration to many future African American performers. The Recital took place in Sacramento, California, in 1944, and is signed by her on the cover page. When unfolded, this is a 6 page program containing a list of all the pieces performed, as well as the texts. Size of each page