A ROYAL COLLECTION OF ELEVEN SIGNED PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS OF MUSICIANS WITH NOTATIONS TO ELISABETH, QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS, (1876-1965) AND MARIA-JOSÉ, QUEEN OF ITALY, (1906-2001)

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A ROYAL COLLECTION OF ELEVEN SIGNED PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS OF MUSICIANS WITH NOTATIONS TO ELISABETH, QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS, (1876-1965) AND MARIA-JOSÉ, QUEEN OF ITALY, (1906-2001)
Including Andrés Segovia, (1893-1987) with inscription dated 1951, David Oistrakh, (1908-1974) in Russian dated 16 July 1961, Emil Guilels, (1916-1985) in Russian dated 1964, Joseph Jongen, (1873-1953) with musical notation dated June 1929, Pablo Casals, (1876-1973) undated, Pierre Colombo, (1914-2000) date 4 May 1995, Ernest Ansermet, (1883-1969) undated, Dinu Lipatti, (1917-1950) dated 8 March 1948, Yehudi [Menuhin], (1916-1999) dated 1955, an unrecognised musician 1959, the Italian Quartet 1965, with three unsigned photographs and a signed photograph of Sandro Pertini, (1896-1990) former president of Italy, and a poster for the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition, all framed and glazed (16)

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Elisabeth, Queen of the Belgian, (1876-1965).
Maria-José, Queen of Italy, (1906-2001).

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Lot Essay

The Queen Elisabeth Music Competition is one of the world's most prestigious and rigorous and is named in honour of Elisabeth, Queen of the Belgians. It is devoted to violin, piano, composition and singing. First conducted in 1937 and dedicated to the memory of Eugène Ysaÿe, the Belgian concert-violinist, it was won by the great Russian violinist David Oistrakh. In 1938 the competition was dedicated to piano and was won by the Russian Emile Guilels.

Like her mother, Maria-José, Queen of Italy, established the Queen Maria-José International Musical Competiton Prize. It is a bi-annual contest held in Switzerland since 2000.

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