Library of Congress program from a 1959 Budapest String Quartet performance, signed in blue ink on the cover by the esteemed Soviet composer whose 15 symphonies and large body of chamber and instrumental works occupy a place of central importance in the 20th-century repertoire. No works by him were performed on this occasion, but a note in pencil on the cover reports that he "was sitting next to me in 6th row as this concert. He signed this program and we exchanged a few sentences. One of his companions complimented me on my excellent Russian. Olga Alosheoff." Mounting stains along the left edge, else fine.
Library of Congress program from a 1959 Budapest String Quartet performance, signed in blue ink on the cover by the esteemed Soviet composer whose 15 symphonies and large body of chamber and instrumental works occupy a place of central importance in the 20th-century repertoire. No works by him were performed on this occasion, but a note in pencil on the cover reports that he "was sitting next to me in 6th row as this concert. He signed this program and we exchanged a few sentences. One of his companions complimented me on my excellent Russian. Olga Alosheoff." Mounting stains along the left edge, else fine.