SIGNATURE ON A CARD OF HUNGARIAN PIANIST AND COMPOSER RAFAEL JOSEFFY.
1886réf. 34670Tarrytown NY: November 1886. 1886. Good. - A piece of card 2 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide is signed in blue ink "Rafael Jossefy / Tarrytown N.Y. Nov. 86". The left side of the card is darkened & there is a very narrow line of darkening across the top edge. Good. Rafael Joseffy 1852-1915 was a Hungarian pianist composer and teacher. He made his debut in Berlin in 1872 and was immediately acclaimed as a brilliant pianist. In 1879 he moved to the United States. After making his New York debut that year under Leopold Damrosch he played with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and subsequently made many appearances in New York and other American cities. He was soloist for the inaugural concerts of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1891. He wrote numerous popular compositions for piano and edited works by Chopin and other composers for G. Schirmer music publishers. Tarrytown, NY: November 1886. unknown
