From first to last: Franz Crass as Konig Heinrich
photograph has a crease over the top left not affecting the signature or his image
21 x 15 cm Photograph : Hildegard Steinmetz
and chamber music and was famous in his time
signed photo (signatures on verso) and signed card with signatures of the four members of the Austrian quartet: Gunter Pichler (1st violin)
Wagner, Richard - Signed Note and photo Programs Music Signed Strings From first to last: FranzNote signed by the great German composer, addressed to Gustave Alexander Flaxland (1821 1895), a friend and an important French publisher. Flaxland was the publisher for several of his operas in France, including Rienzi, Lohengrin, Der Fliegende Hollander and Tanhauser. In this note from December 1859, Wagner is giving Flaxland the ok for the publication of "Reminiscences" by L. Rohr for piano for 2 and 4 hands, based on Tanhauser.