shown as Billy Budd in Britten's opera at the Metropolitan Opera House
Thomas Scherman and Wilfred Pelletier
Beautiful cabinet photograph signed and inscribed by him
under the baton of Sir Yehudi Menuhin
Austrian conductor (1912-1987) and professor of Musicology
Plantade, Charles-François - Autograph Note Signed 1818 HM - World Figures shown as Billy Budd inFrench composer (1787 1870), son of the harpsichordist Charles Henri Plantade (1764 1839), founder of the Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire. Rare autograph note written in French (in the third person) signed and dated in Paris, December 21, 1818, where he asks his correspondent, Mr. Durandeau, to take an interest in one of his proteges, whose request he had already strongly supported the previous year. Size is 6. 4 x 7. 7 inches, 1