Postcard signed and with a bar of manuscript music handwritten by Franz Lehar.
Berlin, Germany: no publisher, 1936. First Edition. Unbound. 12mo. Very good+ condition. Item #020625
A postcard of Franz Lehar (1870-1948) conducting, after a painting by illustrator J.v. Eicke-Glasen. The postcard is signed by Lehar, and dated April 29, 1936, with a short handwritten musical quotation. The quotation is the start of the tenor aria of a composition by Franz Lehár, "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" (commonly translated as "Yours Is My Heart Alone" or "You Are My Heart's Delight"), from the 1929 romantic operetta Das Land des Lächelns (The Land of Smiles). Addressed to Mrs. Bothe at 509 S. Fifth in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with a canceled stamp. The postcard has minor creasing, and minor rubbing to the corners.
Price: $1,500.00