Approx. a hundred autographs of composers, conductors, musicians and opera singers from around the world; most of them on programmes of concerts and classical music performances held in Israel since the 1950s and onward.
The collection contains autographs of the conductors Leonard Bernstein, Georg Solti, Zubin Mehta, Paul Paray, Daniel Barenboim, Paweł Klecki, Carlo Maria Giulini; the composers Igor Stravinsky, Gary Bertini, Aaron Copland; the violinists Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern, Nathan Milstein, David Oistrakh and Alexander Schneider; the pianists Glenn Gould, Arthur Rubenstein, Eugene Istomin, Rudolf Serkin and Clifford Curzon; the opera singers Maureen Forrester, Victoria de los Ángeles, Shirley Verrett,  Richard Tucker and Plácido Domingo; the cellists Leonard Rose, Jacqueline du Pré, Mstislav Rostropovich and John Ogdon; and others. Most of them are signed on programmes or advertising leaflets of concerts and classical music performances in Israel. Several of the musicians are signed on more than one item.
The collection also contains a portrait photograph of the Italian conductor Carlo Maria Giulini, with a signed and dated autograph inscription (1.3.1959).
Approx. a hundred autographs on approx. 50 items. Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.