BOOTH, Margery [CHILDREN] second violinist Amandus Zoellner (1892-1955)

second violinist Amandus Zoellner (1892-1955) and cellist Joseph Zoellner Jr

a very rare autograph

starred in the title role of Ambroise Thomas's Francoise da Rimini in the world premiere performances at the Paris Opera in 1882

Clip is boldly signed by him

BOOTH, Margery [CHILDREN] second violinist Amandus Zoellner (1892-1955)Margery Myers Booth (1906 1952) was a British mezzo soprano who emigrated to Germany during WWII and became a spy. Arrested by the Gestapo in 1944 and tortured, she was later released by the liberating army. Not being recognized for what she did after her return to London, Myers Booth emigrated to New York where she died of breast cancer in 1952, at age 46. Rare signed postcard photograph, shown as Dryade in Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos dated