RARE! Baritone Dalton Baker Hand Signed AMQS Dated 1908 JG Autographs COA

  

"Operatic Baritone" Dalton Baker Hand Signed AMQS Dated 1908. Though Bakers signature is EXTREMELY RARE, this is one of the only AMQS known to exist and signed by this great master. The AMQS is Is Not His Word Like a Fire? " from Feliz Mendelssohn's opera "Elijah.

This is a rare opportunity to own a piece of opera history as Baker was considered the GTREATEST BARITONE of his time. Additionally we have included a VINTAGE/RARE 3X5 picture postcard with this offering. This item is certified authentic by.

And comes with their Letter of Authenticity. William Henry Baker (later known as Dalton Baker) was born in Merton, Surrey, on 17 October 1879. He was one of the several children of William Baker, a labourer/bricklayer, and his wife, Charlotte Emma, daughter of William Dalton, a silk printer, who were married at Merton Parish Church on 21 May 1876.

Beginning his career as a choirboy, Baker studied at the Royal Academy of Music, where he won a scholarship for singing. The Times, London, Tuesday, 5 November 1901, p. He followed this on 5 February 1902 by his inclusion in a St. James's Hall Ballad Concert in a programme which included Margaret Cooper, Ben Davis, Kennerly Rumford, Maurice Farkoa and others The Times, London, Thursday, 30 January 1902, p. In addition to many other such appearances, Dalton Baker joined several other former RAM students, including Harold Montague, to form The Scarlet Mr.

E's concert party whose members dressed as 18th Century highwaymen, complete with masks The Stage, London, Thursday, 4 March 1954, p.