Otakar Ševčík, violinist and influential pedagogue: autograph note, signed, on a postcard featuring a portrait of himself. Sent from Prague, and addressed to a music critic in Berlin, April 1904.

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Prague : Mojmír Urbánek, [1904]. Postcard, 91 x 141 mm; on the left side of the recto is a photomechanical process portrait of Ševčík from a photograph by V. Donát, with a printed caption PROF. OT. ŠEVČÍK at top centre; the right side is occupied by an autograph note by Ševčík written in German in pen, headed Prag 24.IV.04 , thanking the correspondent (H. Nevill-Smith, a music critic and magazine editor) for sending his recently published article on Ševčík s Prague music school, and saying that he would like to meet him when he comes to Prague: Sehr geehrter Mr. Smith, Ich danke Ihnen für Ihren freundlichen Brief, sowie für die Zusendung Ihres schönen Aufsatzes über meine Schule in der German Times und es wird mich freuen, bei Ihrer Ankunft in Prag Ihre Bekanntschaft zu machen. Ihr ergebener [usw.] Prof. Ot. Ševčík ; the verso is addressed Herrn. H. Nevill-Smith, Herausgeber der Musical German Times , Berlin W. Alvenslebenstr. 13, Deutschland ; mailed from Prague on the 24 April and with a Berlin arrival postmark dated the following day; the postcard is in fine condition, the only minor blemishes being the ink from the postmark on Ševčík s portrait and a residual narrow strip of tape at one edge verso where the card was once lightly mounted in an album. A rare piece of signed ephemera by one of the most significant figures in the history of the violin. The following essay on Otokar Ševčík by Sasha Margolis is from the May-June 2020 issue of Strings magazine : Through much of

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