Betz, Franz - Photograph + Text Quote 1897 Book shown as himself reading a

shown as himself reading a book

by the American pianist

ALSO INCLUDED: Unsigned postcard photograph

31 August 1923

Betz, Franz - Photograph + Text Quote 1897 Book shown as himself reading aFamous German bass baritone (1835 1900), creator of the role of Hans Sachs in the World Premiere of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nrnberg in 1868 and also the first Wotan in the first complete cycle of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen performed in 1876. Half tone postcard photograph, shown in role (possibly Hans Sachs), initialized signature with a short textual quote, dated in Nuremberg in 1897. Photo by Max Marcus, Berlin. Size is 3. 5 x 5. 5