Bidspirit auction | GLIERE REINHOLD (1875-1956)

GLIERE REINHOLD (1875-1956) - GLIERE REINHOLD (1875-1956) Russian and Soviet Composer of German and Polish descent. He was awarded the title of People´s Artist of USSR in 1938. A multiple signed T.L.S., by various members of the Union of Soviet Composers of the USSR, one page, 4to, Moscow, 21st November 1942, to the People´s Commissar of Foreign trade affairs, in Cyrillic. The partially printed document bears to the heading in capital Cyrillic and Latin letters ”Union of Soviet Composers USSR”, with their association address in Moscow, 47 - Miusskaya. A request signed by various composers during one of the worst periods of WWII, comprising Reinhold Gliere; Viktor Bely (1904-1983) Soviet Composer and social Activist. Awarded in 1952 with the Stalin Prize; Vano Muradeli (1908-1070) Soviet Georgian Composer. Awarded in 1948 with the Stalin Prize; also signed by Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan (1895-1978) Soviet politician and Bolshevik revolutionary who served as the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. As a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party from 1923 to 1976, he was the only Soviet politician who remained in power from Lenin, through the eras of Stalin, Khrushchev, to his retirement under Brezhnev. Mikoyan signs in his capacity as People's Commissar for Foreign Trade. The untranslated typed text refers to a request by the Soviet composers to the People's Commissar for Foreign Trade, asking for the authorization to buy abroad books, magazines and documents related to music, for an amount of 200 rubles. Overall age toning, with several tears only to the right edge, not affecting the signatures or text. F to G