ELENA GNESINA (GNESSIN SCHOOL)-FAMOUS RUSSIAN MUSICIAN-SIGNED PIANO BOOK-1944

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ELENA GNESINA (1874-1967) FORTEPIANNAYA AZBUKA ("Piano ABC") Signed. 20 pages
Moscow-Leningrag: GMI, 1943. Text of this beginning piano instruction book is in Russian. Oblong (6-1/2" x 10").
Stapled soft cover INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY ELENA.
Elena was a Russian Soviet composer from the famous Gnesin family of Russian Jewish musicians.
A rare signature.
GNESSIN SCHOOL (1895-1925) (No date, c. 1938?); 5-1/4 x 8"); 2 staples-64 pages;  this is a catalog of the private Russian music school, founded by Elena, Eugenia and Maria in 1895. b/w photos, faculty listings; covers with bites.