Rosé, Alma. (1906 - 1944) Autograph Signature and PortraitExceedingly rare autograph signature of the Austrian violinist of Jewish descent, daughter of violinist Arnold Ros (concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic and leader of the famed Ros Quartet), niece of composer Gustav Mahler and wife of violinist, Vasa Prihoda. She was deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz Birkenau, where she directed an orchestra of prisoners who played to their captors in order that they should stay alive. Alma Ros died there,