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Music, Continental And Russian Books And Manuscripts
20 November 2014 • London
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207 lots
  • 204. Sullivan, Arthur
    Cabinet-style photograph signed ("ArthurSullivan. 1885"), on the image
    Estimate: 2,000 – 2,500 GBP
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  • 205. Ustvolskaya, Galina
    Three autograph fragments, apparently from a single unidentified work, comprising
    Estimate: 2,500 – 3,000 GBP
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  • 206. Vaughan Williams, Ralph
    Vocal Score of Towards the Unknown Region, containing numerous autograph corrections by the composer for a revised edition of the work
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
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  • 207. Verdi, Giuseppe
    Visiting card inscribed by Verdi in 1852, and an autograph letter signed by Puccini.
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
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  • 208. Verdi, Giuseppe
    La forza del destino, libretto in quattro atti di F.M. Piave, Milan: regio stabilmento nazionale Tito di Gio. Ricordi, 1863 [blind-stamp to title "T.R./ 63/ III"], revised by the composer
    Estimate: 12,000 – 15,000 GBP
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  • 209. Verdi, Giuseppe
    Don Carlos Grand Opéra en cinq actes [vocal score], Paris: Léon Escudier, 1867; first edition, signed and inscribed by the composer to the creator of the role of Philip II
    Estimate: 4,000 – 5,000 GBP
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  • 210. Verdi, Giuseppe
    Autograph draft letter signed ("G Verdi"), about Palestrina and Marcello
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
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  • 211. Verdi, Giuseppe
    Autograph manuscript draft of part of the libretto of Otello, comprising twelve lines of text written by the composer
    Estimate: 5,000 – 7,000 GBP
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  • 212. Verdi, Giuseppe
    Unpublished autograph letter signed ("G. Verdi"), about Otello
    Estimate: 2,500 – 3,000 GBP
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  • 213. Verdi, Giuseppe
    Two autograph notes, one about Beethoven, Gluck and Handel, and memoranda about his finances in 1898
    Estimate: 1,800 – 2,000 GBP
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  • 214. Waldteufel, Emile
    Five autograph manuscripts of chamber music, comprising two versions of "Fin d'un rêve" for piano trio, and two versions of "Babiole", signed ("Emile Waldteufel") in several places,
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
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  • 215. Weber, Carl Maria von
    Nineteenth-century manuscript full score of Der Freischütz, in three volumes
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
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