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Music And Continental Books And Manuscripts
29 November 2016 • London
Sale Total: 5,914,317 GBP    Sale Number: L16406
211 lots
  • 1. Bartók, Béla 1. Bartók, Béla
    1. Bartók, Béla
    Partly autograph manuscript of '4 Melodies populaires hongroises' (= nos. 1, 4, 5 and 2 of 'Eight Hungarian Folksongs' BB 47), with autograph title-page signed
    Estimate: 25,000 – 30,000 GBP
    Lot Sold:
    25,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 2. Bartók, Béla 2. Bartók, Béla
    2. Bartók, Béla
    Autograph musical quotation from the Symphonic Poem Kossuth, inscribed and signed ("Bartók Béla")
    Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP
    Lot Sold:
    3,500 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 4. Beethoven, Ludwig van 4. Beethoven, Ludwig van
    4. Beethoven, Ludwig van
    Autograph manuscript of the "Allegretto" in B minor for string quartet WoO 210, composed for an English visitor to Vienna in 1817
    Estimate: 150,000 – 200,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 5. Beethoven, Ludwig van 5. Beethoven, Ludwig van
    5. Beethoven, Ludwig van
    Lock of the composer's greying hair, with an autograph letter of presentation by J.A. Stumpff to the family of Jane Stirling of Kippenross Castle
    Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 GBP
    Lot Sold:
    11,875 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 7. Berlioz, Hector 7. Berlioz, Hector
    7. Berlioz, Hector
    Autograph musical quotation from Roméo et Juliette, signed ("H. Berlioz")
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
    Lot Sold:
    8,125 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 8. Boulez, Pierre 8. Boulez, Pierre
    8. Boulez, Pierre
    Autograph manuscript of ["...explosante-fixe..."], for solo flute, signed and inscribed to Carol and Bob Frankel
    Estimate: 25,000 – 30,000 GBP
    Lot Sold:
    47,500 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 9. Boulez, Pierre 9. Boulez, Pierre
    9. Boulez, Pierre
    Collection of five autograph letters signed and seven typed letters signed ("PBoulez"), in English, to Carol and Robert Frankel
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,500 GBP
    Lot Sold:
    2,125 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 11. Brahms, Johannes 11. Brahms, Johannes
    11. Brahms, Johannes
    Fine autograph letter, signed ("JBrahms"), to Marie Baumeyer ("Geehrtes u. liebes Fräulein")
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
    Lot Sold:
    3,125 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 12. Brahms, Johannes 12. Brahms, Johannes
    12. Brahms, Johannes
    Autograph letter, signed ("J.B."), ABOUT DVORÁK, to the publisher Fritz Simrock,
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
    Lot Sold:
    3,250 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 13. Brahms, Johannes 13. Brahms, Johannes
    13. Brahms, Johannes
    Late autograph letter, signed ("J.B."), to the publisher Fritz Simrock,
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
    Lot Sold:
    7,250 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 15. [brahms, johannes]--leander schlegel (1844-1913, dutch pianist and composer) 15. [brahms, johannes]--leander schlegel (1844-1913, dutch pianist and composer)
    15. [brahms, johannes]--leander schlegel (1844-1913, dutch pianist and composer)
    Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP
    Lot Sold:
    2,750 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 16. Bruch, Max 16. Bruch, Max
    16. Bruch, Max
    Three autograph musical quotations by Bruch, Britten and Donizetti,
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
    Lot Sold:
    2,250 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
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