Manuscripts from a Distinguished Private Collection Part 1, Music

1. Beethoven, Ludwig van

Autograph manuscript of the Canon "Ewig dein" WoO 161, signed at the end ("...[Ewig] dein...Freund Ludwig van Beethowen")

Estimate: 120,000 – 150,000 GBP

BIDDING IS CLOSED

2. Bellini, Vincenzo

The hitherto-lost autograph manuscript of the song 'Odia la pastorella', written within a letter to Sophia, Duchessa di Cannizzaro, 30 April 1834

Estimate: 10,000 – 12,000 GBP

Lot Sold:

11,250 GBP

BIDDING IS CLOSED

3. Bellini, Vincenzo

Autograph letter signed ("Bellini"), to Alessandro Lanari, agreeing to compose an opera for Venice [Beatrice di Tenda], 28 April 1832

Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP

BIDDING IS CLOSED

4. Bellini, Vincenzo

Autograph letter signed (“Bellini”), to the publisher Giovanni Ricordi, about a pirated score of Norma, 16 February 1833

Estimate: 4,000 – 5,000 GBP

BIDDING IS CLOSED

5. Berlioz, Hector

Autograph letter signed ("Hector Berlioz"), to Prince Gregory Volkonsky in St. Petersburg, ABOUT THE GRANDE MESSE DES MORTS, Op.5, 23 January 1839

Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP

Lot Sold:

4,750 GBP

BIDDING IS CLOSED

6. Berlioz, Hector

Autograph letter signed ("H. Berlioz"), to the librettist Eugene Scribe ("Mon cher Collaborateur"), ABOUT THE UNFINISHED OPERA LA NONNE SANGLANTE, 23 June [1841]

Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP

BIDDING IS CLOSED

7. Berlioz, Hector

Autograph letter signed ("H. Berlioz"), to the publisher Giovanni Ricordi, ABOUT THE "TREATISE ON ORCHESTRATION", 24 August 1842

Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP

BIDDING IS CLOSED

8. Berlioz, Hector

Autograph letter signed ("H. Berlioz"), to Ferdinand Friedland, 16 January 1846

Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP

Lot Sold:

3,500 GBP

BIDDING IS CLOSED

9. Bizet, Georges

Autograph letter signed ("Georges Bizet"), to an unnamed friend, probably the artist Jules Didier [1868]

Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP

Lot Sold:

3,125 GBP

BIDDING IS CLOSED

10. Boito, Arrigo

Six autograph letters and notes signed "Arrigo Boito", about the Verdi centenary and Mefistofele, with a signed photograph, mostly Milan, c.1881-1913

Estimate: 800 – 1,200 GBP

Lot Sold:

875 GBP

BIDDING IS CLOSED

11. Brahms, Johannes

Autograph manuscript of the "Geistliches Wiegenlied", op.91 no.2, for contralto, viola and piano, the original version of 1864, signed and inscribed at the end by the composer

Estimate: 200,000 – 250,000 GBP

Lot Sold:

224,750 GBP

BIDDING IS CLOSED

12. Brahms, Johannes

Carte-de-visite photograph of the young composer, inscribed and signed on the reverse ("Hrn. Dr. Kraus In freundl. Erinnerung Joh Brahms.")

Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP

Lot Sold:

5,625 GBP

BIDDING IS CLOSED