Music - L08402

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Music

15 May 2008 • London

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Sale Number: L08402

132. Autograph working manuscript signed ("Richard Strauss") of the "Erste Walzerfolge" from Der Rosenkavalier, a suite of waltzes from Strauss's most famous opera,comprising a draft of the complete work, bearing the title "Walzerpotpourri aus Rosencavalier", some bars containing only the melodic or harmonic outlines, and with some indications of orchestration ("pizz", "arco", etc.), dated at the end: "Garmisch 26 Oktober [19]44", notated in black ink on six systems of two staves each, occasionally extended into the margin, including one large insertion of over one hundred bars on a separate bifolium, together with two smaller additions each marked "Einlage", and some further sketches and annotations in pencil, and with a note of dedication on the first page written in blue ink,13 pages, folio (c.35.5 x 27cms), on twelve stave manuscript paper with the stamp ("B. & H. Nr. 4. C." and "...Nr.3 (16z)"), Garmisch, 26 October [19]44, the first page faintly browned

Estimate: 50,000 – 70,000 GBP

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133. Autograph musical quotation, signed ("Richard Strauss")

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP

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134. Photographic portrait signed and inscribed by the composer ("Dr Richard Strauss B. Aires 11.11. [19]20"), with an autograph musical quotation, inscribed above on mount in another hand,

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP

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135. Autograph sketches for the ballet Josephslegende, Op.63, and the incidental music Der Bürger als Edelmann, Op.60, the original conception for Ariadne auf Naxos

Estimate: 8,000 – 10,000 GBP

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139. Printed copy of the "Circus Polka", with autograph musical additions, signed ("IStr") and a copy of the first edition signed and inscribed ("Un Amical souvenir a l'excellent musicien Sol Babitz de IStravinsky 1943")

Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP

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141. Eight autograph musical sketches and fragments, including from

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP

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142. Collection of first and early editions inscribed by Stravinsky to the violinist Sol Babitz

Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP

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144. Postcard photograph signed and dated by the composer ("I Stravinsky Manchester 22.2.34")

Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP

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146. Mid-eighteenth-century autograph manuscript of music for the tambourin, in the hand of M. Le Marchand ("Lemarchand fecit")

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP

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147. Cabinet-style photograph signed and inscribed in Russian ("to Anna Georgievna Pribynskla...P. Tchaikovsky, 29 4. 90"), on the image

Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP

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148. Autograph letter signed ("P. Tchaikovsky) to the conductor Eduard Nápravnik ("Eduard Franstsovich") about "Mazeppa", in Russian

Estimate: 4,000 – 5,000 GBP

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149. Autograph musical manuscript of the vocal composition "Sgombra, o gentil", signed and inscribed by the composer ("A Delfico G Verdi")

Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 GBP

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