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L13406
27 November 2013 • London
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262 lots
  • 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: 20,000 – 30,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Autograph draft letter signed ("G Verdi"), to Giulio Belinzaghi, the Mayor of Milan, about the Requiem Mass for Manzoni
    Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Autograph drafts for two letters, one to Ricordi, and signed ("G.Verdi")
    Estimate: 2,500 – 3,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Autograph draft letter to Arrivabene, unsigned, about Boito's Mefistofele and German music
    Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Autograph draft letter signed ("G Verdi"), about Italian music
    Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Autograph draft of a letter, apparently to Clara Maffei, unsigned
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Two autograph letters, one signed ("GVerdi")
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Four autograph draft letters about Aida, signed ("GVerdi" and "Verdi")
    Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Autograph working draft of an unpublished letter to Giulio Ricordi, about Aida, Rigoletto, La forza del destino and other pieces, unsigned
    Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Fragment of a letter addressed to his pupil Emanuele Muzio in Paris, signed ("G. Verdi")
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Two autograph drafts of an important letter to the painter Domenico Morelli, signed ("G.Verdi"), about "King Lear" and "Otello"
    Estimate: 4,000 – 5,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Autograph manuscript of part of the libretto of Otello, a draft of the original words of the "Willow Song" in Act Four
    Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED