Auction closed
Music, Continental And Russian Books And Manuscripts
20 May 2014 • London
Log in to view sale total
223 lots
  • 222. Verdi, Giuseppe
    Autograph draft letter signed ("G Verdi"), to Giulio Belinzaghi, the Mayor of Milan, about the Requiem Mass for Manzoni
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 223. Verdi, Giuseppe
    Autograph draft of a letter, apparently to Clara Maffei, unsigned
    Estimate: 1,200 – 1,500 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 224. Verdi, Giuseppe
    Autograph manuscript of part of the libretto of Otello, a draft of the original words of the "Willow Song" in Act IV
    Estimate: 5,000 – 7,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 225. Verdi, Giuseppe
    Autograph working notes about Falstaff, addressed to the librettist of the opera, Arrigo Boito, unsigned
    Estimate: 5,000 – 7,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 226. Wagner, Richard
    Claude Debussy's marked-up copy of Wagner's opera Parsifal, the first edition (1882), containing a translation into French of Acts 2 and 3, written by him into the score and including his musical alterations to the vocal lines to accommodate the French words, being:
    Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 227. Wagner, Richard
    Tristan und Isolde...vollständiger Klavierauszug von Hans von Bülow. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, [1860]
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 228. Walton, Sir William
    Fine autograph letter signed ("William"), to Vladimir [Dukelsky], about the Ballets Russes
    Estimate: 800 – 1,200 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED