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Music, Continental And Russian Books And Manuscripts
20 November 2014 • London
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207 lots
  • Svyashchennoye venchaniye na tsarstvo imperatora Nikolaya II i gosudaryni imperatritsy Aleksandry Feodorovny [The sacred coronation of the Sovereign Emperor Nicholas II and the Sovereign Empress Alexandra Feodorovna]. [Moscow]: A.A. Levenson, 1896
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
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  • A collection of books from the celebrated music library of Prof. Guido Adler (1855-1941), confiscated by the Nazis and recently restored to his heirs from the library of the University of Vienna
    Estimate: 20,000 – 30,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Collection of his working papers and correspondence
    Estimate: 5,000 – 10,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
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  • Grosse Passionsmusik nach dem Evangelium Matthaei [the St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, vocal score], Berlin: Schlesinger, 1830
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
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  • The lost autograph journal of Johann Andreas Silbermann (1712-1783), the Strasbourg organ and instrument builder, recording encounters with J.S. Bach, J.A. Hasse and others, and describing Bach's organs and music in Saxony, entitled:
    Estimate: 100,000 – 150,000 GBP
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  • Fine autograph letter about Fidelio, signed ("Ludwig van Beethowen")
    Estimate: 60,000 – 80,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Carmen Opera Comique en 4 actes, [vocal score]., Paris: Choudens, [1875]
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Musico prattico che brevemente dimostra...la composizione de i canti, e di ciò ch' all' arte del contrapunto si ricerca, opera ottava...del concerto degli strumenti, Bologna: Giacomo Monti, 1673
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • A General History of Music, London: for the author by Becket, Robson and Robinson (& Payne & Clark), 1776, 1782 and 1789
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
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  • .Autograph musical quotation of the opening of the Intermezzo from the Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26, signed ("Joh. Brahms")
    Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Autograph manuscript of part of the last movement of the Seventh Symphony,
    Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED