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Music And Continental Books And Manuscripts
07 December 2015 • London
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248 lots
  • 146. Berlioz, Hector
    Autograph album-leaf for Édouard Silas, boldly signed and inscribed ("H.Berlioz, Londres Mars 1852")
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
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    147. Bernstein, Leonard
    Autograph working manuscript of part of the 'Sanctus' from the "Mass", signed and inscribed by Bernstein in red ink ("Hosannas to Helen in the highest! love Lenny, Xmas '71")
    Estimate: 6,500 – 8,000 GBP
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    148. Boulez, Pierre
    Autograph musical transcription of part of the viola part from "Éclat/Multiples", signed and inscribed ("PBoulez To Jan Hinkla with many thanks in remembrance of Eclat, L.A. Feb. 1975"), written out for the principal violist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
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    149. Cage, John
    Indeterminate autograph musical quotation from "Variations" (either "Variations I" or "Variations II"), signed and inscribed (“for Roland Fischer, John Cage”)
    Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP
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    150. Carter, Elliott
    Autograph musical quotation signed and inscribed "Elliott Carter for Horst Axtmann, New York, February 25, 1994"
    Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP
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  • 151. Copland, Aaron
    Autograph musical quotation from "An Outdoor Overture" (1938), signed and inscribed ("Aaron Copland Aug. 1939")
    Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP
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    152. Davies, Peter Maxwell
    Long autograph musical quotation signed ("Peter Maxwell Davies") of the Sonata for trumpet in D and piano, together with autograph quotations signed by John Tavener, John Rutter and Gordon Jacob
    Estimate: 1,000 – 1,200 GBP
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  • 153. Donizetti, Gaetano
    Autograph working manuscript of part of the opera "La romanzesca e l'uomo nero" (1831)
    Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP
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  • 154. Donizetti, Gaetano
    Autograph sketchleaf for "Maria Padilla", the Act 3 duet for Maria and her father Don Ruiz 'Ite omai non vi conosco', including drafts of the music and the libretto:
    Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP
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  • 155. Dvořák, Antonín
    Autograph musical quotation from Symphony no.7, in D minor, signed and inscribed "Thema v Simfonie D moll...Praha 18 17/5 85 Antonín Dvořák"
    Estimate: 7,000 – 9,000 GBP
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  • 156. Three autograph musical quotations signed by Roger Quilter, Sir Arthur Bliss and Granville Bantock, including
    Estimate: 800 – 1,000 GBP
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  • 157. Fauré, Gabriel
    Autograph musical quotation from the song "Les Berceaux" op.23, no.1, with a five-line autograph inscription ("...a Lady Campbell Clarke, tres respectueux hommage de son bien reconnaissant GabrielFaure, Paris, 15 avril 1899"), an autograph letter, and a photograph of the composer laid down
    Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED