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Music, Continental And Russian Books And Manuscripts
28 May 2015 • London
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297 lots
  • 193. Brahms, Johannes
    Autograph letter signed ("J. Brahms"), to Dr. Walter Paetow
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
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  • 194. Busoni, Ferruccio
    Collection of seven letters by Busoni, Goldmark, Moscheles and others
    Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP
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  • 195. Donizetti, Gaetano
    Autograph letter signed (“Donizetti”) in French, about his opera Les martyrs
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
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  • 196. Dvořák, Antonín
    Letter fragment signed ("Anton Dvořák"), in German, possibly to Eduard Hanslick, about alterations to his opera Dimitrij, Op.64
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
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  • 200. Liszt, Franz
    Autograph draft letter signed ("FL"), to Robert Franz, written on the death of Liszt's son Daniel
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
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  • 201. Liszt, Franz
    Three autograph letters signed ("F. Liszt"), in French and German, including one to the publisher Detaille in Paris concerning his biography of Chopin
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
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  • 202. Liszt, Franz
    Extensively revised scribal manuscript of Liszt's piano transcription of J.S. Bach's organ Fantasie (Praeludium) in G minor BWV 542, signed and dated ("F. Liszt Weymar 54"), with many autograph annotations and remarks throughout, addressed to Hans von Bülow
    Estimate: 8,000 – 10,000 GBP
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  • 204. Mahler, Gustav
    Autograph letter signed ("Gustav Mahler"), to a singer ("Verehrter Herr Kammersänger")
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
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  • 205. Mahler, Gustav
    Autograph letter signed ("Mahler"), to Professor Alfred Wernicke, concerning the preparations for a concert series of his own works in Mannheim in 1910
    Estimate: 4,000 – 5,000 GBP
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  • 206. Massenet, Jules
    Autograph musical quotation from Werther, together with letters by Massenet and Offenbach to Eduard Hanslick, and two others
    Estimate: 1,200 – 1,500 GBP
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  • 207. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix
    Long unpublished letter signed ("Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy"), to [Hermann Kunibert Neumann (1808-1875) in Torgau], concerning a possible setting of Neumann's drama Der Sängerkrieg
    Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP
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  • 208. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix
    Important autograph letter signed ("Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy"), to Julius Stern, about his incidental music to Sophocles' Antigone and his musical principles
    Estimate: 4,000 – 5,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED