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Music, Continental And Russian Books And Manuscripts
28 May 2015 • London
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297 lots
  • 246. Grieg, Edvard
    Autograph musical quotation signed ("EdvardGrieg"), from the Ballade for piano, op.24
    Estimate: 2,500 – 3,000 GBP
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  • 247. Gugl, Matthäus
    Fundamenta partituræ in compendio data. Das ist: Kurtzer und gründlicher Unterricht den General-Bass, oder Partitur nach denen Regeln recht und wohl schlagen zu lernern, Salzburg: Johann Joseph Mayr, 1719
    Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP
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  • 248. Handel, George Frideric
    Contemporary scribal manuscript of Acis and Galatea, the original version in English, an early copy deriving from Handel's lost conducting score of 1718
    Estimate: 30,000 – 40,000 GBP
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  • 249. Herold, Ferdinand
    Autograph manuscript of the Third Piano Concerto in A major, signed ("Herold"), comprising the autograph piano part and corrected scribal parts for the orchestra
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
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  • 250. Janácek, Leos
    Autograph manuscript correction leaf for part of his opera The Makropulos Case
    Estimate: 2,500 – 3,000 GBP
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  • 251. Liszt, Franz
    Autograph album-leaf containing a "Preludio", signed and inscribed ("...Petersbourg 9 Mai 1842 F. Liszt")
    Estimate: 2,000 – 2,500 GBP
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  • 252. Liszt, Franz
    Autograph working manuscript of the Graduale "Laudate Dominum", Psalm 116 [LWV J6], for mixed voices, organ and orchestra, with an alternative version for male voices,
    Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 GBP
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  • 253. Liszt, Franz
    Autograph title-page for "Licht, mehr Licht (Goethe's letzte Worte)", signed and inscribed
    Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP
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  • 254. Mahler, Gustav
    Fine autograph musical quotation from the Sixth Symphony in A minor, comprising the main theme of the first movement
    Estimate: 8,000 – 10,000 GBP
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  • 255. Mahler, Gustav
    Autograph letter signed (“Gustav Mahler”), to a composer, almost certainly Hermann Behn, (“Lieber Freund”), about the recipient’s songs
    Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP
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  • 256. Massenet, Jules
    Fine autograph manuscript of the dramatic scena 'Larmes maternelles', for voice and orchestra, signed and dedicated to Victor Maurel ("à Victor Maurel. Larmes Maternelles (d'après la poesie de Netzossoff). J. Massenet") above the music
    Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 GBP
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  • 257. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix
    Fine painting by Mendelssohn of Cadenabbia on Lake Como in Italy
    Estimate: 28,000 – 32,000 GBP
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