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Music, Continental And Russian Books And Manuscripts
28 May 2015 • London
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297 lots
  • 283. Rachmaninov, Sergei
    Postcard photograph signed and inscribed on the image in English ("Sergei Rachmaninoff 2.II.14 London"), in black ink
    Estimate: 2,000 – 2,500 GBP
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  • 284. Ravel, Maurice
    Autograph musical quotation from the Chansons Madécasses, signed and inscribed ("Maurice Ravel...Chansons madécasses...")
    Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP
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  • 285. Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
    Dictionnaire de Musique, Paris: la veuve Duchesne, 1768
    Estimate: 800 – 1,200 GBP
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  • 286. Sanquirico, Alessandro
    Scene eseguite pel Melodramma serio L'ultimo giorno di Pompei [...]; Raccolta di Varie Decorazioni Sceniche inventate, e dipinte dal pittore Alessandro Sanquirico per l'I.R. Teatro della Scala in Milano, [Milan, 1812-1827]
    Estimate: 50,000 – 60,000 GBP
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  • 287. Schoenberg, Arnold
    Autograph musical quotation from "Verklärte Nacht", signed("ArnoldSchoenberg")
    Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP
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  • 288. Shostakovich, Dmitri
    Autograph musical quotation from the Ten Poems op.88, no.1, for unaccompanied chorus, signed and inscribed ("...(From the Choral Poems) D Shostakovich")
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
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  • 289. Scriabin, Alexander
    Fine autograph musical quotation signed ("A. Skryabin") and inscribed in Russian, from 'Enigme', from Three Pieces for piano, op.52, no.2,
    Estimate: 5,000 – 7,000 GBP
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  • 290. Sibelius, Jean
    Autograph letter signed ("Jean Sibelius")
    Estimate: 800 – 1,000 GBP
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  • 291. Strauss, Johann I
    Fine autograph albumleaf, containing part of the Walhalla-Toaste. Walzer op.147, in A flat major, signed and inscribed ("Zur Erinnerung achtungsvoll von Johann Strauss[paraph] Wien d[en] 12ten July 1843")
    Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 GBP
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  • 292. Strauss, Richard
    Three autograph letters signed ("Richard Strauss"; "DrRichardStrauss"), including to Otto Lessmann and Adolph Nagel
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
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  • 293. Strauss, Richard
    Autograph musical quotation of the opening of Der Rosenkavalier
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
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  • 294. Strauss, Richard
    Autograph working manuscript of the "16 Improvisationen und Fuge" op.15, for piano, signed and inscribed on the title page, with a dedication to Hans von Bülow
    Estimate: 30,000 – 40,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED