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Music, Continental And Russian Books And Manuscripts
28 May 2015 • London
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297 lots
  • Remarkable large cabinet-style photograph signed and inscribed to "the incomparable" Francesco Tamagno, the creator of the role of Otello, on the occasion of the première
    Estimate: 8,000 – 10,000 GBP
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  • Unpublished autograph letter signed ("G. Verdi"), about Otello
    Estimate: 1,600 – 2,000 GBP
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  • Two autograph notes, one about Beethoven, Gluck and Handel, and memoranda about his finances in 1898
    Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP
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  • Autograph sketch-leaf containing drafts and ideas for “Siegfried” and “Siegfrieds Tod”, the first version of “Götterdämmerung”, comprising:
    Estimate: 30,000 – 50,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Unpublished autograph letter signed ("Richard Wagner"), to an unidentified correspondent ("Sie lieber Hexenmeister"), about Der fliegende Holländer
    Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Cabinet-style photograph signed ("Richard Wagner"), in violet ink
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Autograph letter signed ("Richard Wagner"), in French, to an unidentified correspondent ("Monsieur"), about Tristan und Isolde, partially unpublished
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Fine autograph letter signed (“Richard Wagner”), to his friend the singer Josef Tichatschek, the first Rienzi and Tannhäuser
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Autograph letter signed (“Rich.Wagner”), about "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg", to an unidentified correspondent in Vienna
    Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED