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Music And Continental Books And Manuscripts
29 November 2016 • London
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211 lots
  • 18. Chopin, Frédéric
    Autograph working manuscript of the opening of the First Ballade in G minor op.23
    Estimate: 50,000 – 70,000 GBP
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  • 19. Chopin, Frédéric
    Autograph title-page for the first Paris edition of the Études op.25, [1837], inscribed and signed by Chopin  
    Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 GBP
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  • 20. Chopin, Frédéric
    Lock of the composer's nut-brown hair, cut on the day of his death, and given by Princesse Marcelina Czartoryska to Teofil Kwiatkowski
    Estimate: 2,500 – 3,000 GBP
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  • 21. Chopin, Frédéric
    autograph letter by Isabella to Chopin's publisher, signed ("IBarcincka"), about the first edition of Chopin's Songs op.74
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
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  • 23. Cornelius, Peter
    Important collection of twelve autograph letters signed ("Dein Cornelius"; "Dein Peter") and part of another autograph letter, to Carl Tausig,
    Estimate: 5,000 – 7,000 GBP
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  • 24. Collection of autograph letters signed
    Estimate: 4,500 – 6,000 GBP
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  • 25. Czerny, Carl
    Autograph letter signed ("CarlCzerny"), to his publisher C.F. Peters, about his Variations on a theme from Weber's Oberon op.134
    Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP
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  • 26. Collection of programmes and album leaves signed
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
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  • 27. Elgar, Sir Edward
    Autograph musical quotation from the First Symphony, signed and inscribed ("from the Symphony in A flat...Edward Elgar"),
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
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  • 28. Elgar, Sir Edward
    Autograph sketches for "The Dream of Gerontius" op.38
    Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 GBP
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  • 29. Herold, Ferdinand
    Collection of autograph musical manuscripts signed (“Ferdinand Herold”, “Herold” or with a paraph)
    Estimate: 2,500 – 3,000 GBP
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  • 31. Janácek, Leos
    Autograph musical quotation from his opera "Jenufa", inscribed and signed ("Leos Janácek")
    Estimate: 800 – 1,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED