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Music, Continental And Russian Books And Manuscripts
24 May 2016 • London
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161 lots
  • Important letter inscribed and signed ("Mich bestens empfehlend JWGoethe"), to an unidentified correspondent, CONCERNING HIS CANTATA FOR ZELTER'S SEVENTIETH-BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS ORGANIZED BY THE BERLIN SING-AKADEMIE
    Estimate: 5,000 – 7,000 GBP
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  • Autograph manuscript of his patriotic cantata "Gallia", for soprano solo, choir, orchestra and organ, signed on the title page ("Charles Gounod Londres mars 1871") and at the end ("Ch.Gounod")
    Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 GBP
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  • Autograph manuscript of several numbers from "Rozdestvo Khristovo" ("The Birth of Christ" ), for piano and vocal ensemble
    Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP
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  • Autograph manuscript of the song "Prinsessen" [EG133], signed ("EdvardGrieg")
    Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 GBP
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  • Concert für Pianoforte mit Begleitung des Orchesters...Op.16, [orchestral parts], Leipzig: E.W. Fritzsch, [c.1873]
    Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP
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  • The Haslinger Archive, comprising c.250 letters and contracts received by the publishers Tobias and Carl Haslinger between c.1825 and 1875, including some signed by Johann Strauss I, Johann Strauss II, Carl Ziehrer and others
    Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 GBP
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  • Autograph manuscript of the 25 Études for piano Op.47, signed on the title ("Stephen Heller")
    Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Remarkable series of c. 90 unpublished autograph letters signed ("Hummel"; "J. N. Hummel"), to the Viennese publisher Tobias Haslinger, INCLUDING AN AUTOGRAPH CORRECTION LIST WITH MUSIC EXAMPLES FOR THE ETUDES OP. 125
    Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 GBP
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  • Autograph manuscript of "Passover Psalm" op.30, signed and inscribed at the end (“ErichWKorngold/ April 1941”)
    Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 GBP
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  • Three autograph manuscripts of parts of the operetta "Der Mann mit den drei Frauen"
    Estimate: 2,000 – 2,500 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Early autograph manuscript volume containing drafts, sketches and quotations of waltzes by Chopin and Weber, for piano, unsigned
    Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Autograph manuscript of the Violin Concerto in D minor op. 61, arranged for piano and violin, signed ("S. Liapounow")
    Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED