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Manuscripts From A Distinguished Private Collection Part 1, Music
26 octobre 2017 • London
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162 lots
  • Large photographic portrait signed ("DRichardStrauss") and inscribed with an autograph musical quotation from his opera Die schweigsame Frau
    Estimation : 2 000 – 3 000 GBP
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  • Photograph inscribed and signed on the image ("A Madame Costa Zenoglio Igor Strawinsky Roma 1928")
    Estimation : 800 – 1 000 GBP
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  • Autograph letter signed ("P. Tchaïkovsky"), in French, [to Jules Massenet], ONLY PARTIALLY PUBLISHED, 24 September 1889
    Estimation : 6 000 – 8 000 GBP
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  • Printed visiting card inscribed by Tchaikovsky [to Massenet]
    Estimation : 1 500 – 2 000 GBP
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  • Autograph working manuscript of a scene from Ernani
    Estimation : 100 000 – 150 000 GBP
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  • Autograph letter signed, to Countess Clara Maffei, undated, with two telegrams
    Estimation : 2 000 – 3 000 GBP
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  • Autograph albumleaf, from Luisa Miller, signed and inscribed by the composer ("Luisa ... G. Verdi Bologna, 10 November 1850")
    Estimation : 8 000 – 10 000 GBP
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  • Autograph letter signed, to his agent Mauro Corticelli, February 1875
    Estimation : 1 500 – 2 000 GBP
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  • Autograph letter, probably to his agent Mauro Corticelli, 16 February 1875
    Estimation : 2 000 – 3 000 GBP
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  • Important autograph letter by Verdi's wife signed ("Giuseppina Verdi") to the impresario [Antonio] Gallo, about Verdi and the Requiem, 12 June 1875
    Estimation : 1 500 – 2 000 GBP
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  • Autograph letter signed, to Cesare Vigna, about a production of Aida in Venice, 28 July 1876
    Estimation : 2 500 – 3 000 GBP
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  • Autograph letter signed, in French, to [Hans von Bronsart,] the Intendant of the Opera House in Weimar, 10 February 1888
    Estimation : 2 000 – 3 000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED