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