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Manuscripts From A Distinguished Private Collection Part 1, Music
26 October 2017 • London
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162 lots
  • 73. Massenet, Jules
    Cabinet-style photograph signed and inscribed by the composer at the première of Hérodiade, 1881
    Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP
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  • 74. Massenet, Jules
    Photographic portrait signed ("...Massenet") and inscribed by the composer with musical quotations from Manon and Werther
    Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP
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  • 75. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix
    Autograph manuscript of the song 'Morgengruß', Op.47 no.2, signed and dated at the end ("Felix MendelssohnBartholdy")
    Estimate: 20,000 – 30,000 GBP
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  • 76. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix
    Autograph letter signed ("Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy"), to the publisher C.F. Kistner, CONCERNING THE PROOFS OF THE CELLO SONATA, OP.45, 22 December 1838
    Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP
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  • 77. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix
    Autograph letter signed ("Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy"), to Jacob Michael Poley, 30 December 1840
    Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP
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  • 78. Meyerbeer, Giacomo
    Autograph manuscript of the song "Meeresstille", inscribed and signed ("Für das Album der Frau Majorinn von Serr von Meyerbeer")
    Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP
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  • 79. Nicolai, Otto
    Autograph albumleaf of the canon for four voices "Quel fior sul rio favelli a te", inscribed and signed ("An Fräulein Elise Meerti...Zur Erinnerung an Otto Nicolai.")
    Estimate: 1,000 – 1,200 GBP
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  • 80. Pacini, Giovanni
    Three fine autograph letters signed ("GPacini"), about his Le mie memorie artistiche, Verdi and the state of music in Naples, 1863-1865
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
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  • 81. Paderewski, Ignacy Jan
    Cabinet-style photograph signed and inscribed ("zur freundl. Erinnerung an IJPaderwerski"), showing the pianist early in his career in Vienna,
    Estimate: 1,000 – 1,200 GBP
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  • 82. Paganini, Niccolò
    Autograph letter signed ("Nicolò Paganini"), to Carlo Carli in Milan, about his former mistress Antonia Bianchi
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
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  • 83. Paganini, Niccolò
    Autograph draft concert programme, inscribed with his name at the end ("composta e eseguita dal Paganini"), undated
    Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP
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  • 84. Ponchielli, Amilcare
    Three autograph letters, one on a visiting card, all signed ("A Ponchielli"), 1875-1885
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
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