Musical Manuscripts

226. Mahler, Gustav

Autograph sketchleaf for the Second Symphony in C minor ("Resurrection"), being a draft for 'The Last Trump' in the fifth and final movement, here boldly marked by Mahler, "Retraite! Zum Apell!"

Estimate: 50,000 – 70,000 GBP

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227. Marais, Marin

Basse-continues des pieçes a une et a deux Violes, avec une augmentation de plusieurs pieçes particulieres en partition a la fin dedittes, Paris: the author & Jean Hurel, 1689

Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP

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228. Mattheson, Johann

Autograph document in English, signed and inscribed ("Ad mandatum John Mattheson"), also signed by James Cope MP

Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP

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229. Méhul, Étienne

Autograph working manuscript of two choruses from the one-act opera Uthal,

Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 GBP

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230. Meyerbeer, Giacomo

Autograph manuscript of a "Marche religieuse", in G major, signed and inscribed ("Souvenir, offert à la Société philharmonique de Boulogne sur Mer, par Giacomo Meyerbeer")

Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP

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231. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Autograph manuscript of the opening of the celebrated Rondo in A for Piano and Orchestra, K. 386, SIGNED AND DATED BY THE COMPOSER ("di Wolfgango Amadeo Mozart[paraph] / Vienna gli 19 d'oct:bre 1782.")

Estimate: 150,000 – 200,000 GBP

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232. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Late eighteenth-century English manuscript of arias and duets by Mozart, together with songs and airs by Bianchi, Zingarelli and others

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP

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233. Paganini, Niccolò

Remarkable long autograph musical quotation from the Violin Concerto no.1 (Op. 6), the opening theme of the "Rondò" Finale, signed and dated by the composer ("Nicolò Paganini Boulogne il Io maggio 1831")

Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 GBP

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234. Piccinni, Niccolò

Contemporary manuscript of five numbers from the tragédie lyrique "Atys", and others, signed and dated by the scribe in 1784

Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP

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235. Puccini, Giacomo

Good autograph letter signed (“GPuccini”), to his great confidante Sybil Seligman, about the rehearsals for Madama Butterfly in Paris

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP

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236. Puccini, Giacomo

Five autograph letters signed (“GPuccini”), to Sybil Seligman ("Cara Sybillina"”), about Madama Butterfly in Paris, and one to her son

Estimate: 2,500 – 3,000 GBP

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237. Puccini, Giacomo

Four autograph letters, signed (“G.Puccini”, “GP.”, and “Giacomo”), to Sybil Seligman

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP

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