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Musical Manuscripts
28 November 2017 • London
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75 lots
  • 50. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
    Early editions of the operas "Idomeneo" and "Zaïde"
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 51. Offenbach, Jacques
    Autograph manuscript of the overture for Henri Murger's play "Le Bonhomme jadis", apparently unpublished
    Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP
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  • 52. Offenbach, Jacques
    Five autograph letters signed ("Jacques Offenbach"; "J. Offenbach"), including to Paul de Saint-Victor, [Henri Meilhac] and [Victorien Sardou]
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 53. Palmgren, Selim
    Collection of autograph manuscripts, including of "Masked Ball for Two Pianos", Op. 36
    Estimate: 2,500 – 3,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 54. Patti, Adelina
    Large album of sixteen fine carte-de-visite photographs, three signed and inscribed by her on verso and all captioned by her on the mounts ("...Martha...Don Juan...Faust [etc]"), 1860s
    Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 GBP
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  • 55. Puccini, Giacomo
    Important pre-publication manuscript full score of "Gianni Schicchi", with autograph alterations, marked up and probably used for the premiere [1918]
    Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 GBP
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  • 56. Puccini, Giacomo
    Autograph manuscript of part of "La fanciulla del West", a page from the working full score of Act 2
    Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 GBP
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  • 57. Puccini, Giacomo
    Three autograph letters to Sybil Seligman signed ("Giacomo" and "GPuccini"), about "Il trittico", April-June 1918
    Estimate: 2,000 – 2,500 GBP
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  • 58. Puccini, Giacomo
    Three autograph letters to Sybil Seligman, signed ("Giacomo") about the end of The Great War, September-November 1918
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
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  • 59. Remarkable long trenchant autograph letter by Elvira to her errant husband Giacomo, detailing her manifold grievances against him, signed ("Elvira")
    Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP
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  • 60. Rossini, Gioachino
    Fine album of twenty autograph manuscripts of songs by Rossini, Bellini, Meyerbeer, Cherubini and others, originally presented by Rossini to Louise Carlier in 1835
    Estimate: 30,000 – 40,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 61. Rossini, Gioachino
    Autograph letter signed (“Gioacchino Rossini”), to the tenor Zenone Cazzioletti, 30 October 1818
    Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED