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Music, Medieval And Renaissance Manuscripts And Continental Books
04 December 2018 • London
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318 lots
  • 281. Lully, Jean-Baptiste
    Early eighteenth-century French manuscript of the ballet "Le temple de la paix" [LWV 69],
    Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 GBP
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  • 282. Lully, Jean-Baptiste
    Armide, tragédie mise en musique [full score], Paris: Christophe Ballard, 1686, with musical annotations and authorized with the composer's paraph at end
    Estimate: 4,000 – 5,000 GBP
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  • 283. Mahler, Gustav
    Autograph manuscript of the poem "Ballade vom blonden und braunen Rittersmann", AN EARLY, HITHERTO LOST, DRAFT FOR THE TEXT OF THE FIRST VERSION OF "DAS KLAGENDE LIED", signed ("Gustav Mahler")
    Estimate: 10,000 – 12,000 GBP
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  • 284. Mahler, Gustav
    Important autograph letter signed ("Gustav Mahler"), to his friend Anton Krisper, ONLY PARTIALLY PUBLISHED, CONCERNING A TEXT SOURCE FOR "DAS KLAGENDE LIED", the "Ballade vom blonden und braunen Rittersmann", 5 March 1879
    Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP
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  • 285. Mahler, Gustav
    Postcard photograph signed on the image ("Gustav Mahler")
    Estimate: 4,000 – 5,000 GBP
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  • 286. Mahler, Gustav
    Early manuscript of the Second Symphony, in the arrangement for two pianos by Hermann Behn, signed ("Hermann Behn") on the title, 1895
    Estimate: 5,000 – 7,000 GBP
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  • 287. Mahler, Gustav
    Autograph musical quotation of the opening of the Third Symphony, signed and inscribed by the composer ("2/I 1904 / Frau Hofrath Sophie Bassermann / Gustav Mahler")
    Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP
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  • 289. Pietro Mascagni
    Four autograph letters to the journalist Eugenio Checchi ("Tom"), about his operas "Guglielmo Ratcliff" and "Iris", and two musical quotations, all signed (“P.Mascagni”)
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
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  • 290. Massenet, Jules
    Three printed opera vocal scores signed, two inscribed by the composer with quotations, including "Manon"
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
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  • 291. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix
    Fine long autograph letter signed ("Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy"), to Erich Heinrich Verkenius, 22 June 1838
    Estimate: 5,000 – 7,000 GBP
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  • 292. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix
    Autograph note to his copyist about his music to Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", signed
    Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP
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  • 293. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix
    Partly autograph manuscript of the choral tenor part of "Jagdlied" op.120 no.1, [MWV G 21], c.1837
    Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP
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