Music, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts and Continental Books

307. Giacomo Puccini

Three autograph letters and three autograph postcards, to Sybil Seligman, signed (“Giacomo”, “Giacomo Puccini” and “GP”), June to October 1911

Estimate: 2,000 – 2,500 GBP

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308. Giacomo Puccini

Autograph musical quotation from "La Bohème" signed, together with a letter about "Turandot", both signed ("GiacomoPuccini")

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP

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309. Giacomo Puccini

Autograph letter signed (“GPuccini”), to Maria Bianca Ginori, 24 December 1923

Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP

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310. Ravel, Maurice

Autograph manuscript of a musical study composed for four voices in open score

Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP

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311. Ravel, Maurice

First edition of "Noël des Jouets", Paris: Bellon, Ponscarme et Cie, inscribed and signed by the composer ("à Albert Doyen en souvenir de notre séjour amicalement Maurice Ravel"),

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP

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312. Gioachino Rossini

Autograph letter signed (“Rossini”), to the composer Julius Benedict in London, 6 May 1865

Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP

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313. Autograph testimonial for the composer Ignaz Assmayer, signed ("Antonio Salieri"), 16 January 1817

Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP

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314. Arnold Schoenberg

Mimeographed letter sent to Alban Berg, Josef Rufer and others, DESCRIBING HIS FIRST YEAR IN AMERICA, 25 November 1934,

Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP

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315. Arnold Schoenberg

Postcard photograph signed on the mount ("ArnoldSchönberg"),

Estimate: 800 – 1,200 GBP

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316. Autograph manuscript of the two songs, "Tischlerlied" D.274 and "Totenkranz für ein Kind" D.275, 25 August 1815, REGARDED AS 'LOST' IN THE SCHUBERT THEMATIC CATALOGUE

Estimate: 50,000 – 70,000 GBP

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317. Robert Schumann

Autograph letter signed ("Robert Schumann"), to the publishers Whistling ("Geehrte Herren"), hitherto lost, 30 November 1845

Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP

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318. Strauss, Richard--Alfred Roller

Autograph manuscript sketch-leaf for 'Hymne an der Liebe' from the "Drei Hymnen" op.71 no.1, signed and dated in ink ("DRichardStrauss Garmisch. 11.6.24")

Estimate: 2,500 – 3,000 GBP

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