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Musical Manuscripts

22 May 2018 | 3:00 PM BST | London

SALE TOTAL

593,250GBP
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  • 87
    Lute
    Mid-sixteenth-century manuscript of German lute tablature, comprising 35 pieces, nearly half unrecorded,
    LOT SOLD.106,250GBP
  • 113
    Strauss, Richard
    Fine autograph manuscript of two songs for soprano and orchestra, "Das Rosenband" and "Liebeshymnus", each signed ("Richard Strauss")
    LOT SOLD.81,250GBP
  • 62
    Gershwin, George
    Autograph manuscript of 'A Woman is a Sometime Thing' from the opera "Porgy and Bess", Act One, Scene One
    LOT SOLD.75,000GBP
  • 88
    Mahler, Gustav
    Autograph working manuscript of part of Symphony no.4, a hitherto unknown leaf from the composition draft, 1899
    LOT SOLD.68,750GBP
  • 94
    Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix
    Autograph working manuscript of the final recitative and chorus of the oratorio "Paulus" ("St Paul"), op.36
    LOT SOLD.43,750GBP
  • 101
    Porter, Cole
    Autograph manuscript of the song "Glide, Glider, Glide", together with the autograph lyrics of three songs and a music manuscript inscribed by Porter, including
    LOT SOLD.30,000GBP
  • 90
    Mahler, Gustav
    Fine autograph musical quotation from the start of Symphony no.5, signed and inscribed ("V. Symph. Gustav Mahler Hamburg 11. März 1905")
    LOT SOLD.20,000GBP
  • 63
    Gershwin, George
    The Theatre Guild presents Porgy and Bess, [printed vocal score], New York: Gershwin Publishing Corporation, [1935], SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY GERSHWIN, Ira Gershwin and Rouben Mamoulian, to Alexander Smallens, the conductor of the premiere
    LOT SOLD.17,500GBP
  • 47
    Bach, Johann Sebastian
    the corrected proof of the eight engraved choral parts for the "St Matthew Passion" BWV 244, [Berlin: Schlesinger, c.1831]
    LOT SOLD.12,500GBP
  • 67
    Godowsky, Leopold
    Important collection of autograph manuscripts, including original pieces, cadenzas and Godowsky's arrangements of Chopin's Études for the left hand, signed ("Leopold Godowsky")
    LOT SOLD.12,500GBP
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Sale Number: L18402 Lots : 61

SALE TOTAL

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Following directly after Fine Autograph Music:
The Property of Helmut Nanz and Family (Lots 1-45, starting at 2.30 PM)

The Musical Manuscripts sale this season is notable for the variety of material on offer.  This ranges from an unrecorded mid-sixteenth-century German lute tablature to complete autograph songs by Cole Porter and George Gershwin, including one from Porgy and Bess and a first edition of the opera dedicated to the conductor of the first performances; besides complete autograph numbers by Mendelssohn, Brahms (‘Es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze’), Max Bruch (Die Loreley), Richard Strauss (2 orchestral songs, including ‘Das Rosenband’), there is also a newly-discovered leaf from Mahler’s composition draft for his Fourth Symphony.

Among the printed items are two that are each hitherto known only in a single exemplar, and both are slightly different from the known copies: one is a remarkable set of engraved proofs for the choral parts for Bach’s St Matthew Passion (1831); the other is a lithograph preserving part of a lost manuscript by Mozart (1843).  There are also two fine items by Lully in contemporary bindings.  Among the letters is a fine Liszt collection, deriving from his cousin Eduard Ritter von Liszt, containing autographs by the composer’s grandfather and his son Daniel, together with letters by Corelli, Rossini, Donizetti, Brahms, Johann Strauss, Verdi, Puccini, Debussy and Elgar.

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Books & Manuscripts
+44 20 7293 5016
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Modern British Pictures
+44 20 7293 5287
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Dr Stephen Roe
Senior International Consultant
stephen@stephenroeltd.uk
   
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