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Musical Manuscripts
22 May 2018 • London
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62 lots
  • 108. Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai
    Two autograph musical quotations from the operas "Christmas Night" and "The Snow Maiden", signed ("N. Rimsky-Korsakov")
    Estimate: 4,000 – 5,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 109. Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai
    Autograph musical quotation from the opera "Snegurochka", ["The Snow Maiden"], signed and inscribed in Russian ("NRimsky-Korsakov, 5 March 1908")
    Estimate: 2,000 – 2,500 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 110. Rossini, Gioachino
    Autograph letter about Donizetti and the "Stabat Mater", signed (“G. Rossini”), 26 February 1842
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 111. Schumann, Clara
    Cabinet-style photograph signed, and five autograph letters and cards to Sophy Horsley and her circle
    Estimate: 800 – 1,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 112. Strauss, Johann II
    Five mostly unpublished letters, two entirely autograph, all signed (“Johann Strauss”) to Fritz Simrock, ABOUT HIS OPERA "RITTER PÁSMÁN", 29 March - 6 November 1891
    Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 113. Strauss, Richard
    Fine autograph manuscript of two songs for soprano and orchestra, "Das Rosenband" and "Liebeshymnus", each signed ("Richard Strauss")
    Estimate: 70,000 – 90,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 114. Strauss, Richard
    Fine autograph manuscript of the final scene of the opera "Die schweigsame Frau", signed ("RichardStrauss")
    Estimate: 8,000 – 10,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 115. Strauss, Richard
    Manuscript arrangement by Paul Juon, of Strauss's "Feierlicher Einzug der Ritter des Johanniter-Ordens" for brass and drums, TrV 224, WITH AN AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION BY STRAUSS
    Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 116. Strauss, Richard
    Autograph manuscript of part of the opera "Die Liebe der Danae", Act 1, signed over the music in ink ("RichardStrauss"), 1939
    Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 117. Verdi, Giuseppe
    Unpublished autograph letter signed ("G.Verdi"), about staging the opera "I Lombardi" and about writing operas for Paris, 24 October 1844
    Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 118. Verdi, Giuseppe
    Autograph letter about the celebrated failure of "La Traviata" at its premiere in Venice, signed ("GVerdi"), 7 June 1853
    Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 119. Wagner, Richard
    Autograph transcript of two lines from the libretto of "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg" ("The Mastersingers"), Act 1, scene 3, signed ("Richard Wagner")
    Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED