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Lot 80
  • 80

Rachmaninov, Sergei.

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • 2d Concerto pour Piano Op.18 Parties [complete orchestral parts], Moscow: A Gutheil, [1901]
first edition of the Second Piano Concerto in C minor, 46 items, including for Violin I (8), Violin II (7), Viola (6), Cello (5), Bass (5), Flutes I & II, Oboes I & II, Clarinets I & II, Bassoons I & II, Horns in F I-IV, Trumpets I & II,  Trombones I, II & Basso, Tuba, Timpani, Bass Drum & Cymbals, plate no. A.8103G., publisher's lithographed cover with title, card folder, light overall browning

Literature

Fuld, p.183

Condition

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Catalogue Note

Rare: not in the British Library, the Pierpont Morgan Library  or Library of Congress. The two copies listed by Fuld lack the cover, and thus the printed title. The title page bears Rachmaninov's dedication to Dr Nikolay Dahl, the hypnotist who helped him recover from the débâcle of the First Symphony.  The edition does not contain a part for the piano solo.