L12402

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Lot 60
  • 60

Janáček, Leoš.

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • 26 Balad Lidovych. 26 Volksballaden, Prague: Hudební Matice Umelecké Besedy, 1922, 2 volumes, both signed and inscribed by the composer
  • ink on paper
"Nebyt nasí lidové tónové kultury-nebylo by nás ceskych skladatelu", Drph Leos Janáček...1928", [translation:] "Without our folk music, there would be no Czech composers"



first edition, 2 volumes (of 5), folio, the first volume bound with Janáček's "Moravská lidová poesie v písních", contemporary cloth-backed boards, volume 2 in printed green wrappers (covers loose)

Condition

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