Lot 226
  • 226

Boulez, Pierre

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Boulez, Pierre
  • Three autograph musical quotations signed ("P Boulez"), and four typed letters signed ("PB")
  • paper
the autograph musical quotations comprising themes from Notations (1956), Soleil des Eaux and Improvisation II sur Mallarmé, notated in blue ballpoint pen, two on hand-drawn staves, two on cards and one below a photographic portrait of the composer conducting, 3 pages, various sizes, one dated Berlin, 1 October 1965

the letters to Dr. Manfred Hubricht, concerning four performances of Wozzeck in Frankfurt, 4 pages, 21 May to 26 November 1966; together with three separate black-and-white photographs of the composer, two signed ("P Boulez"), and a signed concert programme

Condition

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