Music and Continental Books and Manuscripts
Catalogue Information: 251 lots with images
Date: 2009
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
United Kingdom
Viewing Notes:
Fri, 4 Dec 09, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Sat, 5 Dec 09, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sun, 6 Dec 09, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Mon, 7 Dec 09, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Sale Notes:
Dr. Simon Maguire
Senior Expert
Musical Manuscripts
Tel: +44 (0) 207 293 5016
simon.maguire@sothebys.com
Dr. Stephen Roe
Head of Department
Printed and Manuscript Music
Tel: +44 20 7293 5287
Fax: +44 20 7293 5904
stephen.roe@sothebys.com
John Arthur
Consultant
Musical Manuscripts
Tel: +44 20 7293 5296
Charlotte Miller
Specialist
Books and Manuscripts
Tel: +44 20 7293 5893
Fax: +44 20 7293 6927
charlotte.miller@sothebys.com
Lot 1: ALBUM.
CONTAINING AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATIONS SIGNED BY VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, HOLST AND OTHERS AT THE INCORPORATED SOCIETY OF MUSICIANS FESTIVAL AT BIRMINGHAM 1913, INCLUDING VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (FOUR BARS FROM AN UNIDENTIFIED WORK), HOLST (THE OPENING THEME OF . [...more]
Lot 2: AURIC, GEORGES.
AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF "LE DÎNER" [FOR RENÉ CLAIR'S FILM .A NOUS LE LIBERTÉ.].,. SIGNED ("GEORGES AURIC") scored for wind instruments, piano, xylophone, celesta, harp, banjo, cello and double bass, written in black ink on up to twenty-five staves p [...more]
Lot 3: AURIC, GEORGES.
AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE "PARTITA" FOR TWO PIANOS, IN THREE MOVEMENTS, EACH MOVEMENT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON THE TITLE ("GEORGES AURIC") notated in blue-black ink on three four-stave systems per page, with some heavy deletions, the music extended [...more]
Lot 4: AURIC, GEORGES.
AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF "NEUF PIÈCES BRÈVES" FOR PIANO, SIGNED ("GEORGES AURIC"), ALSO INCLUDING A TENTH UNPUBLISHED PIECE, with an autograph dedication ("A Madame Marguerite Long"), for piano in black and blue inks, on six two-stave systems per pag [...more]
Lot 5: BACH, CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL.
HERRN PROFESSOR GELLERTS GEISTLICHE ODEN UND LIEDER MIT MELODIEN [WOTQ.194]...DRITTE AUFLAGE, .1764; .ZWÖLF GEISTLICHE ODEN UND LIEDER...ZU GELLERTS GEISTLICHEN ODEN UND LIEDERN [WOT9.195], FIRST EDITION,. 2 VOLUMES IN ONE, OBLONG FOLIO, HALF CALF, W [...more]
