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Fine Autograph Music: The Property Of Helmut Nanz And Family
22 May 2018 • London
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45 lots
  • 1. Beethoven, Ludwig van
    Remarkable autograph sketchleaf for the String Quartet in C, op.59 no.3, the second movement, [1806]
    Estimate: 150,000 – 200,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 2. Beethoven, Ludwig van
    Autograph letter signed ("ihr Ergebener Beethoven"), to Johann Speer
    Estimate: 5,000 – 7,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 3. Bizet, Georges
    Autograph manuscript of "Scènes de bal", no.2, for piano, a transcription of a piano duet by Massenet
    Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 4. Brahms, Johannes
    Autograph musical quotation from the "Haydn Variations" op.56, signed
    Estimate: 8,000 – 12,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 5. Chopin, Frédéric
    Autograph letter signed (“Chopin”) to Lady Belhaven at Wishaw House in Scotland
    Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 6. Debussy, Claude
    Autograph manuscript of part of the cantata Daniel, APPARENTLY UNPUBLISHED
    Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 7. Debussy, Claude
    Autograph manuscript of exercises in counterpoint
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 8. Dohnányi, Ernst von
    Autograph manuscript vocal score of the comic opera Der Tenor, Op.34
    Estimate: 20,000 – 30,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 9. Gluck, Christoph Willibald
    Letter signed ("Votre tres humble et tres obeisant serviteur Chevalier Gluck[paraph]") to Valadier, in French, declining to set the latter's libretto for the opera "Cora"
    Estimate: 8,000 – 12,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 10. Grieg, Edvard
    Autograph manuscript of the song "Blåbaeret" (The Blueberry), EG 145, signed ("Edvard Grieg")
    Estimate: 12,000 – 18,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 11. Haydn, Joseph
    Dr Haydn's VI Original Canzonettas. London: for the Author, Corri, Dussek & Co. [1794], SIGNED BY HAYDN ON THE TITLE ("Haydn[paraph]")
    Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • 12. Liszt, Franz
    Three autograph manuscripts, one signed ("F. Liszt")
    Estimate: 40,000 – 60,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED