Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts

307. Verdi, Giuseppe

Remarkable large cabinet-style photograph signed and inscribed to "the incomparable" Francesco Tamagno, the creator of the role of Otello, on the occasion of the première

Estimate: 8,000 – 10,000 GBP

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308. Verdi, Giuseppe

Unpublished autograph letter signed ("G. Verdi"), about Otello

Estimate: 1,600 – 2,000 GBP

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309. Verdi, Giuseppe

Two autograph notes, one about Beethoven, Gluck and Handel, and memoranda about his finances in 1898

Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP

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310. Wagner, Richard

Autograph sketch-leaf containing drafts and ideas for “Siegfried” and “Siegfrieds Tod”, the first version of “Götterdämmerung”, comprising:

Estimate: 30,000 – 50,000 GBP

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311. Wagner, Richard

Unpublished autograph letter signed ("Richard Wagner"), to an unidentified correspondent ("Sie lieber Hexenmeister"), about Der fliegende Holländer

Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP

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312. Wagner, Richard

Cabinet-style photograph signed ("Richard Wagner"), in violet ink

Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP

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313. Wagner, Richard

Autograph letter signed ("Richard Wagner"), in French, to an unidentified correspondent ("Monsieur"), about Tristan und Isolde, partially unpublished

Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP

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314. Wagner, Richard

Fine autograph letter signed (“Richard Wagner”), to his friend the singer Josef Tichatschek, the first Rienzi and Tannhäuser

Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP

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315. Wagner, Richard

Autograph letter signed (“Rich.Wagner”), about "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg", to an unidentified correspondent in Vienna

Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP

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