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Bridge, Frank.
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1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description
- Collection of engraved proofs, first editions signed by the composer on the wrappers, and Bridge's violin bow.
1) Engraved proof for the Piano Sonata, corrected by the composer, Augener Ltd, [1925], revised by the composer in pencil throughout, including added and altered tempo and metronome markings and some fingerings and pedalling, 45 pages (2-46), folio (33 x 25.5cms), plate no 16291, no title-page, date stamp: 10 March 1925, disbound, some hinges reinforced
2) Three first editions of music by Britten, formerly owned by Frank Bridge, including Simple Symphony (1934), Our Hunting Fathers, devised by Auden (c.1936), On This Island, words by Auden, Op.8, (c.1938),
3) Collection of first editions of Bridge's The Sea, numbered copy ("No.3"), (1920); String Quartet in G minor, signed, [1915]; Sextet in E-flat, signed, (c.1920); Cello Sonata, signed; String Quartet no.4 (1939); Canzonetta, signed; Novelletten for String Quartet, [c.1915]; Divertimenti [c.1940]; and scores signed and inscribed to Bridge by Alan Bush, York Bowen and others
4) Frank Bridge's violin bow, German, 1920s, in a wooden box, inscribed by the composer
18 items in all
2) Three first editions of music by Britten, formerly owned by Frank Bridge, including Simple Symphony (1934), Our Hunting Fathers, devised by Auden (c.1936), On This Island, words by Auden, Op.8, (c.1938),
3) Collection of first editions of Bridge's The Sea, numbered copy ("No.3"), (1920); String Quartet in G minor, signed, [1915]; Sextet in E-flat, signed, (c.1920); Cello Sonata, signed; String Quartet no.4 (1939); Canzonetta, signed; Novelletten for String Quartet, [c.1915]; Divertimenti [c.1940]; and scores signed and inscribed to Bridge by Alan Bush, York Bowen and others
4) Frank Bridge's violin bow, German, 1920s, in a wooden box, inscribed by the composer
18 items in all
Catalogue Note
The Sonata of 1925 is one of Frank Bridge's most significant works, the first of the pieces of his artistic maturity: "The achievement of this sonata distinguishes him from most of his British contemporaries" (Anthony Payne in TNG).