Fine Autograph Letters and Manuscripts from a Distinguished Private Collection: Part II | Music, Americana, English and Continental Literature

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Lot 165
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BLOCH, ERNEST. AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION FROM THE SUITE FOR VIOLA AND PIANO, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE COMPOSER

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Description

  • Autograph musical quotation from the Suite for Viola and Piano, signed and inscribed by the composer (“Ernest Bloch”)
notated on the lower staves of a large bifolium of printed music paper, comprising a passage for piano solo, marked “Lento”, two measures, in piano score overall size, 13 x 9 1/2 inches, no place or date

Catalogue Note

Ernest Bloch’s Suite for Viola and Piano was composed in 1919 and later scored for orchestra. Also included is an autograph letter signed in French to Albers (1914).