Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern
29 November - 12 December 2023 • London
1 C.P.E. Bach. Portrait of the composer probably by J.F. Reifenstein, c.1754
2 J.S. Bach. First edition of the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, 1741
3 J.S. Bach. First edition, second issue, of the Italian Concerto, BWV 971, and the French Overture, BWV 831, 1736
4 J.S. Bach. First edition of the B minor Mass, 1833-1845
5 J.S. Bach. Sterndale Bennett's copy of the B minor Mass, c.1833
6 [J.S. Bach] J.G. Walther. Musikalisches Lexicon, 1732
7 J.S. Bach. First edition of the vocal score of the "St. Matthew Passion", 1830
8 J.S. Bach. First edition of the libretto of the "St. Matthew Passion", 1829
9 J.S. Bach. Four first and early editions, including of the "St. John Passion", first half of the nineteenth century
10 [J.S. Bach ] J.N. Forkel. Autograph letter signed to Uhde, 1789
11 [J.S. Bach] J.G. Naumann. Fine autograph letter signed about J.S. Bach, 1801
12 L.v. Beethoven. First edition of the Ninth Symphony, 1826
13 L.v. Beethoven. First edition of the vocal score of "Fidelio", 1814
14 L.v. Beethoven. First edition of the vocal score of "Fidelio", 1814
15 L.v. Beethoven. First edition of "An die ferne Geliebte", op.98, 1816
16 J. Brahms. Autograph manuscript of the song "Feldeinsamkeit", op.86 no.2, signed and inscribed, 1879 or later
17 C.W.v. Gluck. Berlioz's copy of an early full score of "Alceste", with annotations by Berlioz, the edition 1783 or later
18 C.W.v. Gluck. First edition, variant issue, in Italian, of "Orfeo ed Euridice", 1764
19 G.F. Handel. First German edition of "Messiah", in Mozart's arrangement, 1803
20 J. Haydn. First edition of the full score of "The Seasons", 1802
21 J.P. Kirnberger. First edition of the second part of "Die Kunst des reinen Satzes", 1774-1779
22 F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Mendelssohn's arrangement for violin and piano of Bach's Partita no.3, 1st movt., 1846
23 F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Autograph manuscript of the vocal duet "Sonntagslied", for female voices and piano
24 F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Two first editions, including of the full score of "Elijah", c.1839-1847
25 W.A. Mozart. First edition of the full score of "Don Giovanni", 1801
26 W.A. Mozart. First edition of the full score of "Così fan tutte", 1810
27 W.A. Mozart. First edition, third issue, of the Requiem, c.1800
28 W.A. Mozart. Two song editions, 1798-1800
29 W.A. Mozart. First edition of the first substantial obituary of Mozart, 1792
30 Musicians. Family portrait formerly regarded as the Bach Family, attributed to Balthasar Denner, possibly early 1730s
31 G. Rossini. Fine large photograph of Rossini by Nadar, 1857
32 F. Schubert. Autograph manuscript of "Hagars Klage", D.5, Schubert's first surviving song, 1811
33 F. Schubert. Volume of first and early editions of songs, opp.1-8, 12-14, and 20, five editions with control marks
34 F. Schubert. "Die Sehnsucht", D.636, first edition, 1826
35 F. Schubert. One first and one early song edition (op.72 and op.12), 1827 and after 1822, respectively
36 F. Schubert. "Winterreise", early edition, 1828, or later
37 F. Schubert. "Schwanengesang", first edition, second issue, c.1829
38 R. Schumann. "Husarenlieder", first edition, 1852
39 K. Weill. Autograph musical quotation signed from "The Threepenny Opera", 1936
40 Album. Autograph music album of Marie-Louise Schenker-Angerer, 1924-1972
41 J.S. Bach. Printed editions of the 'Goldberg Variations' and Clavier-Übung III, early C19th
42 J.S. Bach. Scribal manuscript score of the Brandenburg Concerto no.5, Berlin, c.1840-1858
43 J.S. Bach. Three nineteenth-century church music editions, from the collection of Ernst Rudorff, c.1818-1830
44 [S. Barber] Franco Zeffirelli. Costume design for Octavian in the Met production of "Antony and Cleopatra", 1966
45 L. v. Beethoven. Collection of ten first and early editions of his keyboard music, c.1800-1823
46 H. Berlioz. Three autograph letters signed, to E. Plouvier, H. Schlesinger, and H. Ferrand, 1857-1864
47 J. Brahms. Important series of 44 autograph letters signed, to Friedrich Chrysander, mostly unpublished, 1869-1894
48 M. Bruch. Two partly autograph sources for the opera "Die Loreley", 1863