Igor Stravinsky. Autograph manuscript of the opera 'The Nightingale', the vocal score, signed and dated in Russian and French, including the working score of Act Three, which predates the full score. Sotheby's, L12402, 29 May 2012, Lot 127. Creation dates: 27 Mar 1914
LISZT, Franz. Autograph music manuscript, signed 'Tarantella de Dargomiziki, transcrite et amplifée pour le Piano (à deux mains) par F. Liszt'. Creation date: [19th century].
WAGNER, Richard. 1. Autograph letter signed to unidentified correspondent about Der fliegende Hollander. 31 January 1853. In German. 2. Autograph letter signed to unidentified correspondent about Tristan und Isolde. 29 December 1859. In French. Creation dates: 1853-1859.
CHESTER LOAN: music manuscripts of Bax, Falla, Holst, Lambert, Poulenc, Rachmaninoff and Stravinsky
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Autograph unless otherwise stated. Lent by J. W. Chester – Edition Wilhelm Hansen London Ltd. [75.11-13. 'The Triumph of Neptune', ballet; 1926.] Transferred to Music Loan 106.20, 21, 27.
Francis Poulenc: 'Histoire de Babar', for narrator and piano; 1940, dated 1945. Text in French and English. Francis Poulenc, composer: 'Histoire de Babar', for narrator and piano: 1945: Fr and Eng: Autogr.
The Sowerbutts collection of letters of musicians; 1662, 1795 – 1952. 1,2. Letters of English and foreign musicians, some of the later items written to H. H. or J. A. Sowerbutts. Arranged in two volumes, each containing a separate alphabetical sequence. Vol. 1 includes single letters of Berlioz...
Music Loan 106. LORD BERNERS LOAN. Music manuscripts of Sir Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners; 1913-1946. Chiefly autograph. Placed on loan by Chester Music Ltd and Lady Dorothy Heber Percy on behalf of the Berners Trust, 1992.