Gioachino Rossini. 1. Photograph of a humorous bust of Rossini, signed and inscribed by him on the mount ('Offert a Mr Adolphe Wenger par G. Rossini, Paris ce 21 Mai 1860'). 2. Autograph letter signed being a letter of recommendation for the singer Mlle Guerrero, Aug 1868. 3. Autograph recei...
Robert Schumann. Autograph note to an engraver, providing him with instructions for the engraving of an unidentified composition for piano duet, with autograph heading ('Anmerkungen für den Hrn. Stecher') and an autograph diagram showing the placement of the tempo marking and movement number. So...
Frédéric Chopin. 1. Autograph manuscript of the 'Tarantella', op. 43, signed on the title, being the working manuscript of the complete work in A flat, with extensive deletions and revisions and a note to the copyist Fontana on page 6, comprising 234 bars in all, [summer 1841]. 2. Autograph ma...
1. Charles Gounod. Autograph letter to Mrs Louisa Brown written in English from Blangy (Calvados) concerning the threats by Mrs W [Georgina Weldon] to retain his manuscripts and even destroy them, July 1874. 2. Robert Schumann. Autograph receipt signed, written in German, acknowledging his hand...
Charles Ives. 18 letters to his fellow composer Bernard Hermann, one signed by Ives, the others as drafted by Ives himself for his wife Harmony and daughter Edith to write in their own names, the texts of 13 written and signed by Harmony (one signed as 'Charles and Harmony Ives', the rest signed...
Giuseppe Verdi. Autograph letter signed to the impressario Vincenzo Jacovacci, manager of the Apollo Opera House in Rome, enquiring whether the authorities had allowed a play based on the assassination of Gustavus III of Sweden to be performed in Rome. Creation dates: Mar 1858
1. Ralph Vaughan Williams. 2 autograph letters signed to Henry Dexter Truscott, accepting and declining invitations, June 1923 and June 1926. 2. John Ireland. Autograph letter signed to Henry Dexter Truscott, discussing his 'Phantasie-Trio' and W W Cobbett, Jan 19[3?]2. From a collection of au...
Sir Michael Tippett. 5 autograph letters signed to Grace Edwards about his compositions, including 'A Child of Our Time', pacifism amd impending imprisonment. Sotheby's, L09771, 10 June 2009, Lot 127. Creation dates: [Circa 1942 - 1943]
Catalogue for 'The Macnutt-Drüner Collection, Original Editions & Manuscripts of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy', a collection formed by Richard Macnutt and Ulrich Drüner of original editions and manuscripts of Mendelssohn, comprising 634 printed editions, 21 copyists' manuscripts, 3 autograph ...