MUZIO CLEMENTI: Piano sonata in A flat major; circa 1970. Copy in pencil and ink, in the hand of Alan Tyson, with annotations in pencil in German, probably in the hand of Sonja Gerlach. Numbered ‘WO 13’ in A. Tyson, Thematic Catalogue of the Works of Muzio Clementi (Tutzing, 1967). This transcription was apparently made from the autograph in the Bibliothèque nationale de France for inclusion in Tyson and Gerlach’s edition of Clementi, Klaviersonaten (vol. I, Munich: Henle, 1978), but was not...
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includes: ff. 53-63 Alan Walker Tyson, musicologist: Muzio Clementi, composer: Sonja Gerlach, musicologist: Piano sonata in A flat major, WO 13, by Muzio Clementi, in the hand of Alan Walker Tyson, with annotations by Sonja Gerlach: circa 1970: Copy.
B. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: ‘Sonate pour le Forte Piano avec un Cor, ou Violoncelle, Composée et dediée A Madame la Baronne de Braun, op: 17’; early 19th cent. Piano part, with arrangements of the horn part for violin and for ’cello. Copies, written in ink on paper ruled with ten stave to the page, with fingering and other markings in pencil. Apparently copied from the first printed edition (Vienna: T. Mollo, [1801]), perhaps in the issue of 1808, which included a separate violin part. Inscribe...
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includes: ff. 19-37 Ludwig van Beethoven, composer: Braun, wife of Peter von Braun, theatre director: Parts for horn sonata, op. 17 by L. van Beethoven, dedicated to J. von Braun: early 19th cent.: Copies.
C. BEETHOVEN: ‘Sonate von Ludwig van Beethoven, Wien am 2t[en] Juny 1812, mit Violin und Violoncello’, in B flat major; early 19th cent. Numbered WoO 39 in G. Kinsky, Das Werk Beethovens (Munich, 1955). Parts. Copies, in ink, with a few annotations in pencil. The piano part is written on paper printed with ten staves to the page, and the violin and ’cello parts in another hand on paper ruled with ten staves. Each part is bound in marbled paper covers with a title label affixed to the front c...
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includes: ff. 38-48 Ludwig van Beethoven, composer: Maximiliane Euphrosyne Kunigunde Brentano, pianist; friend of Beethoven: Parts for piano trio in B flat, WoO 39 by L. van Beethoven, dedicated to Maximiliane Euphrosyne Kunigunde Brentano: early 19th cent.: Copies.
E. SCHUBERT: ‘Im Walde und auf der Brücke, Zwey Gedichte von Ernst Schulze In Musik gesetzt Für eine Singstimme und Pianoforte begleitung von Franz Schubert, wahrend [sic] seiner Anwesenheit in Gratz. op 90.’, D834 and 853; second quarter of 19th cent. Score. Copy, written in ink on paper ruled with nine staves to the page. Signed by the copyist, ‘Karg’, f. 64. Watermark of ‘A. Heller’, similar to no. 1203 in G. Eineder, The Ancient Paper-Mills of the Former Austro-Hungarian Empire and their...
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includes: ff. 50-64 Franz Peter Schubert, composer: Ernst Schulze, poet: 'Im Walde', D834, and 'Auf der Bruck', D853 by Franz Peter Schubert, to words by Ernst Schulze: second quarter of 19th cent.: Germ: Copies.
A. EDWARD ELGAR: ‘Proof sheets of Pomp & Circumstance March No 4, with composer’s corrections’; 1907. Full score. Signed by the composer (ff. 1, 2), and initialled in pencil at the bottom right corner of most sheets. Some corrections to the harp part in green ink may be in another hand. With some notes in pencil in another hand in German on f. 26v, dated 5 July 1907. Published Boosey & Co., 1907. ff. 1-26. 322 x 270mm.
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includes: ff. 1-26 Sir Edward William Elgar, Baronet; OM; composer: Proof sheets of Pomp and Circumstance March no.4, corrected by the composer: 1907: Printed.
B. REYNALDO HAHN: ‘I know you love me not’, song for voice and piano (words, Mary Robinson, afterwards Darmesteter); 1903. Autograph. Score in ink, with engraver’s markings in pencil, signed by the composer (f. 30) and inscribed ‘Mlle Suzette Lemaire 1903’ (f. 27). Published Paris: Heugel [1903?], and subsequently London: Joseph Williams, [before 1911] as the last of a set of three songs, Love Without Wings. This set was subsequently published in a bilingual edition as Amour sans ailes, Pari...
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includes: ff. 27-30 Agnes Mary Frances Robinson, afterwards Darmesteter afterw. Duclaux; poet: Reynaldo Hahn, composer: Song, 'I know you love me not' by Reynaldo Hahn, to words by Agnes Mary Frances Robinson: 1903: Autogr.
C. IGOR STRAVINSKY: ‘Etude pour orchestre’ (‘Madrid’, the fourth of the ‘Quatre études pour orchestre’); circa 1928. Copyist’s score in pencil, probably in the hand of Catherine Stravinsky, annotated partly in autograph. Signed by the composer, ff. 31, 32, and dated ‘1917-1928’. The annotations mainly consist of corrections of the copyist’s errors. Some of these corrections were not incorporated into either of the published scores. Orchestrated from the ‘Etude for Pianola’ (1917). Published ...
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includes: ff. 31-42 Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky, composer: Catherine Stravinsky, wife of I F Stravinsky: 'Madrid', étude for orchestra by Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky, probably in the hand of Catherine Stravinsky: 1928: Copy, with autogr. annotations.
D. PETER WARLOCK: ‘One More River’, song (words anonymous); [circa 1925]. The song was originally written in two versions, one scored for baritone solo, unison male voice chorus and piano, the other for four male voices and piano. This is an arrangement of the accompaniment for strings, piano and timpani. Purchased by Tyson at Sotheby’s, 20 July 1965 (lot 432). ff. 43-54. Largest size 356 x 264mm. 1. ff. 43-5. Score of the accompaniment only, in black ink, with words and cues for solo and ...
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includes: ff. 43-72 Philip Arnold Heseltine, alias 'Peter Warlock'; composer: Songs: circa 1925-30: Autogr.
E. WARLOCK: ‘Youth’, song for voice and piano (words, Robert Wever); July 1928. Score, in ink. Autograph. A copy of the score in Add. 52907, ff. 5-6, with engraver’s markings in pencil and ink. Published Elkin & Co., 1928. Purchased by Richard Macnutt at Sotheby’s, 20 July 1965 (part of lot 423), and subsequently passed to Tyson. ff. 55-6. 355 x 262mm.
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includes: ff. 55-6 Robert Wever, poet: Song, 'Youth', by P. Warlock, to words by R. Wever: 1928.
F. WARLOCK: ‘The Fairest May’, song (words anonymous, from Harley 7578); 6 Nov. 1930. A rewriting of the song ‘As ever I saw’ for voice and string quartet. Autograph score and parts, in ink. The original title is deleted and replaced on the score, but remains on the parts. With a letter from Ian Copley to Tyson, dated 11 Sept. 1965 (ff. 71-2). Original version for voice and piano published Winthrop Rogers, 1919. Purchased by Tyson at Sotheby’s, 20 July 1965 (lot 425). ff. 57-72. 310 x 237mm...
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includes: ff. 71-2 Ian Alfred Copley, composer: Alan Walker Tyson, musicologist: Letter to Alan Walker Tyson from Ian Alfred Copley: 1965: Typewritten, signed.