Fall 2022 Catalogue


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21. Gounod, Charles-François. (1818–1893).
Early CDV Portrait Photograph

A very fine original early Carl Krause of Berlin portrait of the prolific French composer, best remembered today for his opera Faust and his Ave Maria descant. In very fine condition. (2.5 x 4 in) (6.5 x 10 cm).

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22. [Gounod, Charles-François. (1818–1893)].
A printed document announcing Gounod's death on 18 October, 1893

Broadside (210 x 270 mm.). 1 page.  Paris, 20 Place Malesherbes. Printed within wide black border, the document providing an extensive listing of family members announcing their sorrow and concluding with the injunction to "Priez pour Lui!" Horizontal fold, else fine and sold with a similarly bordered envelope addressed to the violinist Joseph Debroux (1866 - 1924), dedicatee of works by Max Bruch and others. Read More...

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Ephemera
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23. Gounod, Charles-François. (1818–1893).
Two Carte de Visite Photographs

Pair of original Fritz Luckhardt and F. Mulnier CDV photographs of the French composer.  Notations to verso, else fine.  2.5 x 4 inches (6.4 x 10.7 cm).

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24. Górecki, Henryk.(b. 1933).
Signed Photograph

Signed 8 x 10 inch Elektra/Nonesuch photograph of the celebrated Polish composer whose music was known only to a small number of connoisseurs, until a 1992 recording of his 15-year-old Third Symphony sold over a million copies.

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25. Grieg, Edvard. (1843-1907).
Cabinet Photograph

Original cabinet photograph of the Romantic Norwegian composer.  Identified in type on lower mount but without any photographer's identification. Generally faded, but still visible, an attractive image. (4.2 x 6.6 in) (10 x 16 cm). Fine.

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26. Halévy, Fromental. (1799-1862).
Pair of Carte de Visite Photographs

Pair of original Pierre Petit and Bingham of Paris CDV photographs of the French composer best known for his opera La Juive.  Fine.  2.5 x 4 inches (6.4 x 10.7 cm).

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27. Hamlisch, Marvin. (b. 1944).
Autograph Musical Quotation, "Entertainer"

Unusual AMQS in the hand of the popular American composer, one of only two people to have been awarded Emmys, Grammys, Oscars, and a Tony (known as an EGOT) plus a Pulitzer Prize (the other is Richard Rodgers). Hamlisch has penned and signed 2 measures from the famous "Entertainer," on a 1983 FDC honoring the rag's composer, Scott Joplin. An nice example, in very fine condition. 6.5 x 3.75 inches (9.2 x 16.5 cm).

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28. Haydn, Joseph. (1732–1809).
The London Symphonies. Autograph Musical Manuscript.

Autograph manuscript leaf in the hand of the composer, oblong folio, on 10-stave paper, listing the incipits of all twelve London Symphonies, providing the first measure(s) of each and giving the keys of each symphony.  A remarkable summation of the height of the composer's symphonic oeuvre, the manuscript and provenance is described in detail in Robbins Landon's “Haydn Chronicles” (Vol 3 p. 495):  "There is an autograph sheet written by Haydn, listing the incipits of all twelve London Symphonies.  It was sold...Autog Cat Leo Liepmansohn...1907, then formed part of the Westley Manning Collection in London...was sold at Sotheby's...1954...and is now owned by... Stargardt...The sheet is British paper with a dated watermark 1794, and includes as well Haydn's sketch for the slow movement of the 'Gypsy Rondo' Trio No, 39; here the Symphonies are listed as follows:...Obviously this catalogue was drawn up in the late Spring or early Summer of 1795...It purports to show the years in which the various Symphonies were first performed, not the date of composition..." In very fine condition. 12 x 9.5 inches (31 x 24.5 cm).  Read More...


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29. Holmès, Augusta. (1847–1903).
Signed Photograph

Rare signed Benque of Paris cabinet profile bust portrait photograph of the French composer, inscribed to the conductor Narcisse Brument: "à mon excellent chef d'orchestre N. Brument. Cordial souvenir, Augusta Holmès." Single pin hole to upper edge, else fine. 4.25 x 6.4 inches (10.4 x 16.2 cm).  Read More...

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30. [Indian Music] Barve, Manhar. (1910–?).
Original Photograph

Original ca. 1920 Wiele & Klein of Madras photograph of Master Manhar Barve, a child prodigy from India, shown in a striking full-length portrait seated with what appears to be a modified banjo.  The photograph measuring 14.5 x 10cm, on original photographer's card mount with embossed border reading "Master Manhar Barve / Infant Prodigy of Music / Bombay, India" to the lower margin.  Edges of mount toned, some stains to verso and a few creases to photograph and mount, overall very good. 7 x 10 inches [18 x 25.5 cm] overall. Read More...

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31. [Kern, Jerome. (1885–1945)].
"The Way You Look Tonight" - Publisher's Copyist Manuscript

Rare pre-publication fair copy manuscript of the celebrated song, penned by a staff copyist for the T.B. Harms Company in 1936. On four pages of two adjoining 9.25 x 12.5 sheets of musical manuscript paper, titled and with composer and lyricist attributions at the head, and inscribed in the lower margin of the first page with the publisher copyright (where Kern was then managing) "T.B. Harms Company 1936." 72 bars of music and lyrics to the song, several brushes to music and lyrics throughout, scattered light creasing and handling wear, and uniform toning to pages, otherwise fine condition. Read More...

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32. Korngold, Erich Wolfgang. (1897-1957) .
Signed Photograph with Autograph Musical Quotation - "Die Tote Stadt"

A pristine early sepia postcard photograph of the young composer, signed in the blank lower margin with a four-bar AMQS with holograph title and lyrics from his operatic score based on symbolist Georges Rodenbach’s phantasmagoric novel Bruges-la-morte. Composed by Korngold when he was just 23, its tremendous success heralded him as one of German opera's most promising talents. Read More...

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Large original photograph of the important French operatic composer, photographed by Pierre Petit, Paris, ca. 1880s, printed later. Unsigned. Gelatin silver print. Rippling, handling marks and minor creases throughout, silver mirroring along edges, retouching to the upper left. Overall in fine condition.  Sight sight size  7.3 x 10.3 inches (18.7 x 26.4 cm.); matted to an overall size of 13.5 x 16.25 inches (34.3 x 41.3 cm.). Read More...

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34. Medtner, Nikolai. (1880–1951).
"Fairy Tale" - Autograph Musical Quotation

Uncommon autograph musical quotation from one of the composer's Fairy Tales, Op. 34 #1, signed ("Nicolas Medtner"), consisting of three bars of music marked "Largamente , cantando" on a hand-ruled staff. On an album page (7.6 x 8 cm), London, 16/II/1928. In very fine condition, mounted to a slightly larger sheet. Read More...

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35. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. (1756–1791). .
"Antretter" Serenade, K.185. - Autograph Musical Manuscript

Autograph manuscript of part of the Serenade in D major for orchestra ("Antretter"), K.185 (167a) the working manuscript of part of the third movement "Allegro" (modern measure numbers 37-54), scored for Solo violin, lst violin, 2nd violin, and viola, executed in brown ink on a single 8-stave system per page, containing a few corrections and alterations. 2 pages, small oblong 4to, (6.37 x 8.5 in.; 162 x 216 mm.) on 10-stave "Klein Querformat" paper. Pagination number "55" and measure numbers in pencil, both possibly in the hand of Leopold Mozart [probably Salzburg, 1773]; in pristine condition. Read More...


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36. [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. (1756–1791)] Nissen, Georg Nicolaus von. (1761–1826).
Biographie W. A. Mozart's. THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF MOZART

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Hartel. 1828. First edition. Biographie W. A. Mozart's. Nach Originalbriefen, Sammlungen alles über ihn Geschriebenen, mit vielen neuen Beylagen, Steindrücken, Musikblättern und einem Facsimile. Nach dessen Tode hrsg. von Constanze, Wittwe von Nissen, früher Wittwe Mozart. Mit einem Vorworte vom Dr. Feuerstein in Pirna.  2 volumes in 1.  1 lithogr. Portrait (Nissen), 7 (instead of 8) lithographed. panels, folded. facsimile plate and 9 folding plates (8 of them with music). 8vo. XLIV (including subscriber's list), 702 pp.  T Eitner VII, 97. - Fétis VI, 248. - Wolffheim II, 577: "Complete copies with all supplements are rare." The large folded family portrait of the Mozarts (which according to Wolffheim is "almost always missing") replaced in facsimile.  Some pages stained and browned., spine and joints somewhat brittle, slightly scraped and bumped, but overall a solid and quite rare copy of the first major biography of Mozart, written by Constanze Mozart's second husband, "even today as a source of valuable material of importance" (Wolffheim).  Nissen married Mozart's widow Constanze in 1809. This work, which Constanze saw into print after Nissen's death in 1826, made public for the first time many hitherto unknown documents and details of Mozart's life from direct knowledge and personal contacts, and has served as a basic source ever since (see New Grove, 13: 253). Read More...

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37. Onslow, George. (1784–1853).
Quatuor[s] Op. 21, 46, 48, 49, 52, 53 - Collection of String Quartets

Leipsic: chez F. Kistner. ca. 1825. Collection of complete parts for 6 string quartets by the important French composer of English descent, whose chamber music was held in high esteem by Robert Schumann, believing that only Onslow and Mendelssohn approached Beethoven's mastery of the quartet form.   As follows, the parts all disbound upright folio format, generally in fine condition, with some pagination written in red ink to upper right corners, scattered foxing throughout, a few sheets separating from the gatherings.  Read More...

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38. Orff, Carl. (1895-1982).
Signed Photograph

Boldly signed Fayer postcard photograph of the German composer, best known for his cantata Carmina Burana (1937) and his influential method of music education for children. 9 x 14 cm. Very fine.

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ALS from the great Russian composer concerning the orchestrations of Les Nuits égyptiennes (Egyptian Nights), addressed to Belgian conductor and violinist Désiré Defauw. Dated 28th January, 1936, on postcard.  Middle fold, else fine, 5.9 x 4.13 inches (15 x 10.5 cm.). Translated from the French, in full: "My friend, The orchestra for Egyptian Nights includes a piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone (or an alto sax if there is no tenor), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 2 trombones, 4 cornets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 men for drums, glockenspiel, harp, piano, strings. I'm on my way to Strasbourg, then on the 31st I play in Antwerp.  I will try to arrive in Brussels after the concert on the 31st, or early the next day. Leave me a message at the Palace Hotel about rehearsals. Sincerely, Serge Prokofieff."

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40. Rachmaninoff, Sergei. (1873–1943).
Signed Photograph to a Popular British Entertainer

Signed photograph of the great pianist and composer, who has signed and inscribed to the popular British entertainer Bobby Howes (1895-1972), "in memory of a very enjoyable evening / S. Rachmaninoff / March 13, 1936 / London." Small tears to left and right margins; overall in fine condition. 7.75 x 10 inches (19.7 x 25.4 cm.). 

From the estate of the daughter of Bobby Howes, Sally Ann Howes (1930-2021), herself a Tony Award nominated actor and star of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.


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