Fall 2017 Catalogue


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42. Poulenc, Francis. (1899–1963) [Heugel, Jacques. (1890–1979)].
Les Biches - INSCRIBED TO HIS PUBLISHER

Paris: Au Ménestrel [...] Heugel. 1924. Piano and vocal score to the important French composer's ballet Les Biches, signed and inscribed by the composer on the half-title to the publisher, Jacques Heugel, and dated 1924. Poulenc has penned (translated from the French): "To monsieur Jacques Heugel with all my thanks for the lovely presentation of this score and my best wishes—Francis Poulenc, 1924." [PN] H. 28,730. 96 pp. Softcover. Stamped on the cover by Heugel Archives. Large tape repair to the spine, with tape exposed in the gutter; some edge wear and toning; overall very good. 9.75 x 12.25 inches (25 x 31.5 cm). Read More...

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43. Puccini, Giacomo. (1858–1924).
Triple Autograph Musical Quotation with Self-Portrait Sketch

Three autograph musical quotations from the important operatic composer, penned on a single album leaf together with a small caricature self-portrait sketch. The three short musical quotations, each of 1-2 bars, come from Puccini's operas Edgar, Le Villi, and La Bohème. Puccini has boldly signed and dated Torre del Lago, March 16, 1903. 17.9 x 12.2 cm. Read More...

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44. Ricordi, Giulio. (1840-1912).
Autograph Letter

Autograph letter from the influential Italian publisher to a Marquis, apologizing for missing a meeting at the theater. Milan, March 9, 1881. 1 1/2 pp, signed on the verso. Translated from the Italian: "My dear Marquis, Please accept my apologies for not coming to the theatre yesterday at 9 pm. I had hoped to be free very soon and, therefore, did not send any message to inform you. At 10:15, I was still busy and in the office. So, I realized it was too late by then! At any rate, I am always at your disposal when you need me again. [...] Yours, Giulio Ricordi." Together with a typed translation. 11.5 x 14.8 cm. Fine. 

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45. [Rossini, Gioacchino. (1792–1868)] Ricordi, Giulio. (1840–1912).
Signed Letter about the Rossini Commemoration

Autograph letter in a secretarial hand about the 1892 La Scala concert to commemorate Rossini's 100th birthday, signed by the influential Italian publisher. March 20, 1892. Addressed to conductor Pietro Nepoti, the letter asks his permission "to allow his very worthy and appreciated work to be used for the best outcome of the ceremony which is in preparation, assuring thereby a double merit—towards art and towards charity." On letterhead of the Associazione Lombara dei Giornalisi, Commemorazione Rossiniana and signed by Ricordi at the foot on behalf of the Committee. 1 p. of a bifolium, heavy horizontal folding crease, small edge tears and overall toning; overall in very good condition. 8.75 x 11 inches (22 x 28 cm). Read More...

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46. Rimsky-Korsakow, Nikolai. (1844–1908).
4 Romances, op. 50 - INSCRIBED TO LIBRETTIST VLADIMIR BELSKY

1898: Leipzig. M. P. Belaieff. First edition for low voice.. Sheet music to the Russian composer's group of 4 Romances for solo voice and piano, here titled "4 Mélodies." Signed and inscribed by the composer on the title to his close friend and the librettist for several of his operas, Vladimir Belsky (translated from the Russian): "To the very dear / Wladimir Iwanowitsch Bilski / N. R-Korsakov / April 30, [18]98." [PN] 1705. Very rare; WorldCat records only one copy. Read More...

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47. [Opera] Rossini, Gioacchino. (1792-1868).
Sammelband of Scores, including one SIGNED BY ROSSINI

A handsome sammelband of 25 early nineteenth-century Italian opera arias, including one aria signed by Rossini, collected and assembled by the Marquis of Bourdeille ca. 1820. Included are arias by Mozart, Guglielmi, Martini, Pucitta, Paër, Gail, Fioravanti, Cimarosa, Pacini, and Mercadante, as well as 6 scores to arias from Rossini's early operas Demetrio e Polybio, Il Turco in Italia, Otello, and Armide, the last of which is autographed on the first page by the composer. A manuscript table of contents is bound into the volume. Ca. 220 pp. total. Hardcover, red boards and red leather spine. One tear to the top of the spine, some light edge and shelf wear, but overall in fine condition. 10 x 13 inches (25.5 x 33 cm). Read More...

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48. Roussel, Albert. (1869–1937).
Autograph Letter

Autograph letter from the important French composer whose students included Satie, Golestan, Roland-Manuel and Varèse. Undated ("Tuesday.") Translated from the French: "Sir, I received the identity cards and the half-price vouchers this morning which you sent me. I thank you and I am certain that this trip to Prague will be interesting and agreeable. [...] Albert Roussel." 2 pp. on a letterhead postcard. Some light toning; overall very fine. 5.5 x 3.5 inches (13.8 x 9.3 cm). Read More...

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49. Saint-Saëns, Camille. (1835-1921).
"That is the agony of true artists" - Autograph Letter

Highly interesting autograph letter from the important French composer, written in the last year of his life and offering words of both encouragement and gentle rebuke to a fellow artist, apparently a painter and a friend of the composer. May 23, 1921. Apparently responding to his correspondent's complaint that he is not satisfied with his work, Saint-Saëns writes: "You are pursuing an ideal which you will never attain [...] That is the agony of true artists. Ah, you wanted to be more than everyone else, you wanted to create, to attain the prize on top of the greasy pole! You will never reach it. This is the punishment for our pride, but let us console ourselves! Those who are always content with themselves never go far." He continues by quoting one of his own poems, "Le Pays Merveilleux," dedicated to his student Albert Périlhou in his 1890 collection Rimes familières, and goes on to mention the comparison of two portraits by Ingres and Picasso, in Le Matin: "And in music it is the same thing! But as the public cannot read music, we cannot show it to them." Full translation below. 2 pp. 8.25 x 10.5 inches. Hermine water-mark.  One vertical and one horizontal crease, left margin with old staple holes and .25" closed tear.  Read More...

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50. Schumann, Clara. (1819–1896).
Autograph Letter to the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde

Autograph letter from great German pianist and composer, wife of Robert Schumann and famous muse of Johannes Brahms, addressed to the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde des Oesterreichischen Kaiserstaates and dated December 23, 1848. Following the cancellation of a concert which had been planned for December 20, Schumann asks to be excused from paying the rental fee for the hall [full translation below]. Overall toning with a less-toned border, folding creases, one slight tear at the right edge, and a strip of mounting tape on the verso. Overall in very good condition. 8.5 x 9.25 inches (21.4 x 23.6 cm). Read More...

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51. Schumann, Clara. (1819–1896).
Lithograph Portrait

A lovely portrait of the great German pianist and composer, wife of Robert Schumann and famous muse of Johannes Brahms, described in the caption as "Clara Wieck, Chamber Virtuoso to the Austrian Court and Honorary Member of the Society of Friends of Music of the Austrian Empire." She shown as a young woman ca. 1838, having earned these titles after dazzling audiences in Vienna at age 18. Still known as Clara Wieck, she would marry Robert Schumann three years later in 1841. Read More...

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52. Schumann, Clara. (1819–1896).
Original Broadside for her 1858 Vienna Performance

A very rare original broadside advertising a concert given by the great German pianist and composer, wife of Robert Schumann and famous muse of Johannes Brahms, in Vienna on December 12, 1858. The program included the Piano Trio no. 2 and the Drei Stücke im Volkston by her husband, as well as arias and solo piano works by Bach, Scarlatti, Weber, Beethoven, and others, and was hosted by the venerable Viennese Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (Society of Friends of Music.)  Read More...

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53. Scriabine, Aleksandr. (1872–1915).
Original 1911 Concert Program

A rare original concert program from the Russian composer-pianist, who performed on October 8, 1911 in Odessa, Imperial Russia. The concert, at Odessa's Union Hall, included Scriabin's Sonate-Fantasie no. 2, as well as several of his preludes, etudes, and other short pieces. The program features a halftone photograph of the composer on the cover, as well as notes in Russian. 4 pp. Folding creases, one small loss at the upper edge, and some overall wear and soiling to the front cover; overall in very good condition. 5.5 x 9 inches (14.2 x 23 cm). 

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54. Sondheim, Stephen. (1930–2021).
"Sunday in the Park with George" - Autograph Musical Quotation

Autograph musical quotation from the beloved composer and librettist, who has penned three measures of the theme from "Sunday," the Act I finale of his award-winning musical Sunday in the Park with George. He has signed at the lower right and dated November 9, 1984. In very fine condition. 3 x 5 inches (12.7 x 7.6 cm).

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55. Sousa, John Philip. (1854-1932).
"Stars and Stripes Forever" - Autograph Musical Quotation

A rare AMQS from the "March King," who has penned the opening theme from his beloved "Stars and Stripes Forever" on a small card, signed, and dated 1925. 12 x 7.25 cm. Fine. 

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56. Spohr, Louis. (1784 - 1859).
Piano Trio no. 1 - Autograph Musical Manuscript Fragment

Fragment of an autograph musical manuscript in the hand of the German composer, violinist and conductor. The manuscript contains a section of 78 bars from the second movement of his Piano Trio no. 1, op. 119 over 4 pp. on 2 leaves. The music begins at 2 measures before the Peters edition's rehearsal letter N and goes to the end of the movement. The composer's corrections and changes are visible in several places, with some variances from the printed edition. Labeled as Spohr's autograph in several other hands in ink and pencil in the margins. Both leaves unfortunately split vertically in two places, with one large section of the second leaf missing and smaller areas of the first leaf missing. Toning; splits, chipping, and tears; but legible and overall in good condition. 15 x 10.75 inches (38.5 x 27.5 cm). Read More...


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57. Spohr, Louis. (1784–1859).
"Des Heilands letzte Stunden" - Autograph Musical Score Fragments

Two autograph musical score fragments from the German composer, violinist and conductor's oratorio Des Heilands letzte Stunden ("The last hours of the savior," published in English as Calvary). The two score fragments, of 21 and 10 measures, are both from the oratorio's dramatic final chorus of priests and people (no. 32). The first, 4 pp. on a bifolium, is taken from the beginning of the number, with the text "[Welch] drohend Ungewitter, schwarz wie die Nacht, wälzt sich daher? Der Sonne Antlitzt verhüllet sich. Hört ihr's brausen? Hört ihr's winseln wie Todestimmen?" (corresponding English text: "What threat'ning tempest gathers, black as the night! Hither it rolls, and blots the sun from the firmament, Heard ye the whirlwind, how it howls like the moans of the dying.") The second, 2 pp. on recto and verso, unfortunately with a vertical split along a previous folding crease, is taken from the end of the number with the text "[Sein Geist kehrt] nicht zurück! Entflieht, entflieht dem Wetter Gottes! Hinauf zum Tempel, zum [Gnadestuhl]" (corresponding English text: "Away, from God's just vengeance. Away! and seek we the mercy seat!") Scored for choir and piano four hands. Neatly penned in the composer's hand, with autograph notes on both sheets in another hand identifying the piece, corresponding page of the published piano score, and composition date (Kassel, 1834). Overall toning, heavy on some pages; edge wear and tears; overall in very good condition with the exception of the vertical split. 13.5 x 10 inches (34.5 x 25.7 cm). Read More...

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58. Strauss II, Johann. (1825–1899).
Kaiser-Walzer - Autograph Musical Quotation

Autograph musical quotation from the Austrian composer known as the "Waltz King." He has penned six measures of the first waltz theme from his popular Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz), op. 437, signed at the foot and dated August 19, 1895. Penned on a small card, mounted on a trimmed album leaf. Several small tears and irregular trimming to the mount; a few small ink blots and light overall toning to the card. Overall in fine condition. 4.5 x 3.5 inches (11.4 x 8.6 cm), mounted to 7 x 4.5 inches (18 x 11.5 cm). Read More...

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59. [Strauss, Johann. (1804–1849)] .
"Johann Mouse" - 4 Original Tom & Jerry Animation Photographs

A group of four original MGM animation glossy doubleweight photographs from the 1952 Tom & Jerry short Johann Mouse. Tom and Jerry are shown playing their usual game of cat-and-mouse around a piano in a Viennese attic. Each photograph with original typed caption and a green ink stamp "Approved / Feb 24 1953 / Advertising Administration Hollywood" on the verso. Each 10 x 8 inches. Read More...

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60. Strauss, Richard. (1864–1949).
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, opus 28 - Autograph Musical Quotation

AMQS of the opening "once upon a time" motif from the tone poem written in 1894–95, chronicling the misadventures and pranks of the German peasant folk hero Till Eulenspiegel. Two bars, signed below "Richard Strauss" on a card measuring 5.25 x 3 inches.  In very fine condition, sold together with a postally used vintage sepia postcard photograph.

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61. Strauss, Richard. (1864–1949).
Autograph Letter

Autograph letter signed from the important composer and conductor. May 22, 1924. Strauss apologizes for not having been able to speak personally to his correspondent, due to his son's recent illness [Franz Strauss contracted typhus on his honeymoon in Egypt in 1924.] He continues to thank the correspondent's wife, "Frau Dora," for the "birthday present, which gave me a great deal of pleasure and which will have a place of honor in our new home," and sends congratulations for a promotion and hopes for "great success in Berlin." 1 p. 8vo, single-sheet folded on Sudbahn-Hotel letterhead; small tear to the fold, but overall in fine condition. 6 x 8.5 inches (15.4 x 21.5 cm).

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