Lot 310
Musicians - a large collection of manuscripts
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 October 2017 at 11:00 BST
Description
A collection of c.70 letters, signatures and manuscript notes from 19th century musicians and composers, including: John Ryder, Joseph Joachim, William Sterndale Bennett, Clara Novello, Giulia Grisi, including a carte-de-visite photo and two lines of autographed music, Henry Holmes, Alfred Novello, Sir Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley ("By all means finish my anthem "O Love the Lord" if you wish..."), John Parry, Frederic Archer and Sir Henry Irving; Musical manuscript Early to mid 20th century musical score predominantly comprising a copy of a piece of music George Enescu (Georges Enesco) in four movements, folio, 106 manuscript pages, plus a few pages with national anthem tunes, on G. Schrimer New York paper, green cloth (quantity)