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Auction 28 February 2024 Autograph Letters and Manuscripts - Music - Paris

Bid on the lot list Ader : 28 February 2024 - VENTE AUX ENCHERES PUBLIQUES: Salle des ventes Favart3, rue Favart - 75002 ParisLe 28 février 2024 CLOTURE DU CATALOGUE : LE 20 JANVIER 2024 POUR INCLURE DES LOTS, VEUILLEZ CONTACTER : RESPONSABLE DE LA VENTE : Marc GUYOTmarc.guyot@ader-paris.frTél. : 01 80 27 50 17 OU EXPERT : Thierry BODINSyndicat Français des Experts Professionnels en Œuvres d’ArtLes Autographes45, rue de l’Abbé Grégoire - 75006 Parislesautographes@wanadoo.frTél. : 0033 (0)1 45 48 25 31 Ader - Paris

Autograph Letters and Manuscripts - Music

Wednesday 28 February 2024 - 14:00 (CET) - Live

3, rue Favart - 75002 Paris

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Autograph Letters and Manuscripts - Music

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Lot n° 1

Eugen d ALBERT (1864-1932). 2 L.A.S.,...

Eugen d ALBERT (1864-1932). 2 L.A.S., 1894-1901; 2 pages in-8 and 1 page oblong in-12 with address; in German. Coswig July 8, 1894, about performances and fees... Firenze June 28, 1901, to E. Senffert, of the Bösendorfer firm in Vienna, about a tour of...

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Lot n° 2

Ernest ANSERMET (1883-1969). 4...

Ernest ANSERMET (1883-1969). 4 L.A.S., 1932-1945, to Enrich Straram; 4 pages various sizes, one address. Geneva August 26 1932: I have sent your father a letter which requires an urgent reply... December 13, 1933: learned with deep sorrow of the death...

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Lot n° 3

Claudio ARRAU (1903-1991). Photograph...

Claudio ARRAU (1903-1991). Photograph with autograph signed dedication; silver print, 25.5 x 21 cm. Beautiful profile portrait by Yvonne Le Roux (signed lower right by the photographer), with dedication: A la Sra Shaoul con mucho aprecio y afecto Claudio...

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Lot n° 4

Daniel François Esprit AUBER (1782-1871)....

Daniel François Esprit AUBER (1782-1871). L.A.S., November 4, 1840, to Germain Delavigne, curator of the furniture of the Crown; 2 pages in-8. As director of the King's music, he sends and comments on the invoices and statements of expenditure for the...

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Lot n° 5

Daniel François Esprit AUBER (1782-1871)....

Daniel François Esprit AUBER (1782-1871). 4 L.A.S., various; 1 page small in-8 each. To a friend. Sunday morning: I wish we could try out our tunes; he will send for her in his carriage to come to his house... July 9th, 1867. He would be happy to see...

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Lot n° 6

Georges AURIC (1899-1983). P.A.S....

Georges AURIC (1899-1983). P.A.S. musicale, March 1960; 1 page small in-4, mounted under passe-partout with photo. Album page of 5 bars in E flat major, with dispatch to M. André Jouniaux.

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Lot n° 7

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)....

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750). Studio o sia Tre Sonate per il Violino solo senza Basso Del Sigre Seb: Bach (Bonn, N. Simrock, 1802 ?); 43 p. fol., half mauve basane binding, title-piece on front cover. Rare first complete edition of the six Sonatas...

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Lot n° 8

Samuel BARBER (1910-1981). Mélodies...

Samuel BARBER (1910-1981). Mélodies passagères for voice and piano (New York, G. Schirmer, 1952); in-4, paperback (small hole in cover and first 2 ff.). Cycle of melodies on French poems by Rainer-Maria Rilke, dedicated to Francis Poulenc and Pierre Bernac....

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Lot n° 9

Dom François BÉDOS de CELLES (1709-1779)....

Dom François BÉDOS de CELLES (1709-1779). L'Art du facteur d'orgues par D. Bedos de Celles, Bénédictin Paris, Académie Royale des Sciences, 1766-1778; 4 parts bound in one volume, plus a volume of plates, making 2 vol. in-folio, half-brown calf, ribbed...

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Lot n° 10

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)....

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827). Grande Sonate pour le Clavecin ou Forte-Piano composée et dediée à Son Altesse Monseigneur le Prince Charles de Lichnowsky... iuvre 26 (Vienne, Jean Cappi, 1802 ; cotage 880) ; in-4 oblong ; modern boards. First edition,...

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Lot n° 11

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)....

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827). L.A.S., April 22, 1816, to Anton Pachler; 2 pages in-8, address with trace of seal; in German (tear to address leaf due to breakage of seal, slight foxing). He asks Pachler to do him a great favor this very day by accompanying...

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Lot n° 12

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)....

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827). Meeres Stille und Glückliche Fahrt. Von J.W. von Göthe. 112tes Werk. Klavierauszug und Singstimmen (Wien, S.A. Steiner und Comp., 1822); cotage S: u: C: 3840); in-fol. of 19 p., paperback. First edition of this chorus...

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Lot n° 13

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)....

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827). Adagio, Variationen und Rondo für Pianoforte, Violine und Violoncell ... 121tes Werk (Wien, S. A. Steiner und Comp., 1824; cotage S. u. C. 4603); fol. in 3 parts of 19 pp. (pianoforte, paperback), 5 and 5 p. (some restorations...

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Lot n° 14

Vincenzo BELLINI (1801-1835). Autograph...

Vincenzo BELLINI (1801-1835). Autograph musical manuscript signed, Tantum ergo, 1823 ?; 1 oblong page in-4 (23 x 27 cm). Rare page by Bellini. Part for 1st flute ( Flauto Primo ) of his Tantum ergo in G major at 6/8, marked Largendo espressivo . It comprises...

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Lot n° 15

Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869). L.A.S.,...

Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869). L.A.S., 1839, to Maurice Schlesinger; half-page in-8. My dear Maurice, Here is this ode by Romani. It's magnificent! I have revised the translation with the greatest care; but I insist on seeing the proof, so send it to me...

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Lot n° 16

Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869). L.A.S.,...

Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869). L.A.S., Paris August 1, 1843, to pianist and composer Sigismund Thalberg; 1 page in-8. On his Symphonie funèbre et triomphale. Thalberg had married Francesca Lablache, daughter of the singer, on July 22. He had promised Berlioz...

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Lot n° 17

Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869). L.S.,...

Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869). L.S., signed by 20 other artists, Paris June 30, 1863, to M. Barbet, chef de musique du 70e de ligne; 1 page in-4 on the letterhead of the Comité central de l'Association des Artistes Musiciens. Letter of thanks for the support...

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Lot n° 18

Marc BERTHOMIEU (1906-1991). Autograph...

Marc BERTHOMIEU (1906-1991). Autograph musical manuscript signed, Rovère et Angisèle, conte lyrique 1954; one folio volume (36 x 26.5 cm) of 2 ff.-223 pages; half-fauve morocco binding. Complete manuscript of this opera or conte lyrique. A lyrical tale...

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Lot n° 19

Georges BIZET (1838-1875). L.A.S....

Georges BIZET (1838-1875). L.A.S. to his beloved Leroy; 1 page in-8 (small split), fragment of address on a 2nd f. Probably to librettist François-Hippolyte Leroy (1815-1887), stage director at the Opéra, who wrote with Henri Trianon the libretto for...

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Lot n° 20

Georges BIZET (1838-1875). L.A.S....

Georges BIZET (1838-1875). L.A.S. to a composer friend; 1 page in-8. I'm becoming an idiot! Don't look for any other explanation for my stupid rudeness - I was distraught and furious - I beg you, forgive me my inept thoughtlessness and give me the great...

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Lot n° 21

Nicolas-Charles BOCHSA (1789-1856)....

Nicolas-Charles BOCHSA (1789-1856). L.A.S., Saturday morning March 1, to an artist; 1 page in-8. Madme Bishop will be making some music at her house tomorrow, Sunday evening, and she asks me to tell you how delighted she would be to receive you, if you...

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Lot n° 22

Pierre BOULEZ (1925-2016). Autograph...

Pierre BOULEZ (1925-2016). Autograph musical manuscript, Le Visage nuptial, 1952-1953; 35 pages on 18 folios (35 x 27 cm). Complete manuscript of the second version of Boulez's first major vocal cycle, based on poems by René Char. In 1946-1947, Pierre...

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Lot n° 23

Pierre BOULEZ (1925-2016). L.A.S....

Pierre BOULEZ (1925-2016). L.A.S. to a musician friend; half-page in-4 The recording of this music for percussion, which was to have taken place on the 18th, finally took place on the 25th. Date changed for various reasons. Will you be back? If so, I'll...

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Lot n° 24

Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897). L.A.S.,...

Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897). L.A.S., February 1874, to Franz Stockhausen; 2 pages in-8; in German. Interesting letter about the metronome and tempo of his works. The Alsatian conductor Franz Stockhausen (1839-1926) was then director of the Conservatoire...

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Lot n° 25

Georges BRASSENS (1921-1981). Autograph...

Georges BRASSENS (1921-1981). Autograph manuscript, Le Moyenâgeux, etc., 1974; very large (65.5 x 49.5 cm) spiral-bound drawing book, strong brown cardboard covers, 17 autograph pages, plus blank pages (2 with pasted documents). Exceptional notebook with...

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Lot n° 26

Robert CABY (1905-1992). 2 autograph...

Robert CABY (1905-1992). 2 autograph musical manuscripts, Sept petits poèmes pour la Paix by Paul Eluard (1918), 1949; 7 folio pages (30.5 x 23 cm) in pencil, and a notebook with title and 7 folio pages in ink. Cycle de sept mélodies inédites pour chant...

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Lot n° 27

CANTATRICES. 56 signed photographs;...

CANTATRICES. 56 signed photographs; in black or color, mostly in-8. Nice set of photographs, in stage costumes or in civilian clothes. Grave Bumbry, Viorica Cortez (3), Ileana Cotrubas (4), Ghena Dimitrova, Christiane Eda-Pierre, Lauris Elms (2), Brigitte...

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Lot n° 28

Pablo CASALS (1876-1973). L.A.S.,...

Pablo CASALS (1876-1973). L.A.S., Paris June 1, 1907, to concert organizer Paul Boquel; 1 page in-12, addressed. I've received our concert schedule - thank you. He asks him to come and talk with him... Enclosed is the program poster for Trois séances...

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Lot n° 29

Pablo CASALS (1876-1973). P.A.S....

Pablo CASALS (1876-1973). P.A.S. on terracotta; 13 x 19.8 cm. An exceptional piece, collected in the 1960s in Prades by Louis Mallais du Carroy (1923-1980), a ceramist and music lover who was a regular at the Prades Festival. Armed with a slab of soft...

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Lot n° 30

Pablo CASALS (1876-1973). 2 original...

Pablo CASALS (1876-1973). 2 original photographs by Philippe HALSMAN (1906-1979), 1966; silver prints 34.5 x 27 cm, photographer's stamp on back. Casals playing the cello (trace of fold). Casals smoking a pipe in front of his piano.

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Lot n° 31

René CHALUPT (1885-1957). 4 autograph...

René CHALUPT (1885-1957). 4 autograph manuscripts of articles, essays and poems, 1930-1949; 3 large small in-4 hardback notebooks in beige cloth, and one with black cloth spine, approx. 140 ff each, in pencil, with numerous erasures and corrections, and...

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Lot n° 32

SINGERS. 58 signed photographs;...

SINGERS. 58 signed photographs; in black or color, mostly in-8. Nice set of photographs, in stage costumes or in civilian clothes. Theo Adam (6), Giacomo Aragall (4), Gabriel Bacquier (4), Jules Bastin, Renato Capecchi, Gabor Carelli (2), José Carreras,...

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Lot n° 33

SINGERS. 7 L.A.S., and one document....

SINGERS. 7 L.A.S., and one document. Paul FRANZ (2), Mlle NIKITA (2 to Massenet, 1887-1888), Julie-Joséphine SIMON-GIRARD (1888), Ernest VAN DYCK (2, Bayreuth 1889 to Chabrier, and Wien 1895 to Massenet). État des appointements des artistes, musiciens...

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Lot n° 34

SINGERS. 7 signed photographs;...

SINGERS. 7 signed photographs; various formats. Montserrat Caballé, Régine Crespin, Miriam Gauci, Gwyneth Jones, Catherine Malfitano (program excerpt also signed by 3 singers), Mady Mesplé, Shirley Verrett. 11 photographs are included: J. Baker, T. Berganza,...

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Lot n° 35

William CHAUMET (1842-1903). Autograph...

William CHAUMET (1842-1903). Autograph musical manuscript signed, Mamzelle Pioupiou, 1889; 245 oblong fol. pages in 10 titled folders. Orchestral score of this music for Alexandre Bisson's (1848-1912) military spectacle play in 5 acts and 8 tableaux,...

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Lot n° 36

Ernest CHAUSSON (1855-1899). 3...

Ernest CHAUSSON (1855-1899). 3 L.A.S., 1886-1887, to Emmanuel Chabrier; 6 1/2 pages in-8 or in-12, the 2nd on the letterhead of the Société Nationale de Musique. Bellevue October 1886? He received the invitation to the Pris de Rhum dinner too late in...

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Lot n° 37

Ernest CHAUSSON (1855-1899). 3...

Ernest CHAUSSON (1855-1899). 3 L.A.S., 1890-1894, to his friend the musicologist Julien Tiersot; 7 pages in-8, 2 envelopes. Cuincy près Douai, Monday August 19, 1890. His friend Tannery has been commissioned by Hachette to revise Bouillet's dictionary...

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Lot n° 38

Ernest CHAUSSON (1855-1899). Photograph...

Ernest CHAUSSON (1855-1899). Photograph with musical P.A.S. and dedication; sepia silver print on card with photographer's mark, 15 x 11 cm. Profile photograph, taken in Florence by the Alinari brothers, dedicated to Gustave Samazeuilh with musical quotation...

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Lot n° 39

Ernest CHAUSSON (1855-1899). Photograph...

Ernest CHAUSSON (1855-1899). Photograph with autograph dedication signed; vintage sepia albumen print, 12.7 x 9.4 cm (dedication a little faded). Dedication to Belgian violinist and composer Armand Parent (1863-1934): à Armand Parent respectueux souvenir...

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Lot n° 40

CONDUCTORS. 6 P.A.S.; 1 page in-8...

CONDUCTORS. 6 P.A.S.; 1 page in-8 each, matted with photo. Album pages for Madeleine Shaoul, attached to the Israel Philharmonia Orchestra. Sergiu Celibidache (1955; on verso, Manuel Rosenthal), Pierre Dervaux (1956), Jean Fournet (signed photo, and p.a.s....

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Lot n° 41

Alfred CORTOT (1877-1962). L.A.S.,...

Alfred CORTOT (1877-1962). L.A.S., April 1, 1946, to Virginie Zinke-Bianchini; 2 pages in-8, on his letterhead and address 58 Boulevard Maillot in Neuilly. On behalf of Mme Cortot and himself, he sends his correspondent and Mr. Martin Zinke their warmest...

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Lot n° 42

Gervais-François COUPERIN (1759-1826)....

Gervais-François COUPERIN (1759-1826). Ouvertures d'Iphigénie et de Démophoon Mises à la portée des jeunes élèves pour le Piano-Forte avec accompagnement de Violon, (ad libitum) par Couperin (Paris, chez l'Auteur, et aux adresses ordinaires, 1797); 9...

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Lot n° 43

Jean CRAS (1879-1932). Autograph...

Jean CRAS (1879-1932). Autograph music manuscript signed, Concerto pour piano et orchestre, 1931; 1-87 pages in-fol. in blue paper cover with title (ink stains on a few leaves). Complete working manuscript of the orchestral score for this Concerto. Jean...

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Lot n° 44

César CUI (1835-1918). L.A.S.,...

César CUI (1835-1918). L.A.S., S. Petersburg Fontanka October 31, 1892, to Julien Tiersot; half-page in-8, envelope. I was so charmed by your book Rouget de Lisle, that I couldn't resist writing a review of it. ... You may find it curious to see your...

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Lot n° 45

Charles DANCLA (1817-1907). L.A.S.,...

Charles DANCLA (1817-1907). L.A.S., May 27, 1898; 2 pages in-8. The violinist corrects errors in his correspondent's book: C'est en 1837 et 1838, que je joueai à la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire le Concerto de Masset. It was in 1840 that I performed...

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Lot n° 46

DANCES. 4 musical manuscripts;...

DANCES. 4 musical manuscripts; 4 notebooks of various sizes, mostly in-4 or in-fol. Dances for piano. - Cinque Contradanze sopra alcuni motivi della Semiramide di G. Rossini and Bagatella Napolitana by L.G. Cottrau (19 p.). - Selection of Walses (including...

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Lot n° 47

Nguyen Thien DAO (1940-2015). Autograph...

Nguyen Thien DAO (1940-2015). Autograph musical manuscript signed, 1980; 1 oblong page in-fol. (27 x 35 cm). Page 114 from his opera Écouter/mourir, commissioned by the French government and premiered at the Festival d'Avignon in 1980. It is notated in...

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Lot n° 48

Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918). L.A.S.,...

Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918). L.A.S., June 1, 1889, to Mme M.V. Meyer Van Ysen Peter; 1 page in-12, address on back (closed pneumatic card). Excuse me, dear Madam, but Mama has been hit by a car and I don't know what will happen to her, I will have your...

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Lot n° 49

Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918). Autograph...

Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918). Autograph musical manuscript, Mazurka, ca. 1890-1891; title and 3 folio pages (35 x 27 cm; fold marks). The only hitherto unknown manuscript of this Mazurka for piano. L 75(67) Debussy sold the Mazurka (with the Rêverie) to...

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Lot n° 50

Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918). P.S....

Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918). P.S. Cl. ADebussy , Paris April 24, 1890; 1 page small in-4 partly printed, tax stamp. Treaty with music publishers MM. de Choudens Fils, to whom Claude de Bussy sells, for the sum of 200 F, ownership of his Fantaisie Piano...

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