• Auction 22134

    The History of Western Music: Manuscripts from the Schøyen Collection

    25 October 2023 - 8 November 2023, London

    SALE TOTAL: 538,146 (GBP)
160 Lots for Sale 22134
Lot 1
Messine neumes
A leaf from the liturgical Office of St Remigius, in Latin, manuscript on...
estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($49,040 - $73,560)

Lot 2
Byzantine ekphonetic notation
A leaf from a Gospel Lectionary, in Greek, manuscript on vellum [Byzantine...
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($18,390 - $24,520)

Lot 3
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
A leaf from a Missal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, 10th century]
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,904 - $7,356)

Lot 4
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
A leaf from a Gradual, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, probably...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,130 - $9,808)

Lot 5
Early German neumes
Missal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, 11th century]
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

price realized
£2,016
($2,471)
Lot 6
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
A leaf from a Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, 11th century]
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

Lot 7
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
A partial bifolium from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

price realized
£1,890
($2,317)
Lot 8
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, first half of the 11th...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,356 - $11,034)

Lot 9
Aquitanian neumes
Two leaves from a Gradual, palimpsest, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France,...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,839 - $2,452)

price realized
£1,008
($1,235)
Lot 10
Aquitanian neumes
A leaf from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Abbey of St Martial,...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,130 - $9,808)

Lot 11
Northern French neumes
A leaf from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Northern France,...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,904 - $7,356)

Lot 12
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
Two leaves from a Psalter, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, mid-11th...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,452 - $3,678)

Lot 13
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
A leaf from a Gradual, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, mid-11th...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

Lot 14
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
Fragments from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Southern Germany,...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,452 - $3,678)

price realized
£1,260
($1,544)
Lot 15
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
A leaf from a noted Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, 11th...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

price realized
£1,890
($2,317)
Lot 16
German accent neumes
A leaf from a Benedictine Proser, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany,...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,904 - $7,356)

price realized
£5,670
($6,951)
Lot 17
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
A leaf from a Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, second half...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

Lot 18
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
A leaf from a Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Northern Italy, second...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

Lot 19
North Spain notation
A leaf from a noted Missal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Spain?, second half...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

price realized
£1,890
($2,317)
Lot 20
Tuscan neumes
A fragment from a Gradual, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy, late 11th...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

price realized
£4,032
($4,943)
Lot 21
Greek ekphonetic notation with lavish decoration
Leaves from a Gospel lectionary, in Greek, illuminated manuscript on vellum...
estimate
($8,582 - $12,260)

This lot was withdrawn from the sale

Lot 22
Beneventan neumes
Gradual, with tropes and prosulas, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,130 - $9,808)

Lot 23
Beneventan neumes
Gradual with Sequences, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Southern Italy, 11th...
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($858 - $1,226)

price realized
£1,008
($1,235)
Lot 24
Beneventan neumes
Sacramentary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Italy, probably Bari,...
estimate
£70,000 - £100,000
($85,820 - $122,600)

Lot 25
Beneventan neumes
Four leaves from a Noted Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($36,780 - $61,300)

Lot 26
Central Italian neumes
Two leaves from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy, Tuscany,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

price realized
£4,788
($5,870)
Lot 27
Central Italian neumes
A partial bifolium from a Gradual, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,260 - $18,390)

Lot 28
Beneventan neumes
A fragment from a Antiphonal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($14,712 - $22,068)

price realized
£15,120
($18,537)
Lot 29
Beneventan neumes
Gradual, with Tropes, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Southern Italy, mid-12th...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,582 - $12,260)

Lot 30
Central Italian neumes
Two bifolia from a Missal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Central Italy,...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,904 - $7,356)

Lot 31
Central Italian neumes
A bifolium from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy, possibly...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

price realized
£1,890
($2,317)
Lot 32
Central Italian neumes
A partial leaf from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy,...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,226 - $1,839)

price realized
£630
($772)
Lot 33
Beneventan neumes
A leaf and a fragment from a Beneventan Antiphonal, in Latin, decorated...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,130 - $9,808)

Lot 34
Beneventan neumes
A leaf from an Antiphonal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Abruzzi,...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,130 - $9,808)

Lot 35
Beneventan neumes
Five fragments from Service Books, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [southern...
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($858 - $1,226)

price realized
£1,512
($1,853)
Lot 36
Central Italian neumes
A bifolium from a noted Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy, 2nd...
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($858 - $1,226)

price realized
£504
($617)
Lot 37
Beneventan neumes
A leaf from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [southern Italy, 13th...
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($858 - $1,226)

price realized
£2,142
($2,626)
Lot 38
Square neumes
Two leaves from a Pontifical, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France or...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,904 - $7,356)

Lot 39
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
A leaf from a Gradual, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Southern Germany, first...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

price realized
£1,890
($2,317)
Lot 40
Cistercian neumes
A bifolium from a Gradual, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [northern...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

price realized
£4,788
($5,870)
Lot 41
Cistercian neumes
A leaf from a noted Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France, mid-12th...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,130 - $9,808)

price realized
£6,048
($7,414)
Lot 42
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
A leaf from a Tonary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, c.1150]
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,452 - $3,678)

price realized
£1,260
($1,544)
Lot 43
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
A leaf from a Missal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, second half 12th...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,452 - $3,678)

price realized
£1,260
($1,544)
Lot 44
Early German neumes
Leaves from a Sacramentary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Austria...
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($18,390 - $24,520)

Lot 45
English neumes
Two leaves from a Missal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [England, late 12th...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,582 - $12,260)

Lot 46
Staffless diastematic neumes
A leaf from a noted Breviary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,452 - $3,678)

Lot 47
St Gall neumes
A partial leaf from a noted Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Eastern...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($1,839 - $3,065)

Lot 48
Middle Byzantine notation
A leaf from a noted Service Book, possibly an Irmologion, in Greek,...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,904 - $7,356)

price realized
£6,930
($8,496)
Lot 49
Square notation
A leaf from the Beauvais Missal, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Northern...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,904 - $7,356)

price realized
£9,450
($11,585)
Lot 50
Square notation
Two leaves from a noted Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France,...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,226 - $1,839)

price realized
£630
($772)
Lot 51
St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
Two leaves from a noted Missal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, early...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,226 - $1,839)

Lot 52
Metz-German notation
A leaf from a noted Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [German,...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,452 - $3,678)

price realized
£1,260
($1,544)
Lot 53
Hufnagel notation
A leaf from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, mid-14th...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,226 - $1,839)

price realized
£630
($772)
Lot 54
Hufnagel notation
A leaf from a Gradual, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, mid-14th...
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($858 - $1,226)

price realized
£504
($617)
Lot 55
North Spanish square notation
A leaf from a Gradual, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Northern Spain, mid-14th...
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($858 - $1,226)

price realized
£1,134
($1,390)
Lot 56
English square notation
A leaf from a Gradual, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [England, 1st half 15th...
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($858 - $1,226)

price realized
£2,142
($2,626)
Lot 57
Monk of Salzburg
A leaf with sacred songs, in German and Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany,...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,904 - $7,356)

price realized
£5,040
($6,179)
Lot 58
Hufnagel notation
A bifolium from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany or...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,226 - $1,839)

Lot 59
Silesian notation
A leaf from a Missal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Poland, Wroclaw?,...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,226 - $1,839)

Lot 60
Prague notation
Two leaves from a Hymnal, in Latin, manuscript on paper [Czech Republic, late...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,226 - $1,839)

price realized
£882
($1,081)
Lot 61
Prague notation
A fragment from a Choirbook, in Czech, manuscript on paper [Bohemia, late 15th...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,130 - $9,808)

Lot 62
Venturino Mercati (active 1470s)
St Peter, historiated initial 'L' on a leaf from an illuminated Antiphonal on...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,582 - $12,260)

Lot 63
Mensural notation
Ordenung des hohen Ampts am Pfingsten mit Choralmelodien in Mensuris...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

price realized
£2,772
($3,398)
Lot 64
A polyphonic Credo for Discant and Tenor
Four fragments from a musical manuscript, in Latin and Eastern Upper German, on...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,452 - $3,678)

Lot 65
Papal scribe Johannes Parvus
A fragment from a Choirbook, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [perhaps...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,356 - $11,034)

Lot 66
Chants for the Mass
Kyriale, in Latin, calligraphic manuscript on vellum [?Austria, 16th century]
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

Lot 67
A polyphonic Kyrie
Two partial leaves from an Antiphonal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,226 - $1,839)

price realized
£630
($772)
Lot 68
Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Manuscript compilation of the seven Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales, n.p....
estimate
£600 - £900
($735 - $1,103)

price realized
£504
($617)
Lot 69
Teodore Riccio (1540-1600)
Autograph musical manuscript signed (‘Theodorus Riccius’), from a canon, n.p....
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

price realized
£2,016
($2,471)
Lot 70
Old Russian neumes
Sticherarion, with other material, in Church Slavonic, illuminated musical...
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,260 - $18,390)

Lot 71
Old Russian Neumes
Festal Triodion, in Church Slavonic, musical manuscript on paper [Russia, early...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,582 - $12,260)

Lot 72
Old Russian neumes
Sticherarion, in Church Slavonic, illuminated musical manuscript on paper...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,582 - $12,260)

Lot 73
John Hilton the younger (1599-1657)
Contemporary manuscript copy of Short service ‘in Gamut’, n.p. [England], n.d....
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,226 - $1,839)

price realized
£3,024
($3,707)
Lot 74
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
Contemporary manuscript of the opera Armide, LWV 71, n.p. [France], n.d....
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,582 - $12,260)

Lot 75
Later mensural notation
Psalms in mensural notation, decorated manuscript on paper [France, c.1700]
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,130 - $9,808)

price realized
£6,048
($7,414)
Lot 76
Late Byzantine notation
Papadike, in Greek, decorated manuscript on paper [Ottoman Empire, ?Macedonia]
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

Lot 77
Nonantola Abbey Pontifical
Pontifical, use of Nonantola, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, Italy,...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,130 - $9,808)

Lot 78
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Contemporary scribal manuscript of the Toccata in D minor for harpsichord, BWV...
estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($49,040 - $73,560)

Lot 79
François Couperin (1668-1733) and others
Manuscript transcription of music for flute, n.p. [France and England], n.d....
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,226 - $1,839)

price realized
£1,386
($1,699)
Lot 80
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Manuscript of the choruses from the oratorio Messiah, HWV 56, with the...
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($9,808 - $14,712)

price realized
£9,450
($11,585)
Lot 81
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Contemporary scribal manuscript of the four Coronation Anthems, ‘Zadock the...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($24,520 - $36,780)

price realized
£25,200
($30,895)
Lot 82
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)
Contemporary copyist manuscript of the Mass in D major, P.46, n.p. [?Austria or...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,226 - $1,839)

price realized
£630
($772)
Lot 83
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)
Early manuscript copy of the Stabat mater dolorosa, P.77, n.p. [Italy,...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,839 - $2,452)

price realized
£1,008
($1,235)
Lot 84
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
Contemporary scribal manuscript copy of La Semiramide riconosciuta, Wq....
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,904 - $7,356)

Lot 85
Jean-Benjamin de La Borde (1734-1794)
'Recueil D’airs avec Accompagnement d' Guittare', in French, illuminated...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,065 - $4,291)

Lot 86
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801)
Early manuscript copy of his opera La ballerina amante, n.p. [Italy,...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,452 - $3,678)

Lot 87
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Autograph music manuscript, performance parts for Symphony no 90 in C major,...
estimate
£60,000 - £90,000
($73,560 - $110,340)

price realized
£75,600
($92,685)
Lot 88
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Scribal manuscript, possibly a printer’s copy for Le nozze di Figaro, K....
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

price realized
£4,788
($5,870)
Lot 89
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Early copyist manuscript of Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K.384, n.p....
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,839 - $2,452)

price realized
£7,560
($9,268)
Lot 90
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Contemporary copyist manuscript, the vocal score of the Overture and Act I of...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,065 - $4,291)

price realized
£4,410
($5,406)
Lot 91
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Manuscript set of performing parts of the Requiem in D minor, K.626 [Vienna,...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

Lot 92
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Autograph manuscript with a musical sketch, a leaf from one of the conversation...
estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
($61,300 - $98,080)

Lot 93
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Contemporary scribal manuscript, the printer’s copy for the authentic English...
estimate
£18,000 - £25,000
($22,068 - $30,650)

price realized
£22,680
($27,805)
Lot 94
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Contemporary scribal manuscript, the printer’s copy for the String Quartet in E...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($24,520 - $36,780)

Lot 95
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Manuscript copy of part of Act I of Fidelio, Op.72, n.d. [19th century,...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,452 - $3,678)

price realized
£1,260
($1,544)
Lot 96
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sinfonie mit Schluss-Chor über Schillers Ode ‘An die Freude’,...
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,260 - $18,390)

Lot 97
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Missa [Solemnis] ... Opus 123. Mainz: B. Schott, 1827
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,452 - $3,678)

price realized
£4,032
($4,943)
Lot 98
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Manuscript copy of Symphonies Nos 7-9 (Ops. 92, 93, 125), arranged for piano 4...
estimate
£800 - £1,200
($980 - $1,471)

price realized
£1,008
($1,235)
Lot 99
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Manuscript in the hand of the composer Ferdinando Morini, an arrangement of the...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,226 - $1,839)

price realized
£630
($772)
Lot 100
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
A lock of hair, taken on the composer’s deathbed in 1827, with an autograph...
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,260 - $18,390)

price realized
£12,600
($15,447)
Lot 101
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Contemporary manuscript full score and orchestral parts for Der...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,226 - $1,839)

Lot 102
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Erlkönig. Ballade von Göthe, in Musik gesetzt [...] 1tes Werk...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,356 - $11,034)

Lot 103
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn and others
19th-century manuscript compilation of vocal works by Mozart, Haydn,...
estimate
£300 - £500
($367 - $613)

Lot 104
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Autograph musical quotations signed (‘Berlioz’), two excerpts from the...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,904 - $7,356)

price realized
£7,560
($9,268)
Lot 105
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Autograph letter signed ('Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy') to the violinist...
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($12,260 - $18,390)

price realized
£21,420
($26,260)
Lot 106
[Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)] – Emma von Staudach (1834-1862)
Manuscript of Staudach's cadenza for Beethoven's Piano Concerto no.3 in C...
estimate
£500 - £800
($613 - $980)

price realized
£378
($463)
Lot 107
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Autograph music manuscript, a variant ending for Act 2 of Un ballo in...
estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($36,780 - $61,300)

Lot 108
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg [...] Partitur. Als Manuscript...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($24,520 - $36,780)

Lot 109
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Autograph manuscript of the concert ending to Siegfried's 'Sword-Forging Song',...
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($24,520 - $36,780)

price realized
£52,920
($64,879)
Lot 110
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Autograph music manuscript, two substantial sections from the opera Mazepa,...
estimate
£70,000 - £100,000
($85,820 - $122,600)

Lot 111
Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)
Autograph musical quotation signed ('Bedr. Smetana'), 'Motiv Raracha ze...
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($9,808 - $14,712)

Lot 112
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) and others
Autograph quotation, the opening four bars of the Violin Concerto in D major,...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($8,582 - $12,260)

price realized
£8,820
($10,813)
Lot 113
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Autograph musical quotation signed ('Antonín Dvorák'), 'Thema v Simfonie D...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,130 - $9,808)

price realized
£8,820
($10,813)
Lot 114
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)
Autograph music manuscript, leaves from the orchestral score of his first...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

price realized
£1,890
($2,317)
Lot 115
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Autograph music manuscript, sketches for the Vienna version of the Symphony...
estimate
£18,000 - £25,000
($22,068 - $30,650)

Lot 116
Max Bruch (1838-1920)
Autograph sketchleaf for the Schwedische Tänze [Swedish Dances]...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,452 - $3,678)

price realized
£1,260
($1,544)
Lot 117
Sir Edward Elgar, 1st Baronet (1857-1934)
Autograph music manuscript, sketches for The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38,...
estimate
£5,000 - £7,000
($6,130 - $8,582)

Lot 118
Sir Edward Elgar, 1st Baronet (1857-1934)
Autograph musical quotation signed ('Edward Elgar'), the theme for the trio of...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,226 - $1,839)

price realized
£2,520
($3,089)
Lot 119
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Autograph manuscript signed ('Jean Sibelius) of the song 'Die stille Stadt',...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,356 - $11,034)

price realized
£6,930
($8,496)
Lot 120
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881), Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936) and Nikolai
Proof copy of the first edition of the vocal score of Mussorgsky's...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

price realized
£1,890
($2,317)
Lot 121
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Autograph sketchleaf for La Fanciulla del West, [c.1908-9]
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($9,808 - $14,712)

price realized
£9,450
($11,585)
Lot 122
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Autograph manuscript draft for the Prelude to his opera La chute de la...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

price realized
£2,016
($2,471)
Lot 123
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Collection of engraved page-proofs for the vocal score of The...
estimate
£12,000 - £18,000
($14,712 - $22,068)

Lot 124
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Carnegie Collection of British Music. A London Symphony. London: Stainer...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,130 - $9,808)

Lot 125
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Autograph musical quotation signed ('Maurice Ravel') from the Chansons...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,065 - $4,291)

price realized
£6,048
($7,414)
Lot 126
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Autograph manuscript quotation signed ('Maurice Ravel'), the opening of...
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($9,808 - $14,712)

price realized
£30,240
($37,074)
Lot 127
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)
Autograph manuscript signed ('A. Honegger'), the 'Final' of Act I of his...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,904 - $7,356)

price realized
£4,788
($5,870)
Lot 128
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Autograph manuscript signed ('Gustav Holst'), the 'Violin I Desk I' part for...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,452 - $3,678)

price realized
£1,512
($1,853)
Lot 129
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Autograph manuscript signed (on the viola part, 'Benjamin Britten') of his...
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($9,808 - $14,712)

Lot 130
Alban Berg (1885-1935)
Autograph musical quotation from Lulu inscribed to his publisher Dr...
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($9,808 - $14,712)

price realized
£13,860
($16,992)
Lot 131
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Autograph manuscript signed ('Arnold Schoenberg'), the first nine bars of...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

price realized
£11,970
($14,675)
Lot 132
Carl Orff (1895-1982)
Autograph working draft for the cantata Catulli Carmina signed ('Carl...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($4,904 - $7,356)

price realized
£4,788
($5,870)
Lot 133
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Autograph manuscript, part of the waltz-sequence 'Einleitung und Walzer aus...
estimate
£6,000 - £9,000
($7,356 - $11,034)

price realized
£16,380
($20,081)
Lot 134
André Jolivet (1905-1974)
Autograph manuscript, Hopi Snake Dance for two pianos, K.138, [1948]
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,226 - $1,839)

Lot 135
John Cage (1912-1992)
Autograph musical quotation in graphic notation, titled '(Variations I or II)',...
estimate
£700 - £800
($858 - $980)

price realized
£2,520
($3,089)
Lot 136
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Copy score with autograph additions and annotations of Sept Haïkaï,...
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($3,065 - $4,291)

price realized
£1,890
($2,317)
Lot 137
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
Autograph working manuscript for Meurtre d'un grand chef d'état. A la...
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($6,130 - $9,808)

Lot 138
Sylvano Bussotti (1931-2021)
Autograph and printed manuscript in graphic notation, 'rara: romamor (dessin...
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($858 - $1,226)

price realized
£504
($617)
Lot 139
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007)
Autograph sketches signed ('Stockhausen') for Hymnen [Anthems],...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($1,839 - $2,452)

price realized
£1,260
($1,544)
Lot 140
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007)
Autograph list of corrections for Pole für 2 signed ('Stockhausen'),...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,452 - $3,678)

Lot 141
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)
Autograph manuscript graphic score signed (on the title, 'A. Schnittke') for...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

price realized
£4,788
($5,870)
Lot 142
György Ligeti (1923-2006)
Autograph working manuscript signed (in orange pencil, 'G. Ligeti') for the...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,452 - $3,678)

price realized
£6,300
($7,723)
Lot 143
Steve Reich (b.1936)
Autograph manuscript signed ('Steve Reich'), eight bars from the Variations for...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,200
($1,839 - $2,697)

price realized
£1,134
($1,390)
Lot 144
Howard Skempton (b.1947)
Two autograph manuscripts, for 'Campanella for piano' and 'Three Pieces for...
estimate
£300 - £500
($367 - $613)

Lot 145
Hilda Paredes (b.1957)
Autograph manuscript, 'Permutaciones (en memoria de Juliio Cortázar)' for solo...
estimate
£300 - £500
($367 - $613)

Lot 146
Luís Tinoco (b.1969)
Autograph manuscript signed (in ink, 'Lui´s Tinoco') of 'Autumn Wind' for wind...
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($858 - $1,226)

Lot 147
Thomas Simaku (b. 1958)
Autograph manuscript signed ('T. Simaku'), fair copy and drafts of 'Soliloquy...
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($858 - $1,226)

Lot 148
Augusta Read Thomas (b.1964)
Autograph manuscript signed ('Augusta R. Thomas'), map of form for Aureole /...
estimate
£400 - £600
($490 - $735)

price realized
£630
($772)
Lot 149
Nigel Osborne (b.1948)
Autograph manuscript signed ('Nigel Osborne'), 'Angel-Nebulae', [2001]
estimate
£500 - £800
($613 - $980)

Lot 150
Robert Saxton (b.1953)
Autograph manuscript signed ('Robert Saxton'), manuscript and sketches for...
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($858 - $1,226)

Lot 151
Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta (b. 1957)
Partly autograph computer-printed virtual notation signed of Through the...
estimate
£300 - £500
($367 - $613)

Lot 152
Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta (b. 1957)
Partly autograph computer-printed virtual score signed of his opera...
estimate
£300 - £500
($367 - $613)

price realized
£252
($308)
Lot 153
Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta (b.1957)
Partly autograph virtual notation and printed executive score signed ('Emanuel...
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($858 - $1,226)

price realized
£504
($617)
Lot 154
Giles Swayne (b. 1946)
Autograph manuscript signed ('Giles Swayne'), 'Adam lay ibounden' for solo...
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($858 - $1,226)

Lot 155
Chinese Gongche Notation
Weimojie suo shuo jing (??????), a translation of the Vimalakirti...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

price realized
£13,860
($16,992)
Lot 156
Songbook of the Samaveda - The Veyagana
Veyagana (??????), in Sanskrit, manuscript on paper, Toddapur, 1672
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,452 - $3,678)

price realized
£1,260
($1,544)
Lot 157
Mongol music
Tablature Notation for 4-Stringed kluchir soprano lute, in Mongolian,...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,452 - $3,678)

price realized
£1,386
($1,699)
Lot 158
Yang Chants with Tibetan dbyangs-yig notation
Two manuscripts of Yang Chants, in Tibetan, on paper [Tibet, 19th century]
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($3,678 - $6,130)

price realized
£2,394
($2,935)
Lot 159
Japanese Koto songs
Collection of 40 Koto songs; Yamada Shokuku, The Koto Instrument,...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,452 - $3,678)

price realized
£1,260
($1,544)
Lot 160
A Theoretical Treatise on Music
Al-Urmawi, Al-Risalah al Sharafiyyah fi Nisab al-ta ‘lifiyyah, in...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($2,452 - $3,678)

price realized
£4,410
($5,406)
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