拍品 327|AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPTS
AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION -- MUSIC. A collection of eight letters by composers and conductors addressed to Sir Thomas Beecham, and one manuscript by Beecham, comprising:
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AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION -- MUSIC. A collection of eight letters by composers and conductors addressed to Sir Thomas Beecham, and one manuscript by Beecham, comprising:
Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS. Typed letter signed ('R. Vaughan Williams'), Dorking, 28 April 1949, excusing himself from attending a concert and supper in his honour, 'these long evenings and late suppers do not agree with my advancing years', one page, 4to;
William WALTON. Autograph letter signed ('William Walton'), 56a South Eaton Place, 12 October n.y., thanking Beecham for 'the excellent performance of Façade yesterday. It was all enjoyable, but I was particularly grateful for the slightly slower tempo & wonderful ensemble in the "Valse", which enabled me to pick out details in the score which I had more or less forgotten were there', one page, 4to (punch holes);
together with letters by Adrian Boult (one) and Malcolm Sargent (5), and an annotated typescript of Beecham's address at the funeral service of Frederick Delius, [24 May 1935], 4 pages, 4to, and photographs of Delius's birthplace and gravestone; all the items with the exception of the Delius address and birthplace photograph framed and glazed. (11)
Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS. Typed letter signed ('R. Vaughan Williams'), Dorking, 28 April 1949, excusing himself from attending a concert and supper in his honour, 'these long evenings and late suppers do not agree with my advancing years', one page, 4to;
William WALTON. Autograph letter signed ('William Walton'), 56a South Eaton Place, 12 October n.y., thanking Beecham for 'the excellent performance of Façade yesterday. It was all enjoyable, but I was particularly grateful for the slightly slower tempo & wonderful ensemble in the "Valse", which enabled me to pick out details in the score which I had more or less forgotten were there', one page, 4to (punch holes);
together with letters by Adrian Boult (one) and Malcolm Sargent (5), and an annotated typescript of Beecham's address at the funeral service of Frederick Delius, [24 May 1935], 4 pages, 4to, and photographs of Delius's birthplace and gravestone; all the items with the exception of the Delius address and birthplace photograph framed and glazed. (11)
AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION -- MUSIC. A collection of eight letters by composers and conductors addressed to Sir Thomas Beecham, and one manuscript by Beecham, comprising:
Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS. Typed letter signed ('R. Vaughan Williams'), Dorking, 28 April 1949, excusing himself from attending a concert and supper in his honour, 'these long evenings and late suppers do not agree with my advancing years', one page, 4to;
William WALTON. Autograph letter signed ('William Walton'), 56a South Eaton Place, 12 October n.y., thanking Beecham for 'the excellent performance of Façade yesterday. It was all enjoyable, but I was particularly grateful for the slightly slower tempo & wonderful ensemble in the "Valse", which enabled me to pick out details in the score which I had more or less forgotten were there', one page, 4to (punch holes);
together with letters by Adrian Boult (one) and Malcolm Sargent (5), and an annotated typescript of Beecham's address at the funeral service of Frederick Delius, [24 May 1935], 4 pages, 4to, and photographs of Delius's birthplace and gravestone; all the items with the exception of the Delius address and birthplace photograph framed and glazed. (11)
Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS. Typed letter signed ('R. Vaughan Williams'), Dorking, 28 April 1949, excusing himself from attending a concert and supper in his honour, 'these long evenings and late suppers do not agree with my advancing years', one page, 4to;
William WALTON. Autograph letter signed ('William Walton'), 56a South Eaton Place, 12 October n.y., thanking Beecham for 'the excellent performance of Façade yesterday. It was all enjoyable, but I was particularly grateful for the slightly slower tempo & wonderful ensemble in the "Valse", which enabled me to pick out details in the score which I had more or less forgotten were there', one page, 4to (punch holes);
together with letters by Adrian Boult (one) and Malcolm Sargent (5), and an annotated typescript of Beecham's address at the funeral service of Frederick Delius, [24 May 1935], 4 pages, 4to, and photographs of Delius's birthplace and gravestone; all the items with the exception of the Delius address and birthplace photograph framed and glazed. (11)
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