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Auction archive: Lot number 824

AMERICAN COMPOSERS. 5 LS (3 BERLIN, 1 KERN, 1 BARBER).

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$5,000
Auction archive: Lot number 824

AMERICAN COMPOSERS. 5 LS (3 BERLIN, 1 KERN, 1 BARBER).

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$5,000
Beschreibung:

American Composers Good collection of autograph and typed letters etc. signed by Samuel Barber (long letter about the genesis of his opera Vanessa, discussing the work of Menotti on the libretto), Jerome Kern (autograph musical quotation from "All the things you are"), Irving Berlin (three letters: on the comparison between him and Beethoven: " ... I may be lucky enough to go where I am sure Beethoven is and then ask him how he felt about having my name coupled with his ...", discussing John McCormack and "God Bless America" and quoting the amended lines). Cream cloth folding case (Barber), half-morocco drop-boxes, gilt-stamped titles on spine. 5 items in all.

Auction archive: Lot number 824
Auction:
Datum:
20 May 2011
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
Beschreibung:

American Composers Good collection of autograph and typed letters etc. signed by Samuel Barber (long letter about the genesis of his opera Vanessa, discussing the work of Menotti on the libretto), Jerome Kern (autograph musical quotation from "All the things you are"), Irving Berlin (three letters: on the comparison between him and Beethoven: " ... I may be lucky enough to go where I am sure Beethoven is and then ask him how he felt about having my name coupled with his ...", discussing John McCormack and "God Bless America" and quoting the amended lines). Cream cloth folding case (Barber), half-morocco drop-boxes, gilt-stamped titles on spine. 5 items in all.

Auction archive: Lot number 824
Auction:
Datum:
20 May 2011
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
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