Beschreibung:

AUTOGRAPH LETTERS & MUSICAL QUOTATIONS. -- A collection of autograph letters and musical quotations, comprising: WAGNER. Autograph letter signed, Lucerne, 27 January 1870 , concerning rights to a performance of Tannhäuser , 1 page, 8vo . - LISZT. Autograph musical quotation signed, '26 Juin', 3 bars, 116 x 246mm. . - HUMMEL. Autograph letter signed, in French, Weimar, 2 October 1825 , offering Boosey & C . in London the English rights for 'le nouveau Concerto pour Piano, qui j'ai joué dernièrement à Paris', presumably the concerto in E (op.110), published in 1826, and for a Rondo, and 2 further letters, one in English and one in Italian, 3 pages, 8vo . - CHERUBINI. Autograph letter signed to his wife, St Cloud, Dimanche 26 [?August 1827] , giving his news and relating how he has been fêted, 3 pages, 4to . - Ferdinand DAVID. Autograph letter signed, in French, Leipzig, 6 October 1846 , about playing in a quartet, 1 page, 8vo . - BRUCH. Autograph letter signed to Joseph Ludwig, London, 23 June 1893 , regretting that he had to refuse an invitation from the German Athenaeum and hoping that he will soon return to England when another soirée can be arranged, 4 pages, 8vo . - BRUCH. Autograph card signed, partly in English and partly in German, Friedenau, 25 October , expressing thanks, 1 page . - BRUCH. Autograph musical quotation signed, Freidenau, 26 June 1902 , 6 bars, marked 'All . molto', 113 x 177mm. (10)