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Auction archive: Lot number 14

F. BUSONI, TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS TO TOSCANINI, SIGNED, 1912 AND 1914

Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$957 - US$1,276
Price realised:
£1,125
ca. US$1,795
Auction archive: Lot number 14

F. BUSONI, TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS TO TOSCANINI, SIGNED, 1912 AND 1914

Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$957 - US$1,276
Price realised:
£1,125
ca. US$1,795
Beschreibung:

Busoni, Ferruccio TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS TO TOSCANINI, SIGNED ("FERRUCCIO BUSONI") discussing his opera [Die Brautwahl], and problems with the edition of the score, stating that he is keen for him to become acquainted with it, discussing the the Italian translation, stating that he can send him a draft of it, enclosing with the letter [not included here] a little article describing the subject matter, noting that he will consider himself well rewarded if it meets with his approval, and discussing a new shorter work for the stage which he hopes to finish by the summer and which he would like to dedicate to him ...Frattanto ho impiantato un nuovo lavoro per la scena, più breve, più concentrato e di soggetto inusitato...mi stimerai felicissimo, se Lei volesse accettarne la dedica... 4 pages, large quarto (c.28 x 22cms), Berlin, 23 February 1912 and 23 July 1914, some tearing and creasing, not affecting the text

Auction archive: Lot number 14
Auction:
Datum:
28 Nov 2012
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Busoni, Ferruccio TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS TO TOSCANINI, SIGNED ("FERRUCCIO BUSONI") discussing his opera [Die Brautwahl], and problems with the edition of the score, stating that he is keen for him to become acquainted with it, discussing the the Italian translation, stating that he can send him a draft of it, enclosing with the letter [not included here] a little article describing the subject matter, noting that he will consider himself well rewarded if it meets with his approval, and discussing a new shorter work for the stage which he hopes to finish by the summer and which he would like to dedicate to him ...Frattanto ho impiantato un nuovo lavoro per la scena, più breve, più concentrato e di soggetto inusitato...mi stimerai felicissimo, se Lei volesse accettarne la dedica... 4 pages, large quarto (c.28 x 22cms), Berlin, 23 February 1912 and 23 July 1914, some tearing and creasing, not affecting the text

Auction archive: Lot number 14
Auction:
Datum:
28 Nov 2012
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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