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Auction archive: Lot number 217

Wagner, Richard

Estimate
£2,000 - £2,500
ca. US$3,091 - US$3,864
Price realised:
£2,375
ca. US$3,670
Auction archive: Lot number 217

Wagner, Richard

Estimate
£2,000 - £2,500
ca. US$3,091 - US$3,864
Price realised:
£2,375
ca. US$3,670
Beschreibung:

Wagner, Richard AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("RICH. WAGNER"), APPARENTLY ABOUT "DIE MEISTERSINGER", TO A. L. MAZIÈRE AT HIS PUBLISHER SCHOTT'S IN MAINZ regretting that by mistake the scene description has not been entered on page 14, noting that there is nothing else for it, on account of the lack of space, but to insert this at the head of the first page, whereby he is quite content for the work's title and the name of the author to drop out here, adding in a postscript that the omission can be put right in later printings of the vocal score ...Es bleibt nun, da dort kein Raum dazu da ist, nichts übrig, als dass diese Beschreibung ... sogleich über die erste Seite gestellt wird, wobei es mir sehr recht ist, dass der Titel des Werkes, sowie der Name des Autors hier wegfallen... 1 page, 4to, autograph envelope with seal, no place or date, somewhat worn and stained, with tiny holes and slight splitting to folds; together with a letter by Cosima Wagner ("Meine geliebte Isa..."), in the hand of Eva Wagner, making arrangements for a visit the following day ("...Ich setze mich zu dir u. du giebst mir ein Glas Wein..."), 3 pages, 8vo, no place, Saturday, 10 March 1900, splitting along horizontal fold

Auction archive: Lot number 217
Auction:
Datum:
28 May 2015
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Wagner, Richard AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("RICH. WAGNER"), APPARENTLY ABOUT "DIE MEISTERSINGER", TO A. L. MAZIÈRE AT HIS PUBLISHER SCHOTT'S IN MAINZ regretting that by mistake the scene description has not been entered on page 14, noting that there is nothing else for it, on account of the lack of space, but to insert this at the head of the first page, whereby he is quite content for the work's title and the name of the author to drop out here, adding in a postscript that the omission can be put right in later printings of the vocal score ...Es bleibt nun, da dort kein Raum dazu da ist, nichts übrig, als dass diese Beschreibung ... sogleich über die erste Seite gestellt wird, wobei es mir sehr recht ist, dass der Titel des Werkes, sowie der Name des Autors hier wegfallen... 1 page, 4to, autograph envelope with seal, no place or date, somewhat worn and stained, with tiny holes and slight splitting to folds; together with a letter by Cosima Wagner ("Meine geliebte Isa..."), in the hand of Eva Wagner, making arrangements for a visit the following day ("...Ich setze mich zu dir u. du giebst mir ein Glas Wein..."), 3 pages, 8vo, no place, Saturday, 10 March 1900, splitting along horizontal fold

Auction archive: Lot number 217
Auction:
Datum:
28 May 2015
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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