RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Very early autograph musical manuscripts in pencil, totaling over sixty pages, ranging in size from 10.5 x 14 to 12 x 16, one page dated 1900. Remarka

Desirable AMQS on an off-white 8.25 x 5.25 sheet, crisply signed in bold ink, “Edvard Grieg, Warschau,” and dated April 14. Grieg pens three bars of m

French violinist, teacher, conductor, and composer of forty operas (1766–1831). Manuscript DS in French, signed “Kreutzer,” one page both sides, 7 x 9

Austrian composer, author, and companion of famous men (1879–1964). ALS in German, one page, 8.25 x 11, November 19, 1945. Letter to an unnamed recipi

Italian composer (1795–1870) best known as a predecessor to Giuseppe Verdi and for operas such as Il Giuramento and Orazi e Curiazi. Untranslated ALS

ALS in Italian, one page, 6.75 x 8.75, September 17, 1832. Letter to his publisher Antonio Pacini in Paris. In part (translated): "I can’t tell...

Renowned French composer (1899–1963) best known for his colorful, energetic keyboard works, art songs, and choral music. Uncommon matte-finish 3.25 x

ALS in German, one page, 5.5 x 4.25, December 9, 1910. Untranslated letter to Hermann Kutzschbach, conductor of the Dresdener Hofkapelle, regretting t

ALS in French, one page, 4.75 x 5, personal letterhead, no date. Letter to French politician and theater critic Georges Pioch, asking where and when t

Important Italian composer (1792–1868) who became one of the seminal figures in the history of opera with such repertoire staples as The Barber of Sev

ALS in French, signed “C. Saint-Saens,” seven pages two sets of adjoining sheets, 6 x 7.5, personal letterhead, July 8, 1905. Lengthy letter to the di

Highly important German composer and pianist (1810–1856) whose distinctively lyrical musical language, especially evident in his keyboard works and ar

Austrian-born composer (1874–1951) whose development of the twelve-tone system proved to be one of the most far-reaching innovations in the history of

Desirable 3.75 x 5.25 trimmed cabinet photo of Sousa in his bandleader’s uniform, signed vertically in black ink, “John Philip Sousa, ’97,” with the a

Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Spontini,” one page, 7.75 x 8.25, January 29, 1818. Letter to an unidentified count. Ink notations in another hand

ALS in German, signed “I. Stravinsky,” one page, 8.25 x 5.25, January 3, 1938. Untranslated letter to actress Dagmar Godowsky thanking her for a pleas

Belgian composer and violinist (1820–1881) considered an essential part of the Franco-Belgian violin school during the mid-19th century. ALS in French

Desirable AMQS on an off-white 6.75 x 7.75 sheet, signed at the conclusion in crisp ink in German (translated), “See you soon. Exhausted and sleepless

Daughter-in-law of Richard Wagner who was a friend of Hitler and ran the Bayreuth Festival after her husband's death in 1930 until the end of Wo...

Collection of seven letters in German, including two ALSs and five TLSs, totaling eleven pages, dated from 1929 to 1933. All are to musicologist Hugo