RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Partly-printed DS in French, signed “Read and approved, Claude Debussy,” one page both sides, 7 x 10, April 25, 1905. Contract with publisher M. E. Fr

Italian composer (1797–1848) known as a leading composer of the bel canto opera style. Manuscript DS in Italian, one page, 8.25 x 4.5, June 3, 1844. R

National Conservatory of Music business check, 8.5 x 3.25, filled out in another hand and made payable to Antonin Dvorak for $937.50, January 31, 1893

Leading English composer (1857–1934) and a significant figure among late Romantic European musicians. ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, August 2, 189

Highly desirable AMQS on a pink 6.25 x 3.75 album page, boldly signed in black ink, “Gustav Holst, 1933.” Holst pens one bar from the bassoon part of

ALS in German, signed “F. Liszt,” one page, 4 x 6.25, personal embossed letterhead, no date but postmarked April 26, 1835. Letter to Monsieur Mercier,

Sheet music booklet for ‘Le Travail du Peintre’ featuring cover artwork by Picasso, published by Editions Max Eschig, Paris, 1957, 23 pages, 10.5 x 13

ALS in French, signed “Francis,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.25, June 8, no year. Letter mentioning three of his works and lauding tenor Jean Giraud

ALS in Cyrillic, one page, 5.25 x 6.75, November 19, 1919. Letter to “Dear Fokin,” undoubtedly the great Russian choreographer Michel Fokine, in part

Highly influential French composer (1875–1937) who remains unsurpassed in his imaginative use of instrumental color in his operas, brilliantly scored

TLS in French, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, January 16, 1924. Letter to lifelong friend and collaborator Lucien Garban, who arranged an

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

Desirable collection of three items: a 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of the composer at his piano, signed in bold ink, “C. Saint-Saens, 1909”; an ALS signe

TLS signed in pencil, one page, 5.75 x 8.25, August 16, 1950. Letter to famed piano makers Steinway & Sons. In part: “I wish to thank you once m...

ALS, one page, 6 x 9.25, Hotel Mayfair letterhead, November 20, 1927. Letter to his close friend, the publisher and musicologist James Francis Cooke i

German composer, violinist, and conductor (1784–1859). Two items: a two-bar AMQS on a 6.25 x 7.75 sheet, signed and inscribed in German to his grandda

Two items: a TLS in French, signed “Happy Easter, Igor Stravinsky,” one page, 8.5 x 11, April 6, 1944, in part (translated): "Bottles of French...

TLS, one onionskin page, 8.5 x 6.25, stamp-dated September 9, 1955. Letter to Arnold Weissberger, in full: “I received your letter and two tickets fro

Ink signatures, “E. Albani Gee, 1882, Nottingham” and “and her humble servant and admirer, Arthur Sullivan, 25 March 1886,” on an off-white 6.75 x 8.7

Partly-printed DS in Italian, signed “G. Verdi,” one page, 7 x 5.5, February 12, 1873. Receipt for his publisher Tito Ricordi acknowledging a payment