ID 1029109
Los 458 | Two inscribed printed scores
Schätzwert
£ 2 000 – 3 000
STRAVINSKY, Igor (1882-1971). In Memoriam Dylan Thomas. Dirge Canons and Song. New York: Boosey & Hawkes, 1954.
First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the composer on the title. Stravinsky and Thomas were due to collaborate on an opera together when, on his way to Hollywood, the poet passed away suddenly. ‘This was a terrible blow to me as well as to all those who knew Dylan Thomas’s genius’ (notes). Large quarto. Original printed card wrappers. Provenance: James P. J. Murphy (authorial presentation inscription on title dated 1955).
— Prélude et Ronde des princesses tirés du Ballet ‘L’oiseau de feu’. Mainz: B. Schott’s Söhne, [1929].
First edition, inscribed by the composer, of an arrangement for piano and violin of two movements from his first ballet, ‘The Firebird’. Large quarto. Original printed card wrappers (some staining). Provenance: additional pink ink annotations to wrapper and title and pencil annotations throughout.
| Künstler: | Igor Strawinskij (1882 - 1971) |
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| Herkunftsort: | Deutschland, Vereinigte Staaten |
| Künstler: | Igor Strawinskij (1882 - 1971) |
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| Herkunftsort: | Deutschland, Vereinigte Staaten |
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