Two inscribed printed scores

Lot 458
29.09.2023 11:00UTC +00:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
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Lot 458 | Two inscribed printed scores
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£ 2 000 – 3 000
Two inscribed printed scores, comprising:

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.
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