22 Nov 2011
10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street
Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs, including the Property of the late Michael Silverman
Back to auction 18992
Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs, including the Property of the late Michael Silverman
Back to auction 18992
BRITTEN (BENJAMIN)
Autograph musical quotation signed ("Benjamin Britten"): comprising the opening bar of the "Prologue" to Peter Grimes, dated Copenhagen, 1947, turquoise ink, unobtrusive paper thinning at corners where previously mounted, vertical fold at centre, 114 x 170mm., 1947
Sold for
£750
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Britten's ground-breaking opera had been first performed in 1945. Britten gave a recital in Copenhagen in February 1947, and Covent Garden saw a revival of the opera that November.
Category: Books / Books, Maps and Manuscripts
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