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Jul. 12, 2024
Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears Composers signed vintage Christmas Card. Good condition. All
Est: £20 - £30
Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears Composers signed vintage Christmas Card. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Chaucer Auctions
May. 23, 2024
Music.- Britten (Benjamin), Bertolt Brecht and Sidney Nolan. The Children's Crusade, number 254 of 300 copies signed by the composer and artist, 1973.
Est: £200 - £300
Music.- Britten (Benjamin), Bertolt Brecht and Sidney Nolan. The Children's Crusade, number 254 of 300 copies signed by the composer and artist, colour-printed illustrations, facsimile music score manuscript ff., original morocco-backed boards, gilt, a fine example, slip-case, folio, 1973.
Forum Auctions - UK
Feb. 22, 2024
Benjamin Britten, w/ ink stamp of photographer
Est: $500 - $800
Heading: Author: Ingi [Ingigliardi, Louis] Title: Portrait of Benjamin Britten Place Published: Publisher: Date Published: c. 1940s Description: Vintage gelatin silver print, cornered into overmat. Image: 24.5x19.6 cm (9¾x7¾"); overmat: 51x41 cm (20¼x16¼").Captioned in ink with ink photographer's stamp on print verso.
PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
Feb. 18, 2024
Britten (Benjamin)
Est: £200 - £300
Britten (Benjamin) Britten (Benjamin) Billy Bud. Op. 50. An Opera in two Acts, revised version, signed and inscribed by Britten "For Lucie Maner with warm good wishes from a grateful composer" on title page, original wrappers, minor creasing and handling wear, softback, large 4to, Hawkes & Son, 1961.
Chiswick Auctions
Nov. 08, 2023
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Autograph manuscript signed (on the viola par
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Autograph manuscript signed (on the viola part, 'Benjamin Britten') of his...
Christie's
Mar. 15, 2023
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976)
Est: €200 - €300
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English composer. Signed 4.5 x 6.5 cardstock photograph, the image depicting Britten standing in a full-length pose in the doorway to a garden. Signed in blue ink to a clear area at the base of the image. About EX
International Autograph Auctions Europe, S.L.
Nov. 24, 2022
Britten (Benjamin, 1913-1976) & Pears (Peter, 1910-1986). A small collection of 6 items autographed
Est: £300 - £500
Britten (Benjamin, 1913-1976) & Pears (Peter, 1910-1986). A small collection of 6 items autographed * Britten (Benjamin, 1913-1976). English composer & Pears (Peter, 1910-1986). Tenor and partner of Britten. A small collection of 6 items autographed by Britten and Pears, 1965/1980, including three Christmas Cards signed by both Britten and Pears (Ben and Peter), The Red House Aldeburgh, December 1965-1972, one with for Christmas 1972 and another and love from in Pearss hand, with Britten having added to you all on one card, together with an unusual autograph on a small, partly printed luggage label, for the airline company Qantas. Britten has filled out his name and address in capital letters in the relevant sections, 40 x 75 mm, one minor crease but otherwise VG, plus an Autograph Signature (Benjamin Britten) in green ink neatly laid down, and an Autograph Signature (Peter Pears) on a first day cover marking the singers 70th birthday in 1980 QTY: (6) NOTE: The luggage label, (an unusual and possibly unique piece of Britten memorabilia), most likely relates to Britten's Far East trip in 1957. It is documented that 'The party left Java for Singapore on 31 January on a Qantas Airways Super Constellation flight, having cancelled their trip to Sumatra for the Nedan concert'. This particular autograph was discovered in a book that belonged to (and had been written by) Brittens friend and biographer the late Donald Mitchell, who it would seems used it as a bookmark.
Dominic Winter Auctions
Dec. 16, 2021
Old Stile Press.- Britten (Benjamin) A Christmas Sequence..., from an edition limited to 205 copies, Llandogo, 2008 & another from the press (2)
Est: £350 - £450
Old Stile Press.- Britten (Benjamin) A Christmas Sequence...from the Chester Mystery Cycle, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 205 copies and signed by the artist, original morocco-backed pictorial boards, uncut, slip-case, 2008 § Picton-Turbervill (Edward) Talking through Trees, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 150 copies and signed by the artist, original pictorial boards, uncut, slip-case, 2016, both with woodcuts by Angela Lemaire, Llandogo, Old Stile Press (2)
Forum Auctions - UK
Dec. 16, 2021
Britten (Benjamin, 1913-1976). An important series of 8 Autograph Letters Signed
Est: £700 - £1,000
Britten (Benjamin, 1913-1976). An important series of 8 Autograph Letters Signed * Britten (Benjamin, 1913-1976). English composer. An important series of 8 Autograph Letters Signed, Ben, undated except one dated 24 January 1969, all to Ken [The Reverend Kenneth Sherlock], the one dated letter on Red House, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, headed paper, a somewhat philosophical letter about Russia, the Russian people and the human spirit generally and further mentioning a forthcoming tour of Germany and Austria. 2 pages, slightly split along lower fold, oblong 8vo, the others on personalised correspondence cards, two concerning Curlew River, It was wonderful being able to do Curlew River in your wonderful church Im just off to Holland, after having whizzed up north with Rostropovich; It is lovely that Curlew River can be back when(?) it belongs in 1965!, the next card mentioning The Prodigal Son, All goes well here now only a lot of patience is needed! Dont worry somehow there will be a Prodigal Son in Orford Church in time!; thanking Sherlock for his support, It is always a real joy for us to come and work in Orford Church not least because of your own unfailing kindness and deep understanding of what we are trying to do; Peter and I are just off to USSR via London for a month or so but Stephen R can in the meantime give you all our proposals for next years Festival at Orford; I am here for a week or so (before going off to Helsinki, + to USSR again); What a wonderful lot of flowers how cheering to be reminded that spring and health will not be far away! I was very touched by them, all oblong 8vo Qty: (8) Footnote: This interesting correspondence details Brittens collaboration with The Reverend Kenneth Sherlock (1901-1990), who was rector of St Bartholomews Church, Orford in Woodbridge, Suffolk, where all three Parables for Church Performance, Curlew River, The Prodigal Son and The Burning Fiery Furnace were performed. Britten is very warm in tone to Sherlock and, in a number of letters, Britten alludes to his declining health, which continued to deteriorate until his death in 1976. This archive is not included in the Collected Letters, Volume 6 (1966-1976), edited by Philip Reed & Mervyn Cooke) and is therefore apparently unpublished.
Dominic Winter Auctions
Jul. 07, 2021
Britten (Benjamin) Bertolt Brecht and Sidney Nolan. The Children's Crusade, one of 300 copies signed by the composer and artist, Faber & Faber, 1973.
Est: £200 - £300
Britten (Benjamin) Bertolt Brecht and Sidney Nolan. The Children's Crusade, one of 300 copies signed by the composer and artist, colour-printed illustrations, facsimile music score manuscript ff., original morocco-backed boards, gilt, a fine example, slip-case, (a little spotted, splitting to head), 8vo, Faber & Faber, 1973.
Forum Auctions - UK
May. 19, 2021
Britten, Benjamin. (1913-76): Signed Photograph
Est: $600 - $800
Reproduction photograph of the English composer/conductor/pianist signed in full and inscribed. The composer is depicted standing in the doorway of a house. Ca. 169 x 115 mm. Pencilled annotations and light remnants of adhesive to verso.
Schubertiade
Mar. 05, 2021
A WATERCOLOUR OF THE COSTUME DESIGN FOR NIECE 2 from Act III of Benjamin Britten's 'Peter Grimes',
Est: £100 - £150
A WATERCOLOUR OF THE COSTUME DESIGN FOR NIECE 2 from Act III of Benjamin Britten's 'Peter Grimes', for the Sadler's Wells Tour, signed Kenneth Green 1945, 35cm high, 24cm wide - in a glazed oak frame.
Hutchinson Scott Limited
Dec. 04, 2020
Britten (Benjamin)
Est: £200 - £300
Britten (Benjamin) Brief thank you note to Dr. Brande on Britten's personal notecard, signed in black ink, 90 x 140mm.
Chiswick Auctions
Dec. 02, 2020
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976)
Est: €100 - €150
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. Vintage signed 4.5 x 7 photograph, the heavy cardstock image depicting the composer standing in a full length pose in the doorway to a garden. Signed in black ink to a light area at the head of the image and dated 1st January 1969 in his hand. Some very slight, minor creasing to the borders and minor traces of former mounting to the verso, about VG
International Autograph Auctions Europe, S.L.
Oct. 22, 2020
Britten (Benjamin, composer), Bertolt Brecht and Sidney Nolan. The Children's Crusade, one of 300 copies signed by the composer and artist, 1973.
Est: £250 - £350
Britten (Benjamin, composer), Bertolt Brecht and Sidney Nolan. The Children's Crusade, one of 300 copies signed by the composer and artist, colour-printed illustrations, facsimile music score manuscript ff., original morocco-backed boards, gilt, a fine example, slip-case, (lightly rubbed), folio, 1973.
Forum Auctions - UK
Nov. 27, 2019
[Music]. Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976). AUTOGRAPH CARD SIGNED "Benjamin Bri
Est: €100 - €150
[Music]. Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976). AUTOGRAPH CARD SIGNED "Benjamin Britten, Amsterdam", pen and black ink, ±1950, on blank card, 4x9,3 cm. Ireland, John (1879-1962). AUTOGRAPH CARD SIGNED "John Ireland", pen and black ink, dated "1958", on blank card, 6,3x10 cm.
Bubb > Kuyper: Auctioneers of Books, Fine Arts & Manuscripts
Sep. 12, 2019
Benjamin Britten. Card Signed.
Est: $160 - $260
[Autograph] Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976). Signed Card. 4 1/2" x 3" personal card printed in red (With the compliments of Benjamin Britten and address), signed in sepia ink with single stave of music. Framed 24" x 12" with 2 reproduced portraits. Condition Sight condition very good, not examined out of frame.
Quinn's Auction Galleries
Nov. 15, 2017
• BRITTEN (BENJAMIN)
Est: £2,000 - £4,000
• BRITTEN (BENJAMIN) Autograph score, signed ("Benjamin Britten"), for the timpani part of his Piano Concerto, titled "Concerto No I in D Major For Piano Solo & Orchestra", [1938 and 1945]
Bonhams
Sep. 16, 2017
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. T.L.S., Benjamin Britten, one page, 4to, The Red House, Aldeburgh-on-Sea, 11th May 1971, to N[eville] Braybrooke. Britten apologises for not replying to his correspondent's letter sooner, continuing, 'We have looked out the letters which I received from Joe Ackerley, and I am sorry to have to tell you that although they are highly interesting and several of them quite long, they are of a very personal nature and also refer rather indiscreetly to some mutual acquaintances who are still alive' with the composer concluding, 'I cannot therefore agree to have them published, even in a bowdlerized version.' With minor creasing to the upper right edge, otherwise VG Neville Braybrooke (1923-2001) English Poet, Writer, Editor, Literary Critic and Publisher who edited The Letters of J. R. Ackerley (1975). Son of Patrick Braybrooke (1894-1956) English Literary Critic. J. R. Ackerley (1896-1967) British Writer and Editor of The Listener, the BBC's weekly magazine. Ackerley published many emerging poets and writers who would later become successful and influential in Great Britain. Ackerley was openly homosexual, a rarity at a time when homosexuality was socially ostracized and forbidden by law.
Est: £100 - £150
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. T.L.S., Benjamin Britten, one page, 4to, The Red House, Aldeburgh-on-Sea, 11th May 1971, to N[eville] Braybrooke. Britten apologises for not replying to his correspondent's letter sooner, continuing, 'We have looked out the letters which I received from Joe Ackerley, and I am sorry to have to tell you that although they are highly interesting and several of them quite long, they are of a very personal nature and also refer rather indiscreetly to some mutual acquaintances who are still alive' with the composer concluding, 'I cannot therefore agree to have them published, even in a bowdlerized version.' With minor creasing to the upper right edge, otherwise VG Neville Braybrooke (1923-2001) English Poet, Writer, Editor, Literary Critic and Publisher who edited The Letters of J. R. Ackerley (1975). Son of Patrick Braybrooke (1894-1956) English Literary Critic. J. R. Ackerley (1896-1967) British Writer and Editor of The Listener, the BBC's weekly magazine. Ackerley published many emerging poets and writers who would later become successful and influential in Great Britain. Ackerley was openly homosexual, a rarity at a time when homosexuality was socially ostracized and forbidden by law.
International Autograph Auctions
Jun. 24, 2017
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. A printed 8vo programme for a performance by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears in conjunction with the Flyde Chamber Music Society at the Hotel Majestic, St. Annes-on-Sea, 20th February 1952, signed by
Est: £100 - £150
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. A printed 8vo programme for a performance by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears in conjunction with the Flyde Chamber Music Society at the Hotel Majestic, St. Annes-on-Sea, 20th February 1952, signed by Britten in bold pencil with his name alone and also signed by Peter Pears (1910-1986, English Tenor) in blue ink with his name alone. Together with a vintage candid 3 x 4 photograph of an unidentified man seated in a three quarter length pose reading a newspaper, individually signed to the verso by eleven members of Everton FC 1946, including Joe Mercer, Stan Bentham, Alex Stevenson, Norman Greenhalgh, Wally Fielding, Jack Humphreys etc. All have signed in bold black fountain pen inks. Some creasing and folds to the programme, G to VG, 2
International Autograph Auctions
Feb. 25, 2017
BRITTEN BENJAMIN (1913-1976) English Composer & PEARS PETER (1910-1986) English Tenor. An 8vo printe
Est: £100 - £120
BRITTEN BENJAMIN (1913-1976) English Composer & PEARS PETER (1910-1986) English Tenor. An 8vo printed programme for a recital by Britten and Pears on behalf of the Merlin Music Society at Monmouth School Hall, 3rd May 1967, signed by both Britten and Pears in bold black and blue inks with their names alone to a clear area of the front cover. Some light folds and minor creasing, otherwise about VG
International Autograph Auctions
Dec. 17, 2016
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. A printed 4to copy of the s
Est: £80 - £100
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. A printed 4to copy of the sheet music for Winter Journey (Op.89, 1828), the song cycle for voice and piano by Franz Schubert, published by Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics, signed by Benjamin Britten with his name alone in blue ink to a preliminary blank page and also signed by Peter Pears (1910-1986, English Tenor) with his name alone in black ink. Lacking the back cover and the front cover detached, some light age wear, G
International Autograph Auctions
Nov. 30, 2016
BRITTEN, Benjamin (1913-76). A one-page typed and autograph letter, signed, on paper headed, in red, "4 Crabbe St., Aldeburgh, Suffolk" and dated, "9th January, 1951", to Mrs. Betty Coxon, the typed part stating, "Dear Mrs Coxon, Please forgive me not answering your very kind invitation for the 6th. before this. It is very rude of me but I was hoping against hope to get to London on that day and so be able to attend your very exciting party, but I am afraid my work prevented me leaving Aldeburgh and so I had to be disappointed. I do hope that your party enjoyed 'Let's Make an Opera' and that they all sung lustily. Please remember me to your sons. With every good wish to you all. Yours sincerely, [signed in blue ink:] Benjamin Britten." The letter continues beneath, in autograph, "P.S. Was it possibly you who dropped a pot of lovely honey [?]in our door last Summer? If so, our very warm thanks indeed!" Provenance: Betty Coxon and Nick Salaman (by descent). "My family had a long association with Aldeburgh where Benjamin Britten had made his home. Indeed, I think my great grandmother had previously owned the house where he lived at the time of writing this note. My mother had asked if he would like to join our family party in London to 'Let's Make an Opera', a children's musical entertainment he had written. He had wisely declined! I had met him on a couple of occasions later in Aldeburgh with my mother when he patted me on the head ..." (Nick Salaman).
Est: £200 - £300
BRITTEN, Benjamin (1913-76). A one-page typed and autograph letter, signed, on paper headed, in red, "4 Crabbe St., Aldeburgh, Suffolk" and dated, "9th January, 1951", to Mrs. Betty Coxon, the typed part stating, "Dear Mrs Coxon, Please forgive me not answering your very kind invitation for the 6th. before this. It is very rude of me but I was hoping against hope to get to London on that day and so be able to attend your very exciting party, but I am afraid my work prevented me leaving Aldeburgh and so I had to be disappointed. I do hope that your party enjoyed 'Let's Make an Opera' and that they all sung lustily. Please remember me to your sons. With every good wish to you all. Yours sincerely, [signed in blue ink:] Benjamin Britten." The letter continues beneath, in autograph, "P.S. Was it possibly you who dropped a pot of lovely honey [?]in our door last Summer? If so, our very warm thanks indeed!" Provenance: Betty Coxon and Nick Salaman (by descent). "My family had a long association with Aldeburgh where Benjamin Britten had made his home. Indeed, I think my great grandmother had previously owned the house where he lived at the time of writing this note. My mother had asked if he would like to join our family party in London to 'Let's Make an Opera', a children's musical entertainment he had written. He had wisely declined! I had met him on a couple of occasions later in Aldeburgh with my mother when he patted me on the head ..." (Nick Salaman).
Chiswick Auctions
Oct. 15, 2016
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. A.N.S., Benj. Britten including an A.M.Q., two pages
Est: €600 - €720
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. A.N.S., Benj. Britten including an A.M.Q., two pages, recto and verso, oblong 8vo, on The Red House, Aldeburgh, Suffolk Stationery, to Marshall Bean. Britten states `I was awfully sorry to hear that you are ill - I hear you like my music. Here is a bit of War Requiem.´ The English composer has penned a three bar musical quote which he identifies as the Dies Irae, form his War Requiem (1962), also adding musical annotations `Trombon - Trumpet´ in his hand. EX
International Autograph Auctions Europe, S.L.
May. 07, 2016
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. A printed 4t
Est: £100 - £120
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. A printed 4to concert programme for a Memorial Concert for Olive Zorian at Friends House, London, 26th November 1966, signed by Britten in black ink to a clear area of the cover and also signed by various other classical musicians and singers who performed at the concert including Peter Pears, Julian Bream, Helen Watts, Manoug Parikian and Norman Del Mar. All have signed with their names alone in bold blue or black inks to clear areas of the cover. Together with two other concert programmes individually signed by Eugene Ormandy (twice) and Jacques Lousier (twice). Some light age wear and some creasing to Ormandy's programme. FR (1) to about VG, 3 Olive Zorian (1916-1965) British Violinist.
International Autograph Auctions
May. 07, 2016
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. A printed 8v
Est: £80 - £120
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. A printed 8vo programme for a pianoforte performance by Britten, accompanied by tenor Peter Pears, at the Guildhall, Southampton, 18th January 1955, individually signed in blue ink by both Britten and Pears to clear areas of the front cover. Some light overall age wear, minor creasing and a few small tears to the edges, not affecting the signatures, G
International Autograph Auctions
May. 07, 2016
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. A rare vinta
Est: £600 - £800
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. A rare vintage A.M.Q.S., Benjamin Britten, one page, 4to, Brighton, 1947. In bold blue fountain pen ink (to the verso of a sheet of printed stationery from the Antiquarian booksellers Holleyman & Treacher Ltd of Brighton) the composer has neatly penned a holograph stave with two bars of repetitive triplets which he identifies as being from his chamber opera Albert Herring (Op.39, 1946/47). Signed and dated by Britten above the quotation. To the upper half of the page Britten has evidently attempted an earlier signature ('with best wishes Benjamin B') in black fountain pen ink before experiencing some pen trouble (some slight ink blots at the conclusion). One extremely light, minor stain to the left edge, not affecting the quotation or signature, VG
International Autograph Auctions
Mar. 05, 2016
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. Signed Christmas greetings card, the 8vo folding car
Est: £100 - £150
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. Signed Christmas greetings card, the 8vo folding card featuring a colour image to the front of The Virgin and Child, St. John the Baptist and an Angel by Paolo Morando, signed ('Ben') by Britten in black ink beneath a printed greeting and also signed by Peter Pears (1910-1986) English Tenor, with his first name alone in blue ink. Together with a colour picture postcard featuring a reproduction of The Adoration of the Magi from a 15th century Book of Hours, signed to the verso in bold black ink by Imogen Holst (1907-1984) British Composer & Conductor, daughter of Gustav Holst, with her first name only, also adding a brief Christmas greeting in her hand. VG to EX, 2
International Autograph Auctions
Mar. 05, 2016
BRITTEN BENJAMIN (1913-1976) English Composer & PEARS PETER (1910-1986) English Tenor. Vintage fount
Est: £100 - £120
BRITTEN BENJAMIN (1913-1976) English Composer & PEARS PETER (1910-1986) English Tenor. Vintage fountain pen ink signatures by both Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears individually on a page removed from an autograph album. Together with Kathleen Ferrier (1912-1953) English Singer, famous for her association with Britten. Scarce blue fountain pen ink signature ('with best wishes, Sincerely, Kathleen Ferrier') on a page removed from an autograph album. G to VG, 2
International Autograph Auctions
Dec. 05, 2015
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. A printed 4t
Est: £100 - £120
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. A printed 4to concert programme for a Memorial Concert for Olive Zorian at Friends House, London, 26th November 1966, signed by Britten in black ink to a clear area of the cover and also signed by various other classical musicians and singers who performed at the concert including Peter Pears, Julian Bream, Helen Watts, Manoug Parikian and Norman Del Mar. All have signed with their names alone in bold blue or black inks to clear areas of the cover. Together with two other concert programmes individually signed by Eugene Ormandy (twice) and Jacques Lousier (twice). Some light age wear and some creasing to Ormandy's programme. FR (1) to about VG, 3""" Olive Zorian (1916-1965) British Violinist.
International Autograph Auctions
Dec. 05, 2015
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. A printed ob
Est: £100 - £120
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. A printed oblong small 4to concert programme for the London Symphony Orchestra International Series 1966-67 and a performance of Britten's Spring Symphony Op.44 conducted by Istvan Kertesz at the Royal Festival Hall, 16th October, signed by Britten in bold blue ink with his name alone to a clear area of the inside front cover. Also signed to an inside page by tenor Peter Pears in black ink with his name alone, across his brief printed biography and opposite his portrait. Some light age wear and a small portion of one inside page neatly cut away, about VG"""
International Autograph Auctions
Dec. 05, 2015
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. A printed 8v
Est: £80 - £120
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. A printed 8vo programme for a pianoforte performance by Britten, accompanied by tenor Peter Pears, at the Guildhall, Southampton, 18th January 1955, individually signed in blue ink by both Britten and Pears to clear areas of the front cover. Some light overall age wear, minor creasing and a few small tears to the edges, not affecting the signatures, G"""
International Autograph Auctions
Sep. 26, 2015
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. Signed Christmas greetings
Est: £100 - £150
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. Signed Christmas greetings card, the 8vo folding card featuring a colour image to the front of The Virgin and Child, St. John the Baptist and an Angel by Paolo Morando, signed ('Ben') by Britten in black ink beneath a printed greeting and also signed by Peter Pears (1910-1986) English Tenor, with his first name alone in blue ink. Together with a colour picture postcard featuring a reproduction of The Adoration of the Magi from a 15th century Book of Hours, signed to the verso in bold black ink by Imogen Holst (1907-1984) British Composer & Conductor, daughter of Gustav Holst, with her first name only, also adding a brief Christmas greeting in her hand. VG to EX, 2
International Autograph Auctions
Apr. 26, 2014
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer.
Est: £100 - £150
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. Signed Christmas greetings card, the 8vo folding card featuring a colour image to the front of Madonna and Child by Roger Van Der Weyden, signed ('to you all, Ben') by Britten in black ink beneath a printed greeting and also signed by Peter Pears (1910-1986) English Tenor, with his first name alone in black ink. Together with a colour picture postcard featuring a reproduction of a drawing of the Nativity by Antonio Allegri da Correggio, signed to the verso in bold black ink by Imogen Holst (1907-1984) British Composer & Conductor, daughter of Gustav Holst, with her first name only, also adding a brief Christmas greeting in her hand. Some slight scuffing to Britten's card, otherwise VG to EX, 2
International Autograph Auctions
Dec. 14, 2013
AUTOGRAPHS: BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English
Est: £100 - £150
AUTOGRAPHS: BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. Signed Christmas greetings card, the 8vo folding card featuring a colour image to the front of Madonna and Child by Roger Van Der Weyden, signed ('to you all, Ben') by Britten in black ink beneath a printed greeting and also signed by Peter Pears (1910-1986) English Tenor, with his first name alone in black ink. Together with a colour picture postcard featuring a reproduction of a drawing of the Nativity by Antonio Allegri da Correggio, signed to the verso in bold black ink by Imogen Holst (1907-1984) British Composer & Conductor, daughter of Gustav Holst, with her first name only, also adding a brief Christmas greeting in her hand. Some slight scuffing to Britten's card, otherwise VG to EX, 2
International Autograph Auctions
Dec. 03, 2013
Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), British Composer,
Est: £30 - £50
Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), British Composer, Conductor and Pianist, autographed music score signed by Benjamin Britten and other 'Saint Nicolas' music by Benjamin Britten, words by Eric Crozier, 1948, published by Boosey & Hawkes
Reeman Dansie
Jun. 08, 2013
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. A
Est: £100 - £150
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. A large 4to printed score for Cantata Academica Carmen Basiliense (1960) by Benjamin Britten, composed and dedicated to the University of Basle for the celebration of its 500th Anniversary, published by Boosey & Hawkes, London, with text in English and German, signed by Britten in bold blue fountain pen ink to the title page and also signed by the vocalists Peter Pears, Owen Brannigan, Helen Watts (in bold pencil) and Jennifer Vyvyan, each with their names alone to the title page. Ownership signature to inside front cover. Some light overall age wear and the spine broken, G
International Autograph Auctions
Jun. 05, 2013
BRITTEN, BENJAMIN
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION OF THE OPENING THEME FROM PETER GRIMES, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ("WITH BEST WISHES BENJAMIN BRITTEN, 1959") comprising the opening bar notated on two staves, with a photographic portrait of the composer mounted to the left of the musical quotation, framed and glazed, overal size (24 x 27.5cm), light creasing along the lower edge, affecting the signature
Sotheby's
Mar. 02, 2013
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer.
Est: £100 - £120
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. A.L.S., Benjamin Britten, on two sides of his correspondence card, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, n.d., to Mr. Smith. The letter commences with eight typed words of text, and continues in holograph, the composer thanking his correspondent for their kind present and remarking 'a most practical way of cheering me up!' Britten further adds 'I am being well looked after - but it will take a long time I fear'. VG
International Autograph Auctions
Dec. 15, 2012
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer.
Est: £100 - £120
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. Signed 4.5 x 6.5 photograph of Britten standing in a full length pose in an open doorway. Signed in bold black ink to a light area at the base of the image. Together with a signed postcard photograph and programme photographs of various sizes by the conductors Adrian Boult, Arthur Bliss and pianist Eileen Joyce. G to VG, 4
International Autograph Auctions
Jul. 14, 2012
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer.
Est: £150 - £200
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. Signed 4.5 x 6.5 photograph, the printed image showing the composer standing in a full length pose in a doorway. Signed in bold black ink to a light area at the head of the image and dated 1st January 1969 in his hand. About VG
International Autograph Auctions
Feb. 15, 2012
Autograph - Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears
Est: $400 - $600
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) was an important British composer, widely regarded as the greatest since Purcell, whose wide-ranging body of work takes a place among the most distinguished oeuvres in the history of British music. His best-known works include the opera Peter Grimes, the War Requiem, and scores of choral works that have come to be regarded as modern classics. His life partner, Peter Pears (1910-1986), was a well-regarded tenor who premiered several of Britten's vocal works. Printed musical score to "Saint Nicolas," 7.5 x 10.5, 33 pages, signed on the first inside page by both Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten. Score is housed in a custom clamshell box. In very good condition, with scattered toning, soiling, and creasing to front cover, mild toning to signed page, and some professional reinforcement to binding.
RR Auction
Nov. 30, 2011
BRITTEN, BENJAMIN.
Est: £40,000 - £60,000
AUTOGRAPH WORKING MANUSCRIPT OF THE MUSIC TO THE FILM "INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA" ["THE YOUNG PERSON'S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA" OP.34], SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE ("BENJAMIN BRITTEN") the complete composition draft, in short score, including the final fugue, here originally titled by Britten "Orchestral Film", written in pencil, on up to twenty-four staves per page (on systems of up to five staves each), a working manuscript with many revisions, alterations and deletions, a few phrases on hand-drawn staves in the margins, with many instrumental and orchestral markings throughout, containing several differences from the final version, and with Britten's own autograph commentary for the original film, written between the staves and highlighted in orange crayon, introducing each part of the orchestra, also including sketches for the fugue and the timpani theme on an otherwise blank lower wrapper, this manuscript lacking the later numbering of the variations 29 pages, large folio (c.36 x 26cms), 24-stave paper, on 6 successive bifolia and a final single leaf, [December 1945], some minor browning and tears to margins
Sotheby's
Nov. 30, 2011
BRITTEN, BENJAMIN.
Est: £15,000 - £20,000
ENGRAVED PROOFS OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA, EXTENSIVELY CORRECTED BY THE COMPOSER, THE ORIGINAL 1946 VERSION, CONTAINING MUSIC LATER CUT OR REVISED the engraved vocal score with the text in English only, with corrections on almost every page, mainly in Britten's hand, in pencil and red crayon, including stage directions written by him in crayon, musical notation written on the staves and in the margins of around twenty pages (including on the back of one leaf), and many autograph alterations to the words and tempo markings, together with corrections made by assistants on behalf of the composer, in pencil and some in orange crayon, including a leaf of manuscript music pinned to page 27 (by Erwin Stein), with many editorial markings and annotations for the engraver in blue crayon and pencil, and a few later annotations in other hands (reflecting later editions), a few German words added in Tarquinius's and Junius's parts in black ink, possibly for the original singers, 225 leaves, large 4to (c.30.5 x 25cms), engraved throughout, the versos blank, plate number H.15846, unbound, dated in pencil on the first page, 25 July 1946, some tears to margins, especially the outer leaves, with slight loss to the final page,
Sotheby's
Nov. 30, 2011
BRITTEN, BENJAMIN.
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
FIVE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND NOTES SIGNED ("BEN B"), TO ENID VANDYK, SECRETARY TO THE ENGLISH OPERA GROUP, TOGETHER WITH THREE PHOTOGRAPHS Britten describes his work on Billy Budd, and rehearsals for the Aldeburgh Festival, reporting his concerts in Holland and complaining that illness has "taken up all my time & energies", apologising that he had not been able to meet her for a concert and suggesting that he might take her when next in London ("...even B. Budd??..."), and enquiring whether his old friend from Lowestoft, John Pounder, knows that he will be staying with him; subsequently Britten reports the successful premiere of the opera at Sadlers Wells (..."Budd went off well, with a splendid performance, but hard work conducting...), and in later letters, exchanging greetings, including thanking Enid for her "kind letter about the Requiem"; together with an autograph letter by Peter Pears to Enid (about Britten's death: "Ben had as wonderful a death as his life...") and photographs showing Britten and Pears with Kathleen Ferrier, Eduard van Beinum and Field-Marshall Montgomery (at the Holland Festival in 1947 or 1948), and with Eric Crozier and Enid Vandyk, 9 items in all, the letters 7 pages, 8vo, with an autograph address, envelope, 4 Crabbe St, Aldeburgh, 6 July 1951, 7 December 1951, and the Red House, January 1963, the photographs up to c.13 x 24cms
Sotheby's
Nov. 30, 2011
BRITTEN, BENJAMIN.
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF BRITTEN'S REALIZATION OF PURCELL'S "THE BLESSED VIRGIN'S EXPOSTULATION", FOR SOLO VOICE AND PIANO notated in pencil on four three-stave systems per page, with the words and titles written in the hand of Peter Pears, the manuscript annotated with observations ("c in Novello"), queries, alterations to accidentals, and marked-up by Pears for performance (perhaps therefore to sing himself) 7 pages, folio (c.36.5 x 27.5cms), 16-stave paper, two successive bifolia, with a correction in another hand in red crayon, dated at the end ("Nov 9 1945"), hinges reinforced with adhesive tape
Sotheby's
Nov. 27, 2011
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer.
Est: £100 - £150
BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Britten in a head and shoulders pose. The promotional Decca image is signed by Britten in bold black fountain pen ink with his name alone to the lower border. Four small tape stains to each corner, caused by previous mounting, not affecting the signature. Together with Peter Pears (1910-1986) English Tenor, closely associated with Britten. Vintage signed postcard photograph, an unusual image of Pears seated in a three quarter length costume pose as Albert Herring from Britten's opera Albert Herring (1947). Signed by Pears in blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to the lower white border. G to VG, 2
International Autograph Auctions
Nov. 09, 2011
Britten (Benjamin, 1913-1976). Billy Budd, an
Est: £300 - £400
Britten (Benjamin, 1913-1976). Billy Budd, an Opera in Four Acts, Libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier, Adapted from the Story by Herman Melville, Vocal Score by Erwin Stein, pub. Hawkes & Son, c. 1952, signed presentation inscription from the composer to title, 'For my dear Emmy von Sax with every good wish & much love, Benjamin B., Wien, 16.11.55', and additionally signed and dated by Peter Pears on the same day at head of Characters page, 'To Emmy - with much love from the first Vere -', orig. printed wrappers with upper cover design after John Piper, sl. rubbed and marked, small loss at head of spine and small splits to lower joints, folio The dedicatee was Emma von Sax (1882-1969) of the publishers Manz in Vienna, and sister of Erwin Stein. (1)
Dominic Winter Auctions