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Lot 396: BRITTEN, BENJAMIN

Est: £1,500 GBP - £2,000 GBP
Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJune 05, 2013

Item Overview

Description

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

Artist or Maker

Notes

The theme is notated in piano score, with the musical material for clarinet, basson and timpani.

Auction Details

Music, Continental Books & Manuscripts

by
Sotheby's
June 05, 2013, 02:00 PM WET

Hammersmith Road, London, LDN, W14 8UX, UK