AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS AUCTION
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Jun 7, 2018
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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LOT 165:
FRANCK CESAR: (1822-1890) Belgian-French Composer. A good score book, signed and inscribed by Franck, the 8 x 11 ...
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Sold for: €200
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180
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€180 - €230
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FRANCK CESAR: (1822-1890) Belgian-French Composer. A good score book, signed and inscribed by Franck, the 8 x 11 hardback edition being a printed musical score of his work Ruth (1843-46, revised 1860), published by G. Hartmann, Paris, 1869. Signed and inscribed in fountain pen ink to the title page `Affectionate homage to É Csar Franck«. The 117 pages book is attractively bound in dark green leather with embossed gilt letters to the spine. Extremely small overall, minor age wear, otherwise VG £150-200 Ruth (1843-46), revised in 1860, is an ''Eglogue Biblique'' work in three parts, for soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, baritone, two tenors, four-voice chorus and orchestra, with libretto by French author Alexandre Guillemin (1789-1872). The present version is a piano-vocal score prepared by Franck himself which was issued in 1869 by Hartmann, Paris.
