Estimate: | £400 - £600 |
Hammer price: | £1,400 |
MUSIC MISCELLANY - A large collection of autograph letters, cards, etc., by composers, musicians, music publishers, and others, including Mily Balakirev, Sterndale Bennett, Alan Bush, Manuel de Falla, Sir George Grove, Zoltan Kodaly, Franz Lehar, Alma Mahler, Nicholas Medtner, Saverio Mercadenti, and Carl Orff; and a collection of small signed coloured cards, each signed, and most with a short musical quotation, by composers including Arthur Benjamin, Frank Bridge, Walford Davies, George Dyson, Percy Grainger, Ernest John Moeran, Roger Quilter and Percy Whitlock. Provenance: from the Collection of the late Dr Elkan Lewis (1931-2020). (qty)