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Sketchleaf for the Piano Trio, op. 97 and op. 117

Autograph sketchleaf for the Piano Trio, Opus 97 and the Overture to König Stephan, Opus 117. With autograph inscription in R. Schumann’s hand; draft in score of bars 171-197 of the Scherzo of the trio; one heavily worked passage marked “Viole fagotti viola” being the opening of the Geistlicher Marsche for Opus 117. 2 p., oblong fiolo, irregularly cut, some stitch holes, a little staining at edges, some marks on verso where laid down; notated mostly in brown in, some additions in pencil, on sixteen staves per page some extended into the margins by the composer, with numerous alterations, revisions, deletions and corrections
Item Information
Material Type
Sketchleaf
Record Number
Sk10
Works
Opus 97; Opus 117
Previous Owners
Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann
Provenance
currently owned by Thomas Colville?; offered again at Sotheby’s 5/29/92, unsold.
Catalog Concordance
Kinsky/Halm, p. 270; SV 354
Auction Information
Auction House
Sotheby's (London)
Lot Number
322
Bibliographical Reference
BJ auction index 1985-1995 BN 4/1
Date of Sale
11/17/1988
Sold to
Private collector in U.S.
Pricing Information
Treasures Tracking
Manuscript
Estimate Price
20,000-30,000 GBP
Sale Price
35000 GBP
Sale Price in U.S Currency
$56700.00