Sale 2461 - Autographs, November 7, 2017

GLIMPSE OF ELGAR’SVISION OF MOZART’S SYMPHONY NO. 40 162 c   ELGAR, EDWARD.Autograph Musical Manuscript, unsigned, two 3-bar passages, each with holograph instrument labels and caption.The first, captioned “The exquisite pas- sage in Mozart (bars 20 & 21),” from Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, notated on a two-stave system.The second, captioned “is, in this respectful perversion,” from an unnamed work, notated on a 5-stave system. 1 page, large 4to, 12 staves printed on recto and verso; marked staining overall with scattered smudging and fading (but still legible). sold as is . Np, circa 1878 [300/400] In 1878, Elgar composed a portion of the first movement of an unfinished symphony in G minor after Mozart. 163 (detail) 163 c   GLINKA, MIKHAIL IVANOVICH. Autograph Musical Quotation dated and Signed,“MGlinka,” 12 bars from an unnamed work, notated on two machine-ruled staves. 1 page, 3 1 / 4 x9 1 / 4 inches; faint soiling along upper edge, minor smudging to few notes; matted with portrait and framed. Brussels, 18 July 1844 [3,500/5,000]