Sale 2461 - Autographs, November 7, 2017

FROM “LA NAVARRAISE” 178 c   MASSENET, JULES. Autograph Musical Quotation Signed and Inscribed, “à Mr. Eugène Gounst / trés sympathiquement / Massenet,” 5 bars from his La Navarraise [1895], notated on a hand-ruled two-stave system, with holograph title and date. 1 page, 4 1 / 4 x6 1 / 2 inches; faint scattered foxing; matted with a commemorative medallion and framed. Paris, 1895 [300/400] 179 179 c   MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY, FELIX. Autograph Letter Signed, “Felix Mendelssohn B,” to “Mrs. Moscheles,” in German, thanking her for returning some bor- rowed books, and requesting the address of a treacherous laundress. 1 page, 8vo, with integral address leaf; faint scattered staining, abrasions and remnants of prior mounting to terminal page along vertical fold, horizontal folds. [London], 17 July [1833?] [1,500/2,500] The recipient of this letter is likely Charlotte Embden Moscheles, wife of composer Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870).