Sale 2461 - Autographs, November 7, 2017

192 c   RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, NIKOLAI. Autograph Letter Signed,“Nikolai R. Korsakov,” to pianist and composer Vasily Ilyich Safonov, in Russian, explaining that he could not compose a new romance, promising to send the old one upon receipt of the promised poem, and inquiring whether he might give the romance to another publisher after two years. 1 page, 8vo, with integral blank; chip at lower edge with minor loss to text, horizontal fold. Saint Petersburg, 17 September 1903 [2,000/3,000] “I did not have the time or the place to compose a new romance. I returned to St. Petersburg and searched out the old romance. I’m ready to send it to you, but am waiting . . . for the poem, which you forgot to write for me: do I have the right after 2 years to pass this romance for publication to whomever I want? I suppose that this will not bring harm to the collection you publish, since in 2 years no one will buy it anymore. . . .” with — Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Envelope with holograph address, unsigned, in Russian: “Here / Sadovaya Street No. 125 / Apartment 30 / St. Petersburg / From Ivan Ivanovych Sidorov /To Boris Lvovych Levenson.” 4 1 / 4 x5 1 / 2 inches; faint postal ink stamps. Saint Petersburg, nd.