Sale 2461 - Autographs, November 7, 2017

196 c   RUBINSTEIN, ANTON. Autograph Musical Quotation Inscribed and Signed, “Ant. Rubinstein,” to Frits Hartvigson (“Fritz Hartwigson”), in German, two bars from an untitled work, notated on a hand-written stave, with holograph tempo directive. 1 page, small 4to; horizontal folds, remnants of hinging at upper edge verso. London, 5 July 1867 [500/750] “I AM FINISHED.” 197 c   RUBINSTEIN, ANTON. Auto- graph Letter Signed, “Ant. Rubinstein,” to Johann von Herbeck (“Dear Mr.Director”), in German,inviting him to listen to his com- pleted opera [ The Demon ], and requesting permission to inform others [of the per- formance]. 1 page, 8vo, with integral blank; lower edge trimmed, horizontal fold.With the original envelope, addressed in his hand. Np, 29 November 1871 [700/1,000] “I am finished. Give me the date and hour at which you want to listen to my opera. I am always free, except onTuesday evenings between 7 and 9 o’clock, the reason for which you prob- ably know.And let me know whether I can also let Dessoff,Mosenthal, and Richard and Gustav Lewy be told of it.” Rubinstein played and sang his recently-com- pleted opera, The Demon , before a small group of guests at the Repertory Hall of the Maryinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg on September 14, 1871. 196 197