Sale 2461 - Autographs, November 7, 2017

200 c   SCHUMANN, CLARA. Two items: Autograph Musical Quotation Signed and Inscribed * Autograph Letter Signed.The quotation,“In friendly remembrance,” in German, the first five bars from her Three Preludes and Fugues , notated on a system of two hand-drawn staves, with holograph title. 1 page, 3 3 / 4 x6 1 / 4 inches; slight toning at edges. The note, to an unnamed recipient (“Dear Mr. Director”), in German, requesting that three parquet seats in the front row be reserved for herself to be picked up in the morning. 2 pages, 3x4 1 / 4 inches, written on the recto and verso of a card. Leipzig, 29 June 1850; [1,000/2,000]