Event Date25 OCT – 8 NOV 2023 | Online 22134

The History of Western Music: Manuscripts from the Schoyen Collection

London
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Sale Total GBP 538,146

25 OCT – 8 NOV 2023

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  • Lot 1

    Messine neumes

    A leaf from the liturgical Office of St Remigius, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France, c.900]

    EstimateGBP 40,000 - 60,000
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  • Lot 2

    Byzantine ekphonetic notation

    A leaf from a Gospel Lectionary, in Greek, manuscript on vellum [Byzantine Empire, late 10th century]

    EstimateGBP 15,000 - 20,000
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  • Lot 3

    St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)

    A leaf from a Missal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, 10th century]

    EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000
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  • Lot 4

    St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)

    A leaf from a Gradual, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, probably Bavaria, Chiemsee, c.1000]

    EstimateGBP 5,000 - 8,000
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  • Lot 5

    Early German neumes

    Missal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, 11th century]

    EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000
    Price realisedGBP 2,016
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  • Lot 6

    St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)

    A leaf from a Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, 11th century]

    EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000
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  • Lot 7

    St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)

    A partial bifolium from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, 11th century]

    EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000
    Price realisedGBP 1,890
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  • Lot 8

    St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)

    Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, first half of the 11th century]

    EstimateGBP 6,000 - 9,000
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  • Lot 9

    Aquitanian neumes

    Two leaves from a Gradual, palimpsest, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France, the underlying text 11th century, the overlying text 14th century]

    EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,000
    Price realisedGBP 1,008
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  • Lot 10

    Aquitanian neumes

    A leaf from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Abbey of St Martial, Limoges, c.1030]

    EstimateGBP 5,000 - 8,000
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  • Lot 11

    Northern French neumes

    A leaf from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Northern France, mid-11th century]

    EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000
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  • Lot 12

    St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)

    Two leaves from a Psalter, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, mid-11th century]

    EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000
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  • Lot 13

    St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)

    A leaf from a Gradual, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, mid-11th century]

    EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000
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  • Lot 14

    St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)

    Fragments from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Southern Germany, mid-11th century]

    EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000
    Price realisedGBP 1,260
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  • Lot 15

    St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)

    A leaf from a noted Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, 11th century]

    EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000
    Price realisedGBP 1,890
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  • Lot 16

    German accent neumes

    A leaf from a Benedictine Proser, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, Bamberg/Würzburg area, second half 11th century]

    EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000
    Price realisedGBP 5,670
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  • Lot 17

    St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)

    A leaf from a Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, second half 11th century]

    EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000
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  • Lot 18

    St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)

    A leaf from a Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Northern Italy, second half 11th century]

    EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000
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  • Lot 19

    North Spain notation

    A leaf from a noted Missal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Spain?, second half 11th century]

    EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000
    Price realisedGBP 1,890
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  • Lot 20

    Tuscan neumes

    A fragment from a Gradual, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy, late 11th century]

    EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000
    Price realisedGBP 4,032
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  • Lot 22

    Beneventan neumes

    Gradual, with tropes and prosulas, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Italy, 11th century]

    EstimateGBP 5,000 - 8,000
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  • Lot 23

    Beneventan neumes

    Gradual with Sequences, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Southern Italy, 11th century]

    EstimateGBP 700 - 1,000
    Price realisedGBP 1,008
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  • Lot 24

    Beneventan neumes

    Sacramentary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Italy, probably Bari, early 12th century]

    EstimateGBP 70,000 - 100,000
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  • Lot 25

    Beneventan neumes

    Four leaves from a Noted Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Italy, Montecassino, early 12th century]

    EstimateGBP 30,000 - 50,000
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  • Lot 26

    Central Italian neumes

    Two leaves from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy, Tuscany, early 12th century]

    EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000
    Price realisedGBP 4,788
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  • Lot 27

    Central Italian neumes

    A partial bifolium from a Gradual, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Central or Southern Italy, c.1100-1140]

    EstimateGBP 10,000 - 15,000
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  • Lot 28

    Beneventan neumes

    A fragment from a Antiphonal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Montecassino, second half 12th century]

    EstimateGBP 12,000 - 18,000
    Price realisedGBP 15,120
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  • Lot 29

    Beneventan neumes

    Gradual, with Tropes, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Southern Italy, mid-12th century]

    EstimateGBP 7,000 - 10,000
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  • Lot 30

    Central Italian neumes

    Two bifolia from a Missal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Central Italy, (Rome?), second half 12th century]

    EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000
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  • Lot 31

    Central Italian neumes

    A bifolium from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy, possibly Emilia?, first half 12th century]

    EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000
    Price realisedGBP 1,890
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  • Lot 32

    Central Italian neumes

    A partial leaf from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy, c.1150]

    EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500
    Price realisedGBP 630
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  • Lot 33

    Beneventan neumes

    A leaf and a fragment from a Beneventan Antiphonal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Abruzzi, c.1200]

    EstimateGBP 5,000 - 8,000
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  • Lot 34

    Beneventan neumes

    A leaf from an Antiphonal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Abruzzi, c.1200]

    EstimateGBP 5,000 - 8,000
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  • Lot 35

    Beneventan neumes

    Five fragments from Service Books, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [southern Italy, 12th and 13th centuries]

    EstimateGBP 700 - 1,000
    Price realisedGBP 1,512
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  • Lot 36

    Central Italian neumes

    A bifolium from a noted Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Italy, 2nd half 13th century]

    EstimateGBP 700 - 1,000
    Price realisedGBP 504
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  • Lot 37

    Beneventan neumes

    A leaf from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [southern Italy, 13th century]

    EstimateGBP 700 - 1,000
    Price realisedGBP 2,142
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  • Lot 38

    Square neumes

    Two leaves from a Pontifical, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France or Germany, mid-12th century]

    EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000
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  • Lot 39

    St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)

    A leaf from a Gradual, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Southern Germany, first half 12th century]

    EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000
    Price realisedGBP 1,890
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  • Lot 40

    Cistercian neumes

    A bifolium from a Gradual, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [northern France, mid-12th century]

    EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000
    Price realisedGBP 4,788
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  • Lot 41

    Cistercian neumes

    A leaf from a noted Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France, mid-12th century]

    EstimateGBP 5,000 - 8,000
    Price realisedGBP 6,048
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  • Lot 42

    St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)

    A leaf from a Tonary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, c.1150]

    EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000
    Price realisedGBP 1,260
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  • Lot 43

    St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)

    A leaf from a Missal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, second half 12th century]

    EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000
    Price realisedGBP 1,260
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  • Lot 44

    Early German neumes

    Leaves from a Sacramentary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Austria or southern Germany, second half 12th century]

    EstimateGBP 15,000 - 20,000
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  • Lot 45

    English neumes

    Two leaves from a Missal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [England, late 12th century]

    EstimateGBP 7,000 - 10,000
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  • Lot 46

    Staffless diastematic neumes

    A leaf from a noted Breviary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [northern Spain or southern France, late 12th century]

    EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000
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  • Lot 47

    St Gall neumes

    A partial leaf from a noted Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Eastern France, ?Alsace, early 13th century]

    EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,500
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  • Lot 48

    Middle Byzantine notation

    A leaf from a noted Service Book, possibly an Irmologion, in Greek, manuscript on vellum [Greece or perhaps Sicily?, 13th century]

    EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000
    Price realisedGBP 6,930
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  • Lot 49

    Square notation

    A leaf from the Beauvais Missal, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Northern France, perhaps Beauvais or Amiens, late 13th or early 14th century]

    EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000
    Price realisedGBP 9,450
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  • Lot 50

    Square notation

    Two leaves from a noted Breviary, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France, c.1300]

    EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500
    Price realisedGBP 630
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  • Lot 51

    St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)

    Two leaves from a noted Missal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, early 14th century]

    EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500
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  • Lot 52

    Metz-German notation

    A leaf from a noted Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [German, mid-14th century]

    EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000
    Price realisedGBP 1,260
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  • Lot 53

    Hufnagel notation

    A leaf from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, mid-14th century]

    EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500
    Price realisedGBP 630
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  • Lot 54

    Hufnagel notation

    A leaf from a Gradual, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, mid-14th century]

    EstimateGBP 700 - 1,000
    Price realisedGBP 504
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  • Lot 55

    North Spanish square notation

    A leaf from a Gradual, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Northern Spain, mid-14th century]

    EstimateGBP 700 - 1,000
    Price realisedGBP 1,134
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  • Lot 56

    English square notation

    A leaf from a Gradual, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [England, 1st half 15th century]

    EstimateGBP 700 - 1,000
    Price realisedGBP 2,142
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  • Lot 57

    Monk of Salzburg

    A leaf with sacred songs, in German and Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, mid-15th century]

    EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000
    Price realisedGBP 5,040
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  • Lot 58

    Hufnagel notation

    A bifolium from an Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany or Flanders, 15th century]

    EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500
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  • Lot 59

    Silesian notation

    A leaf from a Missal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Poland, Wrocław?, mid-15th century]

    EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500
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  • Lot 60

    Prague notation

    Two leaves from a Hymnal, in Latin, manuscript on paper [Czech Republic, late 15th century (after 1481)].

    EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500
    Price realisedGBP 882
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  • Lot 61

    Prague notation

    A fragment from a Choirbook, in Czech, manuscript on paper [Bohemia, late 15th century]

    EstimateGBP 5,000 - 8,000
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  • Lot 62

    Venturino Mercati (active 1470s)

    St Peter, historiated initial 'L' on a leaf from an illuminated Antiphonal on vellum [Lombardy or Siena, c.1470s]

    EstimateGBP 7,000 - 10,000
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  • Lot 63

    Mensural notation

    Ordenung des hohen Ampts am Pfingsten mit Choralmelodien in Mensuris singen, in German, manuscript on paper [Germany, 16th century]

    EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000
    Price realisedGBP 2,772
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  • Lot 64

    A polyphonic Credo for Discant and Tenor

    Four fragments from a musical manuscript, in Latin and Eastern Upper German, on paper [Bayern-Salzburg, 2nd half 15th or early 16th century]

    EstimateGBP 2,000 - 3,000
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  • Lot 65

    Papal scribe Johannes Parvus

    A fragment from a Choirbook, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [perhaps Flanders, mid-16th century, ?after c.1535]

    EstimateGBP 6,000 - 9,000
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  • Lot 66

    Chants for the Mass

    Kyriale, in Latin, calligraphic manuscript on vellum [?Austria, 16th century]

    EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000
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  • Lot 67

    A polyphonic Kyrie

    Two partial leaves from an Antiphonal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Spain, 16th century]

    EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500
    Price realisedGBP 630
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  • Lot 68

    Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)

    Manuscript compilation of the seven Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales, n.p. [Germany], n.d. [1st half 19th century]

    EstimateGBP 600 - 900
    Price realisedGBP 504
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  • Lot 69

    Teodore Riccio (1540-1600)

    Autograph musical manuscript signed (‘Theodorus Riccius’), from a canon, n.p. [probably Ansbach, Germany], 27 April 1597

    EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000
    Price realisedGBP 2,016
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  • Lot 70

    Old Russian neumes

    Sticherarion, with other material, in Church Slavonic, illuminated musical manuscript on paper [Russia, early 17th century]

    EstimateGBP 10,000 - 15,000
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  • Lot 71

    Old Russian Neumes

    Festal Triodion, in Church Slavonic, musical manuscript on paper [Russia, early 17th century]

    EstimateGBP 7,000 - 10,000
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  • Lot 72

    Old Russian neumes

    Sticherarion, in Church Slavonic, illuminated musical manuscript on paper [Russia, mid-17th century].

    EstimateGBP 7,000 - 10,000
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  • Lot 73

    John Hilton the younger (1599-1657)

    Contemporary manuscript copy of Short service ‘in Gamut’, n.p. [England], n.d. [c.1630-1660s]

    EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500
    Price realisedGBP 3,024
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  • Lot 74

    Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)

    Contemporary manuscript of the opera Armide, LWV 71, n.p. [France], n.d. [17th century]

    EstimateGBP 7,000 - 10,000
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  • Lot 75

    Later mensural notation

    Psalms in mensural notation, decorated manuscript on paper [France, c.1700]

    EstimateGBP 5,000 - 8,000
    Price realisedGBP 6,048
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  • Lot 76

    Late Byzantine notation

    Papadike, in Greek, decorated manuscript on paper [Ottoman Empire, ?Macedonia]

    EstimateGBP 3,000 - 5,000
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  • Lot 77

    Nonantola Abbey Pontifical

    Pontifical, use of Nonantola, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, Italy, Nonantola, 1719

    EstimateGBP 5,000 - 8,000
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  • Lot 78

    Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

    Contemporary scribal manuscript of the Toccata in D minor for harpsichord, BWV 913, n.d. [probably first quarter 18th century]

    EstimateGBP 40,000 - 60,000
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  • Lot 79

    François Couperin (1668-1733) and others

    Manuscript transcription of music for flute, n.p. [France and England], n.d. [first half 18th century]

    EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500
    Price realisedGBP 1,386
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  • Lot 80

    George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

    Manuscript of the choruses from the oratorio Messiah, HWV 56, with the libretto in German translation, n.d. [18th century, after 1772]

    EstimateGBP 8,000 - 12,000
    Price realisedGBP 9,450
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  • Lot 81

    George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

    Contemporary scribal manuscript of the four Coronation Anthems, ‘Zadock the Priest’, ‘Let thy hand be strengthened’, ‘The king shall rejoice, ‘My heart is inditing’, HWV 258-261, n.p. [England], n.d. [18th century, after 1730]

    EstimateGBP 20,000 - 30,000
    Price realisedGBP 25,200
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  • Lot 82

    Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)

    Contemporary copyist manuscript of the Mass in D major, P.46, n.p. [?Austria or Germany], n.d. [18th century].

    EstimateGBP 1,000 - 1,500
    Price realisedGBP 630
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  • Lot 83

    Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)

    Early manuscript copy of the Stabat mater dolorosa, P.77, n.p. [Italy, ?Naples], n.d. [second half 18th century]

    EstimateGBP 1,500 - 2,000
    Price realisedGBP 1,008
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  • Lot 84

    Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)

    Contemporary scribal manuscript copy of La Semiramide riconosciuta, Wq. 13, n.p. [?Vienna], n.d. [before 1787]

    EstimateGBP 4,000 - 6,000
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  • Lot 85

    Jean-Benjamin de La Borde (1734-1794)

    'Recueil D’airs avec Accompagnement d' Guittare', in French, illuminated manuscript on paper [France, later 18th century]

    EstimateGBP 2,500 - 3,500
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