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Auction archive: Lot number 124

SCHUMANN, CLARA. 1819-1896.

Estimate
US$2,500 - US$3,500
Price realised:
US$2,750
Auction archive: Lot number 124

SCHUMANN, CLARA. 1819-1896.

Estimate
US$2,500 - US$3,500
Price realised:
US$2,750
Beschreibung:

Autograph Letter Signed ("Clara Schumann"), in German, to Frau Thusnelda (Wagner) Hübbe, inquiring about the location of her sister, Friederike, 4 pp, 8vo, Interlaken, September 2, 1892, including original mailing envelope. WITH: Manuscript musical notation, signed ("Clara Schumann"), 1 p, 4to, on printed musical staff, signed to a Dr. Hirsch. Both elaborately matted, framed and glazed, with a portrait of Schumann, guarantee label of Memorabilia, Ltd. in California on back of frame. Clara Schumann was a prolific composer and pianist and a major figure of the Romantic era in Germany. A child prodigy, she married composer Robert Schumann and was acquainted with Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms and many others. Friederike Wagner Sauermann, a favorite student of Brahms, who formed a close friendship with Clara and once performed Bach's Concerto for Three Pianos together with both Clara and Johannes Brahms.

Auction archive: Lot number 124
Auction:
Datum:
5 Dec 2018
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York 580 Madison Avenue New York NY 10022 Tel: +1 212 644 9001 Fax : +1 212 644 9009 info.us@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

Autograph Letter Signed ("Clara Schumann"), in German, to Frau Thusnelda (Wagner) Hübbe, inquiring about the location of her sister, Friederike, 4 pp, 8vo, Interlaken, September 2, 1892, including original mailing envelope. WITH: Manuscript musical notation, signed ("Clara Schumann"), 1 p, 4to, on printed musical staff, signed to a Dr. Hirsch. Both elaborately matted, framed and glazed, with a portrait of Schumann, guarantee label of Memorabilia, Ltd. in California on back of frame. Clara Schumann was a prolific composer and pianist and a major figure of the Romantic era in Germany. A child prodigy, she married composer Robert Schumann and was acquainted with Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms and many others. Friederike Wagner Sauermann, a favorite student of Brahms, who formed a close friendship with Clara and once performed Bach's Concerto for Three Pianos together with both Clara and Johannes Brahms.

Auction archive: Lot number 124
Auction:
Datum:
5 Dec 2018
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York 580 Madison Avenue New York NY 10022 Tel: +1 212 644 9001 Fax : +1 212 644 9009 info.us@bonhams.com
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