Feb 25, 2021 - Sale 2559

Sale 2559 - Lot 67

Price Realized: $ 1,950
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
HIS "CONCERTO WILL BE PERFORMED IN FRANKFURT ON THE 3RD OF JULY" BERG, ALBAN. Autograph Letter Signed, to Dr. R. Meyer, in German, on a postcard, promising to send the music for his "Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with 13 Wind Instruments" [which premiered in March] and a promotional photograph for use by the World Music Exhibition in Frankfurt. 1 page, 12mo; remnants of mounting at corners verso. Vienna, 29 April 1927
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"According to your wishes, I will send you . . . for the International Exhibition: 1) one of my photos that has been published, and 2) my original volume, the first complete printing of my chamber concerto for violin, piano and 13 winds in Particell form (100 pages treated with pencil fixative) . . . . By the way, this concerto will be performed in Frankfurt on the 3rd of July . . . ."
In Frankfurt am Main from June 11 to August 28, 1927, an international music exhibition was held entitled Musik im Leben der Völker at which popular, classical and new music from Europe, America, Africa, and Asia was performed, attracting 820,000 visitors.