Feb 20, 2020 - Sale 2530

Sale 2530 - Lot 113

Price Realized: $ 618
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
MASSENET, JULES. Autograph Musical Manuscript dated and Signed, "J. Massenet," working draft of a work for flute ("Morceau à déchiffrer Concours de flûte 1881"), 41 bars notated on 6 three-stave systems, with holograph title, instrument labels, and tempo directive. Signed with additional holograph title on the title-page. 1 1/2 pages, folio, 24 printed staves on recto and verso, written on the second and third pages of a folded sheet; faint toning to all edges throughout; sewn into cloth-backed boards. Np, 1881

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This work was likely written to be used for the sight-reading examinations held at the Paris Conservatoire.