Lot 151 · Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts
autograph manuscript of "pelléas et mélisande" for piano solo, signed twice, including on the autograph title ("musik z. maeterlinks drama 'pelléas et mélisande' componirt und für piano a 2 händen arrangiert von jean sibelius")
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- Estimate
- £60,000–£80,000 hammer ≈ $87,577–$116,770
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts, London · 24 May 2016
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4478401
- Record
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Jean Sibelius, autograph manuscript of "pelléas et mélisande" for piano solo, signed twice, including on the autograph title ("musik z. maeterlinks drama 'pelléas et mélisande' componirt und für piano a 2 händen arrangiert von jean sibelius"). Sotheby's, 24 May 2016, lot 151. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4478401.
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Jean Sibelius, autograph manuscript of "pelléas et mélisande" for piano solo, signed twice, including on the autograph title ("musik z. maeterlinks drama 'pelléas et mélisande' componirt und für piano a 2 händen arrangiert von jean sibelius"). Sotheby's, 24 May 2016, lot 151. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4478401.
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