Lot 185 · Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts
autograph graphic score of the "cantus perpetuus", signed by the composer on the title, ("a. schnittke")
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- Estimate
- £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $6,278–$9,417
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts, London · 20 November 2014
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4309328
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Alfred Schnittke, autograph graphic score of the "cantus perpetuus", signed by the composer on the title, ("a. schnittke"). Sotheby's, 20 Nov 2014, lot 185. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4309328.
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Alfred Schnittke, autograph graphic score of the "cantus perpetuus", signed by the composer on the title, ("a. schnittke"). Sotheby's, 20 Nov 2014, lot 185. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4309328.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| sept manifestes dada. paris: diorama, 1924 | Tristan Tzara | £1,500–£2,000 | |
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| a collection of five volumes from the bodoni press, all in contempora… | — | £1,500–£2,000 | |
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