autograph working musical draft for the concert arrangement of the 'marche troyenne' from the opera les troyens, [h.133b], signed and inscribed: — Berlioz, Hector

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Estimate: £30,000–£40,000 hammer ≈ $38,913–$51,883
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Sale: Sotheby's — Musical Manuscripts, London · 23 May 2017
Record ID: TB-2026-4566747
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Hector Berlioz 1803-1869, autograph working musical draft for the concert arrangement of the 'marche troyenne' from the opera les troyens, [h.133b], signed and inscribed:. Sotheby's, 23 May 2017, lot 207. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4566747.

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Hector Berlioz 1803-1869, autograph working musical draft for the concert arrangement of the 'marche troyenne' from the opera les troyens, [h.133b], signed and inscribed:. Sotheby's, 23 May 2017, lot 207. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4566747.

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