Impressive and exceedingly scarce collection of ten AMQSs on a single off-white 8 x 9 sheet bearing a pen and ink sketch of Alexander Glazunov (signed “G. Haferland”), circa 1928–1931. Each composer carefully pens from two to six measures; most also add the title, place, and/or date. Represented: Alexander Glazunov (who pens an excerpt from the ‘First Symphony’ of his illustrious teacher, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; this quote is on a neatly affixed slip of manuscript paper, the only such example); Witold Maliszewski (from the opera-ballet ‘Boruta’—weeks before its premiere); Hans Bullerian (‘Cello Concerto’); Alexander Tcherepnin (unidentified, marked “Larghetto”); Sergei Rachmaninoff (‘Third Piano Concerto’); Sergei Bortkiewicz (‘First Piano Concerto’); Nicolai Tcherepnin (overture to the opera ‘Svat’); Leopold Godowsky (unidentified), Nikolai Artciboucheff (‘Waltz’), Sergei Prokofiev (‘Third Piano Concerto,’ arguably his greatest and best-known work), and Nicolai Medtner (‘Second Piano Concerto’). In fine, clean condition. The highly desirable and elusive quotes of many of the individual composers would hold a place of pride in any collection; the combination of so many luminaries in a single (and singular) presentation elevates this item to an entirely different level. RR Auction COA.
