Stravinsky, Igor

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Holograph, signed, in dark pencil on vellum paper. At end of score: IStr Nov 24 1955. Includes photocopies of autograph notes and letters in French or Italian by composer, son Theodore Stravinsky, antiquarian music dealer Erwin Rosenthal and Adriana Panni attesting to sale of present holograph; also includes photocopy of portion of entry on Canticum Sacrum from registry of works section of E.W. White’s Stravinsky : the composer and his works, and an envelope with English inscription by composer in red crayon and pencil: Canticum Sacrum full and vocal scores of transparent manuscripts (non sprayed) IStr.

Copyist’s manuscript in black ink, annotated by composer. Marked throughout in composer’s hand in blue crayon, black ink and pencil, with deletions and pasted-over passages; served as preliminary Stichvorlage for eventual publication by P. ︠I︡Urgenson. Incomplete; final and possibly penultimate pages missing.

Copyist’s manuscript in black ink. Signed on caption in pencil: Igor Stravinsky 1928. Contains alterations and other annotations in composer’s hand throughout in red and blue crayon, and pencil. Includes additional markings in unknown hand related to performance.

Holograph drafts for tableaux I-III of ballet for orchestra, including passages not included in definitive version. Chiefly condensed score in brown and black ink and pencil, unsigned, with piano part prominent and including additional instrumental designations. On lined notebook, with staves ruled using the Stravigor, the composer’s wheeled rastrum, some in purple ink. Dated on bottom of p. [35]: Clarens (Vaud) 11/XI/-10. Includes arithmetical formulations inscribed in spaces between music staves on page [16] in dark ink and on page [32] in pencil.