ID: 1648
Sinfonia Antartica.
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Ralph

Category: Music, Signed

Place/Publisher/Date:
Oxford University Press. 1953.

Description: Full score; 8vo; original paper covers. Presentation copy from the composer, inscribed on the title page "To my wife." The composers second wife Ursula Vaughan Williams. After hearing John Barbirolli conduct Wagner's Tristan und Isolde in January 12 1953, they decided to get married; but because of visits to Manchester for the rehearsals and first performance of the Sinfonia Antartica they could not find a free day until February 7. Good, covers worn, especially to spine, and creased, consistent with use.

Price £500.00