Live auction - Lot 1113
[Music - Manchester]
Autogr. s. letter to [Gustav] Behrens, in German.
Bowdon (Cheshire), 28 March 1905
€ 100 / 120
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Lot description
1 p., 8vo, China ink on laid paper, letterhead "The Firs", s. "Hans Richter" (traces of fold ).
Letter about the programme of a concert of Manchester's famous Hallé Orchestra, in the Free Trade Hall. From 1899 to 1911, the legendary Austro-Hungarian conductor H. Richter (1843-1916) was the main conductor of this orchestra founded in 1858 by the German musician Charles (né Carl) Hallé. G. Behrens (1846-1936), businessman and philanthropist issued from a German family, was the chairman of the Hallé Orchestra Society.
Ref. halle.co.uk.
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