Lot Details
Lot 205
STRAVINSKY, IGOR Concreto en Re pour Violon & Orchestre par Igor Strawinsky.
Mainz: B. Schott, [1931]. First edition, Harold Arlen's copy with his pencil signature to the inside wrapper. Edition Schott 2190. Original printed wrappers, with a rare broadside printed concert flier dated November 1931 laid-in. 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches 32 x 24 cm). The rear wrapper detached, some light soiling to wrapper.
Provenance: A Portion of the Harold Arlen Archives, Property of Mrs. Rita Arlen
Harold Arlen's signed copy of Stravinsky's 1931 Violin Concerto, with the printed dedication from Stravinsky to the young Polish violinist Samuel Dushkin for whom the piece was composed. Laid-in is a rare broadside advertising a performance on 13 November 1931 with the Berliner Funk-Orchesters conducted by Stravinsky and featuring Dushkin as a soloist.
C A Portion of the Harold Arlen Archives, Property of Mrs. Rita Arlen
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