HOLST GUSTAV: (1874-1934) English composer. Best known for his orchestral suite The Planets. An excellent A.M.Q.S., ('Gustav Holst'), to a 4.5 x 3.5 card, dated in his hand 31st december 1929, on the printed stationery of the St. Paul´s girls School, Brook Green, Hammersmith. holst has cleanly and carefully penned a three bars of music, adding the lyrics beneath `Coates´a master hear ye all! (as said before!)´. Further, Holst adds an amusing comment `Unfortunately not by me´ Postmarked, stamped and addressed to the verso, to John Coates in Northwood, in Holst´s hand. VG
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HOLST GUSTAV: (1874-1934) English composer. Best known for his orchestral suite The Planets. An excellent A.M.Q.S., ('Gustav Holst'), to a 4.5 x 3.5 card, dated in his hand 31st december 1929, on the printed stationery of the St. Paul´s girls School, Brook Green, Hammersmith. holst has cleanly and carefully penned a three bars of music, adding the lyrics beneath `Coates´a master hear ye all! (as said before!)´. Further, Holst adds an amusing comment `Unfortunately not by me´ Postmarked, stamped and addressed to the verso, to John Coates in Northwood, in Holst´s hand. VG
Auction: Autograph Letters, Manuscripts & Historical Documents, 13th Mar, 2024