Autograph musical manuscript quotations by contemporary composers, most with dedications to the American poet and librettist J.D. (‘Sandy’) McClatchy, including:
~ ELLIOT GOLDENTHAL (American, 1954-)
Musical quotation from act I scene V of Grendel, 2006, 1 page, folio, on 30 stave paper, with pen sketch of the title character, also signed by the show’s director JULIE TAYMOR, 20 x 13 in. (sight);
~ LOWELL LIEBERMANN (American, 1961-)
Musical quotation from act I scene I of Miss Lonely Hearts, 4to, on 9 stave paper, inscribed on sheet and on mat, 8-1/2 x 14 in. (sheet); and
~ (2pc) BRUCE SAYLOR (American, 1946-)
Two autograph musical manuscript pages from Orpheus Descending, one folio, in pencil on 24 stave paper, showing an excerpt from act II scene 3, 13 x 10 in. (sheet), the other 12mo, showing act I scene 3, 3 x 4-1/2 in. (sight);
~ DARON HAGEN (American, 1961), musical quotation to Little Nemo in Slumberland, with three staves, dated November 2012, 8 x 11 in.;
~ (4pc) TOBIAS PICKER (American, 1954-), two libretto sheets heavily scrawled with musical motifs and notes, and two musical quotations on Picker’s stationery; and
~ (3pc) MICHAEL DELLAIRA (American, 1949-), three autograph musical manuscript pages, two in full score with 13 staves from The Secret Agent, 2011, (one in sleeve on back of frame), 8-1/2 x 8 in. (sheet), and one from The Death of Webern, n.d., all signed and with dedication to J.D. (‘Sandy’) McClatchy; all framed
overall: 14 x 16 in. (largest frame)
Provenance: The estate of J.D. McClatchy (1945-2018), American poet, librettist, literary critic, and former president of The American Academy of Arts and Letters, Stonington, CT

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25-1/2 x 31 in. (largest frame)