SALE OF MUSIC COPYRIGHTS.
The following which was foryfiirded to us by the auctioneers by the l^s.t San Francisco mail will interest many of our musical readers : — . "\ iAt thb sale just concluded by JVTessrs. Puttick' &\ Simpson the large pricesjbbtained for many of the works are \wof thy of note. We select the following items : : — Hemy's -Royaf Modern Tutor for the Pianoforte, £3010,— Borrows The murmur of the stream, £208:-— H. Walker's The British LidnJ . £168.— Fontaine's Swing Song, £736.— The Musical Byou Collection, £123.— Part Song Magazine, £110 lQs.—Blumenthai's When we are parted;£s7 15s. — Cecil's I hear thee speak of a better land, £51. —Clay's Shades of evening, £36 17s ; -rD,empste.r >(W.:R.) A r doubting heart, £74 15s. — Dolby (Madme) Marjories Almanac, £56 19s. — Spark's Twenty Marches for the Organ, £61 12s. — Offenbach's Bose of Auvergnej £49 7s;— Gatty's Little songs for little voices* £76 10s.— Gabriel's* (V.) Only,---£193 4s.— Ditto, Ruby, £418 10s.— D itto, Weary, £115 .—Ditto, . When sparrows build, £390. — Offenbach's Breaking the Spell, £116 11s. — Robinson's; Organist's Friend, £189 Is. — Gounod's Bethlemen, £11 7 16s.— Ditto, Thegaurdian angel, £105. — Ditto, Ring oh, sweet Angelus, £180. — Raff's Suite in B flat for Piano, £246 15s.— Clifton's (H.) Jones' musical party, £60.—Benedict's Brides of Venice, £181 18s. — Gounod's Irene, £196 Is 6d.— Hatton's Come live with me, £35. — Miss Linday's Apprenticed, £52 10s.— Molloy's Told in the twilight, £49 15s.— Dittb, The bird and the cross, £35. — Cramer's | Vocal Gems, £367.— 1-Miss Linday's Queen Mary's Prayer, -£43 los. — Pin- ' suti (C.) Bedouin's love song, £114 15s. —Ditto, "1 heard a voice, £ 1 36.— Ditto, The Swallow, £123 15.— Roeckel's A laddie so shy,; £41 ss. —^Smart's. By the blue sea, - £66. — Ditto, Tom Hardy, £75 7s 6d.— Sullivan's (A.) The Chorister, £556 10s. — Ditto, My love'beyond the sea, £48 2s. — Ditto, 0 mistress mine, £90 ] 5s. — Ditto, Orpheus yith v his lute, £209. — Ditto, . Si'gli no more, ladies,£47 5s. — Ditto, The, willow, songj' £67 10s. The sale occupied six days, and realised upwards of £16,000.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 211, 4 September 1880, Page 4
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