Geneva auction house auctions Liszt letters
The Geneva auction house Hôtel des Ventes is auctioning off numerous letters and a booklet of piano exercises by Franz Liszt.
In the letters, Liszt comments on Wagner and Chopin and complains about a lack of public appreciation. Also on sale is an eight-page handwritten booklet by Liszt from 1832 with piano exercises for his pupil Valérie Boissier.
Hôtel des Ventes estimates the value of the Liszt documents to be at least 9750 francs. The letters come from the collections of the Szigeti and Magaloff families and the Geneva musicologist Robert Bory.
The auction will also include manuscripts and letters by Bartok, Brahms, Puccini, Viotti, Wagner, Dukas and others.
More info: www.hoteldesventes.ch/fr/ventes
