Autograph musical quotation signed and dated 18 June 1940

by Rodolfo Halffter

$135 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

6 measures from the composer's Sonatas de El Escorial for piano. 189 x 213 mm. On partial letterhead of the Junta de Cultura Española. Creased at folds; minor paper loss to foot; two file holes to left margin. Notable amongst his early works are the modernist Naturaleza muerta, Dos sonatas de El Escorial inspired by Soler, and Marinero en tierra, settings of poems by Alberti which contain some of his most accessible music.

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