151 Franz Liszt
(1811-1886), earlier Copper Medals (3), by A Bovy, 26mm (Ni 1108); Conrad Lange, 1846, 48mm
(Ni 1134); by C Radnitzky, 1875, 51mm (Ni 1157); with other Medals by Anton Grath, 60mm (Ni 1120); by
Lauer, 50mm (Ni 1136); by Rudolf Mayer (3), rev naked winged Genius, 60mm, 40mm and 29mm (Ni 1147);
by Schultze, 64mm (Ni 1172). Extremely fine or nearly so. (9)
£80-120
152 Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner
, the Warburg Festival, Bronze Medal, 1928, by Karl Goetz, busts vis-à-vis, rev
figures of Ludwig, Landgrave of Thuringia and Saint Elisabeth, 65mm (Ni 1119; Kienast 404); List, Centenary, Silver
Medal, 1911, by Karl Goetz, bust right, rev crucifix, 36mm (Ni 1118; Kienast 29). Extremely fine. (2) £80-120
The reverse of the first a reference to Wagner’s Tannhäuser and Liszt’s Legend of the Holy Elizabeth
153 Joseph Joachim
(1831-1907), influential violinist, composer and teacher, a group of Plaquettes and Medals,
Bronze Plaquettes (2), 1902, by Friedrich Kounitzky, half-length bust, playing, 64mm x 95mm; by Mayer &
Wilhelm, 50.5mm x 39mm; silvered Plaquette, by W Midgley, 63mm x 48mm, a handsome portrait; Bronze
Medals (2), by E Torff, 60mm (Ni 967, 968, 969, 974). Very fine and better. (5)
£70-90
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154 Carl Goldmark
(1850-1915), composer, Bronze Plaquettes (3), 1914, by S Ehrentheil, bust right, 88mm x 96mm;
circular, 1930, by Felicitas Koranyi, bust right, 110mm; 1910, by Lajos Lukatsy, bust left, 90mm x 56mm (Ni
718, 719, 720). Good very fine. (3)
£60-80
155 Rafael Joseffy
(1853-1915), pianist and composer, Bronze Plaquette, 1911, by V D Brenner [New York], half-
length bust three-quarters left, rev hand on keyboard,
FROM HIS FRIENDS IN NEW YORK
, 64mm x 42mm (Ni
977). Extremely fine.
£40-60
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156 Carl Goldmark
(1830-1915), opera composer, Silver and Bronze Medals (2), 1890, by Anton Scharff, bust right,
rev
legend, 57mm (Ni 722); Artúr Nikisch (1855-1922), conductor, uniface rectangular Bronze Plaquette, by
M Lewy, bust three-quarters left, name below, 146mm x 81mm (Ni 1520); Bronze Medal, by Bruno Evermann,
85mm (Ni 1517), another, by Frau Dr Geibel, 64mm (cf Ni 1518, a plaquette); Jenö Hubay (1858-1937) and
Livia von Kuzmik
, 40mm (Ni 938); Franz Lehar (1870-1948), opera composer, Plaquette, 1907, by Hans
Schaefer, 50mm x 30mm; and Medal, by Josef Tautenhayn, 37mm (Ni 1057, 1059); Ernst von Dohnanyi (1877-
1960), Bronze Medal, by Jozsef Remenyi, 65mm (Ni 555); Albert Siklós, born Albert Schönwald (1878-1942),
cellist and composer, Bronze Medal, 1925, by Fülöp Ö. Beck, head right, rev a sextet playing, 68mm (Ni 1890);
Bela Bartók
(1881-1945), composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist, Bronze Medal, by Andras Beck, head
left, 73mm (Ni 90); uniface cast Bronze Medal, undated, by Ilse Kühner, bare head right, name in bold letters
around, 135mm (Ni 99). Very fine or better. (12)
£120-150
Nikisch who performed mainly in Germany, was considered an outstanding interpreter of the music of Brückner, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven
and Liszt. Bartok died in New York, having fled Hungary in 1940.
Fülöp Ö. Beck (1873-1945), was a prolific sculptor and this medal is indeed sculptural in its design.
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157 Pietro Giovanni Luigi Palestrina
(1525-1594), composer, Silver [1880] and Copper Medals (2), by N Cerbara,
41mm (Ni 1562, 1561); by Lothar Krüger, 1842, 40mm (Ni 1564); Giuditta Pasta (1798-1865), opera singer, Silver
Medal, 1829, by Vittorio Nesti, bust left, 44mm (Ni 1577), and a gilt cliché of the obverse, 43.5mm; Copper
Medals (2), 1829, unsigned, bust left, 34mm (Ni 1580, 1581); Copper Tribute Medals (2), 1829, unsigned, 42mm
(Ni 1582), and by Putinati,1830, 46.5mm (Ni 1578); other Copper Medals (3), Giovanni Battista Viotti (1753-
1824), composer, violinist and opera manager, 1824, by Peuvrier, head left, 41mm (Ni 2128); Giambattista
Pergolesi
(1710-1736), composer, violinist and organist, by A Resealdani, 37mm (Ni 1591); Nicola Piccini
(1728-1800), composer, 1825, by Caqué, and another adapted as a Prize “Solfège M Sichel 1881”, 41mm (Ni
1602, 1603); Ferdinado Paer (171771-1839, composer, by Donadio, 41mm (Ni 1552). Very fine to extremely fine.
(15)
£180-220
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158 Vincento Costaguti
(1612-1660), Cardinal [1643], author on matters musical and patron, Copper Medal, 1747,
by Otto Hamerani, bust right, rev panoramic view of the Palazzo Anzio, his Cardinal’s arms below, 42mm (Ni
523). Good very fine.
£80-100
159 Francesco Scipione, Marchese di Maffei
(1675-1755), Silver Medal, by Jean-Antoine Dassier, bust right, rev
bust right, hair long, wearing loose coat and cravat, rev the façade and prospect of the theatre and Academia
Philarmonica at Verona,
MUSEI VERONENSIS CONDITORI - ACADEMIA PHILARMONICA
, 54mm (Ni p.140;
Eisler 11; Voltolina 1534). Good very fine, light tooling to field on both sides, toned.
£150-200
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160 Faustina Bordoni
(1697-1781), mezzo-soprano, a pair of Florentine cast Bronze Medals, in the baroque style,
by Joseph Broccetti, 1723, common obverse, bust to right pearl cord fastens dress, revs 1) Polymnia seated on
a pile of musical trophies,
VNA AVIA IN TERRIES
, 84mm; 2) Bordoni as a Siren, sings to Ulysses, who stand on
his ship,
QVIS TAM FERREVS VT TENEAT SE
, 85mm (Ni 379, 380), the surface of both lacking patination and dull,
very fine
; Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710), organist and composer, cast Bronze Medal, unsigned, bust right, rev
Pasquini leans on a clavichord, 56mm (Ni 1574), very fine. (3)
£150-200
Bordoni is famously remembered for her very public row in 1726, with her rival Madam Cozzini, on stage of the Theatre Royal,
Haymarket, London, and with Caroline, Princess of Wales, in the audience.
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