129 Heinrich XXIV Fürst Reuss zu Köstritz
(1855-1910), composer, Copper Medal, 1902, by Paul Sturm, bust left,
rev
naked Rhine Maidens, 98mm (Ni 1675). Good very fine.
£40-60
130 131
130 Emil George Conrad von Sauer
(1862-1942), pianist and composer, Silvered-bronze Plaquette, 1906, by
Heinrich Kautsch [Paris], bust left - to the right of plaquette, rev olive branches before radiant star over landscape,
89mm x 99mm; with a smaller example, Bronze, 63mm x 69mm (Ni 1761). Good very fine. (2)
£80-120
131 Alexander Friedrich, Landgraf von Hessen
(1863-1945), Composer, uniface Bronze Plaquette, 1902, by
Heinrich Kautsch, he sits playing at a piano on which a Muse leans, her arm around his shoulder, 100mm x
63mm. Extremely fine.
£60-80
Whilst his portrait is rather static, the Muse is wonderfully ‘Art Nouveau’.
132 134
(images reduced)
132 Richard Strauss
(1864-1949), composer and conductor, circular Bronze Portrait Plaquette [1905], by Wilhelm
Frass, bust three-quartrers right, eyes cast downward, 136mm, mounted on wooden plaque (Ni 1969), a
sensitive and softly sculpted portrait
; and a small Bronze Plaquette, by Mayer & Wilhelm, 50mm x 37mm (Ni
1975), both extremely fine. (2)
£120-150
Strauss was appointed President of the Reichsmusikkammer in 1933, and although he composed the “Olympische Hymne” for the 1936
Olympics he had lost his position by the time the Games opened.
133 Otto Ferdinand Günther
(1822-1897), Director of the Leipzig Conservatory, Copper Medal, 1887, by L C Lauer,
40mm (Ni 773); Max von Schillings (1868-1933), conductor (Berlin State Opera, 1919-25), composer and theatre
director, Copper Medal, undated, by Paul Sturm, head right, rev figure in flames, 68mm (Ni 1772); Robert
Alexander Schumann
(1810-1856), composer, Bronze Plaquette, by Mayer & Wilhelm, 51mm x 38mm (Ni 1868);
Silvered-bronze Medal, by Lauer, 50mm (Ni 1865); Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann (1819-1896), pianist,
uniface Bronze medal, by Friedrich Kounitzky, conjoined heads left, 87mm (Ni 1859); Engelbert Humperdinck
(1854-1921), composer [Hänsel und Gretel, c.1891), Bronze Medal, by E Torff, facing bust, 60mm (Ni 949);
Wilhelm Lamping
(1880-?), violoncellist, Bronze Medal, by L Eisel, 65mm (Ni 1040); Schott Music Publishers,
Mainz, 150
th
anniversary, Bronze Medal, 1920, modernistic style, 78mm (Ni 1786); Hermann Abendroth (1885-
1956), conductor, Bronze Medal, by Bruno Evermann, 85mm (Ni 2).
Extremely fine. (8)
£80-120
Clara Schumann was a distinguished pianist of the Romantic era, as well as a composer, being known as “the high priestess of music”.
Schott Music was founded by Bernhard Schott (1748-1809) in 1770.
134 Siegfried Wagner
(1869-1930), composer of operas, conductor, from 1908, Artistic Director of the Bayreuth
Festival, uniface Bronze plaquette, 1900, by Franz Kounitzky, bust right with somewhat foppish quif of hair,
180mm x 110mm (Ni 2284, as Friedrich Kounitzky). Very fine, lettering in the Art Nouveau style.
£60-80
Wagner, son of Richard Wagner and grandson of Franz Liszt.
GREAT BRITAIN
135 Sir Michael Mercator
, electrotype copies of two self-Portrait Medals, 1539, the one to resemble lead, with
bust left in flat cap, 46mm; the second smaller, resembling silver, bare head right, 32mm, mid 19
th
century (MI
43/34, 35; Ni 1314, 1315).
Much as made, the first from a pierced medal. (2)
£80-120
Quality copies taken from the British Museum specimens
136 Georg Friedrich Handel
[Händel - Haendel - Hendel] (1685-1759), Centenary of his Birth, Silver Medal,
unsigned, bust left, rev within wreath,
SUB AUSP G.III
, 32mm (Ni 813; BHM 259, R
2
; D&W 133/250-51). Good
very fine, deeply toned
.
£150-200
Struck for a five-day Music Festival which commenced in London on 26 May 1784, and which was attended by King George III and
Queen Charlotte.
137 138
(image reduced)
137 Georg Friedrich Handel
(1685-1759), circular patinated Bronze Plaquette, unsigned and undated, bare head
right,
HAENDEL
above, 122mm (Ni 814).
Surface stained and marked, very fine, rare.
£40-60
138 Georg Friedrich Handel
(1685-1759), The Handel Concerts at the Crystal Palace, all medals by John Pinches,
with portrait bust left, small Copper Medals (2), 1857, “H. Child, Performer” and “T. F. Travers, Performer”,
41.5mm (Ni 801); Copper Medal, 1859, “Miss H. Withall, Performer”, 51mm (Ni 804); Pair of Medals, Copper
and White Metal, similar bust to the 1857 medal, rev seated muse plays lyre, 42mm (Ni 800; BHM 2598, R
3
;
D&W 134/257),
Very fine and better. (5)
£100-150
The latter two medals may have been intended as an award. Brown (BHM) records it only in white metal.