Baton of Berlioz, donated them to MA Balakirev
 

Hector Berlioz Conductor's baton , presented to them by MA Balakirev. France , 19. Wood, silver , ivory . Length 38 cm, weight 72 g.

Baton , donated by the great French composer Russian colleague in 1867 in St. Petersburg. Balakirev was inherited from his student , writer book. MV Volkonskaya (1860 , Moscow - 1944 , Kiev). After the death of MV Volkonskaya relic was requisitioned along with other values ​​her granddaughter and presented to the family of the last owners, together with the working of the baton Mily Balakirev and his letters MV Volkonskaya , also located on sale (for a detailed provenance attached to the subject).

Relics are in Kiev . Price is negotiable.

Homoludens, you have interesting items!

And that, doc y cop is on a stick?

Thank you for your kind words ! Life each one of us - it was a sin to waste it on uninteresting subjects.

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What exactly kind of docking y cop you mean , Eriksson? There are a) a detailed provenance (composed an investigator by the owner) and b) written confirmation of the last owner , whose family stick together with letters of Berlioz Balakirev Balakirev and stick itself was kept for several decades. You may want to get confirmation living in Kiev granddaughter book. Volkonskaya . Laboratory examination of items not carried out - if necessary, it is not difficult to do. But the authenticity of the items is not in doubt , as well as their historical and cultural value . Balakirev's overarching message was in excerpts published in 1913-1914 in the " Russian Antiquities", never fully published .

Add a photo of both sticks - Berlioz and Balakirev - against the backdrop of letters Balakirev book.
Volkonskaya.

Oh, this little thing would be yes .. in early April this year, a lot of people looking for St. Petersburg presents maestro Gergiev on the anniversary.

With bitterness reflected ...

So who knew)

Baton Berlioz and Balakirev sold.
Balakirev letters are still on sale, including two large polemical writing about Tolstoy.
I will be glad to all who are interested.