We have no record of a manuscript of similar historical and musical importance in the field of popular music being offered for sale at auction. They rarely survive even in libraries and are almost never offered for public sale. This song is a classic of twentieth-century popular music.Ĭomposers' autograph scores of popular music are of the greatest rarity. The full orchestral score, together with the separate harp part, notated for 'Canto, Guitarra, Flautas, Trompas, Tromb, Clarone, Harpa, Violino (1-2 and 3-4), Violas, Cell, Bassa', notated in pencil on fourteen staves per page, with the detailed orchestration annotated throughout including indications for Bat and piano, the tuning for the harp, the pizzicato in the bass, with deletions and revisions ('nâo executem êstes 4 compassos'), the voice (without words) and guitar parts written on paper affixed to the top margin, the singer's name inscribed by the composer at the reprise ('Elizete '), and the name of the poet faintly at the head of the manuscript ('Vinícius de Moraes'), and the harp part inscribed by Jobim 'Chega de saudade'Ģ0 pages, mainly large folio (c.38 x 23cms), on 12-stave paper extended to 14 stave with strips of manuscript paper glued to the top margin,, foxing and staining, some repairs with translucent adhesive tape

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