Bonhams To Sell Music Score For Hitchcock Film Psycho
Bonhams Printed Books and Manuscripts sale on 24th March includes the score for the film Psycho which upset the sleep of generations of film goers.
This sale provides a unique opportunity to acquire an iconic cinematic score appearing on the market for the first time. Bernard Herrmann is widely celebrated as the most distinguished musical contributor to the world of film, especially through his work with Alfred Hitchcock. A collection of Herrmann’s scores, manuscripts and books has been consigned to the sale by his surviving third wife Norma Herrmann, the highlight of which is the original score for Hitchcock’s film “Psycho”, including the(in)famous shower scene. The score is signed and dated on the first page, and is estimated to sell for £30,000 – 40,000.
Other musical lots include letters from English composers such as Vaughan Williams, and a very important series from American modernist Charles Ives and the expressionist Arnold Schoenberger. The range of lots on offer extends from 20th century Academy Award certificates back to 17th century printed scores, including an early version of Thomas Arne’s “Rule Britannia”.
Other noteworthy items from the film world in this exciting sale include letters from some of the genre’s most enduring legends such as Orson Welles and Martin Scorsese, and fascinating books, of which one is inscribed by Hitchcock to Herrmann with his famous self-caricature.
Auction info http://www.bonhams.com/books
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