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jehangircama

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beethoven manuscript discovery

on: October 14, 2005, 06:34:44 AM

hey i just read in the papers that an original Beethoven mamnuscript from his last years was rediscovered in some universtiy. it is a grosse fugue 80 pages long in his writing. any more news on it so far?

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Re: beethoven manuscript discovery

Reply #1 on: October 14, 2005, 06:43:54 AM

Quote from: jehangircama on October 14, 2005, 06:34:44 AM

hey i just read in the papers that an original Beethoven mamnuscript from his last years was rediscovered in some universtiy. it is a grosse fugue 80 pages long in his writing. any more news on it so far?

It's a piano version of Op 133, the grosse fugue. It's being sold on Dec 1st at Sotherby's [Amazon'll be cheaper when they get it