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Offline 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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Offline leahcim

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Re: beethoven manuscript discovery
Reply #1 on: October 14, 2005, 06:43:54 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 :D ] - I imagine both were in the article though.

Offline BoliverAllmon

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Re: beethoven manuscript discovery
Reply #2 on: October 14, 2005, 02:01:07 PM
wow that will be expensive.

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