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The estimate for the May 22 sale may prove to be conservative
These range from minor adjustments to the tempo and rhythm of the symphony to entirely new sections pasted over previous work 6 million pounds (US$4 million) paid for a collection of Mozart symphonies sold at Sotheby's in 1987, Roe said
The record for a music manuscript is 2 Beethoven Manuscript Up for Sale
Apr 8, 11:25 AM EST
Beethoven's final manuscript of the Ninth Symphony, marked with the composer's revisions and insults to the copyist who produced it, could fetch up to $4
The owner, described only as a "private foundation," is planning to set up a charitable fund for musicians fund with the money, Roe said It was met with wild acclaim, but failed to solve the composer's financial problems
"This is one of the greatest works ever written by man, and it isn't likely there will be another complete Beethoven manuscript up for sale ever again; the rest are lost or in libraries," said Stephen Roe, Sotheby's head of manuscripts
That sheet was in the composer's hand, but the Ninth Symphony manuscript was made by a copyist sothebys
A single sheet of Beethoven's early draft of the opening of the Ninth Symphony sold last year for 1 These hidden pieces of music have never been published 6 million at a sale in London next month, an auctioneer said Tuesday 3 million pounds ($2 million), eight times more than the estimated price com/
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Beethoven was most vitriolic in the final choral passage section of the symphony, extolling freedom and the brotherhood of man Beethoven died three years later at the age of 57 However, almost every one of the 575 pages has notes and revisions scrawled by Beethoven, Roe said in a telephone interview At one point he scribbled, "du verfluchter Kerl!" ("you damned fool!")
The Ninth Symphony was first performed in Vienna in 1824, by which time Beethoven had been deaf for at least eight years |