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Copyist's manuscript for the Kreutzer Sonata

Contemporary German manuscript of the Violin Sonata in A major, op. 47, the printer's copy for the authentic English edition by Birchall, separate parts for piano and violin, written by a single copyist throughout, with corrected passages written on slips of paper pasted into the piano part, the title inscribed by another hand above the music, marked up throughout by and for the printer in pencil, 2 v. (20 p.), small oblong quarto (19.5 x 24 cm.), the piano 14 p., the violin part 6p., both foliated by the scribe, posthorn watermark lettered "J Honig & Zoonen", modern boards
Item Information
Material Type
Copyists' ms.
Record Number
Cm18
Works
Opus 47
Previous Owners
Birchall
Auction Information
Auction House
Sotheby's (London)
Lot Number
8
Bibliographical Reference
Facsimile of one page in Sotheby's catalog, Music and Continental Books and Manuscripts, June 9, 2010, p. 12BJ 26/1
Date of Sale
6/9/2010
Pricing Information
Treasures Tracking
Manuscript
Estimate Price
20,000-25,000 GBP
Sale Price
20,000 GBP
Sale Price in U.S Currency
$28904.00