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Sketches for the String Quartet, op. 132

Two autograph manuscript fragments of the String Quartet in A minor, Opus 132. Comprising four short sketches in score, apparently early drafts of music from the first and last movements, including a pencil sketch of m. 154 of the first movement, with a sketch in dark brown ink of music for the second subject ...Undated [Vienna, 1825]. 4 pages, each approx. 12 x 15 cm. irregularly cut from larger sheets, framed and glazed on both sides, the frame in calf gilt (”Beethoven / quartett-Skizzen’), overall sic ca. 34 x 24 cm., notations on systems of four staves each, with deletions, corrections and alterations.
Item Information
Material Type
Sketchleaf
Record Number
Sk21
Works
Opus 132
Catalog Concordance
unrecorded
Auction Information
Auction House
Sotheby's (London)
Lot Number
14
Bibliographical Reference
Notes auction index 1996-2005
Date of Sale
12/6/1996
Sold to
unknown
Pricing Information
Treasures Tracking
Manuscript
Estimate Price
7,000-9,000 GBP
Sale Price
12075 GBP
Sale Price in U.S Currency
$19803.00