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Autograph manuscript of counterpoint studies

Autograph manuscript of counterpoint studies that Beethoven prepared for his pupil Archduke Rudolph, paginated 21-22, with musical and text annotations in Beethoven's hand. As a source, Beethoven used C.P.E. Bach's textbook, Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen (1797). On the back, Beethoven wrote a note to his "Lieben Freunde" regarding errors in his text (see Anderson L.39 for English translation); 1 leaf (2 p.), on 16-stave paper, [Vienna, ca. 1809].
Item Information
Material Type
Contrapuntal studies
Record Number
Cs8
Previous Owners
Ott-Usteri (Zurich)
Provenance
Formerly in the Ott-Usteri collection in Zurich according to Ludwig Nohl (Briefe Beethovens Nr. 71)
Catalog Concordance
Anderson L.39
Auction Information
Auction House
Stargardt (Berlin)
Lot Number
634
Bibliographical Reference
Seyfried, Beethoven's Studien ... (1832) with lithographed facsimile of verso; Nohl, Briefe Beethovens (1865), Nr. 71; McArdle/Misch no. 9; R. Kramer, "Gradus ad Parnassum : Beethoven, Schubert, and the romance of counterpoint," 19th-century music 9 (1987), p. 111ff.J.A. Stargardt, Autographen aus allen Gebieten, Katalog 699 (Berlin, 2013), p. 303-304 (with facsmile of recto).
Date of Sale
04/16/2013 to 04/17/2013
Sold to
unknown
Pricing Information
Treasures Tracking
Manuscript
Estimate Price
80,000 EUR
Sale Price
110,000 EUR
Sale Price in U.S Currency
$143557.00