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Autograph sketchleaf for the Missa solemnis

Autograph sketchleaf for the Missa solemnis containing drafts for the Sanctus and Benedictus. The recto contains a passage in paino score of modulatory material in D major, followed by a long imitative passage in D, a setting of the Sanctus; other material relates to a seeting of “Pleni sunt coeli ... the second half of the page is marked by Beethoven in pencil “2te Theil Benedictus.” no place or date [Vienna, ca. 1820-1821]. Notated in borwn ink and pencil (silverpoint) on sixteen-stave paper, annotated in another hand “No 13” and “Skizze zum Sanctus der 2tes Messe im 3/4 Takte ... Idee zum Benedictus.” 2 pages, oblong folio, small repairs to margins a few minor tears in upper margins.
Item Information
Material Type
Sketchleaf
Record Number
Sk20
Works
Opus 123
Provenance
purchased by Mathew Malerich, Bakersfield, Calif.; offered by Kotte Autographs in 2013
Catalog Concordance
not recorded in J/T/W or in Kinsky/Halm. Check Kinderman sketchbook transcription
Auction Information
Auction House
Sotheby's (London)
Lot Number
11
Bibliographical Reference
Notes auction index 1996-2005; Artaria 195: Beethoven's Sketchbook for the Missa solemnis and the Piano Sonata in E Major, Opus 109, ed. William Kinderman (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2003)
Date of Sale
12/6/1996
Sold to
Private collector in U.S.
Pricing Information
Treasures Tracking
Manuscript
Estimate Price
40,000-50,000 GBP
Sale Price
67500 GBP
Sale Price in U.S Currency
$110700.00