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Copyist's manuscript for the String Quartet, Opus 127

Scribal copy of the String Quartet in E flat, Opus 127, the printer's copy used for the first edition of the score, with extensive editorial corrections. The Stichvorlage in four fascicles, one for each movement, written by a single scribe in brown ink on two four-stave systems per page, with manuscript title ("Quartett für II Violinen, Bratsche und Violoncello verfasst und Seine Durchlaucht dem Fürsten Nicolaus v. Galitzin gewidmet von Ludwig von Beethoven..."), some alterations in ink in another hand or hands, extensively marked up by and for the printer in pencil and red crayon, 29, 23, 36, and 29 pages, plus blanks, oblong quarto (ca. 23 x 31 cm.), 10-stave paper, each movement with separate older red crayon foliation and modern pencil pagination, plate number 2426 in manuscript on the title, ink-marking consistent with use by the printer, small tear to right-hand margin of title. One of only two known manuscript copies used in the publication of the work, being copied directly from a copy in the hand of Wolanek with corrections by Beethoven, now in the Schott Archive.
Item Information
Material Type
Corrected copy
Record Number
Cc14
Works
Opus 127
Provenance
Schott Archives
Catalog Concordance
Kinsky/Halm, p. 384
Auction Information
Auction House
Sotheby's (London)
Lot Number
10
Bibliographical Reference
S. Brandenburg, "Die Quellen zur Entstehungsgeschichte von Beethovens Streichquartett Es-Dur Op. 127," Beethoven-Jahrbuch 10 (1978-1981), pp. 221-271; E. Platen, ed., Ludwig van Beethoven. Streichquartett Es-dur Opus 127 [edition of the parts], Munich, 2003.BJ 26/1
Date of Sale
6/9/2010
Copyists
Wolanek
Pricing Information
Treasures Tracking
Manuscript
Estimate Price
20,000-25,000 GBP
Sale Price
22,500 GBP
Sale Price in U.S Currency
$32517.00