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Earliest primary source for Opus 2

Corrected first proof of the first edition of the three Sonatas for piano, Opus 2, published by Artaria in 1796. 51 p., oblong quarto, engraved, plate number 614, with over 60 proof-corrections to 75 bars of music, mainly written in orange-red crayon (a few in pencil) in the staves, a few annotated in ink in the margins, with a four-bar passage of fingering written in brown ink by other hands on p. 9, and a few notes on hand-drawn staves in the margins, some trimming cropping the marginalia.
Item Information
Material Type
First edition proof
Record Number
Fp1
Works
Opus 2
Provenance
Signature of Maria Richter on title, dated 1880
Auction Information
Auction House
Sotheby's (London)
Lot Number
15
Bibliographical Reference
P. Stroh, "Evolution of an Edition: The Case of Beethoven's Opus 2. Part 1: Punches, Proof, and Printings: The Seven States of Artaria's First Edition," Notes 57/2 (2000), p. 289-329.
Date of Sale
6/10/2009
Sold to
private collector in U.S.
Pricing Information
Treasures Tracking
Manuscript
Estimate Price
15000-20000 GBP
Sale Price
47000 GBP
Sale Price in U.S Currency
$96532.00