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Engraver’s ms. for Liszt’s Beethoven Cantata

Engraver’s manuscript for Franz Liszt’s Cantata Zur Sakularfeier Beethovens (1869/1870). Score, 103 p., upright format, 20-22 staves. Orchestral introduction (35 p.) with notations by Liszt in brown ink with additions in red ink and a few corrections and erasures. Cantata (68 p.) written in a copyist’s hand with Liszt’s handwritten notes in ink and blue and red pencil. The introduction also includes an extended instrumentation for the slow movement of Beethoven’s trio op. 97
Item Information
Material Type
Other
Record Number
Ot13
Works
Liszt. Zur Sakularfeier Beethovens; Beethoven. Opus 97
Provenance
Offered again at Stargardt 3/2003, lot 805, unsold
Auction Information
Auction House
Stargardt
Lot Number
873
Bibliographical Reference
Notes auction index 1996-2005
Date of Sale
3/31/1999
Sold to
unknown
Pricing Information
Treasures Tracking
Manuscript
Estimate Price
12,000 DM
Hammer Price
28000 DM