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Saturday, November 19, 2005

Roll over Beethoven

" A working manuscript of one of Beethoven's final compositions has been found in a seminary library, and could fetch over $2 million at auction. The 80-page manuscript of Beethoven's Gross Fuge for piano duet was composed when he was deaf, and is filled with editing and notations from the composer's own hand. Never before seen by scholars, it was written just a few months before the composer's death in 1827. The manuscript was found by a long-serving librarian clearing out old archives at the Palmer Theological Seminary. "

Comments on "Roll over Beethoven"

 

Blogger G Bara said ... (6:26 PM) : 

Be still my heart I LOVE it. His deaf-years stuff has the rare refinement of someone without any audio distractions. Listened to his 8th today, one of my favs! Would reccomend the 6th (Pastorale) to anyone interested in symphonic music (of course, the 9th isn't to shabby either)...

 

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