
'LOST' BEETHOVEN MANUSCRIPT SELLS FOR $2.3M
An 80-page manuscript of Grosse Fuge in B flat major, which Ludwig van Beethoven composed not long before his death, has sold at auction for nearly $2.3 million.
Ref. https://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2005...ipt-051201.html
I am a big fan of Ludwig Van Beethoven, I can't wait until someone performs it so we get to here his lost work. I have almost all of his works that have been performed on Cd. It is said that Beethoven knew he was dying, so this work should have a much different tone to it.
That is exciting! Beethoven has not been my favorite composer of all time, but he has certainly been one of the top writers I listen to. I'm with you konquererz, I can't wait to hear an orchestra pull it all together. It may or may not have a different feel to it. I have found quite a bit of his music rather melancholy sounding.
Ludwig van Beethoven was born Bonn, baptized 17 December 1770; died Vienna, 26 March 1827