Charles Davis writes “from
ananova.com
A 178-year-old signed manuscript by Beethoven has sold
for more than £1 million at auction
The composer’s Scherzo from the String Quartet Opus 127
fetched £1,181,600 – including buyer’s premium – at a
packed Sotheby’s sale in central London.
A telephone bidder bought the 31-page autographed
manuscript, which had a reserve price of £1 million.
The Scherzo is part of a quartet Beethoven composed at
the request of Prince Gallitzin of Russia in 1824-5. It
includes alterations and additions made by the musician”
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