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Item Information |
| Title: |
Earliest primary source for Opus 2 |
| Material Types: |
First edition proof |
| Description: |
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. |
| Record Number: |
Fp1 |
| Works: |
Opus 2 |
| Images: |
Facsimile of title page and p. 38 in catalog |
| Previous Owners: |
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| Provenance: |
Signature of Maria Richter on title, dated 1880 |
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Auction Information
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| 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. |
| Record Related: |
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| Date of Sale: |
06/10/2009 |
| Seller: |
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| Buyer: |
Matthew Malerich, Bakersfield, CA |
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| Sold to: |
private collector in U.S. |
Pricing Information
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| Treasure Tracking: |
Manuscript |
| Estimate Price: |
£15000-20000 |
| Hammer Price: |
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| Sale Price: |
£47000 |
| Sale Price in U.S. Currency: |
$96532 |
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