SYMPHONY NO. 9, OP. 125 IN D MINOR. TROMBONE PARTS Beethoven, Ludwig van Manuscript alto, tenor and bass trombone parts in black ink by two unidentified copyists, with extensive revisions in hand of composer made in preparation for publication by B. Schott’s Söhne and possibly used in first performance.   Click here to view bibliographic data…

SYMPHONY NO. 9, OP. 125 IN D MINOR. SOLO VOCAL PARTS (FINAL MOVEMENT) Beethoven, Ludwig van Manuscript solo parts (SATB) in black ink by two unidentified copyists, with extensive revisions in hand of composer made in preparation for publication by B. Schott’s Söhne and possibly used in first performance.   Click here to view bibliographic data…

SYMPHONY NO. 9, OP. 125 IN D MINOR. PERFORMANCE ANNOTATIONS Beethoven, Ludwig van Manuscript performance annotations in black ink housed with solo soprano part; annotations have caption title: Tenor.   Click here to view bibliographic data from the Juilliard on-line catalog SEE ONLINE

SYMPHONY NO. 9, OP. 125 IN D MINOR. FULL SCORE Beethoven, Ludwig van Manuscript full score in black ink by two unidentified copyists, with extensive revisions in hand of composer made in preparation for publication by B. Schott’s Söhne and possibly used in first performance.   Click here to view bibliographic data from the Juilliard on-line…

SYMPHONY NO. 9, OP. 125 IN D MINOR. CHORUS PARTS (FINAL MOVEMENT) Beethoven, Ludwig van Manuscript chorus parts (SATB) in black ink by two unidentified copyists, with extensive revisions in hand of composer made in preparation for publication by B. Schott’s Söhne and possibly used in first performance.   Click here to view bibliographic data from…

SYMPHONY NO. 9, OP. 125 IN D MINOR. (SKETCHES) Beethoven, Ludwig van Autograph sketchleaf containing the first draft of the opening of the first movement. SEE ONLINE

STRING QUARTET NO. 12, OP. 127 IN E-FLAT MAJOR. MAESTOSO (FIRST MOVEMENT). SKETCHES. Beethoven, Ludwig van Autograph compositional draft for recapitulation section of first movement, comprising some 84 bars and evincing at least two stages in the compositional process. In dark brown ink on light brown paper, with pencil markings.   Click here to view bibliographic…

SONATA FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO, NO. 9, OP. 47 IN A MAJOR (“KREUTZER”) Beethoven, Ludwig van The only surviving complete manuscript of this work. Separate manuscript violin and piano parts in brown or black ink by four copyists in collaboration with composer, with corrections and additions entered into 3rd movement of piano part in the…

PIANO CONCERTO NO. 5, OP. 73 IN E-FLAT MAJOR. ERRATA. Beethoven, Ludwig van Autograph manuscript of additions and corrections made to the Piano Concerto no. 5 in E-flat major Op. 73 (“Emperor”). Revisions and annotations, with thematic material for all three movements, made in conjunction with issuance of early published edition by Breitkopf & Härtel…

FUGUE FOR PIANO, 4 HANDS, OP. 134 IN B-FLAT MAJOR (ARRANGEMENT OF GROSSE FUGE FOR STRING QUARTET) Beethoven, Ludwig van The formerly lost autograph manuscript of the Grosse Fuge in B-flat major in the composer’s version for piano 4 hands. Beethoven’s penultimate opus, written during his last summer, 1826. In black ink, with extensive corrections…