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 and other markings, some in red crayon, with pasted-over and tipped-in sections.
Bound with engraved first edition published as: Grande fugue tantôt libre, tantôt recherchée, pour 2 violons, alte & violoncelle, oeuvre 133 de Louis van Beethoven ; arrangée pour le pianoforte à quatre mains par l’auteur mème, oeuvre 134. Vienne : chez Maths. Artaria, [1827].

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