Manuscript of the Second Symphony in D major Op. 73, first movement, extensively annotated by the composer, with autograph title: “Symphonie J.Brahms.” Predominantly in the hand of copyist Franz Hlavaczek, notated in brown ink on sixteen-stave paper, Brahms’s annotations in brown ink, blue and red crayon and pencil. Outer wrapper includes title in another hand: “Brahms Johannes, Symphonie II D.dur Manuscript Stichvorlage.”

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