No one could think of, “Le Saint” Beethoven’s precious manuscripts went so far as lying quietly in Philadelphia, an unremarkable corner of the library. This is already lost 115 years of the “Grosse Fuge,” creative music manuscripts, a few days ago that it finally was a chance librarian discovered were brought to light.
It is reported that the manuscript was found in the Philadelphia suburb of Palmer Theological Seminary Library administrator Xi Seka elbow, her routine for the library in order when, in a manuscript found in the bottom shelf.
Recently, Palmer Theological Seminary in the manuscript into the glass box, where a short display. The 80-page manuscript of the same size as the magazine, well-preserved, some parts of some small holes. Yellowing of the pages are written in brown ink on the fly notes, there are a number of deletions and changes to the mark, in some places to write about strong, penetrating power of paper back, in some places there are playing and when the note fingering, there is a half-page is based on red sticky wax seal of the above.
Surprisingly, in this manuscript was found before, this library has suffered a fire, a number of books and items were damaged in the fire, but the manuscript has been left untouched.
Beethoven died in 1827, while the root
According to historical records, “Grosse Fuge” was first published in the March 21, 1826. Beethoven String Quartet was originally the last chapter, but its publication is seen as esoteric. Beethoven’s music so Bianba rewritten into more light and more easily understandable for the general public, piano four hands, and the “Grosse Fuge” in name published separately. But it also made the music industry has been debated in the last movement String Quartet in what one school of thought, “Grosse Fuge” is the String Quartet at the end of chapters, another group believed should be based on the existing end of the last chapter to do.
Learned that the “Grosse Fuge” manuscript November 16 to 19 will be on display in New York, and December 1 auction, the auction is estimated that the amount of up to 1.7 million to 2.6 million U.S. dollars.
