ID 1053212
Lot 98 | Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Estimate value
£ 800 – 1 200
Manuscript copy of Symphonies Nos 7-9 (Ops. 92, 93, 125), arranged for piano 4 hands by Carl Czerny, n.p. [Germany], n.d. [first half 19th century]
Three of Czerny's celebrated piano arrangements of Beethoven's symphonies.
Notated by a single hand in dark brown ink on five or six two-stave systems per page. 195 pages, 290 x 240mm, ruled with up to 12 staves per page, text in French and Italian, signed by the copyist (‘H. Johs. Nieveler’). Symphony No 9, pp.2-85; No 8 pp.86-125; and No 7, pp. 126-195. Contemporary half-calf binding.
Provenance:
(1) Wendy Cruise Rare Books & Manuscripts, London, List no 17 ‘Music’ (2018), no 4.
(2) Schøyen Collection, MS 5593.
Carl Czerny’s (1791-1857) celebrated arrangements of all of Beethoven’s symphonies were published by Probst in Leipzig between 1827 and 1829. He was Beethoven’s pre-eminent pupil and composed 861 works with opus numbers. Czerny’s most famous student was Franz Liszt, who also arranged 10 works by Beethoven for piano, including symphonies 5-7 in 1837 and the Septet op. 20.
| Artist: | Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1826) |
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| Place of origin: | Germany |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Artist: | Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1826) |
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| Place of origin: | Germany |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
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