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I think I'll go with Cooper and pass on making a bid!'Man know thyself' -
Saga continues after manuscript fails to sell:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38141770'Man know thyself'Comment
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They'll be calling us in next!
The piece in question seems to be a version of the "Ford" quartet discovered back in 1999. It caused quite a stir at the time. The "Unheard Beethoven" has this to say about it:
"String Quartet in B minor for Richard Ford, Gardi 16 (1817)
In 1817, Beethoven was working on some small fugal movements to be an added item of interest for a contemplated set of collected works. This resulted in the quintet fugue op. 137, and also in this recently discovered manuscript. Beethoven wrote down this brief Allegretto for a visitor from England, Richard Ford, and apparently left no other trace of its existence until it made news when it surfaced at auction in 2000. Only 22 measures in length, it is nonetheless an interesting little composition that fell completely off the radar for over 180 years. It has since its rediscovery become popularly known as the "Pencarrow Quartet," after the Pencarrow House in Cornwall, where it was found in 1999.
Ford wrote on the manuscript, "this quartette was composed for me in my presence by Ludwig v. Beethoven at Vienna Friday 28th November 1817”. A facsimile edition was produced by Corona Nova in Munich, but unfortunately is now out of print. A copy of the opening bars of the manuscript is visible for the curious at Old Manuscripts & Incunabula. "
This seems to be it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F30-o5kE-Q
I don't think anyone is disputing the fact that Beethoven composed it. To me it sounds slightly similar to his WoO 61 for piano, also in B minor:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd6Xzw7wF90
.Last edited by Michael; 11-29-2016, 12:58 PM.Comment
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Meanwhile at the same sale, the complete autograph score of Mahler's 2nd symphony sold for a record £4,500,000.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...old-record-sum'Man know thyself'Comment
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Yes that's a bit cheeky, but Jonathan del Mar is backing Cooper so I think the Bonn expert is probably offering the right price!'Man know thyself'Comment
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