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Beethoven Symphony Nr. 9 D minor op. 125 -Facsimile of the autograph score
Beethoven Symphony Nr. 9 D minor op. 125 -Facsimile of the autograph score
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in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, the Beethoven-Haus Bonn and the Bibliotheque nationale de France-
Editor: Lockwood, Lewis / Del Mar, Jonathan / Rebmann, Martina
Language(s) of work: GB/D/J
Product format: facsimile
Binding: half-cloth binding
Pages / Format: 476 - 40,7 x 37,8 cm
Already the large-format paper which Beethoven used for some passages makes the large forces clear. Cuts, sometimes reversed later, show how he wrestled with the final version of the musical text and refined it right down to the last detail. The history of the autograph manuscript reflects an episode in German history: after storage in various places because of the war, the major parts were returned to Berlin but were initially divided by the Berlin Wall and only reunited in 1990. Martina Rebmann who is the Director of the Music Department at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin traces this story.
In 1972 the main theme of the last movement was chosen by the Council of Europe as the European anthem and in 1985 it was adopted by the European Community as its official anthem. In 2001 the manuscript was listed in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. For the first time the facsimile presents all the parts of the manuscript including pages preserved in Bonn and Paris as well as the trombone and contrabassoon parts.
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