Autograph sketchleaf fragment for the Elegischer Gesang and a symphony, ca. 1814

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Filename: ABSms6
PID: islandora:32430
Title: Autograph sketchleaf fragment for the Elegischer Gesang and a symphony, ca. 1814
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (composer)
Date issued: ca. 1814
Description: Fragment of a music sketchleaf in Beethoven's hand containing music for the Elegischer Gesang, Opus 118, and a "sinfonie" from ca. 1814.
File Format: img/pdf
Extent: 1 leaf fragment (2 written pages); 16.6 x 15 cm
Object type: Music manuscript
Tags: Opus 118
Subject, LCSH: Musical sketches
Subject, TGM: Manuscripts
Subject, local: Sketches
Historical period: early 19th century
Collection: Beethoven Center Manuscripts
Repository: The Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, San Jose State University
Rights: This work is in the public domain and therefore the digital images attached to this catalog record may be used without permission. Credit statements for these images should read “From the collections of the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, San José State University.” For information on obtaining higher resolution reproductions and permission to publish, see the Beethoven Center's website https://www.sjsu.edu/beethoven/collection/library-materials/index.php
References: LvBWV vol. 1, p. 759 (Quellen I.1 Skizzen (4).
Location: Beethoven Vault
Note: Recto: Sketches for the Elegischer Gesang, op. 118 (for four voices and string quartet), including the words "Sanft," "Sanft wie du," Sanft wie bu debte[st]} and "hast du." ; Verso: Sketches for an unidentified work or works, containing a number of separate thematic ideas, one marked "sinfonie" and evidently in D minor, another marked "V[iolon]c[ello]." Written in brown ink on systems of varying lengths, with twelve staves visible. Includes numerous cancellations and revisions.
Provenance: Purchase, J. & J. Lubrano (202309), gift of members of the American Beethoven Society. Previous sold at Bonham's auction (Photography, Books, Maps and Manuscripts), London, Nov. 8, 2005, lot 533.