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Beethoven manuscript auctioned for $2.03M

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From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Date: 20031206
Author:ROBERT BARR, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ROBERT BARR, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
12-06-2003

Beethoven manuscript auctioned for $2.03M -- Section of quartet a late composition
By ROBERT BARR, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 12-06-2003, Saturday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions.=.Late Edition. Early Edition

LONDON - An original manuscript of a movement from one of Ludwig van Beethoven's last compositions sold Friday for more than $2 million.

The manuscript from the scherzo movement of his Opus 127 string quartet was purchased by a private buyer who bid by telephone and asked not to be identified, Sotheby's auction ...

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