halfknot

A lost Beethoven manuscript was found. Unfortunately it is a piano transciption of a previously written movement, but that movement is the Grosse Fugue as transcribed from the Op. 130 string quartet written near the end of his life. The article does not make mention as to whether the manuscript of the original string quartet version of the Grosse Fugue is extant, and a Google search has thus far turned up dry. In any case, it's nice to see mention of the fact that great music doesn't just fall out onto the page fully formed. Worth reading just for the quote at the end.