The earliest-known draft of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony has been sold for a record-breaking £1.3m at auction. Described by auction ... it had been expected to fetch up to £200,000. The single-sheet ...

LONDON, May 17: The earliest draft of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, a single-page manuscript, was sold for a record 1.3 million pounds (1.9 million dollars, 2 million euros) at auction in London ...

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The first draft of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was sold for £1.3m ... Stephen Roe, head of Sotheby's manuscripts department, said £1.3m was a "stupendous price ... about ten times more than ...

Music scholarship may change forever after the Russian master's Symphony No. 2 sold at auction today alongside music by Beethoven, Puccini and Mozart. Manuscripts, books and annotated scores by ...