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Kafka page 96

The Lamentations of Jeremiah

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(6 339 Ko)

Kafka page 99

Minuet for orchestra, in G major (version for piano) 

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(3 432 Ko)

Kafka page 106

Rondo for piano.

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(3 205 Ko)

Kafka page 129

Duet for violin and violoncello

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(2 618 Ko)

Kafka page 156

Sonata Movement in C minor for piano folio 117 recto.

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(5 390 Ko)

Kafka page 182

Fragment for Variations about 'Là ci darem la mano' from Mozart.

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(698 Ko)

Kafka page 191

Kafka page 191 folio 41, versus lines 13-14. 
Introduction for a piano Sonata.

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(1 432 Ko)

Kafka page 195

Kafka skizzenbuch page 195 folio 45 recto, Haendel's Fugue in G minor.

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(915 Ko)

Kafka page 208

Kafka page 208 folio 52 versus lines 13-14.

Sketch for a counterdanse for piano.

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(2 069 Ko)

Kafka page 217

Kafka page 217, folio 61, lines 13-6 ans 14-6: Andante for 'blasende instrumente'.

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Kafka page 237

Kafka skizzenbuch page 237 folio 99 versus lines 11 - 12, minuet number 3.

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Sketches of the quartet Opus 18 number 2:

Transcription of a sheet written in summer 1800: 11 lines front and 5 lines reverse). These fragments come from the sketches of the quartet Opus 18 number 2.

From: "Ein neuentdecktes Skizzenblatt von Sommer 1800 zu Beethovens Streichquartett Op.18 Nr.2" (Faksimile der Handschrift mit Ubertragung und Kommentar von Richard Kramer) - Verlag Beethoven-Haus-Bonn.

The original of this sketch has been found by Prof. Claudie Micault-Verhaeghe.

Some 'new' sketches made by Beethoven are found, from time to time, in a library or from a private collection. These works are in none of the traditional catalogues.

Here are some of these rare works...

This sketch for piano a been published recently in the book Bonner Beethoven Studien, Verlag Beethoven-Haus Bonn 2001, page 117.
It might be considered as the study for the begining of the "Allegretto" Hess 69.

Sketch for piano: Kafka schizzenbuch, sheet 140, back leaf, lines 9 to 14. Original sketch .

Sketch for piano: Kafka schizzenbuch, sheet 140, back leaf, lines 9 to 14. Hamonised sketch .

• Fiorella e Armando Orlandi
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