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Jurij Nikolajewitsch Galitzin, Erklärung zu den Widmungsexemplaren von Beethovens Streichquartetten op. 130/133 und op. 132

Beethoven-Haus Bonn, BH 90 a

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The son of Prince Nikolaus Galitzin reports in his letter that the quartets dedicated to his father were in the handwriting of the composer's nephew Karl, corrections and dynamic markings were in the composer's own hand. This was disproved by Alan Tyson in 1970; the handwriting has been clearly identified as being that of the copyist Wenzel Rampl. Very few of the corrections were actually made by Beethoven himself. Furthermore Galitzin goes into the conflict concerning payment of the works, which continued long after Beethoven's death in 1827. Jurij Galitzin has after all left 2000 francs with a banker and now completely renounces any claim on the money. He offers more information to a possible purchaser on these events as well as on society people who have had these quartets in their hands

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