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4th movement "Alla Danza tedesca" from opus 130 Streichquartett (B-dur)

Lost Art-ID

585826

Title

Date of publication

1825

Object type

Autograph

Group of reported objects

Autograph

Material / Technique

Ink ; Paper

Height

25.00 cm

Width

31.50 cm

Description

Quartet for two violins, viola and cello;

handwritten score, length: 9 sheets, 10 lines, 15 pages of music sheet 1r-8r, sheet 8v blank, sheet 9r blank except for the signature "Helmesberger", sheet 9v blank except for illegible, probably Beethoven pencil notes at the upper margin, dedication by Karl Holz at the bottom: "Meinem Freunde Joseph Hellmesberger zum Andenken an die vortreffliche Aufführung dieses Quartetts am 6. Dezember 1849 Karl Holz mp."; later binding characteristic for the Steger Collection: coloured velvet with brass fittings and coloured pearls

Provenance

Beethoven's gift to Karl Holz (1798-1826), Vienna; since December 6, 1849 Joseph Hellmesberger, Vienna (1828-1893, violonist); [...] around 1900 Heinrich Steger Collection, Vienna; [...] Petschek family, Aussig/Elbe; 1939 confiscation and expropriation by German authorities; 1939 Jan Racek, Brno; since 1945 Moravian State Museum, Music Historical Institute, Brno (by Racek Foundation, signature A 23.545);

2022 restitution

Status

restituted

Literature / Source

Georg Kinsky/Hans Halm, Thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner sämtlichen vollendeten Kompositionen, München 1955, S. 391 f.; Beethoven-Jahrbuch 1973/77, hrsg. von Hans Schmidt und Martin Staehelin, Bonn 1977, S. 392 f.; Ludwig van Beethoven. Thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis, München 2014, Band 1, S. 852ff.

Published since

02.03.2020

Contact

Please contact the German Lost Art Foundation.