Beethoven manuscript sells for 1.1 million pounds

Beethoven manuscript sells for 1.1 million pounds

LONDON, Britain - An anonymous telephone buyer secured Ludwig van Beethoven's Grosse Fuge in B flat major in the composer's version for piano four-hands, Op. 134 (file photo) for 1,128,000 pounds ($1,949,635) at London-based auctioneers, Sotheby's, on Dec. 1.

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