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Beethoven, Ludwig van. REMARKABLE EARLY AUTOGRAPH SKETCHLEAF FOR THE OCTET FOR TWO OBOES, TWO CLARINETS, TWO HORNS AND TWO BASSOONS OP.103 AND FOR THE PIANO TRIO OP.1 NO.3 AND FOR SEVERAL OTHER UNIDENTIFIED WORKS, CONTAINING SEVERAL HITHERTO UNKNOWN THEMES AND IDEAS BY BEETHOVEN a working manuscript written in brown ink on sixteen staves per page, mainly on two-stave systems, containing several distinct passages, including a version of the main theme of the Finale of the Piano Trio Op.1 no.3, with, on the verso, a composing draft of the conclusion of the Wind Octet Op.103, a passage of some forty-four bars extending over ten staves, the lower half of the page also containing a series of intensively-worked sketches for an unidentified work, with revisions, deletions and alterations, the manuscript annotated by the composer with various titles and references ("Seite 1000"; "Mineur"; "h moll", "c moll", "3mal"; "imitation") and performance markings ("3mal"; "tremolo"; "cres") 2 pages, oblong 4to (c.23 x 30cms), 16-stave paper, watermarked "PS", with a note of provenance by the French composer Ambroise Thomas ("Cette feuille est de la main de Beethoven, elle m'a été donnée par Mr Fischof professeur du conservatoire de Vienne. Ambroise Thomas, Vienne 8bre 1845 [or 1849]", discreet stamp in mauve ink ("VS" in a circle), [Vienna, c.1792-1793], crease in lower left-hand corner, a little foxing, small holes in lower margin, right-hand edge irregularly cut, otherwise in good condition