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Mozart: A Fugue and Canons

Result EUR546,000
Published on , by Sophie Reyssat
Auction on 23 June 2022 - 14:00 (CEST) - 164 bis, avenue Charles-de-Gaulle - 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine

Mozart and Messiaen headlined the final sale of scores from the Aristophil Collection.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), autograph manuscript of sketches for a fugue... Mozart: A Fugue and Canons

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), autograph manuscript of sketches for a fugue and two canons [1788], one oblong quarto page, approximately 21.5 x 28.5 cm/8.46 x 11.22 in.
Result: €546,000

This Mozart manuscript fetched €546,000, quintupling its estimate. The composer drew 12 staves on the front of the sheet, which bears a watermark inventoried by British musicologist Alan Tyson, making it possible to determine that the score was written…
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