Biamonti 459 – Piano Sketch in D Minor (Grasnick 3 Sketchbook) | Beethoven Music Research Center www.lvbeethoven.org

Biamonti 459 – Sketch for Piano, Grasnick Notebook No. 3, Sheet 2, First Page, Lines 1 and 2 (Dagmar Weise, page 63). Final months of 1808.

The musical examples on this page are by Graziano Denini.

Biamonti 459 – Sketch for Piano, Grasnick Notebook No. 3, Sheet 2, First Page, Lines 1 and 2 (Dagmar Weise, page 63). Final months of 1808.

This sketch is housed at the Beethoven-Haus, within the Grasnick 3 notebook, sheet 2r, lines 1–2. The intended destination of this musical note remains unknown; however, Beethoven inscribed the word “tutt” above the upper staff, suggesting it was meant for some orchestral composition. The sketch is in D minor and written in ¾ time.

Biamonti 459 - Piano Sketch

Biamonti 459 - Piano sketch, harmony by Graziano Denini

NOTE: The notebook, known as “Grasnick 3,” was formerly preserved at the Preussische Staatsbibliothek and is now available in facsimile at the Beethoven-Haus. It was studied by Nottebohm (N II, Chapter XLVII) and more recently by Dr. Dagmar Weise in 1957.

The notebook comprises 43 sheets (86 pages) containing sketches for Opus 80, Opus 73, and the Lied “Gegenliebe”, as well as drafts for unknown works: Biamonti 457 and 474.

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