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Ludwig van Beethoven, Brief an Joseph Varena in Graz, Wien, Anfang April 1812, Autograph

Beethoven-Haus Bonn, NE 83

Beethoven asks Varena to give him the performance parts for his overture to the "Ruinen von Athen" ("Ruins of Athens") op. 113, so that he can have a copy made. He promises to send everything back within eight days.

Beethoven had let Varena have the parts for a charity concert in Graz for the benefit of the nuns and their institutions.

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