Rare sheet music were sold at the auction house «Sotheby's» in London. A recently found piano duo by Gabriel Fauré composed supposedly in 1870 cost 20.000 £.
The price of Beethoven’s manuscripts containing some themes and concepts of new compositions, including Octet for wind instruments, op. 103 rose to 163250 £.
The letter written by Farinelli, one of the most famous Italian contralto and soprano castrato singers of the 18th century, was bought for 10625 £. It was his first letter sold by auction.
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