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Autograph manuscript of Mendelssohn’s “Sonata” in B flat minor page 1

Felix Mendelssohn

Leeds University Library Galleries

Leeds University Library Galleries
Leeds, United Kingdom

This is the only source for this early sonata. Its existence remained largely unknown until the work was rediscovered and published in 1980.

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  • Title: Autograph manuscript of Mendelssohn’s “Sonata” in B flat minor page 1
  • Creator: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
  • Date Created: 1823
  • Provenance: Former owner: W.T. Freemantle. Sold at auction in 1879 by Etienne Charavay in Paris, from the collection of Benjamin Fillon, and probably then acquired by Freemantle.
  • Original Source: University of Leeds Special Collections
  • Rights: Image credit University of Leeds
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