A List of Errors

On March 8, 1819, Ludwig van Beethoven wrote from Vienna to Ferdinand Ries in London. With the letter he sent a Fehlerverzeichnis, a list of errors, for the copy of his String Quintet op. 104. He added that the copy of the sonata op. 106 also contained many errors. He blamed the faulty copies on time pressure and on the age of his copyist, Wenzel Schlemmer. The autograph letter is held by the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn.

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