Unknown Elgar manuscript is knocked down for just £5,400
mainThe unknown Elgar melody that turned up in an autograph book has sold for a bargain £9,000 – £5,400 for the music sheet and £3,600 for the rest of the autograph book.
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Eh, it’s only Elgar. I’m surprised it even fetched that much.
You’re really living up to your nom de plume!
Here is a brief transcription of it.
It is unclear what he intended for the bass note. A trill? A tremolo? Neither?
I leave that to the Elgar scholars.
https://youtu.be/JAKRkVuq19s
Either way, it’ll be trilling news.