Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony manuscript sells for record £4.5m
The complete manuscript of Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony has been sold by Sotheby's for a record £4.5m on Tuesday. The handwritten 232-page score - known as the Resurrection Symphony - includes the composer's deletions, alterations and annotations. It was owned by US businessman Gilbert Kaplan, who became obsessed with the work after seeing it performed at New York's Carnegie Hall in 1965.
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