The Ninth Symphony original manuscript

The original manuscript of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is online on the Berlin State Library website. The site is in German only; click "Digital Abbildungen" in the menu (right, below the images) for extended description (in german)

Here is one of the pages with the famous melody, complete with autograph text (click to enlarge). Exciting.

You can take home the entire manuscript in a single PDF file of almost 30 MB (425 images) by downloading it. dall’IMSLP.

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