Beethoven In Philly

How did a manuscript of Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge end up in Philadelphia? “The more immediate question is how such a manuscript ended up at Palmer, previously known as Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Though important manuscripts are scattered over the globe by world wars, this one had a more genteel route, arriving in 1950 among a collection of hymns donated by philanthropist Marguerite Treat Doane.”