MUSIC

A manuscript of nine symphonies handwritten by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is expected to bring a record price of at least $1.5 million when it is sold later this month at Sotheby’s, the London auction house said Monday. “This manuscript is beyond comparison in auction history,” said Stephen Roe, music expert at Sotheby’s auction house. The manuscript is a 510-page volume in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s own writing that contains nine symphonies, Nos. 22 to 30. The most expensive musical manuscript in auction history is Stravinsky’s “Le Sacre du Printemps,” sold five years ago for $495,000.