The entire corpus of Beethoven's piano sonatas is contained in this two-volume work — 32 sonatas in all. Volume One contains the fifteen sonatas from Beethoven's first period, including the popular Pathétique, Moonlight, and Pastorale sonatas. Volume Two contains the 17 sonatas from Beethoven's second and third periods, including the Waldstein, the Appassionata, and the Hammerklavier.
The music is reproduced directly from the exemplary Universal Edition set edited by Heinrich Schenker. Combining scrupulous scholarship and profound artistic vision, Schenker achieved an edition which is universally admired by musicians and scholars. He used more autographs as sources than any previous editor of the sonatas, and he was the first to reproduce in print the visual impression of the autographs. For this Dover edition, Schenker's footnotes have been translated into English and his preface translated. A new introduction by Carl Schachter has also been included.
Noteheads have been reproduced in a size large enough to be read easily at the keyboard. Margins and spaces between staves are generous, permitting insertion of written notes, analysis, fingerings, etc. Running measure numbers and many fingerings have already been included by the editor — the last a particularly unusual and valuable feature of this edition. This edition will be welcomed by all pianists, both professional and amateur, for its accuracy and reliability; it is highly desirable for instruction, study, reference, and enjoyment.
Ludwig Van Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas Volume 1 (Nos. 1-15)
📄 Viewing lite version
Full site ›
24.95
USD
🛒 Buy New on Amazon 🇺🇸
Book Details
PublisherDover Publications
ISBN / ASIN0486231348
ISBN-139780486231341
Sales Rank64,935
CategoryPiano music
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description ▲
Similar Products ▼
- Ludwig Van Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas Volume 2 (Nos. 16-32)
- Complete Preludes, Nocturnes & Waltzes: 26 Preludes, 21 Nocturnes, 19 Waltzes for Piano (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics)
- The Well-Tempered Clavier: Books I and II, Complete (Dover Music for Piano)
- Complete Sonatas and Fantasies for Solo Piano (Dover Music for Piano)
- The Complete Preludes & Etudes: For Solo Piano
- The Six Brandenburg Concertos and the Four Orchestral Suites in Full Score (Dover Music Scores)
- Claude Debussy: Piano Music (1888-1905)
- Chopin -- Nocturnes (Complete): Comb Bound Book (Alfred Masterwork Edition)
- Mozart 19 Sonatas - Complete: Piano Solo (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics, Vol. 1304)
- Nocturnes and Polonaises