Piano sonata C minor - Op. 13 [Grande Sonate Pathetique]
Grande Sonate Pathetique
by Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Solo - Sheet Music

Piano solo (Piano solo) - SMP Level 9 (Advanced)

SKU: HL.51480048

Grande Sonate Pathetique. Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Edited by Bertha Antonia Wallner. This edition: Paperback/Soft Cover. Sheet Music. Paperbound. Henle Music Folios. Urtext edition-paper bound. Classical Period. Single piece (softcover). Op. 13. 19 pages. G. Henle #HN48. Published by G. Henle (HL.51480048).

ISBN 9790201800486. UPC: 884088172565. 9x12 inches.

This famous sonata in C minor is known to all music lovers as the 'Grande Sonate pathetique'. For once Beethoven had given it this name himself, which is why pianists must do their best to capture the emotional ('pathetisch') and passionate character of this exceptional work. Beethoven composed the 'Pathetique' between 1797 and 1799 and dedicated it to his royal admirer and patron Prince Karl von Lichnowsky. This Urtext edition, one of our most successful ones, is based on the first printing from 1799 - we were not able to consult the composer's manuscript as this is lost.

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About SMP Level 9 (Advanced)

All types of major, minor, diminished, and augmented chords spanning more than an octave. Extensive scale passages.