Three Sonatas for Piano F minor, A major, C major op. 2
in F minor, A Major, C Major
by Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Solo - Sheet Music

Piano - Level 4

SKU: BA.BA10859

In F minor, A Major, C Major. Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Edited by Jonathan Del Mar. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Barenreiter Urtext. With notes on performance practice by Jonathan Del Mar and Misha Donat. Classical. Performance score, anthology. Opus 2. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA10859. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA10859).

ISBN 9790006561933. 31 x 24.3 cm inches. Key: A major, c major, f minor. Text language: English, German. Preface: Misha Donat / Jonathan Del Mar.

The frequently played Sonatas op. 2, Nos. 1-3, stem from the time when the young composer took lessons from Joseph Haydn in Vienna and are dedicated to his teacher. After Beethoven’s three early sonatas which he wrote as a youth in Bonn, the so-called “Kurfürsten-Sonaten”, Beethoven started 10 years later, in the mid 1790s, to develop a style independent from the legacy of Mozart and Haydn and presented with his op. 2 his first fully valid piano sonatas.

The acclaimed Beethoven specialist Jonathan Del Mar has consulted every known source for this scholarly-critical Urtext performing edition. In addition he has analysed various copies of the prints published during Beethoven’s lifetime. The result of his accurate research is presented in a meticulously edited musical text at the cutting edge of scholarship, together with a detailed Critical Commentary.

The volume stands out in terms of its elegant and well-presented layout. Special emphasis has been placed on optimum page-turns and on the consideration of the flow of the music. The highly informative Introduction on the genesis and significance of the sonatas is supplemented by valuable notes on historical performance practice.

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