Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 4
by Frederic Chopin
Piano Solo - Sheet Music

Piano solo - Henle Level 8

SKU: HL.51480942

Composed by Frederic Chopin. Edited by Norbert Mullemann and Sarah Gerbracht. This edition: Urtext edition. Sheet music. Paperbound. Henle Music Folios. Classical. Softcover. 48 pages. G. Henle #HN942. Published by G. Henle (HL.51480942).

ISBN 9790201809427. UPC: 884088497170. 9.25x12.25x0.16 inches.

The early Piano Sonata op. 4 offers interesting insights into the young Chopin's compositional development. In all probability written during his student years at the Warsaw Conservatory and highly prized by Chopin himself, the nineteen-year-old composer presented the work to the publisher Tobias Haslinger on a visit to Vienna. But the publisher put off the still unknown composer. It was only when Chopin was at the height of his fame that Haslinger saw a possibility to do business - but this time it was Chopin who declined. Thus his first sonata was never published during his lifetime.

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