Ludwig van Beethoven: Grande Sonate In B-flat Major: Piano: Instrumental Work This item is not available anymore with the seller Musicroom
Op. 22-Composed in 1800 and published as a Grande Sonate Beethoven s Piano Sonata in B-flat major Op.22 marks the end of his first creative period. The only surviving handwritten source is a copyist s manuscript that served as an engraver s copy but which conflicts in many details with the original print. Beethoven held this sonata in especially high regard proudly calling it a real challenge in a letter of 15 January 1801 to his publisher Franz Anton Hoffmeister. Indeed it manifests the quintessence of classical formal principles: its proportions are balanced its four-movement structure consummately designed. It poses high demands on flawless technical brilliance andlightness of execution.For his new Urtext edition the world-renowned Beethoven scholar Jonathan Del Mar has examined meticulously all available sources and presents a reliable musical text. The elegant layout and advantageous page turns further add to the quality of the edition which also includes a detailed Critical Commentary an informative Preface and indispensable information on performance practice (ties and slurs dynamics accents).Scholarly-critical Urtext edition at the cutting edge of scholarshipOptimal page turnsInformative Introduction with valuable suggestions on period performance practice (Eng/Ger)Includes a Critical Commentary (Eng) Instrumentation : Publisher : |