Piano Sonata No.12, Op.26 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

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Cypressdome (2014/2/19)

Performer Pages Paavali Jumppanen (piano)
Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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Performer Pages Harald Vetter (Piano)
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Lumineux (2019/8/14)

Performer Pages Peter Bradley-Fulgoni (piano)
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Misc. Notes recorded in July 2019 at St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield University: Peter Hill, sound engineer
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Lucas-coelho (2021/6/6)

Performer Pages Fritz Jank (piano)
Publisher Info. Recorded at Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, 1962. (February 12th).
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Misc. Notes Source: Instituto Piano Brasileiro
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Performer Pages Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Publisher Info. RCA Victor Red Seal, 1961. LSC 2545.
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Lucas-coelho (2021/7/31)

Performer Pages Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Publisher Info. Sviatoslav Richter at Carnegie Hall: recorded in actual performance (October 19, 1960), v. 1
Columbia Masterworks, 1961. M2L 272.
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Feduol (2022/4/6)

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.
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Misc. Notes Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Kraków (PL-Kj): Mus. ms. autogr. Beethoven, Grasnick 12
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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Cappi, n.d.[1801]. Plate 880.
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Publisher. Info. Leipsic: en Commission au Bureau de Musique, n.d.(ca.1802-14). Plate 118.
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): H295/5
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Publisher. Info. London: Monzani & Hill, n.d.(ca.1820-25).
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Publisher. Info. Wien: Tobias Haslinger, n.d.(ca.1835).
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): D1666/11
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Editor Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870)
Publisher. Info. L. v. Beethoven's sämmtliche Sonaten für Pianoforte, No.12
Stuttgart: Eduard Hallberger, n.d.(ca.1860). Plate B. XII.
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Publisher. Info. Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 16:
Sonaten für das Pianoforte, Nr.135
(pp.189-204)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1862]. Plate B.135.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). - #243298
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Peter (2007/1/05)

Editor Sigmund Lebert (1822–1884)
Immanuel Faisst (1823–1894)
Translator James Cutler Dunn Parker (1828–1916), English text
Publisher. Info. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., 1876.
(U.S. edition of J.G. Cotta's edition, Stuttgart)
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Editor Sigmund Lebert (1822-1884)
Hans von Bülow (1830-1894)
Publisher. Info. Sonata Album, Book II, No.26 (pp.161-83)
New York: G. Schirmer, No.340, 1896. Plate 12589.
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Editor Sigmund Lebert (1822-1884)
Hans von Bülow (1830-1894)
Publisher. Info. Complete Piano Sonatas
New York: G. Schirmer, n.d.(1895-96). Plate 12589.
Reprinted New York: G. Schirmer, No.2103, 2015.
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Feldmahler (2006/2/16)

Editor Heinrich Schenker (1868-1935)
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Universal Edition, 1918-21.
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New York: Dover Publications, 1975.
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Editor Frederic Lamond (1868-1948)
Publisher. Info. Klaviersonaten, Band I
Berlin: Ullstein, n.d.(ca.1918).
Reissue - Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1923. Plate 28726.
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Editor Frederic Lamond (1868–1948)
Publisher. Info. Klaviersonaten, Band I
Berlin: Ullstein, n.d.(ca.1918).
Reissue – Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1923. Plate 28726.
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worov (2010/6/19)

Editor Alfredo Casella (1883–1947)
Publisher. Info. Sonate per pianoforte, vol.1
Milan: G. Ricordi & C., 1919. Plate E.R. 1.
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Worov (2010/6/6)

Editor Max Pauer (1866–1945)
Carl Adolf Martienssen (1881–1955), revision
Publisher. Info. Sonaten für Klavier zu zwei Händen, Bd.1 (pp.214-31)
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1920). Plate 10543, 10555–56.
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Worov (2017/11/25)

Editor Artur Schnabel (1882-1951)
Publisher. Info. Milan: Curci, 1949. Plate E. 4279 C.
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Misc. Notes Contains footnotes in Italian, English and German.
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Editor Hans Schmidt-Görg (b. 1930)
Joseph Schmidt-Görg (1897-1981)
Publisher. Info. Klaviersonaten, Band I (pp.212-229)
Munich-Duisburg: G. Henle Verlag, 1971.
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Editor Bertha Antonia Wallner (1876-1976)
Publisher. Info. Klaviersonaten, Band I (pp.216-233)
Munich: G. Henle Verlag, No.HN1032, 1976.
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Publisher. Info. Album Musica, No.87
Paris: Pierre Lafitte, 1909.
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For String Orchestra (Choe)

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Arranger Joshua Choe
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Arranger Fr. Hartmann
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: G.M. Meyer, n.d. Plate 603B.
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Arranger Friedrich Wilhelm Markull (1816-1887)
Publisher. Info. Wolfenbüttel: Holle, n.d. Plate 1192.
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Arranger Wendy Large
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Misc. Notes Andante and Scherzo
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Publisher. Info. St. Louis: Kunkel Brothers, 1903. Plate 1875-17.
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Andante con variazioni

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Arranger Aleksandr Vetrov (1812-1877)
Editor Valerian Rusanov (1866-1918)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: V. A. Rusanov, 1905. Plate B. 17 P.
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For Trombone and Piano (Delisse)
See: 12 Sonates de Haydn, Mozart et Beethoven (No.3)
For Violin, Cello or 2 Violins and Piano (Hoffmann)

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Arranger Richard Hofmann (1844-1918)
Publisher. Info. Meister für die Jugend, Vol.2, No.1
Leipzig: Edition Peters, n.d. Plate 9878.
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Arranger Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841)
Publisher. Info. Offenbach am Main: Johann André, n.d. Plate 5802.
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Misc. Notes Andante varié et Rondeau aus der Sonate in As dur von L. van Beethoven Op. 26 arrangés pour 2 guitares - Ferd. Carulli- op. 155.
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Arranger Julius André (1808-1880)
Publisher. Info. Offenbach: Johann André, n.d.[1884]. Plate 9123 E.I–III.
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For Voice and Piano (Griepenkerl)
See Du himmlisch unbekanntes Wesen by Friedrich Conrad Griepenkerl

Marcia Funebre (No.3)

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Arranger August Horn (1825-1893)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. Plate V.A. 1203.
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Arranger Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)
Copyist Miguel Llobet (1878–1938)
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Arranger Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)
Publisher. Info. Madrid: Ildefonso Alier, n.d. Plate 5628.
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Arranger Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)
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Publisher. Info. Vlotho: Stefan Apke, 1997/2020.
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Arranger Sigism. Volker
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister, n.d. Plate 1453.
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Arranger Francis Cunningham Woods (1862-1929)
Publisher. Info. Funeral Marches (pp.105-09)
London: Novello & Co., Ltd., n.d. Plate 10740.
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General Information

Work Title Piano Sonata No.12
Alternative. Title (Funeral March)
Name Translations Piano Sonata No. 12; Klaviersonate Nr. 12; Sonata para piano n.º 12; سونات ۱۲ پیانو; Pianosonaatti nro 12; Sonate pour piano nº 12 de Beethoven; Sonata per pianoforte n. 12; ピアノソナタ第12番; Pianosonate nr. 12; XII Sonata fortepianowa Beethovena; Соната для фортепиано № 12; Соната для фортепіано № 12; Sonata per a piano núm. 12; Σονάτα για πιάνο No. 12; Piano Sonata No. 12 (Beethoven); 피아노 소나타 12번; 第12號鋼琴奏鳴曲 (貝多芬)
Name Aliases Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Major, Op. 26; Pianosonate nr. 12 (Beethoven); Sonata para piano n.º 12 en la bemol mayor, Op. 26
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 177405871; LCCN: n81015457; GND: 300016646; BNF: 14832248r; NLA: 35527973
Composer Beethoven, Ludwig van
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.26
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. ILB 173
Key A-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Andante con variazioni (A major)
  2. Scherzo. Allegro molto (A major) - Trio (D major)
  3. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un eroe. Maestoso andante (A minor)
  4. Allegro (A major)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1800–01
First Publication. 1801
Dedication Karl Lichnowsky (1761–1814)
Average DurationAvg. Duration 20 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation piano
Discography All Music Guide
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