Piano Sonata No.23, Op.57 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

		Movements/Sections 3 movements I. Allegro assai II. Andante con moto III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto Composition Year 1804–06 Genre Categories Sonatas; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player; For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ

Performances

• Recordings (2)
• Synthesized/MIDI (2)

Recordings

 Complete Performance
*#78143 - 21.67MB - 23:40 -  8.6/10 2 4 6 8 10 (14) - - !N/!N/!N - 8426x⇩

MP3 file (audio)
Carolus (2010/9/8)

Performers:

Jonathan Biss, piano

Publisher Info.:

Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

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Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 3.0 [tag/del]

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 Concert recording, 2001
*#153841 - 47.66MB - 41:38 -  8.8/10 2 4 6 8 10 (8) - - !N/!N/!N - 1534x⇩

MP3 file (audio)
Reccmo (2011/11/20)

Performer Pages:

Frederic Rzewski (Piano)

Publisher Info.:

Frederic Rzewski

Copyright:

Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0 [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Rzewski's comments
This was totally unprepared and unexpected, as I guess one can hear from all the little imperfections. When we were recording the Nonesuch box ("Rzewski Plays Rzewski"), one day we had some time left over after we had done the day's work. Marc-Henri Cykiert (the producer) suggested that we might try something completely different, just for fun. I happened to have the Beethoven Sonatas with me and winged it. It struck me that Beethoven seems to quote "Bella Ciao" in the finale, so I played with that. After he said "Thanks a lot!" at the end, the telephone rang, calling me home to dinner, and that was that.
These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.

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Synthesized/MIDI

 MIDI Performance
*#219274 - 0.01MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - - !N/!N/!N - 160x⇩

MID file (audio/video)
Reccmo (2012/5/14)

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Synthesized MIDI

Publisher Info.:

Andreas Scherer

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Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0 [tag/del]

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These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.

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 I. Allegro assai
*#265196 - 0.07MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - - !N/!N/!N - 27x⇩

MID file (audio/video)
Batbernart (2013/1/7)

Performer Pages:

Brett Bachus (keyboard)

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Brett Bachus

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Sheet Music

• Scores (11)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (1)

Scores

 Complete Score
*#141085 - 4.74MB, 52 pp. -  4.8/10 2 4 6 8 10 (6) - V/V/V - 10313x⇩

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Mark Starr (2011/10/24)

Publisher Info.:

Autograph manuscript, n.d.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

This stained Beethoven manuscript was the property of the great French violinist Baillot, who gave it to the Paris Conservatory in 1889. The nickname "Appassionata" appears nowhere in the manuscript; instead, Beethoven apparently subtitled it as "La Passionata." There are many changes and corrections in notation throughout.

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 Complete Score
*#51159 - 3.93MB, 25 pp. -  6.1/10 2 4 6 8 10 (7) - V/V/V - 15884x⇩

PDF scanned by Beethoven-Haus
Ivdruiz (2009/12/28)

Editor:

First edition

Publisher Info.:

Vienna: Bureau des Arts et d'Industrie, n.d.(1807). Plate 521.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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 Complete Score (Preview)
*#51795 - 3.32MB, 26 pp. -  6.4/10 2 4 6 8 10 (14) - V/V/V - 29585x⇩

PDF scanned by BSB (MDZ)
piupianissimo (2010/1/2)

Publisher Info.:

Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 16:
Sonaten für das Pianoforte (pp.165-90), Nr.146
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1862-90. Plate B.146.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Originally scanned at about 160dpi, converted to 600dpi monochrome.

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 Complete Score (Preview)
*#03184 - 3.96MB, 41 pp. -  6.8/10 2 4 6 8 10 (9) - V/V/V - 7492x⇩

PDF scanned by Libr. of Congress
Peter (2007/1/11)

Editor:

Hans von Bülow (1830-1894)

Translator:

James Cutler Dunn Parker (1828-1916), English text

Publisher Info.:

Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., 1876. Plate 29923.
(U.S. edition of J.G. Cotta's edition, Stuttgart)

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Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Retrieved from Library of Congress. Scanned monochrome at 400dpi.

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 Complete Score
*#00023 - 2.16MB, 29 pp. -  8.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (20) - V/V/V - 13749x⇩

PDF scanned by Unknown
Feldmahler (2006/2/16)

Editor:

Heinrich Schenker (1868-1935)

Publisher Info.:

Vienna: Universal Edition, 1918-21.

Reprinted:

New York: Dover Publications, 1975. (pp.415-443)

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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 Complete Score (Preview)
*#04078 - 1.80MB, 26 pp. -  5.7/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - V/V/19 - 3635x⇩

PDF scanned by alenmusic.narod.ru
Peter (2007/2/24)

Editor:

Frederic Lamond (1868-1948)

Publisher Info.:

Klaviersonaten, Band II
Berlin: Ullstein, n.d.(ca.1918)
Reissue - Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1923. Plate 28727.

Reprinted:

Kiev: Musytschna Ukraina, 1969.

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Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]

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 Complete Score
*#69585 - 6.56MB, 40 pp. -  10.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/18 - 3555x⇩

PDF scanned by Internet archive
worov (2010/7/1)

Editor:

Alfredo Casella (1883–1947)

Publisher Info.:

Sonate per pianoforte, vol.2
Milan: G. Ricordi & C., 1919. Plate E.R. 2.

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Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Original images: 300dpi, color jpg2000 files approx. 2950 by 4250 usable pixels.
Editing: converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, re-sampled to 600dpi, and set uniform margins. See Sonate per pianoforte for complete volumes including preface.

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 Complete Score
*#05549 - 1.88MB, 29 pp. -  7.9/10 2 4 6 8 10 (11) - V/V/16 - 3648x⇩

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Funper (2007/4/29)

 Complete Score
*#66412 - 1.66MB, 29 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/C/26 - 3872x⇩

PDF scanned by piano.ru
worov (2010/6/6)

Editor:

Max Pauer (1866-1945)
Carl Adolf Martienssen (1881-1955), revision

Publisher Info.:

Sonaten für Klavier zu zwei Händen, Bd.2
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1920). Plates 10543, 10555-56.

Reprinted:

[Martienssen revision], n.d.(1927). - #66412 (pp.415-443)

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 II. Andante con moto
*#219272 - 0.12MB, 7 pp. -  9.3/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - !N/!N/!N - 801x⇩

PDF typeset by Andreas Scherer
Reccmo (2012/5/14)

 Engraving files (Lilypond)
*#219273 - 0.00MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 178x⇩

ZIP typeset by Andreas Scherer
Reccmo (2012/5/14)

Editor:

Andreas Scherer

Publisher Info.:

Andreas Scherer

Copyright:

Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0 [tag/del]

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These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

II. Andante con moto

For Organ Solo (André)

 Complete Score
*#90471 - 0.05MB, 1 (#11) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 723x⇩

PDF scanned by Libr. of Congress
Lndlewis10 (2011/1/16)

Arranger:

Julius André (1808-1880)

Publisher Info.:

Offenbach: Johann André, n.d.[1884]. Plate 9123 E.I-III.

Reprinted:

Boston: Arthur P. Schmidt, n.d.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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General Information

Work Title	Piano Sonata No.23
Alternative Title	Appassionata

Composer	Beethoven, Ludwig van
Opus/Catalogue Number	Op.57
Key	F minor
Movements/Sections	3 movements I. Allegro assai II. Andante con moto III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto
Year/Date of Composition	1804–06
First Publication	1807
Dedication	Graf Franz von Brunsvik
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Piano
External Links	Wikipedia article

Misc. Comments

The melody of the 2nd movement is used in Beethoven's Hymne an die Nacht.

Beethoven Piano Sonatas

Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor, Op.2/1 Piano Sonata No.2 in A major, Op.2/2 Piano Sonata No.3 in C major, Op.2/3 Piano Sonata No.4 in E♭ major, Op.7 ("Grand Sonata") Piano Sonata No.5 in C minor, Op.10/1 ("Little Pathétique") Piano Sonata No.6 in F major, Op.10/2 Piano Sonata No.7 in D major, Op.10/3 Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13 ("Pathétique") Piano Sonata No.9 in E major, Op.14/1 Piano Sonata No.10 in G major, Op.14/2 Piano Sonata No.11 in B♭ major, Op.22 Piano Sonata No.12 in A♭ major, Op.26 ("Funeral March") Piano Sonata No.13 in E♭ major, Op.27/1 ("Quasi una fantasia") Piano Sonata No.14 in C♯ minor, Op.27/2 ("Moonlight") Piano Sonata No.15 in D major, Op.28 ("Pastoral") Piano Sonata No.16 in G major, Op.31/1

Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor, Op.31/2 ("The Tempest") Piano Sonata No.18 in E♭ major, Op.31/3 ("The Hunt") Piano Sonata No.19 in G minor, Op.49/1 ("Leichte Sonata") Piano Sonata No.20 in G major, Op.49/2 ("Leichte Sonata") Piano Sonata No.21 in C major, Op.53 ("Waldstein") Piano Sonata No.22 in F major, Op.54 Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor, Op.57 ("Appassionata") Piano Sonata No.24 in F♯ major, Op.78 ("A Thérèse") Piano Sonata No.25 in G major, Op.79 ("Cuckoo") Piano Sonata No.26 in E♭ major, Op.81a ("Les adieux") Piano Sonata No.27 in E minor, Op.90 Piano Sonata No.28 in A major, Op.101 Piano Sonata No.29 in B♭ major, Op.106 ("Hammerklavier") Piano Sonata No.30 in E major, Op.109 Piano Sonata No.31 in A♭ major, Op.110 Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor, Op.111