Piano Sonata No.14, Op.27 No.2 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.[1802].
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Misc. Notes Incomplete? (At least one page seems to be missing at the end, and page one of the manuscript starts at bar 13 of the score.)
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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Gio. Cappi e Comp., n.d.[1802]. Plate 879.
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Publisher. Info. Offenbach: Johann André, n.d.[1810]. Plate 3062.
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Editor Ignaz Moscheles (1794–1870), added metronome markings
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Publisher. Info. Paris: Maurice Schlesinger, n.d.(ca.1830-31). Plate M.S. 1126.
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): D1689/10
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Editor Ignaz Moscheles (1794–1870)
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Publisher. Info. Stuttgart: Eduard Hallberger, n.d.(ca.1860). Plate B. XIV.
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Publisher. Info. Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 16:
Sonaten für das Pianoforte, Nr.137
(pp.15-26)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1862]. Plate B.137.
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Editor Sigmund Lebert (1822–1884)
Hans von Bülow (1830–1894)
Publisher. Info. Sonata Album, Book II, No.25 (pp.143-60)
New York: G. Schirmer, No.340, 1896. Plate 12589.
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Editor Clemens Schultze (1839–1900)
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Litolff, n.d. Plate Collection Litolff Band 1 No.14.
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Editor Ernst Pauer (1826–1905)
Publisher. Info. London: Augener, n.d.(ca.1873). Plate 7.
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Misc. Notes Edition not issued later than 1881 as this copy is hand dated as a gift
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Editor Louis Köhler (1820–1886)
Adolf Ruthardt (1849–1934)
Publisher. Info. Sonaten für Pianoforte solo, Bd.1 (pp.248-61)
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1910). Plate 9452.
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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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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 Heinrich Schenker (1868–1935)
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Universal Edition, 1921. Plate U.E. 7000.
Reprinted New York: Dover Publications, 1975.
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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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Editor Max Pauer (1866–1945)
Carl Adolf Martienssen (1881–1955), revision
Publisher. Info. Sonaten für Klavier zu zwei Händen, Bd.1
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1920). Plate 10543, 10555-56.
Reprinted Martienssen revision, n.d.[1927]. - #66403
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Editor Max Pauer (1866–1945)
Carl Adolf Martienssen (1881–1955)
Publisher. Info. Kiev: Musica Ukraina, 1990.
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Editor Artur Schnabel (1882–1951)
Publisher. Info. Milan: Curci, 1949. Plate E. 4280 C.
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Editor Artur Schnabel (1882–1951)
Publisher. Info. Milan: Curci, 1950. Plate E. 4988 C.
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Editor Leo Weiner (1885–1960)
Publisher. Info. Zongoraszonáták, II (pp.38-51)
Budapest: Editio Musica Budapest, n.d.[1959]. Plate Z. 2347.
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Editor Hans Schmidt-Görg (b. 1930)
Joseph Schmidt-Görg (1897–1981)
Publisher. Info. Klaviersonaten, Band II (pp.17-30)
Munich: G. Henle Verlag, 1976.
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Editor Bertha Antonia Wallner (1876–1976)
Publisher. Info. Klaviersonaten, Band I (pp.249-262)
Munich: G. Henle Verlag, No.HN1032, 1976.
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Misc. Notes 600 dpi. Page size is 9" × 12".
Edition without fingering. Henle's logo has been removed due to trademark.
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Editor Viktor Keil
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Adagio sostenuto (No.1)

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For Strings (Choe)

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Arranger Joshua Choe
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Arranger Jakub Kowalewski
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For Guitar, Lute and Bandurria (López Villanueva)
Arranger Antonio López Villanueva (1863–1934)
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Arranger Fr. Hartmann
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: G.M. Meyer, n.d. Plate 603A.
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Misc. Notes Arranger could be Frantz Hartmann (1807-1857).
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For Harp (Thomas)
Arranger John Thomas (1826–1913)
Publisher. Info. London: Hutchings & Romer, 1900.
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Misc. Notes From the International Harp Archives at Brigham Young University
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Arranger Theodore Moses Tobani (1855–1933)
Publisher. Info. New York: Carl Fischer, 1906.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A6934.
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Arranger Robert Stark (1847–1922)
Editor Gus Guentzel (1868–1950)
Publisher. Info. New York: P. S. Gilmore Band Library, 1905. Plate 15294.
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Arranger Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt (b. 1944)
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For Violin, Harmonium and Piano (Brisson)
See: Adagios de Beethoven (No.5)
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Arranger Gage McRae (b. 2008)
Publisher. Info. Gage McRae, 2023.
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See Ach, Du gehst ohne mich ins Heimatland! by Friedrich Conrad Griepenkerl
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See: Library of Classics for the Violin (Ser.2)
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See: Kantylena by Henryk Cylkow
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For Violin and Piano (or Harp)
Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. Album Musica, No.32
Paris: Pierre Lafitte, 1905.
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Misc. Notes Transposed to D minor
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Arranger Jirapat Leetrakulnumchai (b. 2005)
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Misc. Notes This arrangement have name on every note for children. The goal is for children to practice playing music together.
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Arranger J. J. Olson (b. 1947)
Publisher. Info. Mutopia, 2016.
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Misc. Notes An adaptation for guitar duo of the solo arrangement by Tárrega, #293004. Published as Mutopia-2016/01/21-2101. See also: Beethoven Guitar Duets
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Arranger Stefan Apke (b. 1963)
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Arranger Manlio Biagi (1896–1942)
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Arranger Pyotr Isakov (1886–1958)
Editor Norman Simon Rodriguez
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Misc. Notes Fingering revised by editor.
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Arranger Ramón León Egea (b. 1975)
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Arranger Sergio Moldavsky
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Arranger Colette Mourey
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Arranger Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909)
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Arranger Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909)
Engraver J. J. Olson (b. 1947)
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Arranger Henri Büsser (1872–1973)
Editor Alain Brunet (b. 1967)
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Allegretto - Trio (No.2)

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For 2 Violins, Viola and Cello (Sitt)
See: Meister für die Jugend, Vol.2 (No.5)
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Arranger Richard Hofmann (1844–1918)
Publisher. Info. Meister für die Jugend, Vol.2 (No.3)
Leipzig: Edition Peters, n.d. Plate 9878.
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Arranger Miguel Llobet (1878–1938)
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Work Title Piano Sonata No.14
Alternative. Title Sonata quasi una fantasia ; Moonlight Sonata
Name Translations Sonate pour piano nº 14 de Beethoven; Piano Sonata No. 14; মুনলাইট সোনাটা; Sonata per a piano núm. 14; Klaviersonate Nr. 14; [33 more...]Sonata para piano n.º 14; سونات مهتاب; Pianosonaatti nro 14; סונאטה לפסנתר מס' 14 של בטהובן; Լուսնի սոնատ; Píanósónata nr. 14; Sonata per pianoforte n. 14; ピアノソナタ第14番; 피아노 소나타 14번; Pianosonate nr. 14; Sonata Księżycowa; Sonata pentru pian nr. 14; Соната для фортепиано № 14; Klavírna sonáta č. 14; Månskenssonaten; เปียโนโซนาตาหมายเลข 14; Соната для фортепіано № 14; Sonata Ánh trăng; 第14钢琴奏鸣曲; Måneskinnssonaten; 14. Piyano Sonatı; سوناتا بيانو رقم 14; Klavírní sonáta č. 14; Клавирска соната бр. 14; Σονάτα για πιάνο αρ. 14; 14. klaversonate; Mėnesienos sonata; Pianoarentzako 14. Sonata (Beethoven); سۆناتای ژمارە ١٤ بۆ پیانۆ; 月光奏鳴曲; Sonata Rhif 14 i'r Piano; Kuupaistesonaat; Sonáid Phianó Uimh. 14
Name Aliases Sonate au clair de lune; Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2; Moonlight Sonata; Mondschein-Sonate; Mondscheinsonate; [26 more...]Sonata quasi una fantasia; Sonaten, Kl, op. 27,2; Sonata Op. 27 n.º 2 (Beethoven); Quasi una fantasia; Al chiaro di Luna (apocrifo); Лунная соната (Бетховен); Соната для фортепиано № 14 (Лунная); Лунная соната; opus 27 no 2; Σονάτα του Σεληνόφωτος; Σονάτα για πιάνο αρ. 14 σε Ντο δίεση ελάσσονα, έργο 27, αρ. 2; Με τον τρόπο της φαντασίας; Σονάτα υπό το Σεληνόφως; Sonata quasi una fantasia op. 27 nr. 2 i cis-mol; Måneskinssonaten; Op. 27, nr. 2; سوناتا بيانو رقم ١٤ (بيتهوفن); Claro de luna; Sonata para piano n.º 14 en do sostenido menor «Quasi una fantasia», Op. 27, n.º 2; Pianosonate nr. 14 (Beethoven); 月光ソナタ; ピアノソナタ第14番嬰ハ短調 作品27-2 『幻想曲風ソナタ』; ピアノソナタ「月光」; 幻想曲風ソナタ; 月光; Lloergan
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 184686463; LCCN: n82028186; GND: 300016670; [4 more...]SELIBR: 300172; BNF: 13908188k; NLA: 35473249; BNE: XX2241997
Composer Beethoven, Ludwig van
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.27 No.2
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. ILB 175
Key C-sharp minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 movements:
  1. Adagio sostenuto (C minor, 69 bars)
  2. Allegretto - Trio (D major, 60 bars)
  3. Presto agitato (C minor, 200 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1802
First Publication. 1802
Dedication Gräfin Giulietta Guicciardi
Average DurationAvg. Duration 15-16 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation piano
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