Piano Sonata No.18, Op.31 No.3 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

Incipit movements:
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1801-02
Genre Categories Sonatas; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player; For orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr); For strings (arr); Scores featuring string ensemble (arr); For 2 violins, viola, cello (arr); For 4 players (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For 2 violins (arr); For 2 players (arr); For 3 guitars (arr); Scores featuring the guitar (arr); For 3 players (arr); For violin, piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For organ (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr)

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Performances

Recordings

 Complete Performance
#78189 - 20.71MB - 22:37 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 10767×⇩ - MP3 - Carolus

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Carolus (2010/9/9)

Performer Pages Paavali Jumppanen (piano)
Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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 Complete Performance
#592415 - 25.96MB - 22:32 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 733×⇩ - MP3 - Lumineux

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Lumineux (2019/10/7)

Performer Pages Peter Bradley-Fulgoni (piano)
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Misc. Notes recorded in September 2019 at St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield University: Peter Hill, sound engineer
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 Complete Performance (EU)
#706080 - 53.07MB - 23:11 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 141×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

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Lucas-coelho (2021/6/6)

Performer Pages Fritz Jank (piano)
Publisher Info. São Paulo: Theatro Municipal, 1962. (February 12).
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For Orchestra (Choe)

 I. Allegro
#812007 - 91.82MB - 7:40 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 95×⇩ - MP4 - TradViolin

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TradViolin (2022/9/24)

 II. Scherzo: Allegretto vivace
#812008 - 59.61MB - 4:59 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 62×⇩ - MP4 - TradViolin

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TradViolin (2022/9/24)

 III. Menuetto - Trio
#812009 - 48.27MB - 4:02 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 63×⇩ - MP4 - TradViolin

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TradViolin (2022/9/24)

 IV. Presto con fuoco
#812010 - 50.12MB - 4:11 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 55×⇩ - MP4 - TradViolin

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TradViolin (2022/9/24)

Publisher Info. Joshua Choe, 2022.
Performers Finale v27
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Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Score
#51117 - 3.27MB, 23 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 9972×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Bonn: N. Simrock, n.d.[1802]. Plate 345.
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 Complete Score (monochrome)
#826389 - 4.48MB, 23 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 47×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2022/12/7)

Publisher. Info. Deux sonates pour le piano forte, No.2
Zürich: Jean George Naigueli, n.d.[1804?].
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 Complete Score
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Royal College o... (2021/4/8)

Publisher. Info. London: Clementi, Banger, Hyde, Collard & Davis, n.d.[1804].
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): D1689/13
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Publisher. Info. Wien: Tobias Haslinger, n.d.(ca.1835).
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 Complete Score (scan) (Preview)
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 Complete Score (Preview)
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 Complete Scan (Preview)
#994723 - 1.60MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 18×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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Publisher. Info. Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 16:
Sonaten für das Pianoforte (pp.89-108), No.141
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1862-90]. Plate B.141.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). - #419639
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 Complete Score (Preview)
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Peter (2007/1/08)

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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 Complete Score
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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 Heinrich Schenker (1868–1935)
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Universal Edition, 1918-21.
Reprinted New York: Dover Publications, 1975.
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Editor Frederic Lamond (1868–1948)
Publisher. Info. Klaviersonaten, Band II
Berlin: Ullstein, n.d.(ca.1918).
Reissue - Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1923. Plate 28727.
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#04068 - 1.30MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2635×⇩ - Peter

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Peter (2007/2/24)

Editor Frederic Lamond (1868–1948)
Publisher. Info. Klaviersonaten, Band II
Berlin: Ullstein, n.d.(ca.1918).
Reissue - Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1923. Plate 28727.
Reprinted Kiev: Musytschna Ukraina, 1969.
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 Complete Score
#69580 - 4.55MB, 31 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2935×⇩ - worov

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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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 Complete Score
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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.2
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1920). Plate 10543, 10555-56.
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Editor Artur Schnabel (1882–1951)
Publisher. Info. Milan: Curci, 1949. Plate E. 4280 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 II (pp.98-120)
Munich: G. Henle Verlag, 1976.
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 Complete Score (EU)
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 Front Matter
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Editor Bertha Antonia Wallner (1876–1976)
Publisher. Info. Klaviersonaten, Band II (pp.50-72)
Munich: G. Henle Verlag, No. HN1034, 1976.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Orchestra (Choe)

 Complete Score
#812003 - 3.04MB, 129 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 208×⇩ - TradViolin

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 Complete Parts
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Arranger Joshua Choe
Publisher. Info. Joshua Choe, 2022.
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For Strings (Choe)

 Complete Score
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⇒ 5 more: Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

 Violins I
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 Violins II
#730170 - 1.14MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 87×⇩ - TradViolin

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 Violas
#730171 - 1.20MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 91×⇩ - TradViolin

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 Cellos
#730172 - 1.13MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 95×⇩ - TradViolin

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 Basses
#730173 - 1.06MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 88×⇩ - TradViolin

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Arranger Joshua Choe
Publisher. Info. Joshua Choe, 2020.
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Misc. Notes YouTube playlist
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For 2 Violins, Viola and Cello (Ries)

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Arranger Ferdinand Ries (1784–1838)
Publisher. Info. Frankfurt: Dunst, n.d. Plate 409.
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Misc. Notes color
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For 2 Violins (Hartmann)

 Complete Parts
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Arranger Fr. Hartmann
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: G.M. Meyer, n.d. Plate 603C.
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Misc. Notes Incorrect Opus Number: Op.29 No.3. Arranger could be Frantz Hartmann (1807-1857).
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Menuetto (No.3)

For 3 Guitars (Shorter)

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Minstrel (2018/9/11)

Arranger Steve Shorter (b. 1958)
Publisher. Info. Menuetto and Allegretto (No.1)
Steve Shorter, 2018.
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For Violin and Piano (Hermann)

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Arranger Friedrich Hermann (1828–1907)
Publisher. Info. Sammlung klassischer Stücke aus Werken berühmter Meister, Vol.III (no.5)
Leipzig: Edition Peters, n.d. Plate 6248.
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Misc. Notes Wrong title Op.29 no 3 This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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For Organ (André)

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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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General Information

Work Title Piano Sonata No.18
Alternative. Title The Hunt
Name Translations Piano Sonata No. 18; Klaviersonate Nr. 18; Sonata para piano n.º 18; Sonate pour piano nº 18 de Beethoven; Sonata per pianoforte n. 18; ピアノソナタ第18番; Pianosonate nr. 18; Sonata fortepianowa nr 18 Beethovena; Соната для фортепиано № 18; Соната для фортепіано № 18; Sonata per a piano núm. 18; Σονάτα για πιάνο No. 18; 피아노 소나타 18번; 第18號鋼琴奏鳴曲 (貝多芬); Pianosonaatti nro 18 (Beethoven)
Name Aliases La caccia (apocrifo); Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3; Pianosonate nr. 18 (Beethoven); Sonata para piano n.º 18 en mi bemol mayor, Op. 31 n.º 3
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; LCCN: n78060855; GND: 300016735; BNF: 14818513z
Composer Beethoven, Ludwig van
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.31 No.3
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. ILB 179
Key E-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Allegro (E♭ major)
  2. Scherzo. Allegretto vivace (A♭ major)
  3. Minuet. Moderato e grazioso - Trio (E♭ major)
  4. Presto con fuoco (E♭ major)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1801-02
First Publication. 1802
Average DurationAvg. Duration 22-23 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation piano
Discography All Music Guide
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