Piano Sonata No.21, Op.53 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

		Movements/Sections 3 movements Composition Year 1803-04 Genre Categories Sonatas; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player

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 Complete Performance
*#78201 - 22.20MB - 24:15 -  9.2/10 2 4 6 8 10 (5) - !N/!N/!N - 4238x⇩

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Carolus (9 September 2010)

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Paavali Jumppanen (piano)

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Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

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Scores

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 Complete Score
*#51155 - 7.98MB, 64 pages -  5.8/10 2 4 6 8 10 (4) - V/V/V - 11374x⇩

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Ivdruiz (28 December 2009)

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Composer's manuscript, n.d.

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 Complete Score
*#51156 - 4.67MB, 29 pages -  4.5/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V - 6775x⇩

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Ivdruiz (28 December 2009)

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First edition

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Vienna: Bureau des Arts et d'Industrie, n.d.(1805). Plate 449.

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 Complete Score (Preview)
*#51748 - 4.10MB, 30 (ii, #125-152) pages -  6.3/10 2 4 6 8 10 (9) - V/V/V - 16428x⇩

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piupianissimo (1 January 2010)

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Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 16: Sonaten für das Pianoforte, No.144
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1862-1890. Plate B.144.

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Originally scanned at about 160pi, converted to 600dpi monocrome.

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 Complete Score (Preview)
*#03180 - 4.20MB, 40 pages -  6.8/10 2 4 6 8 10 (6) - V/V/V - 3978x⇩

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Peter (10 January 2007)

Editor:

Hans von Bülow (1830-1894)

Translator:

J. C. D. Parker (1828-1916), English text

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Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta, n.d.(ca.1875). Plate 23.

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Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., 1876. Plate 29921

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Public Domain [tag all]

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

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 Complete Score
*#35181 - 11.35MB, 37 pages -  7.5/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V - 3248x⇩

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Brian Kalz (21 July 2009)

Editor:

Hans von Bülow (1830-1894)

Translator:

John Henry Cornell (1828-1894), English text

Publisher Info.:

Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta, n.d.(ca.1875). Plate 23.

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New York: Edward Schuberth & Co., 1891

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Public Domain [tag all]

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Color scan.

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 Complete Score
*#03726 - 2.56MB, 36 (music #2-35) pages -  5.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - V/V/V - 1925x⇩

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Nomis (15 February 2007)

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Adolf von Henselt (1814-1889)

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Moscow: A. Gutheil, n.d. (ca.1885). Plate A. 4400 G.

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Editorial notes in French
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 Complete Score
*#00021 - 2.46MB, 32 (#370-401) pages -  8.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (7) - V/V/V - 4533x⇩

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Feldmahler (16 February 2006)

Editor:

Heinrich Schenker (1868-1935)

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Vienna: Universal Edition, 1918-21

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New York: Dover Publications, 1975

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 Complete Score (Preview)
*#04076 - 1.65MB, 28 (#87-114) pages -  6.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/C/19 - 1577x⇩

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Peter (24 February 2007)

Editor:

Frederic Lamond (1868-1948)

Publisher Info.:

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

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Kiev: Musytschna Ukraina, 1969

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 Complete Score
*#69583 - 5.08MB, 33 pages -  5.5/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/18 - 1425x⇩

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worov (1 July 2010)

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Alfredo Casella (1883-1947)

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Milan: G. Ricordi & C., 1920. Plate E.R. 2453.

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Low resolution

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 Complete Score
*#05547 - 2.05MB, 33 pages -  6.4/10 2 4 6 8 10 (7) - V/V/16 - 1160x⇩

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Funper (29 April 2007)

 Complete Score
*#66410 - 1.60MB, 33 (#370-402) pages -  8.7/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - V/C/26 - 2786x⇩

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worov (6 June 2010)

Editor:

Max Pauer (1866-1945)
Carl Adolf Martienssen (1881-1955), revision (#66410)

Publisher Info.:

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

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#66410: (revision by Martienssen), n.d.(1927)

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General Information

Work Title	Piano Sonata No.21
Alternative Title	Waldstein sonata

Composer	Beethoven, Ludwig van
Opus/Catalogue Number	Op.53
Key	C major
Movements/Sections	3 movements
Year/Date of Composition	1803-04
First Publication	1805
Dedication	Count Ferdinand Ernst Gabriel von Waldstein (1762-1823)
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Piano

Misc. Comments

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

This sonata used to have a long "Andante" section. Beethoven didn't like it, so it became a separate work ("Andante favori") WoO 57. The "Introduzione (Adagio molto {?})" is now the middle movement that introduces the third movement. Deathgleaner 18:41, 26 December 2008 (EST)