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

Incipit	movements: I: $\relative c' { \time 12/8 \key f \minor \clef treble \tempo "Allegro assai." \partial 4. c4-\pp~( c16 aes f2.~ f4. aes4~ aes16 c f4. aes4~ aes16 c f4. f,) }$
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 movements
Composition Year	1804–06
Genre Categories	Sonatas; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player; For strings (arr); Scores featuring string ensemble (arr); For 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); Scores featuring the double bass (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 6 players (arr); For 2 pianos (arr); For 2 players (arr); For organ (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr)
Related Works	The melody of the 2nd movement is used in Beethoven's Hymne an die Nacht.

Performances

Recordings

Complete Performance
*#557909 - 27.91MB - 24:16 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 5367×⇩ - MP3 - Lumineux

MP3 file (audio)
Lumineux (2019/1/20)

Performer Pages	Peter Bradley-Fulgoni (piano)
Publisher Info.	Peter Bradley-Fulgoni
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	recorded in December 2018 at St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield University: Peter Hill, sound engineer
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Complete Performance
*#153841 - 47.66MB - 41:38 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 6231×⇩ - MP3 - Reccmo

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

Performer Pages	Frederic Rzewski (piano)
Publisher Info.	Frederic Rzewski, 2001.
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Rzewski's comments These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Complete Performance
*#78143 - 21.67MB - 23:40 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 24809×⇩ - MP3 - Carolus

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

Performer Pages	Jonathan Biss (piano)
Publisher Info.	Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 3.0 [tag/del]
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Complete Performance (EU)
*#718056 - 33.47MB - 24:17 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 308×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

MP3 file (audio)
Lucas-coelho (2021/7/20)

Performer Pages	Rudolf Serkin (piano)
Publisher Info.	Columbia Masterworks, 1963. ML 5881.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Source: Internet Archive
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Complete Performance (EU)
*#706295 - 51.22MB - 22:23 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 158×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

MP3 file (audio)
Lucas-coelho (2021/6/6)

Performer Pages	Fritz Jank (piano)
Publisher Info.	Recorded at Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, February 22, 1962.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Source: Instituto Piano Brasileiro
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1. Allegro assai (EU)
*#720645 - 16.27MB - 11:50 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 552×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

MP3 file (audio)
Lucas-coelho (2021/7/30)

2. Andante con moto
3. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto (EU)
*#720646 - 19.04MB - 12:57 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 575×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

MP3 file (audio)
Lucas-coelho (2021/7/30)

Performer Pages	Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Publisher Info.	RCA Victor Red Seal, 1961. LSC 2545.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Source: Internet Archive
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1. Allegro assai (EU)
*#720591 - 14.47MB - 10:22 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 369×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

MP3 file (audio)
Lucas-coelho (2021/7/30)

2. Andante con moto (EU)
*#720592 - 8.48MB - 6:07 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 299×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

MP3 file (audio)
Lucas-coelho (2021/7/30)

3. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto (EU)
*#720593 - 10.04MB - 7:56 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 742×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

MP3 file (audio)
Lucas-coelho (2021/7/30)

Performer Pages	Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Publisher Info.	Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 1961. MK 1550.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Source: Internet Archive
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Complete Performance (EU)
*#720932 - 29.54MB - 23:34 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 220×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

MP3 file (audio)
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.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Source: Internet Archive
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Complete Performance (EU)
*#516420 - 46.13MB - 20:09 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 1139×⇩ - MP3 - Vangi

MP3 file (audio)
Vangi (2018/3/23)

Performer Pages	Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Publisher Info.	Deutsche Grammophon, 1959.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
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Naxos

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Synthesized/MIDI

Complete

Synthesized Performance
*#219274 - 0.01MB - 3:24 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1121×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

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

Publisher Info.	Andreas Scherer
Performers	Synthesized MIDI
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0 [tag/del]
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Synthesized Performance
*#792920 - 35.82MB - 26:05 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 144×⇩ - MP3 - NoNameTheAnt

MP3 file (audio)
NoNameTheAnt (2022/6/28)

Performer Pages	NoNameTheAnt (Piano (on computers))
Publisher Info.	NoNameTheAnt, 2020.
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	YouTube
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Selections

1. Allegro assai
*#265196 - 0.07MB - 9:21 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 605×⇩ - MID - Batbernart

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

Performer Pages	Brett Bachus (keyboard)
Publisher Info.	Brett Bachus
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3. Allegro ma non troppo
*#820889 - 10.43MB - 7:59 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 64×⇩ - MP3 - DavidPAnderson

MP3 file (audio)
DavidPAnderson (2022/11/9)

Publisher Info.	David P. Anderson, 2022.
Performers	David P. Anderson
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Made using Numula and Pianoteq
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Sheet Music

Scores

Complete

Complete Score
*#141085 - 17.29MB, 52 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 27926×⇩ - Mark Starr

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Mark Starr (2011/10/24)

Publisher. Info.	Holograph manuscript, n.d.(ca.1806-27)..
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	This stained Beethoven manuscript was the property of the pianist René-Paul 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. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 26585×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2009/12/28)

Complete Score
*#694578 - 31.27MB, 25 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 308×⇩ - C.Y.S.

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C.Y.S. (2021/4/23)

Editor	First edition
Publisher. Info.	Vienna: Bureau des Arts et d'Industrie, n.d.(1807). Plate 521.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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Complete Score
*#793918 - 35.75MB, 28 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 80×⇩ - Royal College o...

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Royal College o... (2022/7/1)

Publisher. Info.	Paris: J. Pleyel & fils aîné, n.d.[1824]. Plate 1650.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): D1689/16
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Complete Score
*#853381 - 8.58MB, 27 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 173×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2023/5/7)

Editor	Ignaz Moscheles (1794–1870)
Publisher. Info.	L. v. Beethoven's sämmtliche Sonaten für Pianoforte, No.23 Stuttgart: Eduard Hallberger, n.d.(ca.1860). Plate B. XXIII.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	This file is part of the Submission Project.
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Complete Score (Preview)
*#51795 - 3.35MB, 26 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 68687×⇩ - piupianissimo

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Complete Score (Preview)
*#994767 - 1.97MB, 26 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 19×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2025/10/6)

Publisher. Info.	Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 16: Sonaten für das Pianoforte (pp.165-90), No.146 Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1862-90]. Plate B.146.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	Originally scanned at about 160dpi, converted to 600dpi monochrome. Complete Score is 9 x 12 scan, scanned in from newer source at 600dpi (file #994767)
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Complete Score (Preview)
*#03184 - 3.96MB, 41 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 14837×⇩ - Peter

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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, 1872)
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Retrieved from Library of Congress. Scanned monochrome at 400dpi.
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Complete Score
*#895614 - 6.05MB, 37 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 142×⇩ - HaydnSymphonien

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HaydnSymphonien (2024/1/21)

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.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Complete Score
*#00023 - 2.16MB, 29 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 36394×⇩ - Feldmahler

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Feldmahler (2006/2/17)

Editor	Heinrich Schenker (1868–1935)
Publisher. Info.	Vienna: Universal Edition, 1918-21.
Reprinted	New York: Dover Publications, 1975.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Complete Score (600dpi) (Preview)
*#728581 - 3.31MB, 27 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 287×⇩ - Pusteblumi

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Pusteblumi (2021/9/1)

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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Complete Score (Preview)
*#04078 - 1.80MB, 26 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 8306×⇩ - 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 & Härtel, 1923. Plate 28727.
Reprinted	Kiev: Musytschna Ukraina, 1969.
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Complete Score
*#69585 - 6.56MB, 40 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 10089×⇩ - 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.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Original images: 300dpi, color jpg2000 files approx. 2950 by 4250 usable pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. See Sonate per pianoforte for complete volumes including preface.
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Complete Score
*#05549 - 1.88MB, 29 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 8450×⇩ - Funper

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Funper (2007/4/29)

Complete Score
*#66412 - 1.66MB, 29 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/26 - 12982×⇩ - worov

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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.
Reprinted	Martienssen revision, n.d.(1927). - #66412 (pp.415-443)
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Complete Score
*#502675 - 3.58MB, 47 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/22 - 558×⇩ - Worov

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Worov (2017/11/30)

Editor	Artur Schnabel (1882–1951)
Publisher. Info.	Milan: Curci, n.d.(ca.1949). Plate E. 4280 C.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Contains footnotes in Italian, English and German.
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Complete Score
*#685415 - 9.52MB, 45 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/C*/32 - 91×⇩ - JacopoTore

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JacopoTore (2021/3/27)

Editor	Aleksandr Goldenweiser (1875–1961)
Publisher. Info.	Moscow: Muzyka, 1970. Plate 3000.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]
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Complete Score (EU)
*#529461 - 9.11MB, 30 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/72*/V* - 14054×⇩ - Fugalicious

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Fugalicious (2018/6/27)

Editor	Joseph Schmidt-Görg (1897–1981) Hans Schmidt-Görg (b. 1930)
Publisher. Info.	Klaviersonaten, Band II (pp.179-207) Munich: Henle, 1976. URTEXT EDITION This is an urtext/critical/scholarly/scientific edition (or a simple re-engraving). Any commentary or critical apparatus, if protected by copyright, should not be included in the scan(s) available here. In Canada, new editions/re-engravings of public domain works (when not including new original material) should be in the public domain due to failing to meet the threshold of originality. In most European Union countries, these editions (except new original material) are generally protected for no more than 25 years from publication (30 years in Poland), and only if the edition is published after the copyrights of the original creator(s) have expired. In the United States, copyright can only apply to new creative work, and the re-engraving of a public domain piece (not including new additions of creative material) should not qualify for a new copyright, despite copyright claims (which properly would only apply to new material). You may need to check the publication date and details of the work's first publication in order to determine the work's copyright status, especially for the United States, as the copyright on the original work may not have expired. More information can be found here. Please obey the copyright laws of your country. IMSLP does not assume any sort of legal responsibility or liability for the consequences of downloading files that are not in the public domain in your country.
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Complete Score (EU)
*#621769 - 1.79MB, 29 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/72*/C* - 18886×⇩ - Fugalicious

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Front Matter
*#533783 - 0.17MB, ? pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C*/V* - 3474×⇩ - Fugalicious

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Fugalicious (2018/7/29)

Editor	Bertha Antonia Wallner (1876–1976)
Publisher. Info.	Klaviersonaten, Band II (pp.131-169) Munich: G. Henle Verlag, No. HN1034, n.d.(ca.1976). URTEXT EDITION This is an urtext/critical/scholarly/scientific edition (or a simple re-engraving). Any commentary or critical apparatus, if protected by copyright, should not be included in the scan(s) available here. In Canada, new editions/re-engravings of public domain works (when not including new original material) should be in the public domain due to failing to meet the threshold of originality. In most European Union countries, these editions (except new original material) are generally protected for no more than 25 years from publication (30 years in Poland), and only if the edition is published after the copyrights of the original creator(s) have expired. In the United States, copyright can only apply to new creative work, and the re-engraving of a public domain piece (not including new additions of creative material) should not qualify for a new copyright, despite copyright claims (which properly would only apply to new material). You may need to check the publication date and details of the work's first publication in order to determine the work's copyright status, especially for the United States, as the copyright on the original work may not have expired. More information can be found here. Please obey the copyright laws of your country. IMSLP does not assume any sort of legal responsibility or liability for the consequences of downloading files that are not in the public domain in your country.
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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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Selections

2. Andante con moto
*#219272 - 0.12MB, 7 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 6032×⇩ - Reccmo

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Engraving files (Lilypond)
*#219273 - 0.00MB, ? pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2229×⇩ - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/5/14)

Editor	Andreas Scherer
Publisher. Info.	Andreas Scherer
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Strings (Choe)

Complete Score
*#730300 - 2.12MB, 133 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 378×⇩ - TradViolin

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TradViolin (2021/9/9)

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

Violins I
*#730301 - 1.11MB, 23 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 112×⇩ - TradViolin

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Violins II
*#730302 - 1.06MB, 21 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 92×⇩ - TradViolin

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Violas
*#730303 - 1.08MB, 20 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 92×⇩ - TradViolin

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TradViolin (2021/9/9)

Cellos
*#730304 - 1.09MB, 18 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 98×⇩ - TradViolin

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Basses
*#730305 - 0.94MB, 15 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 95×⇩ - TradViolin

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TradViolin (2021/9/9)

Arranger	Joshua Choe
Publisher. Info.	Joshua Choe, 2020.
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Misc. Notes	YouTube playlist
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For Strings (Kowalewski)

Complete Score and Parts
*#581698 - 1.73MB, 104 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 579×⇩ - Dwakretki

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Dwakretki (2019/7/17)

Arranger	Jakub Kowalewski
Publisher. Info.	Jakub Kowalewski
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