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

		Movements/Sections 3 movements 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 (1)

Recordings

 Complete Performance
*#78143 - 21.67MB - 23:40 -  8.1/10 2 4 6 8 10 (7) - !N/!N/!N - 4883x⇩

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Carolus (8 September 2010)

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Performers:

Jonathan Biss, piano

Publisher Info.:

Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

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 Concert recording, 2001
*#153841 - 47.66MB - 41:38 -  9.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (4) - !N/!N/!N - 682x⇩

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Reccmo (20 November 2011)

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Performer Pages:

Frederic Rzewski (Piano)

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Frederic Rzewski

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Rzewsli'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.
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Synthesized/MIDI

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

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

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Synthesized MIDI

Publisher Info.:

Andreas Scherer

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

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Scores

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

Piano Scores

 Complete Score
*#141085 - 4.74MB, 52 pages -  1.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 3593x⇩

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Mark Starr (24 October 2011)

Publisher Info.:

Autograph manuscript, n.d.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag all]

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 pages -  5.5/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V - 11161x⇩

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Ivdruiz (28 December 2009)

Editor:

First edition

Publisher Info.:

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

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 Complete Score (Preview)
*#51795 - 3.32MB, 26 pages -  7.5/10 2 4 6 8 10 (4) - V/V/V - 18223x⇩

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piupianissimo (2 January 2010)

Publisher Info.:

Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 16: Sonaten für das Pianoforte, No.146 (pp.165-90)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1862-1890. Plate B.146 (pp.165-90).

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Public Domain [tag all]

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

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 Complete Score (Preview)
*#03184 - 3.96MB, 41 pages -  6.5/10 2 4 6 8 10 (6) - V/V/V - 4712x⇩

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Peter (11 January 2007)

Editor:

Hans von Bülow (1830-1894)

Translator:

J. C. D. 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 all]

Misc. Notes:

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

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 Complete Score
*#00023 - 2.16MB, 29 (#415-443) pages -  9.3/10 2 4 6 8 10 (6) - V/V/V - 7565x⇩

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Feldmahler (16 February 2006)

Editor:

Heinrich Schenker (1868-1935)

Publisher Info.:

Vienna: Universal Edition, 1918-21

Reprinted:

New York: Dover Publications, 1975

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Public Domain [tag all]

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 Complete Score (Preview)
*#04078 - 1.80MB, 26 pages -  4.5/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/C/19 - 2238x⇩

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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.

Reprinted:

Kiev: Musytschna Ukraina, 1969

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Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag all]

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 Complete Score
*#69585 - 4.91MB, 32 pages -  3.3/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - V/V/18 - 2078x⇩

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worov (1 July 2010)

Editor:

Alfredo Casella (1883-1947)

Publisher Info.:

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

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Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag all]

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Low resolution

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 Complete Score
*#05549 - 1.88MB, 29 pages -  6.5/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/16 - 1574x⇩

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Funper (29 April 2007)

 Complete Score
*#66412 - 1.66MB, 29 (#415-443) pages -  9.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/C/26 - 2631x⇩

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worov (6 June 2010)

Editor:

Max Pauer (1866-1945)
Carl Adolf Martienssen (1881-1955), revision (#66412)

Publisher Info.:

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

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#66412: (revision by Martienssen), n.d.(1927)

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 Complete Score
*#219272 - 0.12MB, 7 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 10x⇩

PDF file, Typeset by Andreas Scherer
Reccmo (14 May 2012)

 Engraving files (Lilypond)
*#219273 - 0.00MB, ? pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 1x⇩

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Reccmo (14 May 2012)

Editor:

Andreas Scherer

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Andreas Scherer

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Andante

For Organ Solo (André)

 Complete Score
*#90471 - 0.05MB, 1 (#11) pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 529x⇩

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Lndlewis10 (16 January 2011)

Arranger:

Julius André (1808-1880)

Publisher Info.:

Offenbach: Johann André, n.d.(1884). Plate 9123 E.I-III.
Reissue - Boston: Arthur P. Schmidt, n.d.

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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
Year/Date of Composition	1804–06
First Publication	1807
Dedication	Graf Franz von Brunsvik
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Piano

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