Piano Sonata No.8, Op.13 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

		Movements/Sections 3 movements: I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio II. Adagio cantabile III. Rondo. Allegro Composition Year 1798 Genre Categories Sonatas; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player; For flute, piano (arr); Scores featuring the flute; For 2 players; For viola, piano (arr); Scores featuring the viola; For cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the cello; For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ; For guitar (arr); Scores featuring the guitar

Performances

• Recordings (1)
• Synthesized/MIDI (2)

Recordings

 Complete Performance
*#247500 - 16.63MB - 18:09 -  8.8/10 2 4 6 8 10 (12) - - !N/!N/!N - 6230x⇩

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Cypressdome (2012/8/22)

Performer Pages:

Paavali Jumppanen (piano)

Publisher Info.:

Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Copyright:

Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 3.0 [tag/del]

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Synthesized/MIDI

Adagio

For Piano

 Complete Performance
*#280744 - 5.84MB - 6:22 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - - !N/!N/!N - 46x⇩

MP3 file (audio)
QuinnMason (2013/5/12)

Performers:

Galaxy Bösendorfer 290

Publisher Info.:

Quinn Mason

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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 [tag/del]

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For Guitar (Nachbaur)

 MIDI performance
*#207942 - 0.01MB - ? -  10.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - - !N/!N/!N - 622x⇩

MID file (audio/video)
Reccmo (2012/4/20)

Performers:

Synthesized MIDI

Publisher Info.:

Fred Nachbaur

Copyright:

Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0 [tag/del]

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

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Sheet Music

• Scores (13)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (9)

Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
*#50958 - 3.25MB, 21 pp. -  7.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (29) - V/V/V - 52558x⇩

PDF scanned by Beethoven-Haus
Ivdruiz (2009/12/27)

Editor:

First edition

Publisher Info.:

Vienna: Eder, n.d.[1799]. Plate 128.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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 Complete Score (Preview)
*#51718 - 2.59MB, 18 pp. -  6.3/10 2 4 6 8 10 (49) - V/V/V - 48517x⇩

PDF scanned by BSB (MDZ)
piupianissimo (2010/1/1)

 Complete Score (scan) (Preview)
*#243128 - 2.56MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 13381x⇩

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piupianissimo (2012/7/20)

Publisher Info.:

Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 16:
Sonaten für das Pianoforte, Nr.131 (pp.121-36)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1862. Plate B.131.

Reprinted:

New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(after 1933). - #243128

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

BSB: Originally scanned at about 160pi, converted to 600dpi monochrome.
scan: score scanned at 600dpi (High Quality Scanning)
#243128 is missing pages 7-8

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 Complete Score - Instructive Edition
*#247234 - 8.90MB, 20 pp. -  6.6/10 2 4 6 8 10 (10) - V/V/V - 5265x⇩

PDF scanned by Unknown
Felix (2012/8/20)

Editor:

Hans von Bülow (1830-1894)*
Sigmund Lebert (1822–1884)
Immanuel Faisst (1823-1894)

Translator:

John Henry Cornell (1828-1894), English text

Publisher Info.:

Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta, Ed.127, n.d.(ca.1875). Plate 32.

Reprinted:

New York: Edward Schuberth & Co., 1891.
Reissue - Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta, 1948.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

*Despite the credit printed on this 1948 issue, all sources available indicate that Lebert, not Bülow, was the editor of the Cotta edition from Opp.2 through 49. Grayscale, little damage at one corner of original

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 Complete Score (Preview)
*#30364 - 3.20MB, 18 pp. -  7.8/10 2 4 6 8 10 (46) - V/V/V - 35861x⇩

PDF scanned by piupianissimo
piupianissimo (2009/4/13)

Editor:

Louis Köhler (1820–1886)
Adolf Ruthardt (1849–1934)

Publisher Info.:

Sonaten für Pianoforte solo, Bd.1
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1910). Plate 9452.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

scanned at 600 dpi (for title pages see Piano Sonata No.1, Op.2 No.1), original papersize and borders. If you rate this score, please give feedback to scanner _talk

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 Complete Score
*#00008 - 1.36MB, 19 pp. -  7.5/10 2 4 6 8 10 (23) - V/V/V - 25505x⇩

PDF scanned by Unknown
Feldmahler (2006/2/16)

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 (Preview)
*#03865 - 1.00MB, 16 pp. -  5.1/10 2 4 6 8 10 (13) - V/V/19 - 9610x⇩

PDF scanned by alenmusic.narod.ru
Peter (2007/2/18)

Editor:

Frederic Lamond (1868–1948)

Publisher Info.:

Klaviersonaten, Band I (pp.127-42)
Berlin: Ullstein, n.d.(ca.1918).
Reissue - Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1923. Plate 28726.

Reprinted:

Kiev: Musytschna Ukraina, 1969.

Copyright:

Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]

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 Complete Score
*#68721 - 3.21MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/18 - 5672x⇩

PDF scanned by Internet archive
worov (2010/6/19)

Editor:

Alfredo Casella (1883-1947)

Publisher Info.:

Sonate per pianoforte, vol.1
Milan: G. Ricordi & C., 1919. Plate E.R. 1.

Copyright:

Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Original images: 300dpi, color jpg2000 files approx. 2950 by 4250 usable pixels.
Editing: converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, re-sampled to 600dpi, and set uniform margins. See Sonate per pianoforte for complete volumes including preface.

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 Complete Score (EU)
*#11070 - 4.60MB, 25 pp. -  7.3/10 2 4 6 8 10 (7) - V/19/09 - 7738x⇩

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Mcroskell (2007/8/1)

Editor:

Leopold Godowsky (1870–1938)

Publisher Info.:

St. Louis: Art Publication Society, 1923. Plate 1014.

Copyright:

Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

This file is from the MIT archive project.

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 Complete Score
*#05534 - 1.19MB, 18 pp. -  7.3/10 2 4 6 8 10 (21) - V/V/16 - 8174x⇩

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Funper (2007/4/29)

 Complete score
*#66397 - 0.97MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/C/26 - 5167x⇩

PDF scanned by piano.ru
Worov (2010/6/6)

Editor:

Max Pauer (1866–1945)
Carl Adolf Martienssen (1881–1955), revision

Publisher Info.:

Sonaten für Klavier zu zwei Händen, Bd.1 (pp.144-61)
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1920). Plates 10543, 10555-56.

Reprinted:

[Martienssen revision], n.d.[1927]. - #66397

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Selections

 I. Grave. Allegro di molto e con brio
*#215109 - 0.13MB, 7 pp. -  7.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - !N/!N/!N - 1984x⇩

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RSB (2012/5/5)

Editor:

RSB

Publisher Info.:

RSB, 2012.

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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 [tag/del]

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 II. Adagio cantabile
*#195385 - 1.26MB, 7 pp. -  5.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (4) - V/V/V - 4727x⇩

PDF scanned by Libr. of Congress
Schissel (2012/3/30)

Editor:

Albert W. Berg (1825–1906)

Publisher Info.:

New York: Firth, Pond & Co., 1857. Plate 4163.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Some see-through trouble with pages, but (possibly) interesting redistribution of staves compared to (at least) one other edition. Basically the same text except for the lack of a tie mark between two bars (unless it's subtle and hard to read which it may be because of the other problems.)

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

II. Adagio cantabile

For Flute and Piano (Klemcke)

 Complete Score, Flute part
*#229201 - 1.56MB, 6 pp. -  10.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/C - 782x⇩

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Bacci Alessio (2012/6/5)

Arranger:

Louis Klemcke

Publisher Info.:

Heilbronn: C.F. Schmidt, n.d.(ca.1880). Plate C.F.S. 236-246.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Collezione "Daini Bixio"

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For Viola and Piano (Sitt)

 Piano Score and Viola Part
*#107666 - 0.57MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 1265x⇩

PDF scanned by Russ. St. Lib.
WiliamBunting (2011/7/2)

Arranger:

Hans Sitt (1850-1922)

Publisher Info.:

Sammlung Klassischer und Moderner Stücke für Bratsche und Klavier, Band 1
Leipzig: Steingräber Verlag, 1919. Plate 2066.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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For Cello and Piano (Lamoury)

 Piano Score and Cello Part
*#264943 - 0.73MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 237x⇩

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Generoso (2013/1/6)

Arranger:

Philipp Lamoury (1837-1890)

Publisher Info.:

Paris: E. Minier, n.d.[1878]. Plate E.M. 1797.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Transcribed to A major

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For Cello and Piano (Vogel and Guérout)

 Piano Score
*#65315 - 0.80MB, 4 pp. -  5.3/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - V/V/V - 2438x⇩

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Generoso (2010/5/28)

 Cello Part
*#65316 - 0.20MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 1420x⇩

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Generoso (2010/5/28)

Arranger:

Charles Vogel (1808-1892)
Henri Guérout (1822-1913)

Publisher Info.:

Brunswick: Henry Litolff's Verlag, n.d. Plate 10103.B.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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For Organ solo (André)

 Complete Score
*#90460 - 0.11MB, ? pp. -  3.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 1200x⇩

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Lndlewis10 (2011/1/16)

Editor:

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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Public Domain [tag/del]

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For Organ solo (Sulze)

 Complete Score
*#230229 - 0.35MB, 7 (ii, 5) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 294x⇩

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Massenetique (2012/6/7)

Arranger:

Bernhard Sulze (1829-1889)

Publisher Info.:

Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, n.d.(ca.1880). Plate 23121.1.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.

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For Guitar solo (Nachbaur)

 Complete score
*#116887 - 0.14MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 1010x⇩

PDF typeset by arranger
Damián H. Zanette (2011/9/1)

 Engraving files (NoteWorthy Composer)
*#207940 - 0.01MB, ? pp. -  6.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - !N/!N/!N - 130x⇩

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Reccmo (2012/4/20)

Arranger:

Fred Nachbaur

Publisher Info.:

Fred Nachbaur

Copyright:

Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0 [tag/del]

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General Information

Work Title	Piano Sonata No.8
Alternative Title	Pathétique

Composer	Beethoven, Ludwig van
Opus/Catalogue Number	Op.13
Key	C minor
Movements/Sections	3 movements: I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio II. Adagio cantabile III. Rondo. Allegro
Year/Date of Composition	1798
First Publication	1799
Dedication	Prince Karl von Lichnowsky
Average Duration	19-20 minutes
Piece Style	Classical
Instrumentation	Piano
External Links	Wikipedia article All Music Guide

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

Nachbaur's comments on his Guitar arrangement

This arrangement for solo guitar was developed over the course of approximately one year. It is not particularly difficult, the hardest part is getting smooth shifts in position without excessive fret noise.

The original is in A-flat major, but the guitar adaptation was done in the much easier key of A major. If you wish to adhere to the original tonality, tune your guitar one semitone flat. This also gives a deep, rich quality which is especially appropriate for this beautiful composition.

I have maintained the original tempo and time signature, even though all those sixteenth notes make the piece look more formidable than it really is. Suggested tempo is 30 beats per quarter note (or set your metronome for 60 beats and count eighth notes).

The midi demo can be used as a learning aid, or simply to evaluate the arrangement before committing time to learning it. It will be virtually impossible to derive a meaningful score from the midi file, since each string of the guitar was assigned to its own track to make the midi performance more realistic.

Dynamics were intentionally left out of the score, to encourage the performer to become involved in the process of arranging by working out his/her own interpretation. Similarly, tempo variances were kept to a bare minimum. The midi demo gives examples of both, for the player's evaluation.

Fingering is extensively marked in the first 2/3 of the piece. However, if you find easier or better fingerings for your own playing style, don't adhere to the ones provided just because they are written. The last section is essentially the same fingering as the opening theme, except with a different rhythm. For this reason the fingerings were not provided here.