Piano Sonata No.12, Op.26 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

Incipit movements:
  • I: \relative c' { \time 3/8 \key aes \major \clef treble \tempo "Andante con Variazioni." \partial 8 ees8-\p << {ees( aes) aes-. aes16[( g) g16.( f32 g16. ees32)]} \\ {<ees c>4. <ees des>} >> }
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1800–01
Genre Categories Sonatas; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player; For 2 violins (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); For 2 players (arr); For flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn (arr); Scores featuring the flute (arr); Scores featuring the oboe (arr); Scores featuring the clarinet (arr); Scores featuring the bassoon (arr); Scores featuring the horn (arr); For 5 players (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For 2 guitars (arr); Scores featuring the guitar (arr); For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For 2 pianos 8 hands (arr); For 4 players (arr); For guitar (arr)

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Performances

Recordings

 Complete Performance
#316449 - 22.11MB - 19:19 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 6270×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2014/2/19)

Performer Pages Paavali Jumppanen (piano)
Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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 1. Andante con variazioni
#458228 - 11.38MB - 8:17 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2114×⇩ - MP3 - Harryplocker

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Harryplocker (2017/2/3)

 2. Scherzo. Allegro molto
#458229 - 4.97MB - 3:37 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1054×⇩ - MP3 - Harryplocker

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Harryplocker (2017/2/3)

 3. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un eroe. Maestoso andante
#458230 - 6.87MB - 5:00 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1548×⇩ - MP3 - Harryplocker

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Harryplocker (2017/2/3)

 4. Allegro
#458231 - 4.76MB - 3:28 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 814×⇩ - MP3 - Harryplocker

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Harryplocker (2017/2/3)

Performer Pages Harald Vetter (Piano)
Publisher Info. Harald Vetter
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Misc. Notes Youtube: I , II , III , IV
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 Complete Performance
#585389 - 22.53MB - 19:50 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 194×⇩ - MP3 - Lumineux

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Lumineux (2019/8/14)

Performer Pages Peter Bradley-Fulgoni (piano)
Publisher Info. Peter Bradley-Fulgoni
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Misc. Notes recorded in July 2019 at St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield University: Peter Hill, sound engineer
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Scores

 Complete Score
#51035 - 2.85MB, 19 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 12178×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2009/12/28)

 Complete Score
#535525 - 39.97MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 86×⇩ - MTL-David

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MTL-David (2018/8/9)

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Cappi, n.d.[1801]. Plate 880.
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 Complete Score (300 dpi)
#327873 - 3.58MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1698×⇩ - Gaylord

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Gaylord (2014/6/4)

Publisher. Info. London: Monzani & Hill, n.d.(ca.1820-25).
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 Complete Score (Preview)
#51724 - 2.72MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 14053×⇩ - piupianissimo

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 Complete Score (scan) (Preview)
#243298 - 2.71MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 15073×⇩ - piupianissimo

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piupianissimo (2012/7/21)

Publisher. Info. Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 16:
Sonaten für das Pianoforte, Nr.135 (pp.189-204)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1862]. Plate B.135.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933-70). - #243298
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Misc. Notes BSB: Originally scanned at about 160dpi, converted to 600dpi monochrome.
scan: score scanned at 600dpi (High Quality Scanning)
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 Complete Score (Preview)
#03092 - 4.90MB, 21 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4089×⇩ - Peter

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Peter (2007/1/05)

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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Misc. Notes Retrieved from Library of Congress. Scanned monochrome at 400dpi.
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 Complete Score
#472525 - 1.59MB, 23 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 170×⇩ - IS

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 Cover
#472512 - 0.03MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2145×⇩ - IS

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Editor Sigmund Lebert (1822-1884)
Hans von Bülow (1830-1894)
Publisher. Info. Sonata Album, Book II, No.26 (pp.161-83)
New York: G. Schirmer, No.340, 1896. Plate 12589.
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 Complete Score
#00012 - 1.37MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 9247×⇩ - Feldmahler

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Feldmahler (2006/2/16)

Editor Heinrich Schenker (1868-1935)
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Universal Edition, 1918-21.
Reprinted Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol.1 (pp.214-31)
New York: Dover Publications, 1975.
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 Complete Score (Preview)
#03868 - 1.25MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/19 - 2731×⇩ - Peter

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Peter (2007/2/18)

Editor Frederic Lamond (1868–1948)
Publisher. Info. Klaviersonaten, Band I
Berlin: Ullstein, n.d.(ca.1918).
Reissue – Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1923. Plate 28726.
Reprinted Kiev: Musytschna Ukraina, 1969.
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 Complete Score
#68730 - 3.48MB, 22 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/18 - 3454×⇩ - worov

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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.
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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
#05538 - 1.25MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3176×⇩ - Funper

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Funper (2007/4/29)

 Complete Score
#66401 - 0.96MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/26 - 4208×⇩ - 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.1 (pp.214-31)
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1920). Plate 10543, 10555–56.
Reprinted Martienssen revision, n.d.(1927). - #66401
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 Complete Score (CA)
#502052 - 1.34MB, 22 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/45/22 - Worov

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Worov (2017/11/25)

Editor Artur Schnabel (1882-1951)
Publisher. Info. Milan: Curci, 1949. Plate E. 4279 C.
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Misc. Notes Contains footnotes in Italian, English and German.
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 Complete Score (EU)
#530466 - 6.16MB, 19 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/67*/V* - 2698×⇩ - Fugalicious

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Editor Hans Schmidt-Görg (b. 1930)
Joseph Schmidt-Görg (1897-1981)
Publisher. Info. Klaviersonaten, Band I (pp.212-229)
Munich-Duisburg: G. Henle Verlag, 1971.
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 Complete Score (EU)
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 Front Matter
#533783 - 0.17MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C*/V* - 1604×⇩ - Fugalicious

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Editor Bertha Antonia Wallner (1876-1976)
Publisher. Info. Klaviersonaten, Band I (pp.216-233)
Munich: G. Henle Verlag, No.HN1032, 1976.
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 3. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un eroe.
#621889 - 0.41MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/V/C - 14×⇩ - Morel

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Publisher. Info. Album Musica, No.87
Paris: Pierre Lafitte, 1909.
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Misc. Notes annotée et commentée par Jane Mortier
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For 2 Violins

 Complete Parts
#484649 - 4.37MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 41×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Arranger Fr. Hartmann
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: G.M. Meyer, n.d. Plate 603B.
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Misc. Notes Arranger could be Frantz Hartmann (1807-1857).
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Selections

For Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn (Large)

 Complete Score
#534027 - 0.10MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 268×⇩ - DianaHein519

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⇒ 5 more: Flute • Oboe • Clarinet in Bb • Horn in F • Bassoon

 Flute
#534028 - 0.05MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 74×⇩ - DianaHein519

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 Oboe
#534029 - 0.04MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 71×⇩ - DianaHein519

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 Clarinet in Bb
#534030 - 0.04MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 81×⇩ - DianaHein519

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 Horn in F
#534031 - 0.04MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 76×⇩ - DianaHein519

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 Bassoon
#534032 - 0.05MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 71×⇩ - DianaHein519

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Arranger Wendy Large
Publisher. Info. Wendy Large
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Misc. Notes Andante and Scherzo
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For Simplified Piano

 1. Andante con variazioni
4. Allegro
#537035 - 1.06MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/V/C - 26×⇩ - Pianoman121

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Arranger unknown
Publisher. Info. St. Louis: Kunkel Brothers, 1903. Plate 1875-17.
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Andante con variazioni

For Trombone and Piano (Delisse)
See: 12 Sonates de Haydn, Mozart et Beethoven (No.3)


For Violin, Cello or 2 Violins and Piano (Hoffmann)

 Complete Score and Parts
#250448 - 0.65MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 403×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Arranger Richard Hofmann (1844-1918)
Publisher. Info. Meister für die Jugend, Vol.2, No.1
Leipzig: Edition Peters, n.d. Plate 9878.
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For Cello and Piano

 Andante, Var.3 - Complete Score, Cello Part
#56247 - 0.34MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/V/C - 905×⇩ - Generoso

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Publisher. Info. Unidentified Publisher, n.d.
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For 2 Guitars (Carulli)

 Complete Score
#445491 - 0.48MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 31×⇩ - Zeyarshwe

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Zeyarshwe (2016/10/30)

Arranger Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841)
Publisher. Info. Offenbach am Main: Johann André, n.d. Plate 5802.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Andante varié et Rondeau aus der Sonate in As dur von L. van Beethoven Op. 26 arrangés pour 2 guitares - Ferd. Carulli- op. 155.
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For Organ (André)

 Complete Score
#90466 - 0.11MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 811×⇩ - Lndlewis10

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Arranger Julius André (1808–80)
Publisher. Info. Offenbach: Johann André, n.d.[1884]. Plate 9123 E.I–III.
Reprinted Boston: Arthur P. Schmidt, n.d.
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Marcia Funebre

For 2 Pianos 8 hands (Horn)

 Piano 1
#63419 - 0.34MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 802×⇩ - Morel

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 Piano 2
#63420 - 0.32MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 354×⇩ - Morel

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Arranger August Horn (1825–93)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. Plate V.A. 1203.
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For Guitar (Tárrega)

 Complete Score (300 dpi)
#293008 - 1.18MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 440×⇩ - Gaylord

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Arranger Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)
Publisher. Info. Madrid: Ildefonso Alier, n.d. Plate 5628.
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 Complete Score
#605646 - 0.08MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 85×⇩ - Stefan Apke

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Arranger Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)
Editor Stefan Apke (b. 1963)
Publisher. Info. Vlotho: Stefan Apke, 1997/2020.
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For Guitar (Volker)

 Complete Score
#94785 - 0.13MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 780×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Arranger Sigism. Volker
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister, n.d. Plate 1453.
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For Organ (Woods)

 Complete Score
#581984 - 1.60MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 11×⇩ - Phillip21

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Arranger Francis Cunningham Woods (1862-1929)
Publisher. Info. Funeral Marches (pp.105-09)
London: Novello & Co., Ltd., n.d. Plate 10740.
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Misc. Notes From uploader's collection. NB this arrangement transposed into A minor.
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General Information

Work Title Piano Sonata No.12
Alternative. Title (Funeral March)
Name Translations Piano Sonata No. 12; Klaviersonate Nr. 12; Sonata para piano n.º 12; سونات ۱۲ پیانو; Pianosonaatti nro 12; Sonate pour piano nº 12 de Beethoven; Sonata per pianoforte n. 12; ピアノソナタ第12番; Pianosonate nr. 12; XII Sonata fortepianowa Beethovena; Соната для фортепиано № 12; Соната для фортепіано № 12; Sonata per a piano núm. 12; Σονάτα για πιάνο No. 12; Piano Sonata No. 12 (Beethoven)
Name Aliases Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Major, Op. 26; Pianosonate nr. 12 (Beethoven)
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 177405871; LCCN: n81015457; GND: 300016646; BNF: 14832248r; NLA: 35527973
Composer Beethoven, Ludwig van
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.26
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. ILB 173
Key A-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Andante con variazioni (A♭ major)
  2. Scherzo. Allegro molto (A♭ major) - Trio (D♭ major)
  3. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un eroe. Maestoso andante (A♭ minor)
  4. Allegro (A♭ major)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1800–01
First Publication. 1801
Dedication Fürst Carl von Lichnowsky
Average DurationAvg. Duration 20 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation piano
Discography All Music Guide
External Links Wikipedia article

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