Piano Sonata No.3, Op.2 No.3 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

Incipit	movements: I: $\relative c' { \time 4/4 \key c \major \clef treble \tempo "Allegro con brio." <c e>2-\p <b d>16( <c e> <b d> <c e> <d f>8-.) <c e>-. <b d>4-. <b g'>-. r2 }$ II: $\relative c'' { \time 2/4 \key e \major \tempo "Adagio." gis16.\p( fis32) gis16-. a-. fis8 r \| e16.( dis32 e16-. fis-. dis8 }$ III (scherzo): $\relative c''' { \time 3/4 \key c \major \tempo "Allegro." \partial 4. g8\p( fis g) \| a4-. g-. f!-. \| << { \voiceOne e-. d-. c-. \| b2. \| c \| } \\ { \voiceTwo r4 r8 e,8( d e) \| f4-. d-. g-. \| e-. d-. c-. \| } >> }$ III (trio): $\relative c { \time 3/4 \key a \minor \clef bass \tuplet 3/2 { e8 a c } \clef treble \tuplet 3/2 { e a c } \tuplet 3/2 { e c a } \| \tuplet 3/2 { e' b gis } \clef bass \tuplet 3/2 { e b gis } \tuplet 3/2 { e gis b } }$ IV: $\relative c'' { \time 6/8 \key c \major \tempo "Allegro assai." \partial 8 g8\p \| c-. b-. c-. d-. e-. f-. \| g-. a-. b-. c-. d-. e-. \| f4-. e8-. f4-. e8-. \| d4-. }$
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements
Composition Year	1794–95
Genre Categories	Sonatas; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player; For orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr); For strings (arr); Scores featuring string ensemble (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr); For organ (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr)

Performances

Recordings

Complete Performance
*#413924 - 7.83MB - 27:23 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 7445×⇩ - MP3 - Okonsar

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Okonsar (2016/3/4)

Performer Pages	Mehmet Okonsar (piano)
Publisher Info.	David Ezra Okonsar
Performers	David Ezra Okonsar (piano)
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Complete Performance
*#247501 - 23.16MB - 25:17 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 9116×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2012/8/22)

Performer Pages	Paavali Jumppanen (piano)
Publisher Info.	Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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Complete Performance
*#114167 - 12.28MB - 21:28 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 13535×⇩ - OGG - KGill

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KGill (2011/8/19)

Performer Pages	Janet Seitzer (piano)
Publisher Info.	Kenneth Gill, 2011.
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Misc. Notes	Live recording, 1987 (mono)
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Complete Performance
*#579937 - 31.24MB - 25:11 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 840×⇩ - MP3 - Lumineux

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Lumineux (2019/7/3)

Performer Pages	Peter Bradley-Fulgoni (piano)
Publisher Info.	Peter Bradley-Fulgoni
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Misc. Notes	recorded in June 2019 at St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield University: Peter Hill, sound engineer
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Complete Performance (EU)
*#706081 - 52.53MB - 22:57 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 143×⇩ - 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 12 1962.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Source: Instituto Piano Brasileiro
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Complete Performance (EU)
*#720927 - 33.67MB - 25:36 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 281×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

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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]
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Complete

For Orchestra (Brandes)

1. Allegro con brio
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SirBrandes (2021/1/1)

2. Adagio
*#667396 - 7.16MB - 7:49 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 127×⇩ - MP3 - SirBrandes

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SirBrandes (2021/1/1)

3. Scherzo. Allegro - Trio
*#667397 - 2.73MB - 2:59 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 137×⇩ - MP3 - SirBrandes

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SirBrandes (2021/1/1)

4. Allegro assai
*#667398 - 4.36MB - 4:46 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 94×⇩ - MP3 - SirBrandes

MP3 file (audio)
SirBrandes (2021/1/1)

Publisher Info.	Felipe Brandes, 2020.
Performers	Orchestra (MIDI/VST)
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For Piano (Knuth)

Synthesized Performance (MP3)
*#123233 - 16.98MB - 42:23 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1451×⇩ - MP3 - Jürgen Knuth

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Jürgen Knuth (2011/9/15)

Synthesized Performance (MIDI)
*#219269 - 0.14MB - ? - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 897×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

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

Publisher Info.	Altena: Jürgen Knuth
Performers	Jürgen Knuth (synthesized audio)
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Sheet Music

Scores

Complete Score
*#51972 - 3.20MB, 20 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 21854×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2009/12/27)

Editor	First edition
Publisher. Info.	Vienna: Artaria, n.d.[1796]. Plate 614.
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Complete Score (300 dpi)
*#328878 - 5.92MB, 20 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2553×⇩ - Gaylord

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Gaylord (2014/6/11)

Publisher. Info.	London: Monzani & Hill, n.d.[1807-13].
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Complete Score
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Royal College o... (2022/7/1)

Editor	Nouvelle édition originale
Publisher. Info.	Vienne: Artaria et Comp., n.d.(ca.1830). Plate 614. 3.
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Complete Score (300 dpi)
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Gaylord (2014/6/11)

Publisher. Info.	Offenbach: Johann André, n.d. Plate 1932.3.
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Complete Score (Preview)
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Complete Score (scan) (Preview)
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Complete Score (Preview)
*#994437 - 1.75MB, 22 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 10×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2025/10/4)

Publisher. Info.	Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 16: Sonaten für das Pianoforte, No.126 (pp.35-56) Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1862]. Plate B.126.
Reprinted	New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). - #243110
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Complete Score
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Peter (2007/1/03)

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)
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Retrieved from Library of Congress. Scanned monochrome at 400dpi.
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Complete Score
*#894986 - 4.27MB, 26 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 79×⇩ - HaydnSymphonien

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HaydnSymphonien (2024/1/18)

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.
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Complete Score
*#00003 - 1.95MB, 26 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 15886×⇩ - feldmahler

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feldmahler (2006/2/16)

Editor	Heinrich Schenker (1868–1935)
Publisher. Info.	Vienna: Universal Edition, 1918-21.
Reprinted	New York: Dover Publications, 1975.
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Complete Score (600dpi) (Preview)
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Pusteblumi (2021/8/20)

Editor	Frederic Lamond (1868–1948)
Publisher. Info.	Klaviersonaten, Band I Berlin: Ullstein, n.d.(ca.1918). Reissue – Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1923. Plate 28726.
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1. Allegro con brio (Preview)
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2. Adagio (Preview)
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3. Scherzo - 4. Allegro assai (Preview)
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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
*#68708 - 4.66MB, 33 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5277×⇩ - Worov

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Worov (2010/6/5)

Editor	Alfredo Casella (1883–1947)
Publisher. Info.	Sonate per pianoforte, Vol.1 (pp.48-78) Milan: Edizione Ricordi, 1919. Plate E.R. 1.
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Complete Score
*#05529 - 1.65MB, 26 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3236×⇩ - Funper

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Complete Score
*#66392 - 1.40MB, 26 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/26 - 4561×⇩ - 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 Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1920). Plate 10543, 10555–56.
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Complete Score
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Worov (2017/11/16)

Editor	Artur Schnabel (1882–1951)
Publisher. Info.	Milan: Curci, 1944. Plate E. 4279 C.
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Complete Score (EU)
*#530085 - 8.16MB, 27 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/67*/V* - 9029×⇩ - Fugalicious

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Fugalicious (2018/7/3)

Editor	Hans Schmidt-Görg (b. 1930) Joseph Schmidt-Görg (1897–1981)
Publisher. Info.	Klaviersonaten, Band I (pp.41-66) Munich-Duisburg: G. Henle Verlag, 1971. 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)
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Front Matter
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Editor	Bertha Antonia Wallner (1876–1976)
Publisher. Info.	Klaviersonaten, Band I (pp.45-70) Munich: G. Henle Verlag, No. HN1032, 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
*#219267 - 0.43MB, 26 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 5932×⇩ - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/5/14)

Editor	Jürgen Knuth
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Orchestra (Brandes)

Complete Score
*#667391 - 11.53MB, 71 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 467×⇩ - SirBrandes

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SirBrandes (2021/1/1)

Arranger	Felipe Brandes (b. 2000)
Publisher. Info.	Felipe Brandes, 2020.
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