Piano Sonata No.4, Op.27 (Myaskovsky, Nikolay)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 movements
Composition Year	1924-25, rev. 1946
Genre Categories	Sonatas; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player

1 Performances
- 1.1 Naxos
2 Sheet Music
- 2.1 Scores
  - 2.1.1 Original version
  - 2.1.2 Revised version
3 General Information

Performances

Naxos

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Sheet Music

Scores

Original version

Complete Score
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Editor	First edition (reprint)
Engraver	Vienna: Waldheim-Eberle.
Publisher. Info.	Vienna: Universal Edition, 1925. Plate U.E. 8151.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Revised version

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Editor	First edition
Publisher. Info.	Moscow: Muzgiz, 1947. Plate M. 18831 Г.
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Complete Score (EU)
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Editor	Georgy Kirkor (1910-1980)
Publisher. Info.	Proizvedeniya dlya fortepiano (pp.102-47) Moscow: Muzgiz, n.d.(1956).
Reprinted	Moscow: Muzyka, n.d. Plate 5831.
Copyright	Public Domain - See notes on copyright status for urtext editions [tag/del]
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Editor	Anatoly Aleksandrov (1888–1982)
Publisher. Info.	Soviet Piano Music, Vol.1: Works written in 1918-27, Part 1: Sonatas Moscow: Muzgiz, 1957. Plate M. 26332 Г. 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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General Information

Work Title	Piano Sonata No.4
Alternative. Title
Composer	Myaskovsky, Nikolay
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.27
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	INM 23
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 movements: Original version (1925) I. Sonata. Allegro moderato, irato - Largamente - irato - In tempo giusto II. Intermezzo. Andante non troppo, quasi Sarabanda III. Rondo. Allegro con brio, quasi toccata Revised version (1946) I. Allegro moderato, irato II. Andante non troppo quasi Sarabanda III. Allegro con brio
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1924-25, rev. 1946
First Performance.	1926 in Switzerland, Walter Gieseking?* 1926-01-13, in Moscow, Samuil Feinberg, piano
First Publication.	1925 (first version) ; 1947 (second version)
Dedication	Samuil Feinberg (1890–1962)
Average DurationAvg. Duration	22-30 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Early 20th century
Piece Style	Early 20th century
Instrumentation	piano
External Links	Myaskovsky.ru Wikipedia article (German)
Extra Information	:Performed (first "Western" public performance?) at the ISCM festival in 1926 - Schissel As in Wührer who adapted Franz Schmidt's piano-left-hand works for piano 2-hands? The same? (Still alive fairly recently (1900-1975 dates - indeed, performed Schmidt's piano concerto sometime in the early 70s, I think...), but then he gave the premiere, not editing involvement &c here, so this doesn't affect copyright here :) ) (Guessing so, so filling in name. Premiere was given at the ISCM festival. Indeed, Myaskovsky's work is mentioned ISCM WMD 1926 Zurich in the description of the 1926 festival's performances, activities, etc. - but pianists mentioned are Gieseking and Maire, not Wührer. Probably?? Gieseking?? - "In Zurich, the pianist Walter Gieseking announced in his recitals of his Fourth Piano Sonata" - see this biography and some other sources. An article on this festival in Neue Musik, 18Jg, August 1926 issue, notes that Ernst Levy's 5th symphony was given there along with the works by Ferroud and others noted at the ISCM website. Myaskovsky's sonata is mentioned on p.837 and it's suggested that Gieseking substituted for an indisposed Wührer, if my poor German is working right.