Piano Sonata No.4, Op.7 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

Incipit movements:
  • I: \relative c' { \time 6/8 \key ees \major \clef treble \tempo "Allegro molto e con brio." << {<bes ees g>2.-\p( <g bes ees>4) r8 r4 r8} \\ {s2. r8 ees' ees ees ees ees} >> <bes ees g bes>2.-\sf( <g bes ees g>4) }
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1796–97
Genre Categories Sonatas; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player; 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 guitar (arr); Scores featuring the guitar (arr); For 1 player (arr); For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr)

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Performances

Recordings

 Complete Performance
#592413 - 38.06MB - 32:22 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3080×⇩ - MP3 - Lumineux

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Lumineux (2019/10/7)

Performer Pages Peter Bradley-Fulgoni (piano)
Publisher Info. Peter Bradley-Fulgoni
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Misc. Notes recorded in September 2019 at St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield University: Peter Hill, sound engineer
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 Complete Score (EU)
#706284 - 62.67MB - 27:23 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 1230×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

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Lucas-coelho (2021/6/6)

Performer Pages Fritz Jank (piano)
Publisher Info. Recorded at Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, February 19, 1962.
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Misc. Notes Source: Instituto Piano Brasileiro
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 3. Allegro - Trio (EU)
#707178 - 9.37MB - 4:06 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 243×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

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Lucas-coelho (2021/6/6)

Performer Pages Fritz Jank (piano)
Publisher Info. Recorded at Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, February 27, 1962.
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Misc. Notes Source: Instituto Piano Brasileiro
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 4. Rondo
#340049 - 6.37MB - 6:42 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 5237×⇩ - OGG - HappyQuokka

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HappyQuokka (2014/8/16)

Publisher Info. Malechi Doren
Performers Malechi Doren, piano
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Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Score
#50953 - 3.28MB, 22 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 13582×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2009/12/27)

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Artaria, n.d.[1797]. Plate 713.
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 Complete Score (300 dpi)
#328880 - 6.09MB, 19 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1111×⇩ - Gaylord

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Gaylord (2014/6/11)

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Bureau de musique de C.F. Peters, n.d.[1814]. Plate 394.
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 Complete Score
#594526 - 15.93MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 89×⇩ - Pianoman121

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Pianoman121 (2019/10/23)

Publisher. Info. Offenbach: Johann André, n.d.(ca.1843). Plate 2044.
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 Complete Score (Preview)
#51713 - 3.58MB, 24 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 14627×⇩ - piupianissimo

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 Complete Score (scan) (Preview)
#243111 - 3.66MB, 22 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 17219×⇩ - piupianissimo

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 Complete Score (Preview)
#994438 - 1.77MB, 22 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 11×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2025/10/4)

Publisher. Info. Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 16:
Sonaten für das Pianoforte, No.127 (pp.57-78)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1862]. Plate B.127.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). - #243111
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Misc. Notes BSB: Originally scanned at about 160dpi, converted to 600dpi monochrome.
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 Complete Score (Preview)
#03179 - 3.25MB, 27 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4557×⇩ - Peter

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Peter (2007/1/10)

Editor Sigmund Lebert (1822–84)
Immanuel Faisst (1823–94)
Translator James Cutler Dunn Parker (1828–1916), English text
Publisher. Info. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., 1876. Plate 29904.
(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
#215650 - 2.27MB, 25 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2302×⇩ - Aldona Jones

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Aldona Jones (2012/5/6)

Editor Sigmund Lebert (1822–1884)
Publisher. Info. Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta, 1877. Plate 32.
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 Complete Score
#894987 - 4.17MB, 24 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 50×⇩ - 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
#00004 - 1.96MB, 25 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 10463×⇩ - 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)
#725686 - 2.86MB, 23 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 108×⇩ - Pusteblumi

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Pusteblumi (2021/8/20)

Editor Frederic Lamond (1868–1948)
Publisher. Info. Klaviersonaten, Band I (pp.63-84)
Berlin: Ullstein, n.d.(ca.1918).
Reissue – Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1923. Plate 28726.
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 1. Allegro molto e con brio (Preview)
#03855 - 0.52MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3316×⇩ - Peter

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 2. Largo, 3. Allegro (Preview)
#03856 - 0.50MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3949×⇩ - Peter

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 4. Rondo (Preview)
#03857 - 0.48MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2048×⇩ - Peter

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Peter (2007/2/18)

Editor Frederic Lamond (1868–1948)
Publisher. Info. Klaviersonaten, Band I (pp.63-84)
Berlin: Ullstein, n.d.(ca.1918).
Reissue – Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1923. Plate 28726.
Reprinted Kiev: Musytschna Ukraina, 1969.
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 Complete Score
#68714 - 4.75MB, 34 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3239×⇩ - 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
#05530 - 1.67MB, 25 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2783×⇩ - Funper

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 Complete Score
#66393 - 1.41MB, 25 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/26 - 3130×⇩ - 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.
Reprinted Martienssen revision, n.d.(1927). - #66393
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 Complete Score (EU)
#894166 - 2.62MB, 34 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/45/V - 723×⇩ - HaydnSymphonien

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Editor Artur Schnabel (1882–1951)
Publisher. Info. Milano: Curci, 1949. Plate E. 4279 C.
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Misc. Notes Contains footnotes in Italian, English and German. (This file adds a missing page to the original upload by Worov.)
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 Complete Score (EU)
#530086 - 8.12MB, 26 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/67*/V* - 5598×⇩ - Fugalicious

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Editor Hans Schmidt-Görg (b. 1930)
Joseph Schmidt-Görg (1897–1981)
Publisher. Info. Klaviersonaten, Band I (pp.67-91)
Munich-Duisburg: G. Henle Verlag, 1971.
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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.71-95)
Munich: G. Henle Verlag, No. HN1032, 1976.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Strings (Choe)

 Complete Score
#729377 - 2.20MB, 98 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 254×⇩ - TradViolin

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⇒ 5 more: Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

 Violins I
#729378 - 1.44MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 96×⇩ - TradViolin

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 Violins II
#729379 - 1.21MB, 17 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 88×⇩ - TradViolin

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 Violas
#729380 - 1.19MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 85×⇩ - TradViolin

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 Cellos
#729381 - 1.20MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 84×⇩ - TradViolin

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 Basses
#729382 - 1.14MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 88×⇩ - TradViolin

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Arranger Joshua Choe
Publisher. Info. Joshua Choe, 2020.
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Misc. Notes YouTube playlist
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For Strings (Kowalewski)

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#614728 - 1.59MB, 110 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 323×⇩ - Dwakretki

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Dwakretki (2020/3/21)

Arranger Jakub Kowalewski
Publisher. Info. Jakub Kowalewski
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For Piano 4 hands (Köhler)

 Complete Score
#161318 - 2.42MB, 41 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 542×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2011/12/6)

Arranger Louis Köhler (1820–1886)
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: Henry Litolff's Verlag, No. 35, n.d.
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Largo (No.2)

For Guitar (Tárrega)

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Jujimufu (2009/10/31)

Arranger Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909)
Publisher. Info. Valencia: Antich y Tena, n.d. Plate A.y.T. 362.
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Misc. Notes From the Boije collection
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 Complete Score
#850033 - 9.87MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 16×⇩ - Town explorer

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Arranger Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909)
Copyist Miguel Llobet (1878–1938)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, 1899.
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For Organ (André)

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#90496 - 0.11MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 476×⇩ - Lndlewis10

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Arranger Julius André (1808–1880)
Publisher. Info. Offenbach a/M: 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.4
Alternative. Title Grand Sonata
Name Translations Piano Sonata No. 4; Klaviersonate Nr. 4; سونات ۴ پیانو; Pianosonaatti nro 4; Sonate pour piano nº 4 de Beethoven; Sonata per pianoforte n. 4; ピアノソナタ第4番; Pianosonate nr. 4; IV Sonata fortepianowa Beethovena; Sonata para piano n.º 4; Соната для фортепиано № 4; Соната для фортепіано № 4; Sonata per a piano núm. 4; 피아노 소나타 4번; Πιάνο Σονάτα No 4. (Μπετόβεν); 第4號奏鳴曲
Name Aliases Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat Major, Op. 7; Grande sonate; Grande sonata; Pianosonate nr. 4 (Beethoven); Sonata para piano n.º 4 en mi bemol mayor, Op. 7
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; LCCN: no91029514; BNF: 14802563v
Composer Beethoven, Ludwig van
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.7
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. ILB 165
Key E-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Allegro molto e con brio (E♭ major)
  2. Largo con gran espressione (C major)
  3. Allegro (E♭ major) - Trio (E♭ minor)
  4. Rondo. Poco Allegretto e grazioso (E♭ major)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1796–97
First Publication. 1797
Dedication Gräfin Babette von Keglevics
Average DurationAvg. Duration 28 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation piano
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