Piano Sonata in B minor, S.178 (Liszt, Franz)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 movement
Composition Year 1852-53
Genre Categories Sonatas; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player; For 2 violins, viola, cello (arr); For 4 players (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr)

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Performer Pages Gleb Ivanov (piano)
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Janno (2015/4/30)

Performer Pages Jean Dubé (piano)
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Publisher. Info. Weimar: Holograph manuscript, 1853. (33.5 x 26 cm)
Reprinted Munich: G. Henle Verlag, 1973.
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Funper (2007/8/27)

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(1854). Plate 8877.
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Misc. Notes From the Ruth Dana Collection of Liszt Editions.
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Funper (2010/7/12)

Editor Rafael Joseffy (1852–1915)
Publisher. Info. Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics No.861
New York: G. Schirmer, 1909. Plate 19655.
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Funper (2007/6/22)

Editor Emil von Sauer (1862–1942)
Publisher. Info. Klavierwerke, Band 6:
Original Kompositionen für Klavier zu zwei Händen (pp.289-321)
Leipzig: Edition Peters, No. 3601b, n.d.[1913-17]. Plate 9880.
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Ferencziffra (2016/5/17)

Editor Ignaz Friedman (1882–1948)
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Universal Edition, 1917. Plate U.E. 5874.
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Editor Eugen d' Albert (1864–1932)
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Bote & G. Bock, 1917. Plate 18565.
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Editor Ignaz Friedman (1882–1948)
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Universal Edition, n.d. Plate U.E. 5874. 5984. 5939.
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Editor August Schmid-Lindner (1870–1959)
Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, 1917. Plate 30373.
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Publisher. Info. Edition Breitkopf No.3388
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 Complete Score (S.178) (Preview)
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Editor José Vianna da Motta (1868–1948)
Publisher. Info. Musikalische Werke. Serie II, Band 8 (pp.103-40)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1924. Plate F.L. 61.
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Funper (2010/9/2)

Editor José Vianna da Motta (1868–1948)
Publisher. Info. Musikalische Werke. Serie II, Band 8
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1924. Plate F.L. 61.
Reprinted Mineola: Dover Publications, 1989.
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Editor Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Heugel, 1925. Plate E. F. 326.
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Editor Moriz Rosenthal (1862–1946)
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Ullstein, 1927. Plate T. A. 293.
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Editor Alfred Cortot (1877–1962)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Salabert, 1949. Plate E.A.S. 15453.
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Editor Yakov Milstein (1911–1981)
Publisher. Info. Sochineniia dlia fortepiano, Vol. 1 (pp. 98-130)
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1960. Plate М. 27341 Г.
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Editor Vladimir Belov (1906–1989)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzyka, n.d.(1985). Plate 13013.
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Misc. Notes Based on 1952 ed. of G. Neuhaus and Vladimir Belov (1906—1989)
NB. This edition contains some notation errors: The "8" sign under a note always means "add the lower octave" in Liszt's notation. For example, the last note of the sonata should not be removed and placed one octave lower, as rendered in this edition, but the right way is to merely add the lower octave, thus ending the sonata in an octave chord. (cf. Henle editions)
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Editor Antal Boronkay (b. 1948)
Publisher. Info. Neue Liszt-Ausgabe, Serie 1, Band 5 (pp.27-59)
Budapest: Editio Musica, 1983. Plate Z.7295.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For 2 Violins, Viola and Cello (Sauter)

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Arranger Louis Sauter (b. 1955)
Publisher. Info. Louis Sauter, 2021.
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Hu Haipeng (b. 1984)
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General Information

Work Title Piano Sonata
Alternative. Title Klaviersonate h-Moll
Name Translations Sonate pour piano en si mineur de Liszt; Piano Sonata in B Minor; Pianosonate in b mineur; Sonata para piano (Liszt); Sonata in si minore; h-moll szonáta; Klavírní sonáta h moll (Liszt); Pianosonaatti h-molli (Liszt); ピアノソナタ (リスト); Sonata en si menor (Liszt); Соната си-минор (Лист); Sonata per a piano en si menor; Sonata pro clavile in b maiore, s. 178 (Liszt); Соната сі мінор; B小调钢琴奏鸣曲; B小調鋼琴奏鳴曲; Σονάτα για Πιάνο σε Σι ελάσσονα; סונאטה לפסנתר בסי מינור; 피아노 소나타
Name Aliases Sonate en si mineur (Liszt); Sonate en si mineur; Sonate pour piano de Liszt; Pianosonate in B-mineur (Liszt); Sonáta h moll pro klavír (Liszt); Klavírní sonáta (Liszt); Sonáta pro klavír (Liszt); Franz Lisztin h-molli-sonaatti; H-molli-sonaatti; H-molli-sonaatti (Liszt); Sonata en Si menor; Sonata para piano en Si menor; Sonata en Si menor (Liszt); Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178; B小调奏鸣曲
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; LCCN: n81022354; BNF: 13918278r
Composer Liszt, Franz
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. S.178 ; LW.A179
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IFL 297
Key B minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 movement
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1852-53
First Performance. 1857-01-22 — Berlin: Hans von Bülow (piano)
First Publication. 1854 (June) – Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, Plate 8877, 35 pages
Dedication Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Average DurationAvg. Duration 25-30 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation piano
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  • Composed for solo piano, 1852–53 (= S.178)
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