TITLE: THREE SONATAS FOR PIANOFORTE IN E-FLAT MAJOR, F MINOR, D MAJOR WOO 47 'KURFÜRSTEN SONATAS'
COMPOSER / AUTHOR: BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN

INSTRUMENTATION OF THE WORK: PIANO
DETAILED INSTRUMENTATION: PIANO
VOLUME / SERIES: BÄRENREITER URTEXT
EDITOR: DEL MAR, JONATHAN
FOREWORD / INTRODUCTION: DONAT, MISHA / DEL MAR, JONATHAN
PRODUCT FORMAT: PERFORMANCE SCORE, ANTHOLOGY, URTEXT EDITION
INSTRUMENTATION: PIANO
COMMENTS ON THE EDITION: WITH NOTES ON PERFORMANCE PRACTICE BY JONATHAN DEL MAR AND MISHA DONAT
LANGUAGE(S) OF TEXT: ENGLISH, GERMAN
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY (D): 3
PUBLISHER: BÄRENREITER
BINDING: PAPERBACK
PRINT RUN: 1ST PRINTING 2018

DESCRIPTION:
-THESE PIECES, KNOWN AS THE KURFÜRSTEN SONATAS, WERE COMPOSED IN 1783 WHILE BEETHOVEN WAS STILL STUDYING WITH CHRISTIAN GOTTLOB NEEFE IN BONN. “HE WILL CERTAINLY BECOME A SECOND WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART, IF HE PROGRESSES AS HE STARTED OFF“, NEEFE WROTE ENTHUSIASTICALLY IN THE SAME YEAR. ANNOUNCED AS AN “EXCELLENT COMPOSITION BY A YOUNG GENIUS OF ELEVEN YEARS”, THESE THREE IMPRESSIVE AND TECHNICALLY CHALLENGING SONATAS ARE STILL FULLY BEHOLDEN TO THE STYLE OF C. P. E. BACH AND THE MANNHEIM SCHOOL. FOR STUDENTS, THEY OFFER AN IDEAL INTRODUCTION TO THE EARLY CLASSICAL SONATA REPERTOIRE AND TRAIN BRILLIANCE IN PIANO TECHNIQUE.

- SCHOLARLY-CRITICAL URTEXT EDITION AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF SCHOLARSHIP
- SPACIOUS ENGRAVING WITH PRACTICAL PAGE TURNS
- IDEAL INTRODUCTION TO THE SONATA REPERTOIRE
- INFORMATIVE INTRODUCTION (ENG/GER)
- VALUABLE NOTES ON PERIOD PERFORMANCE PRACTICE (ENG/GER)

CONTENT:
· INTRODUCTION
· PREFACE
· PERFORMANCE PRACTICE
· EINLEITUNG
· VORWORT
· ZUR AUFFÜHRUNGSPRAXIS

· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
SONATA IN E-FLAT MAJOR WOO 47/1
INSTRUMENTATION: PIANO

· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
SONATA IN F MINOR WOO 47/2
INSTRUMENTATION: PIANO

· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
SONATA IN D MAJOR WOO 47/3
INSTRUMENTATION: PIANO

· CRITICAL COMMENTARY:
· FACSIMILES
· SIGNS AND CONVENTIONS
· SOURCES
· APPENDICES