Piano Sonata No.12, Op.26 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

Incipit movements:
  • I: \relative c' { \time 3/8 \key aes \major \clef treble \tempo "Andante con Variazioni." \partial 8 ees8-\p << {ees( aes) aes-. aes16[( g) g16.( f32 g16. ees32)]} \\ {<ees c>4. <ees des>} >> }
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1800–01
Genre Categories Sonatas; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; [27 more...]For 1 player; For strings (arr); Scores featuring string ensemble (arr); For 2 violins (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn (arr); Scores featuring the flute (arr); Scores featuring the oboe (arr); Scores featuring the clarinet (arr); Scores featuring the bassoon (arr); Scores featuring the horn (arr); For 5 players (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); For guitar (arr); Scores featuring the guitar (arr); For cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For 2 guitars (arr); For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For 2 pianos 8 hands (arr); For 4 players (arr)

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 Complete Score
#774459 - 187.34MB, 23 pp. -  6/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 116×⇩ - Feduol

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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.
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Misc. Notes Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Kraków (PL-Kj): Mus. ms. autogr. Beethoven, Grasnick 12
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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Cappi, n.d.[1801]. Plate 880.
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Publisher. Info. Leipsic: en Commission au Bureau de Musique, n.d.(ca.1802-14). Plate 118.
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): H295/5
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Publisher. Info. London: Monzani & Hill, n.d.(ca.1820-25).
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Publisher. Info. Wien: Tobias Haslinger, n.d.(ca.1835).
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): D1666/11
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Editor Ignaz Moscheles (1794–1870)
Publisher. Info. L. v. Beethoven's sämmtliche Sonaten für Pianoforte, No.12
Stuttgart: Eduard Hallberger, n.d.(ca.1860). Plate B. XII.
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Publisher. Info. Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 16:
Sonaten für das Pianoforte, Nr.135 (pp.189-204)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1862]. Plate B.135.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). - #243298
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Misc. Notes BSB: Originally scanned at about 160dpi, converted to 600dpi monochrome.
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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)
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Misc. Notes Retrieved from Library of Congress. Scanned monochrome at 400dpi.
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 Complete Score
#472525 - 1.59MB, 23 pp. -  2.6666666666667/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - V/V/V - 310×⇩ - IS

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Editor Sigmund Lebert (1822-1884)
Hans von Bülow (1830-1894)
Publisher. Info. Sonata Album, Book II, No.26 (pp.161-83)
New York: G. Schirmer, No.340, 1896. Plate 12589.
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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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Editor Heinrich Schenker (1868–1935)
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Universal Edition, 1918-21.
Reprinted New York: Dover Publications, 1975.
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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.
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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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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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Editor Max Pauer (1866–1945)
Carl Adolf Martienssen (1881–1955), revision
Publisher. Info. Sonaten für Klavier zu zwei Händen, Bd.1 (pp.214-31)
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1920). Plate 10543, 10555–56.
Reprinted Martienssen revision, n.d.(1927). - #66401
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Editor Artur Schnabel (1882–1951)
Publisher. Info. Milan: Curci, 1949. Plate E. 4279 C.
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Misc. Notes Contains footnotes in Italian, English and German.
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Editor Hans Schmidt-Görg (b. 1930)
Joseph Schmidt-Görg (1897–1981)
Publisher. Info. Klaviersonaten, Band I (pp.212-229)
Munich-Duisburg: G. Henle Verlag, 1971.
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 Complete Score (EU)
#621794 - 1.11MB, 18 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - C*/72*/C* - 6049×⇩ - Fugalicious

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Editor Bertha Antonia Wallner (1876–1976)
Publisher. Info. Klaviersonaten, Band I (pp.216-233)
Munich: G. Henle Verlag, No.HN1032, 1976.
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Misc. Notes 600 dpi. Page size is 9" × 12". Henle's logo has been removed due to trademark.
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Publisher. Info. Album Musica, No.87
Paris: Pierre Lafitte, 1909.
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Misc. Notes annotée et commentée par Jane Mortier
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For String Orchestra (Choe)

⇒ 5 more: Violins 1 • Violins 2 • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Arranger Joshua Choe
Publisher. Info. Joshua Choe, 2021.
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For 2 Violins
Arranger Fr. Hartmann
Publisher. Info. Braunschweig: G.M. Meyer, n.d. Plate 603B.
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Misc. Notes Arranger could be Frantz Hartmann (1807-1857).
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For Piano 4 Hands (Markull)
Arranger Friedrich Wilhelm Markull (1816–1887)
Publisher. Info. Wolfenbüttel: Holle, n.d. Plate 1192.
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For Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn (Large)

⇒ 5 more: Flute • Oboe • Clarinet (B♭) • Horn (F) • Bassoon

Arranger Wendy Large
Publisher. Info. Wendy Large
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Misc. Notes Andante and Scherzo
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For Simplified Piano
Arranger Unknown
Publisher. Info. St. Louis: Kunkel Brothers, 1903. Plate 1875-17.
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Andante con variazioni

For Guitar (Vetrov)
Arranger Aleksandr Vetrov (1812–1877)
Editor Valerian Rusanov (1866–1918)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: V. A. Rusanov, 1905. Plate B. 17 P.
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Misc. Notes excerpt from the magazine 'Guitarist' 1905 No.5
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For Trombone and Piano (Delisse)
See: 12 Sonates de Haydn, Mozart et Beethoven (No.3)
For Violin, Cello or 2 Violins and Piano (Hoffmann)
Arranger Richard Hofmann (1844–1918)
Publisher. Info. Meister für die Jugend, Vol.2, No.1
Leipzig: Edition Peters, n.d. Plate 9878.
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For Cello and Piano
Publisher. Info. Unidentified Publisher, n.d.
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For 2 Guitars (Carulli)
Arranger Ferdinando Carulli (1770–1841)
Publisher. Info. Offenbach am Main: Johann André, n.d. Plate 5802.
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Misc. Notes Andante varié et Rondeau aus der Sonate in As dur von L. van Beethoven Op. 26 arrangés pour 2 guitares - Ferd. Carulli- op. 155.
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For Organ (André)
Arranger Julius André (1808–1880)
Publisher. Info. Offenbach: Johann André, n.d.[1884]. Plate 9123 E.I–III.
Reprinted Boston: Arthur P. Schmidt, n.d.
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For Voice and Piano (Griepenkerl)
See Du himmlisch unbekanntes Wesen by Friedrich Conrad Griepenkerl

Marcia Funebre (No.3)

For 2 Pianos 8 hands (Horn)
Arranger August Horn (1825–1893)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. Plate V.A. 1203.
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For Guitar (Tárrega)
Arranger Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909)
Copyist Miguel Llobet (1878–1938)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
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Arranger Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909)
Publisher. Info. Madrid: Ildefonso Alier, n.d. Plate 5628.
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 Complete Score
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Arranger Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909)
Editor Stefan Apke (b. 1963)
Publisher. Info. Vlotho: Stefan Apke, 1997/2020.
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For Guitar (Volker)
Arranger Sigism. Volker
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister, n.d. Plate 1453.
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For Organ (Woods)
Arranger Francis Cunningham Woods (1862–1929)
Publisher. Info. Funeral Marches (pp.105-09)
London: Novello & Co., Ltd., n.d. Plate 10740.
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Misc. Notes From uploader's collection. NB this arrangement transposed into A minor.
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General Information

Work Title Piano Sonata No.12
Alternative. Title (Funeral March)
Name Translations Piano Sonata No. 12; Klaviersonate Nr. 12; Sonata para piano n.º 12; سونات ۱۲ پیانو; Pianosonaatti nro 12; [12 more...]Sonate pour piano nº 12 de Beethoven; Sonata per pianoforte n. 12; ピアノソナタ第12番; Pianosonate nr. 12; XII Sonata fortepianowa Beethovena; Соната для фортепиано № 12; Соната для фортепіано № 12; Sonata per a piano núm. 12; Σονάτα για πιάνο No. 12; Piano Sonata No. 12 (Beethoven); 피아노 소나타 12번; 第12號鋼琴奏鳴曲 (貝多芬)
Name Aliases Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Major, Op. 26; Pianosonate nr. 12 (Beethoven); Sonata para piano n.º 12 en la bemol mayor, Op. 26
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 177405871; LCCN: n81015457; GND: 300016646; [2 more...]BNF: 14832248r; NLA: 35527973
Composer Beethoven, Ludwig van
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.26
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. ILB 173
Key A-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Andante con variazioni (A♭ major)
  2. Scherzo. Allegro molto (A♭ major) - Trio (D♭ major)
  3. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un eroe. Maestoso andante (A♭ minor)
  4. Allegro (A♭ major)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1800–01
First Publication. 1801
Dedication Karl Lichnowsky (1761–1814)
Average DurationAvg. Duration 20 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation piano
Discography All Music Guide
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