BEETHOVEN L.V. - SONATE EN DO MINEUR OP.111 - PIANO

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Beethoven, Ludwig vanSonata for Pianoforte in C minor op.111- Scholarly-critical Urtext edition at the cutting edge of scholarship- Informative Introduction and expert notes on performance practice (Ger/Eng)- Detailed Critical Commentary (Eng)EditorDel Mar, JonathanIn late 1821 Beethoven began work on his final piano sonata op.111 which has been considered a towering masterwork ever since its publication.

Thomas Mann gave it a literary monument in his novel “Doctor Faustus” in whose musical-theoretical digressions the main motif of the “Arietta” is set to the syllables “Wiesengrund”, the middle name of Theodor W.Adorno.Jonathan Del Mar has re-examined the convoluted source material, including the proof sheets and errata lists that accompanied its publication.

Supplementing the meticulously edited text is a detailed Critical Commentary, an informative Introduction and valuable notes on performance practice.