BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827

Sonate für das Piano-Forte gewidmet dem Hochgebornen Herrn Grafen Moritz von Lichnowsky ... 90tes Werk. Eigenthum des Verlegers. Preis [blank]. A. Müller sc.

Wien: S.A. Steiner [PN S. et C. 2350], [after 1815].

Oblong folio. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), [i] (blank), 2-16 pp., 1f. (blank). Engraved throughout.

With "6" in pencil to head of title.

Occasional wear, foxing, soiling, and staining.

A very good copy overall, with strong impression.

First Edition, second issue, corrected, with music newly engraved and without the plate number to page 9. LvBWV I, p. 572. Hirsch IV, 342 (incorrectly describing the present issue as the first). Hoboken 2, 386. Weinhold-Dörfmuller p. 223.

"In dedicating this sonata to Count Lichnowsky, Beethoven rallied that nobleman on the occasion of his engagement. Qualms were alleged to be represented in the vehemently pathetic first movement. It was with no intention of throwing light on that movement that Beethoven called it 'a contest between head and heart.' ... The whole point of the sonata lies in the contrast between a movement full of passionate and lonely energy and a movement devoted to the utmost luxuriance of lyric melodies developed in Rondo form." Tovey: A Companion to Beethoven's Pianoforte Sonatas, p. 208.

Item #40818

Price: $2,500.00  other currencies