Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata no. 23 f minor op. 57 (Appassionata)
This masterpiece’s famous nickname “Appassionata” (the passionate) does not stem from Beethoven, but was assigned to the sonata by posterity. However, it could hardly be more appropriate! Beethoven’s friend Ferdinand Ries tells of a walk during which Beethoven “had the whole way been humming to himself or sometimes howling” without actually singing specific notes. To his friend’s enquiry he answered “here I have come upon a theme for the final Allegro of the sonata”. This graphic description of the event is a harbinger of the wildness and passion of the entire sonata!
This new Urtext edition from G. Henle Publishers is based on the autograph (unfortunately heavily water damaged) and on the original edition published in Vienna in 1807. At last this central work is available in a new edition from the successful Beethoven workshop of Norbert Gertsch und Murray Perahia - provided, as usual, with fingering by the great pianist.
About the Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
No composer has had as profound and sustained an influence on immediately following generations to the present day as Beethoven. His instrumental music, especially his symphonies, served as touchstones for symphonic composition throughout the nineteenth century. The extraordinarily high standard of his music and his relative independence as a freelance composer have led to his being characterized as the greatest composer of all time.
About the Authors
Murray Perahia (Fingering, Editor)
Norbert Gertsch (Editor)
In the following year, he began to work at G. Henle Publishers, initially as an editor for electronic publishing. After working on a two-year project (1999–2000) sponsored by the German Research Foundation (DFG) preparing a new Beethoven Catalogue of Works, he became a scholarly editor at G. Henle Publishers. In 2003 he became Editor-in-Chief, in 2009 Deputy Managing
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