BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
  
Klaviersonate in C-Dur Op. 53 (Waldsteinsonate). Faksimile-Ausgabe des im Beethoven-Haus Bonn befindlichen Autographs. Mit einem Vorwort in deutscher und englischer Sprache in Neuauflage herausgegeben von Martin Staehelin
  
[Sonata, piano, op.53 “Waldstein”, C major]



 
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Veröffentlichungen des Beethoven-Hauses, III/2. Bonn, 2/ 1984.

Oblong, 35 x 26 cm, ix, 64 pp. (Re-issue of the Bonn, 1965 edition, together with new introduction in Ger-Eng). Superb 3-color collotype of the autograph fair copy. Named after the man for whom it was dedicated, the Waldstein Sonata was composed in 1804 at approximately the same time as the Eroica Symphony and drafts to Leonora.


Beethoven, Sonata, piano, op.53 “Waldstein”, C major
                   
                
The autograph is believed to have served directly as the engraver’s copy for the first published edition (various pencil markings in the margins indicate the plate no. and the planned distribution of the music on the page). Handsome binding with laid paper boards and embossed title on pasted oval label. Limited edition of 1000 copies. POA  (view other volumes from this series)
               

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