Piano Sonata in C minor Op.111 [Sheet music] Beethoven, Ludwig van

In 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. - Scholarly-critical Urtext edition at the cutting edge of scholarship - Informative Introduction and expert notes on performance practice (Ger/Eng) - Detailed Critical Commentary (Eng) - Edited by Jonathan Del Mar with an Introduction by Misha Donat and notes on performance practice by Jonathan Del Mar and Misha Donat

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