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Piano Sonata, WoO. 51 (Beethoven)
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Piano Sonata, WoO. 51 (Beethoven)
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The Piano Sonata in C major, WoO. 51 (Also called the Sonatina in C major, WoO. 51) is an incomplete composition for piano by Ludwig van Beethoven, believed to have been composed before he left Bonn, that was discovered amongst Beethoven's papers following his death. The composition was not published until 1830 by F. P. Dunst in Frankfurt, with a dedication to Eleonore von Breuning, along with the piano trios WoO. 38 and WoO. 39.[1]

Contents [hide]
1 Background
2 Movements
3 References
4 External links
Background[edit]
Beethoven is believed to have begun composing the sonata some time around 1790 - 1791 for Eleonore von Breuning on the basis of a letter to her from 1796 in which he announced that a sonata that he had promised to her some time previously would be sent to her.[2] A recent evaluation opines that the sonata shares stylistic characteristics with the Piano Sonatas, WoO. 47, Nºs. 1-3.[3]

While Alexander Thayer believed that the sonata was a complete three movement work by 1796, at the time of Beethoven's death the manuscript copy only contained the complete first movement and an incomplete second movement. For publication in 1830 Ferdinand Ries composed an additional eleven measures of music to complete the second movement.[2]

Movements[edit]
The composition as published is in two movements:

Allegro
Adagio
A typical performance takes around 6 – 7 minutes.

References[edit]
Notes
Jump up ^ Heibert 1970, p. 168
^ Jump up to: a b Thayer 1921, p. 140
Jump up ^ Song 2002, p. 70
Sources
Anderson, Keith (1990). Beethoven: Piano Sonatas WoO 47, 'Kurfurstensonaten' (CD). Naxos Records. 8.550255.
Cooper, Barry (2000). Beethoven. United States: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0191592706.
Hiebert, Elfrieda Franz (1970). The Piano Trios of Beethoven: An Historical and Analytical Study. University Microfilms.
Song, Moo Kyoung (2002). The Evolution of Sonata-Form Design in Ludwig van Beethoven's Early Piano Sonatas, WoO 47 to Opus 22 (PDF) (Ph. D). Austin: University of Texas.
Thayer, Alexander Wheelock (1921). The Life of Beethoven 1. New York: G. Schirmer, Inc.
External links[edit]
Piano Sonata in C major, WoO 51: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
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Piano sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven
Unnumbered
Three Piano Sonatas, WoO 47 Piano Sonata in C major, WoO. 51 (fragmentary work)
Nos. 1–10
(Opp. 2–14)
No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1 No. 2 in A major, Op. 2, No. 2 No. 3 in C major, Op. 2, No. 3 No. 4 in E♭ major, Op. 7 (Grand Sonata) No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1 No. 6 in F major, Op. 10, No. 2 No. 7 in D major, Op. 10, No. 3 No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 (Pathétique) No. 9 in E major, Op. 14, No. 1 No. 10 in G major, Op. 14, No. 2
Nos. 11–20
(Opp. 22–49)
No. 11 in B♭ major, Op. 22 No. 12 in A♭ major, Op. 26 (Funeral March) No. 13 in E♭ major, Op. 27, No. 1 No. 14 in C♯ minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (Moonlight) No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 (Pastoral) No. 16 in G major, Op. 31, No. 1 No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2 (The Tempest) No. 18 in E♭ major, Op. 31, No. 3 (The Hunt) No. 19 in G minor and No. 20 in G major, Op. 49
Nos. 21–32
(Opp. 53–111)
No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 (Waldstein) No. 22 in F major, Op. 54 No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 (Appassionata) No. 24 in F♯ major, Op. 78 (A Thérèse) No. 25 in G major, Op. 79 No. 26 in E♭ major, Op. 81a (Les adieux) No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 No. 29 in B♭ major, Op. 106 (Hammerklavier) No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 No. 31 in A♭ major, Op. 110 No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Spurious
Sonatina in F major, Anh. 5, No. 1 Sonatina in G major, Anh. 5, No. 2


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