Sonatas for Piano and Violin Volume I, Ludwig van Beethoven. Violin and Piano

Violin Sonatas, Volume I

Editor: Sieghard Brandenburg
Fingering: Hans-Martin Theopold
Fing. vn: Max Rostal

Urtext Edition, paperbound
with marked and unmarked string parts

Pages: 212 (VI, 120, 43, 43), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm
Order no. HN 7 · ISMN 979-0-2018-0007-3

Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his ten violin sonatas during a period of just fifteen years, between 1797 and 1812. Using our carefully revised two-volume edition of the complete sonatas, the performer can observe with fascination how Beethoven refashions, and varies, the principles of sonata form in each work. What makes this Urtext edition particularly valuable is the fact that all the sonatas have been edited using the surviving manuscripts as well as the original print editions personally supervised by Beethoven. When laying out the text, our editor has attempted to preserve the layout of these sources as exactly as possible. Thus Beethovens original notation is reproduced in strict conformity with these models, vividly elucidating the musical relationships desired by the composer. Along with an annotated part, an extra part without fingerings is included for violinists who want to establish their own approach to Beethovens violin sonatas.

Contents
 Violin Sonata D major op. 12,1
Level of difficulty (Violin): medium (Level 6)

Violin Sonata A major op. 12,2
Level of difficulty (Violin): medium (Level 5)

Violin Sonata E flat major op. 12,3
Level of difficulty (Violin): medium (Level 5)

Violin Sonata a minor op. 23
Level of difficulty (Violin): medium (Level 6)

Violin Sonata (Spring Sonata) F major op. 24
Level of difficulty (Violin): medium (Level 6)