Beethoven, Ludwig van. (1770–1827). Grande Sonate pour Le Forte-Piano avec accompt. de Violoncelle obbligé (tiree du grand Trio pour le Violon Oeuv. 3me). Op. 64.. Vienne: Artaria et Comp.. [May 1807]. First edition. Two parts, oblong folio. Piano score, with title page, 27 pp; Violoncello, 11p. Engraved. [PN] 1886. First edition of this version. Kinsky 153. Rehearsal letters in blue pencil throughout, title page worn with minor tape repairs to one margin and the stamp of a Frankfurt music dealer, both parts with ink signature, cello part with title written in blue pencil on front wrapper. Spines of both parts have been expertly reinforced with marbled paper and they are housed in a fine custom cloth box.
"There has been argument over the dating of Beethoven’s String Trio, Opus 3, seemingly written before 1794, if not in Bonn before 1792 as was once suggested. Wegeler, in his reminiscences of the composer in 1838, dates it to 1795, suggesting that it resulted from a commission for a string quartet. The work was published in Vienna in 1796 and Beethoven began to sketch out a piano trio version. The Sonata in E flat major for cello and piano, for which Beethoven or his publisher seems to have reserved the opus number 64, has brought further controversy. An effective arrangement of the String Trio, the sonata was first published by Artaria in Vienna in 1807, but its authenticity has been widely questioned. The Artaria title-page makes the claimed provenance clear...without going so far as to suggest specifically that the arrangement was made by the composer himself. In its number of movements, the sonata proclaims its divertimento origins. The opening Allegro con brio is in sonata-allegro form, followed by an F major Andante in similar structure. The first of the two Minuets has an A flat major Trio, and is followed by an Adagio in the latter key. The original key of E flat major is restored in the second Minuet, with its C minor Trio, and the sonata ends with a rondo, its main theme framing contrasting episodes. The skill of the arrangement argues, at the very least, the approval of the composer for a work that was published under his nose." (Keith Anderson)
"There has been argument over the dating of Beethoven’s String Trio, Opus 3, seemingly written before 1794, if not in Bonn before 1792 as was once suggested. Wegeler, in his reminiscences of the composer in 1838, dates it to 1795, suggesting that it resulted from a commission for a string quartet. The work was published in Vienna in 1796 and Beethoven began to sketch out a piano trio version. The Sonata in E flat major for cello and piano, for which Beethoven or his publisher seems to have reserved the opus number 64, has brought further controversy. An effective arrangement of the String Trio, the sonata was first published by Artaria in Vienna in 1807, but its authenticity has been widely questioned. The Artaria title-page makes the claimed provenance clear...without going so far as to suggest specifically that the arrangement was made by the composer himself. In its number of movements, the sonata proclaims its divertimento origins. The opening Allegro con brio is in sonata-allegro form, followed by an F major Andante in similar structure. The first of the two Minuets has an A flat major Trio, and is followed by an Adagio in the latter key. The original key of E flat major is restored in the second Minuet, with its C minor Trio, and the sonata ends with a rondo, its main theme framing contrasting episodes. The skill of the arrangement argues, at the very least, the approval of the composer for a work that was published under his nose." (Keith Anderson)
Beethoven, Ludwig van. (1770–1827). Grande Sonate pour Le Forte-Piano avec accompt. de Violoncelle obbligé (tiree du grand Trio pour le Violon Oeuv. 3me). Op. 64.. Vienne: Artaria et Comp.. [May 1807]. First edition. Two parts, oblong folio. Piano score, with title page, 27 pp; Violoncello, 11p. Engraved. [PN] 1886. First edition of this version. Kinsky 153. Rehearsal letters in blue pencil throughout, title page worn with minor tape repairs to one margin and the stamp of a Frankfurt music dealer, both parts with ink signature, cello part with title written in blue pencil on front wrapper. Spines of both parts have been expertly reinforced with marbled paper and they are housed in a fine custom cloth box.
"There has been argument over the dating of Beethoven’s String Trio, Opus 3, seemingly written before 1794, if not in Bonn before 1792 as was once suggested. Wegeler, in his reminiscences of the composer in 1838, dates it to 1795, suggesting that it resulted from a commission for a string quartet. The work was published in Vienna in 1796 and Beethoven began to sketch out a piano trio version. The Sonata in E flat major for cello and piano, for which Beethoven or his publisher seems to have reserved the opus number 64, has brought further controversy. An effective arrangement of the String Trio, the sonata was first published by Artaria in Vienna in 1807, but its authenticity has been widely questioned. The Artaria title-page makes the claimed provenance clear...without going so far as to suggest specifically that the arrangement was made by the composer himself. In its number of movements, the sonata proclaims its divertimento origins. The opening Allegro con brio is in sonata-allegro form, followed by an F major Andante in similar structure. The first of the two Minuets has an A flat major Trio, and is followed by an Adagio in the latter key. The original key of E flat major is restored in the second Minuet, with its C minor Trio, and the sonata ends with a rondo, its main theme framing contrasting episodes. The skill of the arrangement argues, at the very least, the approval of the composer for a work that was published under his nose." (Keith Anderson)
"There has been argument over the dating of Beethoven’s String Trio, Opus 3, seemingly written before 1794, if not in Bonn before 1792 as was once suggested. Wegeler, in his reminiscences of the composer in 1838, dates it to 1795, suggesting that it resulted from a commission for a string quartet. The work was published in Vienna in 1796 and Beethoven began to sketch out a piano trio version. The Sonata in E flat major for cello and piano, for which Beethoven or his publisher seems to have reserved the opus number 64, has brought further controversy. An effective arrangement of the String Trio, the sonata was first published by Artaria in Vienna in 1807, but its authenticity has been widely questioned. The Artaria title-page makes the claimed provenance clear...without going so far as to suggest specifically that the arrangement was made by the composer himself. In its number of movements, the sonata proclaims its divertimento origins. The opening Allegro con brio is in sonata-allegro form, followed by an F major Andante in similar structure. The first of the two Minuets has an A flat major Trio, and is followed by an Adagio in the latter key. The original key of E flat major is restored in the second Minuet, with its C minor Trio, and the sonata ends with a rondo, its main theme framing contrasting episodes. The skill of the arrangement argues, at the very least, the approval of the composer for a work that was published under his nose." (Keith Anderson)