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"During my
years at Clavier, many interesting books and music editions
have crossed my desk. Perhaps none has equalled the beauty and quality
of these facsimiles. I cannot imagine a pianist or scholar who would
not want to read from these pages" (Clavier).
"As visually exciting as any fine
graphic work of a major painter" (Notes).
"Magnifique ... une édition que
tous les professionels devraient posséder" (La Lettre du
Musicien).
"These volumes arrived yesterday and are simply beautiful; a treasure for any music library."
(Leslie Tung, professor of piano at Kalamazoo, May 2007).
"They are fantastic. I enjoyed your essay.
I feel as if I am hearing the works fresh from the press for the first
time." (Hector Garcia-Santana, pianist, Washington D.C., USA, July
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to order
The individual sonatas are also available separately in sheet music form. The complete Introduction to this edition (1989). It sets out the reasons why this edition was made, and especially what practical use it has to performers. See some of the pages of music (and a title-page). JANUARY 2005: a new note on how, exactly, this edition can be useful to pianists. With practical examples. |
This edition presents all the 32 piano sonatas of Beethoven in very high quality facsimile reprints of the fine original first editions of each sonata which are held in the Hoboken Collection of the Austrian National Library. Over 800 large pages providing all 32 of the famous piano sonatas in reprints of the first editions. There are short prefaces by Brian Jeffery. 1989. It is available as: The five-volume clothbound set:
TECLA 1003 The five-volume paperbound set:
TECLA 1002 The boxed set: TECLA 1001 MAY 2007: Here is a SPECIAL OFFER: the Moonlight Sonata FREE (just pay for the shipping). This way, you can find out the advantages of using the original edition. For this special offer, go to the sheet music page, at the foot of the page. |
| This is extraordinarily interesting
material. As only a few of the original autograph manuscripts for
these sonatas have survived, these first editions are the earliest
known sources for most of the 32 sonatas. They are, in fact, the
sources to which most modern editors went to establish their text. But
any responsible player would have to consult these facsimiles in order
to make his or her own judgments on many hundreds of points of detail.
They are in our opinion indispensable for any pianist who wishes to
give a historically informed performance, or for any teacher of
historical keyboard performance.
They are all extremely clear to read for the performer. The page size is larger than most music nowadays, 13 ˝ x 9˝ inches (340 x 244 mm). For the details of the dates and the publishers of the original editions which are here reproduced in facsimile, see the list of individual sonatas. See some of the pages of music (and a title-page). JANUARY 2005: a new note on how, exactly, this edition can be useful to pianists. With practical examples. JANUARY 2005 I have now added here the complete Introduction to this edition which I wrote in 1989. It sets out the reasons why this edition was made, and especially what practical use it has to performers. DECEMBER 2004 Christoph Thiemann has also kindly written a note on how this Tecla edition can be practically useful to pianists (reproduced here by his kind permission). This is a fine edition for any pianist to own, or a magnificent gift for any pianist. You can also purchase each sonata separately in sheet music form, exactly as they were first published, if you wish. To order these sonatas, you can use the easy PayPal buttons below if you wish. The low-cost shipping on this PayPal cart includes Priority airmail shipping to you worldwide. If you have a PayPal account (easy, worldwide, and free), you can choose whether to pay in euros or pounds or dollars worldwide. Or go to How to order. The five-volume clothbound set: TECLA 1003, ISBN 0-948607-43-2.
The five-volume paperbound set:
TECLA 1002, ISBN 0-948607-42-4.
The boxed set: TECLA 1001, ISBN
0-948607-41-6.
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