WoO 47 Kurfürsten Sonatas-These pieces known as the Kurfürsten Sonatas were composed in 1783 with a dedication to the Archbishop and Elector (Kurfürst) of Cologne Maximilian Friedrich while Beethoven was still studying with Christian Gottlob Neefe in Bonn. ?He will certainly become a second Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart if he progresses as he started off? Neefe wrote enthusiastically in the same year.Announced as an ?excellent composition by a young genius of eleven years? these three impressive and technically challenging sonatas are still fully beholden to the style of C. P. E. Bach and the Mannheim School. For students they offer an ideal introduction to the early classical sonatarepertoire and train brilliance in piano technique.Scholarly-critical Urtext edition at the cutting edge of scholarshipSpacious engraving with practical page turnsIdeal introduction to the sonata repertoireInformative Introduction (Eng/Ger)Valuable notes on period performance practice (Eng/Ger)