SKU: BR.OB-14560-30
ISBN 9790004335772. 10 x 12.5 inches.
Beethoven's autographs of the first three piano concertos opp. 15, 19 and 37 are the earliest of all orchestral scores which have survived integrally. Thanks to source studies, we know today that a first version of the Concerto in Bb major op. 19 had already originated in Bonn in 1790 at the latest. It was followed by a second version written in Vienna most likely in 1793 which included the Rondo in Bb major WoO 6 as finale. A third version followed most probably in 1794 and led to the fourth and final version, written in Prague in October 1798, as Beethoven sojourned there at the beginning of the concert season. (from the Preface)This autograph together with the autograph solo part which was made at the beginning of 1801 and the parts printed in the same year, are the main sources of the present edition.
SKU: BR.OB-14560-16
ISBN 9790004335734. 10 x 12.5 inches.
SKU: HL.51481307
ISBN 9790201813073. UPC: 888680662950. 9.25x12.0x0.054 inches.
At first glance, this spirited work does not seem to fit the picture that Beethoven's contemporaries have passed down to us, this is why the work was long looked upon deprecatingly as a “salon pieceâ€. In fact, it is an “occasional†piece in the best sense of the word, having been written in winter 1814/15 for the Russian Czar Alexander I's wife, a great admirer of Beethoven's music. The Czarina was sojourning in the Austrian capital at the time of the Congress of Vienna. The superficial impression of simple, stylized dance music disguises Beethoven at his most “genuineâ€, waiting to reveal some subtle motivic and thematic material.
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SKU: BR.PB-14560
The piano reduction and the study score (,,Studien-Edition) are available at G. Henle Verlag.
ISBN 9790004211014. 10 x 12.5 inches.
SKU: BR.OB-14560-27
ISBN 9790004335765. 10 x 12.5 inches.
SKU: BR.OB-14560-15
ISBN 9790004335727. 10 x 12.5 inches.